Spear and Fang

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1. Locate this file: %appdata%\Vintagestory\assets\survival\blocktypes\plant\fruittreebranch.json 2. Edit the attributes/fruittreeProperties section directly. i.e. the dieBelowTemp values for each tree type 3. Run the game to test. When you are happy with your changes, run modmaker to generate your mod %appdata%\Vintagestory\ModMaker.exe 4. Reinstall the game directly over itself to restore your changes in #2 to their original values 5. Publish your mod on the modDB 6. Profit!

fwiw, I never direct anyone to the api docs because they are auto-generated and difficult to navigate. And while the Anegostudios github is convenient for pointing people towards and searching, it is missing half of the resources that one might want to look at (and also pretty clunky). Using a decompiler like dnSpy or ILSpy (or Visual Studio has a plug in apparently) is so much better than the other two resources. I use dnSpy myself. Run it, drag and drop all the relevant .dll files into it (i.e. VintagestoryAPI, VintagestoryLib, VintagestoryServer, plus everything in the Vintagestory\mods folder), and Bob's your uncle.

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aanegostudios%2Fvssurvivalmod+path%3A%2F^Block\%2F%2F+worldinteraction&type=code

Add this right before you call ExchangeBlock? Should work handling = EnumHandling.PreventDefault;

umm. I'm not sure I understand what's being said here exactly, but... You CAN essentially disable a patch made by another mod by simply patching the same file that the other mod patched. Then use a "dependsOn" to ensure that your patch runs after the other mod's patch. Maybe. Probably.

" failing to render something in a tree hollow and crashing" for the record (and to clarify), this mod only ever puts vanilla items, items from this mod, and items from the old version of Wildcraft trees (if it's installed) in a tree hollow. But that doesn't prevent another mod from modifying vanilla items in such a way that they would no longer render correctly in a hollow. Also, if your existing world used to include the old version of wildcraft trees and that same world now uses the new version of wildcraft trees, that could explain why it's crashing.

Hi Mineymonkey, The error message does indeed indicate that my mod is failing to render something in a tree hollow and crashing. The problem is that I simply can't recreate the issue. To expedite testing on my end I jacked up tree hollows a lot by editing my modconfig file "TreeHollowsMaxPerChunk": 12, "TreeHollowsSpawnProbability": 0.5, Then I created a new world with this loadout primitivesurvival@3.4.5, game@1.19.3, herbarium@1.0.4, creative@1.19.3, survival@1.19.3, wildcraftfruit@1.1.0 I mucked with a lot of hollows, and no crash. So I tried another new world with this loadout primitivesurvival@3.4.5, game@1.19.3, herbarium@1.0.4, creative@1.19.3, survival@1.19.3,wildcrafttree@1.0.0 and once again, I mucked with a lot of hollows, and no crash. My best guess is that the problem lies within your existing world, and it may be tricky to recover from this situation. To confirm or deny this claim, you *could* start a brand new world and see if it crashes... I read recent modDB comments for all the mods involved and did a quick dive into the json files for those other mods and can't find any other clues. Tree hollows should be pretty far removed from those other mods, as I've already taken many steps to ensure this.

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That crash is happening in the game engine itself so it doesn't reveal much. Looks like an entity (typically a creature) is causing the crash though. I'd start by updating the game to 1.19.1 - lots of bugs fixed there. Beyond that, I guess I'd check the comments in the individual mod pages to see if any similar reports have popped up, or new releases. I can tell you that I've been playing with Buzzwords, Primitive Survival, and Hudclock (across many 1.19 releases), and haven't had any serious crashes with those. That's not to say it isn't a mod conflicting with one of those though.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this: https://www.vintagestory.at/store/product/7-simple-server-hosting-8-slots/ states that it does not have mod support: "Does not support 3rd party mods (we are working on it)" I believe that ANY other server hosting will support mods

oh sorry I'm just seeing this now. You've got the wrong version of Translocator Engineering for your game version. You'll need version 1.4.7. You'll also want to check the Files tab of your other mods to ensure they are the correct version.

