KSP Mods not loading after manual install win7
Manually installing KSP mods by unziping them into a KSP GameData folder is not working for me. Does anyone understand why this would be? As I understand it, you unzip the mod and drop its mod directory into GameData to look like this. And then restart KSP.
ls -l "/ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData"
total 8
drwxrwx---+ 1 pete None 0 Jan 29 16:15 KerbalEngineer
drwxrwx---+ 1 pete None 0 Jan 24 21:44 MechJeb2
drwxrwx---+ 1 pete None 0 Dec 17 15:24 Squad
drwxrwx---+ 1 pete None 0 Jan 26 19:33 SquadExpansion
I installed both KerbalEngineer and MechJeb2 and neither worked. I used ckan.exe to reinstall KerbalEngineer and it worked, but I would rather install these plugins manually. KSP is a Steam managed ver 1.11.1.3066.
If I inspect GameData with cigwin terminal the KerbalEngineer dir that ckan.exe installed looks exactly the same as what I had previously put there manually. Take a look at the md5sum checksums of the files from the unzip and the files that CKAN put in GameData. They are the same files. Does anyone get what is failing or know how to debug this ?
Contents of the zip (unzipped)
$ md5sum /ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/*
md5sum: /ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/AssetBundles: Is a directory
5ffba2a1c5be09e579eb9bb4fe700aac */ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.dll
1e5a38f246306acfba5066a9ba990290 */ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.Unity.dll
0847444c8ef98576f0311179fd6b3a2d */ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.version
md5sum: /ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/Parts: Is a directory
md5sum: /ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/Presets: Is a directory
md5sum: /ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/Settings: Is a directory
md5sum: /ms/c/Users/pete/AppData/Local/Temp/KerbalEngineer-1.1.8.3/KerbalEngineer/Textures: Is a directory
Files installed by CKAN. The hashes match
$ md5sum /ms/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal\ Space\ Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/*
md5sum: '/ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/AssetBundles': Is a directory
5ffba2a1c5be09e579eb9bb4fe700aac */ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.dll
b68d7b2bb6663c06dc1f8a9ed892f476 */ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.log
1e5a38f246306acfba5066a9ba990290 */ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.Unity.dll
0847444c8ef98576f0311179fd6b3a2d */ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/KerbalEngineer.version
md5sum: '/ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/Parts': Is a directory
md5sum: '/ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/Presets': Is a directory
md5sum: '/ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/Settings': Is a directory
md5sum: '/ms/c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalEngineer/Textures': Is a directory
Do they need to be registered in the registery?
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How do I manually install a KSP mod?
If you've downloaded the game on Steam and can't find the file folder, right-click the game in your Steam library, select Properties > Local Files > Browse. In your KSP folder, open the GameData folder. Drag the mod file folder to the GameData folder. That's all there is to it.How do I install KSP graphics mods?
To install MechJeb, start by downloading the MechJeb mod at https://www.curseforge.com/kerbal/ksp-mods/mechjeb. Once you've downloaded the mod, double-click the MechJeb zip file and extract the contents of the file. Then, right-click the extracted MechJeb2 folder and click Cut to remove the folder.Mod Installation Guide | KSP Beginner's Guide
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