A lot of the modding community (including myself, Gareth the creator of MOMI, and Archie the creator of the Aurie Framework) is active on the Unofficial Fields of Mistria Discord server. If all else fails, the modding channel on that server is a great place to go for help!
Common Errors
An error occurred launching this game: Missing game executable.
Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software.
If you experience the above errors when trying to launch the game after installing the mod, try the following steps in order. Try to run the game after each step to see if it fixed the issue. After performing all of the steps the game should at minimum launch (albeit with no mods). At that point, you can try installing the mod again.
In Windows Defender, check to see if it's deleted the AurieLoader.exe file. If so, restore it. AurieLoader is the Aurie Framework's mechanism for injecting mods into the game. Since it's literally modifying another (the game's) process, Windows Defender is (understandably) vigilant and will often automatically stop it.
If Windows Defendercontinues to quarantine or remove the AurieLoader.exe file, you can add the Fields of Mistria directory where your game is installed as an exclusion. For example, the default location Steam will install to is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria
In MOMI, click the Uninstall All button. This will remove all mods and restore the game to its original state without the Aurie Framework (or any mods).
In Steam, right click the game and click Properties. In the new window click the Installed Files tab and and then click the Verify Integrity of Games Files button.
WeMod Compatibility
If you run into random crashes while using this mod alongside WeMod please let me know. As of now I am unaware of any compatibility issues, but there may be some.
The configuration file has been moved with mod version 1.2.0.
Run the game once after the update so it creates the new config file, close the game, then edit it as desired.
The mod_data folder will now be created in the same folder the game is in, and inside it will be the AnimalFriends folder with the AnimalFriends.json configuration file. More details are on the mod's description page.
For some reason, the mod_data folder doesn't exist for me. I've played the game multiple times already after installing the mod, but the folder just isn't there. What could be the problem? I don't really mind not getting to configure the mod, but just in case I might, I'm wondering why the folder (and subsequently the config file) isn't appearing.
Just to confirm, you're looking in the Fields of Mistria folder in the APPDATA\Local directory, correct?
Example (where <user> is your Windows username): C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\FieldsOfMistria\mod_data\AnimalFriends Let me know if you're having trouble finding that folder. It's "hidden" by default in Windows despite lots of games and apps using it which is annoying.
Sorry it's being trouble! That is definitely the right folder. Next thing to check is if the YYTK console window (which will have a LOT of output) has error messages for the mod. They should show in red. Some example error messages (with placeholders) and explanations that might help us figure this out.
1. [AnimalFriends 1.1.0] - Failed to find the "<folder>" directory. 1a. This means the mod simply couldn't find the folder mentioned. If you see this, it most likely can't find your AppData folder for some reason. 2. [AnimalFriends 1.1.0] - An error occurred loading the mod configuration file. 2a. Generic output if any unexpected error occurs. There should be another error line with more info. 3. [AnimalFriends 1.1.0] - Error: <error> 3a. The more detailed output that gets paired with the error message in #2.
If you see any of those, can you paste them here for me? Also, any messages in yellow from the mod could be helpful too (they're not errors but can still indicate something is going wrong).
@xheyimkay: Yellow messages there are OK. In that case it was the mod creating the folders and configuration file since they didn't already exist. Now that they do, you can go edit the config file.
Was this ever resolved? I'm having the same issue with not being able to find the folder. I've looked through the "hidden" apps and made sure the YYTK console window was good, animal friends didnt have an error. Any help would be appreciated.
@tpaynex8 If you found the folder where Fields of Mistria is storing the save files you're in the right place. First, just to verify, you are seeing something like the screenshot below in your YYTK console window. The first highlighted part is the mod saying it loaded OK. The second will get output after the title screen loads, and tell you if it loaded "custom" properties from the config file, or if it uses DEFAULT values. If you see the "using default values" messages and NO error messages then the mod is somehow failing to create the mod directory but somehow not getting an error when trying to create the mod_data folder or config file which is interesting.
