Okay, so I don't really know what I did, but whatever I did and the result of it was so bizarre that I stumped the entirety of the XV2 Revamp Discord. Let me explain:
So I updated the game to the latest version, DLC and all, and decided I wanted to mod it again. Now, I've modded it before, but that was a very long time ago, so to be safe I cleared everything mod related and reinstalled the latest version of the patcher and the mod installer.
I THOUGHT this would work, but for some unknown reason, it simply doesn't. More specifically, the patcher just, refuses to load or even exist???
Are the files broken? Nope, they're all fine.
Validate the game files? Already did that, they were fine and didn't fix anything.
Update the mod installer? Sure did. Cleared installations too just in case. Didn't fix anything.
Right version of the patcher? Yep, I downloaded literally two days ago and it's version 4.3.
I was completely puzzled. I even reinstalled the game entirely, but that was fruitless.
So I went to get help. Specifically the closest help I had was the Revamp team's Discord server. And well, that was interesting. Here's every possible explanation they had (all of which got shot down):
- xinput/dinput not there: It's been there since I installed the patcher and there's nothing wrong with it.
- EAC screwing things up: It's uninstalled.
- Patcher somehow broke: I've reinstalled it three times. It didn't work three times.
- Something with the versions: I've double checked and made sure that everything was the latest version.
This is just such a bizarre situation that I can't even explain what's wrong (neither can anyone who tried to help me). None of us even know what went wrong, so we don't even know where to begin to fix it. I am PRAYING TO GOD that someone here can potentially help me identify the issue.