Patching

[Last5amurai]

I have been unsuccessful in running patchers. DSR and Requiem are the 2 mods Ive tried. Patching outside of vortex has failed for different reasons. DSR claims I'm missing masters "Skyrim.esm" and "Update.esm" They are among the plugins although there is no "enable Button.

Ive tried to create the tool in vortex and they always say "Failed to run executable."

 

I'm pretty sure I've targeted the .jar file correctly. FNIS installed and created its own tool (or its already part of vortex, I didn't open the tool menu until after installing FNIS)

 

Do I need something in the command line or Environment Variables? Any help is appreciated.

[Olivir2019]

I think, you have to change the Start in field to your game/data... folder, because now the patcher is trying to find mods inside Vortex/game/mods/(patcher) folder, where they of course are not!

[BeowulfSchmidt]

Can you post the entire contents of the "Target" value, i.e. copy it out of the box and paste it in here. If the target is in fact, a Java ARchive file, rather than an executable, batch file, or command file that wraps the call, you might need to call java.exe, or include some command line parameters. It's possible that Vortex, or the operating system itself, is automatically running Java when the target is a jar file.

 

Have you verified that you have Java installed, and that the path to the java.exe executable is in your path? Some apps check for, and install if absent, the required version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), while others depend on you to do it. To check if java is present, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the root of your C:\ drive, and in the search box, type "java.exe". If it finds anything (it will probably be in either "C:\Program Files\Java" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java") or both, you at least have a version of Java installed. If you find it, open a command prompt, and just type "java --version" at the prompt. If you get version information back, Java is at least in your path. Check that version number against the version of the JRE that your patchers require. If you don't get a version blurb, you'll need to add java to your path. At the same command prompt, type "path" (without the quotation marks) and check for any

 

If you have Java installed, open a command prompt, change to your "Start In" directory, and then execute the exact command line you have in "Target". If that works flawlessly, then the problem might be with Vortex.

 

If you get "bad command or file name" or some such similar message, it means you need to add Java.exe to the beginning of your "Target" command. You might also need to

 

If it runs, but generates an error, the error generated might yield a clue.

 

In the event the above doesn't work, in that same command prompt, navigate to your game's data directory, and execute the "Target" command line. If that works, you'll need to change your profile's "Start In" value to the game's data directory.

[Last5amurai]

I haven't completely solved it but your comments pointed me to the data folder and the skyproc folder. I was misled by going to installation location and using the patchers there. Too late to work on now...will let you know if I solve it.

[Tannin42]

Vortex currently only supports executables to be run, meaning .exe, .cmd, .bat

.jar files are not executables, they are java archives, meaning they have to be run through the java runtime.

 

I intend to make this part simpler soon but for now you have to put your java.exe as the target and then "-jar c:/path/to/the/jar/file.jar" in "command line".

[LawrenceFB]

 

 

Vortex currently only supports executables to be run, meaning .exe, .cmd, .bat

.jar files are not executables, they are java archives, meaning they have to be run through the java runtime.

 

I intend to make this part simpler soon but for now you have to put your java.exe as the target and then "-jar c:/path/to/the/jar/file.jar" in "command line".

 

 

 

That would work except "command line" is ignored. I just double checked. Unfortunately the logs just report child process exited with code: nnn.

 

I do not remember if I reported it in Feedback as other people had mentioned it. But I will add it now :smile: .

 

Edit: Or I would if I could login.

[Krytern]

To get Dual Sheath Redux's patch working I went to AppData\Local\Skyrim Special Edition, opened plugins.txt, removed the * infront of the plugins I want the patcher to see and saved, used the patcher and then put the * back infront of the mods. You'll then have to manually add the patch file the patcher adds to the plugins.txt. This works for me.

[zhivagor]

Would this be similar to a skyproc patcher from Requiem?

[dlfans46]

Vortex currently only supports executables to be run, meaning .exe, .cmd, .bat

.jar files are not executables, they are java archives, meaning they have to be run through the java runtime.

 

I intend to make this part simpler soon but for now you have to put your java.exe as the target and then "-jar c:/path/to/the/jar/file.jar" in "command line".

I tryed as you said, but java saying unable to access -jar. What is happening? StackOverflow isn't help.

[vifts]

To get Dual Sheath Redux's patch working I went to AppData\Local\Skyrim Special Edition, opened plugins.txt, removed the * infront of the plugins I want the patcher to see and saved, used the patcher and then put the * back infront of the mods. You'll then have to manually add the patch file the patcher adds to the plugins.txt. This works for me.

Where is the patch file the patcher adds to the plugins.txt?