oh are you talking about shape overlays for the player model? I think they are unique and only apply to the player, not other creatures See ..\game\entities\humanoid\player.json shape overlays are defined in attributes\skinnableParts - the type: "shape" sections. Just spitballing - I've never mucked with these in json or c#.

a search of the vanilla assets for "overlays" reveals that they are used almost exclusively with blocks, and just a couple of times with items. This tells me that they have not been implemented (via json at least) for entities. if you saw an entity.Properties.Client.Shape.Overlays then I bet that is actually shader overlays (i.e. the thing that makes entities all frosty looking in the winter)

Now I'm no expert on storage flags but my gut tells me that you need to stick to one of the predefined ones on the list that's less than 1024. Or combine some that are less than 1024 (if I remember correctly it's a bitwise thing). If you use one of the custom ones then you'll likely need some supporting c# code to make it function properly EDIT: Oh maybe you don't need any c#, just try adding 1 to your existing values (so bitwise that's your new storage option AND General). For your patches of course, not your bags. General = 1, /// The item can be placed into a backpack slot Backpack = 2, /// The item can be placed in a slot related to mining or smithing Metallurgy = 4, /// The item can be placed in a slot related to jewelcrafting Jewellery = 8, /// The item can be placed in a slot related to alchemy Alchemy = 16, /// The item can be placed in a slot related to farming Agriculture = 32, /// Moneys Currency = 64, /// Clothes, Armor and Accessories Outfit = 128, /// Off hand slot Offhand = 256, /// Arrows Arrow = 512, /// Reserved for vanilla Reserved2 = 1024, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom1 = 2048, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom2 = 4096, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom3 = 8192, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom4 = 16384, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom5 = 32768, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom6 = 65536, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom7 = 131072, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom8 = 262144, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom9 = 524288, /// Custom storage flag for mods Custom10 = 1048576

Hmmm. A lot of mods and not much to go on in the log file I'm afraid, so any supporting info might help. First and foremost, can this crash be recreated, or was this just a one off? If it just happened once I can think of a few reasons why such a thing might happen. If it's an ongoing issue, does it happen when you're just walking around ,or perhaps when are you interacting with a tree hollow?

The wiki is probably your best resource for getting started - it's got a lot of info packed in there. Maybe I'm biased since I released my first mod using that resource alone. Other resources... 1. VintageStory official Discord and VSWorks Discord 2. Anego Studios Github https://github.com/anegostudios (which is searchable) in conjunction with the installed game's assets i.e. use a "grep" like tool like Visual Studio Code to search for json asset keys to understand how they work and link to the code on the github. 3. Decompiling the dll's that ship with the game (with ILSpy, dnSpy, or similar) - very searchable, somewhat documented, and much better than the online API docs (which I won't even link to) 4. All of the mods and their source links available on the modDB 5. This forum 6. Buggi's videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkA9Q5ltQPCK-9zPxYAnWKY4TF3YE1e8o 7. Vies' videos https://www.youtube.com/@viescraft/videos I'm sure I'm missing something valuable. Maybe it's this worldedit video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2WyxKSRuc&ab_channel=VintageStory

There is a hint in the necronomicon for this but it is rather vague.

I don't think anything has changed with respect to class registrations. For entities I AM using this though: api.RegisterEntity() The rest looks good. i.e. https://github.com/SpearAndFang/primitive-survival/blob/main/PrimitiveSurvival/ModSystem/PrimitiveSurvivalSystem.cs#L109 called from https://github.com/SpearAndFang/primitive-survival/blob/main/PrimitiveSurvival/ModSystem/PrimitiveSurvivalSystem.cs#L287

Well the easiest way is to create a brand new characterclasses.json file and put it in a folder called game in your mod. Files in "game" will completely replace files in vanilla. ../assets/game/config/characterclasses.json This is a mod that replaced all classes like above. https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/8445 personally, I don't think it's ever a good idea to outright remove stuff from vanilla, as it may have unexpected consequences, not only for vanilla but for other mods.

