mod isnt loading

[apieceoftofu]

hey all im just wondering if anyone knows how to get mods to load when the game starts. I have my modified pack file called "mod.pack" in my data folder and a text file called "user.empire_script" in my empire scripts folder. In that text file is a single line of code as follows "mod mod.pack;". That is my setup and i thought it would work but its definitly not loading the mod. Any help?

[SteveUK]

hey all im just wondering if anyone knows how to get mods to load when the game starts. I have my modified pack file called "mod.pack" in my data folder and a text file called "user.empire_script" in my empire scripts folder. In that text file is a single line of code as follows "mod mod.pack;". That is my setup and i thought it would work but its definitly not loading the mod. Any help?

Try;

mod "mod.pack";

[apieceoftofu]

ok thanx man ill give it a try

[apieceoftofu]

no it didnt help.... still not loading (i can tell because i changed all units ranges and its not showing up in game). do you have to save your mod pack file as something different that differentiates it from the patch.pack besides just naming it something else?

[SteveUK]

Did you save it as a "mod" file using packfile manager?


Some info here;

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=242284

[apieceoftofu]

hmmmm well it was on patch so i saved it as a mod file but it still isnt loading.... for the user.empire_script file.... is it supposed to be called "user.empire_script" or user.empire_script.txt" in other words do i include the .txt in the file name? also any other ideas for why this isnt working would be great.

[apieceoftofu]

o i found it..... wow.... my user.empire_script file was being saved as an ansi. That doesnt jive with Empire so i had to save it as Unicode. thanx for your help anyway i would still be having problems with it not being formatted as a mod file. + REP THANX!

[SteveUK]

Glad you got it working......yes I was going to suggest Unicode as the next step :-)