Problems With Installation

[Afroboy]

I've downloaded the .exe file and everything. But, when it comes to page where it says it will now install into the "Mods" folder of your "Beyond the Sword" folder, the field is blank.

So I use browse to find it, but it won't let me click OK. (Yes, I am selecting just the "Beyond the Sword" folder and not the "Mods" folder inside it).

I copy the directory of the "BTS" folder and paste it in the field. But, then I can't click the "Next" button to proceed with the installation.

I don't know what to do.

The only possible reason that I can think of is because all of my Civ 4 folder and files are saved on my external hard drive and not on my actual computer. I hope that this isn't the case because I'm not gonna bother moving the folders to my computer, install the mod, then move it back.

If anyone has any other theories or ideas that would make moving the folders very painless, that would be helpful.

 

[GeoModder]

The only possible reason that I can think of is because all of my Civ 4 folder and files are saved on my external hard drive and not on my actual computer. I hope that this isn't the case because I'm not gonna bother moving the folders to my computer, install the mod, then move it back.

I'm afraid I have to shatter your hope. From what I know of the Planetfall installer, it installs onto a specific directory structure.

What you could try do to is create a fake directory structure like Firaxis/civ4/... towards BtS/mods has on your C: drive, and look if the installer works then.

If that works, you could copy the mod folder to your external drive under BtS/mods, and start the mod from within the BtS game. No guarantee it will work. For all I know stuff is linked to your registry which requires the game to be installed on your C: drive.

 

[WarKirby]

failing that, perhaps someone would be kind enough to zip and upload the directory. I'd do it, but mine is kind of messed up from modding and art testing.

 

[Maniac]

You could describe your problem here. Perhaps he can help.

Since it takes six hours for me to upload that file on FTP, I don't feel like uploading a zipped version though.

 

[The_J]

The only possible reason that I can think of is because all of my Civ 4 folder and files are saved on my external hard drive and not on my actual computer. I hope that this isn't the case because I'm not gonna bother moving the folders to my computer, install the mod, then move it back.

Sad, that's the problem.
To get the path for your folder, the installer get's the path out of the registry key, which is created, when you install civ on your computer.
-> you didn't install civ on this computer, so you don't have a registry key there.

If you're experienced enough, you could maybe create that key yourself, but that's not completly easy.

 

[Lord Tirian]

For all I know stuff is linked to your registry which requires the game to be installed on your C: drive.

Nah, it doesn't care about the actual drive (I have installed it to D: for example), but it does care about the registry key, which appears to be missing.

The best bet would be trying to unzip it manually with 7-Zip, which is capable of extracting stuff from installers (but I haven't tried with the Planetfall installer yet).

Cheers, LT.

 

[phungus420]

I'm afraid I have to shatter your hope. From what I know of the Planetfall installer, it installs onto a specific directory structure.

This is not true.

The installer reads the registry key, then it installs where the BtS registry points to. If that fails entirely (it's hard for this to fail, it checks every possible registry for BtS, but I suppose it makes sense for it to fail if installed on a different drive) then you have to manually select the install directory. As a failsafe to make sure the user does not install to an incorrect location where the mod wol't work, the installer looks for the presense of a BtS .exe before it allows the user to install.

The OK button remains blank if the BtS extension is not in the folder specified by the user. So you're not picking the correct path when manually browsing to it. I can only assume you are using the My Documents path. So browse to the folder that has the BtS extension in it, and it'll let you install. If it's installed on an external hardrive, browse to that, and let it install in there along with BtS.