modding tutorial: discussion

longstreet63

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 12:25:23 PM

davea wrote:
Can you please try my anomaly mod, and see if that works for you? None of the other mods are compatible with 1.0.14. If mine works, then please look into it and see if you can see any differences. One key point is "standalone=false" in index.xml.

On the off chance it was, it doesn't seem to me to be an issue with any particular mod, as the unmodded files also crash the game.

Since last night, I have modded the files under the Public folder in the game directory instead of the Modding directory and the mods work just fine. Move them to the modding directory and the game CTD's.

The best I've been able to do is get the game to restart itself. (That's pretty unusual behavior.)

I will play with other mods and see what the effects are, although for now, my needs seem to be met in terms of the ridiculously unbalanced game parameters I'm looking for.

LoiCus-

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LoiCus-

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 12:31:46 PM

@longstreet63 :Am I getting the steps correctly?

1) Copy-pasting the contents of the Public folder in My Documents/Endless Space/Modding/

2) Running the game

3) Loading it via the mod screen

4) CTD?

ccav6

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ccav6

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 1:26:53 PM

I can not download the PDF file, always blocked by a login dialog. Is it a dead link?

davea

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davea

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 1:59:49 PM

@ ccav6, many people report trouble downloading. Try this.

1. Log out of the forum and log back in.

2. Else try a different browser (firefox vs IE, etc)

3. Else clear your browser cookies.

@ loicus, please add these comments to the OP. Everytime somebody posts a link to a file on the forum, this happens.

@ longstreet63, after you get the crash, please look into (steam install dir)\Endless Space\EndlessSpace_Data\output_log.txt, and search for the string "Modding". This will show you any messages related to reading the mod. For example, I have noticed that if the files are read-only, it may crash. Perhaps investigating these messages will help. Please post if you find a solution that way.

Hupailija

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Hupailija

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 2:51:46 PM

On the off chance it was, it doesn't seem to me to be an issue with any particular mod, as the unmodded files also crash the game.

If unmodded files crash your game you may want to either

a) install game again or

b) in Steam, righclick Endless Space, take bottom option (for me it's Ominaisuudet, quess it's Settings or something in english :P), local files, check gamefiles defragment (or what ever it is in English).

B eventually notices if you are missing any files, if you are not and you still crash it's time for A.

If problem is via you trying to open unmodded mod and it crash then problem is most likely same... you are probably missing some important files :/

tamrial147

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tamrial147

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 4:06:13 PM

Which Xml file do i need to change the expansion dissaprovel cause that really makes me dislike that aspect of the game, dosen't make it as fun as it could be

Hupailija

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Hupailija

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 5:30:04 PM

Not sure whether this has been told or asked before:

Is it possible to start modded game instead of pure game? (I don't want to go back to assets files but atleast it made testing easier :P)

Especially in part where you test mod features and see what you have done it gets rather annoying to have to restart game twice. (Best so far has been 10 restarts in 2 hours.. it just gets annoying).

davea

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davea

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 5:53:38 PM

This is mentioned multiple times in the instructions. In the steam properties tab, select "launch options" and add "+mod yourname" to the command line.

Hupailija

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Hupailija

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 6:20:23 PM

davea wrote:
This is mentioned multiple times in the instructions. In the steam properties tab, select "launch options" and add "+mod yourname" to the command line.

Actually to be more exact: the name of the the mod folder... or atleast that worked for me (starting first mod name, then own name and finally folder :P)

Anyway you should know me already, I'm full of what sounds silly question but will be something what eventually will be asked dozen times

... though this time it was just silly question without any revelations to anybody

mJrA

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mJrA

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 8:51:20 PM

I have a problem regarding the thumbnails. Somehow i cant see them properly

it has a little red ? and no picture

i downloaded the eye of the Galaxi mod and there the red ? are too. Only Endless space itself shows the thumbs :/

here a screenshot:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/bugthumbs.png/

davea

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davea

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 9:09:54 PM

@ mJrA, I am pretty sure you have found a bug in the example mod. In my two released 1.0.14 mods, I have deleted the thumbnail field from index.xml so the thumbnail section of the mods tab is blank. I suppose that for the example mod, the author has left the thumbnails fields unchanged, but the pictures are not present in the mod directory. So the game is forced to use a red ? icon to indicate that the picture mentioned in the mod index file is missing.

mJrA

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mJrA

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 9:14:53 PM

ill check that and report after

edit: it doesnt work i have copy'd the index from the normal index file. So normally it should work

[CODE]

B5 Project Mod Team

tbd

2012-08-09

Internal Testing

Babylon 5 Projekt is a Modification for Endless Space that brings the Story of Babylon 5 to

Endless Space

General

Gui/Thumbnail-01.jpg

Gui/Thumbnail-02.jpg

%ModName

%ModDescription

[/CODE]

davea

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davea

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 10:06:53 PM

Where exactly are Gui/Thumbnail-*.jpg? If you move the files so that no subdirectory path is needed, and update index.xml to match, then does it work?

mJrA

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mJrA

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 10:15:22 PM

no doesnt work. But in the standard mod (endless space itself) the thumbs are in the gui folder too

Pleasure

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Pleasure

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 10:17:10 PM

davea wrote:
Where exactly are Gui/Thumbnail-*.jpg? If you move the files so that no subdirectory path is needed, and update index.xml to match, then does it work?

since it works for me it cannot be that problem, i use the same index file and see the thumbnails.

davea

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davea

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12 years ago

Aug 10, 2012, 11:12:32 PM

Is it possible the thumbnails must be exactly a certain pixel size else they are ignored? Or, only certain types of jpeg compression are supported?

mJrA

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mJrA

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12 years ago

Aug 11, 2012, 6:38:56 AM

Pleasure wrote:
since it works for me it cannot be that problem, i use the same index file and see the thumbnails.

as he said it works with same jpgs on his computer (we use same mod) i would say no thats not the reason

mJrA

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mJrA

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12 years ago

Aug 11, 2012, 7:53:26 AM

So i tried to do a new mod now and there too it doesnt work. So everything what is inside my Documents Folder wont show. I am really confused

Hupailija

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Hupailija

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12 years ago

Aug 11, 2012, 8:42:39 AM

Mmmm, If that mod doesn't work at all you might want to try what happens if you rename folder to just 1 word or couple letters long.

I first tried to use folder called: Endless Dream but for some reason it didn't work. As soon as I renamed it to mod it started to work wonderfully.

mJrA

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mJrA

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12 years ago

Aug 11, 2012, 9:34:52 AM

The problem isnt the Folder. Every mod wont show the images. I wanna bet if u send me a Mod which works fine at ur side it wont work on my side. I really dont know what the problem is