Also make a mac version tooooo!!! THANKS

Download the .exe and unzip it.

Not sure about the linux paths, but under osx, open


Copy the Native folder to DipTemp. (use this because there will be changes to the module system and you don't want to interfere with it and vice versa)

Open up the folder from unzipping the .exe, select all files and ignore the 2 directories. Paste/copy/move these into your new DipTemp folder, overwriting what's in there.

Last up, edit this file and change Native to DipTemp, or what ever you named your "new module folder" earlier.


Launch the game and you should be good to go. I was able to copy my save game also. On osx they are in:

Originally posted by lagsalot:

Download the .exe and unzip it.

Not sure about the linux paths, but under osx, open

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/MountBlade Warband/Modules

Copy the Native folder to DipTemp. (use this because there will be changes to the module system and you don't want to interfere with it and vice versa)

Open up the folder from unzipping the .exe, select all files and ignore the 2 directories. Paste/copy/move these into your new DipTemp folder, overwriting what's in there.

Last up, edit this file and change Native to DipTemp, or what ever you named your "new module folder" earlier.

~Library/Application Support/MBWarband/last_module_warband

Launch the game and you should be good to go. I was able to copy my save game also. On osx they are in:

~/Library/Application Support/MBWarband/Savegames/ModuleName

By saying "Copy the Native folder to DipTemp. (use this because there will be changes to the module system and you don't want to interfere with it and vice versa)" do you mean re-name the native folder DipTemp. ????

Also what version of M&B do i have to use im new to modding games :P

Originally posted by jamie6707:

Originally posted by lagsalot:

Download the .exe and unzip it.

Not sure about the linux paths, but under osx, open

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/MountBlade Warband/Modules

Copy the Native folder to DipTemp. (use this because there will be changes to the module system and you don't want to interfere with it and vice versa)

Open up the folder from unzipping the .exe, select all files and ignore the 2 directories. Paste/copy/move these into your new DipTemp folder, overwriting what's in there.

Last up, edit this file and change Native to DipTemp, or what ever you named your "new module folder" earlier.

~Library/Application Support/MBWarband/last_module_warband

Launch the game and you should be good to go. I was able to copy my save game also. On osx they are in:

~/Library/Application Support/MBWarband/Savegames/ModuleName

By saying "Copy the Native folder to DipTemp. (use this because there will be changes to the module system and you don't want to interfere with it and vice versa)" do you mean re-name the native folder DipTemp. ????

ye i would like to know too xC

No.

Basically, do not tamper with the Native folder, ever. If you do though, and something goes completely south, I'm sure you can un/re-install the game through steam and get back to a "pristine" state.

Although I've played this game tons, I have never messed with any mods until just recently and more importantly, post offical OSX support. So keep that in mind.

In a nutshell, here is what I have been able to figure out so far.

"Mods", are nothing more than a Directory under:


In other words, you don't have to edit any other configs to point to a new mod etc. As far as the game is concerned, the 'Name' of the module, is the name of the directory.

So I could copy the Native folder to "WTFLOL", and boom, I created a "mod".

If I then point to WTFLOL, we are in business. I can also point back to Native, and STILL be in business, which is more important in case I screw up anything under the WTFLOL folder.

Also, concerning the need to edit , although I haven't tested it, I did read else where that at least on OSX, you can now use the right-click -> Configure Warband option to switch mods. This probably doesn't do anything other than changing the content of that file however.

So that will hopefully help you out getting this Diplomacy mod to work.

Moving on to more general things though. I've also figured out that there is basically two classes of mods if you will.

Those that tinker with the internals, and those that tinker with the graphics.

OSX/Linux land, I think we will be ok with any mods that DO NOT change things in graphics land. Diplomacy is one of those.

Heh, I didn't make my point very well.

The reason for naming your copy of the Native folder to something like DipTemp, is so that if in the future the Steam Work shop copies mods to that same parent folder, they won't step on each others feet.

For example. If you end up creating this installing this mod yourself, and you named your 'version' Diplomacy, you would have:

Then say, 2 months from name, they get the whole workshop/mods thing working, you "subscribe" to this mod, and it happens to also need the directory Modules/Diplamacy. Things are likely to get confusingly f'd up.

Paths inside the Steam folder are the same on every OS, the difference is the location of the Steam folder. On Linux, by default it's:

For the .exe, I have never heard you could unzip an exe. And in fact, I can't. Opening it with my compression tool and telling it to treat it as a zip archive comes up empty.


EDIT:

According to unzip and unrar it is neither a zip nor a RAR archive.

Also, can someone tell me where are the save games stored? I was l looking in ".steam/steam/userdata/[USERID]" but there is no folder named after Warband's ID.

P.s.: Now that this is pinned, once all issues are solved I'm going to edit my opening post and place instructions there.

Originally posted by lagsalot:

Download the .exe and unzip it.

Not sure about the linux paths, but under osx, open

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/MountBlade Warband/Modules

Copy the Native folder to DipTemp. (use this because there will be changes to the module system and you don't want to interfere with it and vice versa)

Open up the folder from unzipping the .exe, select all files and ignore the 2 directories. Paste/copy/move these into your new DipTemp folder, overwriting what's in there.

Last up, edit this file and change Native to DipTemp, or what ever you named your "new module folder" earlier.

~Library/Application Support/MBWarband/last_module_warband

Launch the game and you should be good to go. I was able to copy my save game also. On osx they are in:

~/Library/Application Support/MBWarband/Savegames/ModuleName

How do you unzip things in .exe format? It just says on my mac that it's not compatable because it's microsoft.

If it was a proper self-extracting zip/rar you could unzip/unrar it, but it is neither, so something is wrong.

Originally posted by StormHUN:

If it was a proper self-extracting zip/rar you could unzip/unrar it, but it is neither, so something is wrong.

so I basiclly have to wait for them to fix this?

Originally posted by killerjag:

Originally posted by StormHUN:

If it was a proper self-extracting zip/rar you could unzip/unrar it, but it is neither, so something is wrong.

so I basiclly have to wait for them to fix this?

I have no idea, at first we need to wait someone from them to reply here.

Hey guys fellow OSX here. Found a youtube instruction vid here if want to check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVMA9nGLbr8&feature=kp Edit: Played the mod finally and buggy as hell for Mac users.

It's not exactly a self-extracting archive - the exe is built from a generic NSIS used for a lot of M&B mods, but you should be able to extract it with external tools as per the previous posters mentioned.