It looks like you haven’t selected the mod in the Mod Panel. On the start screen, there is a button named Mods. You will need to activate the mod named AricsExpansion in that. It will reboot then be good to go
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That’s because you have the mainmenu.tscn in correctly (which presents the physical Locations for those buttons and is what you’re seeing) but the mod itself isn’t installed (which is how the game knows what to use those buttons for).
Make sure the mod is in your appdata/strive/mods folder, activated in the Mod Manager Panel, and then you’ll see options show up in those buttons
Edit: MainMenu, not mansion
I have pressed mods, selected your mod and applied, which shutdown the game. When I go back into the game that mod is highlighted but the same thing happens. no options appear
the mansion.tscn file included in the mod is labelled 'nope, dont use it yet - Mansion' so it doesn't replace the original mansion file. should I delete the original or should I rename your mansion file?
I have also copied and pasted both files in the important please read folder. so they are still in my appdata as well as in the game file. should I remove from appdata?
don't know if this is causing the problem or not.
Using the mansion file isn't required at all, just gives a few more options when creating your initial character (those 4 in the 2nd column that are blank in the above screenshot being those options). If you want those options you must rename his mansion.tscn file but i would recommend saving yours elsewhere first. Can also leave the duplicates in the folder they're in, they won't hurt anything. If you don't use his mansion file it will just automatically generate those stats for you.