Beat Saber

Beat Saber

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Update broke mods!!! >:(
By GreenMan36
Did another Beat Saber update "break" all your mods?
I'm here to tell you, you're just being stupid :P

Here's how to re-mod your game!
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Why do mods break?
There's two reasons why mods break.
Either Beat Saber had an update that changed a part of the game that a mod required so now the mod's code needs to be updated.
OR
The person who is managing the mod hasn't tested his mod on the latest version yet so you can't install it via the Mod Assistant.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE MOD IS BROKEN.
It simply means that the mod creator hasn't changed the supported game version number, you can still install it manually. This guide will show you how to do so, it will only take a minute.
Manually install mods
Since the mods aren't in the mod manager you need to reinstall them manually, luckily you updated so you likely already have all the mods downloaded so we can continue.

1. Update your game
First you want to UPDATE YOUR GAME.

2. Launch and exit the game
Second, after you've done the dreaded updating you want to LAUNCH THE GAME, this way we can make sure you actually updated the game and nothing is interfering. Your game should be unmodded right now so you can EXIT. I recommend adding `fpfc` to your launch options as this will launch Beat Saber into non-vr mode. (It'll launch faster and is great for testing.)

3. Reinstall the mod injector
Third, you need to launch
IPA.exe
that's in your Beat Saber folder. If its not there you've probably never modded your game before. I'd like to point you to this guide.[bsmg.wiki]
You should be seeing something like this, if you get an error then something went wrong and I won't be giving support for this, otherwise your game is modded and you can move your plugins!

4. Reinstall your mods!
IPA should automatically rename your old plugin folder to `Old 1.xx.x Plugins` and create a new and empty, `plugins` folder. All you need to do is copy paste the mods from the old folder into the new folder.
NOTE THAT SOME MODS MAY STILL NOT WORK AND CAUSE YOUR GAME TO CRASH.
Now my game is crashing...
This is easy to fix, it simply means one of your mods ACTUALLY broke this time and is causing the game to crash.
This will get fixed with time but for now you need to figure out what mod caused it and remove it.

I recommend removing half your plugins, if the game still crashes the mod is within your plugins folder, if it stopped crashing, its one of the mods you deleted so you can press CTRL+Z to undo and delete half of the original half, aka 1/4th. And continue this until all crashing has stopped.

Keep in mind that multiple mods might be broken and causing issues.
And until a mod is fully updated and supports the game version you're on, all bugs and issues you encounter aren't Beat Games or the modders fault but fully your own as the game and the mod both don't officially support the game version or mods you're playing on/with.
Afterword
28 Comments
AnimeKing18 20 Jul, 2023 @ 8:44am 
its a great tool to have you can install your mods and songs from BS Manager for any version of beat saber and you can choose from any version of beat saber you want to install along side having multiple installs of beat saber with a shared song list I've been using it to switch between 1.31.0, 1.29.1 and 1.8.0. BS Manager installs all of these different versions from steam but if you have an oculus headset it will let you bypass steam and launch the game is oculus mode and you still have to own the game it wont install any version if you don't already own beat saber on steam
GreenMan36  [author] 20 Jul, 2023 @ 3:57am 
In the guide for older beat saber versions, it links to Beat Saber Legacy Launcher. I haven't heard of BS-Manager before.
AnimeKing18 19 Jul, 2023 @ 3:39pm 
Look up BSManager with it you can install multiple version of beat saber and have a shared song list and you can keep the main install updated without effecting your mods
https://github.com/Zagrios/bs-manager
GreenMan36  [author] 14 Jun, 2023 @ 7:51am 
I believe its best to ask in the BSMG Discord.
AngelCakes 13 Jun, 2023 @ 12:44pm 
by any chance does anyone know which mods dont work?
ERROR-USER-NOT-FOUND 20 Apr, 2023 @ 9:22pm 
Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate the help! I look into game files a lot, but don't touch them out of fear I will break it in some way (accidentally did that for GTag, :((( ), but this seems legit. Time to hack- I mean... chea- I mean... mod!
kulomascovia 12 Apr, 2023 @ 6:30pm 
fuck the devs for real. I don't care about whatever bullshit you're putting in the game I just want my mods. f u
GreenMan36  [author] 7 Mar, 2023 @ 9:00am 
If your game is still modded, then the game simply hasn't updated.
Any version changing update will remove/disable BSIPA. It's by design.
finchdante 4 Mar, 2023 @ 9:20am 
i just downgraded beat saber into version 1.27.0 so that i can mod it after 1.28.0 broke them
P. 4 Mar, 2023 @ 1:04am 
To anyone having problems, try deleting SongCore.dll and SongCore.pdb in your plugins folder. You won't be able to download new custom songs/playlists, but this fix seems to make all your existing custom songs work, including chroma/mapping extended maps. Also try launching Beatsaber through SteamVR.