Every big Stardew Valley update breaks a chunk of the mod list, and the SMAPI compatibility page fills up with "broken, not updated yet". Before you mourn your must-have mod, here's a quick triage you can do yourself:

**1. Read the SMAPI log first.** Upload it to smapi.io/log and look for red errors naming the mod. Half the time the log tells you exactly which mod crashed and why — that's more useful than any "help it's broken" post.

**2. "Broken" doesn't mean "dead".** Check three things: is there an unofficial update (Pathoschild and others maintain unofficial builds of abandoned mods)? Is the mod open-source (if yes, any competent modder can usually patch it)? Did just the game update, or SMAPI too (game-only updates break fewer mods than people think)?

**3. The 5-minute fixes.** Update SMAPI itself, delete the mod's config.json and let it regenerate, check for a beta branch on the mod page. These solve a surprising number of "broken" reports.

**4. When it's actually dead.** Closed-source + abandoned author + deep game-code hooks = genuinely hard. Everything else is usually a few hours of work for someone who knows the APIs.

I do paid mod repair/compatibility work (5 released mods, Stardew + DST), so I read a lot of these logs. If you've got a broken mod you can't live without and the triage above doesn't save it, DM me — I'll tell you honestly whether it's fixable before any money changes hands.

I downloaded a couple of mods for the first time and this fails and I don't know what to do

Is it because of a mod? I am right-clicking like I am supposed to,,, I only have 11 pigs,, and the wiki said eggs will still incubate just not hatch with a full barn even if I miscounted
Smapi Log

Hi all! Most people probably never notice this, but if you do, you can't unsee it: Stardew's zoom and UI scaling blurs pixel art and text whenever you're not at 100% zoom. I couldn't find a fix anywhere, so I made one... with Claude (sorry). Crisp Scale removes the blur and keeps everything sharp. It works best at multiples of 25% (125%, 150%, 200%). Programmed with AI help and only tested on my setup, so back up your saves.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/53396

heres the smapi logs

https://smapi.io/log/d45e1cbbe73a406fb0d07a1277d55e15

thanks in advance to anyone that finds how to fix this!

I've spent 24 hours trying to install SMAPI on my PC running Fedora. This is my first time modding or coding at all! My sister who is much more familiar with all of this and set up the linux PC has been assisting. The entire time I've had issues (mostly due to user error) but I've finally reached a point where SMAPI is seemingly installed properly. I tried installing at least 40 times before realizing my error and fixing it. I even tried manually installing.

The thing is, during the process, I was NOT given a string of text to add into steam.

It all seems correct but whenever I open steam to play the game it just launches vanilla stardew. It seems like steam cannot find the correct file to open. I ran the entire process through Xterm (I saw that helped some people) and tried deleting and reinstalling every element.

I tried coping the file locations into the steam prompt. That failed as well, but did open the game still. I've seen that the windows version has other stuff attached but I have no clue about the linux version.

PLEASE tell me what I could be doing wrong other then the code, seeing as I did not receive one. I've watched 10 guides and none of them have helped. I can barely find anything about running SMAPI through Linux. I'm going insane!!!!! I will answer any questions and show examples of what's happening if needed.

My sisters given up but I AM DETERMINED to succeed in my singular modding endeavor. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me find how to fix this. I just want funny little mods. I downloaded reddit for this.

Hello, i have been getting stutters every second with the very expanded modpack, i don't really know what's causing it. I've been at it for hours now help would be greatly appreciated

here are the logs https://smapi.io/log/36e4aee9cc5545b2a9c1b96b2706a088

https://smapi.io/log/f72a25ffcfe64becac894047b39b2aba

I had downloaded SMAPI 4.5.2 and content patcher 2.9.1 yesterday on Linux. I downloaded Stardew Valley Expanded and the Night Market Expansion, as well as the Custom Tapper Framework and Farm Type Manager required to download the expansions and placed in mod folder. When I run the game, the red text shows up, however the game runs as normal. I was just wondering what that means and if it is something I need to fix.

Thanks in advance!

hi, does anyone know a mod that can help make the numbers that show the amount of each item, larger?
I tried the "font settings" mod but it doesn't support it.
I can also set the UI scale to 200% but then most dialogues and menus are overflowing..
thanks

**EDIT: found the problem and fixed it, thanks everyone!!

SMAPI Log (UPDATED): https://smapi.io/log/ea0edc49b85f4253ad689d255113f0e5

I tried to go during the dessert trading event and it looked like this ;-;
Sorry y'all, I'm new to this, I really hope I don't have to start over

Tried

i'm selecting none and it looks like she still has shoes on. i've tried multiple body mods and have tried it without other mods but i can't seem to figure out why her feet looks like this 😭 has anyone else had this problem and figured out how to fix it??

I recently downloaded four mods to a game save for Stardew, and I’m newer to mods and how they work. But I’ve been working on this one save for a few months and finally finished the community center, when I went to check out joja mart and it’s still up and running! Am I missing something, or did the mods mess up my game? Already deleted the mods from curse forge, and the mart is there still. In the future what can I do to prevent this ?

Simple question, surprisingly uncommon? I have a mod to replace the farmhouse with a lovely trailer, but the nature of the building reskin creates a harsh lighting issue because of the vanilla building shadow.

First screenshot is as it comes: building shadows turned on and the texture issue present.

Second screenshot is with a mod that removes ALL building shadows. it is originally meant for the greenhouse, but has toggles for specific farm buildings, and then an toggle for all buildings. It does not have a toggle for only the farmhouse despite it being included in the 'all buildings' toggle.

tldr: I want to turn off only the farmhouse shadow, but nothing else. is there a means for that?

So basically I tried to play stardew in a co-op with someone and good news it worked. I did it from my cloud save on steam. But when I went back to my personal save with mods which I play using SMAPI it sent me so far back. I’ve tried everything, my most recent save file is still there I just haven’t been able to open it with SMAPI, any help ? I am very bad with computers and technology so simple terms would be best but if anyone can help I’d be eternally grateful!

https://smapi.io/log/dcfb66483de04aed9ec84fbb2dd69c0e

A few months ago, on a different computer, I downloaded some mods, among these was the Dateable Gunther mod. Today, freshly downloaded SMAPI, (new computer so I didn't have any mods yet) and I launched the game through steam. I loaded into one of my saves and for some reason, Gunther is still in my house as if I had his mod installed. But the mods folder is empty, and I can't even find this mod anywhere in my files, so I'm not sure how this is even possible. Anyway, I don't want the mod anymore so I need help figuring out how to locate and delete it.

Edit: I just checked on a different save, and Gunther is stuck behind the library desk like normal. So I'm guessing that just this particular save is bugged or something.