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Sorry, Skviz, no such experience. However, the principle should not be any different from any other mod you might have used...
Originally Posted by Skviz
Hello guys,
can anyone help me with installing this mod if I bought a original over the steam? Tried copying fresh installation, tried installing into steam folder... If I copy over copied steam installation i got a steam aut. error and game wont start, if I copy mod over steam installation dir. I get a db error and it just crashes...
Thnx for any help...
it sounds like you found the steamapps and everything did you make sure you installed hoi2 and then hoi dd armegeddon i usually get db errors when i dont have expansion packs installed that go with mods for paradox games
Hello guys,
can anyone help me with installing this mod if I bought a original over the steam? Tried copying fresh installation, tried installing into steam folder... If I copy over copied steam installation i got a steam aut. error and game wont start, if I copy mod over steam installation dir. I get a db error and it just crashes...
Thnx for any help...
it sounds like you found the steamapps and everything did you make sure you installed hoi2 and then hoi dd armegeddon i usually get db errors when i dont have expansion packs installed that go with mods for paradox games
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Hmmm... Steam sucks, big time. Steam wants to install it's software on your PC, gather data to market to you, and likely onsell that info, and also control your access rights to products you have already paid for.
Yay Steam! Yay marketing! Yay the capitalist drive for more, more, more money! Yes, take control over every piece of information that exists in this world about me and ram your products down my throat. Yay!
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So, after that very productive commentary, let's get back to your question. I don't use Steam but I could have a guess at how to handle this.
You could try installing the mod over the top of your original Steam HOI2 installation. I hope it works. But this will mean you can't play normal HOI2 or another mod. To do that, you would have to reinstall your Steam HOI2. Bit painful, but it should work.
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Why use Steam when you can get digital downloads from a progressive company like Paradox/Gamers Gate who have a mature view of DRM? Sorry, I just can't stop...
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Love,
Sword
Hmm... interesting. We could do it.
The Huns were in the mod when I took it over. I then read the material about the Khans being driven away. By BoS wasn't it? So then I simply made up the story that the surviving Khans went to the region where the Huns are located in the mod and took over the other raider groups.
So I renamed ministers and leaders accordingly. Khan Cain, Khan Humungous, Khan Aunty, Khan Maelstrom; all led by the Great Khan.
Cheers,
Sword
Hi Skviz,
Your PM inbox is full and I can't PM you.
I found this post on PI forum. This person copied the HOI2 patch files on top of his Steam based game folder and it worked.
As far as the patch goes, I refuse to take no for an answer. So I unpacked the HoI2 1.3A install and extracted the files. Then I downloaded the 1.3B update and laid those files over the top of the 1.3A files. Then copied the whole lot into my \Steam\steamapps\common\hearts of iron 2 complete pack directory and fired it up. Lo and behold, it identifies itself as v1.3A (the 1.3B patch seems to be entirely data). Works like a charm! Haven't found a decent/working link for the Doomsday scenarios, so this leaves that nutty Doomsday directory untouched..
Can you send me some details on what you are doing and where Steam is installed? What Operating System do you run? Can you host a screenshot of your folder on a site like Photobucket for me?
Thanks,
Sword
Your PM inbox is full and I can't PM you.
I found this post on PI forum. This person copied the HOI2 patch files on top of his Steam based game folder and it worked.
As far as the patch goes, I refuse to take no for an answer. So I unpacked the HoI2 1.3A install and extracted the files. Then I downloaded the 1.3B update and laid those files over the top of the 1.3A files. Then copied the whole lot into my \Steam\steamapps\common\hearts of iron 2 complete pack directory and fired it up. Lo and behold, it identifies itself as v1.3A (the 1.3B patch seems to be entirely data). Works like a charm! Haven't found a decent/working link for the Doomsday scenarios, so this leaves that nutty Doomsday directory untouched..
