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XPiratez / Re: [MAIN] XPiratez - 0.98F - 13 May - Airbus Adventures
« on: May 23, 2016, 01:49:26 pm »
First things first: The mod appears to work now! After replacing the cfg file with the one you just gave me. I haven't tried playing yet, but the font problem is now gone. So my .cfg file appears to have been the locus of the problem. I'll post again if there are problems, but it looks like you fixed my problem for me. Thank you!
The nitty gritty:
The extra directory within Steam is because Steam uses DOSBox. The Steam directory is for the Steam game (essentially DOSBox, preconfigured to run this game), and within that directory is the game which is to be emulated. To make your instructions compatible with Steam, you may want to update them as I described.
Just so you know, I didn't delete any files beyond the directories you listed. And your "shouldn't give you trouble" statement was correct.
I'm not clear what other steps you want me to describe. That I clicked on the link and downloaded the file? That I unpacked it using 7zip? Is that actually helpful to you? What steps am I missing? As you said earlier, the way you have this packaged is such that it doesn't require any installation at all. Other than moving the copyrighted files into a directory, what steps are there?
Readme, shmeadme. If you don't want to move readme files around, that's fine with me. As I said earlier, I'm not inclined to care, now that I know where the real readme is. If you want to make your distribution more idiot-proof, on the other hand...
Finally, regarding the issue at hand: My theory is that upon running it the first time, a .cfg file is created that--due to my particular configuration(?)--spawns the problem. Are you curious enough to want me to try and duplicate the issue, then send you the problematic .cfg file?
The nitty gritty:
The extra directory within Steam is because Steam uses DOSBox. The Steam directory is for the Steam game (essentially DOSBox, preconfigured to run this game), and within that directory is the game which is to be emulated. To make your instructions compatible with Steam, you may want to update them as I described.
Just so you know, I didn't delete any files beyond the directories you listed. And your "shouldn't give you trouble" statement was correct.
I'm not clear what other steps you want me to describe. That I clicked on the link and downloaded the file? That I unpacked it using 7zip? Is that actually helpful to you? What steps am I missing? As you said earlier, the way you have this packaged is such that it doesn't require any installation at all. Other than moving the copyrighted files into a directory, what steps are there?
Readme, shmeadme. If you don't want to move readme files around, that's fine with me. As I said earlier, I'm not inclined to care, now that I know where the real readme is. If you want to make your distribution more idiot-proof, on the other hand...
Finally, regarding the issue at hand: My theory is that upon running it the first time, a .cfg file is created that--due to my particular configuration(?)--spawns the problem. Are you curious enough to want me to try and duplicate the issue, then send you the problematic .cfg file?
Because I am new to both openxcom and this mod (and was linked directly to this forum thread from outside the website), it was not immediately apparent.