Might be an issue with the newest versions I hadn't updated yet, I tend to wait a while to see what needs updates/fixes.
Don't have time tonight, terrible internet, will let you know if I have any issues tomorrow.
Just to check you put the stuff from EML in the extracted strive conquest folder, and then the files from the various mods into the same folder making sure that there are properly nested, all the mods should have folders with a path like "strive main folder name"\mods\"mod name"
nothing goes into the appdata folders with EML, for either EML or the mods themselves.