11. May 2013, 18:03:53

#25

JoshsmogQuote

didn't he say everything seems to be working right with the mods?

11. May 2013, 18:10:27

#26

voodoo47Quote

it just means he did not run into any issues. yet. for example, having the shock2.gam file in the root means all ADaoB gamesys fixes will not be applied, and not even I know what kind of mess is that going to create. those crfs in the root will also override any potential modified content, so a missing texture here and there, an old model instead of the new one etc. more incompatibility when trying to run multiplayer, as gamesys mismatch can occur. nasty stuff.

//do note that if you had ADaoB already installed, then applied the hotfix, you will need to start a new game to actually start properly using (the now active) ADaoB gamesys.

Acknowledged by: Joshsmog

11. May 2013, 18:46:29

#27

LostedgeQuote

Quote by voodoo47:

thanks again - and confirming, the steam release is officially botched straight out of the box. to hotfix this;

-kill all *.crf files in root (only leave patch_ext.crf) - DONE
-kill all *.dml files in root (make sure the files are present in /misdml first) - DONE. COPIES WERE IN /MISDML
-kill shock2.gam in root (make sure the file is present in /Data first, if not, move it there instead of deleting) - DONE. COPY WAS IN /DATA 
-kill allobj.osm in root (make sure the file is present in /Data first, if not, move it there instead of deleting) - DONE. COPY WAS IN /DATA
-kill patch_ext in Data/res (if present) - DONE. COPY WAS IN DATA/RES.

Lets see what happens ...
EDIT:
I tested it and everything seems to be working as it did before. How certain are you that if you install those mods without modifying steam installation, you will encounter problems later on. And how certain are you that with that fix to delete unnecessary files, you will not encounter problems?

11. May 2013, 19:05:50

#28

voodoo47Quote

in case of ADaoB, 100% certain. the modified gamesys (place where all the game rules and settings are stored) will not be used, unless you perform the cleanup.

Quote by Lostedge:

-kill patch_ext in Data/res (if present) - DONE. COPY WAS IN DATA/RES.

uhh, what did you do here? you were supposed to delete patch_ext in Data/res (only leaving the one in the root folder).

11. May 2013, 19:12:50

#29

LostedgeQuote

Quote by voodoo47:

uhh, what did you do here? you were supposed to delete patch_ext in Data/res (only leaving the one in the root folder).

I did exactly that.