Steam Workshop mods don't load when enabled

[Doombreeder92]

I subbed to a mod that DOES work for the current patch but when enabled through the launcher I'm still playing vanilla, don't know why or how but the mod is not loading.
Edit: Manually throwing the changed files into the game folder works but this is still an issue

 

[AndrewT]

If you have the game and documents folders on different drives, this is a reported bug. You should see threads on it in Bug Reports.

 

[KaiShan]

If you have the game and documents folders on different drives, this is a reported bug. You should see threads on it in Bug Reports.

Searching IR/Bug Reports for "mods don't work" only gets me this thread, so can you be more specific about how I should find this info?

 

[AndrewT]

I just searched BR for 'mods':

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...uncher-installs-mods-to-wrong-folder.1173187/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...d-folder-for-mods-bricks-breaks-mods.1171663/

 

[KaiShan]

I just searched BR for 'mods':

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...uncher-installs-mods-to-wrong-folder.1173187/
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...d-folder-for-mods-bricks-breaks-mods.1171663/

Looked at both links, whilst that seems to be an issue with a lot of users (folders over multiple drives) it is not my issue. My mods aren't going to a wrong folder, the '*.mod' files are being erased when I start the game offline.
Also I was searching for "mods don't work" not just "mods" since there could be other issues with mods, but I also tried other searches, e.g. "mods disappear", "mods vanish", "mod folder cleared on start", etc.

 

[AndrewT]

Are your game and documents folders on different drives ?

 

[KaiShan]

Are your game and documents folders on different drives ?

No, Both are on C:/
This PC/Documents aka C:/Users/Kai/Documents
and C:/Progrm Files(86)/Steam/steamapps/common/IR

 

[KaiShan]

No, Both are on C:/
This PC/Documents aka C:/Users/Kai/Documents
and C:/Progrm Files(86)/Steam/steamapps/common/IR

But when I start IR offline the Documents/Paradox/IR/ folder's contents are erased.
Does not happen when I start online. And if I start offline and they are erased then I restart online they are back.

 

[AndrewT]

But when I start IR offline the Documents/Paradox/IR/ folder's contents are erased.
Does not happen when I start online. And if I start offline and they are erased then I restart online they are back.

Whaaaat? That is just weird.

Do you have OneDrive active? Perhaps Windows has put the Documents folder there, it's done it to me a couple of times without asking.

 

[KaiShan]

No onedrive. The files are in my Documents folder before I start the game offline, but they disappear if I start the game offline. They are in the Documents folder before I start the game online, and they stay present after the game has started. I would uninstall it and reinstall, but at 3Gb I don't want to spend an hour at it if there is a better solution.

 

[KaiShan]

Oh, I should clarify, before I start the launcher; either I do (if online) or don't (if offline) get mods listed prior to launching the actual game.

 

[AndrewT]

I just ran the game up online on my test machine so it created the Documents folders, and made a configuration change. Then I exited it and put Steam into Offline mode, and ran the game again. The Documents folders stayed there and the configuration change was preserved.

So I cannot account for your experience, and I still have not seen other reports of that (although people running the game offline are rare I imagine).

Just to be clear - the entire documents/paradox/IR/ folder is deleted for you?

 

[KaiShan]

This is Australia, the internet is crap, the slowest connection you can get in Bulgaria is better than the best you can get here, tends to encourage playing offline.
No, the folder remais, the contents vanish. No, I haven't been able to find any comments on this. The only thing I can think of is that windows ten does think my hard-drive is a usb plugin, which it isn't, but windows keeps saying it is.

 

[AndrewT]

This is Australia, the internet is crap, the slowest connection you can get in Bulgaria is better than the best you can get here, tends to encourage playing offline.

I'm also in Australia, FYI. My NBN is over 90Mbps which may not be as good as Bulgaria but certainly no impediment to being online in games like this. Before that on ADSL 2+ I was at ~ 17Mbps, also fine for that purpose.

Do you find taking this game (or Steam) offline drastically reduces internet traffic? Does that also apply to your other games?

The only thing I can think of is that windows ten does think my hard-drive is a usb plugin, which it isn't, but windows keeps saying it is.

Well that's clearly a problem that you need to get solved. Hard to see how it would cause the effect you are seeing here though.

 

[KaiShan]

Yes, the lag discourages me from playing online, "an information goat track" rather than the 'super highway' as the old joke goes, but I will be getting NBN soon, so I will see.

I thought that windows 10 thinking my drive is a USB drive might be similar to the issue that others have written about with having two drives, as I said that was the only thing that was not bog standard about my machine.

So, to put those together; I prefer to play offline due to crappy internet and this problem happens when offline, and the only thing not standard about my box is windows ten not properly recognising the drive, there are not two drives, which was the item other users posted about. Other than that all I can tell you is that the game empties the documents/PI/IR folder.

 

[AndrewT]

Yes, the lag discourages me from playing online, "an information goat track" rather than the 'super highway' as the old joke goes, but I will be getting NBN soon, so I will see.

It's just that having Steam offline should have no effect at all on the game speed when playing SP. You find differently though?

 

[KaiShan]

I have found a work-around; I did some unplugging and replugging and pulled out some drives that were unformatted and not being used and then created a backup folder next to the documents/mod folder and copied all *.mod files into it, then (offline) I started the game, the files in the mod folder vanished, closed the launcher, copied the files back, restarted the game (offline), the files vanished, stopped the launcher, recopied the files, restarted the game, files vanished. So; without stopping the launcher I copied the files back and then hit 'continue' and the game proper starts up my previous game with the mods working.

No, I don't find a difference in speed when playing offline or playing single player whilst connected, rather decades of slow downloading has left me tending to play without turning on the modem. I only turn it on if I want to actually get something, do mail, etc. So usually I play offline and unconnected. That, plus to use the modem, which is by the front window where the phone line is, I have to use an extension cord from the kitchen's one plug, cord is shortish so hangs across kitchen (and path to front door and bathroom) about half a metre off the floor. It's not an issue for me because every other game of mine plays offline without any issues.

And yes, if I want to youtube then I have to put up with buffering (until I get magical NBN) but hey, the copper wire outside my place was concreted directly into the ground in the days before anyone thought using conduit might be a good idea, so it has not been upgraded since it went in during the fifties or sixties.

 

[KaiShan]

Oh, addition; that will mean that I have to be online to start a new game with mods (the only way to play this game), but after that it can be played offline.