Plugins tab not functioning

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Lone Ranger
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Plugins tab not functioning

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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
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Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Post 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.
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Re: Plugins tab not functioning

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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...
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Re: Plugins tab not functioning

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Delete that EXE file, download the latest version and update. Go to the Tain. The CD is no longer required if you are updated.
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Re: Plugins tab not functioning

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You need to use the plugins button to enable plugins. Once plugins are enabled, the plugins tab will be available.
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er... right. forgot to mention the most obvious.
Lone Ranger
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Re: Plugins tab not functioning

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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
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Re: Plugins tab not functioning

Post 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
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