Hello! There have been some recurring questions that have been asked here so I decided to write an FAQ to help you on your problems. I will continually update it as more questions come up and/or some explanations have to be updated.
I would also like to thank and credit LisbethSAO as they have helped alleviate some of the problems with their post somewhere below. I have taken their explanations and adapted it into this FAQ.
Please read this before going onto comment here as it is most likely you have the same problem as someone else had and has been addressed here.
Q. The mod doesn't work for me. A. A common question and is a bit useless (sorry if that was confrontational; it was not my intention) when left at that. When you have problems with my mod or any mod for that matter, please tell me how you installed the mod and the details of the game (other mods being used and game version) as it greatly increases the chance that you will have a solution provided by me or another member of the public. Below is a list of things to check before posting a question:
1. Please check for conflicts. All mods in NMS modify stuff in MBIN files one way or another and when 2+ mods modify the same file, they are incompatible with each other without some manual intervention to merge the mods. This same goes for this mod. The mod modifies code in "REWARDTABLE.MBIN" and any other mod that modifies that must be merged with mine in order to use both.
You can check for incompatibilities and conflicts using AMUMMS, a modding tool used for making NMS mods. You can run the "BUILDMOD.BAT" file and check for conflicts. If there is a warning, then you have an incompatibility.
You can go about solving this problem in different ways. The easiest one is to not use one of the mods that is incompatible. The other is to manually merge it through AMUMMS using lua files. I have provided the lua file which I used to compile the mod on nexus and if you have access to the other mods' lua (sometimes decompiling the pak file will extract the lua file; not always), you can merge them together. If you have any problems with merging them, please join the NMS modding server as they can help you in this endeavor. If you aren't willing to do this, then there is little that I can do about this as I can't merge them for you unfortunately.
2. Check that your vortex installation is correct. I have not used Vortex at all so I don't know how things work and how they install mods so I can't help you there. If you use vortex and have problems, try asking other people that use it for help. I'm sorry.
3. Check that your manual installation is correct. People make mistakes, me included, so it's good to check your steps and see if you went wrong somewhere. Remember to go to "~\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\GAMEDATA\PCBANKS" and delete/rename "DISABLEMODS.txt" and create a "MODS" folder to store your pak files. Also note that when NMS updates or when you verify the game files, the text file is recreated and must be deleted again. Remember to check for conflicts and to see if you're installing the latest mod and game versions respectively, or the version(s) you want to play.
4. Check mod and game versions. I know I said that in the last step but it's important.
Q. I only get 1 word. A. This most likely means that you didn't install the mod correctly. Refer to the question above for the steps on how to check if you installed it properly.
Q. Could you please update the mod? A. I will try my best to update the mod as soon as I can, but please do understand if there are delays. Here are the probable reasons as to why I haven't updated in a long time:
1. The modding tools are out of date. I am heavily dependent on the AMUMMS and MBINCompiler? (thanks monkeyman192!) tools and without them, I can't update the game. Please note that when the game updates, the modders have to update the tools as well as many of the MBIN files have changed or there are some other mechanics that have changed. I wait for these to be updated before I can work on the mod. If you are interested, check out their Github pages for progress on their updates.
2. I have some problems with the MBINCompiler/AMUMMS. Sometimes even though the tools are up to date, there are somethings that I have problems with. Please bear with me.
3. I am away from my computer. Fortunately I have work during the week and wouldn't be always here to update the mod soon after the mod breaks.
4. The mod doesn't need updating. Sometimes, there are only minor changes between versions, and I mightn't bother with an update. If it breaks, then rest assured, I'll try to fix it.
Q. I don't get the number of words I asked for. A. You probably did. In NMS, when you activate the stone, only max of 10 words gets shown in the pop-up at the top of the screen but rest assured, you are getting the correct number of words. To check that this is the case, you can go to your milestones and see how much the number of words learnt had increased. It should increase as much as you set it to. If not, then you downloaded the wrong version or I uploaded the wrong one. If this is the case, I'll test it if others hadn't already. If it works as intended for me, then there is something wrong with your game.
For the Multiple Languages/Faction version, follow the same procedure but with another thing to check in your milestones is the number of words learnt per race (due to the same limitation of words pop-up). They should increment the same for each.
If you still are having problems, then you can post your question, with the relevant information so I can diagnose the problem. I normally don't test the mods and rely on the public for verification that the mod works since I don't have as much time on my hands and I don't play NMS anymore for the meantime. I will pin a comment if I tested a version. If it works for me, then there is most likely something that went wrong in your installation.
Thanks for reading this in whole (I hope you did) and if you didn't get the help you needed from it, you are welcome to post a comment about it, with the relevant information of course. Have fun!
Incredibly sorry for the 4 month inactivity. Had some personal things happening that made me unavailable to use my main PC for maintaining this mod. It may continue for a bit longer but hopefully I can go back to keeping it up-to-date.
It has been updated to 4.45 Echoes and seems to be working fine. I want to note that this was updated using the MBINCompiler version 4.44, which shouldn't affect things at all but if it doesn't work, let me know.
Also I know that TwitstedViking has been keeping the mod alive since I was away. Thanks for that but if you want to continue the maintenance instead of me, let me know about that, otherwise I'll try to carry the torch for the moment.
Can confirm that the "Learn More Words Lua Script" works for the Orbital (03/27) update. I only have like four mods: this one, faster movespeed, more upgrade slots, and reduced launch cost.
No version is compatible with Omega 4.52 (or likely any Omega patch 4.50 onwards). The game comes up with an error message immedietly upon starting game & then closes down the game. --- The other version of these mods that the other guy ran for a while, but stopped updating: those allow access into the game, but no longer do anything in the game (you only get one word group awarded each time, like it is in the vanilla game with no mods. --- Please update as soon as you get a chance. It'd be much appreciated by many, I'm sure. Thanks.
