need help with stardew not using my mods

[meiroo <3]

hii theres probably a million posts about need helping but i just cant get smapi or stardew to use the yes updated to 1.6 mods to work. i have updated absolutely everything and am 99% confident i have all things in the right folders and am starting up the game with smapi. yet absolutely NONE of the mods show up at all neither on the loading up smapi screen or the game itself and i have placed all the mods in the folder it told me to in the smapi start up. can someone please just tell me what could possibly be doing wrong. these arent even real mods either its just visual things just to make the game a little prettier. i appreciate any help.

[MonkehMaster]

where are you placing the mods and are the mods updated?

[meiroo <3]

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

where are you placing the mods and are the mods updated?

ive been placing them in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods folder where the smapi launcher tells me to put them. ive also tripled checked every mod to make sure theyre updated to 1.6

[MonkehMaster]

Originally posted by meiroo:

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

where are you placing the mods and are the mods updated?

ive been placing them in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods folder where the smapi launcher tells me to put them. ive also tripled checked every mod to make sure theyre updated to 1.6

smapi says nothing about them, no errors and they in general arent working?

did you paste in the launch option in steam to run smapi, instead of the stardew exe?

[meiroo <3]

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

Originally posted by meiroo:

ive been placing them in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods folder where the smapi launcher tells me to put them. ive also tripled checked every mod to make sure theyre updated to 1.6

smapi says nothing about them, no errors and they in general arent working?

no absolutely nothing , below is all that shows up even tho i have about 8 mods in the mods folder

[SMAPI] SMAPI 4.0.1 with Stardew Valley 1.6.1 build 24080 on Microsoft Windows 11 Home
[SMAPI] Mods go here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods
[SMAPI] Waiting for game to launch...
[SMAPI] Loading mod metadata...
[SMAPI] Loading mods...
[SMAPI] Loaded 2 mods:
[SMAPI] Console Commands 4.0.1 by SMAPI | Adds SMAPI console commands that let you manipulate the game.
[SMAPI] Save Backup 4.0.1 by SMAPI | Automatically backs up all your saves once per day into its folder.

[SMAPI] Found 1 mod with warnings:
[SMAPI] Launching mods...
[SMAPI] Mods loaded and ready!
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 413150
SteamInternal_SetMinidumpSteamID: Caching Steam ID: 76561199089580904 [API loaded no]
[SMAPI] Type 'help' for help, or 'help <cmd>' for a command's usage

[DromedarySpitz]

did you unzip the mod files in the Mods folder, they should have their own sub-folder with the mod files inside.

[MonkehMaster]

only loads 2 mods and states another mod with warnings...

are you completely sure the mods are all updated, cause smapi should load them all i would assume.

[MonkehMaster]

Originally posted by DromedarySpitz:

did you unzip the mod files in the Mods folder, they should have their own sub-folder with the mod files inside.

ya that could be another thing to cause issue.

heck i recently found another user who couldnt get the game to load at all without mods or anything, straight vanilla, suggested they run smapi without mods and smapi ended up displaying their gpu driver was outdated and updating it made the game run.

[meiroo <3]

Originally posted by DromedarySpitz:

did you unzip the mod files in the Mods folder, they should have their own sub-folder with the mod files inside.

sorry if i seem stupid but i have to do this after i drop the mod folders in the smapi mod folder ? how would i go about unzipping them ? im not the best with tech terms so i wouldnt be able to exactly tell you if i have or have not

[meiroo <3]

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

Originally posted by DromedarySpitz:

did you unzip the mod files in the Mods folder, they should have their own sub-folder with the mod files inside.

ya that could be another thing to cause issue.

heck i recently found another user who couldnt get the game to load at all without mods or anything, straight vanilla, suggested they run smapi without mods and smapi ended up displaying their gpu driver was outdated and updating it made the game run.

let me check for updates really quick and get back to you..

[MonkehMaster]

Originally posted by meiroo:

Originally posted by DromedarySpitz:

did you unzip the mod files in the Mods folder, they should have their own sub-folder with the mod files inside.

sorry if i seem stupid but i have to do this after i drop the mod folders in the smapi mod folder ? how would i go about unzipping them ? im not the best with tech terms so i wouldnt be able to exactly tell you if i have or have not

win 11 comes with 7zip baked in now, you right click the zip folder and click on "extract all" and choose the spot to extract it, you can place them on the desktop or in the downloads folder, then move them into the games mod folder.

or if you could try something like vortex, its a mod manager, it will download mods, update them, apply/disable or remove them, among other things, no need for extracting zip files and you can use it for all your modded games.... it makes everything much easier, but thats you choice if you want to try it.

in any case ill be here to hopefully help get the game running for ya and later on you can decide if you want to try vortex or not.

