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How to fix your game if the game module is broken
By Iwanabaengineer
So are you a modder who messed up your game while working hard on modding the game? Fear not! For This is what to do!
   
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Category: Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Modding or Configuration, Walkthroughs, Workshop
Languages: English
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4 Dec, 2016 @ 5:12pm
19 Mar, 2017 @ 8:37pm
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What to do
0) unsubscribe from all mods
1) delete the game's local content in Steam (i.e. deinstall the game)
2) exit Steam

3a) manually delete your personal HOI4 directory -- its path depends on the OS:
(Note: You might want to make a backup of the local savegames in there before doing that!)
- [Windows] \Users\<username>\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\
- [macOS] /Users/<username>/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Hearts of Iron IV/
- [GNU/Linux] /home/<username>/.local/share/Paradox\ Interactive/Hearts\ of\ Iron\ IV/

3b) manually delete your HOI4 Steam directory (if it still exists...) -- its path depends on the OS:
- [Windows 64bit] C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Hearts of Iron IV\
- [Windows 32bit] C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Hearts of Iron IV\
(Note that your OS isn't officially supported!)
- [macOS] /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Hearts of Iron IV/ (hidden on macOS 10.7+; this[www.macworld.com] might be helpful)
- [GNU/Linux] /home/<username>/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Hearts\ of\ Iron\ IV/

4) restart Steam
5) reinstall the game
6) verify the game
7) mod the world