Hello! The I think it may be in your best interest to join the Discord server where we have an active modding community that may be able to help guide you, they may need more insight on whats been done in your attempt so far https://discord.gg/eHy4Ze5sS

I tried to go there but there wasn't anything there about modding?

Hello jhkreiter,

they exist in the heads of modders. Problems are normal.

DONE BY YOU : Find the local mod directory of your Sins2-Installation.

Mine would be C:\Users\<user_id>\AppData\Local\sins2\mods 

DONE BY YOU : Put your Mod-Folder there

/<my_mod_name>

DONE BY YOU : Put a ".mod_meta_data" -File there, that contains valid JSON

Like

{

    "compatibility_version": 2,

    "display_version": "0.0.2",

    "display_name": "<Name of your Mod>",

    "short_description": "<Description of your Mod>",

    "logos": {

        "large_logo": "<Large Icon>.png",

        "small_logo": "icon_120x60.png"

    }

}

DONE BY YOU : Sins of a solar empire shows your mod

You start the game, find "Modding" and pick the Tab other than "MOD.IO".
A shuttle selection appears and shows your mod on the left.

Do I have to have everything in the list?

I don't have logos

I tried it and it says it is not compatible, but I have the not compatible mods set to true.

Here is my file

{
    "compatibility_version": 2,
	"display_version": "0.0.2",
	"display_name": "<Vasari Mod>",
	"short_description": "<Testing Mod>"
}