only 1 settlement being generated bug

[wufle]

Decided to start a new colony so i unsubscribed from my mess of 144 mods and re-subscribed to about 40, set them all up, got a wall of red like always but ignored it, generated world and there is only 1 settlement on the entire planet, removed some mods, repeat, only 1 settlement, remove more. Removed all of my mods, have a vanilla game, still getting XML errors and only 1 colony is being generated, i verified integrity of files, still having the issue. :(

[boytype]

Here is the info from a Ludeon Forum thread about getting a clean insteall;

First unsubscribe from all mods you are currently subbed to. I highly recommend putting all the mods you currently use into a "Collection" on Steam to help you keep track of things even when you're not subbed to them. It's extremely helpful, especially for large mod lists.

Things to delete:

Your user files for the game which are found in a hidden Appdata folder. Your file structure would likely look similar to mine: C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld by Ludeon Studios. Delete the Ludeon Studios folder. You will lose your saves, and need to reconfigure base game settings.

Game files. Right click Rimworld in Steam, select properties, select Local Files. Delete the Rimworld folder. You may have to still select "uninstall" on Rimworld within Steam.

Workshop files, which are located somewhere in your Steam directory: ...\steamapps\workshop\content\294100 That last number is Rimworlds ID on Steam. Delete everything in here, you can leave the 294100 folder. Re-install the game, then re-sub to mods.

[boytype]

And here is a link to the topic itself;
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=4805