Struggling to get MODS to work

[JohnHolmes]

Hi Team

 

I posted this in someone else thread so I apologies if you have already seen it.   

Ive just got a new laptop and Im having trouble getting mods to work. I had it working on my previous laptop and Im pretty sure I am installing in the same way.

 

1.) I installed the JSGME into Il2 Stalingrad main directory as below

 

 

2.) I open up JSGME which creates a MODS folder in the jsgme.2.6.0 main folder then close it. I then install the new mods into the MODS folder.

 

 

3.) I then reopen JSGME and enable the mods I want.

 

 

 

I have mods enabled in Il2 settings, but when I open up the game I cant get the mods to work. For example the benifits of the vr_settings mod dont take effect, the clouds still swirl around. When I set up a quick mission and choose the Moscow Autumn map the Moscow mod (more green textures) doesn't load. 

 

Can anyone see what Im doing wrong.

 

Thanks for any help.

[unreasonable]

 I have JSGME.exe in the main IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad folder, also the mods folder, not in a JSGME folder (which I do not have at all).

 

Inside the MODS folder you put the mods you want.  You should check that the path goes mods/modxyz/data.  What can happen, depending on how you unpack mods from zip, is that you get mods/modxyz/modxyz/data  - in which case the mod will not load properly in JGSME, so you would have to get rid of the extra folder layer.

 

This is working for me.

 

 

Edited August 22, 2018 by unreasonable

[JohnHolmes]

Thanks for the response. You were totally right, feeling alittle silly

Edited August 26, 2018 by JohnHolmes

[JohnHolmes]

Im still struggling to get MODS to work. Can someone have a look at the image below to see if Ive unpacked all the files correctly?

 

 

Edited August 31, 2018 by JohnHolmes

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

34 minutes ago, JohnHolmes said:

Im still struggling to get MODS to work. Can someone have a look at the image below to see if Ive unpacked all the files correctly?

 

 

The location of the jsgme mod folder doesn’t tell us much, as that’s not what the game actually loads.

 

When you activate a mod, you should see its files in the Il-2 data subdirectories. That is what determines whether the game can actually load the mod.

 

I suggest that you do what Unreasonable suggested (jsgme.exe and MODS folder in main Il-2 directory). That should just work. 

Edited August 31, 2018 by Mitthrawnuruodo

[JohnHolmes]

Thanks I'll give that a go

[JohnHolmes]

Thanks so much I misunderstood at first. All working now.

[BornToBattle]

Wow. I can't even get that far as the JSGME when opened simply lists "data" after extracting to the MOD folder! Strange as the Silent Hunter JSMGE app handles everything as it should and all mods appear in the listing correctly. The longer smoke mod simply jut stays in a data folder. User error most likely. I'll keep at it.

 

UPDATE: Apparently I'm not having luck with this one mod. All the others install and operate correctly. So yeah, I narrowed it down at least.

Edited September 9, 2018 by BornToBattle