Help needed.

sentenc3 · 05-30-11, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I was in Germany the last 8 days and had no access to my home system. I had my 'home away from home laptop' with me but I'm very limited what I can do with it. Without my home system there is little modding I can do

It's very hard to mod also on a little 19" screen. I'm used to my dual monitor 30.5" LCDs at home. Makes things much easier to see/work.

Happy homecoming when you get back on purpose

... I really like your computer equipment

... when you want to change it for mine, okay

?

TheDarkWraith · 05-30-11, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sentenc3

Happy homecoming when you get back on purpose

... I really like your computer equipment

... when you want to change it for mine, okay

?

I'm back home now (after a LONG 19 hrs of travel from Frankfurt yesterday due to thunderstorms. We had to divert to Detroit due to running low on fuel and then resume to our destination

)

Xrundel · 05-30-11, 09:42 AM

Uninstall game, launcher, deleted all the files and folders that were leftovers including hidden once, emptied recycle bin, restarted computer.
Made sure installation DVD does not have scratches or dust on it, installed the game, updated it to 1.2.0 without installing any mods started new campaign (1943 - Black whatever), left the port, travel about 100km, shoot at enemy airplane, came back, saved the game, exit the game. Took brand new version 6_5_1_, installed just this mod - got same freaking screen.

I just can't describe my frustration... I've discovered this issue at 18:40 last night, now it is 07:35 next morning... after hours and hours of installing/ uninstalling things I just about to give up the whole thing.
One of the major reasons I started with system restore - countless game crashes while auto-saving or trying to load saved game.
Now I have no game at all, unless I play without NewUIs_TDC and that's absolutely ridiculous - how I am going to finish radar repair and make it compatible without having most popular (and usable) mod in my list?

I don't know what to do anymore... Just some stupid brick wall, I swear...

Zedi · 05-30-11, 12:05 PM

A mod that fix the radar should be stand alone as not everybody use tdw ui, there are also other UI mods. And usually is good to mod without any other mods enabled, so you dont mix files. Made this mistakes few times, no more.

Xrundel · 05-30-11, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Zedi

A mod that fix the radar should be stand alone as not everybody use tdw ui, there are also other UI mods. And usually is good to mod without any other mods enabled, so you dont mix files. Made this mistakes few times, no more.

I am planning to make complex mod that will include all previous "fixes" like:
Periscopes
Round and Rod antennas
Hydrophone
Radar.
"Shnorkel" - hopefully with help.

Because it all was done and still in progress step by step and it is just silly to make extra mod for every time we got another piece of equipment fixed.

I don't want to promise anything at this point but I do believe in my heart that if anyone will help to right scripts connecting shnorkel to diesel engines (I am not a programmer believe it or not and I don't know any languages for this matter

) we'll be able to make shnorkel work the way it suppose to. At least I have desire to try.

Equipment got shared by every sub and accordingly by every UI as well. MOD for repaired equipment ( I did not come up with the name for mod - maybe you guys can help) will be built around work of TDW simply because it is most common UI at this moment. Also he is very well organized person, keeping very detailed logs and notes, and I love to work around people like him - it just makes everything lot easier. No needs for non-stop PM back and forth and so on.

If any incompatibility issue will come up - I will do my best to respond with comparable version of mode for such a specific case. There are not many UI there anyway. So if worst come to worst - 2 or 3 variations won't kill me.

We have exciting times ahead of us - with radar and shnorkel repaired, "Open Horizons" mod and new imported ships - game will reach totally new level of playability and enjoyment.

TBear · 05-30-11, 12:06 PM

i know i sound noobish and all.

Have you set all exe files to run as administrator, sounds to me like JGSM is not set that way..

SH5 exe run as admin
JGSM run as admin...

sorry if this was stupid advice...

Xrundel · 05-30-11, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TBear

i know i sound noobish and all.

Have you set all exe files to run as administrator, sounds to me like JGSM is not set that way..

SH5 exe run as admin
JGSM run as admin...

sorry if this was stupid advice...

