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Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

19 Oct 2010 at 00:49 - 81

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phukkitt

Thanks a lot!

Although, when I did that it only shows the update window for like a second, saying "Connecting to ArenaNet", then as soon as it comes to "Loading" it closes.
Does that mean I already have all the updates? Who knows, with my bad memory I might have done this sometime before and forgotten about it..

My gw.dat is "3,67 GB (3RED ENGINE GO950RED ENGINE GO370RED ENGINE GO816 byte)" according to windows, shouldn't it be bigger with all updates? :/

EDIT: What the... it's supposed to say (3 950 370 816 byte) above, though I just copied and pasted before... :S

Thats only a tiny bit smaller then mine.You shouldn't have any issues :\

Tharg

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Massachusetts

Omega Glory

Mo/

20 Oct 2010 at 13:08 - 82

I have been having some issues using KSMod. A while back, while using KSMod to run 2 accounts at the same time, my computer froze. I had to reboot but then Windows could not start up again. The error message said to repair Windows from the original disk (but that did not work). I seem to remember that the file table of the hard disk was corrupted or something like that. I put my hard disk in other computer to try to recover data files (it worked). Then put the hard disk back and low and behold, I was able to boot up from it again.

Used KSMod successful for some time. Only thing that kept on happening that this weekend it kept on kicking me out while going to a new area in a mission in War in Kryta while running 2 accounts.

Fast forward to yesterday evening. Using KSMod for 2 accounts again, the computer became VERY slow, almost unresponsive. I was able to open Task Manager and it showed that GW.EXE was using 440 MB... Could not do anything else and had to reboot. Upon rebooting, computer still was VERY slow, almost unresponsive. This time I was able to reboot in Safe Mode and I am running AVG virus scan. So far nothing picked up (other than a false positive for Texmod).

So my question is: has anybody experienced something similar while using KSMod? Is this related to KSMod or is it a coincidence that this just happened while using KSMod? The memory usage described earlier suggests that something is up though.

Brett Kuntz

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

23 Oct 2010 at 21:29 - 83

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tharg

I have been having some issues using KSMod. A while back, while using KSMod to run 2 accounts at the same time, my computer froze. I had to reboot but then Windows could not start up again. The error message said to repair Windows from the original disk (but that did not work). I seem to remember that the file table of the hard disk was corrupted or something like that. I put my hard disk in other computer to try to recover data files (it worked). Then put the hard disk back and low and behold, I was able to boot up from it again.

Used KSMod successful for some time. Only thing that kept on happening that this weekend it kept on kicking me out while going to a new area in a mission in War in Kryta while running 2 accounts.

Fast forward to yesterday evening. Using KSMod for 2 accounts again, the computer became VERY slow, almost unresponsive. I was able to open Task Manager and it showed that GW.EXE was using 440 MB... Could not do anything else and had to reboot. Upon rebooting, computer still was VERY slow, almost unresponsive. This time I was able to reboot in Safe Mode and I am running AVG virus scan. So far nothing picked up (other than a false positive for Texmod).

So my question is: has anybody experienced something similar while using KSMod? Is this related to KSMod or is it a coincidence that this just happened while using KSMod? The memory usage described earlier suggests that something is up though.

I haven't heard of that problem before. I also never tested KSMod over a long period of time, maybe at most 5-10 minutes each release, so any long term memory leak (if there is one) wouldn't cause me any problems.

Has anyone used KSMod long term and not had a large usage of memory?

Lews

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Seattle, Washington

R/E

23 Oct 2010 at 23:28 - 84

Kuntz! What's up man, I had no idea you were still updating this mod. I've loved it since the first release, definitely downloading it again.

I've always used it for hours and never had any problems with it memory-leak wise, but I haven't used it in several years so I would have been using a much older version.

Mini Norn

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

Fort Worth, Texas

Lost Souls Of The Shiverpeaks [LoST]

P/W

24 Oct 2010 at 00:15 - 85

I have a question, does KS Mod work good for running 2 or more games?
I use to use mattys GW multi loader or w/e its called.

Are there any problems with running dual games with KS mod, also is there a way to disable the UT sounds?

deadman_uk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

United Kingdom

KOD

Mo/E

09 Nov 2010 at 18:42 - 86

Anyone still using KSmod for a long time? What is Anets stance on KSmod? Will a users account be banned by using KSmod? I need to hear from people who are still using KSmod without an account ban.

Also, how do I use KSmod and Texmod together? Since both require their own EXE to launch the game.

