Need some help with a mod

sounds like you are looking for the old real capitalships mod, there is a version around for entrenchment 1.05 here, and my mod updater can update it from it's original version to the current version, and it is also fairly easy to convert it to diplomacy as it does not alter the playerRACE.entity files.

harpo

Sweet Thank you soo much!

i downloaded the updater tool ( the latest version) but im clueless on how to use it properly.

from one of my posts in the mod updater thread

the mod updater 1.1 WILL UPDATE mods inplace ie will update all mods from mods-entrenchment v1.01 or mods-entrenchment v1.02 to the mods-entrenchment v1.03 folder and also from mods-v1.15 and mods-v1.16 to mods-v1.17 folders ie the WORKING mods folders older versions to the current version.

the plain english instructions for the mod updater are

1 have the mods in the folders where they work from older versions of sins/entrenchment

2 have updated sins/entrenchment

3 extract utility pack to a folder on computer

4 in said folder doubleclick on sins mod updater

5 in mod updater navigate into the folder that contains the mods that you want to update eg mods-entrenchment v1.02

6 click on the button 'set source to copy from'(by the way the program uses this path to determine WHICH of the convertdata's to use for updating the mods from as each of the convertdata's will only work on files processed with that version)

the button caption will change to the path that you had selected is step 5

a new folder browser window will open on the right which will default to the current version mods folder

7 in the destination folder view select the desired destination folder( it defaults to the current version for the expansion)

8 click on 'set destination to copy to'

the button caption will change to the destination folder

9 click on the button 'copy and update the entity files'

the program will now copy ALL THE FILES and FOLDERS in the path if they do not exist, and check whether the file is txt or bin if bin converts it to txt using the convertdata from the earlier version, then checks the entity file to see if it needs updating, updates it, then if the original was bin it then converts it BACK to bin with the later convertdata, reporting on the files copied, the files updated, and the files that would NOT convert to txt for updating

10 click either on the reset the settings button if you have mods in another sins/entrenchment version that you want to update OR the EXIT button

admittedly this was from page 4, but steps 5-10 are given on the program.

harpo

Oh, I replied in the other copy of this thread

I said the same thing as harpo.

yeah forums lagged and it double posted

Thanks for the guide harpo, but i have one last question. I did a fresh install so i dont have the old folder. What should i do in that case?

If you're referring to the older mod folder, just create a new folder in the mods directory and name it with the same naming type but change the version number. 

If its the one harpo suggested in the 1st reply then the folder will be named

Mods-Entrenchment v1.05

ugh another problem.... whenever i do the steps in the guide i get a run time error when i click "Set source to copy from."

any idea what could be wrong?

did you double-click into the source folder?

harpo

yes, and right after i do i hit "Set source to copy from.". 

When i do i get the:  Run time Error '76':

                                Path not found                        Error.

did you use the mods-entrenchment v1.05 as the source folder?

btw any mod for 1.05 should also work without changes in 1.051 as there was NO changes in the entity files only in the EXE ie engine changes, so you could just copy the entire mod into the mods-entrenchment v1.051 folder and it will work.

harpo