Witcher 3 Extension Error

[A99theman]

I have something similar pop up. Right after a fresh install of everything. What is it?

[wmslone]

I'm having an issue with managing The Witcher 3 in vortex. It says the extension is failed and I get the following load error message:

 

Failed to load: Cannot find module './priorityTypeButton'

Require stack:

- C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\plugins\Vortex Extension Update - The Witcher 3 v1.3.8\iconbarActions.js

- C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\plugins\Vortex Extension Update - The Witcher 3 v1.3.8\index.js

- C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\vortex-run\lib\index.js

- C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js

- C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\index.html

I've tried reinstalling both vortex and the game in steam, no luck there. As far as I can tell everything (all files) are correctly staged and pathed where they should be. Windows is up to date. I've run the game without problems before with vortex mods, now the game's not even showing up in my list on vortex. There's got to be something simple I'm missing, but I just don't know what it is. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I've been googling the issue and searching around the forums here and on r/nexusmods but am not finding the answers I'm looking for, so I left a similar post on r/nexusmods, if I get an answer either here or there I'll update the post with the answer, thanks in advance for any help!

Additional information per "How to post / request support for Vortex"

Vortex version: 1.4.16

Windows 10

Using about 20 mods

16g RAM.

Edited January 13, 2022 by wmslone

[Pickysaurus]

This sounds like a corrupt extension download. Delete the "C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\plugins\Vortex Extension Update - The Witcher 3 v1.3.8" folder and let Vortex redownload it.

[NoJoMaTi]

This sounds like a corrupt extension download. Delete the "C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\plugins\Vortex Extension Update - The Witcher 3 v1.3.8" folder and let Vortex redownload it.

 

Error happens for me too, redownloaded the extensions, didn´t make any difference. Any other suggestions?

[NoJoMaTi]

There is a fixed version of the extension available on github:

 

https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/vortex-games/tree/9ae567f7b47c7432bab9640752b7f51cd5ad562a

 

seems to work for me now :thumbsup:

[wmslone]

This sounds like a corrupt extension download. Delete the "C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\plugins\Vortex Extension Update - The Witcher 3 v1.3.8" folder and let Vortex redownload it.

 

Thanks for the reply. Pickysaurus, I did as you suggested and deleted the folder and allowed vortex to redownload, but the issue comes right back. It pops up on startup with "Failed to install the extension", and then the same load error message.

[wmslone]

So to anyone wondering, I did as suggested here https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/Vortex/issues/10741 and deleted lines 10 and 41 of the iconbarAction.js (spyder worked for me to do the editing) and I can launch the game now. I haven't got stuck in with playing to see if there are any issues with my mods, but so far it's a big step as the game wouldn't even launch properly before.

[tewcher]

I am having the same issue. I am completely new to modding, what do you guys mean by ''commenting out the line 10 and 41'' ?

 

Really wanted to try and mod this game and this is just haunting me.

[Zanderat]

Weird. I am on the preview version of Vortex v1.5.0.r48 and don't get any errors. I am using the GOG version, if that matters.

[wmslone]

I am having the same issue. I am completely new to modding, what do you guys mean by ''commenting out the line 10 and 41'' ?

 

Really wanted to try and mod this game and this is just haunting me.

In my case, I use a software called Spyder IDE ( https://www.spyder-ide.org/ ) for editing python, it's also capable of opening .js files. Once you have a software capable of editing the .js file you can find the 'iconbarActions.js' in the %AppData%\Vortex\plugins\Vortex Extension Update - The Witcher 3 v1.3.8\ folder, open it with whatever editing software you are using and you will see the code. I simply delted wholesale lines 10, and 41, of the code, saved it like that, and then the game was able to launch with mods enabled.