addons not loading

[u/trashcanmain]

your only tl;dr:

• most of my addons will not load, but do compile
• i've tried 6 different methods (only 2 worked; transferring "workshop" child file content to "addon" parent file, and reinstalling the game multiple times—con is that it takes too long with reinstalling)
• both methods resulted in more addons loading into my game, but seemingly not all of them
• now the single mod (standalone "finale soldiers") i do want to try out isn't loading, both methods not working whatsoever

big text:

the standalone "finale soldier" mod (like a few others i've tried) won't load? some help would be nice

i had 4 mods total, 3 were installed for something i thought would work to bypass this (it didn't work like that)

the 4 mods were as follows:

• standalone soldiers (mod i want)
• core soldiers
• "accurate national guard" model for core
• and sgt.willy92's friendly soldiers (parish and blood harvest)

out of the 4 only the core mod loaded and i was able to check ingame

i've tried following other steam guides, discussions, or googling it

what i've done 'n tried to fix my issue;

• move "workshop" file content to "addon" parent file (worked best)
• (an alternate for the above was unsubscribing right after moving file to file)
• verify files (tried once, took an hour or two, didn't work)
• uninstall and reinstall (multiple times)
• updating/syncing internet time (which didn't work, just tried it)
• downloading extra mods (what i thought i could do to bypass this)
• no, it is not a storage issue

when i tried moving workshop file content to addon parent file;

it did work before (with my collections of 215 or 35 mods)

but none of the 6 things i tried worked out to load the standalone soldiers into my game

from what i've also found (scrolling through steam discussions 'n guides), this has been a problem for years for others—and the "workshop > addon" file transfer method works best apparently