[REL] Grim UI

[JMD]

A very minor update to the Dawn of Masteries Mod UI Support. I changed the CATACLYSM logo on the class selection window.

[tippytam]

Need help here.

I installed X-Mod but it doesn’t work at my end. My stash is still the same. It didn’t expand. What am I missing?

[JMD]

Did you install it in “Grim Dawn\mods” and then start a custom game?

[tippytam]

Yes. I followed your instructions. Wait, so I need to play on a Custom Game for it to work?

[JMD]

Wait, so I need to play on a Custom Game for it to work?

Yes, that’s the only way mods work, unless you merge them with the main game.

[tippytam]

Thank you for the quick reply. I thought I messed it up.
It’s been a long time since I played with mods and that’s the reason why I forgot to start on a custom game.

Thank you for blessing us with this awesome mod!

[JMD]

No problem at all and thank you very much! I hope you enjoy the mod!!

[powbam]

Thank you for the quick reply. I thought I messed it up.
It’s been a long time since I played with mods and that’s the reason why I forgot to start on a custom game.

Thank you for blessing us with this awesome mod!

Keep in mind that the “Mods” download is what requires Custom Game. It’s still essentially the same as the Main Campaign - just themed.

If you don’t want to do Custom Game and still want Main Campaigned themed you would instead download the entries under “Themes”…

…these get extracted to a different location than the “mods” folder.

[tippytam]

Okay, since I don’t want to start a new toon, is it possible to copy my toon from the main game to a custom game?

[powbam]

Okay, since I don’t want to start a new toon, is it possible to copy my toon from the main game to a custom game?

It is possible BUT you need to flag the character as a “mod” character FIRST otherwise there will be issues and inconsistencies that will certainly occur as a result. The only way to do that is with the GD Stash program.

I have a recent post at this location that details exactly how to do this:

[MOD]New Caravan & Inventory (Extreme Edition) Apply to GD v1.1.6.2 (GDX2)

gdx1 is the aom files for the game. gdx2 is the fg files for the game. You do nothing with these folders. Your only concern should be unzipping the contents of the download directly into the mods folder in GD’s installation directory. From there you create a custom game and a new character. To MOVE characters PROPERLY from Main Campaign to a Custom Game you need to edit the save files WITH GDStash. If you don’t do this you will indeed beginning noticing issues and inconsistencies occurring …

[tippytam]

Weird. My toon doesn’t show up on custom game. Do we have the option to clone?

[powbam]

Weird. My toon doesn’t show up on custom game. Do we have the option to clone?

Did you read my above link? You need to move the save folder to the appropriate location after you flag it.

[tippytam]

Okay, so I was able to copy my toon but now my issue is how to copy its progress?
I only copied “player.gdc”. What else am I missing?

[powbam]

I only copied “player.gdc”. What else am I missing?

The entire folder bearing your characters name needs to be moved… not just the single gdc file.

[mamba]

Everything else… copy the whole dir

[tippytam]

Thank you so much @powbam & @mamba!

[Toprem]

Use a tool like WinMerge to compare the different files (GrimUI vs Grimarillion and both against vanilla for the files that overlap to figure out what each changed, so you can combine those changes).

The dbr files are simply text files, so any text editor will do

The overlap for you (i.e. when using the blacksmith only) is a single file, and in that file you have to take one line over from GrimUI (in theory you could also leave the Grimarillion file completely unchanged, it would do no harm)

Do I need to extract the .arc files of either of these mods, or can I just drop Grim UI’s .arc file into the resource folder of Grimarillion?

[mamba]

You can just drop it in, in that case you also do not need to worry about the assets part, only the database part

[Toprem]

You can just drop it in, in that case you also do not need to worry about the assets part, only the database part

Well, it seems I got it to maybe working. The Blacksmith UI changed to this one, however when I loaded my save up, all of the Grimarillion items (like ones based on TQ and D3) all disappeared from my inventory and stash… well, that sucks. At least the class I was playing was a vanilla combo, so I only lost two items I was wearing.

edit: Also the loading screens go back to vanilla ones.

[JMD]

Out of curiosity, did you change the name of the mod that you made from Grimarillion to something else, or perhaps a typo? I know that will affect the transfer and transmute files for sure, as in they will be new (empty).