Help creating a mod

[FunPolice749]

So I have been tinkering with making a mod and uploading it to the steam workshop but have run into a snag that after hours of messing with I can't figure out.
I was follwing this modding guide viewtopic.php?f=597&t=102778
and have gotten the mod almost entirely working until I try to put it onto steam. I have gone through the process of setting up steamcmd and adding the extra files needed as the guide above states.
However when I go to run the program it has me log in (two step authenticator) and after that gives the following error message
ERROR! Failed to load build config file "C:\Users\--------MyGames\PanzerCorps2\Mods\MyMod\metadata.vdf"
Those dashes are just because the names of the those files I don't want to share as they are personal things but I don't know what a build config file is nor how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated because I am inexperienced with stuff like this.

[dalfrede]

There are two issues with mods:
1) Getting the mod to work.
2) Getting the mod to work on SteamWorkShop.
Mods will work on Steam without the WorkShop. WorkShop is a way to make mods 'easier to use' on Steam, not the way the game requires mods to be done.
I would recommend uploading the mod in this subforum and allow people to play and test it here first.

To get it to work on Steam requires addition files.
To understand how those files work, install a working Workshop mod and look at how they did it.
Examples by Devs can be hard to follow.

Panzermate is also trying to make mods and his Thread includes the location of WorkShop installation.
It is not obvious.
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