My friend - no need to apologize - you help and opinion is greatly appreciated.
After exhausting every option that could come to my exhausted mind I've decided MANUALLY install UI by replacing every file in every folder needed.
Yeap.. it took me about two hours

but I did it and guess what - you are absolutely correct - JSGME is not installing some parts of this mod properly. It works just fine with everything else, but that "everything else" was just small mods.

Now I have TDC_New_UI_6_3_7 permanently embedded into my SH5 installation so I can't remove it even if I want to

.

But it works just fine and all I need - fix what's wrong with JSGME and just top it off with newer version.

So - I will follow your advise and hopefully it will take care of issue that cost me 20 hrs of my life....

Xrundel · 05-30-11, 01:44 PM

I've run JSGME as admin and same with SH5.exe - made attempt to install TDC_New_UI_6_5_1 - same crap. Overlaped text, "submarine school" wich is some stock option and now even more option menus on the screen that I can't even remove. Uninstall it using JSGME - everything normal, UI_6_3_7 takes over and runs just fine.
Something definitely happens during JSGME process - same version did not install correctly as well until I just did it manually.
I don't mind to install 6_5_1 this way and looks like I have to - but I am concern about other big mods and this whole situation is just stupid. Looks like JSGME is messing with come text-editable files. Maybe some encoding is missing in Windows system?

As for JSGME - I uninstall/reinstall it few times already in different spots - still same crap.

Never had any problems like this before system restoration.

TheDarkWraith · 05-30-11, 03:22 PM

I would redownload my UIs mod. It sounds like the mod itself is corrupt that you have. I do not have submarine school in any of my mods and you say that it shows up in the menu.

Vorkapitan · 05-30-11, 07:12 PM

pm me

05-30-11, 07:12 PM	#10
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05-30-11, 09:42 AM	#3
Xrundel Gunner Join Date: May 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ. Posts: 100 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Uninstall game, launcher, deleted all the files and folders that were leftovers including hidden once, emptied recycle bin, restarted computer. Made sure installation DVD does not have scratches or dust on it, installed the game, updated it to 1.2.0 without installing any mods started new campaign (1943 - Black whatever), left the port, travel about 100km, shoot at enemy airplane, came back, saved the game, exit the game. Took brand new version 6_5_1_, installed just this mod - got same freaking screen. I just can't describe my frustration... I've discovered this issue at 18:40 last night, now it is 07:35 next morning... after hours and hours of installing/ uninstalling things I just about to give up the whole thing. One of the major reasons I started with system restore - countless game crashes while auto-saving or trying to load saved game. Now I have no game at all, unless I play without NewUIs_TDC and that's absolutely ridiculous - how I am going to finish radar repair and make it compatible without having most popular (and usable) mod in my list? I don't know what to do anymore... Just some stupid brick wall, I swear...

05-30-11, 12:05 PM	#4
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	A mod that fix the radar should be stand alone as not everybody use tdw ui, there are also other UI mods. And usually is good to mod without any other mods enabled, so you dont mix files. Made this mistakes few times, no more.

05-30-11, 12:06 PM	#6
TBear Medic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 160 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	i know i sound noobish and all. Have you set all exe files to run as administrator, sounds to me like JGSM is not set that way.. SH5 exe run as admin JGSM run as admin... sorry if this was stupid advice...

05-30-11, 01:44 PM	#8
Xrundel Gunner Join Date: May 2011 Location: Phoenix, AZ. Posts: 100 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	I've run JSGME as admin and same with SH5.exe - made attempt to install TDC_New_UI_6_5_1 - same crap. Overlaped text, "submarine school" wich is some stock option and now even more option menus on the screen that I can't even remove. Uninstall it using JSGME - everything normal, UI_6_3_7 takes over and runs just fine. Something definitely happens during JSGME process - same version did not install correctly as well until I just did it manually. I don't mind to install 6_5_1 this way and looks like I have to - but I am concern about other big mods and this whole situation is just stupid. Looks like JSGME is messing with come text-editable files. Maybe some encoding is missing in Windows system? As for JSGME - I uninstall/reinstall it few times already in different spots - still same crap. Never had any problems like this before system restoration.

05-30-11, 03:22 PM	#9
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	I would redownload my UIs mod. It sounds like the mod itself is corrupt that you have. I do not have submarine school in any of my mods and you say that it shows up in the menu.