Dzjudz

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

gwpvx.com/user:dzjudz

12 Nov 2010 at 01:03 - 87

I seem to have a problem with KSMod and War in Kryta inventory items. Currently I see the problem with Harmony (a unique offhand dropped by WiK enemies) and a miniature Livia.

When I start up GW, I can see the inventory icons fine, but if I zone after viewing them, the inventory icons just disappear. I can still mouse over and interact with the two items, but they just don't show an icon.

This does not happen if I run GW without KSMod.

Specs:
- Windows Vista 64-bit
- GW fully -image'd
- KSMod 3.2

P.S. Other WiK items in my possession do not have this bug (items like Medals of Honor, War Supplies, WiK consumables, etc), but Harmony and Livia are the only non-stackable 'unique' WiK items I have, so I assume it would show up with the other WiK minis and green weapons as well.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

12 Nov 2010 at 01:15 - 88

Question to people with inv icon problems - what size interface are you running?

I'm wondering if the issue might be related to resizing/scaling the inv graphics.

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

12 Nov 2010 at 01:23 - 89

Kuntz knows about the inventory item bug, but it isn't fixed yet. He last replied about it in July.

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadman_uk

Anyone still using KSmod for a long time? What is Anets stance on KSmod? Will a users account be banned by using KSmod? I need to hear from people who are still using KSmod without an account ban.

Also, how do I use KSmod and Texmod together? Since both require their own EXE to launch the game.

All of your questions have been answered before.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...8&postcount=78

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...75&postcount=7

SpyderArachnid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

United States

Lords Of Noh [LoN]

Me/

12 Nov 2010 at 14:01 - 90

Having a bit of trouble myself with KSmod.

I've been using it for awhile now (quite happy with it thanks for the work

), but now I have one issue with it.

I have had no trouble with it or anything, until recently when just out of the blue, my anti-virus said it is a trojan now. And deleted it from my comp. Each time I try to redownload it, once I extract it, it says it is a virus and deletes it again.

Never had any issues with it being a virus before, and haven't changed anything lately that would cause it, yet just randomly out of the blue, it has now been considered a threat to my comp and keeps getting removed.

Any ideas that would help at all?

Scoot

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2010

Singapore

Mo/E

12 Nov 2010 at 15:58 - 91

So I will have to run KSmod.exe everytime to play GW for the HD textures to take effect in-game?

SpyderArachnid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

United States

Lords Of Noh [LoN]

Me/

12 Nov 2010 at 16:12 - 92

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoot

So I will have to run KSmod.exe everytime to play GW for the HD textures to take effect in-game?

Yes. Just make a shortcut to it on your desktop and use that to launch GW from now on.

Draikin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

12 Nov 2010 at 18:23 - 93

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brett Kuntz

The following Security Applications are incompatible with KSMod. You will need to uninstall them for KSMod to work:

ForceField Toolbar from www.zonealarm.com
Prevx 3.0 from www.prevx.com
ThreatFire from www.threatfire.com
All Comodo products from www.comodo.com

I have no problem using it with Comodo Internet Security 5.0. The false positive by Comodo Antivirus has also been fixed in a recent update.

trickfred

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Canadia

It's A Trick Get An [Axe]

12 Nov 2010 at 20:45 - 94

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoxBat

Question to people with inv icon problems - what size interface are you running?

I'm wondering if the issue might be related to resizing/scaling the inv graphics.

Small.

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Salvorin Fex

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

San Diego, CA. USA

The Fellowship of Inverness

W/

15 Nov 2010 at 01:46 - 95

I just DLed 3.2 and tried to extract it, this is what I got with Vipre installed:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<APEvent SchemaVersion="4.0.0" DefaultConfig="false" EventTypeEnum="2" TimeoutInSeconds="0" MonitorID="2003" MsgID="{BF0ECA5D-DA05-42F1-AA2B-5CEEC1EB71D2}" MonitorTypeEnum="2" RecommendScan="true" SDKVersion="4.0.3904" ThreatDefVersion="7312" APEventID="{1DC4AF92-E670-4484-9117-1E8EB51986A8}" IsAllowOk="true" IsAllowAlwaysOk="true" IsBlockOk="true" IsBlockAlwaysOk="true" IsQuarantineOk="true" EventActorEnum="2" EventDateTime="2010-11-14T17:32:50">
<ParentProcess FilePath="C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" PID="6704" FileSize="388096" MD5="" CRC8="E02F7ADC3F450000" KnownAsEnum="1" ThreatID="0" AddedToUserKnown="false" Company="Igor Pavlov" FileVersion="4.65" ProductName="7-Zip" ProductVersion="4.65" Description="7-Zip File Manager" Copyright="Copyright (c) 1999-2009 Igor Pavlov"/>
<FileMonitor FilePath="C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\ksmod.exe" MD5="97c779967eff36e2d0f6e8e47016c9ff" CRC8="29E4049173820000" KnownAsEnum="2" ThreatID="4150696" Company="" FileVersion="" ProductName="" ProductVersion="" Description="" Copyright=""/>
<FinalDispositionInfo DispositionEnum="2" AuthorityEnum="2" QuarantineStatusCode="1" QID="" UserName="" ErrorEnum="0"/>
</APEvent>

