HELP! File not found

kevlord · #1 November 23rd, 2002, 06:02 AM

I bought SEIV gold and patched it up to 1.78. I had loaded a bunch of mods from the CD and the web and was happily working on some of my own when I started getting "File Not Found" right after I ended the first turn. At first I stripped out all the mods and still got the message The unmodded game ran fine but the moment I tried running from a mod folder I got the error message. I deleted and reinstalled the game and still got the message. I copied the unmodded files to a separate folder and tried running from that folder and I still get the message. Can any one tell me what is going on? What file is it looking for?

Captain Kwok · #2 November 23rd, 2002, 06:06 AM

There has been several changes to the SE:IV data files since the release of the mods on the CD. Many of them are out of date. Try to find the most recent Versions of the Mods you want to use!

kevlord · #3 November 23rd, 2002, 06:16 AM

At the moment the mods are the least of my concerns. I cannot get the game to run except pure vanilla code out of the main SEIV folder. If I just call a folder a mod and change my path file to run form it I get this error EVEN IF THE FILES ARE IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL (UNMODDED). This just happened out of the blue after weeks of running fine.

I am just trying to get it to where I can start working on my mods again.

Captain Kwok · #4 November 23rd, 2002, 06:44 AM

A mod folder must always have a data directory with all the necessary data files (modded or unmodded) for it to work properly.

kevlord · #5 November 23rd, 2002, 06:59 AM

I understand that but:
The game will run with the data files I currently have. If I copy those same data files into another folder and launch the game from there it doesn't work. The files are the same hench my confusion.

Captain Kwok · #6 November 23rd, 2002, 07:02 AM

Are those data files in a directory within the mod directory, i.e.:

modname/data

If not, then that might be your problem.

kevlord · #7 November 23rd, 2002, 07:08 AM

Yes they are in MODS/DATA.

Keep in mind that this was all working fine one day and broke the next. Right now I have no mods, I am using just the SEIV data copied into MODS folder and the game fails.

Captain Kwok · #8 November 23rd, 2002, 07:14 AM

Hmm...

I'm not sure what the problem could be. I was going to suggest perhaps one of the files is missing or not copied. As you describe it, it should work fine.

Fyron · #9 November 23rd, 2002, 08:40 AM

Are you calling to "Mods" in Path.txt, or "C:\Space Empires IV\Mods" (assuming SE4 is the install folder)? It should be "Mods". It is a relative path, not an absolute path.

kevlord · #10 November 25th, 2002, 07:27 PM

I am calling "MODS" in path.txt

What I did today....

I removed anything remotely related to SEIV from my computer (after burning my mods to CD)
I uninstalled SEIV.

I installed SEIV GOLD from the CD. Version 1.60

I applied the SE4 Patch and nnow have the game at 1.78

I created a mod folder called MODS.

I copied all of the unmodded data into the MODS folder.

I changed my path.txt in the root SEIV folder.

I launched a game.

When I hit the end turn button after my first turn I get an error message "File Not Found" and the game hangs.

I would appreciate any help whatsoever.