Alternative to Moddir

[ELOSO]

I've had some issues using the moddir function in HOI2 1.2 as well as using other modder's work that claim to support this feature. I find it difficult to believe that a mod that requires me to overwrite default files will not affect the vanilla installation.

I'm also an avid player and user of mods for many other games. One of the games I play is Silent Hunter III. SH3 supports mods, but not a moddir function. This meant a ton of micromanagement on the end user or else every time a patch was released a forced re-installation would have to occur which is time consuming.

A gentleman made a great utility with a little bit of effort made installing, using, and uninstalling mods a breeze. I've tested this tool with HOI2 and it works with this game as well.

Now I'm able to play the Austria mod for a day, deactivate it and go onto the All the Russias mod the next day, etc.. No more multiple installations required either.

The name of it is "SH3 Generic Mod Enabler" and it can be found here:

http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files05/patches2005.html

There is a readme file included that explains how it works and how to set it up.

 

[Phoenix Dace]

I just tried this out with All The Russias and it works like a charm. Tell the guy that made it thanks from the HoI2 community. If I find any flaws I'll let you know.

 

[tombom]

Thanks for this. It works well and is compatible with all mods around at the moment. Might try it with other games and free up some disc space.

 

[HMS Enterprize]

Sounds good, in that case try out my new alternate history mod, I think you'll like it!

 

[ELOSO]

Sounds good, in that case try out my new alternate history mod, I think you'll like it!

That was my plan for today.

 

[Phoenix Dace]

Wow - I just tried this out with four different mods (MDS, Settling Accounts, Austria Mod and All The Russias), and it worked for all of them. I haven't tried the regular game, though, so I hope nothing got screwed up. This is a great piece of work. Now I no logner need four separate installs of HOI2 on my system.

 

[yellowstriker]

Good stuff/

 

[Phoenix Dace]

Well, when I actually tried to remove all the mods and play the regular game, I discovered this had deleted many of the .csv files necessary to run the game, as well as every file that was replaced by whatever mod I was using. They're all gone. Now I am very happy I had more than one install of the game, as I am now copying it all back into the HOI2 folder from my DAIM folder. I hope it will work. If not, I'm not sure what I'll do. Have to reinstall the game, I guess.

 

[HMS Enterprize]

Well, when I actually tried to remove all the mods and play the regular game, I discovered this had deleted many of the .csv files necessary to run the game, as well as every file that was replaced by whatever mod I was using. They're all gone. Now I am very happy I had more than one install of the game, as I am now copying it all back into the HOI2 folder from my DAIM folder. I hope it will work. If not, I'm not sure what I'll do. Have to reinstall the game, I guess.

Im gonna use this opportunity for another shameless plug for my new mod. It will NOT write over any files in a clean install of the game. It will add new files but leave the original game completely untouched! (You will see when you install coz you have to do it yourself!)

 

[ELOSO]

Well, when I actually tried to remove all the mods and play the regular game, I discovered this had deleted many of the .csv files necessary to run the game, as well as every file that was replaced by whatever mod I was using. They're all gone. Now I am very happy I had more than one install of the game, as I am now copying it all back into the HOI2 folder from my DAIM folder. I hope it will work. If not, I'm not sure what I'll do. Have to reinstall the game, I guess.

I'm sorry to hear this messed up your install. I haven't encountered that problem but I only activate one mod at a time. I'm not sure if you had more than one activated or not. That might not be a good idea in some cases. Especially if you're using more than one mod that overwrites the same file.

I just double checked by deactivating the mod I was using and reloaded a vanilla game. The onlly glitch was on the scenario load screen where it was looking for the custom icon associated with the saved games from the mod which is understandable.

 

[Phoenix Dace]

No, I only used one at a time. I would deactivate one and then activate another, but there was only ever one running at a time. However, the problem that I had was that the backup files weren't kept, so it went to put back the regular files and couldn't find them, thus leaving any file that had been changed by whatever scenario I was using (It was MDS at the time) erased for good. However, it wasn't doing that before, so I'm not sure what happened. Luckily, my copying of files from DAIM worked like a charm, and my game's back now.

I'm going to see if I can make the program work at least with some scenarios if not others. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[JRShield]

qould this thread be stickyed??? I think it is one of the best ways to play mods, becouse you don't have to install HOI 3000 times for every mod you play. And it's easy to use aswell

 

[tombom]

We need a mirror for this. It's a really useful tool but at the moment the link doesn't work