How do i update a mod?

[NovalDeathAngel]

I used to use Stronger Leviathans! mod since it was great at making the leviathans actually op so that they were actually a challenge. Now it doesnt work anymore so how do i fix the mod? do i have to change some settings or tweak something in the mod? Any Advice/alternatives/ or direction to where i can go to learn to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
Link to the mod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911496163

[tempest.of.emptiness]

You'll have to wait for the mod author to update it.

[claedag74]

Go to Program Files>Steam>steamapps>workshop>content>281990> you will then need to locate the file for that mod (you need to be subscribed to it. It looks like the file name will be 911496163.

Most likely you will need to check the folder and files in that mod to see if they still match what is in the main game. The files will probably have different names because of how modding works but they may have just overwritten the vanilla files.

Once you locate those you should probably check the main files of the game and make sure you are using the correct ones and then just update those to how you want them. I would make a copy of the folder and the specific file(s) being used in a separate location. Make any needed updates to those files and create a new mod folder from the game launcher and copy the files you saved into that new folder. The mod folder will be located under documents>paradox>stellaris>mods.

If you are really lucky you may just be able to copy the source folder for the mod from the first paragraph and copy that to documents>paradox>stellaris>mods. Then you would just need to open the descriptor file and change the version number. You will need notepad++ to do that. It will not open in regular notepad.

Since the mod so old you will probably need to create a whole new mod as the most recent update changed stuff for the leviathans. I'm not sure what folders and files are involved as I've not messed with those.

If you are not familiar with modding you can go to the stellaris modding wiki for some pointers. I'm not very good with modding myself and keep to the simple stuff. This one would probably be a bit on the complicated side depending on exactly what needs to be done.

[NovalDeathAngel]

Originally posted by claedag74:

Go to Program Files>Steam>steamapps>workshop>content>281990> you will then need to locate the file for that mod (you need to be subscribed to it. It looks like the file name will be 911496163.

Most likely you will need to check the folder and files in that mod to see if they still match what is in the main game. The files will probably have different names because of how modding works but they may have just overwritten the vanilla files.

Once you locate those you should probably check the main files of the game and make sure you are using the correct ones and then just update those to how you want them. I would make a copy of the folder and the specific file(s) being used in a separate location. Make any needed updates to those files and create a new mod folder from the game launcher and copy the files you saved into that new folder. The mod folder will be located under documents>paradox>stellaris>mods.

If you are really lucky you may just be able to copy the source folder for the mod from the first paragraph and copy that to documents>paradox>stellaris>mods. Then you would just need to open the descriptor file and change the version number. You will need notepad++ to do that. It will not open in regular notepad.

Since the mod so old you will probably need to create a whole new mod as the most recent update changed stuff for the leviathans. I'm not sure what folders and files are involved as I've not messed with those.

If you are not familiar with modding you can go to the stellaris modding wiki for some pointers. I'm not very good with modding myself and keep to the simple stuff. This one would probably be a bit on the complicated side depending on exactly what needs to be done.

thanks for the advice, im barely knowledgeable on modding and all i want is to make the leviathans from 40k fleet strength to 800k. That way they arent killed to early. But many of the files in the old mod dont are changed and the mod author is offline now. Thanks again, ill check the wiki