I can make a test version of the mod that creates the mod_data in the same directory where the game itself is and see if that fixes it for you.
I'm about to upload a test version of the mod (1.1.1-TEST) that creates the mod_data directory and configuration file wherever Fields of Mistria is located, instead of where the save files are. This should hopefully work since it's where mods and such are already being installed.
Please remove the current Animal Friends mod folder inside your "Fields Of Mistria/mods" directory, then uninstall the mod in MOMI. You don't want both versions of the mod installed at the same time. Afterwards, install the new test version and see if it creates the "mod_data" folder where Fields of Mistria is. Example YYTK console output below with it creating it in my game folder: [AnimalFriends 1.1.1-TEST] - The "mod_data" directory was not found. Creating directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria\mod_data [AnimalFriends 1.1.1-TEST] - The "AnimalFriends" directory was not found. Creating directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria\mod_data\AnimalFriends [AnimalFriends 1.1.1-TEST] - The "AnimalFriends.json" file was not found. Creating file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria\mod_data\AnimalFriends\AnimalFriends.json
I followed this as I was having the same issues, the only thing I can't check is the toolkit window. I've pressed every button on my keyboard, looked up and down the various pages for how to open it, etc. Even redownloaded MOMI - how do I open the toolkit window to see if there is an error?
Neither version of the file creates the .json for me. Even tried just making the file myself from the script mentioned on the other pages, but the game didn't care for it, haha.
The YYTK console window should automatically display when the game is started with the mod installed. If it DOESN'T, then the mod framework probably got blocked by your AV (which will prevent the mod from getting injected into the game). For Windows Defender you can check in the Protection History and see if AurieLoader got blocked.
Hi! If any of you guy's cant figure this out because of windows defender, here is how to disable it :
Press Windows + R and type 'regedit' follow the path : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender right click on "Windows Defender" select "New" select "DWORD (32-bit) Value" name the value "DisableAntiSpyware" , and set it's value to 1 Restart your computer and redownload the mod
I hope this helped anyone having issues :)! Just make sure to be careful with what you download after this.
It took my big dumb dumb brain a longggggg time to figure this one out. Not the mods fault, just my own lol. HOWEVER, I got it working and it was worth ALL the work. Thank you so much!!
That aside, there's been a few reports lately in the unofficial modding discord with people having issues installing mods due to MOMI not "seeing" them (like you described), or the install button is greyed out, etc. The CLI version of MOMI also available on the download page seems to not have those issues. So you could try downloading ModsOfMistriaInstaller-cli.exe and putting it in the Fields of Mistria directory and running it. That version does not have the graphical interface and instead will show a "console window" that will give you a lot of log information. So if anything goes wrong you can share it with me here or the unofficial mod discord and we can try to help troubleshoot.
Edit: Also, just to confirm, you are using Windows correct?
Does the friendship multiplier interferes with the very similar function in rapid ranching mod or does it just multiply it? Just wanna know if I need to get rid of that particular function in the other mod cause i wanna get the auto feed/pet function :D
TLDR: It won't hurt anything having both installed, but there are some small conflicts in behavior. If you want more "accurate" control over the heart points added then I would simply exclude/omit the boost_friendship.json file option from Rapid Ranching. Otherwise, you can absolutely have both and just note that the final heart points added may be higher or lower depending on the situations detailed below.
Longer Answer: It does for some things but not others. I'll do my best to break it down:
In normal gameplay, when the game adds heart points for an animal, this mod will intercept the actual value before its added and multiply it by the configured boost amount. So let's say for example you have Rapid Ranching installed and an animal is getting the +50 hearts at the end of the day due to you having one of the animal toys. And let's also assume in this example you have the boost value for Animal Friends set to 5. The final heart points added would become 50 * 5 = 250.
When this mod does the auto pet and auto feed actions, it boosts the default game value for those activities (which is 5) when adding heart points. So with the default boost value of 5, the animals would get 25 heart points when auto-pet or auto-fed. Even if Rapid Ranching is installed, and set the pet and feed values to 50, this mod will ignore that. It's something I can look into though!
