i did both of those things i promise!! i deleted the right file and copied the contents of the folder. any ideas what it could be then?
Can you show a screenshot of your game folder just to make sure there's not some sort of miscommunication?
If you're not comfortable doing that or don't know how just compare your 'game' folder to this. More precisely the folders at the top - if there's a folder named XOXO Droplets Mod in your game folder then you actually have done the thing I said before (and based on the error text you sent, I have no reason to believe you haven't, but I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt)
228 days ago(+1)
it's working now. i think the issue was that i uninstalled the game a couple times while trying to get the mod to work and for some reason it didn't delete the folder, it just duplicated it, so i was using the old one instead of the new one. it's a great mod though and i'm loving it already!!