Professor Dragon

Can build detailed mega base. Can't sew

Thanks. That then presents the nub of the problem. Earth references throughout Sky does not match Earth So which option is it? This is an "alternate Earth" scenario from the very beginning - from the start of the universe for the stars to be different. The Earth moved through the universe after the event. The universe changed around the Earth after the event. The whole visible night sky. Pulling on a thread, I tell ya . . . Professor Dragon.

Thank you. I do all of that as well. Those fancy ceramic pots, tapestries and paintings are demanding on gears. Long runs: When I'm after gears in bulk, I'll do really long trading runs with a lot of cracked vessels, wolf pups, clothing etc. Day trips: Bread, twine, feathers and leather are handy because I have many traders within an easy day loop who take these, and it all adds up. Besides, who doesn't like homesteading?

Hello @Barbaris Sorry about your Elk. A similar thing happened to me recently - it doesn't feel good. I recommend that you go straight to recreating it via Creative Mode. If you are playing on a server, see if you can contact the admin. to do this for you, otherwise you can do it yourself. Be in a safe place eg base. Clear out your Hotbar completely by moving your items to Player Inventory or storage Switch to Creative mode: /gamemode Creative Gift yourself a replacement Elk, and whatever equipment (Elk Medallion, saddle, saddlebags, bridle etc) and gear you had on the Elk Switch back to Survival and load up: /gamemode Survival There's not really a better way around this. Yes, you could Backup your game at this point, and post your logs to the Issue Tracker - but that is a potentially long process, with no guarantee of success. Possibly you'll stumble across your "original" Elk later. Doubtful, but he may be at one of your spawn points or bases. If so, then you've just got another Elk standing around. Professor Dragon.

Thanks @LadyWYT - Always love reading your posts. Thanks for the calendar update. As to the star field - this was tickling something in the back of my head, and found it here. Thank goodness for our resident geeks astronomers. And here: I'm going to try a page out to @Tom Cantine and @IronOre, who have gone into some depths on this (apologies to anyone else who has!), with the question: Does Vintage Story use an "earth like" star map, or is it completely different? Thanks, Professor Dragon.

In the meantime, use this: https://mods.vintagestory.at/relighttorches I've done my time creating torches. This just makes things easier in a good way.

Yes, on reflection, I don't mind it as a divergent Earth timeline. Let's run with that as being the case. I know that we have some astronomically minded people who have looked into this. But is the sky: 1) An Earth sky, but run through a simulation far into the future. So correct - apart from devastation - but future. Q1) Following from that is the key question "How much time has passed?" 2) Or is the sky completely different? Then the key question becomes: Q2A) "Has the Earth moved and is now in a different place in the universe?" or Q2B) "Has the universe itself changed?" (There probably should be a big ol' "SPOILERS" tag slapped in the thread title by this point ) Professor Dragon.

I'd actually prefer it if there were NO EARTH HISTORY references at all. I believe one of the story missions references France as well. Let's just have it as a true "alternate world" scenario. Sure, it looks like Earth, but it need not be Earth. Those look like wolves and bears and raccoons, but it is just similar evolution. They're actually space wolves and space bears and space raccoons on an Earth-like planet. Actually . . . are the star maps ours? Or are they completely different? It kind of feels like they wanted to go with "Like Earth, but not Earth", and that there are just hangover elements in the lore that need to be scrubbed. As it stands though, it is a "divergent timeline Earth".

I spend most of my time base building, so it is Crocks and porridge all the way for me. Crocks let you mix up the ingredients to satisfy different food satiety. Standard is grain, grain, vegetable, fruit. Plus you put one on, come back later, and it's ready. No waiting. And beeswax farms exist for shelf life. My main base will have 2x Cooking Pots, 3x Crocks, 1x Bowl, 1+ Firepits, 2 - 4x Ovens. I'll bake bread en masse - but usually only for a specific trader. As head to the late game, ovens will be added. Once at four, they'll then go up in increments of four as needed. Eight is usually more than enough for any individual trader. Four is honestly fine most of the time. If spare bread, you char and eat that later. Once you are late game, then cured meat for completing the Resonance Archive or similar. Lets you carry more loot. My sheep farm finally paid off. For very long distance travel, I find forage is effective most of the time - you need much less food than you think, with good clothing. You need much more food than you think for looting the story locations. Backed up by a Cooking Pot, Crock, Bowl and stacks of grain. Once you have an Elk, then they take two full Cooking pots filled with food, plus a heap of storage. Circling back, you really only need to count the nutrition stats in the early game. Once you have farms up, food is no longer an issue. You cook and eat flax porridge because you have so much flax, even after feeding the animals. Or spelt, or turnips, or whatever is on hand. You can even stop cooking altogether and just throw back raw grain like a madman, although I try and remain a little civilised.

Yes please! I can't upvote this highly enough. I see that there have been some mod attempts . . . but can't see anything in the "two wide" space - which seems odd??? This one does "3x" signs, for example https://mods.vintagestory.at/bigboards Not sure what this older one does - the screenshot doesn't have a 2x sign though: https://mods.vintagestory.at/signs Surely some valiant modder can come to our rescue? <Hint, hint> Although, yes. Base game, please. Professor Dragon.

