Mods not working Linux

[felixthales]

Hello,

I have the GoG version of the game running on Solus Linux.

Today I installed the 1.5.3 version of the game and wanted to play with some mods. Problem is, mods are not working. I see them in launcher, can activate/deactivate, but it looks like they are just not affecting the game - tried "Imperators' Navigable Rivers", "Interesting Histories" and few others.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

 

[AndrewT]

Not really ... How did you install them?

Do they appear in the Documents/paradox/imperator/mod/ folder?

 

[felixthales]

Dear Andrew,

"Imperators' Navigable Rivers" I got from paradoxplaza. Then I extracted the archive in "~/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/Imperator/mod/" folder. It is also enabled in the launcher, but on a new game it looks like vanilla map to me.

If you need any additional information, please let me know.

 

[AndrewT]

I don't know that mod (in fact any mod!) so I don't know what visible difference it should make ... have you contacted the mod author about any installation steps you might need to take?

 

[Licarious]

I used the uploader built into the launcher for that mod.
Doing it that way doesn't seem to create good structure for manual download and installation. It requires a user to create a folder and .mod file for mods uploaded that way.
If mods are uploaded manually with already packed in a folder and beside a .mod file, then it doesn't play well with the subscribe button.
What I am trying to get at is. It is cool what paradox is trying to do with paradox mods, and I can't wait to see the ability to use previous mod versions be extended to other games. However, it still needs some work before it becomes as user friendly as the steam workshop.

If this is going to keep being an issue, I think that I will have to start keeping directed downloads on the forum pages again.

 

[felixthales]

It is not about one mod not working. Not a single mod I have tried is working.

 

[AndrewT]

I used the uploader built into the launcher for that mod.
Doing it that way doesn't seem to create good structure for manual download and installation. It requires a user to create a folder and .mod file for mods uploaded that way.
If mods are uploaded manually with already packed in a folder and beside a .mod file, then it doesn't play well with the subscribe button.
What I am trying to get at is. It is cool what paradox is trying to do with paradox mods, and I can't wait to see the ability to use previous mod versions be extended to other games. However, it still needs some work before it becomes as user friendly as the steam workshop.

If this is going to keep being an issue, I think that I will have to start keeping directed downloads on the forum pages again.

Thanks for your feedback. Can I get you to pass this on to the launcher devs here?

New launcher version : 2020.11

Is it that time already? Yes, yes it is. As 2020.10 was slightly delayed it's already time for 2020.11. New stuff Mod details (description and tags) are visible when hovering over the mod in the Manage Mods view. Dependency support. For mods...

forum.paradoxplaza.com

It is not about one mod not working. Not a single mod I have tried is working.

I see, not good. Does this also affect say HOI4?

 

[felixthales]

Mods for HOI work. HOI is steam version, Imperator GOG.

 

[AndrewT]

Sure but they use the same launcher. Indeed the same installation of the same launcher!

You say no IR mod works; even simple ones that might add say music or flags or something?

Sorry to be vague but I'm struggling for any explanation of this problem.

 

[felixthales]

Tried several mods, nothing is working. I use "dowser" in "/home/user/GOG Games/Imperator Rome/game/launcher/" to launch the game.

 

[AndrewT]

Sorry, I frankly have no idea why this is still happening for you.

Do you have access to another machine, preferably one running a supported OS, to test this on?

 

[felixthales]

No, I do not. I remember playing Bronze Age mod on earlier version of Rome.

Can you tell me in what log files I can look to see if the mods are started on game start?

 

[AndrewT]

All game logs should be in /home/user/.paradoxinteractive/ImperatorRome/logs/

But I'm not sure an attempt to load mods is actually logged anywhere.

 

[felixthales]

In my case logs are stored in ~/.local/share/Paradox Interactive/Imperator/logs/. In error.log I see this line "[dlc.cpp:1890]: Incorrect MOD descriptor: "mod/descriptor.mod""

Can you find out?

 

[AndrewT]

I know nothing about mods or modding, I'm sorry, but that error seems like a problem in that .mod file - can you check with the modding experts in the user mods forum here?