Frosty mod manager fix

[Frodosynthesis]

Hey guys if you are modding DAI and notice the mods aren't loading, open Frostys mod manager go to tools -> options-> and change the launch platform to ea. All mods loaded for me. happy gaming.

[Moo]

Thank you so much for this!!!! I've been trying to fix this all morning!

[☽⊹ ℜ𝔞𝔦𝔫 ⊹☾]

I'll try this, thank you.

[The Slow Arrow]

OMG Thank you

[em190mckay]

You are the absolute best. Thank you. It worked

[Cictani]

Thank you. Now the mods work ;) (also had an old version of the mod manager...)

[Whitey]

This isn't working for me. Using EAdesktop actually launches the game, but the mods don't apply.

[barzai]

Originally posted by Whitey:

This isn't working for me. Using EAdesktop actually launches the game, but the mods don't apply.

You have to launch the game using Frosty. That's the only way the mods get added. Unlike, e.g. ME3Tweaks, Frosty mods the game each and every time, and then reverts it when it closes. I assume this is part of why certain DAIMM mods can't be launched under Frosty.

I found myself cornered into replacing Origin with EA App a week or so ago, and I made the switch in the Frosty settings. Now what (generally) happens is, (1) I launch from Frosty, (2) the EA App appears, (3) and then (usually) Steam loads and launches the game.

However sometimes the process will stop at the Steam load. I discovered that if I then click on "Play" in the Steam app, everything launches as usual, mods included.

However however, there's one really weird thing about all this: can't decide if it's good or bad. When I close the game and return to the desktop, Frosty is still stuck on "Waiting for game to load" and I have to close it using the Task Manager.

The upside, however, is that if I leave it in that state, I can then launch DAI from the Steam app and it launches fine, with all mods! Go figure...

[Whitey]

Originally posted by barzai:

Originally posted by Whitey:

This isn't working for me. Using EAdesktop actually launches the game, but the mods don't apply.

You have to launch the game using Frosty. That's the only way the mods get added. Unlike, e.g. ME3Tweaks, Frosty mods the game each and every time, and then reverts it when it closes. I assume this is part of why certain DAIMM mods can't be launched under Frosty.

I found myself cornered into replacing Origin with EA App a week or so ago, and I made the switch in the Frosty settings. Now what (generally) happens is, (1) I launch from Frosty, (2) the EA App appears, (3) and then (usually) Steam loads and launches the game.

However sometimes the process will stop at the Steam load. I discovered that if I then click on "Play" in the Steam app, everything launches as usual, mods included.

However however, there's one really weird thing about all this: can't decide if it's good or bad. When I close the game and return to the desktop, Frosty is still stuck on "Waiting for game to load" and I have to close it using the Task Manager.

The upside, however, is that if I leave it in that state, I can then launch DAI from the Steam app and it launches fine, with all mods! Go figure...

I do launch from the FrostyMM. To be clear, I never had a problem playing with mods in this game before using FMM. This seems to only started happening with the EA app. Now, I'm not one of those super EA haters that hate on everything they do. I've actually never had a problem with their system. Always able to play the games I have on Steam. Never had a DLC issue.

What happens is inconsistent actually. Sometimes it'll launch the game without loading the mods. However, now it seems it'll either launch the game through EA but locks up on boot-up. Or, when it does launch through Steam, it gets stuck on the same loading screen with the "Steam overlay available" notification stuck on the bottom right of the screen. No matter what I've tried so far, change launch options, download the datafix plugin thing (while disabling launch options), making sure both apps are close before launching, manually launching through EA if Frosty doesn't launch correctly, do the same thing with Steam. I've tried all these combinations of things. So about 90% of the time so far it just gets stuck loading into the game. In all cases, FMM is stuck saying "waiting for platform to launch" or whatever it says.

[barzai]

Good copy on all, @Whitey. And "inconsistent" would also be a good way of characterizing my experience as well.

In my case I have the launch options in--I tried the datafix plugin and it completely hosed my setup--with the launch platform set to EA App.

When I launch from Frosty, sometimes it just goes of itself: first the EA App will launch, then Steam, then the EA App will appear again for about a second and the game launches.

But sometimes it just seems to get "stuck" in some sort of fugue state where the splash window says "Waiting for game to launch..." Then either Steam itself doesn't launch, or if it does, then the game itself doesn't launch. In those cases I've found that manually launching Steam (if necessary) and then manually launching the game from Steam by clicking the "Play" button does the trick.

To be clear, I am NOT launching the game from the EA App. I tried that and had the same experience as you--it just launched in "vanilla" state via Steam. I had to manually open Steam and manually launch the game from Steam AFTER Frosty launched the EA App.

And as I mentioned, Frosty seems to be trapped in this state even after you launch the game manually, and even after you exit the game and the launcher.

