Installing mod and map

Azriel · #1 August 18th, 2009, 07:38 PM

I've opened up the mods in Vim editor, saved them as mac format and as Unix format. Neither works. I'm really frustrated.

I've been playing this game for years now, and to think that something this stupid is preventing me from experiencing the rest of what it has to offer is aggravating.

But rants aside.

I'm going to uninstall the game, re-install it and then patch up to 3.23b. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

Azriel · #2 August 18th, 2009, 08:15 PM

Sorry for the double-post, but Its been 30 minutes and it won't let me edit my last post.

Ha Ha, I forgot how easy things are on a Mac. There's no such thing as uninstalling and re-installing here. I just delete the old program and copy the new back over from the CD again.

I even copied the sample Vaetti mod from the CD, too.

But that pleasantness was short-lived.

I set up the file structure like it says to do in the forums... still no mods or maps appear, not even the sample Vaetti mod that comes with the CD. Please, people, does anyone have a solution?

Azriel · #3 August 18th, 2009, 10:08 PM

Yay!

When I opened up Dominions, after re-installing it, I noticed that there were still saved games available. "Aha!" I said, "how is this possible?"
So I seached my hard drive for files or folders with the name "saved" and lo, what should I find but an entire Dominions3 Folder with a maps folder and a mods folder that no documentation or message ever told me it created.
And here I had created my own such folders thinking I was doing exactly as I should.
So I moved the mods and maps over to the newly found, but original, folders... and voila! It all works as it should.

Man... I was hunting down some really obscure trails. But I know a lot more about the various text editing endlines than I did yesterday!

So for those of you with Macs, search your hard drive for the dominions3 folder before you create your own. You just might be surprised.

Happy ending.

unimural · #4 July 1st, 2010, 07:33 AM

Thanks for posting your results, Azriel :-)

Tbh, could at least the FAQ be updated regarding this, please? I admit I'm not terribly osx savvy, but I just spent almost an hour searching the forums/trying stupid things before finally finding this thread.

Apparently the savegame/mods directory tree is created directly in your homedir (grr, you could have atleast asked me).