BattleTech Mod Loader Injector Help

[Hobo Bill]

Hey everyone,

This BattleTech Mod Loader Injector program always breaks my game. I follow the setup steps and then run it, but when I run my game all I get is a black screen.

Can you give me some more info about how I set it up. The some of the mods I run look to be working before I run it, but there are others that don't.

I'm not really sure what I`m doing wrong.

 

[Justin Kase]

Hey there @Hobo Bill - I am by no means an expert, but I did type up some installation instructions for adding BTML and ModTek for my Variants mod.

I would try following those instructions - test it out with my mod if you like (as the instructions guide you through how to activate them in campaign mode - so it will at least educate you on the process - you can always remove it after) - then try adding in other mods 1 at a time and see if it works.

Instructions attached to this post. D/L the modtek version of my mod here - make sure to grab the JK_Variants-BTML_ModMek

 

[Hobo Bill]

cool, thanks for that.
And your mod is excellent, really loving it.

 

[Justin Kase]

Not a problem, let me know if it works for you!

Happy to hear you are enjoying it - thanks

 

[Hobo Bill]

I have an other question, do you install and run BTML and ModPak first, and then install mods?
Have I been doing it the wrong way around?

 

[don Zappo]

With BTML and ModPack you don't really install mods since you just copy them to your Mod folder. The order shouldn't be important as long as they're all in place before you start the game.

 

[Justin Kase]

To elaborate a bit more, I've seen 3 types of mods types (for installs)

1 - Overwrites / swaps existing files :
This is a straight up take files A-Z and copy paste them over A-Z in the original file locations. (Always make a backup of the original files/folders first.)

2 - Placement in the BATTLETECH/BattleTech_Data/StreamingAssets/mods/ folder, with VersionManifest.csv and/or MetadataDataBase.db edits :
In this case, the mod is placed in a newly created mods sub-folder in the BATTLETECH/BattleTech_Data/StreamingAssets folder. Then lines are added / changed in the VersionManifest.csv file (in the StreamAssets/data folder) to allow the game to see these new files (or to point to these files as the default, instead of the original ones). In order to get things to appear in the campaign, the MetadataDatabase.db file (in StreamAssets/MDD folder) usually needs to be edited as well.

3 - Placement in the BATTLETECH/Mods folder (notice the capital M) :
In this case, you are placing the mod in a folder for the BTML/ModTek to properly find it. Mods made to work with BTML/ModTek have a mod.json file in their root folder. This file provides BTML/ModTek with the 'roadmap' of what folders in the mod correlate to the base game folders, and then load them into the game. Additionally, the mod.json file has a line in it that toggles if the mod is Active or not - which is a simple true/false trigger.

To answer your question further - yes, you could place mods in the BATTLETECH/Mods folder prior to installing the BTML & ModTek, but they are not going to do anything until BTML & ModTek are installed as well, as the game otherwise has no way of knowing it is there.

Hope that helps!

 

[Hobo Bill]

well the answer was, install BTML and ModTek first, then adding mods.
It is all working now.
Thanks for the posts.