yet another mechjeb question

[Henno]

I am just playing again after a 3 year absence. Running KSP v1.1.3  Have downloaded Mechjeb2-2.5.8.0 via Curse. I have done some reading and searching and am aware I should be posting logs and pics etc. This is a clean game with mechjeb being my first mod and I don't have a bug as such.

Here's my first admission. I somehow unzipped KSP into the zipped KSP folder. By that I mean I now have a zipped folder ICON in user/downloads/  that is called 

ksp-win-1-1-3 (1)  and I have to go in there to play the game, size is 1,533,422KB incidentally. Well I tell a lie I have a shortcut on my desktop now from inside that folder.

If I try and place the unzipped mechjeb into the gamedata file inside that zipped file it says 'compressing' before it dumps it and I get no mechjeb when i start game.

Second attempt was unzipping the game to its own folder in user/downloads. Of course now that game has none of my saved ships and career science achievements which are pretty dismal at the moment admittedly. If I do as I believe I should with this version and drag the unzipped mechjeb folder into the gamedata folder (as well as not inside the Squad folder) I get an error on start up that says:  

Mechjeb2 has been installed incorrectly and will not function properly. All mechjeb2 files should be located in KSP like this

<KSP>
   GameData
     Mechjeb2
         Parts
         Plugins

which I think I kinda have except for the fact that I also have a folder called Squad in GameData and inside my Mechjeb2 folder I actually have folders called Icons,Parts,Plugins and another file called LICENSE.md

Thanks in advance
apologies as well for the general noobiness

 

 

 

[DrLicor]

Hey, could you please include screenshots of the facts your where saying. So a screen of you ksp folder, location, mechjeb etc would help a lot to solve your problem. First impression it seems you installed it incorrectly like KSP says.

Also, you could try to install in via CKAN. Please read the instructions well:

Greetings

[Harry Rhodan]

33 minutes ago, Henno said:

Here's my first admission. I somehow unzipped KSP into the zipped KSP folder. By that I mean I now have a zipped folder ICON in user/downloads/  that is called ksp-win-1-1-3 (1)  and I have to go in there to play the game, size is 1,533,422KB incidentally. Well I tell a lie I have a shortcut on my desktop now from inside that folder.

Second attempt was unzipping the game to its own folder in user/downloads.

I'd say you should download a fresh copy of KSP and then you should unzip it to somewhere that is not a subfolder of program files or your user files as those are generally areas that are often protected by Windows or overzealous antivirus programs.

[DrLicor]

2 minutes ago, Harry Rhodan said:

I'd say you should download a fresh copy of KSP and then you should unzip it to somewhere that is not a subfolder of program files or your user files as those are generally areas that are often protected by Windows or overzealous antivirus programs.

Yep also that, when I install a game, not bought on steam or whatsoever, I usally install in C:/Program Files (86x)/Games.

Just to have it all orderly, tidy and to prevent problems.