[SOLVED] Mod : "content file does not exist"

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troglodyte
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[SOLVED] Mod : "content file does not exist"

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Hello everybody,

Now I'm modding my OpenMW mac install, which basically means I must put every file from the archives in the right place by hand.

But there's a few mods I like that can't run because the "content file does not exist". Mostly Necessities of Morrowind, and yet it is the 2.1 version because that's all we have in french. What can I do to make it work? The content file is not missing!

See what says the terminal :
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I didn't find the OpenMW.cfg as described here that we're supposed to modificate, but as I can read here I don't need to since I install my mods the old way and the .esp is on the launcher list. It still crashes.
I run on OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 and the OpenMW version is the 0.42.

Thanks
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jmelesky
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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Failed loading Les nécessités de Morrowind v21.omwaddon
Is the file named "Les nécessités de Morrowind v21.omwaddon", or "Les nécessités de Morrowind v21.esp" ?
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troglodyte
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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I tried both, the original esp and a save from OpenMW-CS of this exact same esp. The result is the same.

Thanks for your answer by the way.
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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troglodyte wrote: 19 Aug 2017, 02:36 I didn't find the OpenMW.cfg as described here that we're supposed to modificate
Your "openmw.cfg" is located at "/Users/michel/Library/Preferences/openmw/openmw.cfg", can you post it?
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troglodyte
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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I don't have a "Library" file in "michel". :(

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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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The user library doesnt get shown in finder per default. You have to enable it, press CMD + J, you will get menu where you have to look for a box with a text like "Show Libary Folder", tick the box and you should be able to see the Library directory.
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troglodyte
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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THANK YOU !

I'll try to manually add the mods that don't work in the list even if they show up in the launcher and I'll come back to you if it doesn't work.

Edit: So that doesn't work. Here's what the openmw.cfg is showing right now.
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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That openmw.cfg looks OK to me.
The only other possible problem that I can think of is that OpenMW has problem with correctly encoding the "é" in the mod name. But that's something OpenMW should not have any problems with. Maybe try to rename the mod to not have any non-english characters.

You could also test this mod with just base game and clean openmw.cfg(remove and then recreate with wizard). Its possible that the problem is not with the mod itself, but with something else.
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troglodyte
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Re: Mod : "content file does not exist"

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AND THAT WORKED
(It was the specific french "é" and such.)



(And I still motivated french translators to translate NoM 3 so everything is a-okay.)
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Re: [SOLVED] Mod : "content file does not exist"

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I reckon it's supposed to work with é and similar characters, so you may want to create a bug report, and I'll try and take a look ASAP.
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