Mods not working

[Bleda]

Hello,

I-war2 has been one of my all time favorites so when I see it offered on Steam I bought it.

I installed the game on win10 64 bit system with NVidia, the game is running beautifully. I also downloaded several mods but I can’t get to work them. I dropped the zip files under my D/Games/Steam…/Mods folder but no result.

Any solutions?

[Chessking]

Steam games have a very different file location than the CD or GOG versions. While I do not have the Steam version, I might be able to help. On the Online page, Schmatzler gives instructions for making multiplayer work on all three versions. According to that, it appears that mods would go into the following folder:
“C:Program FilesSteamsteamappscommonIndependence War 2 – Edge of Chaosmods”

I am not sure if this is the same folder you indicated in your post or not.

I think the f14.6 patch comes with the Steam version, but if not it would be a problem. You can check the game version by looking in the bottom-right corner of the main menu screen.

Another thing to check is to make sure the mod is activated in the mods menu in-game. Also, some mods require other mods to work, or have large file sizes which often result in corruption of the mod during download. I would recommend testing the crosshairs.zip mod that typically comes with the f14.6 patch. If this mod works, then the problem is probably mod specific.

I hope this helps you solve your problem.

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This is one tough navy, boy. They don’t give you time off, even for being dead. -Clay

Storm Petrel

[IronDuke]

Welcome to the forums! :cheer:

As Chessking said, I-War 2 requires the mods to be in its own mod folder in the game directory. It has little to no connection with Steam.

Also, I recommend unzipping the mods when you put them in the folder, as it’ll triple the loading speed. 😉

–IronDuke

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[Chessking]

Also, I recommend unzipping the mods when you put them in the folder, as it’ll triple the loading speed. 😉

Hmm. I never knew that. Cool!

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This is one tough navy, boy. They don’t give you time off, even for being dead. -Clay

Storm Petrel

[Bleda]

Chessking – Ironduke,

Thanks for your help. I decided to uninstall the game from D and reinstall it to C, but in the process I realized that I made the dumbest mistake: I did not activate the mods from the Extras menu in my first attempt! So now the mods are working.

Thanks again.

[IronDuke]

No problem! Glad you got it to work. That mistake is one we’ve all made sometime. 😉 Drop by again if you have any more questions. 🙂

–IronDuke

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[Bleda]

Actually, I have another question.

I have a MS Sidewinder II joystick (8 button) that I play IWar2 with. Is there a way I modify button configuration?

I found a sidewinder mod under mods page but it is not working properly?

[IronDuke]

Controls are configured in the default.ini file in the configs folder in the game directory.

It’s clunky and inconvenient, but makes you feel like a true codermonkey sometimes. 😛 I think Chessking was making a keybinder program at some point…

–IronDuke

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[Bleda]

Sounds a bit over my head but I’ll keep it in mind.

Thanks.

Bleda

[Chessking]

Yes, I have been making a keybinder. It is not finished yet. It is also accessible online. You can play around with it if you want.
Dynamic Keybinder
I am afraid it is not ready to perform the changes you require yet. It loads the default keyboard layout, and the program is not complete enough for the user to convert the config to a joystick layout. These problems could probably be fixed fairly easily.

I am a bit busy at the moment, but I might find time to fix the problems this next week.

Until then, some of the files on this page could help simplify the process.

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This is one tough navy, boy. They don’t give you time off, even for being dead. -Clay

Storm Petrel

[Bleda]

Chessking,

THanks for your assistance but I am making do with the default joystick config.

Thanks anyway.

Bleda

[Bozobub]

Remember, also, that several mods have dependecies on others, and/or need a specific key combo to work (usually editable in the mod’s .ini file).

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