Mods and new Launcher
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bruh, can you stop acting like a kid, constantly bumping and going I DON'T SEE AN ANSWER YET, does not make anyone want to help you
Ok first of all that was 12 days ago, I would hardly call that "constantly bumping".
Second, I would say bumping a "Mods literally don't work for me" to be fairly justified. Base Stellaris has issues (for example: the lack of content for Hive Minds), and many people mod away the issues they find unplayable. We also know this isn't a mod-side issue, which means that only Paradox can fix it.
try deleting /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mods_registry.json and all .mod files in the /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mod/ folder, then reinstalling mods. the mods aren't actually not getting updated FYI, the launcher is just crap.
If you can't get mods to work at all from steam, try making your own mod folder through the launcher and then extract/move the steam mod into the folder the launcher made. You will have to do that every time the mod updates to keep it up to date, though.
If you can't get mods to work at all from steam, try making your own mod folder through the launcher and then extract/move the steam mod into the folder the launcher made. You will have to do that every time the mod updates to keep it up to date, though.
Already tried that two weeks ago. Sadly that file doesn't exist. For whatever reason, the New Launchertm has decided to partially ignore my userdir.txt and continue to store that file, among others, in the default directory. Let's not pretend anything it chooses to store there it can ACTUALLY access, mind you. It stores my save files there, and I can't load save files in-game (or even SEE them).
If anyone has a home-made solution, I would appreciate it, because it won't let me play if I go offline (which is 80% of the time for me), and I can't play multiplayer due to "wrong version" despite the exact same build ID. Unfortunately, as soon as I posted my issue to the official new launcher thread, we haven't heard anything from the Launcher's lead developer (or spokesperson).
I was actually telling the OP to try deleting those files.
If the game is putting your save files to a dir. and you see it in the folder, but dont have access to it in game, that sounds like a folder access/administration issue, I think your problems goes well beyond the game itself for some of those issues.
Augh, it already has full permissions! Hell I've tried turning OFF my security systems (not something you should do, it takes ten minutes for a defenseless computer on the internet to be compromised with malware), and it STILL doesn't work. The problem is the "default" directory it's half-using is a CLOUD SERVICE, which must be why it doesn't work when I go offline.
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I noticed this as well. The launcher tells me an arbitrary?!? compatible game version. Some mod files say supported_version="2.5.*" and the launcher still tells me they're incompatible, since it requires game version 2.3 or 2.4 anyway.
Interestingly, I have a few small mods for myself and there I put supported_version="2.4.*". And the game tells me those mods are up to date.
Has anyone had the same problem and found a solution?
deleting those files I listed on my previous post was the only way I have found so far, for some reason the .json files doesn't update when you update the mods, which is a launcher problem, so PDX needs to fix.I noticed this as well. The launcher tells me an arbitrary?!? compatible game version. Some mod files say supported_version="2.5.*" and the launcher still tells me they're incompatible, since it requires game version 2.3 or 2.4 anyway.
Interestingly, I have a few small mods for myself and there I put supported_version="2.4.*". And the game tells me those mods are up to date.
Has anyone had the same problem and found a solution?
Hmmm, sounds like a lot of stuff going on, so I am not sure how well I can help you
, I know when you save your game there should be a check box for "save to cloud", if you uncheck that, that should make it so your saves no longer go to the cloud, if that is causing issues.
Sadly we're not talking the Steam cloud or the Paradox cloud (if that exists), it's a default directory pointing to a cloud service. The cloud service is almost just coincidental; if it wasn't the original default for this system I imagine it would just be on a drive that I could point to and all would be dandy.Hmmm, sounds like a lot of stuff going on, so I am not sure how well I can help you
I'm starting to think the solution is a PC nuke and fresh install of Windows 10.
Because the launcher is currently not working at all for the GOG Linux version, I figured out how to manually install and activate mods. That might help in your situation. I'll use installing a Starnet AI zip file downloaded from the Steam Workshop as an example.
- To start with I'd recommend deleting your user folder (Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/) and deleting the launcher which installs itself in the Paradox Interactive folder, so you work from a clean slate. It should be fine to keep the save games folder and user_empire_designs.txt.
- Create the folder Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/mod/
- Unzip the mod's folder and place it here, in this case mod/starnet.
- In the mod folder, place the descriptor.mod file and give it a sensible name like starnet.mod. This should be identical to the descriptor.mod file in the mod's own folder.
- Open the file to make sure the path is properly indicated; it should contain the line path="mod/starnet"
- Create the file Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/dlc_load.json
- This is where you'll actually say what mods to activate. It's in the format of {"disabled_dlcs":[],"enabled_mods":["mod/starnet.mod","mod/example.mod","mod/etcetera.mod"]}
- Run the game directly from the executable in the game's installation folder, stellaris or stellaris.exe. The exact folder structure depends on where you got the game.
Yea, if your computer, itself, is saving to a cloud service, and not the game doing it, that is a much different problem.
Unfortunately, it sounds like someone would probably need to have access to your PC in order to figure out what is going on with it.
If you haven't already, I would at least try a re-install of the game, first, before doing a fresh windows install.
Just for clarity there seems to be two threads about the same issue, if like myself you're keeping your eyes peeled for solutions.
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/can-we-get-the-old-launcher-back.1277473/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/can-we-get-the-old-launcher-back.1277473/
I mean the problem is that the new launcher is ignoring my userdir.txt. If it just obeyed the damn thing for everything, whatever the default directory for my computer is would probably not be an issue.
Although my C drive is full, so a fresh install may STILL be an issue even if I were to try and get the default directory to be a REAL folder on my drives. The D drive isn't built for holding the OS, so I can't really just switch which drive the OS is installed on either.
Well, the launcher is a different team than the stellaris team, so chances are they simply did not put that feature into it or you need to do something different than what stellaris requires.
PDX has always had issues in that department though, If I remember correctly you had to do something special in steam to change userdir in EU4 , so it may be a similar thing now with this new launcher.
But yea, the launcher is awful, very second rate stuff, it should never have been released in its state and now we are all stuck with it, so the only thing we can do is answer their poor products with a closed wallet, it seems.