If the mod is part of the Steam Workshop, you need to go to the workshop page of the mod and subscribe. Instead of moaning that the game won't start, you can upload these dump files together with the debug.txt so the devs can have a look at the issue and most likely even fix it for a next game update.Getting started Steam Workshop mods This is usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Prison Architect If your game crashes, then you can find crashdump files where the game was installed. Sometimes it can hold valuable information for you to pinpoint certain issues! Open it to see what happened while starting the game. There is also a debug.txt located in this data folder. Remove the characters, but not the spaces, change it to (empty) to instantly deactivate all mods. Mods on top overrule mods below them, so in this example 3 mods overrule the combipack. These are in the load order of the mods list.
Inside you can see a line called Mods which hold the mods you've activated in the game. The main folder also holds the preferences.txt which you can edit when the game is not running. The game will recreate this map when it doesn't exist. You can also just completely remove or rename the 'mods' folder itself. The screenshot shows you 'mods - backup' and 'mods - various'.īoth folders contain stuff which I conveniently store there. You can also create a new folder like 'mods - backup' and move mods to that location.īackup folders like this are not loaded by the game, it doesn't know anything about them and won't mess up your game. If you want to remove a mod, simply delete this numbered folder. Open such a folder and you see a manifest.txt which holds a description. The numbers you see correspond to the number in the Steam Workshop URL from that mod. When you go into this folder, you will see all kinds of subfolders with numbers. It will contain unsubscribed, deactivated old mods until you remove them manually. The 'mods' map contains all mods to which you've subscribed in the past.
You can do this by going to Options, then click Open Save Folder and exit the game.Ī file manager like Windows Explorer will open, showing you the contents of this map.Īs you can see there are several maps presented in the window: Removing Mods Manually (Step-by-Step) Open Save Folderįirst, open the folder where the local user files are stored. This may lead to strange problems now and then, so in order to get rid of old stuff you can follow this guide. By default, Prison Architect will not delete leftover mods once you deactivated them in the game.
0 kommentar(er)