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A lot of the modding community (including myself, Gareth the creator of MOMI, and Archie the creator of the Aurie Framework) is active on the Unofficial Fields of Mistria Discord server. If all else fails, the modding channel on that server is a great place to go for help!
Common Errors
If you experience the above errors when trying to launch the game after installing the mod, try the following steps in order. Try to run the game after each step to see if it fixed the issue. After performing all of the steps the game should at minimum launch (albeit with no mods). At that point, you can try installing the mod again.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of MistriaWeMod Compatibility
If you run into random crashes while using this mod alongside WeMod please let me know. As of now I am unaware of any compatibility issues, but there may be some.
The configuration file has been moved with mod version 1.2.0.
Example (where <user> is your Windows username):
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\FieldsOfMistria\mod_data\AnimalFriendsLet me know if you're having trouble finding that folder. It's "hidden" by default in Windows despite lots of games and apps using it which is annoying.
1. [AnimalFriends 1.1.0] - Failed to find the "<folder>" directory.
1a. This means the mod simply couldn't find the folder mentioned. If you see this, it most likely can't find your AppData folder for some reason.
2. [AnimalFriends 1.1.0] - An error occurred loading the mod configuration file.
2a. Generic output if any unexpected error occurs. There should be another error line with more info.
3. [AnimalFriends 1.1.0] - Error: <error>
3a. The more detailed output that gets paired with the error message in #2.
If you see any of those, can you paste them here for me? Also, any messages in yellow from the mod could be helpful too (they're not errors but can still indicate something is going wrong).
I can make a test version of the mod that creates the mod_data in the same directory where the game itself is and see if that fixes it for you.
Please remove the current Animal Friends mod folder inside your "Fields Of Mistria/mods" directory, then uninstall the mod in MOMI. You don't want both versions of the mod installed at the same time. Afterwards, install the new test version and see if it creates the "mod_data" folder where Fields of Mistria is. Example YYTK console output below with it creating it in my game folder:
[AnimalFriends 1.1.1-TEST] - The "mod_data" directory was not found. Creating directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria\mod_data
[AnimalFriends 1.1.1-TEST] - The "AnimalFriends" directory was not found. Creating directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria\mod_data\AnimalFriends
[AnimalFriends 1.1.1-TEST] - The "AnimalFriends.json" file was not found. Creating file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fields of Mistria\mod_data\AnimalFriends\AnimalFriends.json
I followed this as I was having the same issues, the only thing I can't check is the toolkit window. I've pressed every button on my keyboard, looked up and down the various pages for how to open it, etc. Even redownloaded MOMI - how do I open the toolkit window to see if there is an error?
Neither version of the file creates the .json for me. Even tried just making the file myself from the script mentioned on the other pages, but the game didn't care for it, haha.
Press Windows + R and type 'regedit'
follow the path : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
right click on "Windows Defender"
select "New"
select "DWORD (32-bit) Value"
name the value "DisableAntiSpyware" , and set it's value to 1
Restart your computer and redownload the mod
I hope this helped anyone having issues :)! Just make sure to be careful with what you download after this.
That aside, there's been a few reports lately in the unofficial modding discord with people having issues installing mods due to MOMI not "seeing" them (like you described), or the install button is greyed out, etc. The CLI version of MOMI also available on the download page seems to not have those issues. So you could try downloading ModsOfMistriaInstaller-cli.exe and putting it in the Fields of Mistria directory and running it. That version does not have the graphical interface and instead will show a "console window" that will give you a lot of log information. So if anything goes wrong you can share it with me here or the unofficial mod discord and we can try to help troubleshoot.
Edit: Also, just to confirm, you are using Windows correct?
Just wanna know if I need to get rid of that particular function in the other mod cause i wanna get the auto feed/pet function :D
Longer Answer: It does for some things but not others. I'll do my best to break it down: