Slipstream Mod Manager v1.9.1 (2018-01-07)

[jep]

I wasn't thinking they'd still need to download USB. They'd just include the sector booksellers.

[Euxcine]

Hello!

I've tried this mod manager on a Mac away from home and it works a treat, which is great. However, since I'm playing FTL at home on Linux using Wine, I can't access the data.dat file through the mod manager itself as it does not allow me to directly type in which directory path I want to go through to find the file and I cannot find the .wine folder when looking at /home through the mod manager. If you could provide me with any kind of help/advice, I'd really appreciate it!

Cheers,

Euxcine

[Vhati]

I'm playing FTL at home on Linux using Wine, I can't access the data.dat file [...] I cannot find the .wine folder when looking at /home through the mod manager.

Heh. You did something I didn't think of.

Create a text file named "modman.cfg" in the Slipstream folder, containing the following line.

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ftl_dats_path=/home/YOUR_NAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/FTL/resources

Something like that anyway.
Not showing hidden folders is a bug that will be fixed.

If you let me know where you've got FTL installed, I can ensure Slipstream knows where to look in future versions.

[Euxcine]

Great, thanks for the advice!

The FTL data.dat file is currently located here:

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/home/*MY NAME*/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/FTL/resources

EDIT: Created the file and tried running it again but it didn't change anything. Not too sure if that was all I was supposed to do or not (?).

[Vhati]

Created the file and tried running it again but it didn't change anything.

That should have been all you needed.

• Check that "modman.cfg" is there and still says what you wrote.
• Run the mod manager (modman.command, not the jar); get prompted to find resources for some reason (???); cancel.
• Look at "modman-log.txt" in Slipstream's folder...

You should at least find "Using FTL dats path from config: /home/blah/..." confirming that the config file was found.

You may find "The config's ftl_dats_path does not exist, or it lacks data.dat." which would suggest a typoed config.

[Euxcine]

It now works, thank you very much!

EDIT: I was using the .jar file, not the .command file, which changed everything. Again, many thanks for helping me out!

[selimoy]

hi there.
just got ftl the other day, and i really want some mods. as i have overgrowth and other indie games, i know there are a lot of fun mods for them. i keep all my games on an external hard drive (my passport for mac) because my laptop is supplied by my school, and we cant have games. how can i find the FTL.app or data file if there on my hard drive?

[MrHoody]

Hello everybody! SMM completely stops working after the first instance, perhaps someone could help me out? It installs mods fine the very first time I use it, however the next time I start FTL all mods are uninstalled and I can't even try to re-install the mods.

[jep]

Vhati - How open are you to receiving pull requests including new features. I'm thinking of the one I mentioned before to allow a find to succeed only if the target element was NOT found. Also, I'm thinking about a clone feature to avoid having to paste the same event in multiple times.

[meeko01111]

12:24:58.155 [AWT-EventQueue-0] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Slipstream Mod Manager v1.4
12:24:58.156 [AWT-EventQueue-0] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Windows 7 6.1
12:24:58.156 [AWT-EventQueue-0] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 1.7.0_45, amd64
12:24:58.185 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Using FTL dats path from config: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FTL Faster Than Light\resources
12:24:58.568 [Thread-4] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.ui.ManagerInitThread - Catalog isn't stale yet.
12:24:58.572 [Thread-4] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.ui.ManagerInitThread - App update info isn't stale yet.
12:24:58.654 [Thread-5] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModsScanThread - Background hashing finished.
12:24:58.654 [Thread-5] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModsScanThread - Background metadata caching finished.
12:26:05.267 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.ui.ManagerFrame -
12:26:05.267 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.ui.ManagerFrame - Patching...
12:26:05.267 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.ui.ManagerFrame -
12:26:05.270 [Thread-6] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModPatchThread - Backing up "data.dat".
12:26:05.274 [Thread-6] INFO net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModPatchThread - Backing up "resource.dat".
12:26:05.815 [Thread-6] ERROR net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModPatchThread - Patching failed. java.io.EOFException
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.vhati.ftldat.FTLDat$FTLPack.readLittleUInt(FTLDat.java:475)
at net.vhati.ftldat.FTLDat$FTLPack.readIndex(FTLDat.java:572)
at net.vhati.ftldat.FTLDat$FTLPack.<init>(FTLDat.java:461)
at net.vhati.ftldat.FTLDat$FTLPack.<init>(FTLDat.java:451)
at net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModPatchThread.patch(ModPatchThread.java:160)
at net.vhati.modmanager.core.ModPatchThread.run(ModPatchThread.java:88)

Infinite Space mod, comes with drones plus, and beginning scrap advantage.