In Game Mod browser file sizes are wrong, and can't sort by file size

Game Version:

  • Build (101.101.33315.0 4426672)
  • Platform (Steam)

Issue:

In Game Mod browser file sizes are wrong, and can’t sort by file size

Reproduction Steps:

  1. go to in game mod browser
  2. filter by taunts
  3. sort by file size (results seem more random than sorted)

or

  1. upload a mod that is 300mb
  2. witness mod browser claim it is 200mb (perhaps the server compresses the files? still, this is irrelevant to the end users. it goes up as 300 mb, and it saves to disk as 300mb.)

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Game indeed compresses mod files. Maybe both download size (compressed) and disk size (uncompressed) should be displayed? These might be quite different from each other.

where did you get those files? i’ve subscribed some on this website but not shown in game… and why i cant open a topic here?

I managed to subscribe to them through ingame mod manager. I don’t know, what subscribing through web page does.

so why i cant open a topic in this forum? this is annoying me

@DodoNotDoDo can you help?

I don’t see any system reason why you wouldn’t be able to. Do you get an error or some other message when trying? Do you see the create button?

There is a button for creating new topic in lower right part of screen. It has “+” displayed on it.
It is disabled in https://forums.ageofempires.com/c/age-of-empires-ii , but enabled in its subforums, like https://forums.ageofempires.com/c/age-of-empires-ii/aoe2-de .

@DodoNotDoDo I would like it to be also enabled in main forum. Creation dialog offers possibility to choose exact forum anyway :slightly_smiling_face:

@OwnAirplane3203 @DodoNotDoDo i want to thank both of you for your helps (: now i just need to figure this mod thing… i still have no files in my folders

Gotcha. The permissions on the main area are intentional, so a change there would be up to the Community team and moderators.

If you subscribe to a mod on the web site, it should auto download and install it in the game when you launch it. You should see them show up in your Installed Mods tab in game, or on the web. If it’s not working for you from the web for some reason, you might try subscribing directly in the game mod browser and see if you have better success there.

If neither is working, then my guess would be either something on your network/computer is blocking the connection to download them (virus scanner, firewall, etc.) or somehow your folder permissions have gotten messed up so the game doesn’t have permission to write the files to the mods folder.

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This is the result when sorting by file size. Clearly not in order by file size.

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I added the file size info to the detail page on the web site. It will only show both file size and disk size for those mods uploaded since I made the change. Difference is pretty minimal for a lot of mods, like .1mb difference. Could still be useful though. I’ve let the game team know the data is available now too.

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so how can i remove those block? any help please?

The block of not being able to install a mod? Not sure what you mean.

you said

Blockquote @DodoNotDoDo
If you subscribe to a mod on the web site, it should auto download and install it in the game when you launch it. You should see them show up in your Installed Mods tab in game, or on the web. If it’s not working for you from the web for some reason, you might try subscribing directly in the game mod browser and see if you have better success there.
If neither is working, then my guess would be either something on your network/computer is blocking the connection to download them (virus scanner, firewall, etc.) or somehow your folder permissions have gotten messed up so the game doesn’t have permission to write the files to the mods folder.

i meant this

Gotcha. I don’t know specifics, but often firewalls and virus scanners have options to let you allow/whitelist/ignore a specific application. If you’re able to find such settings, you could try adding the Age II DE exe to allow it to bypass your firewall and scanner. The virus scanner is riskier though if you install mods from other sites as it could allow unintended behavior.

Also be sure to check with the latest build as it has a huge number of bug fixes that may also address your problem.

thank you for your help dodo, i’ll try them ASAP

very very sorry for late reply i was busy with something important…

i’ve checked the firewall and AOE2DE is checked for firewall so it seems no block for it but still cant install mods. I’ve (!) red exclamation mark

this is really annoying :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

and i have folders but folders are empty :frowning: