Modified Install Guide

WARNING

This is a general guide on how to add additional mods to Star Wars Genesis. Doing so means you now have a modified save/install. Removing the mod later on still means you have a modified save. Any modified save users will receive limited support and cannot use the Bug Reports/Help channel for any purpose outside of general Wabbajack install issues. You may only use the Modified-Install channel. If a user repeatedly submits bug reports/help requests and has a modified install, they will be given a role that locks them to just the Modified-Install channel.

Be aware that you are putting your save at risk of corruption depending on the types of mods you install, especially when there’s a new Genesis update. If you cannot control yourself and install 50 new mods and then update Genesis, do not come crying about how it doesn’t work. Please refer to my Modified Save Guide for futureproofing your additional mods to potentially survive Genesis updates. There are no guarantees.

Mod Organizer Basics

This is a short guide on the basics of Mod Organizer 2. if you’ve never used Mod Organizer 2 before, I highly recommend reading up on this. While the Genesis discord can be helpful, it is not a technical support discord on mod installation. Please do some research beyond this guide if you’re running into a specific issue.

Creation Store Warning

The Creation Store is disabled by default because it automatically sorts all the plugins in Genesis and breaks it. If you want to install a mod from there, then you should boot the VANILLA game on Steam, install the creation, then move the mod files into it’s own mod folder in Mod Organizer 2. Under no circumstances are you opening the Creation Store menu in Genesis. It is very frustrating when people use the Bug Reports/Help channels and we can clearly see they have a jumbled load order from launching Creation Store in Genesis, so please don’t be that person.

Wabbajack Exceptions

When you update Genesis using Wabbajack, it will automatically delete any additional mods in Mod Organizer 2. You can tell Wabbajack to NOT delete a specific additional mod by renaming the mod inside Mod Organizer and adding [NoDelete] to the front. An example is shown below. Spacing matters.

[NoDelete] Star Wars Dildo Overhaul

If you choose to NOT add [NoDelete] to the front of an additional mod you installed, you are making it worse. Wabbajack deleting the additional mods doesn’t delete the mods from your save. If you try loading a save that had a bunch of additional mods deleted, it is probably going to instantly crash or have tons of issues. That’s on you. Understand that additional mods are a commitment. Either you add [NoDelete] to the front of each one and pray it works each update, or you just let Wabbajack delete all your additional mods and start a new save.

General Warnings/Common Sense

Please don’t update mods in the list unless you know what you’re doing. Especially armor mods and balancing mods. For example, if you updated Ascension in V4, then everything would become a bullet sponge. If you updated UC Empire in V4, then all stormtroopers became vanilla. There’s a reason these mods aren’t updated. They are outdated on purpose.
HUD MODS: Please refrain from downloading any HUD mods uploaded or updated BEFORE August 20, 2024. This WILL break many aspects of your game.
Do not use LOOT on the modlist or you will break everything. If you use LOOT, you no longer are playing Star Wars Genesis. You are playing a mess.
If I find that you’re repeatedly asking for help in the normal help channel with a modified list, I will unfortunately have to give you a role that limits your chat privileges to only the Modified Help channel and the News channel.

Bug Reporting

Using a modified list does not mean you are exempt from me helping you with unrelated issues such as installation issues. It also doesn’t mean you can’t report any bugs. It’s a common sense basis. If you’re encountering voiceline issues in a story and you have 5 mods that just add extra armors, it’s obviously okay to report a bug.