No problem all off mine bat script-based mods ware designed to be accidentally (or not) used multiple times in any order you want one time is okey, additional usage will not increase performance, it will also not break anything (mesh will be found, version will be seen and not changed if its up to date)
I have no idea what kind of program this is, but it’s pure magic!
I modded Kenshi quite heavily, which made loading times painfully long, though my PC managed to handle it — barely.
But things went south when I needed to import my saves. The game just refused to cooperate, crashing to the desktop with error messages every time.
This program fixed everything. I don’t know how or why, but it’s an absolute lifesaver. Author, you’re a wizard. Wishing you all the health and happiness in the world!
Hello, I’m using your PSO and performance mod, and it worked well with the GOG version. However, I encountered an error with the following message for this mod: Could not find the Kenshi executable. Please ensure the Updater is placed inside the Kenshi installation directory.
Could you advise on how to resolve this? Thank you!
Nvm, I created a subfolder inside the kenshi folder and ran the .bat there and it works perfectly
Hey Scar fellow modder here, been trying to track down a source of a crash for a while. It seems my game crashes whenever it loads either position.mesh or rotate.mesh.
you can try restore original files and redo the mod or try without redoing the mod to see if situation will repeat if you suspect this mod for me it does not crash, however that does not sound like solution to your problem xD
ty as always! One thing I realized, I had a long run save with tons of mods I gave up a while ago due to constant crashing. But when I use your mesh updater on both vanilla and steam files, it stops crashing! Stops crashing for the next 10 reloads or so, then it starts crashing again, use your updater, it stops again for a while...on loop basically. Would you know what might be happening? But I can finally play with my old save thx to this!
i think steam updates your mods with the broken versions never tested or adapted by mod authors? im not sure why you agree to it all you need to do is to be ultra selective with your modlist and use the mods in /mods folder for new things bcs that way you can at least fix them permanently and control what is inside with FCS and update when you want to
This mod can't deinstall your steam and teach you to run kenshi from exe to prevent it from updating your mods.... i believe i can't be blamed for it tho xD i didn't had updating mods issue on steam with it, but i used mostly my own mods and they ware mesh updated before upload
i hate turning mod users into beta testers so i always do best i can to make s#*! as good as i can/know how
So: your updater fixes something that is broken in the steam mods to begin with. But steam downloads the broken part again in the background, since I start playing by clicking play on steam menu >causing steam to download the broken part again which your updater fixed initially. this is what I had on loop.
to prevent this I have to use your updater which fixes whatever is broken and after that, use only the exe to start the game outside of steam, so steam stops verifying its modlist and doesn't replace the fixed part again with the broken one. Am I getting that right?^^;;
ok thx... I guess I do that for my next play through to have a more stable and controllable environment, since right now on my mod heavy play through I have like 100+ mods active. . But as I said I can play the save now thx to your mod, so all I have to do is reapply your updater every few days or so when it starts crashing again^^
After installing this mod I can't launch my save. In Kenshi.log, the final error is always the same - 17:44:13: OGRE EXCEPTION(2:InvalidParametersException): Couldn't read 16 bit header value from input stream. (unit_sphere.mesh) in Serializer::determineEndianness at ..\..\OgreMain\src\OgreSerializer.cpp (line 76)
maybe the sphere mesh was damaged? also unit sphrere is vanilla mesh and it works for me
imo best solution i see: Validate File integrity and let it restore sphere Run the engine mesh updater again play the game
Eventually use PerformanceFix instead, you still need to verify files beforehand but it does have slowdown script in place to prevent this type of damage (to some extend, i can't stop users from using pc or running things in background)
May I inquire if this updater could be a reason for steam to deload other affected mods or deloading is an ordinary issue there and it was a coincidence?
I don't want to manually relocate and rename hundreds of mods ever again... I made a backup of the whole mod folder, but unpacking around 25gb every launch may be a bit inconvenient.
