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Got my mods working with patch 6, big happy dance
! Thanks Zhentar on reddit for the fix and Tarkov33 and TheIronDrengin here for spreading the word and giving instructions for dummies, worked like a charm for me
Would you mind sharing what "exactly" you did? Does it look like what I proposed doing in my previous post? I, too, followed the instructions for dummies but obviously missed something or did something wrong.
Would you mind sharing what "exactly" you did? Does it look like what I proposed doing in my previous post? I, too, followed the instructions for dummies but Ybviously missed something or did something wrong.
You didn't ask me but I just got my mods working so I'l tell you exactly what I did in case it helps.
I don't think all these steps are necessary but I did them anyway. I can't see that you're doing anything wrong though to be honest.
Also, I don't know if it is just me but after playing an unmodded game for quite a while, the load times with mods seem killer. For me, on an SSD, a quicksave/quickload would be almost instantaneous (I use it to scum chests) but now it is taking around 30 seconds to load in the Hinterlands. I'm not sure if it's worse than when it was modded before but it seems so. Also when I set up a camp, everyone stands frozen with blue sparkly lights around them for 20 seconds or so and I can't move the character but can move the camera. I don't remember this before.
You didn't ask me but I just got my mods working so I'l tell you exactly what I did in case it helps.
- Delete your Patch folder from your Update folder and repair game (just in case)
Thanks mrjack 
I think this was the crucial step. I think like Silvist said earlier, my folders in the Update folder were just a mess. So I deleted everything and clicked repair game. Then ran through the steps as outline in the various guides and now my game is finally loading.
Thanks to you and Silvist and everyone else who helped me, and the folks who made the step-by-step guides and of course the people who continue to even make mods possible.
Sigh. Update: Once my game loaded, I clicked "Continue" to load up my current save. And for some bizarre reason everything is moving at an unplayably slow pace. Even the grass is swaying in slow motion. I'm also hearing stuttering in the music and sound effects. No idea what's going on....
Restarted the game and it's still doing it.
Allow me for just one moment...
AHAHSGHA;LGKHASDGHAHAHAHGHAGHAHGHAHGHGAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*deep breath*
Okay I'm walking away from this.
Artemis, it might be the mods you are trying to merge as well....one mod for sure does not work, and that's the increase inventory mod from Eham...perhaps you've found another?
Artemis, it might be the mods you are trying to merge as well....one mod for sure does not work, and that's the increase inventory mod from Eham...perhaps you've found another?
Thanks for the suggestion I'll try getting rid of some. I don't have that one, but I AM running about 6-7 mods. Perhaps the "wear any armor regardless of class" mod?
That one works, I am using it now. Hmmm, can you post what mods you are using? If you don't want to do that, perhaps try merging one mod at a time in and see if that works? I am actually using a ton of mods here, so I don't think that numbers matter either.
Question: What is "Official Patch" in the mod manager?
That one works, I am using it now. Hmmm, can you post what mods you are using? If you don't want to do that, perhaps try merging one mod at a time in and see if that works? I am actually using a ton of mods here, so I don't think that numbers matter either.
Official Patch
ConversationCameraZoom
DalishMaleSkyholdOutfit
Dorian No Mustache
Female Dwarf Flowers (skyhold outfit change)
Remove All Armor Class Restrictions
CassandraRom
Equal Opportunity Solas
Okies, I know that the camerazoom (older non configurable one), skyhold outfit, and remove all armor class restrictions work, as I have those running myself. Official Patch you need to be merging in for sure, so keep that one.
Hopefully that'll give you a base to start experimenting from.
Okies, I know that the camerazoom (older non configurable one), skyhold outfit, and remove all armor class restrictions work, as I have those running myself. Official Patch you need to be merging in for sure, so keep that one.
Hopefully that'll give you a base to start experimenting from.
This entire time (since my last post) the mod manager has been stuck on the first step, "Processing official patch." Hmmmmm.
But yeah, that leaves only No Mustache Dorian and my romance mods. And... I cannot play without the romance mods LOL So I would have to wait to play the game until that gets tweaked.
(And as I'm typing this, it just moved past the first step)
Welcome back, Kam!
I'm delighted to see you back, I was practically kicking myself when I lost access to that Dreadwolf mod. 
