'Ghost' mod appearing in the mod list (is there any way to manually manage the mod list?)

Mouse

For some reason I've had a ghost mod appear at the bottom of my mod list. It doesn't always have the same name. But it seems to like using the name of the mod above it.







Just in case you were wondering, according to the Workshop, I'm subscribed to 7 mods. However (including the ghost mod) the in-game NS2 mod list has 8 mods.



To hazard a guess, I think this bug appeared because I deleted one of my mods (ns2_fusion) from the workshop while I was still subscribed to it.

[EDIT] It might even be some sort of syncing problem.

Things I've tried:
* Deleted all of the mods from Appdata
* Restarted steam a number of times
* Uninstalled & reinstalled both NS2 and Steam.

Ghosthree3

You have to delete the mod out of your workshop folder in appdata as it's still getting loaded.

Mouse

It isn't there.

Ghosthree3

Delete them all, it's there. Don't worry they'll redownload

Mouse

I've done that about 3-4 times

SamusDroid

It's a bug. Restart Steam

Mouse

I've restarted steam a number of times and I've also uninstalled & reinstalled NS2 and Steam.

Ghosthree3

Unsubscribe from every mod, delete the whole appdata folder (preserve your system_options file). If that doesn't work, well shit.

Mouse

Still there

IronHorse

Weird.
Have you tried disabling steam cloud, then close steam, then delete said folders, then restart steam?
Then change steam server location in steam settings, then start ns2?

If after that, i'd have to assume steam hasn't actually unsubscribed you from that certain mod for some reason.. maybe re subscribing to it and then unsubbing afterwards could be worth a try as well.

Mouse

Oh, I only mentioned it in passing, but I'd say a decent part of the problem is that the initial mod doesn't exist any more. I had this problem appear near the start of the year when I was having trouble publishing ns2_drydosity (and had to remove it from Steam Workshop once or twice). Similarly, I've been having trouble publishing ns2_fusion this weekend and removed it from Steam Workshop once or twice.

@Ironhorse A guess at some steps to reproduce the bug:

1) Create and publish a mod (I doubt it matters what the mod is)
2) On Steam Workshop, subscribe to the mod
3) On Steam Workshop, delete the mod
4) Load NS2 & go to the in-game Mod List
5) Observe a ghost mod at the bottom of the Mod List

It's probably also worth getting someone else to subscribe to the mod before it's deleted; to see whether the bug affects everyone who's subscribed to the mod or if it only affects the creator of the mod.

SamusDroid

I think it's time...for one of Obby's full nukes

EDIT: This remids me there are mod settings stored at steam/userdata/4920/options.xml that has a line with soemthing like "mods" or "mods installed" delete that line.

Mouse

SamusDroid wrote: »

EDIT: This remids me there are mod settings stored at steam/userdata/4920/options.xml that has a line with soemthing like "mods" or "mods installed" delete that line.

Well that's interesting.
Deleting the <active_mods> line doesn't do anything. But, I was able to activate the ghost mod and then check the <active_mods> line to see what its ID was.
If you're curious: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=164186779

So, I think the problem is that NS2 doesn't remove deleted mods from the mod list.