cdyoung1985 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Using Vortex to mod the game, as nexus usually defaults to, using the same steps I use for it to mod all my games. Trying to deploy and it says the addins.xml is not found. Downloaded addins.xml and placed it in the folder it's looking for it in, then deploying again, and it erases the file. I've verified the files with steam a dozen times, and it always says everything is there. Uninstalled the game, in a couple hours it should be reinstalled, but I highly doubt it'll help. What do you do to make the game just be a game? Never had a problem modding before. DAO modmanager is giving the same error after trying it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasquale1223 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Does Vortex work for DAO now? I know that for a very long time, it was bugged and would overwrite the entire addins.xml file every time it added something, so it was not recommended for use with DAO. There are other mod managers available for DAO. Or you could just... follow the mod author's instructions to install them manually. The addins.xml file isn't something you download, it's generated when you install content. During your initial installation of the game, it will be generated if you install DLC. It is a plain text file, created and updated by daupdater.exe - you can read it once you've finished your initial installation, and it will contain entries for all of the DLC you own and have installed (it's in your Documents folder, under BioWare -> Dragon Age -> Settings). Then when you install additional content - mods - additional entries may be appended to the file, though not all mods need such entries, particularly those that are just overrides. When you finish installing a game, you should try running just the game without any mods to make sure the game installation works before you start modding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdyoung1985 Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 Yes. Evidently the problem was that I hadn't launched the game yet. I finally got it working after playing the game first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronOfMpls Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 2 hours ago, Pasquale1223 said: When you finish installing a game, you should try running just the game without any mods to make sure the game installation works before you start modding it. 1 hour ago, cdyoung1985 said: Yes. Evidently the problem was that I hadn't launched the game yet. I finally got it working after playing the game first. Yah, that's a common problem, regardless of what game you're playing or mod manager you're using. (And yes, I've made that mistake myself!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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