CosmicRunning Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Image 1, below, shows my problem. I have installed Dragon Age Origins: UE via EA Origin so many times I fear for my SSD's lifespan. Simply, after a fresh install of everything (main game, DLCs & Awakening), I attempt to just install the Morrigan Restoration Patch. I unzip it, drag the .dazip file into DAMM and it makes a copy in it's own dazip folder. The .dazip then appears in "mods in folder" panel. So far, so good. I then right-click and install. It asks me to install it, I press "yes" and then I am greeted with "DAzip is already installed." As you can see the "Installed DAzips" panel that the new dazip is not at the bottom. Therefore, it isn't installed and it does not show up in the downloadable content check list in DAO. With previous attempts, this, too, happens with overrides, i.e. NBaio. Not even sure if the manually installed overrides get installed. Is there something I'm missing? I've done this so many times now I don't know where I'm going wrong, if I'm doing something wrong. Or if it's my system or something. Image 1http://i.imgur.com/Amw0LdG.png Not sure if Important but I entered DAO once so it could automatically create these folders, such as the override folder, shown below:http://i.imgur.com/hu2Ot22.png?1 The only thing that has changed since the last time I played DAO modded was that I had to change my hard drive on my laptop because it was on the verge of failing. So I bought a SSD, fresh installed Windows 8 (among other programs). Edited July 17, 2015 by CosmicRunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagdalenaDwojniak Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wait a minute, which mod manager are you talking about? This is not DA-Modder, right? Perhaps you should try to install it through DA-Modder. It is fairly reliable. Or use the regular updater (the one in your bin_ship folder). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicRunning Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Apologies. I'm using the Dragon Age Mod Manager (DAMM). I used DAModder just a few hours ago and the DAzips installed fine. However, I have difficulties with override files that can be configured (e.g. NBaio). Installing, say, NBaio via DAMM gives me the same results: "Override is already installed." then it doesn't appear in the override panel, where I can right click it and "config". I tried using the daupdater but it won't install the .dazip and results in an "error". I'd really like to know why all of a sudden I'm not able to use DAMM properly since changing my storage drive. The settings for an SSD shouldn't change how DAMM works, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicRunning Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Update: So, I installed DA:O, just the main game, on my Windows 7 desktop and on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I attempt to install these three mods: Morrigan Restoration Patch (MRP) (.dazip), NBaio (.override) and FtG UI Mod (.dazip) On Windows 7, using an HDD:- I used DAMM for MRP (.dazip) and it installed with no problem.- I used DAMM for NBaio (.override) and it installed with no problem and am able to configure.- I use DAupdater.exe for FtG UI Mod (.dazip) and it installed with no problem. All appeared installed in DAMM's dazip panel. Curiously, also the official DLCs are shown as installed dazips, which I have not installed via Origin. On Windows 8.1, using an SSD (and settings made for SSD optimizations);- I used DAMM for MRP (.dazip) it gave me the same results: "DAzip is already installed" and it isn't.- I used DAMM for NBaio (.override) and the same results: "DAzip is already installed" and it isn't.- I use DAupdater.exe for FtG UI Mod (.dazip) and the result was a status of "error". Notes (all assumptions unless said otherwise)- DAUpdater doesn't seem to be working on Windows 8.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thandal Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 DAUpdater works fine on Win8.1. Been using it without any problem since release. Something else is the issue here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicRunning Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) DAUpdater works fine on Win8.1. Been using it without any problem since release. Something else is the issue here... I had to switch out my storage drive because my HDD was on the verge of failure. DA:O worked perfectly before making the switch to an SSD. Literally that is the only thing that has changed (as well as optimizations for the SSD). When I tried installing any .dazip via DAUpdater the status result is not "installed" but instead gives me a result of "error". I used that DAUpdater service beta software thing, says DAUpdater is ready to use. Windows 8.1 already comes with .net framework 