By gsgun: Problems getting ATTK to work with MO.

[wolverine2710]

Originally gsguns posted this in the Nexus MO forum. So that this discussion will not get buried on the nexus forums I created the question here and will respond to it here. I've edited the question slightly and removed the non ATTK related questions. gsgun wrote:

Concerning ATTK, I added it's binary to the Mod Organizer and make it run through, but after the ATTK opens and I make it run Skyrim, it will stop Mod Organizer virtual files because MO will only recognize the ATTK process which will be closed after it open Skyrim.

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As requested by Vuud aka DoubleYou: what version are you using?

 

Courtesy by GSDFan who wrote "18 January 2013 - 06:19 PM" in the Nexus MO forum:

It has been a while since I set ATTK up and I did not make any notes when I did, but I think I just pointed ATTK to my vanilla skyrim directory when asked. ATTK is working for all my profiles. You can set it up from ATTK ui by pressing the "S" next to the number one on the interface. MO will then provide ATTK the virtual file path for the correct profile.

 

This is Attk.ini:

Skyrim_INI="G:\your path\my games\skyrim"

Steam_EXE="E:\Steam\Steam.exe"

Skyrim_GAM="E:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\skyrim"

Config_EXE="E:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\skyrim\SkyrimConfig\skyrim_config.exe"

Window_EXE="E:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\skyrim\Data\ATTK\abw.exe"

Splash_PIC="E:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\skyrim\Data\ATTK\attk.gif"

 

The STEP MO wiki also contains information about ATTK. You can find it here.

 

My questions/remarks:

 

How did you come to the conclusion that the virtual filing system of MO stopped working?

 

A good tool to see what is going on is Proces Hacker 2. Used it for testing SUM and Automatic Variants testing. One of its features is that it allows you to see the hierarchical process tree for a certain program. With it I could see MO kickstarted SUM and when SUM started automatic variants I could see that AV was spawned by SUM. Very useful.

 

I don't know of ATTK but if it allows you to start a different program then for example  Skyrim, then please let ATTK start free commander so you can check if the free commander also uses the VFS. This should be the case because MO is 'viral'. As in MO injects itself (VFS) into a program started by MO. Once it's injected into one process (in your case the ATTK) it will inject itself into every other further process started by it through the whole chain.".

 

If you want to see (for testing) the VFS in action by using Free commander which is kickstarted by MO, have look at this post:

 

I hope someone more knowledgeable can help you further.