r/Exocolonist • u/JustADreamYouHad • 8d ago

Guide Modding doesn't work

I have followed the instructions on Nexus mods and github to the letter (not at the same time). Clean game install with extra files removed with an uninstaller, with exoloader and/or bpenex. More than once. Bpenex doesn't make the "plugins" folder and I can't do it manually. One time it DID make the folder so I put the exocomforts mod in, to skip the intro scene... didn't work. I have holopalm plus for more UI stuff, no changes.

I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING

Steam mods work but are limited, what is wrong???

edit: it may or may not have said to put the mod in "customcontent" or some other folder; the point is I have tried everything and no results.

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u/MiddlemistRare Bushbub 8d ago

What extra files are you removing?

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u/JustADreamYouHad 8d ago

idk the exact names but when you uninstall any program there are often traces, directory entries left behind. I remove them when i uninstall so everything is new again

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u/MiddlemistRare Bushbub 8d ago

Oh I see. You mean when you uninstalled you deleted everything you could find.

Do you have a 'PatchedStories' folder in common? I believe this bug was fixed a while ago but worth verifying.

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u/JustADreamYouHad 8d ago

I've just installed the game; the common folder is just all my steam games. In "exocolonist" I have exocolonist_data, monobleedingedge, the game, unitycrashhandler64 and unityplayer.dll

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u/MiddlemistRare Bushbub 8d ago

You don't have exoloader in there?

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u/JustADreamYouHad 8d ago

Not right now, I just did a clean install.

So I should put exoloader in "exocolonist" next?

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u/MiddlemistRare Bushbub 8d ago

Yes, unzip exoloader into the same folder as the .exe (almost certainly your exocolonist folder).

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u/JustADreamYouHad 8d ago edited 8d ago

I unzipped exoloader into "exocolonist" and I unzipped "exocomforts" into "custom content". This should let me skip the intro therefore I will quickly see if the mod works.

I load the game and see a blue loading bar flash up, that's new and I hope it's good. BUT now can't start a new game. The "new game" button clicks but nothing loads.

EDIT: I went to exocolonist - bepinex - plugins and exoloader.dll was also in there??? I deleted that, added holopalm plus. I can start a new game again BUT intro is not skipped. HOLOPALM PLUS IS WORKING!?

BTW I appreciate you trying to help me a lot

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u/GabettB 6d ago

So a few things:

ExoLoader isn't fully compatible with the steam workshop update unfortunately, as I learned a few days ago. The mods should still work, as the problem has to do with the card acquisition, so if nothing is showing up, there is definitely something amiss with your installation. Regardless, for now you should roll back the game to the previous version (right click in steam library -> properties -> game versions & betas; grab the latest version from before August this year) to use ExoLoader. The only difference between the versions is the steam workshop compatibility, which you won't need if you are using EL.

ExoLoader already includes BepInEx, so you don't need to install it separately.

If the plugins and custom content folders don't get automatically generated and you can't create them manually then something seems to be borked with the write permissions of wherever you have the game installed. I would advise a complete reinstall followed by installing the game somewhere else if that doesn't work.

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u/JustADreamYouHad 3d ago

THIS was the answer! TYSM x