MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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Mods Broke Your Game: Can't Get Back to Main Menu
By Soldier's Fortune
If you've installed mods, restarted your game, and receive a Fatal Error that prevents you from navigating back to the main menu to deactivate mods. This is how to manually reset your installed mods.
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Steam Library> Game Properties> Local Files> Browse
Navigate to your Steam Library and click on the options cog to bring up the game menu. From there, click on the Properties tab and navigate to Local Files. Then, click on Browse. This will open up the relevant folder in File Explorer.
Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries> MW5Mercs> Mods> modlist.json
From this point, Steam should have opened up the Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries folder. From here, you want to open the MW5Mercs folder and navigate to the Mods folder. Inside, you will find a file called "modlist.json". This is the active list of mods being applied to your game. Delete the "modlist.json" file. You should now be able to restart your game and fiddle with enabling individual mods to figure out which mod is crashing your game.
8 Comments
Sub-Zero 14 Mar @ 7:28pm 
this is why i refer DLCs over mods.
Galorak 19 Mar, 2024 @ 5:38am 
I haven't had to use this yet, but soon as I realised it was a guide to fixing your game after you break it with mods I figured I'll probably be needing it at some stage lol

Nice simple guide to help people with a common problem =)
OwenVSH 23 Oct, 2023 @ 6:04pm 
Cool thanks bro.
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 7 Mar, 2023 @ 1:28pm 
I'm assuming that LOM is working with an in-game file, since it must somehow make changes to the game. I don't think it creates its own file. 🤔
But no, I have no problems with the game, I just stumbled upon this guide by accident. :D
Soldier's Fortune  [author] 7 Mar, 2023 @ 1:14pm 
@Fuhrer_51[RUS]
I'm not entirely sure if it works the same way with an outside Load Order Manager or not. You can always try deleting the "modlist.json" file and see if it works. Theoretically, the 3rd Party Load Order Manager could be compiling it's own modlist file before copying it into the MechWarrior Mods folder.

If you're currently stuck on a Fatal Error, go ahead and try deleting the modlist file. It won't break your game and worse than it already is.
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 7 Mar, 2023 @ 8:16am 
OK)
But, as I understand it, this is a similar solution, right?
Soldier's Fortune  [author] 7 Mar, 2023 @ 7:14am 
@Fuhrer_51[RUS]
I am not using any mods from nexusmods nor am I using their mod manager. This guide is primarily for individuals who are only modding the game through the Steam Workshop page and end up getting stuck with a broken game like I did.
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 6 Mar, 2023 @ 3:25pm 
What about Load Order Manager [nexusmods.com]? ._.