Patched!

For some reason XMLpad wasn’t saving the file the same way; and notepad wouldn’t let me save any changes to the beam weapon mod. It said access denied. Later after messing around with it I realized that for whatever reason it wasn’t recognizing me as administrator. So I moved the script onto the desktop; edited it there with notepad, and moved it back into the mod folder.

I’m currently running around with 5 advanced beam weapons on a defender fighter. lol. It keeps me laughing. I just look at something and its gone.

As for the other crap; for some reason the mod manager seems to (mostly) be behaving itself. The speed mod is still off; I doubled the cruise speed to 600 but the gauge is still readin 300 even though I can tell by how quickly I’m closing range I’m going 600. Whatever. Everything works now!

Spoke too soon. The beam weapon problem isn’t solved. I downloaded an XML editor and changed the mod as stated but it still comes up as class 10. I deactivated the mod successfully (for a change) before changing the file then reactivated it after I changed the file.

Wow.

I’m impressed. I was hoping for this kind of help but I didn’t honestly expect it. I should have some free time this afternoon to try it all again. I plan on having this open at the same time.

As for a few posts and replying to them:

The mods in mod manager don’t change color to orange. They don’t show that they are going to have any issues. so its just odd. Also the speed mod will change the afterburner speed but it doesn’t change the cruise speed like it suppose to. Odd. As for restoring backups; it actually is restoring save games. Like I said when activating the mod it gets rid of all saved games and then when I restore backups it puts the saved games back in place. Its definitely strange.

So the beam weapon problem is solved. Thanks!

What do I do about the speed mod?

Ok. Came back to the game again after a few years. This time with a new computer (woot woot). I have windows 7 64bit. Now everything seems to install just fine and run just fine as far as the game goes. The Mod Manager is a different story. It seems to install ok. I turn on Advanced beam mod, invulnerable shield mod, and speed mod. When I go back into the game; all my saved games are gone. Ok. So I leave the game and go back into the mod manager. It will let me restore backups, but it won’t turn off the mods individually. Some kind of error message comes up. As far as gameplay goes, it seems ok but the advanced beam mod is all screwy. It truly does replace the justice MkI with advanced beam. Its the same $500 dollars; but you can’t buy any more because it does list it as advanced beam and class 10; so you have to keep that star tracker you get from the very beginning or lose the beam weapons. I like playing with the mods on. I know it takes some of the fun out of the game, but I played it forever when it came out with no mods and want to help with the tedium to get back to where I was. Any help out there? Tips?