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miguelmonte said: only some mods fail instalation... others work just fine it seems

I didn't realise that. You are 100% certain these mods are updated for 2.8 ?  

miguelmonte said: the files i can find, yes. but never the mods_registry.json file.

That is expected as that is not used in recent launcher versions, it's replaced by the sqlite file.

If the mod files are physically present, the launcher is up to date, the game is up to date, and the mods are compatible with that game version ... I cannot think of anything else that can cause this problem. You are still getting "installation of this mod failed", no change in the symptoms with everything we've done here?  

The launcher developers are gathering user information on this slow startup issue here:

Launcher bug hunt thread - Startup performance of 2020.14

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grasban said: I think it is not a W10 or nVidia problem.... and I can not understand why your development is not able to fix such a bug.

I'm not sure on what basis you come to that conclusion, but I'm only passing on what our developers have said.

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This?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed  

Hi. Thanks for the report - as pointed out by hart30, the behaviour comes from being unable to shift your capital and sector capitals during wartime, which can lead to strangely shifted sectors until you are at peace again and can reform the sectors to your liking.

War is messy business...  

Hi, thanks for the report, can you please contact the launcher team for assistance - https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/new-launcher-version-2020-13.1434124/  

Users with low post counts cannot include links in their posts, as an anti-spam measure. Anything else is okay.  

Then I don't know why this is not working for you. Do the mod files appear in that /mod/ folder okay, after you run the launcher?  

We cannot fix that problem as we did not cause it. It has come and gone a few times since it first appeared nearly 2 years ago now; whether it was nVidia or Windows updates or some combination we are not sure.

Can I ask what problem playing in borderless causes you, vs playing in fullScreen? As I mentioned games are starting to not even have a fullScreen mode any more (eg CK3) so it's nothing to do with how old the game is.

What you could try is disabling fullScreen optimisations in the compatibility tab for stellaris.exe , that may have the same effect as borderless.  

For those reading along at home, this user has already had advice from us in the ticket system that this is likely due to their specific setup, which we were unable to duplicate.

@PsAlexFire you should attach here the dxdiag and settings and log files you did in ZenDesk.  

I just unsubscribed from all mods in the Steam workshop, and deleted my /mod/ folder and launcher-v2.sqlite file. Then I subscribed to one mod which immediately downloaded in Steam. Then I ran the Stellaris launcher and that mod was immediately available in the launcher, and the ugc_xxxx.mod file appeared in the /mod/ folder too.

I don't know why that doesn't happen for you! Are you on launcher 2020.14 ? Are the mods you were trying all updated for the 2.8 game version?  

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!  

Bhruic said: I've been having the same problem. It turns out that it was missing ugc_.mod descriptors for some of the mods I had installed in the c:\users\\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\ folder. I know that with previous versions of the game/launcher it would re-download/re-create those files if they didn't exist, but it doesn't seem to do so now... Or at least for all mods. I deleted all of mine, and it recreated 4 out of 12 of them. But the remaining 8 it didn't recreate were listed in the game log file as "[19:33:38][dlc.cpp:1859]: Could not find files for mod: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop...

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What launcher version do you see? Current is 2020.14

And, are these mods updated to work with the new game patch 2.8 ?  

Thank you for your thoughts! I believe it is now time to report this in the Bug Reports forum, as those loading times and experience are IMO unacceptable.

Very odd that the same game version that drastically reduced loading times when unmodded, caused mods to load slower!  

This is an issue with certain nVidia setups on Windows 10, we've never been able to pin down why it affects some users and not others.

You should use borderless mode, which is functionally identical to fullScreen. In fact some games now come with no fullScreen mode at all!  

Hmm, I'm not confident the newer 2020.14 installer files got used there - are you sure you extracted them and placed them as described?

And ran steam.exe as the Windows Admin user?

You might also try setting dowser.exe to run as Admin.  

Hi there, thanks for the report. Do you have any saves from this playthrough where the issue is occuring?  

The launcher has certainly had its issues, but I have never seen or heard of that "insert the disk" problem before.

Let's skip that step and do a clean install with new launcher files.

- exit the Steam app entirely

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

Download the installer package for Windows: https://forumcontent.paradoxplaza.com/emailsignatures/2020.14-win-prod.zip
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