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[BUG] Enabling Mods Causes Instant Crash

By Seleuceia on April 22, 2012 2:25:51 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Seleuceia

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Before v0.78/0.79, you were able to enable mods....however, the first game you'd try to start with that mod would always result in a crash (even if the mod was enabled and then Sins was restarted)....

The situation is now even worse...attempting to enable a mod instantly results in a crash...

The converse is also true: attempting to disable the mod instantly results in a crash....

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GoaFan77
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April 22, 2012 2:29:38 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Yeah. Something has always been a bit funky with the mod loading, but now its completely broken. Sometime before release this needs to be fixed.

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Ryat
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April 22, 2012 2:30:17 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Maybe check to see if the mods are compatible with .79?

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April 22, 2012 2:31:24 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting GoaFan77,
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Sometime before release this needs to be fixed.

 

This is pretty much a requirement I would think?

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-Ue_Carbon
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April 22, 2012 2:31:57 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

OMG!

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Seleuceia
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April 22, 2012 2:33:52 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Enabling a blank mod (no files, just blank folder) still results in a crash...

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boshimi336
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April 22, 2012 5:06:46 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Seleuceia,
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Enabling a blank mod (no files, just blank folder) still results in a crash...

 

Have you tried editing the 'enabled mods' text file to manually enable it? Does that work?

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Teun-A-Roonius
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April 22, 2012 12:56:32 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Replacing the game files with the ones you modded works. But that's really not something you should be willing to do. I made backups of all the original files so I can still restore the game to it's original state. It's not pretty, but it's a workaround...

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Ryat
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April 22, 2012 1:56:10 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

But we don't want to change the core files, we want the mod system to work properly.

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Pbhead
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April 22, 2012 2:07:39 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

there was a thread about this earlier.

 

I think the devs are aware of the issue.

 

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Seleuceia
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April 22, 2012 4:16:43 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting boshimi336,
reply 6
Have you tried editing the 'enabled mods' text file to manually enable it? Does that work?

This is the only way I've been able to get any mod to work....

Quoting Pbhead,
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there was a thread about this earlier.

 

I think the devs are aware of the issue.

Yeah...I started that thread...no dev response....

In fact, the problem has only gotten worse, as at least in previous versions you could enable in game (it just would crash on the first game, and you'd have to restart sins)...

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