My Mods Are Gone

All cars that are modded besides the Nadeox1 Crown Victoria is gone, and only Endless Highway remains for me, as well as the fact that it doesn't load anymore.

 

Same here all my car and map mods are gone. The default maps load, its just that they spawn you under the map and your vehicle doesn't spawn. All you can do is just look half way above the ground and below it...

 

Go to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\BeamNG.drive\unknown_files_user_backup.0.3.7.7

They are there.

 

All my mods were still in their appropriate folder, but not in game. Now i don't have the slightest clue on were to re-install my mods, because the file system has changed. Can somebody help me?

 

There's a new system, you just drop the zips in C:/Users/<yourusernamehere>/Documents/BeamNG.drive/mods.

There is a hierarchy format inside the zip for each mod, and it looks like this:

Modname.zip
V
levels/vehicles (depending on the type of the mod)
V
Modname
V
all of the mod's original files

 

only thing is that maps have all the stuff gone all thats left if you open the folders is more folders no files and nearly all my mods dont work exept the mini d15 arbs d15 and van and nades vic and slayers mods are all that still work

 

What? It's possible for any mod to work with this version, you just need to structure the zip properly - if the entire contents of the zip has suddenly been nullified like you said, I would think you have bigger issues at hand, like hard drive failure.

 

so i fired up drive bemng today after patch and all my maps are gone and all my cars are gone after playing a little while i looked in my folders and maps are still there just not showing up and all my car files have been deleted wtf is goning on here

 

i put all my cars in vechles and some of them work fine its just that no maps work

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why cant they just keep it how it was it worked fine

 

Can you stop parading around declaring that "maps don't work"?

They work fine, they just need to be set up properly.

 

how...

 

1. Open the .rar/zip file of the map you want to install.
2. Then make a "levels" folder in your mods folder.
3. Put the contents of the map in that folder.
4. Then make a .rar/zip file (doesn't matter what you call it).
5. Put the "levels" folder inside of that.
6. Delete the "levels" folder.
7. The last thing you have to do is delete the cache folder.
If you done that, then you sould be able to play the map without any problems.

I hope that that helped you.

 

Since Gabester is pointing all discussion to this thread, I'll make a complaint here. The first complaint is that I have to edit or redownload all of my mods. I'm not sure we've been given a good reason as to why this change was decided on.

The second complaint is that by requiring mods to be in zip folders, the ability to experiment is drastically reduced. I can't easily change settings in a jbeam file and test them out in-game. Instead I have to unzip the file, make a change, and zip it again. Again, without a good explanation as to why this is better.

Its nice to have the option for zip files. But I just tried adding a mod folder (that works when zipped) that was not inside of a zip, and it would not load. That's crazy to me. That's two more steps to editing a jbeam that weren't there yesterday. Why?

 

^I agree with everything you just said.

I hate steam and still don't know how to use it, can some one tell me how to re-install the game?

 

I kindve understand what Im supposed to do to fix this, but am I supposed to move each mod into its own zip, or all of them into one? also why do I need to put them into zips?

(EDIT) gabester has seemed to clear this up while I typed. thanks!

 

Is the program caching to multiple folders currently?. What is the end goal for the caching scheme? Thanks!

 

I understand the new system and how it works, but what if I don't want a bunch of files on my C: drive? (i.e. where My Documents is). Can I put my custom levels/vehicles on another drive instead of my main drive?