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Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:54 pm
by Lone Ranger
Hey guys,

Been a fan since before M2 with MTFL. Reinstalling after a few years AWOL.

I've installed vTFL, Blue vs. Grey and Shadow III to my plugins folder. When I start the program I click New Game and am unable to select plugins.

What is this old timer missing?

Thanks,

Ranger

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:04 pm
by vinylrake
hold the shift pressed down while you click 'new game' you should see all the solo levels.

(also make sure the unzipped plugin files are in the top level of your /plugins folder, not in subfolders.

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:25 pm
by Lone Ranger
I have held shift+new game but the plugins tab is still unavailable. I have made sure that the files inside the extracted folders are at the top level of the plugins folder...

8( Any thoughts? I installed a no-cd exec file from gamecopyworld.com so I can run without the CD, but that is unrelated...

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:41 pm
by Pyro
Delete that EXE file, download the latest version and update. Go to the Tain. The CD is no longer required if you are updated.

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:37 pm
by Myrd
You need to use the plugins button to enable plugins. Once plugins are enabled, the plugins tab will be available.

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:53 pm
by vinylrake
er... right. forgot to mention the most obvious.

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:50 am
by Lone Ranger
Of course it is the most obvious that solves the problem...Thank you all for the help! Like I said, last time I played this game seriously was when Bungie still ran the servers :-)

Cheers,

Ranger

Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:52 pm
by Graydon
:) That was a big step back in the histories of M2 development. Back on 1.3, you had to pre-load every single plugin your directory. With large collections of plugs this could take many minutes. Now you load no plugs at launch, and choose at the menu instead, far more practical :D