I'm not near a VS installation so I may make some mistakes, but.... I typically start by 1. locating the json asset that I want to change, so if it's the bed ...assets/game/blocktypes/wood/bed.json 2. look at keys like "class", "entityclass", "behaviour(s)", "entityBehaviors", that sort of thing. These are attaching c# code to the json asset 3. track those classes down on the anegostudio github, i.e. https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aanegostudios bed&type=code and familiarize yourself with the bed 4. Now you decide if you want to do a. something heavy handed like add or replace one of those classes entirely (class or entityclass) via a json patch i.e. - replace an existing class https://github.com/SpearAndFang/primitive-survival/blob/main/PrimitiveSurvival/PrimitiveSurvival/assets/primitivesurvival/patches/ps-oreminingbomb.json - add where one doesn't exist https://github.com/SpearAndFang/primitive-survival/blob/main/PrimitiveSurvival/PrimitiveSurvival/assets/primitivesurvival/patches/ps-pelt.json b. something much more light touch like extend one of those classes by adding a behavior or entitybehavior (or append one to a list of already existing behaviors) via a jjson patch i.e. https://github.com/SpearAndFang/buzzwords/blob/main/assets/buzzwords/patches/bebwildbeehive.json c. or circumvent all of that by using a harmony patch. https://harmony.pardeike.net/articles/patching.html https://github.com/SpearAndFang/wildfarmingrevival/blob/main/WildFarmingRevival/ModSystem/WildFarmingRevivalSystem.cs#L109 note: definitely check out other people's harmony patches, mine are well blech. In the case of a. and b. above, you then register your new classes in c# when your mod first starts, several i.e. https://github.com/SpearAndFang/primitive-survival/blob/main/PrimitiveSurvival/PrimitiveSurvival/ModSystem/PrimitiveSurvivalSystem.cs#L108 and then do the same sorts of things that the vanilla game does inside your new classes, or entirely different things ;). Plenty of examples of this on the wiki, the anego studios github, the moddb. The modding section of the VS wiki is where I started. It's a little outdated at times but contains a lot of invaluable information.

I am also a little confused as to your end goal here. In general I'd say to approach it differently - don't collect an array of all bed variants, but rather attach a c# class of some sort to the bed block itself - so that that class impacts all beds, regardless of the variant - especially the rather irrelevant direction variant . Or use harmony to attach your code to one of the existing bed classes. On the API documentation front - if you're referring to this https://apidocs.vintagestory.at/api/index.html I'd highly recommend using DNSpy or ILSpy or Visual Studio and opening the games shipped DLL's with that instead. It's much more searchable and just as informative.

JSON5 yeah. Tyron says it saves him time - a lot less keystrokes. Regular JSON works fine too, and the consensus is that it's a little more performant. It's the newtonsoft json framework being used. https://www.newtonsoft.com/json

Quite a bit of the modding section of the wiki - start at the start, but pay close attention to the stuff related to blocks https://wiki.vintagestory.at/index.php/Main_Page The see how Zig did it. His source code is on github: https://github.com/ZigTheHedge/vsmods/blob/1.14/mods/necessaries/assets/necessaries/blocktypes/grindstone.json https://github.com/ZigTheHedge/vsmods/tree/1.14/mods/necessaries/src/SharpenerStuff The VS source can also be quite helpful https://github.com/anegostudios

Not familiar with a number of these mods, but yeah it looks like an item renderer is crashing - if I had to guess it would be a mod like fsmlib@0.1.7, rustboundmagic@0.2.5, bullseye@2.5.0, maltiezfirearms@0.3.3 Also I see buzzwords@1.6.0 on your list, which is ONLY for the 1.19 prerelease of Vintage Story (as it says on the Files tab of that mod's page.) You're going to want to be real careful when downloading mods right now, as a number of them will be major version specific (1.18.x, 1.19.x)