Rulesets question.

[M0b1us]

My apologies if this has been covered in another thread, but I haven't been able to find anything that directly answers this question.

I downloaded the RIFTS ruleset, originally posted by Sturmer, and I'm trying to install it. I copied the contents of the .zip file into the C:\program files (x86)\Fantasy Grounds II\data\rulesets\ folder, but the new ruleset still doesn't appear as an option from within the program. Am I missing something? Can someone just post a simple walkthru for adding (not creating) a new ruleset?

Thanks in advance.

[Paul Pratt]

The rulesets are placed in (assuming Vista):

AppData\Roaming\Fantasy Grounds II\rulesets

[Foen]

I'm not familiar with RIFTS: if it is an older ruleset, it might be for Fantasy Grounds I in which case it won't work with FG2.

Foen

[M0b1us]

Looks like it was originally uploaded in October 2008, so I'm assuming it was meant for FG2.

I had to create the "Fantasy Grounds II" directory on down, but I put the RIFTS folder under: AppData\Roaming\Fantasy Grounds II\rulesets
and still no luck.

Any other thoughts?

[Foen]

Stupid question (but I have to ask) are you using the Lite or Full version of FG2? Only the Full version will support custom rulesets, as the Lite version needs to connect to a Host to see the ruleset.

[M0b1us]

full version... But you're thinking. :)

[Foen]

The ruleset folder should have a certain structure, for example:

It should have a file called base.xml in the top level of the ruleset folder (something like .\rulesets\RIFTS\base.xml); and
It should have a number of subfolders, for example .\rulesets\RIFTS\frames\, .\rulesets\RIFTS\icons\, .\rulesets\RIFTS\scripts\;

If you have a ruleset that is structured like that, then it should be available as an option when you select 'Create New Campaign' (see the screen shot).

Other than that, I'm stumped.

Stuart

[joshuha]

Looks like it was originally uploaded in October 2008, so I'm assuming it was meant for FG2.

I had to create the "Fantasy Grounds II" directory on down, but I put the RIFTS folder under: AppData\Roaming\Fantasy Grounds II\rulesets
and still no luck.

Any other thoughts?

Where do you go when you go the Start Menu -> Fantasy Grounds II -> Application Data Folder? I am worried when you said you had to create the "Fantasy Grounds II" folder.

[M0b1us]

Thanks for the help guys, but I got it figured out. I'm running 64bit vista, which has two different "Program Files" folders... Once I put the ruleset in the correct subfolder, it worked perfectly.

Thanks.