[meiroo <3]

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

Originally posted by meiroo:

sorry if i seem stupid but i have to do this after i drop the mod folders in the smapi mod folder ? how would i go about unzipping them ? im not the best with tech terms so i wouldnt be able to exactly tell you if i have or have not

win 11 comes with 7zip baked in now, you right click the zip folder and click on "extract all" and choose the spot to extract it, you can place them on the desktop or in the downloads folder. the move them into the games mod folder.

or if you could try something like vortex, its a mod manager, it will download mods, update them, apply/disable or remove them, among other things, no need for extracting zip files and you can use it for all your modded games.... it makes everything much easier, but thats you choice if you want to try it.

in any case ill be here to hopefully help get the game running for ya and later on you can decide if you want to try vortex or not.

thank you ! i appreciate all of your help

[MonkehMaster]

Originally posted by meiroo:

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

win 11 comes with 7zip baked in now, you right click the zip folder and click on "extract all" and choose the spot to extract it, you can place them on the desktop or in the downloads folder. the move them into the games mod folder.

or if you could try something like vortex, its a mod manager, it will download mods, update them, apply/disable or remove them, among other things, no need for extracting zip files and you can use it for all your modded games.... it makes everything much easier, but thats you choice if you want to try it.

in any case ill be here to hopefully help get the game running for ya and later on you can decide if you want to try vortex or not.

thank you ! i appreciate all of your help

no problem, hopefully we can get it running ;)

i have a list of things you can try here.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/413150/discussions/0/4290314417255356587/?tscn=1711056317

[Prinny]

first, delete any older version of any mods and smapi. a recent update made some files redundant so if you had a save and/or files from before the 1.6 update a lot of things are going to break.
smapi needs to be installed in the main folder. next to the stardew valley.exe file.
all mods need to be in the Mods folder.
Dont forget to make a copy of Stardew Valley.deps.json and rename the copy StardewModdingApi.deps.json
Game needs to be launched via smapi, to do so...
right click your game on steam, select properties and put this in the text bar under launch options

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%

This is why smapi needs to be installed in the main folder. Don't forget to run the bat or whatever too. follow the bat process and answer the questions it asks.

Now you can start the game through steam and it will use the smapi launcher.

Make sure all your mods are up to date from this month of march 2024.
make sure to have all dependencies like Content Patcher and such.

and of course... make a new game. don't load an old one. A lot of the mods don't even work if you don't create a new save after installing them. There are workarounds but honestly I don't care about those.

few advices
Don't use vortex/mod manager/nexusmod or whatever. put the mods in the folder yourself.
Every mod should have their own subfolder. I.E. Mods\Content patcher or Mods\FashionSense. Don't just put every file in Mods and call it quits.

I know you think this is all stupid. but I'm pretty sure you're either missing a step here or THINK your 2023 mod is up to date or still use your old save file. Or all of the above.

[MonkehMaster]

Originally posted by Prinny:

first, delete any older version of any mods and smapi. a recent update made some files redundant so if you had a save and/or files from before the 1.6 update a lot of things are going to break.
smapi needs to be installed in the main folder. next to the stardew valley.exe file.
all mods need to be in the Mods folder.
Dont forget to make a copy of Stardew Valley.deps.json and rename the copy StardewModdingApi.deps.json
Game needs to be launched via smapi, to do so...
right click your game on steam, select properties and put this in the text bar under launch options

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%

This is why smapi needs to be installed in the main folder. Don't forget to run the bat or whatever too. follow the bat process and answer the questions it asks.

Now you can start the game through steam and it will use the smapi launcher.

Make sure all your mods are up to date from this month of march 2024.
make sure to have all dependencies like Content Patcher and such.

and of course... make a new game. don't load an old one. A lot of the mods don't even work if you don't create a new save after installing them. There are workarounds but honestly I don't care about those.

few advices
Don't use vortex/mod manager/nexusmod or whatever. put the mods in the folder yourself.
Every mod should have their own subfolder. I.E. Mods\Content patcher or Mods\FashionSense. Don't just put every file in Mods and call it quits.

I know you think this is all stupid. but I'm pretty sure you're either missing a step here or THINK your 2023 mod is up to date or still use your old save file. Or all of the above.

i have zero issues playing the game, using mods, or vortex doing exactly what it needs to do.

nexusmods is where we get our mods, why would we not use it? lol

vortex is perfectly fine to use and a great tool, been using it for years and it places the mod folders where it need them and everything works as intended.

as for the mods in mods folder, that is exactly where they go, you unzip them and simply place in the mods folder and they work as intended, also vortex places them in the same mods folder.

also you do not have to start new games if you add mods, mods work just fine on saved games and always have.

[Prinny]

I don't have any issues with my 200+ mods since two days ago. I don't have any issues with the mods having a direct effect on my game as soon as I open it. Why do YOU have any issues with them? How come one of us is playing freely with all their mods without a single issue while the other whines about 8 of them not working? Do you know which one refuses help and keeps spamming telling everyone to basically F-off?

here's the last of my charity. take it or leave it. I'm not currying to your troll antics.

YOU claim the issue happens AFTER smapi launched.
YOU claim smapi says all mods loaded (except one)
YOU claim the mods don't work once you load your save.

it's either a dumb mistake like forgetting to actually manually delete everything after uninstalling, disabling vortex and then reinstalling smapi and the mods. because the update made some files (included in MANY mods) redundant and prevent some mods from working properly or at all. Those file are always leftover from previous smapi and mods installed in the past. ESPECIALLY with Vortex. that ♥♥♥♥ never deletes anything.

OR it's an issue with your savefile. Once you load it, no mods work. How intriguing.

OR it's a dumb cloud issue.

Or... and here's the kicker... this has to be the dumbest thing I can think of. You don't launch the game through smapi, you just launch smapi, close it before it finishes, then launch the game instead. and then there's no mod because... well.. it's not the smapi client lol.