SMM detecting wrong version
When i'm attempting to install mods, SMM indicates that it thinks that I have CL273254 installed.
the "game installation" that it's selecting is directed at the correct steam folder. and when the game is run from that directory it's CL372858
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Automated responses for Deadly (173525121049296897)
downgrade_duplicate
Make sure you updated the game before launching SMM. If your game is up to date, you have both U8 and 1.0 installed in the same folder at once, and SMM is detecting the U8 version.
To fix this, uninstall the game, delete the game install dir if it still exists (this is NOT the AppData folder, but the location where you installed the game), then reinstall the game, and reopen SMM.
If reinstalling the game takes too long for you, a quicker fix is to delete the
<game install dir>\Engine\Binaries\Win64\FactoryGame-Win64-Shipping.version file, though this is not meant to be a permanent solution, as having the game installed twice in the same directory can cause issues later.Key Details for SMMDebug-2024-10-17-18-01-45.zip
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Automated responses for Deadly (173525121049296897)
downgrade_duplicate
Make sure you updated the game before launching SMM. If your game is up to date, you have both U8 and 1.0 installed in the same folder at once, and SMM is detecting the U8 version.
To fix this, uninstall the game, delete the game install dir if it still exists (this is NOT the AppData folder, but the location where you installed the game), then reinstall the game, and reopen SMM.
If reinstalling the game takes too long for you, a quicker fix is to delete the
<game install dir>\Engine\Binaries\Win64\FactoryGame-Win64-Shipping.version file, though this is not meant to be a permanent solution, as having the game installed twice in the same directory can cause issues later.Key Details for SMMDebug-2024-10-17-18-01-45.zip
gonna try this solution I suppose.
I was pretty sure that I never had both versions installed at once (I was deleting the entire directory, then copying from 1.0 and .8 backups respectively)
I think what happens is that if you have U8 in the game dir, and then get a 1.0.x update, Steam has no idea those U8 files are in there because it thinks it only has 1.0 there (just like how it doesn't delete mod files when you update, and also why a simple uninstall and reinstall doesn't fix it), so it just dumps 1.0.x on top of the U8 files
makes sense.
the auto response solution worked