SH4 Steam version mod issue

Sinscarcity · 05-07-16, 02:14 PM

Hello everyone,

I'm new to SUBSIM. I have the Steam version of SH4 on my Windows 10 PC. I just installed the Los Angeles Class Improved mod v 4.2 and followed the extraction process perfectly. But when I went to see if the mod was available in the game, I did not find it listed. Please help if anyone knows what the solution is, thanks in advance!

Aktungbby · 05-07-16, 02:19 PM

Sinscarcity!

cdrsubron7 · 05-07-16, 06:59 PM

Welcome to our little insane asylum, Sinscarcity. happy to have your aboard.

Gray Lensman · 05-07-16, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinscarcity

Hello everyone,

I'm new to SUBSIM. I have the Steam version of SH4 on my Windows 10 PC. I just installed the Los Angeles Class Improved mod v 4.2 and followed the extraction process perfectly. But when I went to see if the mod was available in the game, I did not find it listed. Please help if anyone knows what the solution is, thanks in advance!

You state that the extraction process went perfectly BUT what did you do after that? (There's more to installing a MOD then just a "perfect" extraction).

Jimbuna · 05-08-16, 05:39 AM

Check for a Steam folder and hopefully the extracted file should be in that.

Welcome to SubSim

Rockin Robbins · 05-08-16, 07:20 AM

Also, hopefully, said Steam game folder is not part of your \Program Files or \Program Files (x86) protected system directories ("directories" is what we call them on real computers, not "folders"

)

Set up Steam to put new games in a different directory. Then you'll have to reinstall SH4 (you DO have the U-Boat Missions version, don't you?) in a root directory. Mine is C:\Steam games.

Should be end of problem unless the mod isn't installed correctly. Keep us posted and we'll get you running!

slipf18 · 05-08-16, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Also, hopefully, said Steam game folder is not part of your \Program Files or \Program Files (x86) protected system directories ("directories" is what we call them on real computers, not "folders":

I googled that. Not sure I am buying it. Mostly what I read is that a directory is more correct in a DOS environment but folder is more correct in a graphical interface like Windows. I was around pre-Windows and don't ever remember the word folder being used. Also I found some references to the folder system arriving with the Apple Lisa. So maybe some credence to that?

I will say that all versions of Windows (including 10) refer to it as a folder. Right click on the desktop and hit "new". You will see folder as an option but not directory.

Most people use those two words interchangeably.

aanker · 05-08-16, 10:52 AM

It's just old farts like RRobbins and me that occasionally call folders directories. Once we die off, everyone will call them folders..... lmao : )

lukterran · 05-18-16, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Also, hopefully, said Steam game folder is not part of your \Program Files or \Program Files (x86) protected system directories ("directories" is what we call them on real computers, not "folders"

)

Set up Steam to put new games in a different directory. Then you'll have to reinstall SH4 (you DO have the U-Boat Missions version, don't you?) in a root directory. Mine is C:\Steam games.

Should be end of problem unless the mod isn't installed correctly. Keep us posted and we'll get you running!

How do you do that? Ever time I try and tell Steam to move the files into another directory it only wants to give me to move it into the D: drive and leaves no other options other than the default.

dodougla · 05-18-16, 04:20 PM

In Steam, Under Settings - > Downloads, there's a folder called Steam Library Folders and you can manage them there.

05-07-16, 02:14 PM	#1
Sinscarcity Nub Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 2 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	SH4 Steam version mod issue Hello everyone, I'm new to SUBSIM. I have the Steam version of SH4 on my Windows 10 PC. I just installed the Los Angeles Class Improved mod v 4.2 and followed the extraction process perfectly. But when I went to see if the mod was available in the game, I did not find it listed. Please help if anyone knows what the solution is, thanks in advance!

05-07-16, 02:19 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,009 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! Sinscarcity! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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05-08-16, 05:39 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Check for a Steam folder and hopefully the extracted file should be in that. Welcome to SubSim __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-08-16, 07:20 AM	#6
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Also, hopefully, said Steam game folder is not part of your \Program Files or \Program Files (x86) protected system directories ("directories" is what we call them on real computers, not "folders") Set up Steam to put new games in a different directory. Then you'll have to reinstall SH4 (you DO have the U-Boat Missions version, don't you?) in a root directory. Mine is C:\Steam games. Should be end of problem unless the mod isn't installed correctly. Keep us posted and we'll get you running! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

05-08-16, 10:52 AM	#8
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	It's just old farts like RRobbins and me that occasionally call folders directories. Once we die off, everyone will call them folders..... lmao : )

05-18-16, 04:20 PM	#10
dodougla Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 1 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	In Steam, Under Settings - > Downloads, there's a folder called Steam Library Folders and you can manage them there.