Mods! How do they work?

[Magos Hudson]

So iv recently downloaded quite a number of mods from the workshop, adding a lot of Jurassic Park and general tropical content for my park. However, im not sure where to find them in game? Iv found some of the buildings from the tropical pack, but nothing say from the JP and Operation Genesis pack, also I had found some fencing I liked and got that as well. But its not there.

I like this game quite a bit, but so far im terrible at it and iv got to say the UI is a horror show. I, even after doing the tutorial twice, have a very hard time navigating it. Not a lot is explained.

[MozarteanChaos]

click the button that's shaped like a house, on the bottom of the screen - this will bring up the modular prefab menu.
on the top-left corner of that menu, there are two buttons - a checkmark, which opens the list of base-game prefabs, and the steam logo, which opens the list of workshop prefabs.
the list of base-game prefabs is what the menu will default to when first opened.

prefabs (both official and from the workshop) will also sometimes show up in other building menus, depending on what they were tagged as when uploaded, but this is the way to get all of them in the same place.

[Magos Hudson]

Originally posted by MozarteanChaos:

click the button that's shaped like a house, on the bottom of the screen - this will bring up the modular prefab menu.
on the top-left corner of that menu, there are two buttons - a checkmark, which opens the list of base-game prefabs, and the steam logo, which opens the list of workshop prefabs.
the list of base-game prefabs is what the menu will default to when first opened.

prefabs (both official and from the workshop) will also sometimes show up in other building menus, depending on what they were tagged as when uploaded, but this is the way to get all of them in the same place.

Interesting, as this is what I did, but id estimate a good 3/4ths of what iv downloaded isnt there. Well thanks for the help.

[MozarteanChaos]

Originally posted by Magos Hudson:

Interesting, as this is what I did, but id estimate a good 3/4ths of what iv downloaded isnt there. Well thanks for the help.

oh, i see. i have no idea what'd cause that or how to fix it :(

[Kingdark]

Have you tried verifying files and unsubscribing / subscribing to a random mod? Also, navigate to the folder where the game's mods are located and verify if they are there or not. If they aren't, they needed to be downloaded still.

a) Verify your game files.
Exit steam and restart
b) Subscribe and unsubscribe to a random mod.
Exit steam and restart
c) Go to the folder where your game mod files are located and see how many folders you have. Check how many mods you have and then compare if they are the same.

Restart your computer. Do NOT reboot. Shut it down completely and THEN turn it back on.

If you are missing mods as verified by checking the right folder, then make a backup of the mods you DO have and then delete the whole thing. Check how much space it takes and then get steam to re-download your mods and verify if it is the same amount of space it takes in.

If it is the same, then the problem isn't fixed, but if the amount is LARGER than start the game and see if that fixes it.

Let me know if that did anything to help.

P.s
Don't own the game, but these are suggestions that should work for any game.

[jackbell222]

Originally posted by MozarteanChaos:

click the button that's shaped like a house, on the bottom of the screen - this will bring up the modular prefab menu.
on the top-left corner of that menu, there are two buttons - a checkmark, which opens the list of base-game prefabs, and the steam logo, which opens the list of workshop prefabs.
the list of base-game prefabs is what the menu will default to when first opened.

prefabs (both official and from the workshop) will also sometimes show up in other building menus, depending on what they were tagged as when uploaded, but this is the way to get all of them in the same place.

This doesn’t work on Mac steam NVIDIA