Edit: This site indicates that 20 of 43 AV software packages see this as a Trojan...http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/...e98-1288480762

nomoretacos4u

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

15 Nov 2010 at 02:20 - 96

I think I found a bug with ksmod. I was DOAing when my GW started to act up, so I killed it with task manager which normally lets you reconnect. My team had gotten "XXX has lost communication with the server." So I did disconnect, however; when I started GW back up, it gave me no option to reconnect.

I played around with disconnecting for a while and I think virtualization for some reason disables the reconnect after disconnect function. Whenever I tried reconnecting with virtualization on it just sent me to the character screen, when I had it off, it presented me with a normal reconnect screen.

deadman_uk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

United Kingdom

KOD

Mo/E

18 Nov 2010 at 20:32 - 97

I'll ask again if people missed my question:

How do I run Texmod and KSmod together? They both require their own exe to run the game.

Thanks

Chico

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

23 Nov 2010 at 21:26 - 98

I have a problem that only seems to happen when I use KSMOD.
Some icons on my bags disappear when my mouse moves over them (and they never come back) or also when I identify them. The items are all still there but I just can't see them without moving my mouse over each slot in my inventory.

Anyone else has similar issues?

EDIT> I believe I use the interface size "Large" but I'm not sure on that. Will check at home and update. If it is not "Large" then it's "Larger" but I don't use the small setting.

Yamagawa

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Odin's Hammer

Mo/

28 Nov 2010 at 18:40 - 99

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chico

I have a problem that only seems to happen when I use KSMOD.
Some icons on my bags disappear when my mouse moves over them (and they never come back) or also when I identify them. The items are all still there but I just can't see them without moving my mouse over each slot in my inventory.

Anyone else has similar issues?

Yes. Known problem. I get it too, involves virtualization being turned on. A previous question was asked, what interface size do we use -- I use Small and get the missing icons.
//Yamagawa

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

30 Nov 2010 at 00:16 - 100

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadman_uk

I'll ask again if people missed my question:

How do I run Texmod and KSmod together? They both require their own exe to run the game.

Thanks

You can run KSMod when GW is already running, and it will "latch on" to the next GW you select. Start GW with texmod and get to the char select screen, then alt-tab out, launch KSmod.exe, then go back to your open GW window.

impulsion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2008

Terra Noise [Zraw]

N/A

15 Dec 2010 at 22:58 - 101

Since the latest update to guild wars, I can't get ksmod nto patche an already running game, it just tries to start a new copy of gw and of course fails because it cannot access gw.dat.

thyreloaded

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2009

CTP

Me/A

23 Dec 2010 at 00:30 - 102

mine comes up saying
Unable to open archive file
guild wars is unable to access its archive file f:\guildwars\gw.dat. please verify that this file is accessible and writeable and no other program is currently using it.

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Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

23 Dec 2010 at 01:16 - 103

Quote:

Originally Posted by thyreloaded

mine comes up saying
Unable to open archive file
guild wars is unable to access its archive file f:\guildwars\gw.dat. please verify that this file is accessible and writeable and no other program is currently using it.

Make sure your running Ksmod as admin and that its in the right gw folder and what not.

thyreloaded

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2009

CTP

Me/A

23 Dec 2010 at 03:08 - 104

I got it working. Stupid mistake on my behalf. I had GW already open in normal mode not thru ks. i just closed it and opened it thru ks and it works.

impulsion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2008

Terra Noise [Zraw]

N/A

25 Dec 2010 at 00:13 - 105

Quote:

Originally Posted by thyreloaded

I got it working. Stupid mistake on my behalf. I had GW already open in normal mode not thru ks. i just closed it and opened it thru ks and it works.

