Planet Textures and 1.03 (help)

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   "-Can now mod in different textures without copying the entire texture directory."

   Did this part get left out of patch 1.03?  I'm trying to get Texture Pack I - Stars and Planets by, Max Tael, to work but so far I havn't gotten very far.

   I'm going by Method 2 for installing the mod.

Method 2: Allegedly, v1.03 will allow us to use custom textures without copying the whole 1Gb+ Textures directory into the mod folder. In this case, you may want to perform a "softer" installation of the pack by registering it as a game mod.
To do that (and to install any other mods), first you have to find the

   I've done everything the installation guide has said and I still havn't gotten it to work.  The only thing that I can think of is that the file was unzipped to My Documents then dragged into the mod folder.  Any ideas? :/ 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Um , copy over the MT textures dir and the MT install.bat into C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Sins of a Solar Empire

Run the MT install.bat

Just stick with that , works with any mod as its affecting the vanilla part of the game
atleast by my trying out anyway
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Um , copy over the MT textures dir and the MT install.bat into C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Sins of a Solar EmpireRun the MT install.batJust stick with that , works with any mod as its affecting the vanilla part of the gameatleast by my trying out anyway
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If its installed directly into the Sins directory won't that overrite the older texture files? I'm just wondering because the install makes a backup folder for me. I was hoping that 1.03 would provide easier installs for mods. :(
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Um , copy over the MT textures dir and the MT install.bat into C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\Sins of a Solar EmpireRun the MT install.batJust stick with that , works with any mod as its affecting the vanilla part of the gameatleast by my trying out anyway
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Thanks for the tip. This worked just fine but I have one question.

How do I get the old textures back? Are the old textures located in the MT Textures (backup) folder? Do I run the MT Install.bat to switch out textures?
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Ummm...

I've gotten it to work within the mods directory without any problems (even merging it with other mods).

Disregard the step about creating a new directory and renaming stuff. within the mods folder,Just extract it so it looks like this:
...\Mods\MT Textures\Textures\texturefilesinhere

It works just fine for me.

And as for restoring the backed up files after running the .bat file, you'll have to copy the contents of the backup dir and paste it into the texture directory manually. (all this inside the GAME dir.)