FenPhoenix on 2/4/2020 at 10:51
Added. Thank you very much! :)
TafferCat on 20/4/2020 at 00:48
maybe i'm doing something stupid, but i can't get past the Initial Settings screen... down in the lower right i get a message "Some paths are invalid" when i press the ok button...
my paths are
C:\Games\Thief1\Thief.exe
C:\Games\Thief2\Thief2.exe
i try to keep the install paths as simple as possible to avoid problems...
i have quadruple checked that i am selecting the right exes and the right paths for thief 1 and thief 2...
i don't have Thief 3 or System Shock 2 installed so I leave those blank... i'm also not using Steam in any way so i leave that blank too... do i have to put something in those empty fields to get AngelLoader to work?
FenPhoenix on 20/4/2020 at 01:12
You need to put an FM backup path (that's a path where it will put save/screenshot backups of FMs you uninstall). Also, if it says some paths are invalid then it should highlight what it thinks are invalid paths in red. Is it highlighting one of your game paths in red?
TafferCat on 20/4/2020 at 01:49
i started my post with "maybe i'm doing something stupid" but i guess i should have started with "i'm obviously doing something stupid"...
i just didn't scroll down to see all the fields... so i had not put in the various fm paths... d'oh!
probably does not mean much coming from a bimbo like me but AngelLoader is amazing! i wish i had started using it earlier... i can't believe i was able to import all my comments, finished checkmarks, and saves from both darkloader and newdarkloader and everything just works...
i love having t1 and t2 missions on different tabs in the same loader like darkloader... and i love how i can tab back to the loader to write comments in the comment text field... newdarkloader didn't allow that... it's all i missed in darkloader with a new and improved fmsel backend!1! you rock fenphoenix!!
FenPhoenix on 20/4/2020 at 01:53
You're very welcome! :)
vincentlancon on 20/4/2020 at 17:53
Fen , no matter what I do , Heart and Soul from TDP20AC is launching as a Thief 2 game, I thought I could go in to the setting file and change it to Thief 1, but when I relaunch the program , it rescans it as Thief 2 , any ideas?
vincentlancon on 20/4/2020 at 18:21
Quote Posted by vincentlancon
Fen , no matter what I do , Heart and Soul from TDP20AC is launching as a Thief 2 game, I thought I could go in to the setting file and change it to Thief 1, but when I relaunch the program , it rescans it as Thief 2 , any ideas?
Nevermind, I re downloaded it and it works, I guess the FM zip got corrupted.
FenPhoenix on 20/4/2020 at 21:01
That's good to hear. The only way I can think off the top of my head why AngelLoader would misdetect a T1 mission as T2 on startup like that is if you had it installed in your Thief 2 installed FMs folder. That's the only time AL makes an assumption about game type. If it didn't make that assumption then you'd end up with FMs whose game is detected right but which are installed in the wrong game's folder and so when you go to play them you would just get the original missions and that would be even more confusing probably. So if that happens for anyone else, check to make sure your FM is installed in the correct game's folder. If not, try moving it over and restart AngelLoader.
gamophyte on 22/4/2020 at 18:33
In case anyone finds this issue for themselves. I had a corrupted ZIP file for a mission and once Angel fails to read it, it will no longer want to show that fan mission by that ZIP file name. Case in point I replaced the ZIP file and it still didn't show up in Angel because the FMData.ini had
Quote:
[FM]
MarkedScanned=True
Archive=HoC2-the_dragons_claw.zip
InstalledDir=HoC2-the_dragons_claw
Title=HoC2-the_dragons_claw
Game=Unsupported
DateAdded=5E724B1C
HasResources=NotScanned
It makes sense, if it has no data why show it. But to fix, you have to delete the entry in the INI file and save the INI file. Now Angel will show the FM and of course it will install etc...
Love using it so far.