How to use custom PDA file in v1.10 question

Version 1.10 build 4233

Question (probably easy answer to anyone who knows what theyre doing .. not me)

In the situation outlined below
How (in ver 1.10) do i get the Game to use the PDA.yaml i have in my
local Scenario directory
..\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Scenarios\Soliloquy of Reason v1_7_test\Content\Extras\PDA
rather than the game official directory
..\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Extras\PDA

is there an options setting i'm missing somewhere
or am i going about this in a wrong, stupid way
i' like the game to use my modified PDA.yaml file
(though it only gives the wrong text on starup and i dont use PDA based stuff in
my scenario -- i use state machines in dialogs .ecf for everything)

What i've done to verify my operations so far
1. replaced the game officila PDA.yaml with my modified one (works ok .. but not scenario compatible))
2. Removed official one form path (crashes empyrion on startup)
3. tried a nulled PDA.yaml in official path (crashes on F! in empyrion)

BackGround

I Have a current Scenario that i am trying to update to work in v1.10
(last definitly worked v1.8 - think was ok in v1.9)

The entire scenario was created using state machines in Dialogs.ecf (this not germain to issue)
so i skipped the PDA stuff

In Version 1,10 however the PDA Autmatically comes up on Startup with ::
<Text Taken from PDA,csv File>

pda_aO1eOmO
[c][ffffff]Ship status:[-][/c] . . Destroyed due to malfunction in the engine systems. \n[c][ffffff]Current situation:[-][/c] . . Crashed on an unknown planet. \n[c][ffffff]Pilot status:[-][/c] . . Successfully abandoned ship in an escape pod. \n[c][ffffff]Pilot health:[-][/c] . . Low, but stable. \n[c][ffffff]Integrated Data Assistant (IDA): [-][/c] . . [c][44ff00]Rebooting[-][/c].

which is wrong for the Scenario (it didn't used to do this)

My non working solution

By sneaking into the PDA.yaml file and changing all the
AutoActivateOnGameStart: true to AutoActivateOnGameStart: false
i can make the problem go away
BUT ONLY IF i change the PDA.yml in the Main game Folder
..\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Extras\PDA

i Can't figure out how to make the game use a PDA.yaml i put into
..\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Scenarios\Soliloquy of Reason v1_7_test\Content\Extras\PDA

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I'm not home to check but pretty sure extras goes under your scenario's folder, not the content folder.

So:
Survival\Content\Scenarios\Soliloquy of Reason v1_7_test\Extras\PDA

 

Thanks that solves my problem
it never occurred to me that the directory nesting would be different for a Scenario vs the Vanilla folder structure
i'd completely run out of steam on that issue