This is still not as it should be. KSMod used to "patch" an already running game, but it no longer seems to do this (you need this to use texmod with ksmod). I can only get it to work by using a separate copy of gw.dat

Lillium

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2009

REIN

Me/

05 Jan 2011 at 12:18 - 106

Not to be a pain, but I wanted to ask about the status on missing icons? I've been using KSMod for over a year and never ran into the problem until a few weeks ago when I switched the virtualization option on.
Immediately I noticed that one of the weapons that drops on my normal farm run was missing its icon - which was odd, but didn't bother me. Then some odd armor pieces went missing, minis, quest items, and ofc more weapons. Some stuff is new like the new wintersday hats, but just as much is old (factions starter ele aura, rit shing jea armor, random eotn weapons, most 3rd year + minis).

I don't mean to complain, I totally love KSMod, and that option is extremely convenient. But the bug is really really bad, and I suppose you could say I'm concerned. :/

Brett Kuntz

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

05 Jan 2011 at 17:34 - 107

Sorry guys, I forgot about KSMod !

At this point I do not see myself having time/effort to put into this mod or fixing the bugs.

As for not being able to attach anymore, or to TextMod clients, can someone confirm that this is the case? I don't have GW installed so if someone could test whether I need to update KSMod for a new major build of GW.

And once again, KSMod will always come up as a virus since 80% of the API it uses viruses use as well. Generally speaking, any process that contains code to modify any other process usually gets labelled a virus, regardless if that code is malicious or not.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

05 Jan 2011 at 23:29 - 108

KSmod still patches for me just fine.

How Do You Pvp

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2010

TehNoobz

W/Mo

12 Jan 2011 at 17:38 - 109

When ever I run the 3.2 ksmod, it loads the GW patching screen and dl a bunch of files. Once that is down, it just exits Guild Wars.

I have the HD textures and -image command.

maxxfury

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

[DVDF] Gp

Me/A

12 Jan 2011 at 17:45 - 110

Thats the -image command....for updating all tyeh game files...

Remove "-image" to actually PLAY the game

How Do You Pvp

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2010

TehNoobz

W/Mo

12 Jan 2011 at 17:48 - 111

Huh. Oh, silly me.

I only need the -image command to grab the HD Texture files?

jbysmith

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

12 Jan 2011 at 20:57 - 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by How Do You Pvp

Huh. Oh, silly me.

I only need the -image command to grab the HD Texture files?

Image just tells the client to download any textures/sounds/etc that your gw.dat may be missing. Normally it does this on its own in the background, but -image forces it to do it right now and all at once. (Say you blew up your hard drive, downloaded the client, and want to let it download the entire game while you go to bed or something.)

headlesshobbs

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

03 May 2011 at 23:38 - 113

I just wanted to thank you Kuntz for the work you've done over the past couple years with this patch. Since the latest update made it irrelevant, this whole time it was your mod that filled the gap and I can't appreciate enough what it's done for us.

Btw, I still miss the UT sounds.

Paloma Song

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

[JM]

Rt/R

04 May 2011 at 00:19 - 114

Hear, hear. Thank you Brett for many years of KSMod!

Brett Kuntz

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

04 May 2011 at 01:40 - 115

Thanks guys! I've known about the update for a while and I've already updated KSMod to remove the texture feature while keeping the others. When Izzy gets around to remembering the login details of his site/ftp I'll upload it!

mrmango

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Southern California

Charter Vanguard [CV]

Me/Rt

08 May 2011 at 00:41 - 116

Thanks for being a great modder Kuntz, it's been a pleasure using your mod but now I don't think I'll be using it anymore.

maxxfury

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

[DVDF] Gp

Me/A

08 May 2011 at 18:21 - 117

Best mod i ever used! stopped my eyes bleeding in town xD

Shame to see it go, but.. thank god ANET finally 'clicked' and implemented it them selves!

Thank you Brett

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

08 May 2011 at 18:30 - 118

Multi-clienting is still a need, and I like this program over the others as it works off a single install. Hoping we get some more command-line options next update (i.e. different commands for different instances)

Firebaall

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

02 Jul 2011 at 17:18 - 119

Is this still working for multi client launching?

*edit*

Still works great for multi.

Awesome program.

Jette Antral

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

17 Jul 2011 at 20:49 - 120

The web site blew up. The hosting company gives their "blerp derp pay us now" page, so it can't be downloaded at the moment. Can anyone upload a copy to Mediafire or provide an alternate link? I'd like to try the new virtualization feature without the badness of having to copy GW.dat.