Help needed to install mods

[Aurore]

Sorry to aska noob question, but im having problems getting any mods to work.

I am using SE4 gold updated to 1.91.

i have downloaded and tried to install the trek mod and babylon 5 mods, and the mobeus mods from there.

I created sub directories with the names of the mods, and copies all the files there in the structure they arrived in.

I have tried running them both with the mod launcher utility and by changing the path file to point at them.

In each case, i get errors when trying to launch the game. The errors are generated when running the settings.txt file it seems, and they say things like :

game settings data file error

could not find field "asteroids value low percent" in record 1.

this forms a list ending with the

could not find field "fighters can be hit by mines" in record 1.

I dont know what to do to make this work, so any help is appreciated.

Aurore

[Dragonswrd]

Sounds like they may be corrupted, or not in the right format. Try downloading them again. You might have an old Version.

[Aurore]

I downloaded all 3 from the PBW site. It seems unlikely all 3 would be corrupted. Am I installing them wrong?

Aurore

[Aiken]

Just a guess: where shouldn't be any nested folders, ie ...se4folder\star trek mod\star trek mod\. Correct path will be: se4folder\star trek mod\ . In teh star trek mod folder you should find a bunch of subfolders: AI, Data, Dsgnname, and so on.

[Phoenix-D]

By the looks of the errors, it is finding the data files. However you may be using mods designed for earlier Versions of SE4- I think the B5 mod in particular is made for 1.49.

[Atrocities]

If you have your SEIV Disk handy re-install SEIV. Sometimes people install OLD SEIV and then apply the update and that causes a lot of problems.

[Fyron]

I believe that all of those mods are not compatible with SE4 Gold.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I believe that all of those mods are not compatible with SE4 Gold.

This is most likely the problem. I guess if it is, how would he go about fixing them?

[Fyron]

Lots of data file and AI file editing, fixing each error that displays in turn. Then hunting down a post by Capn Q or whatever his name is that has a file linked to in his sig listing ALL changes that need to be made to make a shipset compatible with Gold. Not all of the problems occur when loading the game up.

[Caduceus]

I keep waiting for someone to slip a McDonalds or the Statue of Liberty into the facility pack... Heh

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