I tried this mod out and I don't think it's working. When I use a knowledge stone or any other way of learning words, It doesn't show me any of the new words I've learned. if I even HAVE learned any.
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I would also like to thank and credit LisbethSAO as they have helped alleviate some of the problems with their post somewhere below. I have taken their explanations and adapted it into this FAQ.
Please read this before going onto comment here as it is most likely you have the same problem as someone else had and has been addressed here.
Q. The mod doesn't work for me.
A. A common question and is a bit useless (sorry if that was confrontational; it was not my intention) when left at that. When you have problems with my mod or any mod for that matter, please tell me how you installed the mod and the details of the game (other mods being used and game version) as it greatly increases the chance that you will have a solution provided by me or another member of the public. Below is a list of things to check before posting a question:
1. Please check for conflicts. All mods in NMS modify stuff in MBIN files one way or another and when 2+ mods modify the same file, they are incompatible with each other without some manual intervention to merge the mods. This same goes for this mod. The mod modifies code in "REWARDTABLE.MBIN" and any other mod that modifies that must be merged with mine in order to use both.
You can check for incompatibilities and conflicts using AMUMMS, a modding tool used for making NMS mods. You can run the "BUILDMOD.BAT" file and check for conflicts. If there is a warning, then you have an incompatibility.
You can go about solving this problem in different ways. The easiest one is to not use one of the mods that is incompatible. The other is to manually merge it through AMUMMS using lua files. I have provided the lua file which I used to compile the mod on nexus and if you have access to the other mods' lua (sometimes decompiling the pak file will extract the lua file; not always), you can merge them together. If you have any problems with merging them, please join the NMS modding server as they can help you in this endeavor. If you aren't willing to do this, then there is little that I can do about this as I can't merge them for you unfortunately.
2. Check that your vortex installation is correct. I have not used Vortex at all so I don't know how things work and how they install mods so I can't help you there. If you use vortex and have problems, try asking other people that use it for help. I'm sorry.
3. Check that your manual installation is correct. People make mistakes, me included, so it's good to check your steps and see if you went wrong somewhere. Remember to go to "~\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\GAMEDATA\PCBANKS" and delete/rename "DISABLEMODS.txt" and create a "MODS" folder to store your pak files. Also note that when NMS updates or when you verify the game files, the text file is recreated and must be deleted again. Remember to check for conflicts and to see if you're installing the latest mod and game versions respectively, or the version(s) you want to play.
4. Check mod and game versions. I know I said that in the last step but it's important.
Q. I only get 1 word.
A. This most likely means that you didn't install the mod correctly. Refer to the question above for the steps on how to check if you installed it properly.
Q. Could you please update the mod?
A. I will try my best to update the mod as soon as I can, but please do understand if there are delays. Here are the probable reasons as to why I haven't updated in a long time:
1. The modding tools are out of date. I am heavily dependent on the AMUMMS and MBINCompiler? (thanks monkeyman192!) tools and without them, I can't update the game. Please note that when the game updates, the modders have to update the tools as well as many of the MBIN files have changed or there are some other mechanics that have changed. I wait for these to be updated before I can work on the mod. If you are interested, check out their Github pages for progress on their updates.
2. I have some problems with the MBINCompiler/AMUMMS. Sometimes even though the tools are up to date, there are somethings that I have problems with. Please bear with me.
3. I am away from my computer. Fortunately I have work during the week and wouldn't be always here to update the mod soon after the mod breaks.
4. The mod doesn't need updating. Sometimes, there are only minor changes between versions, and I mightn't bother with an update. If it breaks, then rest assured, I'll try to fix it.
Q. I don't get the number of words I asked for.
A. You probably did. In NMS, when you activate the stone, only max of 10 words gets shown in the pop-up at the top of the screen but rest assured, you are getting the correct number of words. To check that this is the case, you can go to your milestones and see how much the number of words learnt had increased. It should increase as much as you set it to. If not, then you downloaded the wrong version or I uploaded the wrong one. If this is the case, I'll test it if others hadn't already. If it works as intended for me, then there is something wrong with your game.
For the Multiple Languages/Faction version, follow the same procedure but with another thing to check in your milestones is the number of words learnt per race (due to the same limitation of words pop-up). They should increment the same for each.
If you still are having problems, then you can post your question, with the relevant information so I can diagnose the problem. I normally don't
test the mods and rely on the public for verification that the mod works since I don't have as much time on my hands and I don't play NMS anymore for the meantime. I will pin a comment if I tested a version. If it works for me, then there is most likely something that went wrong in your installation.
Thanks for reading this in whole (I hope you did) and if you didn't get the help you needed from it, you are welcome to post a comment about it, with the relevant information of course. Have fun!
Incredibly sorry for the 4 month inactivity. Had some personal things happening that made me unavailable to use my main PC for maintaining this mod. It may continue for a bit longer but hopefully I can go back to keeping it up-to-date.
It has been updated to 4.45 Echoes and seems to be working fine. I want to note that this was updated using the MBINCompiler version 4.44, which shouldn't affect things at all but if it doesn't work, let me know.
Also I know that TwitstedViking has been keeping the mod alive since I was away. Thanks for that but if you want to continue the maintenance instead of me, let me know about that, otherwise I'll try to carry the torch for the moment.
Happy playing!
The game comes up with an error message immedietly upon starting game & then closes down the game.
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The other version of these mods that the other guy ran for a while, but stopped updating: those allow access into the game, but no longer do anything in the game (you only get one word group awarded each time, like it is in the vanilla game with no mods.
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Please update as soon as you get a chance. It'd be much appreciated by many, I'm sure.
Thanks.