How To Install Mods in Timberborn Update 5

[@larry365]

Perfect, thanks. For anyone having issue running the .sh file for eg because it associated to a program (in my case VB), you don't actually need to run it, just run the game.

[@brodymullen6927]

cheers legend

[@turbotoka9426]

Thanks

[@azriel5]

thanks! I was trying to figure that out, it would only open in visual studio code and couldn't run it, and after some googling only lead to more confusion, I read the comments and you saved me a headache lol, I got Visual studio to help me code minecraft datapacks, didn't know it would interfere with shell scripts, or how to reset that, so ty

[@lenorax6972]

love u

[@timcotrell9753]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. I just started playing this game but I knew some mods would help out greatly! Thanks again!

[@JCTheBeard]

You're most welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@TTDEATHTT]

Thank god timber api is fixed. Can't wait to go home and continue my modded update 5. Also I hope in the future. When they build in modding. They do something simulair to rimworld.

[@bigbloodaxe]

What a great guide JC, very cool and works a treat thank you 🍻

[@720CDWells]

Am I missing something on how to actually run the .sh files? My computer doesn't just recognize them as shell script like yours.

[@harveyhodson1370]

Same for me

[@harveyhodson1370]

I just found out if you go onto the timberborn folder then run the game from there it does it properly

[@cuby._]

@@harveyhodson1370 omg you helped me tysm

[@texasgamemom2290]

Thank you for this! I am excited to try some of these especially ladders!!!!

[@davidr2002]

run_BepInEx.sh can't read on my system what app/ program do i need

[@emildread9718]

same problem :/

[@ShaudaySmith]

same for me. hard to find any answers to run the script file too.

[@lookbelow1]

Update: Just extracted everything into the folder and ran the game, that did it.

[@DOGEKB]

Which folder

[@flobiish]

It seemed like there was a lot of extra copy/pastes that could just have been done in one extract. Also, in Windows the .sh file doesn't do anything (even if you install the stuff needed to run it). I mean, it'll spit out that it doesn't recognize the operating system, but nothing else.

[@queryalways]

Thank you so much!! This has been one of my highly requested videos :) I am so happy you have done it, I know others in our community will be happy too :) :)

[@JCTheBeard]

My goodness, thanks so much for the support! I'd been trying to do this all week, so you can imagine my frustration when there were two consecutive game updates in a row that broke mods 😂

[@deathstriker8754]

Works amazingly well

[@masl.]

Holy, that's a lot of things I have to do before I can play with mods

[@blainethompson6510]

Thank Beard for the insight much appreciated

[@Nerine98]

many thanks for this tut

[@JCTheBeard]

Glad to hear it!

[@kabilapxi]

Thank you ! ! Love you !

[@Pumpkin-Eater-f4e]

Thank you JC. Your video helped me a lot.

[@JCTheBeard]

You're welcome!

[@copelogger3682]

Followed step by step didn’t work. Idk what’s wrong Update uninstalled game and reinstalled then followed step by step and now I go to play and it loads then crashes before the menu pops up, like it does the background black screen with words then that goes away and then it crashes. What did I miss

[@gabriellialexandre8425]

I'have the same issues. I am on Windows 10 this may cause the problem, same for you ?

[@W333L]

Are you running mods or just bepinex? If they conflict with each other or aren’t updated mods can crash the game

[@x_Torn]

I dont get it, i have done everything he has, but mod manager doesnt show up when i load the game? My game works fine, but no mod manager. Anyone else have this issue?

[@x_Torn]

I got it. I didn't go for the latest versions of the mods. I just used the ones listed on download manually. Instead of adding the zip files to the timberborn folder, I opened the zip files and manually dropped the files in the necessary folders. Thanks for the video!

[@Aquav_c]

@@x_TornI don’t see a bepin file newer than 318d even tho it says it was updated 56 days ago

[@zacharysaunders2851]

Thank you! This was helpful!

[@dr_jacko]

Mac file location is /Users/{your_username}/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common All other directions in the video are the same on Mac

[@seanmcandrews9514]

Very good guide, well done

[@retro8477]

Hi there JC love the guide mate Thank you very much mate you made this supa ez to do.

[@TheBeardedGreek]

A great guide. Thanks dude 👍

[@JCTheBeard]

Appreciate it, hope this helps!

[@Devilish_Fun]

JC "Mod Master" the Beard

[@tubo424]

hey new here lol how do you get to the config files to change the settings of the actual mod?

[@pdub707]

If you found an answer to this anywhere, please share.

[@primecomic113noonehere4]

for some reason my bepinx shell file cant run my computer isn't using the default program, idk what program I'm suppose to use for this. pls help

[@Pheronia]

I am having the same problem

[@vandeventerbrink3019]

@@Pheronia just run the game and it will run the file

[@lunchbox7304]

thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JCTheBeard]

You are most welcome. Happy modding!

[@Weberkooks]

The fact that this game doesn't have a map sharing functionality KILLS me. I only went through all of this so I could get new maps 😂

[@JCTheBeard]

You don't need mods to install maps, those can just be placed directly into the C:\Users\[your username]\Documents\Timberborn\Maps folder, unless your filesystem is set up differently. On Windows 11 it could be inside the OneDrive hierarchy.

