DAI Frosty Troubleshooting Guide

[Padme4000]

So last week I made a troubleshooting guide for using Frosty with Dragon Age Inquisition. Also technically Mass Effect Andromeda as same troubleshooting generally applies the same except for with DAI you can also use DAIMM

 

I hope this was right place to post this

 

This is the guide on Tumblr if you wish to reblog it or link to it

 

Where can I download Frosty Mod Manager?

Here under downloads

First and foremost:

Frosty Errors are better reported to the Frosty Discord (a link can be found on the Frosty site linked above, where it says Join the Community) as they can better help with Frosty issues.

You can also check errors that pop up with this Error Compendium by munchyfly, electricfish and GalaxyMan2015 click this text to use link

But here is the most commons fixes:

• Do not extract Frosty Mod Manager in your game directory
• It does not need to be put into a folder in your game directory to work
• Please do not add to Program Files folders as this has been known to cause a lot of issues
• Make sure you Run Frosty as administrator. sometimes you also have to add admin to the game exe as well for it to work. For example when using Reshade it is best to add admin rights to the game exe not just for reshade to work as it is a fix for when that doesn’t work but also because it can clash with Frosty Mod Manager
• To do this on Windows you right click on the game exe > Properties > Compatibility > Tick box next to ‘Run this program as an administrator’ > Hit apply
• If applying admin doesn’t work try taking ownership (click this text for a tutorial on how to do this) of the game folder and frosty mod manager/editor folder
• .7z files must be unzipped. Then import the mods you got from the.7z
• daimm mods for DAI must be unzipped in order to import into Frosty Mod Manager
• Make sure you are using the latest Frosty Mod Manager/Editor and to delete the Mod Data Folder found in your game directory so the new Manager/Editor can create a new one.
• When using a new Frosty Mod Manager/Editor make sure you are creating a new folder or deleting the contents before putting the new one in that folder. Do not just override as this can cause issues You can keep the Mods folder in Frosty Mod Manager folder but everything else should be deleted and not overridden

What/Where is the .archive file with the mod I downloaded?

• The lastest Mods do not require a .archive file so are fine to load straight into Frosty Mod Manager
• If you try importing a mod that requires a.archive it will show up this error ‘Archive contains no installable mods ‘
• To fix this you have to add the.archive found in the zip to your Mod folder in your Mod Manager folder for example: FrostyModManager_v1.0.5.9\Mods
• If you try to run a mod where you didn’t put the .archive into the folder above it will give you this error ‘Value cannot be null. Parameter name: buffer’
• In which case add the .archive to your mods folder in your Mod Manager folder

The hair/outfit mod isn’t showing:

• Make sure you are running the game at Ultra settings as most mods only affect LOD 0 which needs mesh settings set to Ultra to work.
• Make sure you don’t have any mods conflicting with the Hair/Outfit Mod this includes any texture mods that affect the same files
• For DAI this includes any mods you are using through DAIMM if you are using that and Frosty together.
• For DAI if you are using Enhanced Inquisitor Sliders please make sure you are using the latest update of the mod for Frosty Hairs to be compatible with the mod.
• In general always make sure you are using the latest version of a mod
• If you used DAIMM in the past and only using Frosty now follow steps below

The ‘bundle’ mod I am using I think is causing infinite load:

• First what is a bundle mod? A bundle mod is a mod that adds bundles to other areas to make certain files work in other areas such as outfit/hair/swap companion mods that aren’t imported meshes
• Check to see you don’t have any conflicting mods
• It could be the latest version of Mod Manger/Editor is the cause.
• How do you check this? Use an earlier version you have I had to go as far back as v1.0.5.5 to get some bundle mods working again. An example would be my Inquisitor Alistair mod that causes infinite load when you meet Vivinene now (15/04/2020) in Mod Manager but still works in version v1.0.5.5
• Sadly using earlier versions does mean new Frosty mesh mods won’t work, so you will have to choose which mods are most important to you at the moment sadly

I just bought DLC and it isn’t showing in game:

• When you buy DLC for whatever game you’re using for Frosty you need to delete the ModData folder found in your game directory and let Frosty Mod Manager/Editor create a new one
• This is because your existing ModData was made when you didn’t have the DLC and won’t register that you have new DLC without being deleted and allowed to be made anew
• This also applies to DAIMM for DAI if you bought DLC you will have to restart the process of applying mods.

