FenPhoenix on 1/2/2021 at 07:53

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I was troubleshooting for RickMcKnight today, he had an issue where AngelLoader didn't recognize The Builder's Paradise as a valid FM. We eventually discovered he downloaded it from Taffers Paradise ((http://www.taffersparadise.co.uk/thief2mission/TMA20AC_TheBuildersParadise_EN.zip) here) and that the zip file contained a subfolder inside it with the same name as the zip, and inside that subfolder was the regular FM folder structure. This is considered an invalid FM structure by AngelLoader, but even loaders that don't check for that will still fail to play it once installed, because the game itself won't recognize the folder stucture.

I don't know if any other files on Taffers Paradise have this problem (it could be just the one?) but it's something to look out for.

To be clear, the issue is that (http://www.taffersparadise.co.uk/thief2mission/TMA20AC_TheBuildersParadise_EN.zip) TMA20AC_TheBuildersParadise_EN.zip from Taffers Paradise looks like this:

https://fenphoenix.com/ttlg_pics/builders_paradise_zip_taffers_paradise.png

While the original, correctly structured .7z file from (http://www.southquarter.com/tma20ac/) here or (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V_gYVjIouXkzyGNNgHk6pbQwMV2p73XP) here looks like this:

https://fenphoenix.com/ttlg_pics/builders_paradise_7z_correct.png

It looks like Lord Soth converted the original .7z file into a .zip file, but simply didn't copy the folder structure correctly - FM archive files should have all their stuff right in the base archive directory, not in a subdirectory within it.

Just a heads-up for anyone if they ever have an FM fail to be recognized, this may well be the issue.