Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

I would like to install a Mod, but find the terminology confusing.

The SE4 Gold manual talks of the "Main Directory" on page 81 but gives table 1 of the "Default Directory".

Are they the same? Different? If so, how? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

I've been a Mac user for 20 years and just "coverted" to the P4 platform. So I am in grade school in all this (maybe even kindergarden...). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

So, I need help from the ground up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

That terminology is more SE4 than windows.

I would say:

Main Directory:
Always refers to the first directory/folder that holds SE4: IE, the one where you find the SE4.EXE and PATH.TXT files.

Default Directory:
Refers to one of the subfolders/subdirectories inside the Main Directory. Examples are "Data", "Pictures", "AI".

The default folder/directory to find "settings.txt" would be "c: \MM\se4\Data", or something similar, depending on where you installed the game.
Mods may cause SE4 to look for files in places other than the defaults.

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

Thank you Suicide Junkie http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

The Path.txt file has this to say:
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Question 1: The name of the mod is TGEmod10 and I assume that I would repace "None" with the TGEmod10 Y/N?

It is a simple mod, just changing the mineral/organic/radioactive production of facilities and the availability of the destroyer at game start.

Question 2: If I play a different game, do I have to change the path back to "None" In other words, does the computer "know" which mod is attached to which game or do I have to do it manually whenever I switch games.

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

Needless to say, I am lost when it talks of "This file must be located with the executable to tell it which
directories to look in."

[ September 17, 2002, 20:36: Message edited by: tbontob ]

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

Try the mod picker utility on the gold CD (or do a forum search for "Matryx", you should be able to download it from his sig). It does all that work for you, and it even has an SE4ish interface! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

Thanx guys http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

For the other newbies out there, the name of the program is ModLaunchingProgram.zip and its author is G.C. Sweetman (aka Matryx)

It seems like a great program to simplify handling all the different types of games I have running.

OK. I want to set up my tournament games. It asks for:
1) Player number
2) Password

The password is no problem. But what is my player number? Is it:
1) The name of my empire?
2) The position of my empire on the list at the tournament site. ie. Do I count down to get my player number?

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is it. When you do your turns, they will be saved in the Savegame folder as a .plr file named after the game and your player number; you upload or e-mail that .plr file to PBW.

For example, I'm the eighth empire in a PBW game called "The Evil Within", and my turn file is named evilwithin_0008.plr

[ September 18, 2002, 22:30: Message edited by: capnq ]

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

I was beginning to think that my question had stumped the experts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I always wondered what that number was!(well for 20 turns, anyway). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Now I know it is the identifying number of the player.

Thank-you capnq http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">1) Probably. The path refers to where the mod is, and that is not nessesarily the mod's name.

2) Yes. If you try to load a savegame using the wrong mod, SE4 will may complain that the files are different, and that someone is probably trying to cheat.

Re: Main Directory and Default Directory?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is it. When you do your turns, they will be saved in the Savegame folder as a .plr file named after the game and your player number; you upload or e-mail that .plr file to PBW.

For example, I'm the eighth empire in a PBW game called "The Evil Within", and my turn file is named evilwithin_0008.plr</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">capnq...would your player number be 0008 or 08 or just 8?

I can't enter any numbers unless I backspace 2 spaces. Then I can enter a 2 digit number.