Mod Manager [Updated 25/04/14]

[Imotepe]

You make it so easier to install mods, thanks !

[inukshuk]

Instead of the Mod manager I used a user_script.txt and it works for me. I took two simple mods, entered them in the script file and they work. In addition I edited the savegame file and they all seem to like each other. But only if I run the game As Administrator. The Mod Manager doesnt work for me because the mods are movie types.
As for the Unhandled exeption...I am not sure why, (my security settings grant me all rights) but the only way I can open the RFM beta or the Mod Manager or anything else is As Administrator. Then it works. Otherwise I get the same nasty error messages. I tried putting these tools in the game directory but all I got was the same. So now I have them on my desktop.

[bodkin]

I haven't used this for a while, what is the load order? If something is at the top of the list does that get overwritten by something further down the list that has conflicts with it? Or is it the other way around?

[.Mitch.]

Higher up the load order = higher load priority.

Mod A that is above Mod B in the list will mean that Mod A's files overwrite Mod B's.

However this obviously only applies if Mod A and Mod B are both activated (ticked).

[Tradero]

Please tell me what the problem is. Someone in this thread already said something about it, but I was unable to find a solution.

When I launch the manager it says the following:
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/8717/rmbl.png

I am unable to manually locate the exe of rome 2 when I press continue, and nothing (no mods, nothing) shows up in the manager,
It may be I am missing something really obvious but I have really searched for a solution for this, with no success.
I am running win8 64bit. Sorry for bad english.

[.Mitch.]

aw man. i wish i hadn't pressed FIX ANY PROBLEMS. before, i could sort and toggle all packs, now it only shows MOD format packs.

any way to revert?

Use the tick boxes on the right to control what packs are shown.

whenever i try to start the mod manager it shows me this The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b) am i the only one with this problem

000007b is a INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT exception, meaning one of your .NET framework files is corrupted.

Reinstall the .NET framework, preferably .NET4.0 or later.

Please tell me what the problem is. Someone in this thread already said something about it, but I was unable to find a solution.

When I launch the manager it says the following:
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/8717/rmbl.png

I am unable to manually locate the exe of rome 2 when I press continue, and nothing (no mods, nothing) shows up in the manager,
It may be I am missing something really obvious but I have really searched for a solution for this, with no success.
I am running win8 64bit. Sorry for bad english.

Can you confirm that that path the error is showing exists? i.e.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War Rome II\data"

If not put a file called dir.txt next to the exe and in the file put your path to the Rome2 exe in there. For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War Rome II

Others have expressed problems with Windows 8, so it may be something to do with that. As I don't have W8 I have no way of testing this unfortunately.

[leitchy30]

Cant get this to work, I know it does work as when installed to C drive it was fine, however moved to ssd drive now whatever i try get 'Unhandled exception'
Could not find a part of the path C:\Program Files. Frustrating!

[gibonez]

Cant get this to work, I know it does work as when installed to C drive it was fine, however moved to ssd drive now whatever i try get 'Unhandled exception'
Could not find a part of the path C:\Program Files. Frustrating!

This might be my problem also. I have my os on my c drive an ssd. Rome 2 is on a raid 0 drive array.

Having it installed on a separate hard drive might be the problem.

[.Mitch.]

This might be my problem also. I have my os on my c drive an ssd. Rome 2 is on a raid 0 drive array.

Having it installed on a separate hard drive might be the problem.

Just an FYI Leitchy30 messaged me saying this fix worked for him:

"put a file called dir.txt next to the exe and in the file put your path to the Rome2 exe in there. For example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War Rome II"

[AuburnAlumni]

I cannot for the life of me get this to work. I downloaded the mod manager and put it on my desktop. It can't find the Rome.exe file and when I point it to the Rome II location it gives me this...See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Common, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Common, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
at ModManager.ModManagerForm.fillModListView(String profileName)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnShown(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5472 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Fra...7/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
ModManager
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Drew/AppData/Local/...ModManager.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5468 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...dows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5467 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5467 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...em.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5476 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...figuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5476 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...essibility.dll
----------------------------------------
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??

[Hjalfnar_Feuerwolf]

I cannot for the life of me get this to work. I downloaded the mod manager and put it on my desktop. It can't find the Rome.exe file and when I point it to the Rome II location it gives me this...See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Common, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Common, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
at ModManager.ModManagerForm.fillModListView(String profileName)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnShown(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5472 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Fra...7/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
ModManager
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Drew/AppData/Local/...ModManager.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5468 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...dows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5467 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5467 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...em.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5476 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...figuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5476 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL...essibility.dll
----------------------------------------
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??

Simple thing. The Mod Manager can't find the Common.dll that was in his .zip-File. They have to be in the same folder.

[gzgcorp]

Hey mate.

I have read through this thread. Have the same issues as everyone else.

My issue is that I have Mod Manager, Installed it yesterday. Linked the Directory path. (Not through steam though. I play the game without the steam game client. Still not an issue anyway). So Ive put my mods, extracted them in the (Total war file C:\Program Files (x86)\Total War ROME II\data). I open up mod manager, and see the mods I have placed in that file. Click launch. Black screen. Womdering whats happening after waiting anxiously.ctrl-alt-delete and Rome total war has stopped working. I followed the quote "its not the Mod Manager that's the problem, its the mods". Ok. So moved all my mods one by one to see if there was a change in the 'Black screen' scenario. After removing all my mods with nothing in the folder. No mods selected, I press launch anyway. Still black screen. Have I done something wrong prior to extracting the mod manager from the link? I am not sure where to go to from here. I enojy the creativity of these mods.

please could a get advice on the matter please OR an alternative how to install mods without using the steam mod manager.

Thanks mate.

[.Mitch.]

Hey mate.

I have read through this thread. Have the same issues as everyone else.

My issue is that I have Mod Manager, Installed it yesterday. Linked the Directory path. (Not through steam though. I play the game without the steam game client. Still not an issue anyway). So Ive put my mods, extracted them in the (Total war file C:\Program Files (x86)\Total War ROME II\data). I open up mod manager, and see the mods I have placed in that file. Click launch. Black screen. Womdering whats happening after waiting anxiously.ctrl-alt-delete and Rome total war has stopped working. I followed the quote "its not the Mod Manager that's the problem, its the mods". Ok. So moved all my mods one by one to see if there was a change in the 'Black screen' scenario. After removing all my mods with nothing in the folder. No mods selected, I press launch anyway. Still black screen. Have I done something wrong prior to extracting the mod manager from the link? I am not sure where to go to from here. I enojy the creativity of these mods.

please could a get advice on the matter please OR an alternative how to install mods without using the steam mod manager.

Thanks mate.

Well as you have an illegal copy of the game mods obviously aren't going to work. =/

[chriswww]

Thanks very much.
I have Tested by update7.0

[matreazu]

Im having a problem, as i read it seems to be that in the zip it should be an .exe and a .dll , but in the zip only is the .exe that dont works because i have no the .dll , if im in a mistake i have this problem: Value cant be 0
Name of paramether. path 1

[rolandwangcat]

Thanks for you help, it's really a good work

[forever]

Buy original game if you want support here.
~LestaT

[bowo1313]

Can you send me latest modmanager, cause i just get modmanager.exe when i exstract to my PC

[andifauzand]

can you make mod manager for shogun 2(fots) too?

[Howard911]

I have a problem with the Mod Manager. Whenever I use it once, my Rome2 game is corrupted and I have to delete the whole roaming ROME2 folder so R2TW works again. I also can't seem to edit PACK's type from MOD to MOVIE without those mods making my game crash at loading screen. I really need somebody's help on this as it is removing my ability to play modified R2TW.