having trouble with downloading and extracting mods

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:49 pm

im downloading a grand abode mod with the house in balmora, it downloads to winrar and then i open it and an error message comes up with a file not there keep running executeable.

anyhelp please, i would really love to have this mod it looks great cheers

lord bajeski

Sean The Owner · Post by **Sean The Owner** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:08 pm

well, maybe to quicken up your waiting time, look in the archives(the next pages of threads that are really old) please dont reply to them, but check them out and im sure one of them has the answer...i dont know how to solve it though

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:33 pm

okay thanks, ill have a look and read up about the errors

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:37 pm

lord bajeski wrote:im downloading a grand abode mod with the house in balmora, it downloads to winrar and then i open it and an error message comes up with a file not there keep running executeable.

anyhelp please, i would really love to have this mod it looks great cheers

lord bajeski

Are you having trouble instaling the mod, or when you try to run it is that where the problem comes up? A lot of mods when you run them pop up a message about invalid files and so forth, but I usually just go ahead and run it anyway. I think an issue is the date of the mod vs the date of the MW install or something similar. There is a way to clean it up so the message doesn't pop up when you run MW, but I'm not sure exactly what it is. For the most part though, the message really doesn't stop the mod from running, it's just a warning based on the dates I believe. Unless you have a mod that requires an expansion pack or another mod that you don't have however. I get the same message everytime I run MW with my mods, and it never causes problems with the actual game play by simply clicking continue running executable.

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:13 pm

i can actually download the mod, but when it comes to open the mod from winrar it says some files are missings do you want to continue exectutable or whatever it is, so i tried installing it manually and has the same problem

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:35 pm

okay change of plan guys and girls, i have downloaded the house under a hill mod i know i know, anyway that works fine except the magic/ alchemy room where a message pops up saying that there is an error load, is that cause i am missing a file or something

please tell me if you have used this mod thanks

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:12 pm

lord bajeski wrote:okay change of plan guys and girls, i have downloaded the house under a hill mod i know i know, anyway that works fine except the magic/ alchemy room where a message pops up saying that there is an error load, is that cause i am missing a file or something

please tell me if you have used this mod thanks

I used it years ago, and never encountered a problem. What is the exact message you receive?

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:06 am

some file to do with meshes and textures cant remember which ones i shall post the file names later when im at home, but yeah some file to do with meshes and textures for the alchemy room and the mannequins as well

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:25 pm

okay i found out there are alot of files missing but they come under the same file just different items at the end.

this is file structure

meshes\dlc\dlc_stor_adamantium.NIF

and then the items at the change alchememy items ingreidients.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:04 pm

Then I suspect you had a faulty download. What site did you download it from?

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:14 am

kwshipman's List of House Mods

and the server is file.planet i think

Magelord648 · Post by **Magelord648** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:48 am

Check the readme and make sure everything is in the right place.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:49 pm

How did you extract the mod? I've always found that manual extraction is *much* better and *much* easier..

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:29 pm

i extracted the files to location first that didnt work, the i copied the files to the location

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:33 pm

if you run a search through our MW data base with the key words "mod install" you should find some threads that will be helpful

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:20 am

okay ive found a few topics that may help me if i am still having probelms then i guess im not going to bother with mods

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:04 am

How much RAM do you have?

lord bajeski · Post by **lord bajeski** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:34 am

640mb

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:54 am

Thanks. Just thought if you had insufficient memory, your attempts to run mods could be providing the same symptoms as though they were improperly installed. But it sounds as though you have enough RAM.

So, time for the big guns.

Baphomet's Morrowind Mod Installation Guide

Thread Whisperer's Illustrated Installation Guide

Korana's Installation Guide

These are three of the best installation guides I know of. Take your pick, and read at least one thoroughly. If you don't want to, don't bother with mods.

Otherwise, check 'em out.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:29 am

Or, you could also check out [url="http://lovkullen.net/Emma/Install_tutorial.htm"]Emma's manual method.[/url]
I have used Emma's technique for mod installation since I first read about it, and I've never looked back, it's really simple and straightforward.