So you need to place entire folder on top of kenshi.exe New Version is all about clean folder management so you will have all resources for mesh updater in 1 folder instead of weirdly spread around kenshi.exe
Man I love you so much. I downloaded your mods and installed pretty easily thanks to you and now my game runs soo much better. Thank you for your work. Really.
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Thanks Scar!
On a more serious note...
This mod combined with his PSO mod (particle system) reduced load times and made changing areas much smoother. Less lag from particles as well.
Highly recommend both.
all off mine bat script-based mods ware designed to be accidentally (or not) used multiple times in any order you want
one time is okey, additional usage will not increase performance, it will also not break anything (mesh will be found, version will be seen and not changed if its up to date)
I modded Kenshi quite heavily, which made loading times painfully long, though my PC managed to handle it — barely.
But things went south when I needed to import my saves. The game just refused to cooperate, crashing to the desktop with error messages every time.
This program fixed everything. I don’t know how or why, but it’s an absolute lifesaver.
Author, you’re a wizard. Wishing you all the health and happiness in the world!
Could not find the Kenshi executable. Please ensure the Updater is placed inside the Kenshi installation directory.
Could you advise on how to resolve this? Thank you!
Nvm, I created a subfolder inside the kenshi folder and ran the .bat there and it works perfectly
to keep it clean and easy to manage for people
14:53:50: Mesh: Loading position.mesh.
14:53:50: Mesh: Loading rotate.mesh.
checked my entire mod folder and I have no other mod which touches these.
or try without redoing the mod to see if situation will repeat if you suspect this mod
for me it does not crash, however that does not sound like solution to your problem xD
im not sure why you agree to it
all you need to do is to be ultra selective with your modlist and use the mods in /mods folder for new things bcs that way you can at least fix them permanently and control what is inside with FCS and update when you want to
This mod can't deinstall your steam and teach you to run kenshi from exe to prevent it from updating your mods....
i believe i can't be blamed for it tho xD
i didn't had updating mods issue on steam with it, but i used mostly my own mods and they ware mesh updated before upload
your updater fixes something that is broken in the steam mods to begin with.
But steam downloads the broken part again in the background, since I start playing by clicking play on steam menu
>causing steam to download the broken part again which your updater fixed initially.
this is what I had on loop.
to prevent this I have to use your updater which fixes whatever is broken
and after that, use only the exe to start the game outside of steam, so steam stops verifying its modlist and doesn't replace the fixed part again with the broken one.
Am I getting that right?^^;;
you see if you start the game from the Exe
- your mods from steam will not load at all
there is a way to make them load:
- you have to download the mod
- find it in steam/workshop/content/238868?/mod id
- move it to kenshi/mods
- rename it to make folder name match the mod name
- check if its displayed in kenshi.exe launcher
- REPEAT until all your mods are there xD
its a solution, but quite hard onehttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3084031923
i made this guide not so long ago that describe just that
also unit sphrere is vanilla mesh and it works for me
imo best solution i see:
Validate File integrity and let it restore sphere
Run the engine mesh updater again
play the game
Eventually use PerformanceFix instead, you still need to verify files beforehand
but it does have slowdown script in place to prevent this type of damage (to some extend, i can't stop users from using pc or running things in background)
May I inquire if this updater could be a reason for steam to deload other affected mods or deloading is an ordinary issue there and it was a coincidence?
I don't want to manually relocate and rename hundreds of mods ever again...
I made a backup of the whole mod folder, but unpacking around 25gb every launch may be a bit inconvenient.
also why you need 25gb of mods for???
most of people i knew who tested the mod don't cross 1GB
It says its not finding the Kenshi.exe
"Could not find the kenshi executable, make sure to place Updater inside Kenshi location
something fucked"
So you need to place entire folder on top of kenshi.exe
New Version is all about clean folder management
so you will have all resources for mesh updater in 1 folder instead of weirdly spread around kenshi.exe
Ran the program form the folder within Kenshi :-)