I need some help with my character mod

[solidusnake_64]

I think this is the right forum for this type of discussion. It's my first time modding a game and I haven't finished yet but I'm having several problems:

It always crashes when I apply it to a server. The ecstemplate works perfectly when I apply it from workshop, but not when I add it to the mods folder manually (the character simply doesn't appear in the list.) I'm not sure if it's a mistake the way I add the mod, putting it directly in the mods folder, or if there's something I should change in lua.

I'd also like to know if there's a conflict if my character is called ‘ghost’. I realised too late that there're already files with that name referring to the ghost in the game, and I don't know if renaming ‘ecstemplate’ to ‘ghost’ is a stupid thing to do.

This forum seems a bit old, but I hope someone can give me some feedback. Please modders don't jump on me, I'm completely new to this field.