CXL Platinum Can't seem to get most mods to appear

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I installed XL Platinum, ran the game, then installed the latest UIM, then the other dependencies.

I can tell that UIM is installed because it rearranged the menu. RHM2 will install and display.

Nothing that is placed into the paks > mods folder structure seems to load. This is even after showing all assets/cheats.

I've tried with several dozen mods. I've checked dependencies. I've checked to disable steam sync.

I've tried uninstalling the game, UIM separately, deleting all files in both locations (Program Files and appdata).

I know I'm missing something simple, but I don't know what.

Anyone have any advice?

 

Same issue on two different computers: one running Windows 7 and the other Windows 10. I'm hoping it's something really easy that I glanced over.

 

Tried that, no dice unfortunately. The menu is there and unlocks all the default/RHM2 assets though!

To add to the wonkyness, I can add maps to a subfolder in paks and it recognizes it. Just not buildings/bridge addons/etc.

 

Could it be a steam issue? Or somewhere I missed a step...

Installed UIM 1.79.9, tags.cfg, the two shaders, and the furniture dependency. Also RHM2 after that. Then the buildings and other addons I want to the "mods" subfolder to "paks".

If it weren't for the menu and interface changes, I would think I screwed up installing UIM.

 

Another odd thought: was reading about how Cities XL 2012 sometimes interfered with 2011 maps.

I had installed XXL prior to installing Platinum on this computers. Is it possible that something similar is going on?

 

Thanks Drazic. The Nozac issue is the big one. Plus I don't really like the new UI.

But mainly the Nozac issue.

 

Upon further inspection, it seems that I may have just had bad luck with the first few mods I tried:

Uokiok's bridge mod v 1.10
Nogerivan's Building Pack
Trolca USPS

(I do have furniture 1.7 and both shader packs - Altiris and Monty, Road Shader installed)

My apologies on this. It seems that the following mods do work:
Aitortilla Wells Fargo Packs
Ikea 1.1

Commonality seems to be the shader pack dependencies. I deleted the road shader to see if it was conflicting with the 2.0 shader pack, but no dice. Also tried rolling the default shader from 2.0 to 1.0 to see if it was a conflict there; no luck either.

 

I'm sorry to waste your time, I figured out where I screwed up. All the content I couldn't find requires hitting the "custom content building set" button on the menu (button that looks like an inverted "V" near the bottom).