HELP! Mods wont show up in game

[CDEEKS]

I have several mods installed and none will show in game. is there a way to manaully install them as i still have all the mods saved on my HDD. i have tried to unsub and resub to them but nothing works. https://imgur.com/a/5KNbnSJ

[retsam1]

Just to be clear, are the mods you've downloaded from the workshop in steam being housed/saved on the same drive as the game? If not this is probably your issue.

[CDEEKS]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Just to be clear, are the mods you've downloaded from the workshop in steam being housed/saved on the same drive as the game? If not this is probably your issue.

yeh all on same drive and all are from steam workshop.

[🦊 Hermit]

When you started the game up after subbing, did you sit at the main menu and let the mods install? Some people don't notice the 'Installing Mods' dialogue in the bottom right of the menu screen, and just click to join/start a game right away, before the mods have fully installed. If that happened, they may not show up in that case.

[Sicksadpanda]

Are the mods you want to install are subscribed via your steam client account?

[CDEEKS]

Originally posted by Panda:

Are the mods you want to install are subscribed via your steam client account?

yes all subbed and no there is no install notification on screen.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Hermit:

When you started the game up after subbing, did you sit at the main menu and let the mods install? Some people don't notice the 'Installing Mods' dialogue in the bottom right of the menu screen, and just click to join/start a game right away, before the mods have fully installed. If that happened, they may not show up in that case.

If you looked at his screen pic, he's showing from the single player menu (ie not trying to log into a server). He shows zero mods listed.

Even if he were to exit ark, he'd still show downloading mods at the bottom of his steam browser.

Originally posted by CDEEKS:

Originally posted by retsam1:

Just to be clear, are the mods you've downloaded from the workshop in steam being housed/saved on the same drive as the game? If not this is probably your issue.

yeh all on same drive and all are from steam workshop.

If you do not have any "downloading" message in your steam browser at the bottom(ie still downloading mods you had selected from the workshop, and you 100% show mods listed in your single player and multiplayer file locations for arks mods in the actual files on your drive, then here are my suggestions otherwise:

In this order:

1. Unsubscribe from all mods(all).
2. Exit completely from steam.
3. Delete the mod folder(all of it).
4. Log back into steam.
5. (Just as a placebo/precaution) verify the integrity of Ark's game files via right clicking ark in your game library to the appropriate tab location. Keep in mind that almost always the reverifying will signal 1-3 files requiring to be downloaded as they are dynamic files that change related to server lists.
6. Through the workshop with steam open, subscribe to the mods you wish to have.

At that point look at the bottom of your steam browser for mods being downloaded. If you see none being downloading you may have another issue going on. Otherwise, wait until all mods you've subscribed to have downloaded properly.

7. Click to play ark. From the main ark menu screen, wait to see if any mods also are downloading(some trigger only when you're in Ark's main menu. If you do, -wait- until they have completed downloading.

8. Then look at your single player game menu screen for the mods being in the bottom right list. If there are then you've resolved the problem. If they are not then something is amiss and you may need to consider uninstalling and reinstalling ark(but unsub again from mods before you do just to make things less complicated).

[🦊 Hermit]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by Hermit:

When you started the game up after subbing, did you sit at the main menu and let the mods install? Some people don't notice the 'Installing Mods' dialogue in the bottom right of the menu screen, and just click to join/start a game right away, before the mods have fully installed. If that happened, they may not show up in that case.

If you looked at his screen pic, he's showing from the single player menu (ie not trying to log into a server). He shows zero mods listed.

Even if he were to exit ark, he'd still show downloading mods at the bottom of his steam browser.

But I'm not talking about downloading Ret, I'm talking about installing. They're two different things. You can sit and wait in the Steam browser until all downloads are complete, but when you start Ark up you still have to wait again at the main menu while the mods actually install, otherwise they won't show up in game.

In the bottom right of the main menu screen, before you get to the single player setup menu, it has a dialogue saying 'Installing Mods # of # (Modname)' or something of the like. It has to go through this step even if the mod is fully downloaded in Steam's browser, otherwise the mod will not be active in the client.

[$K3L3T0ND3MZ]

my problem is after I load my mod into my game via the single player menu on the bottom right my mods don't show like I have a mod in the game called ultra stacks and it does not have ultra stacks so if anyone can help me it would be so f**king awesome

[Lori37]

Originally posted by Krosis:

my problem is after I load my mod into my game via the single player menu on the bottom right my mods don't show like I have a mod in the game called ultra stacks and it does not have ultra stacks so if anyone can help me it would be so f**king awesome

holy necro batman, make a fresh topic

[CDEEKS]

Ok so i come back to ark today and had this issue and i googled it and here i am at my owen post haha and no i still dont know wtf haha

[Uncle Hulka]

@CDEEKS It's one of the comforting things about Ark. You know that no matter how much time passes, how long you're away from the game, certain bugs will always be there waiting to greet you with open arms like an old lover.

[wickeddelight]

Guys, did you copy your mods from the available list (bottom) to the active list (top) in your game settings?

[CDEEKS]

Originally posted by wickeddelight:

Guys, did you copy your mods from the available list (bottom) to the active list (top) in your game settings?

no they dont show this is the problem. only fix is an entire redopwnload of game and all mods pain in the ass

[Chris]

Originally posted by CDEEKS:

Ok so i come back to ark today and had this issue and i googled it and here i am at my owen post haha and no i still dont know wtf haha

any more luck with this and did you solve your initial problem?

unlike you i have subbed to 10 mods but only 9 are downloading and installed... s+ just not playing ball but does say subbed workshop lol!

[Vesuvius]

Check the mod id's in your mod folder to see if they are installed.