downloaded mods not appearing

[packer_fan]

I haven't yet upgraded to FS19 so i'm still playing 17, I've recently downloaded some mods that were downloaded by hundreds of other people, made sure they were for FS17 and put them in my mods folder with all the rest but they don't appear in game. could it be because it's not the newest version? i find it hard to believe that's why. possibly just be the mods themselves? but they're variety of types and creators. possibly my version needs an update or something else on my end? or could the creators have accidentally put mods meant for FS19 on 17 list?

is there a way to tell if they're meant for FS17, not 19 or fix them? thanks for any help
btw if needed,i'm on computer with windows 10

Edit by Guil, moved to FS17 forum

[Guil]

If they were created for a newer version of the game than you have installed then they won't work. Can you post your log.txt and use spoiler tags please?

[LS09God]

If they were created for a newer version of the game than you have installed then they won't work. Can you post your log.txt and use spoiler tags please?

But they would still show in the shop. They will be buggy, but they are there.
Check the zip file names. If this - (minus) is in it, change it to_ (underscore).

[Guil]

If they were created for a newer version of the game than you have installed then they won't work. Can you post your log.txt and use spoiler tags please?

But they would still show in the shop. They will be buggy, but they are there.
Check the zip file names. If this - (minus) is in it, change it to_ (underscore).

Are you sure? I was always under the impression that if for example the modDesc was 32 and it was say 30 for an older patch that it wouldn't show at all in game unless you installed the later patch. This is what is always been advised to users in Discord and I have seen Giants mention it a few times.

[packer_fan]

If they were created for a newer version of the game than you have installed then they won't work. Can you post your log.txt and use spoiler tags please?

this is a portion the file, is this the info you need or need all of it?

	GIANTS Engine Runtime 7.0.0 (15681) 64bit (Build Date: Dec 7 2017) Copyright (c) 2008-2017, GIANTS Software GmbH (giants-software.com), All Rights Reserved. Copyright (c) 2003-2017, Christian Ammann and Stefan Geiger, All Rights Reserved. Application: FarmingSimulator2017 Main System CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz Memory: 16253 MB OS: Windows NT 10.0 64-bit Physics System Version: 5.9.5 Thread(s): 2 Input System Keyboard enabled Mouse enabled Gamepad/Joystick enabled Force Feedback disabled Audio System Driver: OpenAL Version: 1.1 Device: Generic Software Render System Driver: Direct 3D 11 Card Vendor: Intel Corporation Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 Version: 22.20.16.4836 (17.10.2017) Revision: 2 Feature level: DirectX 11 ON Info: Effective window resolution 1920 x 1055 Started 2 threads for threadpool 'Render threadpool' Hardware Profile Level: Low (forced) View Distance Factor: 0.750000 Shadow Quality: 0.000000 Size: 1 Filter-Size: 4 Shader Quality: 0 Skip Mipmaps: 1 LOD Distance Factor: 0.750000 Terrain LOD Distance Factor: 0.750000 Terrain Normal Mapping: Yes Foliage View Distance Factor: 1.000000 Max dynamic foliage View Distance Factor: 1.000000 Foliage Density: 0.300000 Volume Mesh Tessellation Factor: 1.500000 Tyre Tracks Segments Factor: 0.500000 Max. Number of Shadow Lights: 1 Max. Number of Lights: 512 Max. Number of Lights Per Cluster: 32 MSAA: 0 Farming Simulator 17 Version: 1.5.3.1 b1841

[juf.de]

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CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 16253 MB
[...]
Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620

It looks like you are playing on a notebook which doesn't use the "real" GPU and instead the onboard graphics card, there should be some instructions around this forum as well as the www on how to change that. Your PC probably reached it's max capacity and therefor won't show all the mods.
But please post the latest complete log file too, it'S easier this way to find the problem.

[packer_fan]

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CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 16253 MB
[...]
Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620

It looks like you are playing on a notebook which doesn't use the "real" GPU and instead the onboard graphics card, there should be some instructions around this forum as well as the www on how to change that. Your PC probably reached it's max capacity and therefor won't show all the mods.
But please post the latest complete log file too, it'S easier this way to find the problem.

yeah it's a laptop so technically a notebook but it's an MSI gaming laptop with 8gb ram NVIDIA 1050 Ti graphics. i think it should be able to handle it, it did when i first got it. this problem only started within this last week or two.but i will still search for those instructions you recommended.

[LS09God]

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CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 16253 MB
[...]
Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620

It looks like you are playing on a notebook which doesn't use the "real" GPU and instead the onboard graphics card, there should be some instructions around this forum as well as the www on how to change that. Your PC probably reached it's max capacity and therefor won't show all the mods.
But please post the latest complete log file too, it'S easier this way to find the problem.

yeah it's a laptop so technically a notebook but it's an MSI gaming laptop with 8gb ram NVIDIA 1050 Ti graphics. i think it should be able to handle it, it did when i first got it. this problem only started within this last week or two.but i will still search for those instructions you recommended.

Where in the log does it say; Nvidia? You're log states the renderer to be:
Card Vendor: Intel Corporation
Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620
Version: 22.20.16.4836 (17.10.2017)

Intel graphics, not Nvidia. If it was Nvidia it would say so in the log.

But with that out of the way. If you are not sure about what version mod you've downloaded, open the modDesc of the mod. If the version is a number in the 30's it's an FS17 mods. If the number is in the 40's it's an FS19 mod. For FS19 with the latest patch it's modDesc version is 44.

[Guil]

If they were created for a newer version of the game than you have installed then they won't work. Can you post your log.txt and use spoiler tags please?

this is a portion the file, is this the info you need or need all of it?

	GIANTS Engine Runtime 7.0.0 (15681) 64bit (Build Date: Dec 7 2017) Copyright (c) 2008-2017, GIANTS Software GmbH (giants-software.com), All Rights Reserved. Copyright (c) 2003-2017, Christian Ammann and Stefan Geiger, All Rights Reserved. Application: FarmingSimulator2017 Main System CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz Memory: 16253 MB OS: Windows NT 10.0 64-bit Physics System Version: 5.9.5 Thread(s): 2 Input System Keyboard enabled Mouse enabled Gamepad/Joystick enabled Force Feedback disabled Audio System Driver: OpenAL Version: 1.1 Device: Generic Software Render System Driver: Direct 3D 11 Card Vendor: Intel Corporation Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 Version: 22.20.16.4836 (17.10.2017) Revision: 2 Feature level: DirectX 11 ON Info: Effective window resolution 1920 x 1055 Started 2 threads for threadpool 'Render threadpool' Hardware Profile Level: Low (forced) View Distance Factor: 0.750000 Shadow Quality: 0.000000 Size: 1 Filter-Size: 4 Shader Quality: 0 Skip Mipmaps: 1 LOD Distance Factor: 0.750000 Terrain LOD Distance Factor: 0.750000 Terrain Normal Mapping: Yes Foliage View Distance Factor: 1.000000 Max dynamic foliage View Distance Factor: 1.000000 Foliage Density: 0.300000 Volume Mesh Tessellation Factor: 1.500000 Tyre Tracks Segments Factor: 0.500000 Max. Number of Shadow Lights: 1 Max. Number of Lights: 512 Max. Number of Lights Per Cluster: 32 MSAA: 0 Farming Simulator 17 Version: 1.5.3.1 b1841

From that it seems you are on the latest version of the game. Can you post the entire log as it will likely have clues as to why the mods are not appearing in game.