Portrait Mod in Mac Version?

[tiffylenia]

I installed the portrait mod but when i start the game i can't load my save file. It works if i use the old portraits. Is modding just not supported by mac or do i need to convert the new portrait xnb files to a mac xnb file? Because the icon for the new portrait xnb files is just a white paper and the old portrait xnb file icon is a black screen so i think they are different files somehow?

[Decretum]

bump because I really want an answer to this question

[brian_va]

from what I've seen you need to use a modding api file to get mods to work or activate. for mac there is one you can use but it requires using WINE (basically a compatibilty layer, somewhat like an emulator) to run the game, so currently no native modding for mac or linux. i could spend time finding you the link, but if you can figure out how to install and use the game in wine, you can figure out how to find the file you need.
hopefully that will change in the future, but as of last night when I looked into it for linux, that was the current situation. of course, if anyone has better info, feel free to correct me.

[tiffylenia]

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from what I've seen you need to use a modding api file to get mods to work or activate. for mac there is one you can use but it requires using WINE (basically a compatibilty layer, somewhat like an emulator) to run the game, so currently no native modding for mac or linux. i could spend time finding you the link, but if you can figure out how to install and use the game in wine, you can figure out how to find the file you need.
hopefully that will change in the future, but as of last night when I looked into it for linux, that was the current situation. of course, if anyone has better info, feel free to correct me.

Thanks! I already heard of something like that but yeah I only found one for the wine mac version. It's okay though I'm still waiting for the 1.1 version before I really start playing the game because I want to date shane lol. So I'm just hoping the mac modding file is out by then :) Thanks again though, now I know what to look for!

[brian_va]

It's only been a couple days since the mac client was released, so just give it some time

[MysticTempest]

@tiffanytardis
Could you link the portrait mod you're trying to use?

I'm on Linux, and I'm able to use XNB file mods just fine. Since OSX, & Linux are somewhat similar I figured I'd test out the mod. Theoretically it should work on Macs too.

[Ryu Fireheart]

I dont have a mac but... I will tell you what happens in windows.

If you did a copy of your save file and it has the same ID (folder and files) it makes the file being unable to load.
So be sure to change the ID of the files if you did a copy ;p

[tiffylenia]

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@tiffanytardis
Could you link the portrait mod you're trying to use?

I'm on Linux, and I'm able to use XNB file mods just fine. Since OSX, & Linux are somewhat similar I figured I'd test out the mod. Theoretically it should work on Macs too.

I used this one for the marriage candidates:

http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/mod-portraits-like-anime-style.107707/

And this one for all the other villagers:
http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/anime-villagers-30-30-portraits-done.110415/page-2

[Ilucie]

That aren't "mods" at all. You just need to replace the CORRECT files in the content folder. No Smapi needed. "Real" mods are stuff like cheats. Portraits/Skins/Whatever is just cosmetic stuff.

[MysticTempest]

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@tiffanytardis
Could you link the portrait mod you're trying to use?

I'm on Linux, and I'm able to use XNB file mods just fine. Since OSX, & Linux are somewhat similar I figured I'd test out the mod. Theoretically it should work on Macs too.

I used this one for the marriage candidates:

http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/mod-portraits-like-anime-style.107707/

And this one for all the other villagers:
http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/anime-villagers-30-30-portraits-done.110415/page-2

Thanks for the update tiffanytardis! So, I can confirm they appear to work on my end. Which means they should work on Mac; theoretically.
But, I did get a crash while attempting to load my save file the first time I tried installing the mods.

By any chance did you delete everything in the 'Portraits' folder before installing the mods?
That's what I did. Cleared everything out, and copied all the XNBs to the 'Portraits' folder, & then got the crash.

After some digging I noticed that the mods are missing 2 portraits: Krobus.xnb & Dobson.xnb
Seems that'll crash the game when trying to load up a save file.

Still not sure why the icons are different for you. But, can you verify that Krobus & Dobson are still in the Portraits folder when you install the mod?

[tiffylenia]

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I used this one for the marriage candidates:

http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/mod-portraits-like-anime-style.107707/

And this one for all the other villagers:
http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/anime-villagers-30-30-portraits-done.110415/page-2

Thanks for the update tiffanytardis! So, I can confirm they appear to work on my end. Which means they should work on Mac; theoretically.
But, I did get a crash while attempting to load my save file the first time I tried installing the mods.

By any chance did you delete everything in the 'Portraits' folder before installing the mods?
That's what I did. Cleared everything out, and copied all the XNBs to the 'Portraits' folder, & then got the crash.

After some digging I noticed that the mods are missing 2 portraits: Krobus.xnb & Dobson.xnb
Seems that'll crash the game when trying to load up a save file.

Still not sure why the icons are different for you. But, can you verify that Krobus & Dobson are still in the Portraits folder when you install the mod?

Yeah I noticed that too so I didn't delete them and just replaced the other portraits. It's still not loading my save file though :/

[Ilucie]

Try to repaid the game via steam and replace the portraits manually. And never delete everything in the folder what the hell? xD Just replace the files.

[MysticTempest]

@tiffanytardis: Hrm, than I'm not too sure. Sorry, that was the only way I could reproduce your error. Maybe someone with a Mac can test?
Or, if you want send to us a screenshot of the mod folder, & your original Portraits folder so others can see the icon differences you're talking about.