anybody got an update (easy) vidiotmaps. i tried the "mod installer" nightmare and no success

[Snarky]

anybody got an update (easy) vidiotmaps.  i tried the "mod installer"  nightmare and no success

 

my maps have noy been updated in 3-4 years and Atlas shows no badges now, Cim is out of date, etc...

 

the "super easy" mod installer is hot garbage only a meth addicted programmer would love.  oh look! 14 hours of tweaking code!  my favorite!

[GM Crumpet]

You need to remove all traces of vidiotmaps if you didn't use the installer, otherwise you can update them with a button click on Michiyo's modder.

 

If you don't remove old versions you installed manually they clash with the modder version.

 

As an aside, I'm the ultimate useless noob when it comes to technology and it works fine for me. Download it, install it, tell it to use Homecoming, point it at the CoH game folder

[Snarky]

11 minutes ago, GM Crumpet said:

As an aside, I'm t..

i did all this.  i thought.  

 

guess i am back to locating shit by coordinates.

 

oh, and pretend I dont know who Michiyo or their modder is.  Because, yeah.  Just lets pretend I dont.

Edited Thursday at 08:17 PM by Snarky

[Jacke]

@Snarky, I'd suggest going through the manual Vidiotmaps install instructions in the first post of @AboveTheChemist's topic on it.  It's what I've done and it works fine.  (I use the Homecoming Launcher.)

 

Do at least these in this order:

• Removing/Deleting Old Installations
• Outdated Files
• Installation

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/37216-vidiotmaps-for-homecoming/

 

Let us know how that goes for you.

 

[Snarky]

13 minutes ago, Jacke said:

@Snarky, I'd suggest going through the manual Vidiotmaps install instructions in the first post of @AboveTheChemist's topic on it.  It's what I've done and it works fine.  (I use the Homecoming Launcher.)

 

Do at least these in this order:

• Removing/Deleting Old Installations
• Outdated Files
• Installation

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/37216-vidiotmaps-for-homecoming/

 

Let us know how that goes for you.

 

i think my issue is my previous installion for maps had me put everything into subfolder games/CoH so the modder is not in the right place.

 

i have not coded in 40 years and do not want to touch anything.

[Frostbiter]

27 minutes ago, Snarky said:

i think my issue is my previous installion for maps had me put everything into subfolder games/CoH so the modder is not in the right place.

 

i have not coded in 40 years and do not want to touch anything.

 

 

they don't use tapes for that anymore, just FYI. 😆

[Jacke]

31 minutes ago, Snarky said:

i think my issue is my previous installion for maps had me put everything into subfolder games/CoH so the modder is not in the right place.

 

i have not coded in 40 years and do not want to touch anything.

 

This is very simple stuff, @Snarky.  I coded over 40 years ago, haven't done any in the last 10, but this isn't that complex.  @AboveTheChemist worked to get it to be as simple as possible.

 

You just have to know where your City install is.  I wrote an article for that.  It's the 3rd link in my signature.  I think you'll find it's "games/CoH".

 

Then you just have to follow ATC's instructions as they've put it in their post I linked above.

• Remove all old VidiotMaps files from <City Installer Root>/data/
• Add the command line option in the launcher to find new mods:  " -assetpath assets/mods"
• Put the new VidiotMaps .pigg file into "assets/mods/"
  • "assets/" should exist as it's a standard City directory.
  • If there's no "mods/" inside it, create that directory.
• Launch the City client program via the launcher

And upon launch, it all should work.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 09:20 PM by Jacke

[Skyhawke]

[Snarky]

5 minutes ago, Jacke said:

 

This is very simple stuff, @Snarky.  I coded over 40 years ago, haven't done any in the last 10, but this isn't that complex.  @AboveTheChemist worked to get it to be as simple as possible.

 

You just have to know where your City install is.  I wrote an article for that.  It's the 3rd link in my signature.  I think you'll find it's "games/CoH".

 

Then you just have to follow ATC's instructions as they've put it in their post I linked above.

• Remove all old VidiotMaps files from <City Installer Root>/data/
• Add the command line option in the launcher to find new mods:  " -assetpath assets/mods"
• Put the new VidiotMaps .pigg file into "assets/mods/"
  • "assets/" should exist as it's a standard City directory.
  • If there's no "mods/" inside it, create that directory.
• Launch the City client program via the launcher

And upon launch, it all should work.

 

 

you say that like i know what you are talking about.  1) are the old vidiot maps the MAPS + P.maps +V.MAPS?

 

see... I REALLY do not want to screw this up.  I do this, lift weights, and study German.  Of the three this is the only one not trying to kill me.  until i update it.  errr, try to update it.

[Snarky]

oh, and now the validation check the modder runs wont let me log into the game until about the 3-5th time  i open/close it.

 

 

F this.  F anybody that likes this.  

[Snarky]

48 minutes ago, Frostbiter said:

 

 

they don't use tapes for that anymore, just FYI. 😆

i actually used some ibm punchcards....  manually checking for program error typos....

[High_Beam]

You missed a five level tape run.

[Jacke]

2 hours ago, Snarky said:

you say that like i know what you are talking about.  1) are the old vidiot maps the MAPS + P.maps +V.MAPS?

 

Yes, that's the old VidiotMaps.  Need to remove them.

 

 

1 hour ago, Snarky said:

oh, and now the validation check the modder runs wont let me log into the game until about the 3-5th time  i open/close it.

 

Not sure what this is.  Is it @Michiyo City Modder?  I don't use it as I have few mods.

 

 

1 hour ago, Snarky said:

i actually used some ibm punchcards....  manually checking for program error typos....

 

So did I.  I have a deck of punchcards some place in my stuff.  The keypunch machine printed the text on the top of the cards.  I want to find it and copy the program.  😺

 

 

[PeregrineFalcon]

36 minutes ago, High_Beam said:

You missed a five level tape run.

Next thing I know you'll be asking me to log back in to NALCOMIS.  😁

[High_Beam]

3 minutes ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

Next thing I know you'll be asking me to log back in to NALCOMIS.  😁

Effing Brown Shoe.😜