Joining Multiplayer (Wrong Checksum)

[JohnMidnight]

The day prior, 11-20-2017 By end of 11:42 PST, Multiplayer with a friend of mine was just fine. No issues.
Today, nothing but a headache for some reason. Both of our games report b3cd after 1.8.3, but. That is incorrect in the games multiplayer area, where it says he is 4653

The original mod that recently updated, even when removed, does not resolve the issue at hand, despite it was the only one updated in the last 7 days. So I am confused here. Any ideas or solutions?

 

[AndrewT]

As his checksum is wrong he is either running different mods or mods versions, had edited files, or has a corrupted installation.

He needs to do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-Stellaris
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox/Stellaris folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular he needs to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again.

 

[JohnMidnight]

So, it looks like we both have to.... because we both are reporting different checksums in multiplayer.
Also: Unselecting ALL mods, allows everything fine. No issue. We are running exact same mods. So this is where the confusion is at.

 

[AndrewT]

Then you are running different mods, or different versions of mods.