Game not recognizing installed mods

[Croue]

For some reason the mod tab in the options isn't showing up and there's no compiler when I start the game. Everything is vanilla in-game so it's as if the game isn't recognizing any mods.

I'm playing through Steam with a clean install on a drive that's never had the game on it before. My mods are located in the correct folder (steamapps\common\The Witcher 3\mods). My game version is 1.32, I have all DLCs and the game is fully updated. The Witcher 3 folder in My Documents is fresh and doesn't have old modsettings.ini in it. I also ran the script merge tool even though nothing is conflicting. I've tried moving individual ones in/out of the folder, only leaving one mod at a time, etc. I checked file integrity on my install and everything shows up okay. I've previously played the game using mods years ago just fine.

I'm at a bit of a loss about why it's not recognizing them. Nothing I do changes anything or makes them show up. My mod list is very small (HD rework, HQ faces, map quest objectives, 120 weight limit), so it's not exploding under a huge load order or anything either.

Is there something I'm missing, like needing to edit launch options?

Edited March 15, 2019 by Croue

[helljoe12]

Is your mod folder called "mods" or "Mods"? Try naming it to "Mods" if it isn't, I don't know if it makes a difference but the problem seems to stem from the game thinking there's no mods in the "Mods" folder.