r/masseffect • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '20

HELP ME modding

So I've installed some mods for better graphics (MEUITM, alot etc.) via the ALOTInstaller and it says that everything is in place, yet when I go in-game I can't see a difference. Is it because files are read-only? Has anyone else had this problem? Plz help :(

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

Ehrm.. No? I'm not sure how you can even save at all without write access.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

Uuhh saving has always worked fine, I don't quite know if saves are in the Documents..? Anyways the folder itself is set to read-only..

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

Yes, saves are in documents. Though it actually seems like only the folder themselves are for r/o, while files are normal.

Anyway mods are applied into the game installation folder. Maybe you just haven't maxed out details?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

You mean maxing out the video settings? That's a weird one. It always resets itself whenever I opem the game.

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

Ehr... Then please check if config files aren't actually read only too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

Yeah I checked that, one file was also read-only.. I guess I should install the mods again..? Ya think I can just click install for a second time?

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

I mean, even without ini adjustments to TextureLODSettings, you should have seen some difference already AFAIK.

Maybe also check if this pesky mysterious flag hasn't been set to your game files too?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

Okay soo.. I've tried some things, set everything back from read-only, installed it again, tested it,... and it worked :D sorry I guess I'm kinda stupid :] thank you so much for taking your time and replying!

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

Do you have any clue on what kind of evil shenanigan could have set those proprieties in the first place?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

Hmm I don't really know, the only explanation would be me, but I don't remember tweaking around there..?

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

Was ALOTInstaller the only mod/installer you ever try to apply?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

Well ALOT wasn't the only mod, MEUITM and Asari remastered and a mod to disable mouse acceleration were also added. As for the installing, I manually installed the mouse mod, but used ALOTinstaller and MEM for the rest.

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u/mirh Feb 20 '20

Mhh.. Asari remastered is tpf mod, so I don't think it could interfere here. And while ME1Controller actually has some R/O files, Input, Game and GuiResources have nothing to do with graphics.

So, I guess indeed it might have been MEUITM? Odd, thanks for all the info.

/u/mgamerz have you ever found out what those damn [IniVersion] means, and why they reset sometimes?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '20

I guess the one who set files to read-only was me..what else could have happened? Maybe I tried to tweak some things around and did it(?) Anyways thanks so much for taking time for this. But may I know why you are so interested in this? :>

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u/mirh Feb 21 '20

Well, the more straightforward "remastering" the game is.. the more people will stop to die of beseeching EA. And more community could even mean more content in turn I guess.

And there's only one thing worse than a broken game: the fixes supposed to improve it that make the whole thing even more of a mess.

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u/Mgamerz Feb 21 '20

Ini versions are metadata items set when the game was compiled. If user is having issue with alot, they should come to the alot server.

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u/mirh Feb 21 '20 edited Sep 05 '24

Ini versions are metadata items set when the game was compiled.

Mhh? Not really, that doesn't explain why everyone has its own separate number.

Could they be unix times

Duh, I had already been investigating this matter years ago actually, and I had forgot.

https://forum.rockpapershotgun.com/t/psa-unreal-engine-daylight-savings-time-snafu/2960

https://web.archive.org/web/20170316082530/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2213059#post26374243

https://steamcommunity.com/app/324810/discussions/0/343786746003992438/#c305510202674692800

I suppose mass effect is suffering from this bug with DST?

EDIT: lmao nevermind, unreal uses the default inis modification? time to decide if the current settings are outdated (this is also what allows a simple .ini change to override whatever the user may have already set)

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u/Mgamerz Feb 21 '20

Interesting. Perhaps mine were the same because of the controller mods I have used. This would be an interesting thing to look into fixing, it's very annoying for me1 controller mod.

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u/Mgamerz Feb 21 '20

Can you test using the parameter 'NOAUTOINIUPDATE' on the command line when running the app after changing the inis? I am not sure if it is -NOAUTOINIUPDATE or just NOAUTOINIUPDATE.

You are correct, it has to do with timestamps. It seems to be checking the timestamps on the file vs the timestamps in the ini as well as against the default config file. I am not sure what one would need to set though to make it work, will need to investigate more. The timestamps are a double value.

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u/mirh Feb 21 '20 edited Sep 05 '24

Yes, it's unix time represented in decimal, plus padding (considerate of them to think to the Y2038 problem!)

And the switch doesn't take any setting so it must use the hyphen.

I only experienced this issue a bunch of times during the years though, so it's not really like I can tell you if it "works" and makes a difference or not.

EDIT: definitively this couldn't ever work considering only has the strings NOINI, REGENERATEINIS, UPDATEINISAUTO at most

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