HELP! File not found

kevlord · #1 November 23rd, 2002, 06:16 AM

At the moment the mods are the least of my concerns. I cannot get the game to run except pure vanilla code out of the main SEIV folder. If I just call a folder a mod and change my path file to run form it I get this error EVEN IF THE FILES ARE IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL (UNMODDED). This just happened out of the blue after weeks of running fine.

I am just trying to get it to where I can start working on my mods again.

Captain Kwok · #2 November 23rd, 2002, 06:44 AM

A mod folder must always have a data directory with all the necessary data files (modded or unmodded) for it to work properly.

kevlord · #3 November 23rd, 2002, 06:59 AM

I understand that but:
The game will run with the data files I currently have. If I copy those same data files into another folder and launch the game from there it doesn't work. The files are the same hench my confusion.

Captain Kwok · #4 November 23rd, 2002, 07:02 AM

Are those data files in a directory within the mod directory, i.e.:

modname/data

If not, then that might be your problem.

kevlord · #5 November 23rd, 2002, 07:08 AM

Yes they are in MODS/DATA.

Keep in mind that this was all working fine one day and broke the next. Right now I have no mods, I am using just the SEIV data copied into MODS folder and the game fails.

Captain Kwok · #6 November 23rd, 2002, 07:14 AM

Hmm...

I'm not sure what the problem could be. I was going to suggest perhaps one of the files is missing or not copied. As you describe it, it should work fine.

Fyron · #7 November 23rd, 2002, 08:40 AM

Are you calling to "Mods" in Path.txt, or "C:\Space Empires IV\Mods" (assuming SE4 is the install folder)? It should be "Mods". It is a relative path, not an absolute path.