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[BUG | Beta Opt-In 1.03 | SOLVED] Mods Stopped Working

Galactic Civilization 3 Updates and Mods stop working

June 5, 2015 8:51:07 PM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

I was working on my mod, a ship appearence thingy, when GalCiv3 decided to patch, no biggy I thought, but when I get in game all my custom ship appearences are gone, and the other mod I am using, for more map colours has stopped working too.

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Opted into the beta

Using mods:

PaletteOverhaul - by me.

Map Colours - Standard - by Ave

 

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I was just playing with all the mods working, and then it patched, and now they are gone.
I have mods enabled in options.
For safety I restarted, I verified that my mod xml was correct, will try removing my mod from the mods folder and see if it still runs with Ave's, which I know works.
I turned mods off, restarted, turned them back on and restarted again, no luck.

Some help would be really nice, now that I think about it, this should go in support.

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Reply #1 June 5, 2015 9:00:13 PM
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lol, I literally just confirmed this on my end. Tried mods on 1.03, wouldn't load anything. Downgraded to 1.02, and they worked fine.

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Reply #2 June 5, 2015 9:00:40 PM
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After removing my mod from the mods folder and running it it still doesn't work, my mod is the only one that has been changing, figured just in case I made a mistake in the xml, which I have not.

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Reply #3 June 5, 2015 9:50:23 PM
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My custom faction works, but that's the only mod I'm using. Strange. Wonder what caused this?

EDIT: Wait! I just updated. My custom faction is gone. A different custom faction that was made using the in-game editor is still there, however.

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Reply #4 June 5, 2015 10:06:11 PM
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Mine is not working either!

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Reply #5 June 5, 2015 10:24:07 PM
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Wait! My custom faction isn't working after all. I just updated to the latest opt-in. A different custom faction does work, but mine (in the Mods folder) is gone.

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Reply #6 June 5, 2015 11:15:18 PM
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I had to redo my mods and I lost some factions somehow. I had about 55 and now I have 45. Maybe I'll find them later.

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Reply #7 June 5, 2015 11:56:01 PM
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Something else weird happened. The entire structure of the My Games\GalCiv3 folder has changed, but it's missing a few things. It's not consistent. There's now a Factions folder next to the Mods folder, and the game DOES accept things in this folder, but it doesn't accept whole mods, particularly custom factions that were created through the Mods folder. It's as though it's been changed to resemble what 1.1 is looking for, but the implementation is incomplete, so the game is now unable to read certain mods at all.

Also confirming that opting out of 1.03 made my mods/factions all work again.

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Reply #8 June 6, 2015 12:18:02 AM
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Yep the factions I lost were the Mass Effects factions that went to mods, and the Dr Whomiverse mod. I tried to reinstall and no luck.

This did seem like a weird patch. I gathered from the stream today that both Brad and Paul are working on the game and it sounded like they may each be doing things without telling each other.

Very odd that the faction mods no longer work. I had some difficulty getting my own to work again. I had to edit the steam game files and copy and paste to the mod file then go back and restore the steam files

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Reply #9 June 6, 2015 12:28:58 AM
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I had to tweak/rebuild most of my mods using the 'original' files, but all of them worked okay for me, including my custom race mod (standalone mod, not a .faction file)

 

I saw something in the patch notes about them changing the folder structure, but I didn't see any actual change to 'my documents\my games\galciv3'

 

My factions seem to be working okay as well (grabbed a list from someone's post a while back)

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Reply #10 June 6, 2015 12:34:03 AM
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Having said that, I just tried to start a new game with my custom race mod, and it's no longer listed.  (and when I hover over quick start which would have that race selected, the game crashes to desktop).  But I was playing from a saved game that I started with that mod/race with 1.03, so i wonder if they snuck in another update.

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Reply #11 June 6, 2015 12:34:52 AM
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OK I drop my factiondefs back in the main game folder and it work!! so I`m guessing that the mod folder is not being seen by the game again !! when the dev`s added to custom races they must have change this or forgot to re add it back in !

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Reply #12 June 6, 2015 12:47:33 AM
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Quoting DrgnFyre,
reply 10

Having said that, I just tried to start a new game with my custom race mod, and it's no longer listed.  (and when I hover over quick start which would have that race selected, the game crashes to desktop).  But I was playing from a saved game that I started with that mod/race with 1.03, so i wonder if they snuck in another update.

Indeed, there WAS an update this evening. It was a hotfix that included a fix for the Planetary Resistance/Defense techs (which do work now). Unfortunately, this is what happens when you skip QA. I think some unfinished 1.1 stuff got sent out along with the hotfix.

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Reply #13 June 6, 2015 2:40:45 AM
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Quoting Vidszhite,
reply 12

Quoting DrgnFyre,
reply 10

Having said that, I just tried to start a new game with my custom race mod, and it's no longer listed.  (and when I hover over quick start which would have that race selected, the game crashes to desktop).  But I was playing from a saved game that I started with that mod/race with 1.03, so i wonder if they snuck in another update.



Indeed, there WAS an update this evening. It was a hotfix that included a fix for the Planetary Resistance/Defense techs (which do work now). Unfortunately, this is what happens when you skip QA. I think some unfinished 1.1 stuff got sent out along with the hotfix.

 

yeah they did about 8 PM!!

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Reply #14 June 6, 2015 3:51:16 AM
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There is a problem concerning mods and multiplayer: 

In 1.02 I couldn't play custom factions in MP if they contain own graphic set so far I have ANY mod in the mod folder. After deleting mods all worked fine. 

 

Probably they try to catch up the problem with the opt-in...I'm sure they'll bring out a working 1.03 later.

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Reply #15 June 6, 2015 5:53:13 AM
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The game now looks for *.gc3wsdata files instead of loose files.... Steam Workshop strikes again...

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Reply #16 June 6, 2015 10:37:23 AM
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We've reproduced the issue with mods here. We are checking it out now, thanks for reporting it.

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Reply #17 June 6, 2015 10:43:41 AM
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Quoting Derek Paxton,
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We've reproduced the issue with mods here. We are checking it out now, thanks for reporting it.

 

thanks Derek!!

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Reply #18 June 6, 2015 12:38:31 PM
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Fixed here, we are testing the fix. The plan is to update the optin today with the fix.

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Reply #19 June 6, 2015 1:11:56 PM
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Quoting Derek Paxton,
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Fixed here, we are testing the fix. The plan is to update the optin today with the fix.




Git er done and stop breaking stuff, geez guys. I get a day to play and I have to revert to a old save because I can't generate massive universes anymore lol.

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Reply #20 June 6, 2015 2:38:34 PM
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Fix was verified by QA, optin is being updated now. Thanks again for reporting this!

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Reply #21 June 6, 2015 2:48:58 PM
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That's Fast . Thanks for knocking this out so quick. On a weekend too!!

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Reply #22 June 6, 2015 2:56:45 PM
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Fast fix. Sorry you had to work on the weekend. Thanks!

 

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Reply #23 June 6, 2015 3:05:48 PM
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Quoting Derek Paxton,
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Fix was verified by QA, optin is being updated now. Thanks again for reporting this!

Yes thanks ... Does Brad pay you guys weekend overtime? 

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Reply #24 June 6, 2015 4:22:22 PM
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Quoting a0152570,
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Yes thanks ... Does Brad pay you guys weekend overtime? 


Pretty sure they're all salary.

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Reply #25 June 6, 2015 5:13:53 PM
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No change with the fix on this side... 

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