[TEC] How to Fix Mod Soup Issues

01-01-10, 08:11 PM

these are the steps you need to take if you think you have mod soup issues corrupting your game.

mod soup is when files are modded or changed in some way while mods are still installed in the game. doing this has the effect of causing them to no longer be recognised by jsgme so the game is corrupted by having these unrecognised "modded" files left behind after a mod has been uninstalled.

mod soup repair method:

step 1
uninstall all your game mods with jsgme

step 2
move the "MODS" folder found in your games main directory folder
to your desktop so it is no longer there (or just delete it if you dont need the mod files there)

step 3
run jsgme in order to create a brand new "MODS" folder in your games main directory folder

step 4
now replace your mods in jsgme by opening the "MODS" folder you moved to your desktop and moving the mod folders one at a time from the desktops "MODS" folder into the new "MODS" folder you just created in your games main directory folder.

do not try a "move all" thing or you will move the corrupted backup files too so moving the mod folders one at a time avoids any chance of moving the corrupted "hidden" backup files along with them.

and you are done

sergei · 01-02-10, 08:20 AM

Good stuff Webster.
I didn't know about the hidden files.
That may have saved me a reinstall in the past.
Thanks for the info

01-02-10, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sergei

Good stuff Webster.
I didn't know about the hidden files.
That may have saved me a reinstall in the past.
Thanks for the info

np

glad it helped, i get soo tired repeating this stuff at least once a week or sometimes even more i just wanted to finally have a thread to just link them to so i cover everything without forgetting something

clayp · 01-02-10, 05:21 PM

Nbjackso · 01-02-10, 08:34 PM

"It's all in the sequencing. Let's try it again, and see if we can't find some more power." . . . Ken Mattingly, Apollo 13 (the movie)

Loudspeaker · 12-03-11, 05:24 AM

I am trying to run the Trigger Maru mod. When I launch the game, it crashes at startup screen with the red bar having completed 3/4 of its run. I tried to solve it by using the method above, but it doesn't help in my case.

I have SH4 v. 1.5 with the U-boat add on.

I am trying to run TMO_Overhaul_2 and TMO_update_20_to_22

I am running Windows 7, and stock game works without problems.

Any suggestions?

01-01-10, 08:11 PM	#1
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	[TEC] How to Fix Mod Soup Issues these are the steps you need to take if you think you have mod soup issues corrupting your game. mod soup is when files are modded or changed in some way while mods are still installed in the game. doing this has the effect of causing them to no longer be recognised by jsgme so the game is corrupted by having these unrecognised "modded" files left behind after a mod has been uninstalled. mod soup repair method: step 1 uninstall all your game mods with jsgme step 2 move the "MODS" folder found in your games main directory folder to your desktop so it is no longer there (or just delete it if you dont need the mod files there) step 3 run jsgme in order to create a brand new "MODS" folder in your games main directory folder step 4 now replace your mods in jsgme by opening the "MODS" folder you moved to your desktop and moving the mod folders one at a time from the desktops "MODS" folder into the new "MODS" folder you just created in your games main directory folder. do not try a "move all" thing or you will move the corrupted backup files too so moving the mod folders one at a time avoids any chance of moving the corrupted "hidden" backup files along with them. and you are done Last edited by Webster; 02-11-13 at 12:56 PM.

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Nbjackso Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Jose, California, USA Posts: 174 Downloads: 448 Uploads: 18	"It's all in the sequencing. Let's try it again, and see if we can't find some more power." . . . Ken Mattingly, Apollo 13 (the movie) __________________ Just get me within 1000 yards, and I'll do the rest

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01-02-10, 08:20 AM	#2
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Good stuff Webster. I didn't know about the hidden files. That may have saved me a reinstall in the past. Thanks for the info

12-03-11, 05:24 AM	#6
Loudspeaker Bosun Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 69 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	I am trying to run the Trigger Maru mod. When I launch the game, it crashes at startup screen with the red bar having completed 3/4 of its run. I tried to solve it by using the method above, but it doesn't help in my case. I have SH4 v. 1.5 with the U-boat add on. I am trying to run TMO_Overhaul_2 and TMO_update_20_to_22 I am running Windows 7, and stock game works without problems. Any suggestions?