Hi @JoyIsFunner ,
The best way is to do a clean reinstall. In case you want to replay previously saved games, you could backup the saved games first, do a clean reinstall, and copy over the backed up save games in the fresh installation. (More about this below)
If you don’t want to do that, assuming you have uninstalled all mods, you can try to cleanup the references to removed mods from existing saved games.
See my post about the ModSave folder
In case you want to reinstall the game, before a clean reinstall,
- Backup all the content in
%AppData%\Local\Blueclient
Documents\inZOI
%AppData%\Local\InZOI
- Uninstall the game from steam. Exit out of steam.
- Now delete all the content in the above folders, Delete the folders.
- Clean NVidia and DX cache. See the procedure in
Deleting NVIDIA Shader Cache files (post from NVidia Customer Support) - After restart, set NVidia Shader Cache high, say 40 GB or more (I have set it to 100 GB. Helps with UE5 games. See that you have enough space on C:)
- Again Restart your pc. (Restart, not shutdown)
Then try a reinstall of the game.
Immediately after installation, make a backup of the above folders again under a parent folder called “ InZoi Clean Install” or whatever. This will be your reference for cleanup when the folders get filled with stuff from mods and Canvas.
I do not use any content from Canvas. If at all you do download from Canvas, keep the textures to the minimum.
Later you can copy over previously saved games from the backup, toDocuments\inZOI\SaveGames
Mind you, the games saved from previous versions may not always work well in a later game version.
Hope this helps.