Hey just a heads up, as it turns out i cannot have more than one directory of each ( game and editor) because of steam. After getting my "working directory" setup, and attempting to launch the game from it, it comes to a screen that requires me to login through my Atomic Torch account, and the signup page for which says that i cannot link my steam and atomic torch accounts. My only solution was to try and transfer the "steam" file from the steam installation directory, to my working directory. The problem then becomes that no matter what i do, i cannot launch the editor, it defaults to launching the actual game, and from the steam directory.
Also, i have been trying all day and have not been able to get even a simple mod i have made to work. The only error in the logs is that " mod cannot be found" I have tried to setup my header file exactly as other header files i have used as examples from a few working mods. The only conclusion i can come too, is that i either need VS2017 instead of 2019, or i am packaging the mod wrong. I am including the version in the title in modconfig, it's just not working. I am trying to package them as described in the guides, im assuming that choosing "store" means no compression with 7zip, i can't find anything that references that so im going off of a guess. I could really use some help, this is very frustrating. I'm not new to programming, i think something is just wrong with my setup or VS2019, or steam is just going to make it impossible for me to do this without purchasing another copy of the game, seperate from steam.
Update, i used the farming plus mod as a test, im able to run it with no problem. So i extracted the archive, and re-archived it, the mod no longer works. So i'm doing something wrong when building the .mpk file. I tried choosing "update and add files" from a dropdown on the right to see if it would help, and the game recognized the mod but still gave an error while attempting to load the mod.
"3.12.20 16:04:25.331 [WRN] Error loading mod from C:\Users\adank\OneDrive\Documents\AtomicTorchStudio\CryoFall Editor\Mods\Tech_Expansion.mpk: Could not find Zip file Directory at the end of the file. File may be corrupted."
Sorry for the accidental quote below.
Also, i have been trying all day and have not been able to get even a simple mod i have made to work. The only error in the logs is that " mod cannot be found" I have tried to setup my header file exactly as other header files i have used as examples from a few working mods. The only conclusion i can come too, is that i either need VS2017 instead of 2019, or i am packaging the mod wrong. I am including the version in the title in modconfig, it's just not working. I am trying to package them as described in the guides, im assuming that choosing "store" means no compression with 7zip, i can't find anything that references that so im going off of a guess. I could really use some help, this is very frustrating. I'm not new to programming, i think something is just wrong with my setup or VS2019, or steam is just going to make it impossible for me to do this without purchasing another copy of the game, seperate from steam.
Update, i used the farming plus mod as a test, im able to run it with no problem. So i extracted the archive, and re-archived it, the mod no longer works. So i'm doing something wrong when building the .mpk file. I tried choosing "update and add files" from a dropdown on the right to see if it would help, and the game recognized the mod but still gave an error while attempting to load the mod.
"3.12.20 16:04:25.331 [WRN] Error loading mod from C:\Users\adank\OneDrive\Documents\AtomicTorchStudio\CryoFall Editor\Mods\Tech_Expansion.mpk: Could not find Zip file Directory at the end of the file. File may be corrupted."
Sorry for the accidental quote below.
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