MIB88 MegaMod - opinions, technical issues, etc.

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T.O.T. problem....continuing

I have managed to get the install to work by running registry cleaner on my system. However even with deleting the PATCH000 I am still having the reaccuring problem. I have tried everything short of wiping my entire drives and reinstalling windows which I loath to do because I do not wish to lose my music collection. I have uninstalled Fallout2 off my drives, deleted the folders left behind, shut down and restarted system, extracted mod into fallout folder, moved the .exe file to fallout from data, deleted patch000 and gone from there and still nothing. I am not sure what the problem may be but I still have the same problem of nothing on the Temple of Trials map not being there. I have done this a total of seven times now without success.

EDIT: I found the problem. For some reason WinRar does not recognise read only archives as such. Those who use WinRar to extract that are having problems with the temple may try to right click on proto folder and UNCHECK read-only. Hit apply and then RE-CHECK read only and hit apply again. That has allowed the temple map to appear on my system.
 
I have copied all the data from the DATA folder to C:\Program Files\BlackIsle\Fallout2\DATA and i have renamed patch000. The game starts but when i enter the temple i get a black screen. Do i have to uninstall and reinstall in a new directory. Or did i install the mod wrong?
EDIT: I also copied your Fallout2.EXE over the original.
EDIT AGAIN: I just tried that check read only thing you mentioned above and it still does not work. Could it be because i already ran into the temple problem? Do i have to reinstall?
I LOVE THIS EDIT BUTTON: O.K. I reinstalled the game and the mod. Did the whole read only thing and now instead of running around in eternal darkness the game crashes. FYI: I'm using XP, And everything i D/L is put into a folder i made and automatically compressed to save disk space. However i don't believe that could be a problem as I've d/l tons of mods for tons of games and never had a problem. (I'll Probably edit again) :oops:
 
I'm preatty sure you don't install the Mod corectly.
And don't install the patch 1.02 the Mod all ready haved.
Be sure your Winrar extract the files corectly.
Read the Readme from the MOD over and over again until you understeand everything.

Hey MIB88 I need an opinion. I made a new master.dat with all the files of the MOD, and I have a little problem. Thoes new critters from the FOT (encounters) don't appear only some bizar sounds.
What is wrong? I checked for many times and I don't figured out what's happening.
I know it's not the problem with the Mod because I tested in org. form and was working.
In rest everything is OK...
Sorry to disturb you in Hollyday time.
 
IAR80 said:
Hey MIB88 I need an opinion. I made a new master.dat with all the files of the MOD, and I have a little problem. Thoes new critters from the FOT (encounters) don't appear only some bizar sounds.
What is wrong? I checked for many times and I don't figured out what's happening.
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Interesting. I am guessing that the other critters in those encounters show up normally, correct? Those weird sounds should be the sounds of the cockroaches and gila lizards. I think I know what happened. It seems like the critter art is missing. Did you transfer those files? Those art files should go either in a new patch000.dat, left in the data folder as I put them, or placed in the critter.dat file. I am pretty sure a master.dat file won't look for critter art. Good luck.

@ Ghost_loy- I have to agree with IAR80 here. There has to be a crucial step you are forgetting here. Lots of people have this problem, and after combing through this thread they eventually find what they were doing wrong.
 
Could my problem be a registry problem? Even after i install the game when i insert my disk i still get the Install button and not the play button. I can only play if i click on the exe.
Edit: Never mind i have no fallout 2 registry keys after uninstalling.
 
Ghost_loy said:
Could my problem be a registry problem? Even after i install the game when i insert my disk i still get the Install button and not the play button. I can only play if i click on the exe.
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Possibly a registry issue, but not based off of that. That always happens with my installations, too. Remember, after uninstalling the game, restart your computer before installing the game again to the new location (that worked for a few people).
 
