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**DESCRIPTION**

The mods I use every time. Use my Add-Ons for themed runs. There is also a smaller stripped down version of this collection called Joe's 1.5 More Basic Base Modpack that I made while trying to eliminate some errors.

Seems to be in a good place now, any further changes should be minimal.

**INSTALLATION GUIDE**

This mod list works best with all rimworld DLCs installed. If you don't have all of them, you can still use the list, but RimPy will give you warnings about the mods that depend on the missing DLCs. You can deactivate those mods and continue to play the game. See RimPy section for more info.

**PREPARATION**

1) I would highly recommend unsubscribing from all current mods and then going to the collection and click subscribe-to-all. You can then also subscribe-to-all on any of my Add-On mod lists you wish to include as well.

2) Cleaning your installation:

From MrSamuelStreamer:

"For any new complex mod pack you should FULLY reset Rimworld, and all related files, to ensure no old, outdated, or incompatible mods are left behind. Reinstalling Rimworld or unsubscribing from mods WILL NOT fully reset your reinstallation and old files can still persist!

Folders that should be reset fully before beginning a new modpack:"

I delete the contents of the configs, saves, local mods and steam mods folders but not the folders themselves. You may need to run Rimworld once from the Steam launcher after doing this just so it can create new versions of certain config files that RimPy needs to be able to find.

"Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods (Local mods folder)

Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\294100 (Steam mod download folder)

AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld by Ludeon Studios (Your user configurations, saves, etc)"

There are instructions below on how to find your AppData folder if you're having trouble. RimPy also has shortcuts to the directories you'll need to access.

**INSTALLATION**

Download latest release of RimPy and install to Windows. https://github.com/rimpy-custom/RimPy/releases

Subscribe to RimPy Mod Manager Database
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1847679158

From description:
"This is a database for RimPy Mod Manager. Database contains latest information about mods and latest versions of community made auto sorting rules. You should not put Database in your active mod list, because it contains no useful data for game itself, only data needed for RimPy Mod Manager."

Subscribe to it but leave it in your inactive mods.

**Use RimPy to auto-sort mod list**

1. Assuming you have competed the previous steps, allow some time for steam to download all of the mods you just subscribed to.

2. Open RimPy

3. At the top of the screen, ensure RimPy has located the required folders. If it hasn't, manually find the folders for RimPy.

4. You should see your list of mods in the inactive mods column. The names of all mods should be white. If any are red, those mods do not match the Rimworld version number. You may need to go into Steam workshop, find those particular mods, unsubscribe, wait a minute, and then subscribe again. Steam will re-download the mod. You can then hit the refresh button in RimPy to refresh the list of mods and hopefully they will now be white.

5. Drag and drop all mods to the active mods column (except for RimPy mod manager).

6. Press "Sort" and RimPy will automatically sort the load order. You should have no errors or yellow warning flags. If you do, see the note below.

7. Press "Save". If you don't press Save before you press Run, the modlist will not load into the Rimworld config and your mods will not load.

8. Press "Export List" to save a backup file of your new modlist. You can then use the "Import List" function to reload this list whenever you might need to

**NOTE:**
if you don't have all of the DLCs installed, RimPy will give you yellow warning flags on mods that depend on those DLCs and have a missing dependancy. At this point you can move all of the mods you don't have DLCs for into the inactive column of RimPy, Sort, Save, and Run.

If you have all of the DLCs installed and active in RimPy, you should have no yellow warning flags. If you have any, hover over them to see what the issue is. You may need to manually move a mod to a different spot in the order or download a dependency mod that was added by one of the modders. Because you are subscribed, Steam will automatically update your mods. That means sometimes mods can change or have new features added.

9. Press "Run" to start the game.

10. Be patient with the loading screen. Go grab a drink, give it 5 minutes. It is best to keep the focus on the Rimworld application and not try to ALT-TAB to do other stuff while you wait. If windows says Rimworld has gone unresponsive, tell it to Wait. It will load.

11. When loading is finished, enjoy your game.

12. Make sure to set your mod options for frozensnowfox tweaks, TD enhancement pack and tweaks galore, these options replace many smaller mods.

MrSamuelStreamer: "I would highly recommend stripping mods and optimising textures too!" (These are features of RimPy, which I haven't really tried myself but I'm sure you can find a guide or a video about it).

**FINDING THE APPDATA DIRECTORY**

If you are having trouble finding the AppData directory, this is how to open it on your PC:

a. Press the Windows logo Key + R to launch the Run dialog box

b. Once the box opens, type %APPDATA% and press “Enter”

c.Windows will directly launch the Roaming folder in the AppData folder

d. From there it should be easy to navigate to AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld by Ludeon Studios\

e. You might as well make a shortcut to this folder while you've got it open.