Textures Glitching or causing infinite load?

• In MEA there has been occasions where textures Glitch this can be due to bundle mods. Sadly other than turning off the bundle mod there is no fix. But if you don’t mind occasional texture Glitch in MEA you should be fine.
• Below is now mainly for DAI
• Companion texture mods are the most common to glitch and cause infinite load along with the elvhen textures
• But Inquisitor complexions have been known to Glitch as well, those that glitch are better applied to Slot 1 texture or you use this Aileani’s Hair Replacer Bundle file as it can fix the texture issues for the Inquisitor’s complexions in Frosty. Alternatively you can use the file called Chargen Bundle found in this mod page and if you’re just having issues in the DLC with textures and/or hair this mod can fix your issues
• The texture mods for companions are best used in DAIMM using the workaround to use both programs together.

What DAIMM mods work when importing into Frosty Mod Manager?

• First DAIMM mods must be unzipped in order to drag or import the Mods into Frosty Mod Manager
• They will say ‘WARNING: Mod was designed for a different patch version’ but you can ignore this message as for DAI and MEA they work even when made for an older patch.
• Texture mods can be finnicky see above about ‘Textures Glitching’
• A lot of configurable mods now work in Frosty but if you find any issues it is best to use them in DAIMM
• Mods that are EBX edits work also fine in Frosty
• Mesh Mods (edits to outfits/hairs) are fine to use in Frosty unless they include a texture in which case they can glitch so may be best used in DAIMM or using the fix found in ‘Textures Glitching’

Did you previously use DAIMM + Frosty together and want to use Frosty only?

1. Go to your game directory Dragon Age Inquisition/Update and delete the Patch folder and put your backup of the Patch folder back in the Update folder. Do not just override as this can cause issues
2. If you didn’t make a backup Patch folder after deleting the Patch folder repair your game

Did you previously only use DAIMM and want to use Frosty Only?

• Delete the Patch_ModManagerMerge folder found in Dragon Age Inquisition/Update
• Now you are good to go to setting up Frosty

Using Frosty and game complaining you haven’t got the latest Patch for your save game?

• This is because you likely used that save with the DAIMM and that increases the patch number. To fix this issue do the following:
• Edit the package.mft file found here: Dragon Age Inquisition\Update\Patch changing the Patch number first to 13 if you still get same error keep adding 1 to the number until your save works. So 13, 14, 15 etc
• If the issues persist make sure your Package.mft found in the Mod Data folder matches the package.mft in your standard Update/Patch folder
• Alternatively delete the ModData folder and let Frosty recreate it

Do you want to still use DAIMM and Frosty together but having issues?

If you want to add new mods or remove some from DAIMM then follow the steps found above under ‘Did you previously use DAIMM + Frosty together and want to use Frosty only?’ as if you were going to use Frosty only and then start the below steps for using DAIMM and Frosty together again.

How to use DAIMM and Frosty together:

These instructions are copy and pasted from the dai modding server

1. Ensure you have merged all daimods that you want to use
2. Delete any folder called ModData in the Inquisition install directory
3. Navigate to the Update folder where Inquisition is installed
4. Cut and paste the Patch folder to a safe location
5. Rename Patch_ModManagerMerge to Patch
6. Run Frosty Mod Manager and let it set up
7. Enable any Frosty mods, then Launch the game from Frosty

Using Steam version of DAI with Frosty
Information from DAI Modding Discord

Some people on the Frosty server were having issues with the Steam version of some Origin games (Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, Need For Speed etc.). I've been given permission to post the following statement, even though this has not been tested on DAI (this has only been tested on Mirror's Edge: Catalyst and Need For Speed):

the steam versions of frostbite games that were just released do work through frosty, but only if origin is closed origin and the origin web helper must not be running, then running through frosty will work and load mods for steam versions. if origin is open, we get the wonderful 'frosty just opens origin' issue that has plagued us

origin and the originwebhelper.exe must be closed to run the game through frosty

So, if you have the Steam version of DAI and plan on playing with it: Make sure no instance of Origin is running. That includes is Web Helper. Again: this has not been tested on the Steam version of DAI so the success rate is 50/50.

Edited June 7, 2020 by Padme4000

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it worked for me. more to do this you have to use the old version and update my MICROSOFT VISUAL C++.