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Dr. BongRipper69 has 7 Days to Die

Dec 20, 2024 @ 6:28am

mods dont work after 1.2 update

my mods seem to stop working after the last update, is there anyone else who had this and maybe fixed it? if yes, please let me know, i dont wanna lose my save with over 50 hours in

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seven

Dec 20, 2024 @ 11:59am

You'll need to wait for the mod author to update them. Some mods will still work fine, but others are broken.

Dr. BongRipper69 has 7 Days to Die

Dec 20, 2024 @ 12:04pm

but if the mod is not updated yet, does it also cause the game not to fully start up?
because when i have no mods my game loads finee, and when i do have mods then my game wont even show me the menu

seven

Dec 20, 2024 @ 2:36pm

Yes, even a very simple mod can make the game freeze when starting up, requiring killing it in task manager.

Tahnval

Dec 20, 2024 @ 4:42pm

Originally posted by Dr. BongRipper69:
but if the mod is not updated yet, does it also cause the game not to fully start up?
because when i have no mods my game loads finee, and when i do have mods then my game wont even show me the menu

That can happen. Almost any error can happen if there's a version incompatibility between a mod and the base game.

It won't help you now, but the best course of action is to never allow a modded game you're currently playing to update. Only update between playthroughs, not while you're in a playthrough.

An easy way to do that in 7DTD is to copy-paste the whole game to a different directory. That will give you a fully functional 2nd installation of the game, which Steam will not update. Put mods on the 2nd installation, run the exe from the 2nd installation and you're good to go. The 1st installation will update. The 2nd installation, the one you're currently playing with mods on, will not. So you'll never encounter the issue of the base game updating in a way that your mods aren't compatible with.

But that won't help you now.

You could try reverting your installation of 7DTD to the previous version and disabling updates. You can do that in the Steam client because TFP decided to allow it. That might allow you to continue your current playthrough with your current save. Maybe.