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-== Installation Guide: ==
-=== 1. Prep work. ===
-: '''1a.''' Set some vars we’ll need later to avoid typos
- $ BTA_SOURCE="$HOME/src/BATTLETECH/BTA"
- $ BT_ROOT="$HOME/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH"
-: '''1b.''' Ensure dependencies are installed
-:: Package managers vary from distro to distro, so it’s assumed you know how to navigate the distro you’re using.
-:: I’m using Pop_OS!, which is of Debian lineage, so that’s what this how-to will use.
- $ sudo apt install wine unzip jq
-wine -- to run the installer<br>
-unzip -- to unzip the mod package<br>
-jq -- to allow the pathfinder.sh mod path fixer to parse mod JSON files
-: '''1c.''' Prepare a Wine prefix for the BTA installer.
- $ mkdir -p "${BTA_SOURCE}"
- $ cd "${BTA_SOURCE}"
- $ wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine/wine-mono/6.1.0/wine-mono-6.1.0-x86.msi
- $ WINEPREFIX="${BTA_SOURCE}/wine64" WINEARCH=win64 wine msiexec /i wine-mono-6.1.0-x86.msi
-: '''1d.''' Download the BTA Installer and Extract the .zip into ${BTA_SOURCE}
-:: You’ll have to manually download the installer from NexusMods; then:
- $ unzip "BattleTech Advanced 3062 Installer-452-v8-5-2-1613256258.zip"
-: '''1e.''' Prepare the Mods directory
-:: If you try to run BTA alongside other mods, you are likely to have a bad time.
-:: If the Mods directory already exists, delete it.  Then (re)create it.
- $ rm -rf "${BT_ROOT}/Mods"
- $ mkdir -p "${BT_ROOT}/Mods"
-=== 2. Run the installer ===
- $ WINEPREFIX=$HOME/src/BATTLETECH/BTA/wine64 WINEARCH=win64 wine BTAdvancedLauncher.exe
-=== 3. Configure the installer ===
-: '''3a.''' Click the "Advanced Mode" button.
-: '''3b.''' Collect the installer paths
-:: The installer needs to know where to install to. It cannot seem to browse into "hidden" paths (such as $HOME/.steam). Instead, you must copy and paste paths into the installer’s file/directory chooser after clicking the "Browse" button.
-:: To add further complication, the installer seems unable to parse forward-slash-delimited paths. You must convert to back-slash-delimited paths. You also must include the Windows drive letter "Z:".
-:: And so, let’s
-: '''3c.''' Get those Windows paths:
-:: Install Target path
- $ echo "Z:${BT_ROOT}/Mods" | sed -e 's#/#\\#g'
-:: The output should look like:
- Z:\home\indigo\.steam\debian-installation\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH\Mods
-:: Checkout Workspace path
- $ echo "Z:${BTA_SOURCE}" | sed -e 's#/#\\#g'
-:: BattleTech.exe Binary path
- $ echo "Z:${BT_ROOT}/BattleTech" | sed -e 's#/#\\#g'
-: '''3e.''' Input the Install Target path
-:: Click the "Browse" button next to Install Target and copypasta the output into the "Filename" field of the file picker.
-: '''3f.''' Input the Checkout Workspace path
-:: Click on the "Browse" button next to Checkout Workspace and do like you did in 3e.
-=== 4. Install BTA ===
-Click the "Install and Update BTA" button. Pay attention to any popups or instructions.
-: '''4a.''' Wait for it.
-:: At some point the installer will complain that it cannot find BattleTech.exe and ask you for help. Remember that "BattleTech.exe Binary path" we generated earlier?  Give it that.
-=== 5. Ensure all the paths and symlinks are correct ===
-At this point the installation for Windows is complete.  However, HBS was kind enough to provide us with a native binary, so we have to change the Windows mod paths to POSIX VFS semantics.
-Thankfully some magical creature named "b2cc" has already written a script to do this for us.  The script is called "pathfinder.sh".  Let’s download an run pathfinder.sh now.
- $ cd $HOME/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH
- $ wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/b2cc/c312bec251aaecbfedd07e4d4bda512e/raw/f7fdaa5bc458372b421a6a207e93c4d9ea257901/pathfinder.sh
- $ bash pathfinder.sh -c
-You should see a lot of console spam and green happy words.
-=== 6. Okay, that’s it. ===
-All done.  Go stomp.
-Get your dakka dakka pew pew on.
-== Troubleshooting ==
-The game loads but the main menu doesn’t say "BattleTech ADVANCED - 3062" and the ModTek version doesn’t show up under the game version next to the CREDITs button.
-Cause #1: ModTek isn’t patched into the game correctly.
-This can happen if mono is incorrectly installed or was not installed before the BTA installer was run the first time.
-Solution: (re)run the ModTek Injector.  It should look like this if it worked correctly:
- $ cd $HOME/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/Mods/ModTek
- $ WINEPREFIX=$HOME/src/BATTLETECH/BTA/wine64 WINEARCH=win64 wine ModTekInjector.exe
- ModTek Injector
- ---------------
- Assembly-CSharp.dll backed up to Assembly-CSharp.dll.orig
- Injecting Assembly-CSharp.dll with ModTek.Injection.LoadModTek at BattleTech.Main.Start
- Writing back to Assembly-CSharp.dll...
- Injection complete!
-If you have any issues, feel free to ping me on Discord.
-= Gear Index =
-Gauss Rifle
-=== EWAR ===
-[[ECM]] (Guardian ECM, cGuardian ECM, Angel ECM, EWS (Electronic Warfare Suite), Experimental EWS, Proto EWS)
-[[Active Probes]] (BAP, cAP, cLight AP, Boosted BAP, Bloodhound AP)
-[[C3]] (C3 Slave, C3 Master, C3i)
-=== TTS ===
-[[Apollo]]
-[[Artemis IV]]
-[[FCS Adv TC]]
-[[TTS Called Shot]]
-[[TTS MultiTrac]]
-[[TTS Ballistic]] (Ballistic, Ballistic+, Ballistic Evasion+, Ballistic Evasion++)
-[[TTS Energy]] (Energy, Energy+, Energy Evasion+, Energy Evasion++)
-[[TTS Indirect]] (Indirect, Indirect+, Indirect++)
-[[TTS Missile]] (Missile, Missile+, Missile Evasion+, Missile Evasion++)
-=== Cockpit Slot ===
-[[DNI Cockpit]]
-[[Primitive Cockpit]]
-[[Armored Cowl]] (Armored Cowl, Armored Cowl+, Armored Cowl++)
-[[Command Console]]
-=== Bottom Sensor Slot ===
-[[Comms Suite]] (Comms Suite, Comms Suite+, Comms Suite++, Comms Suite+++) (Occupies bottom sensor slot)
-=== Top Sensor Slot ===
-[[Rangefinder]] (Rangefinder, Rangefinder+, Rangefinder++, Rangefinder+++) (Occupies bottom sensor slot)
-=== Actuators ===
-[[Foot Actuators]]
-[[Leg Actuators]]
-[[Hip Actuators]]
-[[Hand Actuators]]
-[[Lower Arm Actuators]]
-[[Upper Arm Actuators]]
-[[Shoulder Actuators]]

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