Can you send me some details on what you are doing and where Steam is installed? What Operating System do you run? Can you host a screenshot of your folder on a site like Photobucket for me?
Thanks,
Sword
Well, I was talking about Fallout canon, I didn't know their history in the mod.
the new 1.1 version is much slower on my pc... i have 2ghz P4 and 1gb ram, and it is very very slow....
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Hey mate, and thank you for trying. Deleted the msgs, should work now. I tried that also, copied everything, cant apply patch since its allready updated to 1.3b version. Thing is that i think steam trys to run a doomsday, not a armagedon mode, If i try to start armagedon, i can get it to start, with no errors, but its plain old armagedon... If i do start normaly, it gives me db error... ( both scenarios are copying over steam installation ). If i try to copy a game directory, steam aut. kicks in and it just crashes to desktop with a error...
I'm using a win 7 ultimate, x64 edition. i7, sli, and 2 monitors. If you can pm me with a email, i'll send you all screenshots you want... Thnx again
@begri
Yeah, I would expect the mod to play more slowly on your rig than mine. Your PC is not at modern hardware spec, of course.
The mod has thousands of events. DH will help a lot.
@etkar
Yeah, I miss that also. I will start work on 2.0 in the next week or so.
@skviz
There is an extra problem, buddy. The mod doesn't work well with patch 1.3b anyway. I'll PM you a solution shortly.
Cheers,
Sword
Yeah, I would expect the mod to play more slowly on your rig than mine. Your PC is not at modern hardware spec, of course.
The mod has thousands of events. DH will help a lot.
@etkar
Yeah, I miss that also. I will start work on 2.0 in the next week or so.
@skviz
There is an extra problem, buddy. The mod doesn't work well with patch 1.3b anyway. I'll PM you a solution shortly.
Cheers,
Sword
I think you mentioned something about problems with the Enclave leaving the Dictatorship of Man and the Former USA leaving . . . I forgot what they call their alliance.
In the End Game event file they both have an event . . . I think it's their speeches? Just delete the Leave Alliance command line and they don't drop out of the alliance they're supposed to lead. (Hasn't caused me any problems so I think it's a quick and safe fix.)
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The only problem I've had bug wise . . . The mod likes to crash like crazy whenever I try to conquer/annex the Ice Warriors. (I usually have to save my game, exit back to menu, load my save, and immediately annex them before anything else to avoid the crash.)
In the End Game event file they both have an event . . . I think it's their speeches? Just delete the Leave Alliance command line and they don't drop out of the alliance they're supposed to lead. (Hasn't caused me any problems so I think it's a quick and safe fix.)
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The only problem I've had bug wise . . . The mod likes to crash like crazy whenever I try to conquer/annex the Ice Warriors. (I usually have to save my game, exit back to menu, load my save, and immediately annex them before anything else to avoid the crash.)
Sh*t, did I forget a leave alliance command somewhere? That explains it then! Can you let me know where those speeches are? I thought I checked all the events.
Cheers,
Sword
Cheers,
Sword
Events folder. Enclave. Event 11122. New World Order.
Events folder. Former USA. Event 12030. Manifest Destiny.
Both of those had a leave alliance command that kicks the Enclave out of the Dictatorship of Man and the Former USA out of the American Unity.
Events folder. Former USA. Event 12030. Manifest Destiny.
Both of those had a leave alliance command that kicks the Enclave out of the Dictatorship of Man and the Former USA out of the American Unity.
Guys! Begri just contacted me and we are trying to pull a multiplayer session together. Feel free to join, just send a pm or add me on msn.
I'm in!! The last MP we played was huge fun. Now... which nation, which nation will I play? Hmmm....
We had a lot of trouble transferring game saves but if we all are comfortable with using Winrar and re-extracting files in different ways, we should be able to succeed.
Cheers,
Sword
We had a lot of trouble transferring game saves but if we all are comfortable with using Winrar and re-extracting files in different ways, we should be able to succeed.
Cheers,
Sword