How to install mods?

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

hey! i was trying ti install mods for payday 2 but i have no idea how to.i installed in mod, gave it a test run but noting worked. any ideas?

[Sad_soggy_sausage]

F5

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

f5? why wloud i f5?

[ZNix]

Have you installed BLT or SuperBLT? If you've installed BLT, does a mod updates panel appear directly above your character information box in the lower left corner of the screen? If not, you'll need the WSOCK32 version of SuperBLT.

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

i got it fixed. but what is super BLT?

[ZNix]

Originally posted by Dreksov EagleOwl:

i got it fixed. but what is super BLT?

A forked version of BLT that I've written incorporating new features requested by various mod authors, enabling stuff like using BigLobby or BeardLib editor without the Bundle tool, and adding custom voice lines - a major part of the Crackdown overhaul mod. It's also compatible with Virtual Reality (vanilla BLT isn't) and is available as a WSOCK32.dll instead of IPHLPAPI.dll - fixing an issue a lot of people have had where BLT doesn't work on newer versions of Windows (though only on some computers for whatever reason).

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

so do i need to downlaod super BLT as well? becuase i put the mods in both the mods_overide and the mods folder. seems some of the adds dont work. guessing i need to install super BLT for that?

[ZNix]

Originally posted by Dreksov EagleOwl:

so do i need to downlaod super BLT as well? becuase i put the mods in both the mods_overide and the mods folder. seems some of the adds dont work. guessing i need to install super BLT for that?

No, you only need SuperBLT if a) regular BLT doesn't work, or b) you're using a mod that uses some of SuperBLT's features, or c) you're using Virtual Reality. There's no harm in using it, though.

Some mods should be put inside mod_overrides, and others should be put inside mods. Open a mod up and see if it has a file called 'mod.txt' - if so, you need to put it in your 'mods' folder. If it doesn't have 'mod.txt', put it in mod_overrides. If it contains'add.xml' then you also need BeardLib installed.

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

There a link to the super BLT mods? and shloud i remove the BLT mod to replace the super BLT one?

[ZNix]

Originally posted by Dreksov EagleOwl:

There a link to the super BLT mods? and shloud i remove the BLT mod to replace the super BLT one?

SuperBLT mods have 'mod.txt' and are placed in the mods folder, but also sometimes have a file called 'supermod.xml' in them.

If you're going to install SuperBLT, you'll have to remove regular BLT by deleting IPHLPAPI.dll and the 'base' folder inside your 'mods' folder. If you don't, SuperBLT will tell you what to do to solve it when you start the game.

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

Oh ok, so if i delte that then all my mods i installed wloud be gone? or jsut have them replaced?

[ZNix]

Originally posted by Dreksov EagleOwl:

Oh ok, so if i delte that then all my mods i installed wloud be gone? or jsut have them replaced?

When you install SuperBLT it replaces the deleted base folder with it's own one.

And don't delete any of your mods or your 'mods' folder, to be clear.

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

ohh i see, so super BLT is pretty much a bigger better version of the normal BLT mod, makes sence. also can you add more then one hud is one hud is the max limted?

[ZNix]

Originally posted by Dreksov EagleOwl:

ohh i see, so super BLT is pretty much a bigger better version of the normal BLT mod, makes sence. also can you add more then one hud is one hud is the max limted?

Correct about SuperBLT.

HUDs are generally incompatible, however whether you can run two at once depends on the HUDs. Some combinations will crash, some will probably work together but possibly look odd (eg when using HUDList with another HUD), and a few combinations will probably work fine and look decent (MUI and HUDList probably fall into this category, though I haven't tried it).

[Dreksov EagleOwl]

MUI? like say something to do with the hearth bar or something like that? just little detail?

[ZNix]

Originally posted by Dreksov EagleOwl:

MUI? like say something to do with the hearth bar or something like that? just little detail?

MUI is (IIRC) a mod that lets you customize the HUD (though I may be confusing it with something else).

Anyway, if you want to know if two mods work together just try them.