Quote: "replace the original fpsc_game.exe, with the efxmod fpsc_game.exe, you can't open the exe unless you have darkbasic pro."
Actually, this is not correct. The sourcecode is compiled to executable code and does not need any additional software to run.
Quote: "i've been trying to download efxmod for months now, and i finally figured out about a week ago that i had to downgrade to fps creator v1.07, so i do. then i go to http://efx.helixsoftware.eu/ and download efxmod v2. and every time i try to download it it just says. runtime error 8003 - could not find path at line 18155(or some other number) and it's starting to piss me off a bit. is there anyway i can solve this?"
Sounds like you tried to execute the FPSC-Game.exe directly out of the archive. as FPSCgamerguy2 already wrote, you need to copy/extract the FPSC-Game.exe from the archive to your FPSC main directory.
If this doesn't work, please post a screenshot of the error message.

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