It does look as if something has gone wrong with the install, the only differance between our installs is me verifying with galaxy.

yes it would still run i.e.one quest in risen 2 can't be completed because the bodies are missing, if you install or verify with galaxy it then works. I also had problems with pillars of eternity. I'd prefer to not use galaxy but my experiece tells me to use it as a bloated downloader/verifier/updater, I never run games through galaxy.

[WotC] Mod Config Menu is for mods that support it, EvacAll_WotC does.

I installed from the offline installers but I noticed when I ran galaxy the main game was listed as installed but the dlc was not so I verified with galaxy and it downloaded missing files, so perhaps try that if you not are rabidly opposed to galaxy as some people are.
last resort try reinstalling.
apologies if I am not explaining this very well, I'm recovering from eye surgery and can't see very well so I'm struggling with typing at the moment.

Hey, I appreciate all the help.

The install appears to be okay (all the DLC material at least seems to be there, though I haven't played through a full game using this version yet).

I gather nothing I listed on my configuration seemed wrong on the face of it?

And now, confusingly, even though I haven't changed anything, at least Evac_All is working (it could take a while before I know whether the map packs are).

And yeah, the map packs are working too.

I don't understand what the problem was there for a while. Like, at all.

Just want to say that I followed the instructions above (using steamworkshop.download to download mods) and everything worked perfectly.

What happens is that the game also creates a "config" folder in the "Documents" folder. D: \ Documents \ my games \ XCOM2 War of the Chosen \ XComGame \ Config Depending on where you have it, the game sometimes does not rewrite the DefaultModOptions.ini file again because the name change in the config / XComModOptions.ini folder of " Documents ", so you have errors with the mods or they don't load you, what they should do is delete the file that is automatically created in" D: \ Documents \ my games \ XCOM2 War of the Chosen \ XComGame \ Config and then start the This will re-create the file "XComModOptions.ini" in documents and everything will work.

*** One more thing you should know, each mod sometimes asks for a requirement from another mod for it to work, so make sure you download the required mods for the mods you want to work and you will get a better experience.

May the ancient ones bless you. Thanks to your comment on using the correct command: ACTIVEMods now e erything is working as it should.

Man, trying to get mods working in GOG XCom2 is really making me crazy. Originally I tried using Vortex, but no mods worked. Then I read that I should try Nexus Mod Manager instead. That didn't work. Then I read the instructions from this board on how to manually install and modify the .ini file, and I followed those instructions very carefully, triple checked that I did everything correctly.

Unfortunately, now my game doesn't even launch anymore, through Galaxy or otherwise, it crashes immediately.

Any other tips? This is beyond aggravating, I bought the game on sale at GOG so I could try the mods, but there was no way for me to know that this was for some reason a special version of the game that you can't use mods with.

Well, I uninstalled the game and tried reinstalling it with the standalone (non-galaxy) installer, and put it in a different location, followed the instructions from this thread again and it worked! Playing Long War 2 now, not a wasted day.

I tried to install a mod which removes mission timer using the tutorial you created, however it didn't work for some reason.

I started new mission, didn't load the existing one. Do I have to start a new Campaign for it to work?

Random report of successful mod installation.

By the steps of:

1. Creating the Mods folder in K:\XCOM 2\XComGame folder. Example Mods folder path: K:\XCOM 2\XComGame\Mods.
2. Following the advice about adding the actual mod names to K:\XCOM 2\XComGame\Config\DefaultModOptions.ini AND to C:\Users\yourname\Documents\My Games\XCOM2\XComGame\Config\XComModOptions.ini.

Not certain if the C:\Users\yourname\Documents\My Games\XCOM2\XComGame\Config\XComModOptions.ini needs to be manually edited, but I did and it is currently working.

Effort expended to ensure accuracy, but Not Guaranteed at all. And perhaps consider the option of creating backups before tinkering with internal game files.

(Full file/folder paths are for example only because your Drive Letters and computer name will be whatever you assigned and most likely different than mine.)

hiya-

game installed - offline installer
followed all the instructables ..

log says the mod loads .. but nothing actually happens ....

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and no i am not editing out the caps - i have a finger problem - deal with it

Can confirm that manually editing the DefaultModOptions.ini (this is one in the installation folder) AND editing the XcomModOptions.ini (this is the one in the MyDocuments folder) does not work.

Both when launched from Galaxy, and when launched using the executable from the folder.

The ONLY was for Mods to work in the GOG version is to use the Mod Launcher from GitHub, which also involves downloading a steam emulator and copying the SteamAPI.dll or something from that emulator to the mod launcher. Which is doable, but a pain in the ass.

It boggles the mind why Firaxis and GOG decided that we don't get to play with mods in the game WE BOUGHT. And, yes, I know that a Galaxy mod manager like the Steam Workshop stuff is in the wishlist, but to make a special version of the game especially for GOG that does not allow mods (while other versions do allow mods) is just such a dick move.