I've solved my problem, editing it down for brevity:
The executable for the mod would do nothing when clicked, and give no error message, even having downloaded .net runtime 7.0.1 as advised. Using event viewer to find out what the problem was, it told me that I needed .net 6.0 runtime, which is evidently not covered by having a higher version, and not something you'd normally have with windows up to date. It directed me to a download page for .net 6.0 runtime, which didn't change anything, and then it directed me to a download page specifically for .net 6.0 desktop runtime, which did. I don't know if you need both, as the page for the latter said it includes the former. I also don't know if you need 7.0.1 as well.
I am extremly sorry for the trouble you had to face with this. I really should have made this program with .net framework as pretty much everyone would have had framework related runtimes installed by default. anyways, I have updated the requirement link to point to .net desktop runtime 6.0.23. hopefully this should help out those wanting to install this mod.
Yes you are supposed to have that .net 7.0.1 runtime installed if you want to install this mod. I apologize for not mentioning this requirement in the mod instructions page as I hoped that everyone playing this game would be running windows 10 or 11 with the latest updates, thereby having this particular runtime installed.
Are you using an older version of the mod or the current latest one ? Can you elaborate a bit more on the crashing on startup part ? does the game just exit on launching it from steam ?
I can't open the game, I have Haidara mod 2.0 install, before this it workinbg just fine, I already change thea steam.log to silent to true too, any guess why? also thank you so much for making this!
game output log was saying : 04/10/2023 14:48:11.082: C:\ProgramData\A-Volute\A-Volute.28054DF1F58B4\Modules\ScheduledModules\x64\NahimicOSD.dll: Error 20 (this feature has not been implemented yet) in function AVolute::GetProductInfoT::<lambda_3920e95365a48b95dd51020986e9e351>::operator ()
and crash log : 04/10/2023 14:48:10.994: DebugHelper Symbol Search Path......: ;C:\Users\********************\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\ 04/10/2023 14:48:10.994: Unable to load Special K Debug Symbols ('C:\Users\********************\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\SpecialK64.pdb'), crash log will not be accurate.
From the looks of the log, it looks like Nahimic (an audio related driver) is causing something to go wrong with Special K. you could try and uninstall that driver and see if Special K still complains or crashes. do be careful when uninstalling this driver if your device is a laptop as the audio driver side of things for the laptop might rely on Nahimic for certain functionalities.
And yeah sadly drivers do have some sort of impact with that Special K tool which this mod uses. I am debating on completely ditching Special K and modifying the texture files directly in the game's archive file, but this game's filesystem is a hashed nightmare and it would require quite a lot of time to be devoted for understanding it properly. I can't promise anything at this time but I will try and look into this filesystem a bit more when I have some free time.
There is a grey box on the screen when I try to play the game. It is on the left side in the middle. It wasn't there before. The mod worked fine on the first try.
Can you send a screenshot of how it looks like ? I am guessing it is probably the special K overlay which you may have opened accidentally by pressing some buttons on your controller.
I installed it with the haidara version and it still works. When i put it into steam library, the game wouldnt launch, dont know why but with DS4windows it works. Thanks boss
You need an older version of SK for dumping all textures with that DumpOnFirstLoad=true function. here is the version I used for dumping the textures for this mod: SK 0.9.0.24 version download.
If you were using the dxgi dll method, then make sure to remove the older version SK files from your game folder before using the version linked above.
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The executable for the mod would do nothing when clicked, and give no error message, even having downloaded .net runtime 7.0.1 as advised. Using event viewer to find out what the problem was, it told me that I needed .net 6.0 runtime, which is evidently not covered by having a higher version, and not something you'd normally have with windows up to date. It directed me to a download page for .net 6.0 runtime, which didn't change anything, and then it directed me to a download page specifically for .net 6.0 desktop runtime, which did. I don't know if you need both, as the page for the latter said it includes the former. I also don't know if you need 7.0.1 as well.
Do I really need to install .NET 7.0.1? Or is there some way around it? If it's needed you should probably mention that in mod description.
I apologize for not mentioning this requirement in the mod instructions page as I hoped that everyone playing this game would be running windows 10 or 11 with the latest updates, thereby having this particular runtime installed.
Can you elaborate a bit more on the crashing on startup part ? does the game just exit on launching it from steam ?
game output log was saying :
04/10/2023 14:48:11.082: C:\ProgramData\A-Volute\A-Volute.28054DF1F58B4\Modules\ScheduledModules\x64\NahimicOSD.dll: Error 20 (this feature has not been implemented yet) in function AVolute::GetProductInfoT::<lambda_3920e95365a48b95dd51020986e9e351>::operator ()
and crash log :
04/10/2023 14:48:10.994: DebugHelper Symbol Search Path......: ;C:\Users\********************\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\
04/10/2023 14:48:10.994: Unable to load Special K Debug Symbols ('C:\Users\********************\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\SpecialK64.pdb'), crash log will not be accurate.
does hardware/driver have impact on the mod?
From the looks of the log, it looks like Nahimic (an audio related driver) is causing something to go wrong with Special K. you could try and uninstall that driver and see if Special K still complains or crashes. do be careful when uninstalling this driver if your device is a laptop as the audio driver side of things for the laptop might rely on Nahimic for certain functionalities.
And yeah sadly drivers do have some sort of impact with that Special K tool which this mod uses. I am debating on completely ditching Special K and modifying the texture files directly in the game's archive file, but this game's filesystem is a hashed nightmare and it would require quite a lot of time to be devoted for understanding it properly. I can't promise anything at this time but I will try and look into this filesystem a bit more when I have some free time.
It is on the left side in the middle. It wasn't there before. The mod worked fine on the first try.
I am guessing it is probably the special K overlay which you may have opened accidentally by pressing some buttons on your controller.
it say "internal error 0x0d interface not found steam client 022"
pleasee help mee
I'm very grateful to you
Once again, thank you so much
When i put it into steam library, the game wouldnt launch, dont know why but with DS4windows it works.
Thanks boss
if you are adding it manually then you probably have the pirated version of the game. just use DS4Windows instead of adding the game to steam.
Also make sure to open the dxgi.ini file in notepad and under [Steam.Log] section, set Silent=true
I want to translate the game.
May be to ask you a question?
Steam ???? :: ??? :: SpecialK - Dumping and Injecting Textures (steamcommunity.com)
I saw this guide and tried to dump the image, but when I used DumpOnFirstLoad=true, the screen of the game turned dark.
here is the version I used for dumping the textures for this mod:
SK 0.9.0.24 version download.
If you were using the dxgi dll method, then make sure to remove the older version SK files from your game folder before using the version linked above.
Thanks to you, we extracted the game image!!!