Recommendations for installing mods

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Here are some tips for installing mods:
- make sure you have the latest update for the game installed: http://www.farming-simulator.com/update ... country=us

- mods from the official Giants ModHub can be installed directly from within the game by clicking on 'Mods' in the games main menu and then selecting the mod you want to install. After clicking the 'Install' button the mod will be downloaded and installed automatically

- the mods must be placed in the 'mods' folder inside the 'FarmingSimulator<version>' folder (please have a look at the following topic for instructions on where to find the folder: Where to find the user specific FarmingSimulator<version> folder)

- the mods should always be put in the mods folder in 'ZIP' format, if they are uncompressed they will not work in multiplayer games. If you run macOS and are using Safari to download mods then make sure the option 'Open 'safe' files after downloading' is turned off in the Safari preferences so that Safari will not automatically try to uncompress them after the download is finished (see Disable Safari's 'Open Safe Files After Downloading' Feature for more information)

- do not rename the downloaded ZIP files of the mods, just put them in the mods folder as you have downloded them

- sometimes a mod is actually a pack of multiple pieces that need to be put in the mods folder separately. In these cases the name of the downloaded file will usually contain words like 'unpack', 'uncompress', 'entpacken'. In these cases you must unpack the file first and then put the ZIP files contained within in the mods folder.

- mod packs will sometimes also be delivered as a 'RAR' archive or some other compression format. On Windows you have to use a tool like WinRAR to uncompress them. On macOS you can use a tool called 'The Unarchiver' (available via the Mac App Store) to uncompress these files.

- in order to avoid that mods mess up the game only use mods from trusted sites and stay away from mod hosting site that only copy stuff from various sources and then offer it as their own stuff.

- if all this doesn't help to get a mod installed then post the log.txt file of the game in a new thread (see How to post the log.txt for instructions).