P. S. Sidemancer must be a bored,bored, sad person! G.G. Out.
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I will only go so far as admitting that I was bored.

But there's also a hidden serious light criticism of both of your not-so-clear writing and seemingly harsh treatment of GalacticGod by Foxthree. But if you don't mind it GG, then I'll shut up about it.
Anyway, to make it up, I might help you with your problem: I don't think your interface is broken, but just creating a mod folder isn't enough to make the game recognize it. I think there also has to be at least a 'data' folder in the mod folder. You might try to make a default folder from within the game (in the options screen). This creates a mod folder with some folders and files in them. You might not need all of them, but the game will recognize the mod at least. So if you copy your mod files in the default folder you created, then you should be able to use the mod.