Montana Sagrada and Rio Espanol Maps (Waterloo Versions)

[conjotter]

Hey Crikey.

7zip is probably the issue.

I don't have that program installed. I have always used winrar.

I'll down load 7zip and give that a try.

Thanks for the detailed instructions.

Regards, CJ.

[Saddletank]

Conjotter - Winrar reads and handles 7z files no problem. I know because that's what I use!



Crikey - those instructions do not work because Waterloo cannot understand the accented foreign characters.

This is why I suggested users do different to your instructions.

Of course we didn't know a few weeks ago that accented fonts are not understood by WL but we do now.

People like to use archive programs differently as well. I prefer to open the 7z file and drag the contents into my SOWWL mods folder, and most of the people I know work the same way, hence having the mod correctly bundled and ready to go is the best policy.

So please, please - just make a main folder called "My Mod" or whatever and zip that up. It saves everyone all this confusion. Thanks.

[Crikey]

Tank. They do work. I used them. The foreign character is only a problem if the sub files have foreign characters. I.e....The map.csv etc. The main folder characters aren't a problem.


Conjotter..Please post if you get it working. B)

[conjotter]

Sorry folks, this just doesn't work for some reason.

I installed 7zip, and that doesn't help.

For what it is worth, I have successfully installed and used just about all of the mods for the Gettysburg game.

And Reb's toolbar mod works fine in Waterloo.

I am going to put Crikey's mods on the backburner for the time being.

Thanks to all.

[Crikey]

Conjotter. Please open your mods folder. Please open your Montana Sagrada folder. What do you see? If you see another folder called Montana Sagrada you've messed up a step.

[Saddletank]

The foreign character is only a problem if the sub files have foreign characters. I.e....The map.csv etc.

Aha. This might be the problem then? For the guys having trouble it is worth a look into the csv files.

[Crikey]

The downloads I provided shouldn't have any clashing characters. I downloaded them and installed them today. No changes. All loaded fine.

It's an odd one. Unless later windows versions do something weird.

The possible problem is a rogue layer in the sub folder hierarchy caused by the way some zip progs unpack directories. I.e. It creates an extra layer so you have a folder structure in SoWWL that looks like this ....mods/Montana Sagrada WL/Montana Sagrada WL/

If you have this extra layer the game can't fine the map files. I found this with a few other mods. I had to move the sub directories up a layer by cutting and pasting them so it looked like this

Mods/Montana Sagrada WL/
Graphics
Logistics
Maps
Sounds

B)

[treaker]

I'm using Windows Vista.

Mods just will not load.

[Crikey]

If you've checked all the files are in your mod folder, the folder structure matches what I describe and you've followed my instructions then I'm out of ideas.

Sorry.

[Saddletank]

I refuse to be beaten!

Do other mods work OK for you Treaker?

Can you post a screengrab of your mods folder showing the Montana Sagrada mod and its subfolders please?