Chicken help

[ell46]

I'm playing Origins again after a very long time. I checked all my mods to make sure they were up-to-date, all OK there. I disabled the few mods I use before starting a new game and then enabled them, all seemed to going OK until I got to Lothering and the place outside the gates is full of chickens and people just standing there not moving, not even a tiny bit, they are completely static. I hate not knowing what is going on, can someone tell me if this is something left over from an old mod I no longer have and if so a hint as to what the mod might have been would be really helpful or are there meant to be a load of static people and chickens standing around and my game has bugs.

[Thandal]

Without knowing what mods were involved, there's almost no way to tell.

 

(But if one of them were ever "Improved Atmosphere", your only hope is to do a full un-/re-install. :whistling: )

[ell46]

OH Poo, I had a feeling someone was going to say that, yes I did have it for half a game then removed it. Just to clarify before I throw myself out the window, do you mean uninstall and reinstall the actual game?

[Thandal]

Yup. :sad:

 

To do what it does, "Improved Atmosphere" makes significant changes to the core game files. And when you remove it, it doesn't set things back the way they were.

 

I had the exact same experience; used IA, decided I didn't like certain things about it, removed it, had to uninstall my game completely to get things working again. This was back in the patch 1.03/1.04 days, when I was un-/re-installing DA all the time, so I got waaaaay too familiar with the process. :pinch:

 

Make a copy of your "\override" folder if you want to keep your current set of mods, (and a back-up of your "\characters" folder, just to be sure.) Then select "Keep Characters and Saves" when you do the uninstall. Then reinstall, including re-downloading all your DLC, (unless you have the UE.)

 

If I had to do this again today, I'd use the EA: Origin store to get the digital download copy of the game, (there's no charge for registered game owners) and select the option to "Retain a local copy of the install files." That way I'd never have to download the same stuff again. :thumbsup:

[ell46]

Yup. :sad:

 

To do what it does, "Improved Atmosphere" makes significant changes to the core game files. And when you remove it, it doesn't set them back the way they were.

 

I had the exact same experience; used IA, decided I didn't like certain things about it, removed it, had to uninstall my game completely to get things working again. This was back in the patch 1.03/1.04 days, when I was un-/re-installing DA all the time, so I got waaaaay too familiar with the process. :pinch:

 

Make a copy of your "\override" folder if you want to keep your current set of mods, (and a back-up of your "\characters" folder, just to be sure.) Then select "Keep chracters and Saves" when you do the uninstall. Then reinstall, including re-downloading all your DLC, (unless you have the UE.)

 

If I had to do this again today, I'd use the EA: Origin store to get the digital download copy of the game, (there's no charge for registered game owners) and select the option to "Retain a local copy of the install files." That way I'd never have to download the same stuff again. :thumbsup:

 

Thanks I didn't know about the "digital download" thing that sounds like the way to go. If I move the folders containing saved games, characters and overrides can I move them back again after re-install?

 

I have another question you might be able to advise on, in my core override folder there is a folder called "Core Files REQUIRED" I've no idea what this is could it be something to do with IA?

[Thandal]

"Yes" about moving your "\Characters" and "\override" folders back after re-installing.

 

No idea about the "\Core Files REQUIRED" folder. Don't recall seeing it back when I had IA installed, but that over a year ago, (maybe closer to two...) and I probably wasn't looking anyway. Definitely not from the vanilla game. :unsure:

[ell46]

I think I'll use MManager to uninstall my mods, then reinstall later that way if that folder is from something I don't want it should be gone and not come back. I can't remember but I think that mod for Dark Times might have used IA or some parts of it.