[Question] Strange mod issue with Steam - Resolved by restoring default graphical configurations

[MrDGY]

I'm encountering a strange issue with my mod and Steam.

The problem: I created two simple mods https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/812 and https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/881 that include some sort of black hole effect. The black hole effect works fine if I launch the game using the no-Steam exe available here https://www.egosoft.com/download/x4/bonus_en.php. However if I launch the game using Steam instead, then the black hole effect cannot be displayed properly (it totally disappears).

I cannot figure out what is the problem. Hope someone here can help me. I have tried disabling Steam Overlay and Steam shader cache but neither worked.

For someone who is willing to test this issue in their game (Steam version or not), my other mod https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/772 which adds a simple game start that is fast to load and save might save you some time.

[MrDGY]

Could someone here please spare some time to test this issue in their game and tell me if you are seeing the same issue with Steam. Currently I am not even sure if it is a general issue or just specific to my Steam installation.

[alexalsp]

Could someone here please spare some time to test this issue in their game and tell me if you are seeing the same issue with Steam. Currently I am not even sure if it is a general issue or just specific to my Steam installation.

content.xml

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save="0" enabled="1"

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save="false" enabled="true"

at the moment:

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save="false" enabled="false"

[MrDGY]

content.xml

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save="0" enabled="1"

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save="false" enabled="true"

at the moment:

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save="false" enabled="false"

Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately it does not solve my problem.

Probably I did not describe my problem clear enough in the first post. My mods can be successfully activated with Steam. New assets and textures are all loaded without problems. The only issue is that the black hole distortion effect is not rendered when launching X4 in Steam.

For example, this is how my weapon mod looks like when I start X4 from Steam
https://ibb.co/sVxF44T
As you can see the new weapon model added by the mod is displayed correctly as well as the new textures (those luminating surfaces). Only the black hole effect is absent. This is how it should look like
https://ibb.co/8DcT8jM
This latter screenshot is taken from exactly the same game installation (by Steam) using exactly the same savegame. The only difference is that this time I started X4 by double-clicking the no-Steam exe instead of from Steam.

[alexalsp]

On the links you have mods not packed in cat / dat files. Try to pack them and check them.

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ext_01.cat
ext_01.dat

[MrDGY]

On the links you have mods not packed in cat / dat files. Try to pack them and check them.

Thanks for your suggestion again.
I managed to make the mod work by restoring the default graphical configurations. Now it works no matter the mod is packed or not. Since the black hole effect is implemented by hacking the vanilla distortion effect, the issue was probably due to my disabling some graphical options that affect distortion in game.