Joining Modded Servers

thipp

I simply cannot figure out how to join a modded server. I've looked through the first five pages of both the modding subforum and this subforum, but I just cannot find an answer. I try to join a modded server, and after the "downloading mods..." screen, I get an error akin to "do not have required mods." I looked to see if there was a way to check what mods the server had, so I could download them via steam workshop, but other than downloading every single mod, I'm clueless.

If there is a simple answer built in to the game, it's not very clear to people who don't know how.

douchebagatron

does your compter's username have special characters in it? or spaces? I think there was a bug like that at one point, but it should be fixed now. Also, maybe you can try running as administrator? might be that there are some permission issues with the folder.

If you subscribe to mods in the Steam workshop do those download correctly?

thipp

No, it has no special characters. I believe they are downloading correctly. They do for every other steam game, and these don't appear to be downloading any different. Is there at least a way to see what mods the server has just so I can actually subscribe manually?

douchebagatron

if you open the console while it's loading (press ~) then the mods that are attempting to be downloaded should be logged there. also might give some more detail on why it's not working.

thipp

Ah, I didn't know the mods it was needing were in the console, thanks, I'll manually download them and see how it works.