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AyannaDragon · Nov 25, 2010, 02:52 PM // 14:52

Here's the deal:

When I try to use TexMod/Cartography Made Easy, it doesn't work. TexMod opens just fine, and when I click "run" GW opens just fine, but my map isn't showing the highlight over unexplored areas. There is NO error message at all, the textures just don't seem to be loading with the game.

First off, stupidity out of the way:

Yes, I've restarted my computer multiple times.
Yes, I've highlighted the Cartography package.
Yes, I've selected GW.EXE and not the shortcut.
Yes, I've reinstalled Guild wars, TexMod, and re-downloaded the .tpf to make sure nothing was corrupted.
Yes, I'm running both TexMod AND Guildwars as Admin, and selected compatibility mode for SP2.
Yes, I've tried moving GW out of my program files, and into another folder.

Himm_Taeguk · Nov 25, 2010, 03:36 PM // 15:36

Did you select the TPF file from the Listbox on the Left Hand Side of the Textmod UI before launching GW.exe?

AyannaDragon · Nov 25, 2010, 03:54 PM // 15:54

You mean highlighting the package name before hitting run? Yes, I did.

Himm_Taeguk · Nov 25, 2010, 04:13 PM // 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyannaDragon

You mean highlighting the package name before hitting run? Yes, I did.

Sorry, didn't notice that last time.
I'm fresh out of ideas, I just noticed that if I didn't select it it didn't load my stuff.

Try another TPF File, just to see if there's something not working with the Cartographer one.

AyannaDragon · Nov 25, 2010, 04:30 PM // 16:30

I've tried a few other TPFs listed on the wiki, and none work.

Snograt · Nov 25, 2010, 07:32 PM // 19:32

How about temporarily disabling your AV program of choice? AV and Texmod don't play nice.

Liber Pater · Nov 25, 2010, 08:02 PM // 20:02

I know I can't seem to get texmod working on Vista no matter what I do, but it works fine on XP. What OS are you running?

AyannaDragon · Nov 25, 2010, 08:37 PM // 20:37

Tried it with AV disabled, no go.. and I'm on Vista. :/

Anon-e-mouse · Nov 25, 2010, 08:54 PM // 20:54

What video card do you have and is it DirectX 9 compatible?

If it only does DirectX 8, Texmod WILL NOT work.

Cursed by Grenth · Feb 21, 2011, 03:17 PM // 15:17

I just fixed my own texmod by complete reinstalling gw. (download the .exe from the official guild wars site)

Zlobka · May 02, 2011, 07:05 AM // 07:05

Forgive for my bad english, but the help is necessary to me =\

Textmod with Cartography mod it is legal?
I can not be afraid for the account if I will use it for сartography title?

**Marty Silverblade** · May 02, 2011, 07:11 AM // 07:11

ArenaNet permits the use of TexMod but they don't support it. Use it at your own risk. If you somehow screw up your game while using it, it's your problem. Using it for mapping is fine.

Zlobka · May 05, 2011, 02:14 AM // 02:14

2 Marty Silverblade:

Thanks =)

englanda · Jun 26, 2011, 06:24 PM // 18:24

I'm also having the exact same issue as the OP, did you figure out how to fix it? I'm on windows7.

Yume Shinigami · Jul 17, 2011, 09:39 PM // 21:39

If you have more than one copy of Guild Wars on your hard drive (e.g. for using GWMultiLaunch or GWx2) delete the second copy. I was experiencing issues exactly like this a while ago, and deleting the extra copies fixed it entirely. Don't ask me why- to me it's entirely odd, but it worked. Hope this helps.

drkn · Jul 20, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00

You don't have to delete the other copy. Just run texmod with it.
So if you have two copies going like .../GW/GW.exe & .../GW copy/GW.exe, just run the other one with texmod. If you have more, try the next one.
It's something to do with GWx2 and ML prioritizing the path of the last opened copy. So if you used ML to run both 'GW' and 'GW copy' and the copy was opened as second, it is now perceived as the 'main' version.
In short, i think it works like that: you run one GW.exe, it then asks the registry for gw.dat file, takes the path from the registry and opens it for the game; running ML changes that path, virtually making you play on another copy with the same desktop shortcut. That's also why templates and screens are sometimes in the 'wrong' folder.

Siver · Jul 21, 2011, 08:48 AM // 08:48

Textmod also requires a fully compatible Direct X 9.0c video card.. I only know cause i have the same problem. Maybe that's the problem?

Evolution Nights · Jul 21, 2011, 11:22 AM // 11:22

If you are on Windows 7 or Vista, try running the Texmod as administrator, thats what I do and it works fine. Hope this helps.

dudemonkey · Jul 21, 2011, 12:18 PM // 12:18

I use Texmod on Windows 7 and it runs just fine. However, I never start up GW by running GW.EXE any more, I leave Texmod running (it's only about a 1 meg memory footprint) and start from there. What I noticed is that, oftentimes, when I load up texmod and then run GW through texmod, the 1st time I do that I don't get the mapping textures. I have to shut down GW and then restart it again through texmod. I don't know why, but it happens with 100% consistently and just shutting down GW and restarting it through texmod fixes it every time. This is how I hit on the strategy of basically just leaving it running all the time and using it to bootstrap GW.

I'm running on a crappy Toshiba laptop although I'm definitely running an account that has admin rights and don't have AV.

Hope this helps.

Ouwebak · Jul 21, 2011, 01:11 PM // 13:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by dudemonkey

I use Texmod on Windows 7 and it runs just fine.
....
What I noticed is that, oftentimes, when I load up texmod and then run GW through texmod, the 1st time I do that I don't get the mapping textures. I have to shut down GW and then restart it again through texmod. I don't know why, but it happens with 100% consistently and just shutting down GW and restarting it through texmod fixes it every time.

I'm using Texmod with Windows Vista with no problems. Not running at as administrator either. The 1st time my antivirus (avast free) popped up with a warning.

You have to run the gw.exe from the texmod window. Sometimes after loading the patch gw shuts down and restarts but then it's not running "through" texmod.