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i can't open mods, for example, i dragged the mesecon mod into my mods bin, opened the configure tab, enables it, and it says it failed to upload it..... and i really want to try mods, it sounds great, sooo... could someone give me a procedure to help me?

Did you unzip the .zip file the mod comes in?

That sounds like it could be folder permissions. What are the permissions on your minetest folder? I'm no expert (anymore) but if you're on a newer version of Windows and you install to Program Files there could be restrictions preventing mod installation. So I've heard. Installing to a user directory is said to be preferred for games you want to modify.

I assume you actually mean the configuration tab, and not the mods tab?

Please post the error output if there is any

d0fabur5st wrote:i can't open mods, for example, i dragged the mesecon mod into my mods bin, opened the configure tab, enables it, and it says it failed to upload it..... and i really want to try mods, it sounds great, sooo... could someone give me a procedure to help me?

1. Unzip the file into your mods folder.
2. Rename the new folder that pops up to just 'mesecons' without quotes.
3. Open Minetest, enable mesecons in the mod config thingy. Hit Save, and run your game.

hoodedice wrote:2. Rename the new folder that pops up to just 'mesecons' without quotes.

ah yeah, the renaming. that could get quite a few people.