MIB88 said:
Possibly a registry issue, but not based off of that. That always happens with my installations, too. Remember, after uninstalling the game, restart your computer before installing the game again to the new location (that worked for a few people).
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All right ill uninstall and restart my computer in a few minutes. One more question though this is kinda a stupid question but on Page 3 Guyver8 explains how to install the mod however i dont have a Mega Mod update. Also i would like to point out that i will stop using winrar while extracting the mod as my winrar screws some of the stuff up i think. Besides better safe than sorry
 
Ghost_loy said:
One more question though this is kinda a stupid question but on Page 3 Guyver8 explains how to install the mod however i dont have a Mega Mod update.
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Yes, that is a stupid question. Try not to ask things like that. Look at the readme files. You will see that there have been so many changes with this project. There use to be a Megamod, Megamod update, update 2, update 3, etc...this is now all just one download. Just ignore that part...for now. I say for now because, there will be a Megamod 2.1 release (or update 2.1, I am not sure what to call it yet). And later a 2.2...a 2.3, etc. When that happens, you should treat it as the update file mentioned in his instructions. In a nutshell, though, you just need to overwrite the files in your game folder with the files included in the update when I release it. No need to reinstall. Just add in the new files.

Good luck.
 
Hmm i guess i was not thinking correctly...I remember reading that in the readme. Thank you for you rquick reply hopefully my next post(or Edit) will be my thanking you for helping me get this to work!

Edit: Ahh the sense of victory. It works! thank you very very much!
(On a side note i found a fork in the temple, am i supposed to use this as a weapon because when i tried that the game crashed, however no big deal ill just stay away from forks!)

Edit: I found a bug if it interest you. Eldrige (spl?) in new reno will actually give you money when you talk to him about upgrading one your guns. Dont know if you already knew this or not just figured i'd let you know.

Edit: Also it seems that after that glitch happened i could not load that file. So now i have to restart and stay away from Eldridge.

Edit: Two more Problems; First after my main character could not be loaded i made a female int. lck. and per. character and went through the temple of trials at the end after answering the guys questions he left and i never got control back over my character so i had to ctrl +alt+del outa the game, i did get aroun this problem by simply stealing the key from him but that was just a temporary solution. Second when i got to the new location in the top right of the map the game crashed. Otherwise thank you for this Great Mod I love every second of it!
 
Again, something you forget to do.
Be sure to put the PROTO FOLDER to READ ONLY, and the rest of the folders inside...
This kind of problem I haved when I first installed the Mod.
Check periodically if no new files are created inside the Critters folder and Items folder, etc., the Newiest files is from the 02.11.2006, if a files is newiest than that deleted at once...
And in Critters folder is a file 000062. pro deleted, because if you don't doit Vic will have problem.
I don't have thoes bug you reported ?!!!
 
Hmm My proto folder is read only. It was after I extracted everything with win zip, even after that i checked off read only and checked it back on to make sure everything was read only. And i just checked it, I went into proto opened each of its subfolders pressed ctr-A and checked to see if they were read only all my .pro files are read only and as far as I can tell always were. However knowing myself I'm probably making a fatal mistake somewhere. :( But on the upside i can kinda play this brilliant mod! :D
 
The bugs with the fork and Eldridge have been resolved for the next relese. However, IAR80 is right that there is still something else going on with your game. Keep looking.

@ IAR80: Did you get the new critters to work after placing the right files in the critter.dat file? Try this, too, and let me know what happens: Put the original master.dat file back into your Fallout folder. Rename the master.dat file you created to patch000.dat. If renamed, I am guessing that those new critter art files will be read from there.
 
Hmm well i solved the problem with the game sometimes not reloading. However i still cant go to the place in the top right of the map. Any idea on what part i might be messing up?
( I made sure the proto folders were good)
 
Ghost_loy said:
However i still cant go to the place in the top right of the map. Any idea on what part i might be messing up?
( I made sure the proto folders were good)
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You are talking about the Abbey, and that was something I messed up as I was moving map numbers around. It has been fixed for the next release. Don't worry, there is nothing really there (yet), with the exception of a cool little toy.
 
In that case i think i got the Mod Installed correctly! Thank you for your help! You to IAR80 Thank you both for having patience enough to help me!
 
Unkillable Cat said:
Stupidly stupid question of the day:

When can we expect the next release?
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Not a stupid question. I have already made a number of changes/fixes (see a couple of pages back), but I'd like to add more before I release anything. I was hoping to add in the Modoc revisited mod before I made another release. However, whether that is ready soon or not, I think I will release something around the end of this month.
 
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