3.5 (which includes 2.0 and 3.0). Do I need to activate it or something? When I checked it's already installed and it's check box is ticked (well, has a square dot). Pathways in DAMM: It seems fine. There's the occasional double slash, so I just edit it to one slash. I don't have toolsets, so I just erase that pathway. Corrupted files during install? When I "Repair game" via Origin, it verifies and says everything is okay. Update game? I "check for updates" and it says DA:O is up to date. Fresh install and try to use DAMM, gives me the same results "DAzip/override is already installed." I cannot think of anything else that could make DAMM work. I read through all the comment posts in the DAMM nexus page and there are others that have the same problem, although a long time ago but it doesn't seem that it has been solved. Downloaded the mods from fileplanet instead of Nexus. Doesn't work. Corrupted addins.xml? Incapable of being edited it or something? DAModder adds my .dazips with no problem. Is there anything that I should look out for? Anything that you can recommend or suggest? Edited July 19, 2015 by CosmicRunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thandal Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Check the path you established in DAMM for holding ".dazip" files. You may have a disconnect. (And if "everything worked perfectly before making the switch [to a SSD]", why would you close your post with "- DAUpdater doesn't seem to be working on Windows 8.1."?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicRunning Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Check the path you established in DAMM for holding ".dazip" files. You may have a disconnect. (And if "everything worked perfectly before making the switch [to a SSD]", why would you close your post with "- DAUpdater doesn't seem to be working on Windows 8.1."?) Will do and carefully and slowly look and make changes if possible and report and post changes, if any. Thanks. Just assumptions and trying to cross examine the differences as to what changes may have affected DAMM. DAUpdater installed the FtG UI Mod (among others) without problem on my Windows 7 Desktrop, while the DAUpdater on my Windows 8.1 Laptop always resulted in an "error" with any of the ".dazip" files I tried to install with it. I have to assume that the DAUpdater is not working with Windows 8.1 (currently*) but does work with Windows 7. But a simple storage change shouldn't have an effect on a freshly downloaded DAUpdater.exe, right? Unless the optimizations for the SSD may have affected it (deactivated prefetch or indexing services or the changed settings of virtual memory... no idea, just throwing out ideas). So from my results with the hardware I got to work with, this is the results concerning DAUpdater but I do know that DAMM worked fine pre-SSD change. (*Note: I never touched the DAUpdater.exe before the change to an SSD. DAMM gave me no reason to even look for it. So, I wouldn't know if DAUpdater.exe was working for me pre-SSD.) If anything, it doesn't really matter. I could just use DAModder but DAMM, for me, manages mods much easier, as well as the use of ".override" package creator feature and being the only manager that can deal with ".override" files and I'd like it to work for me again. Also, I just want to figure out what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicRunning Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Update: Checking paths in DAMM http://i.imgur.com/nBP9TQj.png Finally had a chance to do something. From what I can see it looks fine. I don't have the Dragon Age Toolset but it still puts it there. Anybody think this might have to do with "Dragon Age: Origins - Update Service Status: Stopped"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted42783650User Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Sorry for the necro, but i have exact the same problem. Exact the same. Mine is about the qunari_update.dazip from tmp. Normal updater gives an error, 2/1/2019 12:53 AM - DAUpdater, Error - Install Error for: C:\Users\Rick Boon\Desktop\Mods - Trainers\Mods\Dragon age origins\qunari update (sten)\qunari_update.dazip, Error: Couldn't load manifest file (could be bad dazip archive) I checked all the paths, i tried to place the dazip into the dazip folder of DAMM, unistall it again and install it again but it keeps reminding me "dazip already installed". Tried looking for it in addins folder but i can't find it there. What to do? to bad this thread didn't continue hehe. EDIT: Damodder gives me the following error, "no valid mod data was found at the specified location". The stupidest thing is, i got it to working, before all this drama. it worked perfectly. Edited February 1, 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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