Bugged/Broken In-Game Mod Manager .. AGAIN!

[Zoot]

First: Yes I read all the other posts .. did not find anything quite like this.

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Warning
Mod Fix Bugs could not be installed. Error code: Version not found

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On Log-In to the game the warnings start popping up for Mods I don't even know and do not have "subbed" in the Steam Workshop.

Since I recently re-installed the game is there any chance Paradox somehow "remembers" old mods that I have zero recall of and don't even want to use? .. Vortex is know for idiotic crap like that by saving old profiles somewhere else on your PC, and I can't seem to locate anything like that from Paradox: is it you saving and reloading an old list, or have you got something buried away in my PC that you can point me too?

BECAUSE TRYING TO USE YOUR IN-GAME MOD MANAGER CONTINUALLY FLASHES THE WARNING WITHOUT ANY ABILITY TO ENTER THE MOD MANAGER AND REMOVE/DELETE THEM. SHEER IDIOCY!!!!

Edit/Update .. "Options" on the main menus shows Mods I do not have "subbed" in the Steam Workshop .. for Pete's sake. "Hot Mess" would be an understatement.

Have tried subbing and un-subbing. Won't fix.
Have tried using Mod Editor & Saved .. then Deleted. Won't fix.
Have cleared all mods from "PopsMods" folder. Won't fix.

This Warning literally flashes on game start and then repeats over and over again in Mod Manager with NO OPTION to delete or stop .. pause .. kill .. remove .. Your MOD MANAGER IS JUST FLAT-OUT BROKEN.

FWIW .. I like using mods because sometimes, after a day of complete crap, I want to play a game more casually and not make everything an "adventure". I am not alone in thinking this way. Y'all should consider that and make your game more appealing to folks who want to relax and enjoy a game by using mods and adjusting the difficulty/micro-managing to their own level of enjoyment. I don't care about "achievements", I just want to chill sometimes, and at other times crank up the difficulty when I am in the mood for that too. or have learned any game well-enough to want a challenge. Choices, they matter.

[kaki_gamet]

Probably only few remaining players are reading you : )

[starlight78sso]

Try going to the workshop and then go to your subscribed items, it does seem to remember ones you had installed previously if you did not unsubscribed to them before.

[Zoot]

.. y'all are both right .. to few players anymore .. looks like about one active modder, maybe two .. and it looks like Paradox deliberately broke mods and completely broke the game for any returning players who had mods/subbs loaded prior to the update(s) .. sad too, as this game beats the stuffing out of Planet Base ..

.. this whole trend to have in-game Mod Managers from the Developer is just plain idiotic without adequate mod support and ensuring a "clean wipe" for returning players .. Anno 1800 did something very similar when they decided to have their own Mod Manager too .. but they did managed to update/fix the Mod Manager to allow players to "un-screw" the mods list .. then again, they actually work with modders and still had a very active player base and mod-author pool ..

.. even sadder, this was one of the last Paradox games I even wanted to play .. look like I'll just uninstall and then delete "all things Paradox" from my PC ..

[Zoot]

.. found it .. apparently Paradox re-installed the old file path and mods into C:\Users\(name)\Appdata\Roaming\Surviving Mars\PopsMods ..

.. that was a path and files I had deleted off my computer previously and Paradox was kind enough to restore .. damn shame they couldn't have restored the path/file structure without the mods ..

.. fwiw .. those were manually installed mods from "back in the day" .. it's not a file path/structure used by Steam Workshop (for those who may not know) ..

edit/update: Unfortunately Paradox reloads them every time you start the game .. so manually deleting them from the folder/path does no good .. sigh .. this is quickly becoming more trouble than it's worth ..

[kaki_gamet]

Awful indeed -.- What if you set that specific folder as "read only" after you delete those files one last time? If it is used for Paradox Mod manager only and you don't need any...

[luftatmer]

Originally posted by Zoot:

SHEER IDIOCY!!!! ... for Pete's sake. "Hot Mess" would be an understatement. ... Your MOD MANAGER IS JUST FLAT-OUT BROKEN.

Originally posted by Zoot:

Paradox deliberately broke mods and completely broke the game
just plain idiotic
look like I'll just uninstall and then delete "all things Paradox" from my PC

Originally posted by Zoot:

found it

Drama-Queen