Now Solas and I can look fabulous again. *squee*
I think that it's rewriting over your patch.daimod when it does that, but that is only conjecture Artemis. When that merge gets done, delete the patch.daimod, and replace it with the one that is the "fix". Then merge again. It's a bit of hit and miss, but when it immediately goes to processing the mods, that's what you want to happen when it merges. However, you need it to do that with the patch.daimod that fixes merging. Also, I'm not saying the mods you are using won't work at all. Just have to test them on merges to see if they will work, if that makes sense.
I HOPE I am making sense...I am very heavily medicated right now lol, just let me know if I am being confusing, I swear it's not intentional. (My meds usually cause me to be more of a lurker on the boards, hehe!).
Okay. Well.
I deselected those three mods (Cass romance, Solas romance, no mustache Dorian) and merged. Deleted old Patch folder. Renamed merged folder to Patch.
Tried to run DAI but it gets stuck on the loading screen. Close it with task manager, try to run again, same thing happens. Restart computer, start up Origin, Origin insists on updating, so I update. Play DAI and once again gets stuck on the loading screen.
I'm reaching the point where I'm going to just to be done with this game. It's really difficult for me to convey my level of frustration to you guys lol I'm near tears.
I think that it's rewriting over your patch.daimod when it does that, but that is only conjecture Artemis. When that merge gets done, delete the patch.daimod, and replace it with the one that is the "fix". Then merge again. It's a bit of hit and miss, but when it immediately goes to processing the mods, that's what you want to happen when it merges. However, you need it to do that with the patch.daimod that fixes merging. Also, I'm not saying the mods you are using won't work at all.
Okay I will try this. Possibly the last thing I will try because I am just not in a good place emotionally right now lol ^^ But yes I will try this. And thanks for your help
this should be the fixed diamond patch, try it with the instructions as before
https://drive.google...EJmOEpyWmc/view
No there is no new mod manager just the fix for now
Um, is this the one? It has a strange name... last time I downloaded it it was called simply patch.daimod.
Sorry Artemis, but did Eham make the No Moustache mod too? Can that mod if so, it might be the same as the Inventory Increase mod...
If that doesn't work, I have another idea in mind. Going to go to pm's after this if that's all right, I want people to be able to access troubleshooting if they have the same issues though (which is why I keep rambling here, lmao!).
Don't give up just yet Arte!
Sorry Artemis, but did Eham make the No Moustache mod too? Can that mod if so, it might be the same as the Inventory Increase mod...
If that doesn't work, I have another idea in mind. Going to go to pm's after this if that's all right, I want people to be able to access troubleshooting if they have the same issues though (which is why I keep rambling here, lmao!).
Don't give up just yet Arte!
I won't give up and PMs are fine; I was just about to suggest that
Yes Eham made that mod.
Okay y'all. I simply can't play the game with Patch 6. Would someone be willing to show me how to roll back to Patch 5 so I can play my game again?
@CurioiusArtemis - This maybe further back then the current patch. Though this was all i could find. Which is patch 5.
Credits to Drengin for providing a walkthrough/download. You can find the link here:
http://daitools.free...5466.html#p5466
You can find the patch 5 at the bottom of his post. Hope that helps ^^ (Back to Pillars of Eternity @_@)
Thanks Silvist I may try it. I'm not sure at this point. Because I think I figured out what happened.
I decided to switch my graphics settings to very low... and lo and behold, I could move at a somewhat normal speed again. Move it back to high (although actually I usually play on ultra) and I was moving through molasses again.
So something about Patch 6 messed with my computer's ability to run DAI, graphics-wise.
This may be because I'm having to bypass the video card input since my video card is currently not working (thank you Dell you pieces of sh!t). I have the USB (input to my TV) plugged into the other slot, which I think goes to the... um, motherboard? (How obvious is it that this is my first PC gaming experience)
Anyway, it has been working just fine ... until I downloaded Patch 6 the other day. So there's our culprit.
Guess I need to call Dell (AGAIN) and get them to come out here and clean up their mess.
EDIT: However, one problem I AM having is that Origin insists on updating every time I start it. I have no idea why it's doing this.
This may be because I'm having to bypass the video card input since my video card is currently not working (thank you Dell you pieces of sh!t). I have the USB (input to my TV) plugged into the other slot, which I think goes to the... um, motherboard? (How obvious is it that this is my first PC gaming experience)
It sounds like you are using your "on-board" graphics card that is included with your CPU and is usually crappy instead of your "designated" graphics card which would be a lot better. You won't be able to run DAI on high settings again until you get your GPU fixed.
