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Before I say anything, yes, I did read all I could find on how to name mods. I downloaded Mesecons and put it in the mod folder. It's a modpack, so shouldn't it need no renaming? apparently not, as I still get error messages saying it failed to load and run "(x86)minetest-0.4.9bin..modsmeseconsinit.lua" and I can't see any misnames in any subfolders. Please help, this happened with several other mods and I'm hopeless on figuring it out myself. Also, I can't get texture packs to work.

I extracted the mods out of modpacks everytime, so they worked for me.
Try to cut & paste all folders of "\\minetest\mods\mesecons\" to "\minetest\mods\".
Activate them sererately. Does it work?

Yes and no. It load the mods just fine, but now Minetest crashes halfway through loading textures.

Copy all the ERROR-lines out of the debug.txt file and paste them here. They might give some insight in what the problem(s) is(are).

09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_blinkyplant" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_button" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_receiver"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_delayer" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_detector" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_materials"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_extrawires" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_gates" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_delayer" "mesecons_materials" "mesecons_microcontroller" "mesecons_torch"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_hydroturbine" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_insulated" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_lamp" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_lightstone" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_luacontroller" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_materials" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_microcontroller" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_movestones" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_materials" "mesecons_mvps"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_mvps" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_noteblock" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_pistons" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_mvps"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_powerplant" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_pressureplates" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_random" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_receiver" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_solarpanel" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_materials"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_switch" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_torch" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"
09:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_walllever" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons" "mesecons_receiver"

do these mean I still haven't named them right? I never changed the names if the subfolders when I pasted.

lordpyridine wrote:9:34:24: ERROR[main]: mod "mesecons_blinkyplant" has unsatisfied dependencies: "mesecons"

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do these mean I still haven't named them right? I never changed the names if the subfolders when I pasted.

You must enable the "mesecons" mod too.
The error sais like: "Help! I can't find 'mesecons' mod or it's not enabled. Please enable it to use me!"

lordpyridine wrote:do these mean I still haven't named them right? I never changed the names if the subfolders when I pasted.

"minetest-mod-mesecons" should work as the modpack folder name. And then there should be a "mesecons" folder among others in that modpack.

Maybe this is a good opportunity to pimp my GitHub mod downloader: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=8749

It should normally work a little better than ZIP files, or at least I hope it does: Just click "Browse mods", select mesecons, click "Select", then "Add mod" in the main window. Don't forget to set your mod folder location first though.

I enabled everything, and one folder is just titled "mesecons". I tried the mod downloader from the program, and it also failed to install the mod, saying "ERROR: C:UsersDillioDesktopminetest-0.4.9builtinmodstore.lua: attempt to index field 'moddetail' (a nil value)". I tried this with the MOBframework mod, as the mesecons mod is currently without a download button. How do i set the mod folder location? Is it in the files, hiding as code? I'm scared of code...

deleted minetest, ran Ccleaner, reinstalled minetest and mods, followed instructions, and it worked. passive-aggressive problem solved.