[@hackemate9945]

I cant running .sh and the mod manager doesn't appear either

[@leonardoramirez3531]

super bien explicado porque yo no hablo inglés y aun así pude hacer todo de manera correcta excelente

[@zachareaislam4019]

Can anyone help me. I’ve downloaded the latest version of Bepin, timberborn api and my mods but the mods still don’t work. I’m on timberborn version 5.9

[@HenniMeansLove]

Good Video :) thanks

[@vauhtisokea1255]

Thanks. Is there a mod to copy example settings from floodgate to all those other ones at side by side? It is kinda shitty job to do whole dam settings with lots of gates. Tried that pipette mod but didn´t bother to read what mod say how it is working. It won´t copy anything.... But yeah. Mirror Buildings, Water Extenxion and Ladder should be part of base game from start Btw how you can play 2 different saves? I mean one series with Update 4 and other Update 5? I assume you won´t everytime change from Update5 to Update4 when playing other one? Almost forgot to mention Vertical Powershafts mod. Allright i forgot. Thanks Jc

[@JCTheBeard]

I don't know that there is a "copy settings" mod, unfortunately. Regarding two different saves - I switch in and out of the Experimental version of the game using Steam's "beta participation" feature and shuffle my plugins folders accordingly, depending on which playthrough I'm doing.

[@vauhtisokea1255]

@@JCTheBeard Ok. So it is just as so "difficult" as i thought it would be :) Well i suppose you could out different files from different version (Update4 mods/Update5) to new folder and just change those when needed. Keep up good working

[@dr_jacko]

How do you manage your mod sets between the different playthroughs you have going? Do you just manually select the correct mods or is there some other way to have different load profiles or something in steam?

[@JCTheBeard]

What I end up doing is create two different "Plugins" folders and just rename them each time I want to play a specific playthrough. So if I want to play waterbeavers, I'll rename the plugins folder that has all the stuff for the folktails and iron teeth playthroughs to "plugins.normal" and in turn rename the waterbeavers plugins folder from "plugins.waterbeavers" to just "plugins", and then the game sees the waterbeaver plugins folder since it knows to specifically look for a folder named "plugins". Hope that made sense. As long as only one plugins folder is actually named "plugins" at a time, the game thinks that's the only folder that exists. The other version/mods is still still, it's just hidden in plain sight.

[@dr_jacko]

@@JCTheBeardmakes perfect sense, thanks

[@lookbelow1]

Got the same problem. Am I missing something on how to actually run the .sh files? My computer doesn't just recognize them as shell script like yours.

[@JCTheBeard]

Ended up seeing your second comment first, glad you got it working!

[@TheJimmijay]

I’ve ran into an issue where when I action the step to run_bepinex it uses GIMP or VLC media player or even notepad, how do I stop this as I can’t get that initial opening box to continue the install process.

[@JCTheBeard]

Sounds like you've somehow associated that file type to be opened with those programs instead of Windows just executing it like any program executable. Try right clicking on the run_bepinex and see if it has an option to run the code from there.

[@TheJimmijay]

@@JCTheBeard unfortunately not and I don’t have the know how but thanks for getting back to me.

[@Quail-King]

Bro How did you extract that file?????? i just have an empty file and when i try to extract the file the extract button does not appear

[@JCTheBeard]

Do you have a third party zip/unzip utility installed? I have been using one for basically as long as I've had a computer so I didn't even think that the option wouldn't show up by default if you don't have a utility on your computer. If you don't have one, I recommend 7zip

[@BobertBaratheon]

Question. How do you update mods? My game is broken because I’ve no idea what I’m doing

[@JCTheBeard]

If you're already using Mod Manager, it should allow you update via that. But you can always just download the newest version of the mod, remove the old files from the plugins folder, and then stick the new ones in.

[@BobertBaratheon]

@@JCTheBeard so I don’t need to update the mod manager itself, just newer versions of the mods?

[@JCTheBeard]

Well, if it's been a while you might want to update Mod Manager too. I recall it having some stability issues a little while back.

[@BobertBaratheon]

@@JCTheBeard don’t suppose you know which and what files need to be replaced?

[@JCTheBeard]

No, unfortunately. Whenever I update a mod manually, I just delete and replace it with the newest version. Unless it's a mod that has specific custom stuff attached to it like "Custom Name List", in which case I'll keep a copy of that config file and put it back in where it goes once the update is done. I'd highly suggest making a copy of your whole Plugins folder and stashing it somewhere in case you accidentally break something while updating, so that you can revert to the older version. When there's a major game update like this, it might be a good idea to just do a fresh install of the mods anyway, but you should do what you feel is best/most convenient.

[@Zunip182]

Okay, you should really only mention where files need to be. You keep re-locating files for 'convenience'. which is just more mess.

[@Superquentindu83]

I dont understand why my game dosen't open in lagre windows, i see the board of windows work and the game isn't in full screen... 😅 and... My game crash... M'y game is in 5 version can you help me ?

[@Devilish_Fun]

🐸!

[@harveyhodson1370]

why doesnt my one do anything when i click on run for bepin it only says open with notepad?

[@JCTheBeard]

Make sure you're looking at the right file (run_bepinex). Your computer also may be blocking you from running executables without admin permissions, but I can't be sure. If you can't get it to work, just try running the game normally. It might run BepInEx anyway, but again I can't be sure.

[@harveyhodson1370]

Ok thanks

[@mharkiemorales3523]

i cant use mods.. its always bug :(

[@janebannister9793]

What am I doing wrong? The API update has stopped the crashing out, but although the mods are in the plugin folder they are not in the menus once I open a map.

[@JCTheBeard]

Have you checked to see that the versions of the mods you're getting are compatible with Update 5? You might need to go to mod.io and look at the version history notes for each individual mod.

[@janebannister9793]

Thanks for getting back to me. First thing I did after watching the video which is how I found the update for the API. A WIP then. @@JCTheBeard. All working now, thanks so much.