Hi mdf25 nice to meet you,
I open Steam and leave it in the background.
I open the launcher and click play on your mod.
I see the launcher showing sync at the bottom.
I get the notification to authorise the game in admin mode. (I run all games as Admin.)
Then I wait and nothing happens.
I check the task manager and the launcher is open as is Steam.
The mod never loads and no notifications appear no matter how long I leave it.
I know im doing something wrong so I appologise in advance for being a noob at this.
If I knew how to install manually I would do that instead to be honest.
Thank you mdf25
Greetings!
Okay the first thing you should probably do is to try and see if the mod launcher actually did the full install for you. To do this, you'll need to navigate to the path where the launcher installed it. It should be something like this:
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C:\program_files_(x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\7_Days_To_Die\MaxFoxGaming\FennecMod_1-1_(Stable)
You will need to check whether there are two executables there: 7DaysToDie.exe and 7DaysToDie_EAC.exe (I think it's this one). To launch the game double click either one depending on whether you want EAC on or off. You can also make a desktop shortcut if you like.
One issue is if the _EAC one is not there and you're trying to launch with EAC turned on from the launcher, it could be failing to find the filepath. To fix this you will need to uninstall the mod from the mod launcher, then in Steam, start 7 Days to Die with the EAC turned on, the reinstall FennecMod with the launcher and it should hopefully then work with EAC. I'm not sure if this is your issue but I have known this to happen before.
Manual Install
First you'll need to download the repo for FennecMod on my github repo. Here's a quick link to it:
V1.1 Repo
Once downloaded you should have a ZIP file with all you'll need inside. Extract this somewhere and have this opened up.
First of all, go to
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\
Next, copy your whole 7 Days to Die folder and paste it here. Rename it to something like 7 Days to Die (FennecMod).
Then, open this folder. You should see 7DaysToDie.exe. From your extracted FennecMod folder, copy the entire Mods folder and paste this into the 7 Days area. You should see the Mods folder alongside the 7Daystodie_Data and Data folders. If not, make sure the Mods folder is in the right place otherwise you won't see all the icons and things that FennecMod adds.
Next, open the Data folder in both windows. Copy the Config folder from the extracted FennecMod's Data folder and overwrite the Config folder in your 7 Days area. This should replace all the Vanilla XMLs with modded ones. Do the same with the Prefabs folder. However, you won't need to with UMATextures since that is there to fix a bug with mod launcher installs.
Once done, that's it - launch 7DaysToDie.exe and you should have the latest version of FennecMod installed