You load a card or someone’s scene and part of it is a glaring bright pink/magenta, or it’s just not there. This is almost always the same thing: a mod the content needs is not installed. The game loads everything it can and flags the rest.
Pink usually means the mesh loaded but its material or shader didn't. Invisible usually
means the whole mod (the mesh itself) is missing. Either way, you're hunting for a missing mod.
1. Confirm it’s a missing mod
If a downloaded card or scene looks wrong but your own content is fine, it’s a missing mod, not a broken install. The creator used a mod you don’t have.
2. Find out which mod
You don’t have to guess. When you load the card or scene, the game records exactly what it couldn’t find:
- Open BepInEx/LogOutput.log and look for lines mentioning missing, a mod GUID, or an item ID around the time you loaded. If you’re not sure how to read the log, see enable logging and read the output.
- Many modpacks also pop an on-screen list of missing items when a card loads.
3. Install what’s missing
Get the missing mod (from the creator’s post, or by updating your modpack) and drop it into your mods folder, then restart Studio. Installing mods is covered in installing a mod.
Common specific cases
- Whole character skin pink, or missing genitals: that’s a missing or wrong uncensor. Install the uncensor the card expects.
- Hair or an outfit is pink: the item is there but needs a shader it can’t find. Update your modpack so the shader mods it relies on are present.
- A prop or furniture piece is missing in a downloaded scene: the scene used a studio item mod you don’t have. Install it and reopen the scene.
- Everything you load is pink: that points at a broken core install (a missing shader pack or a half-updated modpack) rather than one missing item. Reinstall or update your modpack.
The best prevention is keeping your modpack up to date. Most "pink item" reports on a shared scene are
just a mod that shipped after your last update.