Alternate recipe research
this is the message im getting when downloading "alternate recipe research"
ive downloaded multiple mods before this an have never had this message pop up.. and i checked. it seems i cant download any other mods? please help, not very computer savvy.
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Key Details for SMMDebug-2025-09-26-14-48-02.zip triggered by @XxDwrathxX
another program is keeping that file open somehow
do you have multiple copies of the mod manager open?
i dont think so? ive tried restarting my computer, and also shutting it down completely
like i said, i have 10+mods already downloaded, but ive looked in the file explorer and i cant seem to find a "mods folder" anywhere
oh, also. im tried running SMM as "administrator"
>files_mods
Mods are stored in your game install directory as described here. You rarely, if ever, need to modify this directory yourself, use the mod manager instead.
running as admin is not ideal as it can cause files to be written with higher permissions
I'm not sure what could be causing this, hopefully someone else can speak up
hmm. do you think uninstalling and reinstalling both SMM and Satisfactory could help?
its just weird that this just happened after using SMM for so long. and i dont really ever go in my file manager and change anything. so idk what could have happened
Solution
try using SMM to turn off all mods, then deleting that lockfile
for the deleting part do i just delete that specific mod from the SMM interface? or does that require going into my file manager?
D:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Satisfactory\\FactoryGame\\Mods\\default-lock.json
this file
in your file manager
single slashes though (they are double in the text because of the file format of that log file)so delete the default lock file correct?
after turning off mods
yes
then restart the smm?
yep, and don't run SMM as admin this time
ok ik this might sound dumb. but i just deleted the lock file. now close out of smm?
yep
just making sure i dont mess this up lol
okay i re opened
well if you do you'll just have to reinstall the game, so not much is at stake
lol gotcha
i just re opened it
turn mods back on correct?
yup and ideally the error will not occur
so far so good
oof
i got rid of that mod on my SMM, ill try to reinstal now
what do you mean by that?
the mod that wasnt working, i was going back and forth trying to fix it on my own before u came to help. and i was deleteing and re installing it. onto the SMM
im just going back and re installing from the SMM menu now
sweet it worked
U My man, are awesome. thank you
ah I thought you were saying something had gone wrong and you were reinstalling the game, haha
@Mircea (Area Actions) any idea what could have caused that lockfile to be write-blocked even after restarting?
should i wait for response before marking problem solved?
I already marked it, mircea will get the ping regardless
Sweet, is there a way for me to see the response? or will it be on this post still?
i would very much like to know the cause as well
still on this post
awesome thank you!👍