[Bug]: Unable to Run Program

[mcgeochd]

Operating System

Windows 10

BG3 Mod Manager Version

Unknown, I was unable to run the program

BG3 Game Version

N/A

Bug Summary

I downloaded and successfully installed the .NET 4.7.2 Dev Pack, downloaded the zip file of the repository, and ran the BG3ModManager.sln. VS Code Studio opened with a popup saying this project is not supported or needs modifications to open in this version of Visual Studio, image provided under links.

I had previously tried to open the .sln in an older version of Visual Studio but when nothing happened beyond getting a blank blue/purple window, I tried to build it and encountered a list of errors and warnings that I unfortunately didn't make a note of. I then followed VS's recommendation to update to the newest version, which is how I got to where I am now, see image under links.

I clicked through a few more popups and it installed a package it was missing, I then tried to build the project again and got 63 errors and 64 warnings, full output log included in links.

I also tried opening up BuildRelease.py and running it in VS code, which generated two more .zip files but couldn't find 3 bin/ logs files.

I'm not sure if I've done something wrong, or if I'm executing the wrong files, but the README doesn't provide much detail when it says "Upon opening the program":

4. The BG3 Mod Manager is portable, so extract it to a non-protected folder (don't extract it to your Program Files).
5. Upon opening the program, pathways to the game data and exe should be automatically detected. If this fails, manually set the pathways in Settings -> Preferences, click 'Save', then click the 'Refresh' button so the campaign mod data is loaded.

and I've never encountered a .sln file before.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Links

https://pasteboard.co/ceGZyiz2QkB6.png https://pasteboard.co/MYkIM92RFfNw.png https://pastebin.com/ig8791EA

[propkitty]

Came to make basically this exact post. The readme.MD file is absolutely not explaining well enough the step of "Upon opening the program" as there is no .exe or similar file and no explanation of what "program" I should be trying to run or how.

[LaughingLeader]

This sounds like you're trying to open the source code, not the compiled program. Step 3 in the readme links to the latest release: https://github.com/LaughingLeader/BG3ModManager/releases/latest/download/BG3ModManager_Latest.zip

Download that, extract it somewhere, and run BG3ModManager.exe.