Mods Not Working on a new install of Windows Vista 64-bit
coconnor:
Frustration has gotten the better of me. I reformatted my hard drive and installed a fresh copy of Windows Vista 64-bit in order to utilize more of my RAM. I reinstalled The Sims 3 to C:/Games (to avoid the problems that seem to occur when the game is installed to C:/ProgramFiles (x86)), redownloaded Delphy's Installer Monkey for the framework and Resource.cfg, downloaded a new copy of AwesomeMod and Aweconfig. I also have some other non-core mods installed in the Hacks file and neither AwesomeMod (showconfig comes up as an unknown command) or other mods, for instance, Rick's NoInto mod (the intro is still present) are working. Custom content seems to be showing up (but I'll go back in and check further to make sure at least one working thing is custom content installed via a package file with Delphy's tool).
Does anyone using Vista 64-bit know what could be going wrong here? I've tried everything (including uninstalling and reinstalling to C:/ProgramFiles(X86) and that does not solve it either. I have the d3dx9_31.dll installed in the Game/Bin folder; AwesomeMod and Aweconfig is in Mods>Packages (without a subfolder although that should work; and Resource.cfg is attached below as a text file).
These things have always worked for me in the past, and the only difference is Vista 64-bit vs. Vista 32-bit and a custom installation to C:/Games as opposed to Program Files. Delphy's Installer Monkey is also installed to C:/Games. And, yes, the computer is capable of running 64-bit (confirmed by the manufacturer) and everything else works.
Edited to add: Well, I got AwesomeMod to work by replacing the Resource.cfg with the one from Rick's NoIntro mod which I redownloaded. Will update with any further information as I get it.
PhantomNeko:
Why the hell are you using Vista 64-bit? I think the logic that lead you to that decision is what's fubaring your game. Either Win7 or XP. Accept no bullshit based substitutes.
coconnor:
Quote from: PhantomNeko on 2009 November 13, 21:16:05
Why the hell are you using Vista 64-bit? I think the logic that lead you to that decision is what's fubaring your game. Either Win7 or XP. Accept no bullshit based substitutes.
Can't afford a new operating system (Windows 7) at the moment. Rolling back to XP will also not utilize all the RAM (I have 4 GB).
rosemary:
My mods and package files work fine in programme files (x86) I have no crashes or any other issues with 64bit.
Have you re installed framework?
coconnor:
Yes, Rosemary, I have reinstalled the framework files using Delphy's TS3 Helper Monkey. This is incredibly frustrating for me since I had everything working fine on Vista 32-bit. However, I did get AwesomeMod working now, which is great. Have not had time to do any other real testing since I originally posted. I got AwesomeMod to work by substituting the Resource.cfg file contained in the download for Rick's NoIntro Mod for the one from the framework. I will be trying further experimentation with that, and actually trying to see if anything else (within the framework files) is working including Rick's NoIntro mod which I redownloaded from MTS2.
Thanks for your response! I had been reading other threads here and it seems that people have had problems installing to C:/ProgramFiles (x86) due to UAC issues. They were advised to do a custom install to C:/Games, which is what I did. Other than that, it appears to be a problem with the resource.cfg file itself.
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