okay so i see i have 623 mods in steam folder
there is 623 in the modlist.cfg
in the modding tool i have 643...
so...where are the other 20 coming from lol
...I havent even download the nexus ones yet...by eye i confirmed it's not anything from optional or miscellaneous

1 to 1 match from weapon patch and downwards. this is time consuming doing by eyesight hmmm gotta find a better way to compare and see why modmanager is picking up an extra 20

Figured out how to do it. woot woot to notepad ++ & the use of ctrl+a within mod manager select all and copy shortcut

anywayus...

my configuration manager is picking up the following mods
differences
My mod manager has
kfc autogenerated patch-.mod
cannibals eat limbs.mod
hiver - unlock soldier heads.mod
hiver - unlock boots.mod
beter's ai squads in eyesocket.mod
ultimate cities towns merge.mod
great frontiers - world overhaul.mod
universal wasteland expansion.mod
kaizo.mod
more automatic structures.mod
building collision fix.mod
smooth interiors and int windows.mod
subspecies.mod
nice textures collection.mod
lights tweak.mod
shaderssao.mod
armor - collection pack.mod

however these are not present within your cfg file that i downlaoded from google drive
I believe this is what is giving the error...any adivse on next steps

*granted some of these are from the nexus links that I will soon download

I'm not sure what to tell you, but all of the mods you listed are in the .cfg , both the downloadable one and the one displayed in the "Load Order" discussion (they are the same in theory, but Steam has a bad habit of messing with double spaces, hence the downloadable version)

I just double-checked it to be sure, the downloadable one located here [drive.google.com] is correct and complete.

For example, the ShaderSSAO.mod is near the top of it, right under "[1.2]--------------------(Graphics).mod" , and the Cannibals Eat Limbs.mod is near the bottom, three spaces above "[12]----------[Optional]----------.mod.mod" .

Among the mods you listed there is even Kaizo, which is a core part of this collection. This one is on the workshop, so you should have it on your system if you subscribed to the collection.

Download everything including the Nexus mods, place the Nexus mods in your "mods" folder, and redownload the .cfg before reloading it in the modloader.

If you try to load the .cfg without all mods downloaded and in the right place, it will lead to issues and might even overwrite the .cfg.

But you were right about the armor collection mod, I forgot to re-add it to the list.

That part is fixed ;)

ouuu exciting. Thaks for the quick fix. I mainly play from midnight till 8am so ill be troubleshooting / updating this thread. I'm determined!!!

Okay so between the armor collection mod not being included and turned out i had included in my 'nexus mods to add to kenshi' folder a mod called slopless (https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1740462542) for some reason...probably back when i was experimenting with different mod list...anyways i didndt include it cuz...well...it's obvious....so anyways game now loads just fine without and all is well....


However i noticed in mod manager the following at the top
[unchecked box] -1 [Error] Nice texture collection

Should I be concerned about this or is there anything recommended?

okay nvm. i previewed nicfe texture collection in nexus vs what i had and there was some files missing. something got correupted during extraction. i downloaded again and extracteed and compared files. all is well now.

yay. welp this was fun. Thanks for the merge between the two list. I'm off to playing now.

Take care.

Slopeless is already included in the modlist, there is a workshop version.

Glad to know everything works now, have fun! ;)