Mods Soup

batryhak · 11-03-13, 08:28 AM

Sorry if this has been done before

Having downloaded several mods from the ever so talented guys here, I am currently working through a suggested mod list by Sjizzle which as you know uses other modders files.
Anyway, as im installing them using the JSGME program and all is good. I have found that when installing some of the mods it tells me that 'xyz file has already been changed in...' and then greys out the mod that had previously changed.
If i were to go through the greyed out files and delete or amend the conflict could i then build my own file and use that in JSGME

11-03-13, 10:04 AM

you could but its most often the "folder" that's listed as a conflict and not the specific "file" so the warnings are often precautionary in nature and not saying the same files are always replaced although that sometimes happens.

lets say the conflict warning is about the objects folder and you open the objects folder in both mods and compare them but don't see the same "files" within it being used, well then there is no conflict its just a common "folder" that's being changed.

with something like that you can create your own merged mod by copying the mods on top of each other to combine the files since nothing is actually replacing the other mods files. this is how you go about creating your own custom mega mod.

now if you find that two mods do in fact change the same "file" then you have to make a decision on how to proceed, you can pick one mods version and do without the other or you can "merge" the two mods together by adding the changes made to that file by one of the mods and add those changes to the other mods file so it contains the changes of both mods together in that one file. in order to do this you need to know exactly what those changes do so you can judge if the merged file still has the desired affects that both mods were trying to achieve.

understanding exactly what the changes do also is a great help if there is a true conflict where you must decide which change to keep if you have to give up the changes that one mod makes in order for the rest of the mod changes you want to work.

when things are greyed out it just means you must install some other mod first before a greyed out mod is no longer greyed out and its safe to uninstall it.

batryhak · 11-03-13, 10:17 AM

thank you. I thought it sounded a bit too simple lol.

11-03-13, 08:28 AM	#1
batryhak Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Surrey, uk Posts: 11 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Mods Soup Sorry if this has been done before Having downloaded several mods from the ever so talented guys here, I am currently working through a suggested mod list by Sjizzle which as you know uses other modders files. Anyway, as im installing them using the JSGME program and all is good. I have found that when installing some of the mods it tells me that 'xyz file has already been changed in...' and then greys out the mod that had previously changed. If i were to go through the greyed out files and delete or amend the conflict could i then build my own file and use that in JSGME

11-03-13, 10:04 AM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	you could but its most often the "folder" that's listed as a conflict and not the specific "file" so the warnings are often precautionary in nature and not saying the same files are always replaced although that sometimes happens. lets say the conflict warning is about the objects folder and you open the objects folder in both mods and compare them but don't see the same "files" within it being used, well then there is no conflict its just a common "folder" that's being changed. with something like that you can create your own merged mod by copying the mods on top of each other to combine the files since nothing is actually replacing the other mods files. this is how you go about creating your own custom mega mod. now if you find that two mods do in fact change the same "file" then you have to make a decision on how to proceed, you can pick one mods version and do without the other or you can "merge" the two mods together by adding the changes made to that file by one of the mods and add those changes to the other mods file so it contains the changes of both mods together in that one file. in order to do this you need to know exactly what those changes do so you can judge if the merged file still has the desired affects that both mods were trying to achieve. understanding exactly what the changes do also is a great help if there is a true conflict where you must decide which change to keep if you have to give up the changes that one mod makes in order for the rest of the mod changes you want to work. when things are greyed out it just means you must install some other mod first before a greyed out mod is no longer greyed out and its safe to uninstall it.

11-03-13, 10:17 AM	#3
batryhak Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Surrey, uk Posts: 11 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	thank you. I thought it sounded a bit too simple lol.