maybe new isnt the best way of describing it, iv coded my own mods and edited other people to suit my needs but i didnt use the install.php i uploaded the files directly then the sqls and changed the neccesary lines of code in config.php and the scrips run fine. iv recoded my own gym which works and making items also works iv tested nearly everything and it works how it should.
i dont see how not using the installer is so hard to cmprehend but i didnt even know about it till i searched how to do the crons :)