Is that it? ? ? Goodness knows that I've hit this issue myself any number of times! As LadyLWT excellently put it - "Janky." Will have to see if I can confirm that as a cause when "sleeping in" because the <Shift> doesn't respond. If that is true, then that is a bug pure and simple, to be reported. So much so that in my main base, I keep the three different types of beds available, so that I can pick the one best suited to my wake up time. Preventing sleep during Temporal Storms is something different - a configuration setting: /worldconfig temporalStormSleeping 1 And as I've commented in other posts, that's basically a trap to get you killed, as it doesn't actually prevent anything from spawning next to your bed and killing you. Sleep in the vanilla game should always be interruptible by <Shift> otherwise. Use the mod "Simple HUD Clock" - I swear that this is so wonderful it should be base game. Professor Dragon.

I can see where you're going . . . but this is really dependent on so many variables, that I don't think there is a good answer. We could answer "Lots of mods" or "Poor mod" or "Lots of chiselling" or "Too many chunks loaded" or "Insufficient hardware" or "GPU glitch" - but none of this might be right for your scenario. You could go down the Performance checklist with the same issue. For example, yes, large numbers of chiselled blocks can cause lag . . . but how many? On what type of system - both server and client and network? With what mods loaded? Mods like Better Ruins, which have a large number of special blocks, can cause issues. But it is really dependent on the hardware - both client and server, what other players are doing and so on. What might be horrendous for some people may run just perfectly fine under different circumstances. If you want an idea of what other people have reported as causing performance issues, you can check the Issue Tracker and put in a keyword such as "Performance": https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aanegostudios%2FVintageStory-Issues+performance&type=issues In practical terms, I recommend that you ask people who "experience lag" to document exactly what they mean (because "lag" means different things to different people), and have them take it to the server admins. Then the server admins - if they don't know - can take it to the Issue Tracker and get the exact root cause. No guessing - take a specific scenario and troubleshoot that. I'm sure someone else will chime in on this thread. Professor Dragon.

By default, sea level is tied to the world height. See: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Sea_level Maybe by mods, but I had a quick scan and couldn't find one that did it. It looks like Tera Prety is considering an attempt, but is not there yet (???). Professor Dragon.

Hello @SkyfishArt I would be guessing too much here as to what might be the lag in your case. Even if we had more details, such as the number of concurrent players, the settings, the network etc etc. So I think rather than engaging in more of the speculation, start at this page and follow the suggestions. Then upload the logs as the page suggests so that the actual data is looked at: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Debugging_Performance_Issues Professor Dragon.

Huh. I bow to @Thorfinn's superior game knowledge. I just tried this on a test world with 100 Cob blocks and a flint shovel, on v1.21.5. When broken in my case, it returned 83 Cob blocks and used 100 shovel durability. It appears you don't get the full amount of Cob blocks back EDIT: I did a real quick check of your logs - you may want to remove them from here now - and did not find any issues. I can see where you are moving Cob around (eg "Moved 22xCob to (22x into backpack)"), but there are no errors or other activies in the other logs near these times. Professor Dragon.

I'm glad you tried that on a backup copy. Always have a backup copy before these commands. The standard "Repair" is accessed (on single player) from the pencil Edit icon against the game save name. I don't know if I'd hold out much hope for that doing much in this case. I'm not aware of other utilities in this space, except for the SQLLite chunk repair tool here: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/index.php/Repairing_a_corrupt_savegame_or_worldmap I recommend: * Check the above repair tool. Then, if no go: * Take this to the Issue Tracker with the full set of logs, not just the snip. This should be in the logs, but anything you can include up-front in the ticket will initially help: Also include: * Version that the save was originally created on * Version it is on now. * The o/s name and version. * The exact dbprune command syntax used. * Full log set. Also note that you would typically run a db vacuum command after a dbprune command. I'm not sure if your Save is in a fit state to make this useful at this point, but it may reduce the file size while not harming anything "more". Thanks, Professor Dragon.

To add to what @LadyWYT said, and mentioning even though it should be obvious - but obvious things aren't always - for testing switch between Creative and Survival to get the ingredients you need for testing easier.

You should get two pieces of cob if you break two pieces of cob. EDIT: The above is a load of fluff. See post below. Going to rapid fire some points to check out to help with the background. * New game or an old one? * Multiplayer server? * Mods? * "Error" in the logs at the time such as "Critical error" or "System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."? * Windows/Linux? * Current game version? * Server overloaded message at top right? * Does decreasing View distance reduce frequency? My first thoughts are either "server overloaded" or "mod interaction." "Bug" would be further down the list. But if it is partially reproducible and it's none of the above, load up your logs to the Issue Tracker with the time stamp and block name. Professor Dragon.

