JSGME wrong folder

[promitheas]

OK guys, so after downloading jsgme and adding a shortcut to my desktop, telling it to start in the DCS World folder and launching it, it asks me for a new name seeing as there already is a folder called MODS in my install directory. All is good until the point I click ok without changing the name of the new folder and it remains MODS.

 

So now JSGME thinks the games Mods folder is where it should look for my mods, and I can't change it however I try.

 

Please help me, I tried deleting jsgme, editing its settings file. Nada worked

[Shahdoh]

OK guys, so after downloading jsgme and adding a shortcut to my desktop, telling it to start in the DCS World folder and launching it, it asks me for a new name seeing as there already is a folder called MODS in my install directory. All is good until the point I click ok without changing the name of the new folder and it remains MODS.

 

So now JSGME thinks the games Mods folder is where it should look for my mods, and I can't change it however I try.

 

Please help me, I tried deleting jsgme, editing its settings file. Nada worked

 

The most recommended folder for JSGME in DCS is _Mods. You will need to create this folder first and it needs to be in the directory structure for your version of DCS.

 

Example:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\_Mods

 

In the DCS World folder you told JSGME to run out of, you should find a JSGME.INI file. In there is the setting:

[MODS FOLDER]

Name=_MODS

 

Change the Name to the newly created folder name (_Mods) and you should be good to go.

 

If you havent already, this is probably the best tutorial on JSGME for DCS out there:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607&highlight=JSGME+tutorial

[promitheas]

The most recommended folder for JSGME in DCS is _Mods. You will need to create this folder first and it needs to be in the directory structure for your version of DCS.

 

Example:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\_Mods

 

In the DCS World folder you told JSGME to run out of, you should find a JSGME.INI file. In there is the setting:

[MODS FOLDER]

Name=_MODS

 

Change the Name to the newly created folder name (_Mods) and you should be good to go.

 

If you havent already, this is probably the best tutorial on JSGME for DCS out there:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607&highlight=JSGME+tutorial

 

Yeah, well thats exactly what I did, and as I said it didn't work. It still recognizes the original Mods folder as the one to look for and displays "aircraft" and "terrains" as mods, when they actually are just folders for DCS.

[Shahdoh]

Then its something with your shortcut that is pointing it to some other place. You are not editing the correct JSGME.ini or the shortcut/execution of the JSGME is activating somewhere else.

 

Assuming you are running DCS in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World

 

Copy your JSGME.EXE file to that folder and execute it from there. If the JSGME.INI file does not already exist there, it will create it, again, asking for the MOD folder. If the INI file does exist, it will use the folder designated.

[promitheas]

Then its something with your shortcut that is pointing it to some other place. You are not editing the correct JSGME.ini or the shortcut/execution of the JSGME is activating somewhere else.

 

Assuming you are running DCS in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World

 

Copy your JSGME.EXE file to that folder and execute it from there. If the JSGME.INI file does not already exist there, it will create it, again, asking for the MOD folder. If the INI file does exist, it will use the folder designated.

 

Thanks, it worked. Now I need to check if my mod actually works in-game... *sigh*

[promitheas]

Nope. It doesnt. My Su-27 cockpit is still in russian. In my DCS installation folder I have _MODS and in that DEVRiM SU-27 English Cockpit Mod v1.2a containing all the files for the mod. My cockpit is still not english though, what am I doing wrong? Anyone?

[Shahdoh]

Was DCS running when you activated the mod? Make sure DCS is not running and activate it if so. JSGME mod setup is pretty simple. The first foldername in "_Mods" can be anything. That becomes the name of the mod in JSGME that you see. The contents of that folder need to match up with the folder structure in DCS World. So, if you look in your _mod folder, you should see the same folders as you see in C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\.

 

If this does not match, it will not copy the files into the correct places for the mod to work. If this is the case, need to research what the structure needs to be and make the changes to your ../_mods/"custom mod name"/ folder.

 

Most people that have problems put in an extra folder in the path, throwing off where the files get copied to.

 

If you continue to have problems, I can usually be reached on the Virtual Aerobatic Teamspeak at: ts3.virtual-aerobatics.com

 

And can talk you through first hand on its setup.

 

Good luck!

[BravoFoxTrt]

A good practice is to open JSGME.INI and change MOD to _MOD before you do any thing else. Then you can start adding Mods to it.