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2 years ago

game mods not letting me play

Hi there! I've had this bug where whenever I have mods running on the game, it simply will not let me play and constantly has the red border around the screen without giving me any of the pause/play/speed-up options. It also will not let me click on the characters and do anything. and it basically makes any of the game option buttons unclickable. I tried using a mods checker to see what mods were corrupted and deleted them but it did the same thing. I also deleted the cache and it's still doing the same thing. What should i do to fix this?

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  • Hi @Ath3na69 Check the lists in in the thread Broken/Updated Mods  for mods to remove (the "broken" lists, including "previously broken") or update. Delete localthumbcache when you change what's in your folder.

    If that doesn't help, you may need to do a 50-50 on your Mods folder. This means organizing the files there into bite-size batches (with any files they require, like XML Injector or a Core Library mod or mesh) and testing one batch at a time. For each test, delete the file called localthumbcache, then put only that batch in Mods. If your game behaves as you expect, set that batch aside as "cleared" and delete localthumbcache again. If it doesn't behave as you expect, take out half the batch and see if you're closer to finding the culprit. Remember to delete localthumbcache each time. You'll find some 50-50 method tutorials online too. Once you isolate the file, you can go find out if there's an updated version.

    While you do a 50-50, you can check for duplicates and that complex mods are installed right.

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