Which hosting service are you using? If it is the Vintage Story hosting service mentioned here, then I'm afraid that there are no imports with this offering. If it is a different hosting service then maybe they do allow an import of the <My Save Name>.vcdbs file. It would depend on the service provider. Do you need the whole world? Could you take over part of it: * The World Seed and World Configuration - if you don't mind starting fresh, but like the general world as it is. * Use World Edit to export and import small sections, such as your base. If so, then follow a guide like this: An obvious alternative if it is just you and one other person is to host the world yourself, and then just open it up to Multi-player. Much easier to do if you are on the same network. It can be a bit hit or miss across the internet, but when it works is wonderfully easy. Professor Dragon.

Yes. That's the same guide that I used. It is one of the trickier recipes, what with the number of ingredients and steps. Enjoy your Sturdy Leather. The backpacks are a game changer. Professor Dragon.

I agree. A proper bearing block would be much nicer. This does kind of look like a regular block smacked on top of an existing block, rather than a "dedicated block" that looks fit for the intended purpose. Maybe this is only a placeholder concept? Although, I can see why they might do this. Don't need to code and design new specific blocks. Allows players to use whatever wood type matches their builds Can hide axles in a wall

To add to what LadyWYT said, you could: * Use the existing unusable steel ingots as decoration around your smithery. * Switch into Creative and gift yourself a steel ingot. I certainly did.

Thanks @LadyWYT The more I think about it, the more this seems the way to go. I guess I was after a bit of reassurance. I'll always have the old world if I want to go back into it again. I'll take my main base, as that is still an active work in progress. But otherwise, it will be nice to have new unbroken terrain, new traders when they come, somewhere to use my sailboats other than on a duck pond (Actually, why don't we have ducks? We need ducks) and so on. Right! Time to learn a new Vintage Story skill. I flubbed WorldEdit last time I made an attempt, so time to get into it. Professor Dragon.

Hello Everyone, AIM I'm after suggestions on how to handle my main world from here on out. My save file has got large. Compressing the world does not seem to work well. BACKGROUND I begun the world on 1.16, and it is now on the current 1.21.5 version. The file size was around 3+ GB, but then I did the two story missions which required over 120,000 blocks of straight line travel there and back - and probably a lot more, because the routes were not straight. So by the time I completed the story missions my save file had blown out to 10+ GB. This makes everything take a little longer, such as backups. No problem, I thought I'd try compressing the world to save space. As good as it was doing epic long trips (it took nearly a full year there and back), realistically I'm not going to need most of those chunks anyway. They are just Too Far Out to practically visit, with nothing of interest in most. However, compressing did NOT go well for the world. After running these commands, my entire world was filled with jagged chunk borders. I regard it as not worth playing in this state. /db prune 16 drop confirm /db vacuum The file size did drop back to 5GB though. Honestly, I was expecting to be closer to 3GB. I had a guess that maybe it was because I have soil instability on - although I didn't think that counted - but went whole hog and tried: /db prune 0 drop confirm However, this was no better. CHOICES/SUGGESTIONS WANTED At this point here, I see these choices and I'm after input. If you have any other ideas or comments, please feel free. 1) Do nothing. Continue to play on this world, which apart from the file size is otherwise okay. The Story locations are currently ludicrously far away from main base. This is a function of them generating based off world spawn location, rather than the location you speak to the Treasure Hunter - which I think would make more sense. Even with the Tobin's Cave teleport, I would probably realistically set up with Creative Mode or Mods some translocators between the key story locations and my main base. Pros: Get to play on my familar world, with familar routes. Cons: Large file size Already existing chunk issues from 1.16 > 1.18 > 1.21 upgrades. These are "livable" but not ideal. I'm could do with a change from living in a bauxite biome. 2) Copy main structures to a new world. I'm not exactly sure on the procedure to export and import large builds. So I'd need a guide on that. EDIT: Probably something like this. But this would give me a "clean slate" while preserving the 1,000 hours of play time that I have on this world. I really only have one big main base that I'd be keen on preserving - it's only a few hundred blocks square and is built on pretty flat terrain. There are a lot of outlying settlements and farms, but I'd accept those losses if needed. Pros: Clean slate - no chunk issues! Small world size again Could have the Story locations closer to my main base. No Fewer weird Prospecting issues from old/new cross-chunk interactions. I could try out some of those fancy ocean settings - haven't found one yet, but I'm on very old defaults. 3) Try again with different db prune or other options Cons: Not really sure this would work any better. It took several hours to implement on the original 10GB file. 4) Other? I'm in no rush on this, and will keep playing on the original main world in the meantime. But it's time I had a think about this. Thanks, Professor Dragon.

Hi @cyberlogia I don't know coding, but see that you don't have a reply here. You may want to put a post over to the Modding section of the forum here: https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/forum/27-mods-mod-development/ There is also a Discord area for modding. I'm guessing that whoever can help will want to see the full mod details, such as whether this information is being saved to a file. I see a save to file being done for SkinnableParts in this forum question as an example: You may wish to also stand on the shoulders of those who have come before by examining published mods that work in the same space and seeing how they handle things, such as: https://mods.vintagestory.at/playermodellib Lastly, here are the standard mod pages if you haven't found them already: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Modding:Getting_Started https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Modding:Theme_Pack Professor Dragon.