Undead Legacy: Can't get the mod to function...

[BodyBagger111]

I'm having some trouble getting the "Undead Legacy" (UL) mod to work. In the past, I've set up the “Darkness Falls” mod and the instructions for both mods are almost exactly the same; however, Darkness Falls works with version 1.4 of 7D2D. Version 1.4 has a "mods" folder, and all you basically have to do is remove the original 7 days to die mods folder and replace it with the darkness falls mods folder. FYI, I make a copy of the original 7 days to die files (and folders) and place them in a brand new folder on my desktop—then I delete the original 7 days to die mods folder and replace it with the darkness falls mods folder. This method preserves the original 7D2D files and prevents them from being corrupted. This is the only method that I'm willing to use.


For Undead Legacy, you must use version 20.7 of the game. Version 20.7 DOES NOT have a mods folder. However, the instructions for Undead Legacy state that all you have to do is copy all of the UL files (and folders) and paste them into the 7 days to die folder. I did that and it does not work.


I looked into the mods folder for Undead Legacy and it did not have a Harmony folder in it, which is an original 7 days to die folder with files in it that allows modders to make changes to the game. I believe that folder is necessary when you're using a mod. So, I added the harmony folder to UL's mods folder and it still didn't work.


Long story short, I tried several other modifications and couldn't get it to work. Thus, my request here for assistance.


Also, the error message that I get when I try to launch the UL mod is this: “Could not fully initialize Steam.” AND… “The Steam client is not running or no connection possible.” However, please be aware that I DO have the vanilla game of 7D2D set at version 20.7 on Steam, EAC is off, and I have Steam running in the background when I try to run the mod.


FYI, I’m using Linux Mint (not Windows), but the instructions are the same—as far as i know. It worked with Darkness Falls.


FYI, I’m posting a screenshot of the original 7 days to die files for both versions mentioned above, as a reference (in the links below). Both files are located in my “artwork” section in Steam:


For Version 1.4:

https://images.steamusercontent.com...icy=Letterbox&imcolor=#000000&letterbox=false


For Version 20.7:

https://images.steamusercontent.com...icy=Letterbox&imcolor=#000000&letterbox=false


Thank you, in advance, if you're able to provide any assistance!

 

[Riamus]

I'm having some trouble getting the "Undead Legacy" (UL) mod to work. In the past, I've set up the “Darkness Falls” mod and the instructions for both mods are almost exactly the same; however, Darkness Falls works with version 1.4 of 7D2D. Version 1.4 has a "mods" folder, and all you basically have to do is remove the original 7 days to die mods folder and replace it with the darkness falls mods folder. FYI, I make a copy of the original 7 days to die files (and folders) and place them in a brand new folder on my desktop—then I delete the original 7 days to die mods folder and replace it with the darkness falls mods folder. This method preserves the original 7D2D files and prevents them from being corrupted. This is the only method that I'm willing to use.


For Undead Legacy, you must use version 20.7 of the game. Version 20.7 DOES NOT have a mods folder. However, the instructions for Undead Legacy state that all you have to do is copy all of the UL files (and folders) and paste them into the 7 days to die folder. I did that and it does not work.


I looked into the mods folder for Undead Legacy and it did not have a Harmony folder in it, which is an original 7 days to die folder with files in it that allows modders to make changes to the game. I believe that folder is necessary when you're using a mod. So, I added the harmony folder to UL's mods folder and it still didn't work.


Long story short, I tried several other modifications and couldn't get it to work. Thus, my request here for assistance.


Also, the error message that I get when I try to launch the UL mod is this: “Could not fully initialize Steam.” AND… “The Steam client is not running or no connection possible.” However, please be aware that I DO have the vanilla game of 7D2D set at version 20.7 on Steam, EAC is off, and I have Steam running in the background when I try to run the mod.


FYI, I’m using Linux Mint (not Windows), but the instructions are the same—as far as i know. It worked with Darkness Falls.


FYI, I’m posting a screenshot of the original 7 days to die files for both versions mentioned above, as a reference (in the links below). Both files are located in my “artwork” section in Steam:


For Version 1.4:

https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/15010984539106646002/72FC81E3776913E38CEB4D90C1FBB7967A1F487A/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=#000000&letterbox=false


For Version 20.7:

https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/15292794555583446598/DD44902E3EDFF99B63B765C1863049E87BCEBDD3/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=#000000&letterbox=false


Thank you, in advance, if you're able to provide any assistance!

I don't use either and I don't use Linux, so this is just some basic information...

• Harmony wasn't around in 20.7, so you shouldn't have that there.
• The game often doesn't create an empty Mods folder in your AppData folder and you just create your own.
• If UL has a Mods folder in the ZIP with all the files inside that folder, then you can place that Mods folder in the right location. If it does not, then you have to create a Mods folder if there isn't one and place it inside. All mods must be inside a Mods folder.
• Do not "nest" folders. If you extract a mod and it creates a new folder so you have something like Mods\UL\UL\modinfo.xml instead of Mods\UL\modinfo.xml, then you need to remove the extra folder. The modinfo.xml must be in the first folder after Mods.... Mods\UL\modinfo.xml (or whatever the mod uses for a folder name instead of UL). Some mods also put multiple mods into a single folder. For example, the Fiasco paint mod does something like Fiasco\mod1\ and Fiasco\mod2\ and you have to get rid of the Fiasco folder and only keep the mod folders inside the Mods folder.
• If you are downgrading to 20.7 from Steam, be sure to use the launcher to completely clean and remove everything before trying to add mods or play the game.

 

[BodyBagger111]

UPDATE: One other issue that I failed to mention earlier: When the game is trying to launch, the undead legacy main screen shows up on my computer.


On the upper left side of the screen, the following messages (in a red font) read as follows:


ERR [XUi] Error while updating window group ‘main menu’:
EXC texture has not yet finished downloading


The above message keeps repeating itself over and over; and to the left of the message are numbers that keep climbing in value one digit at a time: 155, 156, 157… etc. It looks like it's trying to download something over and over and over.

Do you think the “older Bepinex method” of modding may be causing me some issues because of linux since the Darkness Falls mod works perfectly fine, and is based on version 1.4?

 

[BodyBagger111]

@Riamus


Thanks for responding; yes, I did everything that I was supposed to.