I usually just leave it open in that state since once it's gotten to that point, I can launch the game from Steam as often as I like and it launches nice as you please with all my mods installed. At some point if I decide I'm done playing for a while I then have to kill Frosty using the Task Manager.

BTW the version of Frosty I'm using says it's 1.0.6.1, and it's clearly a major update since the splash screen when you first set up a game is different and more game-specific than the generic one they had previously. And when you specify a game and give it the path, it spends several minutes (apparently, I'm not a programmer) loading various game-specific resources, but that's a one-time thing. Also, it does not appear to install and deinstall mods each and every time.

I have no idea if any of this will be of use, but it's what I've got.

[Whitey]

Originally posted by barzai:

Good copy on all, @Whitey. And "inconsistent" would also be a good way of characterizing my experience as well.

In my case I have the launch options in--I tried the datafix plugin and it completely hosed my setup--with the launch platform set to EA App.

When I launch from Frosty, sometimes it just goes of itself: first the EA App will launch, then Steam, then the EA App will appear again for about a second and the game launches.

But sometimes it just seems to get "stuck" in some sort of fugue state where the splash window says "Waiting for game to launch..." Then either Steam itself doesn't launch, or if it does, then the game itself doesn't launch. In those cases I've found that manually launching Steam (if necessary) and then manually launching the game from Steam by clicking the "Play" button does the trick.

And as I mentioned, Frosty seems to be trapped in this state even after you launch the game manually, and even after you exit the game and the launcher.

I usually just leave it open in that state since once it's gotten to that point, I can launch the game from Steam as often as I like and it launches nice as you please with all my mods installed. At some point if I decide I'm done playing for a while I then have to kill Frosty using the Task Manager.

BTW the version of Frosty I'm using says it's 1.0.6.1, and it's clearly a major update since the splash screen when you first set up a game is different and more game-specific than the generic one they had previously. And when you specify a game and give it the path, it spends several minutes (apparently, I'm not a programmer) loading various game-specific resources, but that's a one-time thing. Also, it does not appear to install and deinstall mods each and every time.

I have no idea if any of this will be of use, but it's what I've got.

Yeah, every thing you've said I've seen (aside from my mods loading). haha. It's....frustrating since I've never had an issue. I'm going to try the datapathfix again. There were two options (I guess?) so I'm going to try both.

[Whitey]

Originally posted by Whitey:

Originally posted by barzai:

Good copy on all, @Whitey. And "inconsistent" would also be a good way of characterizing my experience as well.

In my case I have the launch options in--I tried the datafix plugin and it completely hosed my setup--with the launch platform set to EA App.

When I launch from Frosty, sometimes it just goes of itself: first the EA App will launch, then Steam, then the EA App will appear again for about a second and the game launches.

But sometimes it just seems to get "stuck" in some sort of fugue state where the splash window says "Waiting for game to launch..." Then either Steam itself doesn't launch, or if it does, then the game itself doesn't launch. In those cases I've found that manually launching Steam (if necessary) and then manually launching the game from Steam by clicking the "Play" button does the trick.

And as I mentioned, Frosty seems to be trapped in this state even after you launch the game manually, and even after you exit the game and the launcher.

I usually just leave it open in that state since once it's gotten to that point, I can launch the game from Steam as often as I like and it launches nice as you please with all my mods installed. At some point if I decide I'm done playing for a while I then have to kill Frosty using the Task Manager.

BTW the version of Frosty I'm using says it's 1.0.6.1, and it's clearly a major update since the splash screen when you first set up a game is different and more game-specific than the generic one they had previously. And when you specify a game and give it the path, it spends several minutes (apparently, I'm not a programmer) loading various game-specific resources, but that's a one-time thing. Also, it does not appear to install and deinstall mods each and every time.

I have no idea if any of this will be of use, but it's what I've got.

Yeah, every thing you've said I've seen (aside from my mods loading). haha. It's....frustrating since I've never had an issue. I'm going to try the datapathfix again. There were two options (I guess?) so I'm going to try both.

Ah, my hubris got in the way. It was actually just a mod that was hindering my game from loading. Still using the datapathfix though. And when I quit the game the MM isn't stuck.

[barzai]

Originally posted by Whitey:

Ah, my hubris got in the way. It was actually just a mod that was hindering my game from loading. Still using the datapathfix though. And when I quit the game the MM isn't stuck.

Good to hear! :-)

[Whitey]

Originally posted by barzai:

Originally posted by Whitey:

Ah, my hubris got in the way. It was actually just a mod that was hindering my game from loading. Still using the datapathfix though. And when I quit the game the MM isn't stuck.

Good to hear! :-)

Thanks for the encouragement! I think someone just being there helped motivate me to figure something out. lol.

[Niqos]

Spent freaking 4 hours trying to fix this. Thank you so much

[NinjaFlibble]

This works if you had it on Origin, not just the steam version. Thank you very much. Saved me hours of frustration.