[WIP] A New MegaMod - Page 2

volodya61 · 10-13-13, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

Volodya had offered for making the mod by Illyustrator and Obelix compatible with current UI mods before he suffered a major system crash.

I think it is a matter of merging some missing lines in a couple of ini or py files (don't remember exactly right now). If no one is planning to look in the two mods for the feasibility of a compatibility patch, I can do it myself and report back asap

There are a few files to merge - Page navigation map.ini, German.shss, Page navigation map.py.. that's all..

PS: I hate MS.. I was able to save all the files in the disk root.. but almost all the files in the MS folders were destroyed.. I mean - Desktop, My documents, My images and so on.. because of f...... MS chkdisk..

I'm now trying to restore them one by one from fragments.. 400 000 fragments

..

plj · 10-13-13, 04:25 PM

I was doing the same, based on my installation experience with sobers list

Are you planning on working out the conflicts you inevitably get when you start overwriting stuff already purposely altered in other mods ?

Like for instance the difference in settings in zones.cfg affected by your own Longer repairs, but also altered by a couple of mods after that, making your own mod completely irrelevant in that list afaik ? Am I missing something ?

More important, since you just freed my time, as my list was just about that, plus a little more, how can I help, if at all ?

Also, given all the CTD's that seem to be more prevalent for NewUI users then for Magui users, is it wise to tailor towards a specific choice of UI ? You could further devide into UI-less and then two packages to complete, either a Magui set, or a NewUI set .. that way choice remains 'out of the box' and the people with lesser systems wont be left out to dry :p (arguably, given the genre and the game's age, this will be the larger group)

plj · 10-13-13, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by volodya61

There are a few files to merge - Page navigation map.ini, German.shss, Page navigation map.py.. that's all..

PS: I hate MS.. I was able to save all the files in the disk root.. but almost all the files in the MS folders were destroyed.. I mean - Desktop, My documents, My images and so on.. because of f...... MS chkdisk..

I'm now trying to restore them one by one from fragments.. 400 000 fragments

..

Never EVER let checkdisk 'repair' something .. it is the major source of income for data recovery companies. I suspect a deal.

gap · 10-13-13, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rongel

Thanks!

Ok, I'll try FXU 0.0.22 but maybe tone down explosions!

Yes, doing it is advisable. Removing the last three effects of the RadioRoom zone has solved the issue for Vecko. Probably there is no need to remove all of them. You can retain some, or replace them with lesser GPU-intensive ones

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Originally Posted by volodya61

There are a few files to merge - Page navigation map.ini, German.shss, Page navigation map.py.. that's all..

So you had already started looking into those files

In your opinion, updating I/O strategic map by copying/pasting the possibly missing entries, would be easy for an UI-analphabet like me?

volodya61 · 10-13-13, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by plj

Never EVER let checkdisk 'repair' something .. it is the major source of income for data recovery companies. I suspect a deal.

I never let it run.. I already explained it somewhere here.. there was a voltage drop or power outage when it happened.. I wasn't near the computer when it started to work and when I came back it was too late.. about 70 000 files were checked..

volodya61 · 10-13-13, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

So you had already started looking into those files

In your opinion, updating I/O strategic map by copying/pasting the possibly missing entries, would be easy for an UI-analphabet like me?

Yes, I started but not finished

.. and too busy now to continue..
Yes it's easy.. I had already done it for NewUIs 7.3.0 and everything worked fine..

gap · 10-13-13, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by volodya61

Yes, I started but not finished

.. and too busy now to continue..
Yes it's easy.. I had already done it for NewUIs 7.3.0 and everything worked fine..

Okay since you are not continuing the merge I'll give it a go, if you don't mind.
Let me know if you find some already edited files into your HD

volodya61 · 10-13-13, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

..Let me know if you find some already edited files into your HD

No chance.. they were on the desktop in the Edit folder.. and now these files look like this - 17526g43f6e0r.txt, among thousands of similar..

plj · 10-13-13, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by volodya61

No chance.. they were on the desktop in the Edit folder.. and now these files look like this - 17526g43f6e0r.txt, among thousands of similar..

Windows can search in textfiles. If you know a little exclusive part that SHOULD be there, you could search on that string .. it's not pretty and time consuming, but I dunno how much work was lost ... if you want it back bad, it's worth a shot.

gap · 10-13-13, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by volodya61

No chance.. they were on the desktop in the Edit folder.. and now these files look like this - 17526g43f6e0r.txt, among thousands of similar..

Be philosophical about it Volodya. If you like jigsaw puzzles, you got one for free

volodya61 · 10-13-13, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by plj

Windows can search in textfiles. If you know a little exclusive part that SHOULD be there, you could search on that string .. it's not pretty and time consuming, but I dunno how much work was lost ... if you want it back bad, it's worth a shot.

Thanks, I know.. I'm mostly busy with the restoration of my personal files now.. maybe later I'll look at all the other files too..

volodya61 · 10-13-13, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by gap

Be philosophical about it Volodya. If you like jigsaw puzzles, you got one for free

Yep.. you're pretty right..

Obelix · 10-13-13, 08:50 PM

Great idea!

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Originally Posted by gap

Awesome idea Rongel, please go on with it!

- If it is not too much hassle for you, making IO StrategicMap compatible with the latest UI version and including it into your megamod, would also be a cool thing. It is not the most important feature though, this is obvious.

I can help with that.

lesec74 · 10-14-13, 12:19 AM

hello from France,
godd idea, is it possible to include silentmichal's interior mod?

thanks for answers
Bye

conus00 · 10-14-13, 01:01 AM

You can use any of my mods as you see fit.
-LJ

If you need any updates/modifications, let me know. (Also, I have made some modifications already, not released yet.

)

10-14-13, 01:01 AM	#30
conus00 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: DB85 Posts: 804 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 0	You can use any of my mods as you see fit. -LJ If you need any updates/modifications, let me know. (Also, I have made some modifications already, not released yet. ) Last edited by conus00; 10-14-13 at 01:12 AM.

10-13-13, 04:25 PM	#17
plj Captain Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 542 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	I was doing the same, based on my installation experience with sobers list Are you planning on working out the conflicts you inevitably get when you start overwriting stuff already purposely altered in other mods ? Like for instance the difference in settings in zones.cfg affected by your own Longer repairs, but also altered by a couple of mods after that, making your own mod completely irrelevant in that list afaik ? Am I missing something ? More important, since you just freed my time, as my list was just about that, plus a little more, how can I help, if at all ? Also, given all the CTD's that seem to be more prevalent for NewUI users then for Magui users, is it wise to tailor towards a specific choice of UI ? You could further devide into UI-less and then two packages to complete, either a Magui set, or a NewUI set .. that way choice remains 'out of the box' and the people with lesser systems wont be left out to dry :p (arguably, given the genre and the game's age, this will be the larger group)

10-14-13, 12:19 AM	#29
lesec74 Ensign Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: france(alps) Posts: 230 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	hello from France, godd idea, is it possible to include silentmichal's interior mod? thanks for answers Bye