Bottom part of my previous post
There's your solution to modded version that won't get broken by updates whichever branch you set it up on.
Anybody who still complains about mods breaking in an actively developed game that does support running it from another location would do better to learn the simple steps of setting up a separate installation instead of continuing QQing.
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But i fear the cognitive dissonance will strike one more time in that place Sheepify