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by **lordpyridine** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 14:19

Before I say anything, yes, I did read all I could find on how to name mods. I downloaded Mesecons and put it in the mod folder. It's a modpack, so shouldn't it need no renaming? apparently not, as I still get error messages saying it failed to load and run "(x86)minetest-0.4.9bin..modsmeseconsinit.lua" and I can't see any misnames in any subfolders. Please help, this happened with several other mods and I'm hopeless on figuring it out myself. Also, I can't get texture packs to work.

by **Krock** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 14:25

I extracted the mods out of modpacks everytime, so they worked for me.
Try to cut & paste all folders of "\\minetest\mods\mesecons\" to "\minetest\mods\".
Activate them sererately. Does it work?

by **lordpyridine** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 14:33

Yes and no. It load the mods just fine, but now Minetest crashes halfway through loading textures.

by **Topywo** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 18:13

Copy all the ERROR-lines out of the debug.txt file and paste them here. They might give some insight in what the problem(s) is(are).

by **lordpyridine** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 16:34

09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_blinkyplant" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_button" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_receiver"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_delayer" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_detector" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_materials"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_extrawires" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_gates" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_delayer" "mesecons_materials" "mesecons_microcontroller" "mesecons_torch"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_hydroturbine" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_insulated" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_lamp" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_lightstone" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_luacontroller" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_materials" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_microcontroller" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_movestones" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_materials" "mesecons_mvps"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_mvps" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_noteblock" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_pistons" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_mvps"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_powerplant" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_pressureplates" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_random" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_receiver" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_solarpanel" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_materials"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_switch" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_torch" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_walllever" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_receiver"

do these mean I still haven't named them right? I never changed the names if the subfolders when I pasted.

by **Krock** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 16:46

lordpyridine wrote:9:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_blinkyplant" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"

...

do these mean I still haven't named them right? I never changed the names if the subfolders when I pasted.

You must enable the "mesecons" mod too.
The error sais like: "Help! I can't find 'mesecons' mod or it's not enabled. Please enable it to use me!"

by **Morn76** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 16:48

lordpyridine wrote:do these mean I still haven't named them right? I never changed the names if the subfolders when I pasted.

"minetest-mod-mesecons" should work as the modpack folder name. And then there should be a "mesecons" folder among others in that modpack.

Maybe this is a good opportunity to pimp my GitHub mod downloader: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=8749

It should normally work a little better than ZIP files, or at least I hope it does: Just click "Browse mods", select mesecons, click "Select", then "Add mod" in the main window. Don't forget to set your mod folder location first though.

by **lordpyridine** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 22:20

I enabled everything, and one folder is just titled "mesecons". I tried the mod downloader from the program, and it also failed to install the mod, saying "ERROR: C:UsersDillioDesktopminetest-0.4.9builtinmodstore.lua: attempt to index field 'moddetail' (a nil value)". I tried this with the MOBframework mod, as the mesecons mod is currently without a download button. How do i set the mod folder location? Is it in the files, hiding as code? I'm scared of code...

by **lordpyridine** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 15:54

deleted minetest, ran Ccleaner, reinstalled minetest and mods, followed instructions, and it worked. passive-aggressive problem solved.

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