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BattletechModders / ModTek

Mod system for HBS's PC game BattleTech.
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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documentation install linux steam ModTek 0.6.0 and after #176

Closed f-abel closed 3 years ago

f-abel commented 4 years ago

This works for ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) with Battletech 1.9.1 in $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH (for newbies $HOME stands for ~, the /home/username directory ) create if doesn't exist Mods directory then cd $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods and unzip the ModTek-{xyz}.zip there. Rename the directory created (likely ModTek-{xyz}) to ModTek. install mono package (I installed all mono packages, surely less required) then from within $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods/ModTek/ directory, in command line run

mono ModTekInjector.exe

it should work like a charm. check injected : from within $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods/ModTek/ directory, in command line run

mono ModTekInjector.exe /d
ModTek Injector
---------------

ModTek Injected

Then you are done .

If you had mods with the legacy HBS in $HOME/My Games/BattleTech/mods They won't load anymore. Move the $HOME/My Games/BattleTech/mods directory content (except the HBS directory and load_order.json, modloader.log, modloader_previous.log files) to the directory $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods Then you are migrated .

For troubleshoot purpose : modloader logs moved from $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/DumpBox/* to $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods/.modtek (beware the dot !)

f-abel commented 4 years ago

fixed a typo thank you catlady

JLB39401 commented 3 years ago

I tried this and had some (as yet still unresolved) trouble. I opened the Terminal in the ModTek directory (the highest level one, just under Mods, that I had recently renamed from ModTek-0.7.7.6) and typed in the mono command. It looked like this:

/usr/data/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods/ModTek$ mono ModTekInjector.exe Cannot open assembly 'ModTekInjector.exe': No such file or directory.

A quick search showed no ModTekInjector.exe file anywhere; do I need to compile one? How would I do that? Thanks for any assistance.

f-abel commented 3 years ago

Did you unzip the ModTek.zip file ? don't you have a subdirectory in it to up level ? I just checked https://github.com/BattletechModders/ModTek/releases/download/v0.7.7.6/ModTek.zip the ModTekInjector.exe file is in it. I noticed in the zip file, the directory is now named ModTek. Remember the ModTekInjector.exe file need to be located in the Mods/ModTek directory.

JLB39401 commented 3 years ago

I got the .tar file, and extracted that. After extraction I have a ModTek-0.7.76 directory (which I renamed to just ModTek, and placed in the Mods directory) which contains six other directories: ModTek; ModTekAutoInjector; ModTekInjector; ModTekInstaller; ModTekUnitTests; and ModTekZipCreate. There are also nine files on that level, none is an .exe file.

f-abel commented 3 years ago

You downloaded the source : the release got the binary. On right end column on main page you got the about then the release. or you can use this direct link to get to the releases (compiled code)

JLB39401 commented 3 years ago

.... and, just like that, it seems to be working. Sorry for the boneheaded mistake; and thank you for your help!