ATMA/GoMule/RWM etc - Help Thread

[arrethyn]

I was saving and exiting to the menu between making changes on gomule, but I didn't actually close down gomule. If that's my problem then how do I go about fixing it? Even if I remove my character from the project and re-open it the status of that character is still what it was when I first downloaded gomule, without all the progress I've made since then.

[pharphis]

That's kind of weird. Perhaps you opened up a different location of your character? Did you have your character copied somewhere else?

[arrethyn]

As far as I can tell there is only one .d2s file on my computer for each of my characters, it certainly seems to be acting as if gomule and diablo are reading from seperate files but if that is the case I can't find where the extra one is at. It's worth noting that the .d2s file for the character I have been playing shows that it was last modified at the time when goMule stopped updating it to reflect what has happened in game since. The file is in the Diablo II/save folder

[pharphis]

As far as I can tell there is only one .d2s file on my computer for each of my characters, it certainly seems to be acting as if gomule and diablo are reading from seperate files but if that is the case I can't find where the extra one is at. It's worth noting that the .d2s file for the character I have been playing shows that it was last modified at the time when goMule stopped updating it to reflect what has happened in game since. The file is in the Diablo II/save folder

could you rephrase this?

Excuse me for the somewhat obvious suggestion, but have you tried reopening that specific character file by browsing for it through gomule? Try selecting the character name that's available on the left of gomule and hit 'backspace' , and that will remove it from the project, then just go and find the game file in the save folder and see if that works.

for most people 9I assume) once your game saves and if you still have gomule open it will say interrupt you with a pop-up saying the files were changed and will reopen them once you click okay or whatever.

[Ladvarian]

As far as I can tell there is only one .d2s file on my computer for each of my characters, it certainly seems to be acting as if gomule and diablo are reading from seperate files but if that is the case I can't find where the extra one is at. It's worth noting that the .d2s file for the character I have been playing shows that it was last modified at the time when goMule stopped updating it to reflect what has happened in game since. The file is in the Diablo II/save folder

Okay so the character is not open in GoMule while the game is running, correct? And when you use GoMule you exit and save the character in game before opening him in GoMule, also correct? In other words GoMule and D2 are not both trying to access the save at the same time. If this is the case which it sounds like and you have win7/vista then your saves are probably actually in the Virtual Folders.

Enable hidden files and folders, probably show system files as well. Then navigate to this folder using GoMule. Change arrethyn for the user name you log into your computer with. These should be the actual saves. Use these saves from now on. When you want to make backups of your saves you must backup them from here.

C:\Users\arrethyn\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Progr am Files (x86)\Diablo II\saves

If you want an explanation of why MS decided to do this just ask and I'll be happy to answer it.

[arrethyn]

Awesome thanks Ladvarian, Sure enough there was a second set of save files for the two characters I had been using in GoMule down that path. Problem solved.

P.S. In case anyone else has this problem I moved the duplicate save files into the normal diablo II/save folder just to keep them all in one place, I've logged in since then and the game seems to have found the new location just fine.

[Dazliare]

Lately I've been having an issue with ATMA, where I click save all and the application crashed. As a result, my stash file (.d2x) corrupts and I lose all the items that I had just stored. I can use the .org file to restore everything from before whatever items I just stored, but whatever I was trying to stash is now gone. This has happened 3 times now and I'm not sure what's wrong. Is my stash too large? It's at about 700 items.

Luckily I haven't lost anything valuable, but the application is crashing before it can create a new .org file. For example, today I lost a perf eth venom ward, a lem rune, and like 30 lower runes that I was putting away when it crashed.

Any thoughts?

[Ladvarian]

No offense, but have you thought of trying GoMule? I would say that for ATMA at least 700 items might be a bit large of a stash, maybe even a bit big for GoMule. I rarely have stashes that large though. How long does it take to open the stash and what is the error message you get when it crashes? Is it simply ATMA crashes or is it windows as well? You might also want to give some system info.

If you keep getting error messages setting up different stashes is the way to go. If you are not opposed to trying GoMule it can easily help you move the items to different stashes, then you can go back to using ATMA if you desire. Multiple selection dragging and dropping is one of the reasons some prefer to use GoMule. The other is the ability to search and filter different types of items.

[Dazliare]

No offense taken? Not sure why that would be offensive heh. GoMule for whatever reason refuses to work on my machine. I had a conversation with Thyiad (spelling?) in PMs trying to get it to work with no luck. It gives me an error if I try to do anything at all. I'll just start making more than one stash and see if that helps. Should be fun transferring all those items hahaha

[Ladvarian]

I'd be willing to try helping you with installing GoMule if you are up for it, but if not then good luck with transferring the items that way. We can send PMs if you'd like or have the conversation here.