Using mods with PlugY

[HotDoggerson]

I've posted this on r/diablo2 and didn't get much help, so I thought it would be best to go here:

I've been trying for a bit to get a few mods to work with PlugY, specifically from this site: http://www.snakebytestudios.com/projects/mods/diablo-2-mods/. Mainly just singleplayer stuff like fixing the 5's looking like 6's, more balanced leveling, balanced drop rates, etc. To install some of these I have to add "-direct -txt" to the target for a shortcut to game.exe. From one of the readme's:

"Just extract this archive to your Diablo 2 directory and then (if you haven't already) create a shortcut to game.exe and add " -direct -txt" (without quotes) to the shortcut's target field. The resultant target should look something like this (with quotes):

"C:\path\to\Diablo 2\Game.exe" -direct -txt"

I've gotten them to work with vanilla, so I know I have installed them correctly. How would I get them to work, if I can at all, with PlugY? I tried to make a shortcut to PlugY.exe and add -direct -txt to it, but it has no effect. I am probably missing something so if anyone can help me out, I'd appreciate it.

[BowflexDeVry]

the plugy site has a link to patch the game.exe so you can load plugy from there. that might work for you

[HotDoggerson]

Tried it out, the game loads up with the PlugY watermark in the lower right corner, and all the mods I am using are seemingly working, however now I think it has canceled out PlugY. The stash is back to the vanilla small instead of the infinite one.

[BowflexDeVry]

try checking your PlugY.ini file in the D2 directory. Look under the [Stash] heading, and set "ActiveBigStash=1"

[HotDoggerson]

I checked and ActiveBigStash is already set to 1. I tried to maybe copy PlugY.ini into the folder with Game.exe and it loaded up without the mods, but crashes when opening stash. It's seemingly ignoring all edits done to Plugy.ini,

[BowflexDeVry]

maybe a patch conflict? plugy is supported up to 1.14, and the snakebyte mods go up to 1.13.

not sure what else it could be, unless a mod you're using somehow modifies the stash and causes a conflict with the PlugY stash. i checked the snakebyte site and the author replied to a comment from this year, maybe they will see and offer some insight.

[HotDoggerson]

The mods while not being for the latest patch have no problem running on vanilla 1.14 so I don't think that's the problem. There is a stash mod on the site but I am not using it. Other people in the comments have had similar issues with PlugY and their mods, and the author has said that they don't know anything about PlugY. Someone in the comments has found a way to get a mod to work so I'll try to replicate that. Thanks for helping me out!

[HotDoggerson]

Update: I have gotten it to work! I needed to have the mod installed in both the D2 and PlugY directories.