MODDERS, LISTEN!

[raistlinmajere8]

Okay so I don't claim to know the intricacies of modding ETW, but you guys probably do.

All you modders out there need to stay away from adding sound and smoke. Those two additions, in many numbers of mods cause the game to crash horrifically. I don't know whose fault it is, the modders or CA, but just stop adding all these sounds and smoke. It makes the game soo unplayable its not even funny.

I know for a fact it is mods because I just uninstalled all of my mods, and now my ETW runs awesome, and hasn't crashed once in the last 50 + hrs. of gameplay I've put in.

So yea. NO SMOKE AND NO SOUND MODS

[Chevalier IX]

but for every one that has issues....there are 100 that have nothing but success running these mods so i would look into other causes of this issue..I dont think there are more than a handful of people on these forums that run mods and dont use the new sounds and smoke mods..

[T.C.]

but for every one that has issues....there are 100 that have nothing but success running these mods so i would look into other causes of this issue..I dont think there are more than a handful of people on these forums that run mods and dont use the new sounds and smoke mods..

Second that one.
Its 1 of 2 problems in my view:
1.) An old version of the mod
2.) Your system cant handle the mod - in this case there is a 'light' version of the mod.

[General William Howe]

Okay so I don't claim to know the intricacies of modding ETW, but you guys probably do.

All you modders out there need to stay away from adding sound and smoke. Those two additions, in many numbers of mods cause the game to crash horrifically. I don't know whose fault it is, the modders or CA, but just stop adding all these sounds and smoke. It makes the game soo unplayable its not even funny.

I know for a fact it is mods because I just uninstalled all of my mods, and now my ETW runs awesome, and hasn't crashed once in the last 50 + hrs. of gameplay I've put in.

So yea. NO SMOKE AND NO SOUND MODS

wow wow wow it think your computer can not handle it and the smoke and sounds are awsome so i can say you that if you don't like it don't install it and finish!!!!!!!

[Okuto]

That's a bit much.....you're just unlucky mate. I've never had a prob with smoke and sound. smoke may lag when I close up on it but thats it

[MorganH.]

No problems with full smoke,blood,and sounds whatsoever !
I cant stand the thought of playing without them tbh!

[Astaroth]

Moved to the Miscellaneous section of the Mod Workshop.

[raistlinmajere8]

Okay well then I'll just say this nicely. Why in god's name would my game crash, because of an overloaded video card, if I'm talking about sound here?!?!?1

Sound mods shouldn't make my video card overloaded and crash the game.

So what, should I buy a new sound card just to handle these sound mods that come with the full versions of every single mod out there?

My rig is not old. I should not have to buy a new sound card in order to handle a couple of battle songs.

Likewise my video card CAN handle this game on high settings, and a little smoke and blood SHOULD not effect this.

So my conclusion that it is either A or B's fault. A being CA and SEGA. B being the modders themselves. Anyone got a clear answer for me?

Probably not.

[Chevalier IX]

there really is no clear answer for frankly every computer is unique in its own way.you may be experiencing some crashing due to sounds and just recently the modding community has come to realise that certain sounds mods,like the increased chatter amongst ranks mod,causes crashes every now and again,but to condemn them out of hand is rather uncalled,for as you can see this is a rather isolated issue that does noty affect them majority of players...

[raistlinmajere8]

I'm not condemning the mods. I love the ETW mods. I'm just trying to get the modders to realize that something is wrong with all these extra sound mods!! I don't care if you people have had crashes or not, its clear there is definitely something wrong with the sounds, especially soldier chatter.

[hitokiri2486]

But there isn't something wrong with these sound mods. There's something wrong when YOU use these sound mods. There's a difference.

[alpaca]

Quit whining, download pack file manager from the tutorials and tools forum and remove the custom sounds and smoke. No-one is modding for your pleasure only, as you should be able to imagine.

[raistlinmajere8]

Okay well obviously I'm just a whining baby who should be paid no never mind. I have read threads where people have mentioned this exact problem. coding, making sound cards overload and crash. coding on CA and SEGA's part. But, why then would only my rig be effected? Because I'm not the only one, thats why.

And also, you guys are so quick to blame that its my fault.... but you don't even know what kind of computer I have, or the specs. So umm.. how could it be my fault? I certainly didn't install something wrong, because DarthMod comes with an installer. So yea. Sorry to whine on your forums, but I'm just trying to find a ing answer to why I can't play this game without ing crashing 100 times with mods. Works fine with Vanilla. Thats all I'm saying and you ing insult me. Thanks!

[hip63]

Okay so I don't claim to know the intricacies of modding ETW, but you guys probably do.

All you modders out there need to stay away from adding sound and smoke. Those two additions, in many numbers of mods cause the game to crash horrifically. I don't know whose fault it is, the modders or CA, but just stop adding all these sounds and smoke. It makes the game soo unplayable its not even funny.

I know for a fact it is mods because I just uninstalled all of my mods, and now my ETW runs awesome, and hasn't crashed once in the last 50 + hrs. of gameplay I've put in.

So yea. NO SMOKE AND NO SOUND MODS

not going to happen mate

sorry

hip63

[Okuto]

The reason for the hostility is you basically started the topic with a demand. We don't mean to be mean, it's just the truth, it's your rig not the mod. Smoke is very consuming so I always get rid of it. Sound...well I've never had a problem with sound so I can't help you there.

alpaca's not trying to insult you, he's just being blunt, take it or leave it. It is not very hard to open the files yourself and fix up what's wrong.

For example, I tried to ask the united provinces team to fix up a darth version but they were busy so I just went and fixed it up myself, yes it takes time but one cannot simply sit down and hope the modder will fix eveything.

Heck everytime lord vader releases a new version I have to fix up my personal version off of his.
When swiss comes out with a new UPC I have to add in names so that I don't have same name units. Also the same with his aum
Also now I have to download the new ottoman mod and fix it up to my standards again because of patch3

If you can't use smoke and sound then you can't. We all gotta make sacrifices.

[raistlinmajere8]

Nicely put. I sincerely apologize for my hostile tone. Really. I'm just beyond frustration with this game, and I took it out on you guys, instead of just chucking the ETW game disc through the window like I should have done long ago. :p

[hip63]

Just a quick FYI, the latest version fo the DMUC now has the ability to disable smoke (in fact it is disabled by default) and the TAR mod has had this feature all along.

So there you go, 2 fat mods with disabled smoke effects

hip63

[Johan217]

You can add TROM to that
It comes with 3 versions of the smoke mod (Light, Medium, Full), or you can just disable smoke with 1 simple click in Mod Manager. The included soundmod is also optional.

[hip63]

Now 3 Fat Mods

Whenever I get my mods "done" I gotta check out TROM

hip63