[2021] launcher not loading or updating mods

What launcher version do you see? Current is 2020.16

If that is okay, Please try the following:

- unsubscribe from all mods
- delete the folder Documents/paradox/Stellaris/mod/
- delete the file Documents/paradox/Stellaris/mods_registry.json
- delete the file Documents/paradox/Stellaris/launcher-v2.sqlite
- subscribe to a few mods
- run the game up and see if those mods are now available to you.

I hope that does it for you!  

The next launcher version should be better in mod handling.

Is that one mod updated to work with the current Stellaris patch? Do other users of it have any problem? Have its files appeared under Documents/paradox/Stellaris/mod/ ?  

If you are subscribing to that mod in the Steam workshop it is Steam that downloads it, not the launcher. However if you are getting it from the Paradox mod site, then it is indeed us doing the downloading. The only file necessary is a ugc_xxxxxxx.mod file.

FYI I subscribed to it in the Steam workshop and Steam downloaded it immediately, its ugc_ file is in the /mod/ folder. To all appearances it work as it changed the checksum in the main game menu.

In the launcher go into Manage mods, and hit "Reload installed mods" , does that do anything?  

Elven_Imperium said: I tried to follow that, but there's a small issue: There's no file named 'Mods_registry.json' shown in the folder.

That's fine, it's an old folder the current launcher versions do not use.

Elven_Imperium said: Quick Edit: Attempted it anyway, doesn't seem to work.

What launcher version do you see? Do the mod files end up in Documents/paradox/Stellaris/mod/ folder, or is it still empty after that process?

Are these mods from Steam, the Paradox mod site, or locally installed?  

Do the mod files end up in Documents/paradox/Stellaris/mod/ folder, or is it still empty after that process?  

Elven_Imperium said: They appear in the folder. It seems like whenever the launcher update is installed, the mods break.

With the mod files there and the current launcher version, this really should work for you as it does for me and most others. I'm not seeing what could be different in your case! Does this affect every single mod you try?

In the launcher go into Manage mods, and hit "Reload installed mods" , does that do anything?