Amphibious, PatcherGUI under Windows automatically backups and restores altered files in case of error. He might have some other mod(s) installed, which is interfering with yours.
I did have long war, but I uninstalled it using the program given, and reinstalled the XEW folder with a backup and checked the rest with steam, Maybe long war corrupted some files somewhere , anyways I'm doing a full delete and erase and doing a fresh install. Gotta wait 4 hours but ill tell you guys if it works.
I just can't get anything to work for the life of me. I disable hash checks, I disable phone home, I put steam outside of program files. The game does not change .. I add the files from Last Hope, to my config and local In the XEW/Xcomegame folder ,they do not change anything in the game. For example , when i change the damage of weapons in the "Ini" files such as defaultgamecore, or when adding Last Hope's version of DefaultGameCore in localization and config , it does not change anything in the game. Everything is still vanilla, The only effects I get from mod changes are from the PatcherGUI, thats the only thing that seems work for me.
I would like to help but I don't have a windows on any of my computers. Basically you have to take defaultgamecore.ini and defaultgamedata.ini and overwrite vanilla files on your system from which game loads it data - perhaps there is more than 1 location (i don't know exactly where). put localization files xcomgame and xcomstrategygame.int into localiaztion folder on your system where vanilla files are. Finally use Patcher GUI to apply files from patches folder to your upk files. First you have to decompress your upks of course.
Take a look here if you run into problems: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Basic_Guide_to_installing_mods
When patching using UPK patcher , I get a error " Error patching UPK" and the patcher creates a error log
"Replacement code does not fit current scope! " Execution stopped at #5 command named [AFTER_HEX]. Restoring from backup in C:\Users\AlienWare\,desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Backup\1407791896 xcomstrategygame.upk restored from backup dir Restoring from backup completed successfully
What version of the game u have and when applying which patch does it occur?
p.s. Sorry my bad, there was a mistake in LastHope.txt before_hex function I left out a part at the end of the code when copy/pasting it so naturally after_hex was too big to fit the scope. again i apologize, try the newly uploaded file it should be alright.
Other files are ok. Selection.txt is newly added and recently tested while meld.txt is wghost8's originally with timer value altered a bit so they are fine.
Getting another error when i try it again, Using the UPK patcher on the "Last Hope" Text. This is the error I'm getting
Writing backups to C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Backup\1407817971 xcomstrategygame.upk saved to backup dir xcomstrategygame.upk.uncompressed_size saved to backup dir Backup completed successfully
Executing external decompress program: "C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Binaries\Decompress.exe" -lzo -ps3 -out="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole" xcomstrategygame.upk
Executing external PatchUPK program: "C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Binaries\PatchUPK.exe" "C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Mods\LastHope.txt" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole"
PatchUPK Installing mod: Last Hope by Amphibious aka Daz Mod description: Includes base layout mod and enables realistic item production time. Disables HP bonus on leveling up if Hidden potential enabled. Opening package ... Package file: xcomstrategygame.upk (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\xcomstrategygame.upk) Package opened successfully! --==== This is were the error occurs====- Searching for specified data chunk ... Uninstall script saved to C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Mods\LastHope.txt.uninstall.txt Can't find specified data! Execution stopped at #4 command named [BEFORE_HEX]. Restoring from backup in C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Backup\1407817971 xcomstrategygame.upk restored from backup dir xcomstrategygame.upk.uncompressed_size restored from backup dir Restoring from backup completed successfully
What version of the game you have? And is it the latest patch? ... basically it's saying that the chunk of data it's searching for isn't present in your upk.
Did you try to install it on eu or files? I based it on ew code. Also did you keep a backup of the upk files since first time command 4 - before_hex was succesful as far I see, it stopped at command 5 -after hex since the code was larger. Perhaps something was written there so now it can't find an original code. try again on original upk.
edit- i uploaded the new variant of lasthope.txt which doesn't use the after_before hex commands in first line insted it replaces entire object with modded code so this should work no matter if your code in that part is already altered.
What I don't get about X-COM is, if this is the last hope why is the funding so pathetic? And why do the troops seem to be coming right out of boot camp instead of from elite special forces?
True, everything is relative. Also it doesn't say currency but only that you have credits. Btw this mod makes weapons and other small items way cheaper so it fixes logical inconsistency of price ratios for cewrtain item, tech and facilites. That's the realism part.
From a gameplay standpoitn it would be dull to throw large amounts of creds and high level soldiers at you from the start. That would take the challenge away and the enjoyment in gradual improvement of your troops and assests.
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JohnMsh, I advise you to move XCOM out of program files tree. Here's the explanation why: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Installing_Games_on_Windows_Vista%2B
Take a look here if you run into problems: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Basic_Guide_to_installing_mods
"Replacement code does not fit current scope! "
Execution stopped at #5 command named [AFTER_HEX].
Restoring from backup in C:\Users\AlienWare\,desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Backup\1407791896
xcomstrategygame.upk restored from backup dir
Restoring from backup completed successfully
p.s. Sorry my bad, there was a mistake in LastHope.txt before_hex function I left out a part at the end of the code when copy/pasting it so naturally after_hex was too big to fit the scope. again i apologize, try the newly uploaded file it should be alright.
Writing backups to C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Backup\1407817971
xcomstrategygame.upk saved to backup dir
xcomstrategygame.upk.uncompressed_size saved to backup dir
Backup completed successfully
Executing external decompress program:
"C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Binaries\Decompress.exe" -lzo -ps3 -out="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole" xcomstrategygame.upk
Loading package: xcomstrategygame.upk Ver: 845/64 Engine: 8917 [FullComp] Names: 13853 Exports: 22619 Imports: 1889 Game: 8000
xcomstrategygame.upk: uncompressed size 4936793
Decompression completed successfully
Deleting size files
xcomstrategygame.upk.uncompressed_size deleted
Files deleted successfully
Executing external PatchUPK program:
"C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Binaries\PatchUPK.exe" "C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Mods\LastHope.txt" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole"
PatchUPK
Installing mod: Last Hope
by Amphibious aka Daz
Mod description:
Includes base layout mod and enables realistic item production time. Disables HP bonus on leveling up if Hidden potential enabled.
Opening package ...
Package file: xcomstrategygame.upk (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\xcomstrategygame.upk)
Package opened successfully!
--==== This is were the error occurs====-
Searching for specified data chunk ...
Uninstall script saved to C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Mods\LastHope.txt.uninstall.txt
Can't find specified data!
Execution stopped at #4 command named [BEFORE_HEX].
Restoring from backup in C:\Users\AlienWare\Desktop\Mods and Games\Xcom Enemy within Mods\PatcherGUI\Backup\1407817971
xcomstrategygame.upk restored from backup dir
xcomstrategygame.upk.uncompressed_size restored from backup dir
Restoring from backup completed successfully
edit- i uploaded the new variant of lasthope.txt which doesn't use the after_before hex commands in first line insted it replaces entire object with modded code so this should work no matter if your code in that part is already altered.
From a gameplay standpoitn it would be dull to throw large amounts of creds and high level soldiers at you from the start. That would take the challenge away and the enjoyment in gradual improvement of your troops and assests.