Mod Manager [Updated 25/04/14]

[Imotepe]

I have the same issue, since I've updated all of my mods in their new versions... and install the Patch2Beta on Steam...

Is it possible, the problem came of Steam (Beta) ? And the Mod Manager recognize just three mods.

Please, It's really annoying to cannot play at Rome II with that fantastic mods !

[.Mitch.]

System.ArgumentException: not a pack file

I'll show you the code that triggers this error:

                char[] signature = reader.ReadChars(4);
                if (new String(signature) != "PFH4")
                    throw new ArgumentException("not a pack file", "filepath");

As you can see, this happens when the pack file signature is not "PFH4". As all of the packs for Rome 2 have the signature PFH4, it can only be a mod that doesn't have.

I suggest someone with this error gives me a list of the mods they are using from their data folder. Cheers.

[Master.Mind]

System.ArgumentException: not a pack file

I'll show you the code that triggers this error:

                char[] signature = reader.ReadChars(4);
                if (new String(signature) != "PFH4")
                    throw new ArgumentException("not a pack file", "filepath");

As you can see, this happens when the pack file signature is not "PFH4". As all of the packs for Rome 2 have the signature PFH4, it can only be a mod that doesn't have.

I suggest someone with this error gives me a list of the mods they are using from their data folder. Cheers.

Currently I'm using

all_factions_playable
Magnar_Mod x1.5 additional v104
MOD_ARCADE_GRAPHICAL_EFFECTS_REMOVAL_v1.1
Radious_Graphics_Mod
SpecialAbilitiesBeGoneV3

[GauntXIII]

Hi sorry I'm having trouble downloading the mod manager, I've tried clicking on the links but all I get is a new 'attachment' page opening up but no downloads actually starting, looked in my downloads folder just to be sure and nothing there. I've tried restarting my browser and it didn't do anything, am I doing something wrong?

[TheSunEmperor]

I'm in the same boat man, its not just you!

[Flavius Aurelio Maximus]

i wanna ask you something:
If I enable some mods by the modmanager & save it, will it be in game if i close manager after this & start the game by steam ? I ask this because, I mod the game, so that i have 10 turn per year(and save it of course), but if i start the game by the manager the game set it back to 1 turn per year. Feel free to answer & btw will it be possible to add new regions in game like have it in so many great mods by Medieval 2 ?

[GauntXIII]

Maybe the links are broken or something SunEmperor, but I managed to get it from a different site so just google it and you should be able to find it too

[Sir Robin]

I get the blank page with V3, but V2 is working.

[TWCassius]

I could download it with Safari and IE (click the compat button - besides of the refresh page button)

[Joseph the Brave]

links are broken

[.Mitch.]

Tried all of those mods and they all have the header PFH4, so either there's something you're not telling me, or there's something you're not telling me.

[8bitg33k]

It cant find the file path for the RTW2 exe. Even when I manually tell it where it is located, I get an error message (V2).

[Master.Mind]

Tried all of those mods and they all have the header PFH4, so either there's something you're not telling me, or there's something you're not telling me.

The weird thing is the first time I startet the mod manager it worked fine, I didn't get any error messages till the second time I startet the mod manager.

Edit: MOD_ARCADE_GRAPHICAL_EFFECTS_REMOVAL_v1.1 is definitely the culprit, after I deleted that mod it worked fine

[ImLeon]

All of them failed, shows this when i click on them

http://gyazo.com/25ec364b8fa8fc5adeb9b92983205496

[caprera]

Sorry for breaking in but what are the possibilities if launching R2 with the mod manager freezes the process and i have to ctrl+alt back to the desktop ?

[crown1]

good job on mod manager mitch.i put my first mod in manager 17 conflicts do i need to wrry about this mate thank u

[kidden]

When I launch the game through the mod manager, all I get is a black screen and a message that the game is not responding. This is with KLA's spartan fixes mod from the front page. Tried launching the game regularly with the pack file in the /data folder and the game didn't crash and all (4) mods i have that are classed as "movie files" in the mod manager worked perfectly but the spartan fixes mod did not work. Any help?

[FieryMastermind]

I get this "not a pack file error" when I start the thing.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

System.ArgumentException: not a pack file
Parameternamn: filepath
vid Common.PackFile.Open(String filepath)
vid Common.PackFile..ctor(String filepath)
vid ModManager.ModManagerForm.fillModListView(String profileName)
vid ModManager.ModManagerForm.ModManagerForm_Shown(Object sender, EventArgs e)
vid System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnShown(EventArgs e)
vid System.Windows.Forms.Form.CallShownEvent()
vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
vid System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
vid System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()

[Dream]

everytime I start lunch then it's ctd....why ?

[Methoz]

V3 still crash