weapon upgades for DLC weapons

[meow41]

hello, everyone, I have the following question

is there a way to create the weapon upgrades for DLC weapons (namely, lazer weapons from Gangstas in Space DLC)?

first, I have tried to add new upgrades in "weapon_upgrades.xtbl" file, like this:

        <Weapon_Upgrade>
            <Name>DLC_LaserPistolLvl2</Name>
            <_Editor>
                <Category>Radial:SMG:DLC_LaserPistol</Category>
            </_Editor>

            <Damage_Max>
                <NPC_Damage>130</NPC_Damage>
                <Player_Damage>50</Player_Damage>
            </Damage_Max>
            <Damage_Min>
                <NPC_Damage>65</NPC_Damage>
                <Player_Damage>30</Player_Damage>
            </Damage_Min>
            <Damage_Max_OM>OM_REPLACE</Damage_Max_OM>
            <Damage_Min_OM>OM_REPLACE</Damage_Min_OM>
          
            <Time_Management>
                <Refire_Delay>180</Refire_Delay>
                <npc_refire_delay>
                    <min>200</min>
                    <max>600</max>
                    <npc_refire_type>1. Random Range</npc_refire_type>
                </npc_refire_delay>
            </Time_Management>
            <Time_Management_OM>OM_REPLACE</Time_Management_OM>

            <upgrade_price>7500</upgrade_price>      
            <upgrade_description>CUST_WPN_UPGRADE_DESC_DUMMY</upgrade_description>
        </Weapon_Upgrade>

but it didn't work - lazer pistols still had only the first level

then, I have tried to create "dlc2_weapon_upgrades.xtbl" since a dlc2 prefix is used as a framework namesake - but still not happened to work

then, I thought about pasting the whole "DLC_LaserPistol" entry from "dlc2_weapons.xtbl" into "weapons.xtbl" with giving it a new name - weapon just disappeared from the store, but I still had into my arms

and then - I am run out of ideas

I do know that there is a hard limit on "weapon_upgrades.xtbl" in terms how much stuff you can put in it, but that is not an issue there

so, anyone?

PS, yes, I do store Laser Pistols in SMG slot, because in my mod weapons are arranged according to their weight