Help needed with TSLRCM install on Win 11

[vhenansequitur 0]

Hi!

I have used the restoration mod before a long time ago when I was installing on a Windows XP or 8 using the old game disks, but this is my first time trying to use the mod on a Windows 11 PC with the vanilla game installed via Steam. I really need help.

 

I followed the advice and downloaded the mod here, instead of via the Steam Workshop. For some reason the mod version of the launcher isn't coming up when I start the game. It's the vanilla launcher main menu instead. I thought I had this issue because I installed KOTOR II The Sith Lords Community Patch first. I saw multiple mods with readme files saying, "This mod should be installed before anything else, except mods that do hard edits/overwrites of 2DA, TLK or MOD (module) files."  Which one should be installed first? Is there a recommended order? 

 

I uninstalled the game, redownloaded the game from Steam, and tried again. This time I installed TSLRCM first and no other mods. I still don't get a modded launcher main menu when I start the game.

 

I could try using the Steam Workshop version of the mod, but people say when using that, you can't use other mods. I really wanted to try the Expanded Atton Romance Mod and a few other things. I may recolor some things myself and stick them in the override folder too, like I did in the old days. If the Workshop version screws all that up, it's not a good solution.

 

I would greatly appreciate any tips. Thanks!

Edited 7 hours ago by vhenansequitur
Brain malfunction: needed to replace launcher with main menu

[Squall Lionhart 87]

Steam itself doesn’t present the launcher for the game. It will just launch you straight into the LucasArts and Obsidian movies before being greeted by the main menu.

[N-DReW25 1,525]

18 hours ago, vhenansequitur said:

For some reason the mod version of the launcher isn't coming up when I start the game. It's the vanilla launcher instead

As Squall has said, there is no launcher for the Steam version.

 

18 hours ago, vhenansequitur said:

I thought I had this issue because I installed KOTOR II The Sith Lords Community Patch first.

You mean this mod? The K2CP mod? That Community Patch?

 

18 hours ago, vhenansequitur said:

I saw multiple mods with readme files saying, "This mod should be installed before anything else, except mods that do hard edits/overwrites of 2DA, TLK or MOD (module) files."

The K1CP should be installed first for Kotor I mods only, the same does not apply to K2CP - the reason for this will be listed down below.

 

18 hours ago, vhenansequitur said:

 Which one should be installed first? Is there a recommended order?

K1CP is to be installed first for Kotor I, followed by RC-K1CP the Kotor I restored content mod for that game.

TSLRCM is to be installed first for Kotor II, followed by K2CP assuming you aren't using M4-78EP.

 

The reason TSLRCM is installed first is because it was released first, its installer does not use a combability installer like TSLPatcher or HoloPatcher that'll merge conflicting files together. Instead, TSLRCM's installer just copies all of the files into the right places to install the mod.

 

TSLRCM is massive and it changes a lot of things so it wouldn't be feasible to have a compatibility installer. It both restores cut content and fixes hundreds of bugs. Modern mods get around this by making you, the player, install TSLRCM first and our mods afterwards. We make our mods with the objective of being compatible with TSLRCM and K2CP is no different.

 

18 hours ago, vhenansequitur said:

I uninstalled the game, redownloaded the game from Steam, and tried again. This time I installed TSLRCM first and no other mods. I still don't get a modded launcher when I start the game.

You install TSLRCM, you launch the game, and you see if the Kotor II logo has been replaced with a new Kotor II logo that says TSLRCM 1.8.6 in-game.

 

That's how you check on Steam.

[vhenansequitur 0]

 

2 hours ago, N-DReW25 said:

As Squall has said, there is no launcher for the Steam version.

 

You install TSLRCM, you launch the game, and you see if the Kotor II logo has been replaced with a new Kotor II logo that says TSLRCM 1.8.6 in-game.

 

That's how you check on Steam.

Sorry, I used the wrong word when I said "launcher." I have word finding issues sometimes due to MS damage, which is really unfortunate in online discourse.

After I tried installing the restoration mod, the main menu was the vanilla version. There was no indication whatsoever that the restoration mod was installed. But I think I know why. I think my issue is that I didn't change the folder that TSLRCM installed in from the default in the installer. It defaulted to install in the game folder that's inside the lucasarts folder in Program Files (x86), which seemed correct to my brain, as I'm used to installing mods for non-Steam games. There is another folder for the game in the Steam folder, which is where the exe file is.  I'm basically a Steam noob, and I've never used mods in a game I got from Steam. After posting for help here, I noticed someone on the TSLRCM download page here commented about the mod defaulting to install in the wrong folder as well, so that's surely my problem. It's the next thing I'll try when I have time.

 

2 hours ago, N-DReW25 said:

You mean this mod? The K2CP mod? That Community Patch?

TSLRCM is to be installed first for Kotor II, followed by K2CP assuming you aren't using M4-78EP.

 

Yes, that's the patch. Thank you for the information. I'll be sure to install it second. I don't plan to use M4-78EP because I played through that once before, and it wasn't my cup of tea.

Thank you very much for the help.

Edited 7 hours ago by vhenansequitur