issues with add on mods

[Mrmilsimguy524]

hello everyone just yesterday i downloaded this addon mod https://www.gta5-mods.com/vehicles/mammoth-devastator-add-on-custom-weapons i thought it looked cool so i followed the instructions on the read me file to the letter. I loaded up the game i typed in devast which was the code to spawn it in i get invaild model. So i went in to openiv i deleted the mod in the dlc packs file and info in the dlclist xml file went back into the game and none of my addon mods work now the only vehcials that spawn in are the cars planes etc that the game launched with. However when the doomsday dlc update came out i guess the update deleted all my addon mods so i had to reinstall all my stuff including a new gameconfig file update that worked for my.
However its just this one addon mod that really f"ed my over was was totally fine before then any ideals

[psykoteky]

Worked fine for me-
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1240207053

[Mrmilsimguy524]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

Worked fine for me-
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1240207053

idk what happened i followed the steps to the letter and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ my enitre game up. I think it it did something to my dlclistxml file because it was working fine before i installed this mod

[psykoteky]

That's why if you are making changes to something that works - you make a backup.
Need to mod a dlc xml that already has 20 changes and is known to work? Make a copy.

[Mrmilsimguy524]

if i copy and paste my dlclist xml file in my update folder and then paste it in the mods/update folder would that work or would that mess it up even more ?

[psykoteky]

That SHOULD revert it back to default if you are properly using the mods folder.
(and- if you haven't messed up the vanilla/default one)

[Mrmilsimguy524]

na didnt work

[psykoteky]

What didn't work? There isn't anything for it to "not work".
You are just reseting the mods dlclist to the vanilla dlclist.
You still have to correct it and add all the other stuff BACK in that wasn't backed up.

Virtually no different that simply deleting the update.rpf and putting a vanilla copy back in.
Start over.

[Mrmilsimguy524]

delete the update rpf file in the mods folder then i guess copy a vanillia one from the update file in the directory ??

[Mrmilsimguy524]

Originally posted by psykoteky:

What didn't work? There isn't anything for it to "not work".
You are just reseting the mods dlclist to the vanilla dlclist.
You still have to correct it and add all the other stuff BACK in that wasn't backed up.

Virtually no different that simply deleting the update.rpf and putting a vanilla copy back in.
Start over.

i think i fixed it i had to install a updated for simple trainer. But however i have 2 add on right now in my dlc packs file and when go to start up the game it will crash. People say in order to fix this you need to intall a new gameconfig but i just did that the other day any advice

[psykoteky]

This is the first time you've mentioned simple trainer in this thread. At some point - during whatever you are doing - you are forget'n/mixing what you are doing.

I'm being dead serious when I say - start over.
Install 1 thing. Test. Install 1 thing. Test. Install 1 thing. Test. Install 1 thing. Test.
You have 4 things installed. Make a backup of your current mods folder.
Name it Mods - 4 things working.
Install 1 thing. Test. Install 1 thing. Test.Install 1 thing. Test. Install 1 thing. Test.
You have 8 things installed. Make a backup of your current mods folder.
Name it Mods - 8 things working.
Continue onwards.
If something breaks - you can easily revert without having to undo and not mess up stuff.
You'll only bounce back 4 mods if you backup/rename properly.
Of course the size of these backups will add up so maybe only float 2 of them.
(Have mods 12 and 16? Delete 4 and 8 - etc)

(remember, the above only applies to the mods folder, unless you want to keep track of scripts/files in the gtav folder too...)

Also- just because you installed a certain gameconfig - doesn't mean it will always work for everything you install. At some point you could reach the limit of your pc/config and require it to be tweaked yet again for what you are trying to accomplish.

And - if you replaced the update.rpf with a vanilla one again to fix the dlclist as mentioned above instead of fussing around and not providing full info for actions taken today...
You've nuked the gameconfig unless you've reinstalled it again - TODAY.
(Which means - install the gameconfig again to be sure it is there)