When you first open the exe, you'll get a message saying to install .NET 7 Desktop Runtime if you don't already have it installed. Please do so if that's the case.
After the exe actually launches, Glucose Machine will automatically try to locate the game directory. If it fails to find it, it will prompt you to manually select your SugarySpire.exe file. Setup will then be done just like that! If you for some reason need to setup again, just click the Setup button again.
Before you can manage and load some mods, you have to install some.
There are 3 methods of doing this:
- Using the built in Mod Browser tab to download mods found on GameBanana
- Using 1-click install buttons from browsing mods directly from the GameBanana website
- Downloading mods from other sources and dropping the folders/archive files onto the mod grid for easy install.
There's not much to managing mods as you can only select one mod at a time to use. You can drag and drop the mods in whatever order you want for ease of access. You can also use the search bar to easily find the mod you're looking for amongst many. Once you decide which mod to use, press Launch to play. If you want to go back to playing a Vanilla version of the game, simply press Clear Selection then Launch.
Glucose Machine also supports auto updates for mods downloaded from GameBanana. Click the Check for Updates button for Glucose Machine to check if any are available for the currently selected game. It will also check if there is an update for Glucose Machine itself. These updates are also checked when launched.
Glucose Machine will go through all of the files for the selected mod and do different things based on the file extension.
If it finds an xdelta patch, it will first try to patch the data.win file. If it fails, it will then attempt to patch every single .bank file from the sound/Desktop folder until it succeeds.
It will make sure its a language file by reading the contents first. Then it will copy over the .txt file to the lang folder
If the .png file is in a fonts folder, it will copy it over to the lang/fonts folder
If the entire .win file is provided (which is bad practice), it will copy over the .win file to be used with the game
It will look if the .bank file exists in the sound/Desktop folder. If it does it will make a backup of the original file then copy the modded file over.
Either your game needs to be updated to the latest version or the mod creator needs to update their .xdelta patch to be used with the latest verseion.
If there are no error messages with xdelta patches and the mod still isn't working, then the mod doesn't have any of the file type criteria as described in How It Works
The data.win file that the modder provided does not match with your game's version.
Unless someone comes up with an alternative way of modding the game besides using xdelta patches, Glucose Machine will continue to only allow users to use one mod at a time. If a method becomes available, please let me know ASAP and I will work on incorporating it.
Yes this application is safe. Antivirus tends to trigger false alarms (Talking to you Avast/Mcafee/AVG), especially due to it needing to be connected to the internet in order to be compatible with 1-click installations and updating. You can check out the source code for yourself if you're suspicious of anything as well.
I made it so only one instance is running at a time so if it’s already running, the app won’t open. Check to see if you can end the process in task manager or even restart your PC if you don’t know how to do that.
Try running as administrator or checking to see if any antivirus is preventing the application from operating on files.