Revised readmes and renamed the Steam Verify menu item

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Vhati 2017-12-31 06:34:12 -05:00
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@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ Setup
Extract the files from this archive anywhere.
On the first run, you may be prompted to locate your
FTL resources. Specifically "data.dat" in the "resources\"
directory under your FTL install.
On the first run, you may be prompted to locate your FTL resources.
Specifically "data.dat" in a directory where FTL was installed.
On OSX, you can select "FTL.app", because the resources are inside it.
@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ Usage
If you upgrade FTL:
Delete the outdated files in Slipstream/backup/
This can be done from the menu: Help-"Delete Backups".
If you don't, the game's resources will get corrupted.
Commandline:
@ -84,19 +84,22 @@ Troubleshooting
* If FTL's resources are corrupt...
Option 1:
In SMM, Help-DeleteBackups
In SMM, Help-"Delete Backups"
Steam users:
In SMM, Help-Steam:VerifyGameCache.
In SMM, Help-"Steam: Verify integrity of game files".
Standalone users:
Reinstall FTL.
Option 2:
Delete the files in SMM/backup/
Steam users:
Delete FTL's resource directory:
Linux: "[~/.local/share or $XDG_DATA_HOME]/Steam/SteamApps/common/FTL Faster Than Light/data/resources"
Mac: "~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/FTL Faster Than Light/FTL.app"
Start Steam and "verify game cache".
Start Steam and "verify integrity of game files".
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335
Standalone users:
Reinstall FTL.
* UnmappableCharacterException during patching...
For FTL 1.01-1.5.13, Slipstream re-encodes text to windows-1252, which
restricts the set of characters that can be used in mods. Click the
Validate button to find any problematic characters. FTL 1.6.1 switched to
unicode and should not have this problem.