Friend can't join modded game

[DreamMasterFTW]

So me and my 2 friends are starting a new game and we added 2 mods. We put them in a mod folder on the paradox launcher so it won't let us not play when the mods update, and we all did the exact same process to add the mods this way. When I invited them, one could join, but the other had an internal error issue. We tried several different things but he did exactly what we did but can't join. Does anyone have any ideas? (mods are massive maps and 30 hero + 2 skill points)

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by DreamMasterFTW:

Friend can't join modded game
So me and my 2 friends are starting a new game and we added 2 mods. We put them in a mod folder on the paradox launcher so it won't let us not play when the mods update, and we all did the exact same process to add the mods this way. When I invited them, one could join, but the other had an internal error issue. We tried several different things but he did exactly what we did but can't join. Does anyone have any ideas? (mods are massive maps and 30 hero + 2 skill points)

The internal error might be entirely unrelated to your mods usage. In regards of mods, you can prevent them from auto-updating and use playsets to ensure that they should be no issue.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2980797677
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2978680677

[Whiskeyjoel]

I am having issues as well. I spend hours yesterday with a friend trying to get our game to run with mods. First we started with 15 mods each (all the same), internal error. Whittled it down to 10, internal error. 5 mods, internal error. 3 mods, finally somehow worked. Tried to troubleshoot why, and discovered that one of us had a mod that was from paradox site instead of steam workshop, so we assumed that was the main issue. We played a good session of a couple hours, then took a break. Came back later to pick up our game, and...what do you know, internal error. No mod changes, no game updates. And since then, we can't get any mp game working. Again. SOOOOOO frustrating! I love this game, but the mp is broken AF

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Whiskeyjoel:

I am having issues as well. I spend hours yesterday with a friend trying to get our game to run with mods. First we started with 15 mods each (all the same), internal error. Whittled it down to 10, internal error. 5 mods, internal error. 3 mods, finally somehow worked. Tried to troubleshoot why, and discovered that one of us had a mod that was from paradox site instead of steam workshop, so we assumed that was the main issue. We played a good session of a couple hours, then took a break. Came back later to pick up our game, and...what do you know, internal error. No mod changes, no game updates. And since then, we can't get any mp game working. Again. SOOOOOO frustrating! I love this game, but the mp is broken AF

That kinda confirms that mods might not be the issue to begin with.

Whether a mod differs if it is downloaded from Paradox Mods or Steam Workshop can be easily checked by comparing the metadata it comes along with. It has a unique ID, and unless the mod author is messing with you, it makes it easy to identify. Considering that, mods from Paradox Mods are more convenient in the handling due to the fact that you have access to the version history and an alternative download to a version which is decoupled from the auto-updates.

[Irongajeel69]

me and my brother play all the time together and we worked out the issues. Here is a list of things to try.

1) Make sure the mods are exactly the same
2) Make sure the mod load order is exactly the same from top to bottom
3) update the game at the same time to ensure you both got the same versions
4) Verify integrity of game files by right clicking game in library properties> local files, this is the one that helped the most to fix the internal error problem
5) make a shortcut desktop icon from the .exe launcher file in the game folder to launch the game without updating and bypassing the automatic steam updating prompt, and you have to make sure to keep launching through this shortcut to play with the mods you have downloaded at that time, once someone updates the game or gets a new mod, then all the players must do all steps 1 through 5 again each time, to make sure everything is the same.

Its a hassle but its still worth doing if you have the time, also try inviting friends through the steam friends list if the join code doesnt work, hope this helps!

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Irongajeel69:

me and my brother play all the time together and we worked out the issues. Here is a list of things to try.

1) Make sure the mods are exactly the same
2) Make sure the mod load order is exactly the same from top to bottom
3) update the game at the same time to ensure you both got the same versions
4) Verify integrity of game files by right clicking game in library properties> local files, this is the one that helped the most to fix the internal error problem
5) make a shortcut desktop icon from the .exe launcher file in the game folder to launch the game without updating and bypassing the automatic steam updating prompt, and you have to make sure to keep launching through this shortcut to play with the mods you have downloaded at that time, once someone updates the game or gets a new mod, then all the players must do all steps 1 through 5 again each time, to make sure everything is the same.

Its a hassle but its still worth doing if you have the time, also try inviting friends through the steam friends list if the join code doesnt work, hope this helps!

Did Steam actually found discrepancies when you did verify the game's files integrity?

[Irongajeel69]

no it didn't actually, so far everything is working pretty smooth except for the problem of making sure the mods that are downloaded are compatible with each other, but that is a whole other problem lol

[DreamMasterFTW]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by DreamMasterFTW:

Friend can't join modded game
So me and my 2 friends are starting a new game and we added 2 mods. We put them in a mod folder on the paradox launcher so it won't let us not play when the mods update, and we all did the exact same process to add the mods this way. When I invited them, one could join, but the other had an internal error issue. We tried several different things but he did exactly what we did but can't join. Does anyone have any ideas? (mods are massive maps and 30 hero + 2 skill points)

The internal error might be entirely unrelated to your mods usage. In regards of mods, you can prevent them from auto-updating and use playsets to ensure that they should be no issue.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2980797677
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2978680677

the problem was the load order for now. hopefully it still works!