If it makes you feel any better this is also my first gaming PC and when I was cleaning. I pulled out all the cables and then put my HDMI cable back in the wrong slot and spent a week freaking out because Skyrim and Thief were playing like sh!t and I thought I'd broken my PC after a only a month. A week - that's how long it took me to figure out the bonehead thing I'd done.
You can disable the auto updates, that's the first thing I did when I installed Origin. You may want to also check your graphics driver. If its up to date, it could be some issue with the current driver. I experience graphic driver issues all the time, since I run SLI (x2 cards). I always end up having to toy with the last couple drivers to see which one works best.
I never update to the most current driver, unless I hear really good things about it lol.
I would suggest running Origins in offline mode while you disable the auto updates. I'm sadly used to doing this with steam alot.
It sounds like you are using your "on-board" graphics card that is included with your CPU and is usually crappy instead of your "designated" graphics card which would be a lot better. You won't be able to run DAI on high settings again until you get your GPU fixed.
If it makes you feel any better this is also my first gaming PC and when I was cleaning. I pulled out all the cables and then put my HDMI cable back in the wrong slot and spent a week freaking out because Skyrim and Thief were playing like sh!t and I thought I'd broken my PC after a only a month. A week - that's how long it took me to figure out the bonehead thing I'd done.
LOL When I first called Dell the guy kept asking me where my HDMI cable was plugged in and I was like, uh, upper right... I mean bottom right... I mean depending on how the computer is sitting it's sort of in the middle... I could practically hear him face-palming over the phone. I had no idea which it was supposed to be plugged into in the first place... it was a miracle I happened to plug it into the video card when I first set up the PC 
And yeah, that's where I've had it plugged in of late "On-board" graphics card included with the CPU. It honestly ran on ultra for weeks. Only after Patch 6 did it become impossible. Tonight however I replugged the HDMI cable into the video card and... I actually played the frigging game for a couple hours (until it just crashed a few minutes ago). Now the whole reason I was bypassing the video card in the first place was because I couldn't turn the computer on for two minutes without the screen going black. Now all of a sudden it's going solid for 2-3 hours.
I mean, okay. I just don't even know anymore /smh
You can disable the auto updates, that's the first thing I did when I installed Origin. You may want to also check your graphics driver. If its up to date, it could be some issue with the current driver. I experience graphic driver issues all the time, since I run SLI (x2 cards). I always end up having to toy with the last couple drivers to see which one works best.
I never update to the most current driver, unless I hear really good things about it lol.
I would suggest running Origins in offline mode while you disable the auto updates. I'm sadly used to doing this with steam alot.
Okay, graphics drivers. Is there a tutorial somewhere that can help me navigate this issue? I know at the most basic level that I have to go to the Nvidia website and download drivers there. (I had to do it the night DAI launched) Now Dell replaced my original GTX 660 with a GTX 760, and I've not downloaded any new drivers for that. Do you think that could be the problem? But like you said, if I install the driver and it messes things up, I haven't the faintest idea how to go back to the old driver.
Anyway... what an exhausting day, but at least I did finally get to play my game. And I'm sorry everyone for taking up so much thread space with my own tech issues! >.< Thank you for being tolerant of my ridiculousness.
@CuriousArtemis - You just simply download an older version. When you do a driver search on say nvidia website, it lists all the previous drivers as well. As long as you use the advanced search. Hopefully this is a direct link to that search:
http://www.nvidia.co...aspx?lang=en-us
It should literally list like the last 14 drivers, and the dates of when they were released is right next to them. I wouldn't touch any of the "beta" ones, just the game ready. You'd be amazed the difference between two drivers. One could have massive fps improvement, but be completely unstable lol. Not saying that's going to happen, a bit of an exaggeration.
The other search only shows the most recent driver.
So after you download the file you just run it. I also never run it in "default" or "express" installation. You could say I don't "trust" them, with knowing what my computer wants. I always choose "custom" installation. Bout all I change for nvidia drivers is the "remove old drivers" or whatever its called. Should be a check box right below all of the things its installing. The most tedious part is restarting your computer.
But the idea is some drivers work better for certain games, and certain cards. All they are doing is tweaking them to get the most they can out of them. That doesn't mean you actually have to "update" to the newest driver. Sometimes there is major fixes, but that's only around the release of a new game. I say don't update anything if it works fine for you lol.
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