Fate/installation

Prerequisites

To use FPX, the following must be met in some capacity:

• FATE must be installed
  • All four games (OG, UR*, CK*, TS*) are supported.
  • The following game platforms are supported
    • Original disc
    • WildTangent Game Store
    • Steam
    • Good Old Games
  • The following game platforms are NOT supported
    • Windows Store (unknown)
• You need to know WHERE the game is installed

Instability with UR, CK, and TS

The sequel games are rather touchy about the game state being changed mid-playthrough. If you change your mods and start getting CTDs while loading a save, you might need to just create a new save. For some reason, even restoring the game's files to a known good state will NOT let you load these saves!!! I don't know why. I've spent nearly a year investigating this issue, and I have to throw in the towel. I give up! Just don't edit your mods mid-playthrough, or start a new save when you do.

I have NEVER run into this with the OG game, which has more mod compatibility anyways.

Installing for direct usage (one-click deployment method)

To use fpx standalone (recommended), a batch file is provided for easy deployment with expected settings.

1. Download and extract FPX Core.
2. Copy the application (fpxcmd.exe) and one-click batch file (fpxrun.bat) into your game's root directory.
3. Run the batch file, and wait for FPX to finish making a backup of your game
4. Place your FPX mods into the new /mods directory (create it if it isn't there)
   • Download and extract each mod
   • Place each mod within the /mods directory, so that every “patch.json” has its own folder but is only one folder deep, not two.
5. Run the batch file to deploy your mods

After this, your mods should be integrated into the game. If you need to add new mods or remove existing ones, do so, then run the batch file again to update.

You can keep FPX seperate from your game directory! You will have to manually edit the config.ini file after running FPX for the first time to point to your game's directory. If you are modding UR, CK, or TS, this is recommended.

Installing for use with the NexusMods Vortex Mod Manager

A basic vortex extension is provided for users of Vortex Mod Manager from NexusMods. This allows you to use vortex to download your mods and extract them to the mod folder.

1. Download and extract FPX Core.
2. Copy the application (fpxcmd_x64.exe) into your game's root directory.
3. Download the FATE extension for Vortex.
4. Download your mods from NexusMods.
5. Deploy your mods in Vortex
6. In the Vortex dashboard (First tab), activate the FPX utility shortcut. Wait for it to complete.

Repeat steps 4-6 when adding, removing, or managing your mods. Make sure Vortex is set to use hard-link deployment; FPX does not support soft-linking at this time.

Installing for use with the FPX Mod Manager

A visual front-end for FPX is in-development, but is not available at this time.

Investigating errors

To investigate errors, open the “errors.log” file that is created in the game directory. This lists all output from FPX; by searching for any [WARNING] and [ERROR] notices, you can look specifically for anything that may require your attention from the last time it ran. If there is no errors.log file, FPX may require administrator privileges to run in the current directory.