Manually installing mods help.

[Angel Phoenix77]

I've been trying get a few mods I dled from Nexus to work. I tried following the instructions with unzipping and simply moving the folder over. However, when I log in, the mod I just installed had a yellow !. I also checked the mod section to see if it was there. It wasn't.

I asked for help on another website, and I was told I had bricked it. I really dont understand. I tried moving files around. Tried deleting files. Now I'm so beyond confused.

Please help me. Some pictures could help me figure out how to install the right way. Thank you for helping me.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Is the location of your mod's about.xml folder like this:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)\about

Or this:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)\(modname)\about

If the latter then you have made the easiest mistake with manual modding and nested the mod inside another folder, just move the mod and its contents one level up in the path.

Otherwise make sure it is a standard folder and not any form of compressed folder.

[Angel Phoenix77]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Is the location of your mod's about.xml folder like this:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)\about

Or this:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)\(modname)\about

If the latter then you have made the easiest mistake with manual modding and nested the mod inside another folder, just move the mod and its contents one level up in the path.

Otherwise make sure it is a standard folder and not any form of compressed folder.

It's the second one example. However, I'm confused by this. Can you please make this easier for me to understand please. I am used to modding FO4 and Skyrim/SE. This is a whole new way for me to understand on how to mod.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Okay.

Go to:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)
And then select the folder in there and press CTRL+X and then got to:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods
And paste (CTRL+V).

That should move the mod on folder up and begin working.

[Helios]

Its not that different from f4 there you would have mods/(modname)/Data without using a modmanager here its mods/(modname)/about ect so you create a folder in mods for every mod and importent is in that folder must be the about folder of the mod maybe also deffs folder.

[Angel Phoenix77]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Okay.

Go to:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)
And then select the folder in there and press CTRL+X and then got to:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods
And paste (CTRL+V).

That should move the mod on folder up and begin working.

I followed this, I was able to get a mod to be seen in the mod manager mod. It still has a yellow !. Does this mean that the works?

Originally posted by Helios:

Its not that different from f4 there you would have mods/(modname)/Data without using a modmanager here its mods/(modname)/about ect so you create a folder in mods for every mod and importent is in that folder must be the about folder of the mod maybe also deffs folder.

To me it is a bit confusing. I know once In get a hold of modding this game, Ill rejoice :)

[Herja]

Originally posted by Angel Phoenix77:

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Okay.

Go to:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\(modname)
And then select the folder in there and press CTRL+X and then got to:
(steamlibrarypath)\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods
And paste (CTRL+V).

That should move the mod on folder up and begin working.

I followed this, I was able to get a mod to be seen in the mod manager mod. It still has a yellow !. Does this mean that the works?

Originally posted by Helios:

Its not that different from f4 there you would have mods/(modname)/Data without using a modmanager here its mods/(modname)/about ect so you create a folder in mods for every mod and importent is in that folder must be the about folder of the mod maybe also deffs folder.

To me it is a bit confusing. I know once In get a hold of modding this game, Ill rejoice :)

Hover your mouse over the "yellow !" I assume it's saying that the mod you downloaded dosn't work for your version of the game. Most unupdated mods will not run with 1.3

[Angel Phoenix77]

Originally posted by Herja:

Originally posted by Angel Phoenix77:

I followed this, I was able to get a mod to be seen in the mod manager mod. It still has a yellow !. Does this mean that the works?





To me it is a bit confusing. I know once In get a hold of modding this game, Ill rejoice :)

Hover your mouse over the "yellow !" I assume it's saying that the mod you downloaded dosn't work for your version of the game. Most unupdated mods will not run with 1.3

That's the thing it was made for the latest update.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Angel Phoenix77:

Originally posted by Herja:

Hover your mouse over the "yellow !" I assume it's saying that the mod you downloaded dosn't work for your version of the game. Most unupdated mods will not run with 1.3

That's the thing it was made for the latest update.

Do you have a link to the mod in question?

[Angel Phoenix77]

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

Originally posted by Angel Phoenix77:

That's the thing it was made for the latest update.

Do you have a link to the mod in question?

It's one of the mods I've been trying to work with. From Nexus https://www.nexusmods.com/rimworld/mods/371

And from the Lovers https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/7257-rimjobworld/

[ᖇIᑎ]

The version you downloaded from Nexus of the music mod isn't updated to 1.3 but the Steam version of that same mod was updated: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2470126069

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Music mods should be fine no matter the version, if its for 1.0 or later there is little reason for it not to work.

[ᖇIᑎ]

I don't do music mods, so I honestly don't know. But if the Nexus version is causing problems, it might be easier to just subscribe to the Steam version. Just saying.

[Angel Phoenix77]

Hey, all I was able to find out how to use the correct version of the mod from the lab of lovers. I had three different versions. Tried each one, until I found the right version. I deleted the other 2 :)