Swifty is an Arma launcher as well as a mod management tool. We host our mods on Swifty so we can control when mods update, as well as more easily push custom mods and tweaks.
¶ Download Flow
Swifty downloads a compressed version of our mods to a temporary folder on your C: drive and then decompresses them to your destination mod directory.
¶ Installation
- Download Swifty from their website
- Double click the downloaded Setup.exe
If you receive the error Windows protected this PC, click on More info and then Run anyway
- Swifty should now open and a Desktop Shortcut will be created automatically
¶ Preperation
- Before we start the download, click on the Gear at the top of the window
- Set the ARMA III Directory to your Arma 3 folder in Steam
If you cannot download the entire repo to your
C:drive, set your Temporary Directory to a folder on a different drive
- Move the Parallel Downloads slider to 10 for faster downloads (If you notice your downloads are failing, drop this back to 2)
- Once you're done changing these settings; click Close at the bottom right of the window
¶ Adding a Repo
- Click on + Add Repository
- Find the repo address from our Discord using the following command in #bot-commands:
!swifty repo
- Copy the Main URL
- Paste the Main URL in the Repository Address and click Add
Do not use Advanced creation; you can change these settings later
- Click on the Folder icon next in the Path field
- Select the folder you want your mods to download to (ie. C:\TCS\Mods)
This should be in it's own folder; do NOT mix our mods with mods from the Workshop
- Close out of the repo page
¶ Confirming Settings
Swifty has an annoying bug where some settings do not save properly. If this happens, it may use the previously set value.
Before you continue, please restart Swifty and confirm that these settings persisted.
- ARMA III Directory
- Temporary Directory
- Mod Path
Note: You may need to restart and reset your settings multiple times before they set correctly
¶ Downloading
- Click on TCS Main
- Click on the Refresh icon
- Swifty will begin checking for updates (This may take some time); once this completes, click on Download
- You will see a list of mods to be downloaded; click Download in the bottom right to start the download
- Your mods will begin downloading
¶ Pausing the download
- Swifty does not have a proper "pause" feature
- To pause the download, simply close out of Swifty
- To continue your download, start Swifty and restart your download
Swifty will not recognized your already downloaded mods on this screen, but it will immediatly find them after the download starts
¶ CDLC Compatibility Data
The compats allow you to play with us if you do not own the CDLCs. If you do not own the CDLCs, you are not able to drive the vehicles or play on the CDLC maps.
If you do not own one or more of the following CDLCs, you need to manually select and download the Compatibility Data
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Once your download is complete, click on the Gear icon next to the repo name
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Click on Optional addons
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Select the CDLC's you don't own
| @cdlc_compat_gm | Global Mobilization |
| @cdlc_compat_sog | S.O.G. Prairie Fire |
- Close out of Repository settings
- Preform a recheck
- You will be prompted to download the compatibility data you selected
¶ Launching
- Once your download is completed, you should have a red box that says Swifty detected that a recheck may be required.
- Click the Refresh icon
- Swifty will now check to see if all files have been downloaded successfully; click the Close button once completed
If you're launching our Repo for the first time, keep TeamSpeak closed. ACRE will automatically install the necessary plugins, but it will fail if TeamSpeak is open.
- Make sure The Cooler Server is selected under Servers
- Click the Join button to connect to the server
¶ Troubleshooting
A work in progress guide to fix common errors with Swifty
¶ System.FormatException
Example Error:
System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt64(String value, NumberStyles options, NumberFormatInfo numfmt)
at SwiftyBackend.SwiftyFiles.SwiftyPart..ctor(String readLine) in E:\Dev\SwiftyNew\SwiftyWPF\swifty-backend\SwiftyFiles\SwiftyPart.cs:line 61
at SwiftyBackend.SwiftyFiles.SwiftyPboFile..ctor(String data, StreamReader reader) in E:\Dev\SwiftyNew\SwiftyWPF\swifty-backend\SwiftyFiles\SwiftyPboFile.cs:line 42
at SwiftyBackend.SwiftyAddon..ctor(Stream stream) in E:\Dev\SwiftyNew\SwiftyWPF\swifty-backend\SwiftyAddon.cs:line 84
at SwiftyBackend.SwiftyAddon.Deserialize(String str) in E:\Dev\SwiftyNew\SwiftyWPF\swifty-backend\SwiftyAddon.cs:line 207
at SwiftyWPF.SwiftyUpdateChecker.<Check>d__20.MoveNext()
You are receiving this error because your system local isn't set to English (Probably because you changed it to Japanese to get Visual Novels to work, you filthy weeb)
Fix this error by switching your locale back to English:
- Go to Control Panel
- Click Change date, time, or number formats
- The Region dialog should open, choose Administrative and click Change system locale
- Select an English system locale
- Click Restart now to apply the updated locale
