If you're having trouble getting Frosty to work (especially with EA), please see the video I created as well as the video linked in its description. I've also written a quicker rundown of tips and tricks (if you don't want a walkthrough) below:
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1. Make sure you downloaded from the github link. Extract Frosty to the same drive as your game, but do not put it in the game's folder. 2. If you end up with an Unhandled Exception error and FMM won't open, go to your local app data (ex: C:\Users\***\AppData\Local), find the folder labeled "Frosty" and DELETE it. The next time you run FMM, it should create a proper config folder. 3. Run BOTH Frosty and EA as an Administrator. Choose "Enable background services" in the EA app settings. Have EA open (in admin mode) before launching the game through Frosty. Close the EA app to send it to run in the background, then launch through Frosty. 4. Check your firewall settings and make sure the following apps are allowed through it: - All instances of "Dragon Age: Inquisition (x64)" - All instances of "EA" and "EA app (...)" examples: (EABackgroundService, EAConnect_microsoft, EADesktop, EAGEP, EALocalHostSvc) - Try adding "FrostyModManager.exe" to your allowed apps as well 5. Try removing the configuration for DAI in FMM, then manually selecting the game's .exe to add it back to FMM. 6. Make sure you have a "ModData" folder in your Dragon Age: Inquisition game folder. If you don't, create one with that exact spelling, spacing, and case. FMM should automatically detect this folder later. 7. If you have done all of this, mods still aren't showing up, and you already have a "ModData" folder with info in it, try deleting that "ModData" folder. Frosty should automatically create a new one, and it should refresh everything. I recommend saving that folder elsewhere first, though, just in case. 8. If all else fails, remove Frosty entirely, repair your DAI game, and download a fresh installation of Frosty.
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I've also written a quicker rundown of tips and tricks (if you don't want a walkthrough) below:
1. Make sure you downloaded from the github link. Extract Frosty to the same drive as your game, but do not put it in the game's folder.
2. If you end up with an Unhandled Exception error and FMM won't open, go to your local app data (ex: C:\Users\***\AppData\Local), find the folder labeled "Frosty" and DELETE it. The next time you run FMM, it should create a proper config folder.
3. Run BOTH Frosty and EA as an Administrator. Choose "Enable background services" in the EA app settings. Have EA open (in admin mode) before launching the game through Frosty. Close the EA app to send it to run in the background, then launch through Frosty.
4. Check your firewall settings and make sure the following apps are allowed through it:
- All instances of "Dragon Age: Inquisition (x64)"
- All instances of "EA" and "EA app (...)" examples: (EABackgroundService, EAConnect_microsoft, EADesktop, EAGEP, EALocalHostSvc)
- Try adding "FrostyModManager.exe" to your allowed apps as well
5. Try removing the configuration for DAI in FMM, then manually selecting the game's .exe to add it back to FMM.
6. Make sure you have a "ModData" folder in your Dragon Age: Inquisition game folder. If you don't, create one with that exact spelling, spacing, and case. FMM should automatically detect this folder later.
7. If you have done all of this, mods still aren't showing up, and you already have a "ModData" folder with info in it, try deleting that "ModData" folder. Frosty should automatically create a new one, and it should refresh everything. I recommend saving that folder elsewhere first, though, just in case.
8. If all else fails, remove Frosty entirely, repair your DAI game, and download a fresh installation of Frosty.