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th3w1zard1 / KOTORModSync

A flexible multi-mod installer for KOTOR games.
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Some files fail to validate despite having them downloaded+having the right file name #31

Closed Enderlordalatreon closed 10 months ago

Enderlordalatreon commented 12 months ago

Screenshot 2023-11-15 123145 Error says that it couldn't find the exe in the Partyswap archive. Screenshot 2023-11-15 123326 Despite it being in the Archive Screenshot 2023-11-15 123702 Every archive here has been downloaded, yet errors persist. kotormodsync_2023-11-15.log Log

Enderlordalatreon commented 12 months ago

Very strange, I've redownloaded every mod but from alternate links (ModDB, Nexus) rather than deadlystream (as the neocities site, and by extension modsync, links to) and everything went well. For example, I had to download the 1.1.3 version of PartySwap off of ModDB rather than the 1.3.4 version off of deadlystream. Another example is "Handmaiden and Female Exile - Disciple and Male Exile Romance" needing to be downloaded off Nexus instead of deadlystream, probably due to file name shenanigans. I wonder if the neocities list is outdated?

th3w1zard1 commented 11 months ago

Very strange, I've redownloaded every mod but from alternate links (ModDB, Nexus) rather than deadlystream (as the neocities site, and by extension modsync, links to) and everything went well. For example, I had to download the 1.1.3 version of PartySwap off of ModDB rather than the 1.3.4 version off of deadlystream. Another example is "Handmaiden and Female Exile - Disciple and Male Exile Romance" needing to be downloaded off Nexus instead of deadlystream, probably due to file name shenanigans. I wonder if the neocities list is outdated?

So the main problem is mod's release updates. If they change their filenames around too much, the wildcards the instruction files are using can't match the new filenames. Most of the time, the new versions are compatible, but the instruction needs updating.

For example if it's looking for a K1_Community_Patch_v*.zip it'll match K1_Community_Patch_v1.10.zip and K1_Community_Patch_v1.9.2.zip But if a mod changes to, say, KOTOR1_COMMUNITY_PATCH_version1.10.zip you'll need to simply edit that archive name in the gui editor. There's not much I can do but hope that mod developers will notify me when they update their mod.

The neocities encounters the same problem, but due to the large community backing they're more likely to update their instructions before I can. I am a solo dev working on this by myself.

Thank you for reaching out, I'll update the mods according to your log file as soon as I get a chance. Please reach out if you have any more issues.

th3w1zard1 commented 11 months ago

For example, I had to download the 1.1.3 version of PartySwap off of ModDB rather than the 1.3.4 version off of deadlystream.

The latest version I was aware of is 1.3.3.

th3w1zard1 commented 11 months ago

Looking more closely at your logs, it seems you did not set your mod directory correctly. You need to download your mods, unextracted, to the mod directory. Let KOTORModSync do all the extracting/installing for you.

th3w1zard1 commented 10 months ago

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