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uncut viper May 25, 2026, 8:57 PM

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(If SleepFrame is omitted it just defaults to 12)

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And all the vanilla animals do set it as far as I can tell

late pewter May 25, 2026, 8:58 PM

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Which, sadly, for chickens, is looking to the left with their eyes open.

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 8:58 PM

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(Or rather they all have it on their export)

late pewter May 25, 2026, 8:59 PM

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Huh, the creator of the Kinder chickens mod said they copied the Chicken code verbatem for their mod, but their chickens were also sleeping with their eyes open until I pointed it out.

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 8:59 PM

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Well the vanilla chickens set it to 16

late pewter May 25, 2026, 8:59 PM

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Oh interesting

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Nevermind that last line, then.

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:00 PM

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Assuming you don't do a "clean" unpack then every json in your unpack will always include every possible field that a piece of data can have, fur future reference

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Sometimes it might just set them to null though because they just do whatever the default is

late pewter May 25, 2026, 9:03 PM

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Either way, If I had a nickel for every Modded chicken mod I have ever installed where the chickens slept with their eyes open, I would have 4 nickels.

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:03 PM

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Enough to grab a joja cola from a vending machine

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Ignore the fact that I was confusing nickels with quarters when I typed that

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:07 PM

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okay movie theater is really confusing holy shit

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:07 PM

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ornate drift okay movie theater is really confusing holy shit

what going on

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:08 PM

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What would be the syntax to load a certain mod after "low" or "late" priorities?

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Basically making it last.

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:08 PM

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late + 100

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late + 10000000

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late + 10000000000000

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:09 PM

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Ooh, did not know it works like that, thank you.

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The more you learn I guess

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:09 PM

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oh hey movie theaters have an event script

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noice

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:09 PM

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ornate drift oh hey movie theaters have an event script

what r u doing that is confusing

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:09 PM

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just looking atm

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:10 PM

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it's not too bad just lots of stuff to edit

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:10 PM

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trying to replicate a script

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:10 PM

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r u changing the event script?

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cause the dialogue is pretty straightforward just annoying

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:10 PM

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yeah editdata

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:10 PM

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hmm i dont know if anybody's edited the event script before

devout otter May 25, 2026, 9:11 PM

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I wonder if we could actually make the NPC run around the theater or something.

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:11 PM

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LOL

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:12 PM

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response is the reaction of the npc during the movie right?

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:12 PM

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yes

barren tapir May 25, 2026, 9:12 PM

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BTW - I fixed the bug in vanilla SV regarding ice rods

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:12 PM

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(realistically Manny would only care about the food)

floral python May 25, 2026, 9:12 PM

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lol

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:13 PM

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ornate drift (realistically Manny would only care about the food)

it would be funny if all of his reactions are "Manny is too busy eating to notice the movie."

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or just

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NYAMNYAMNYAMNYAM

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:13 PM

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actually yeah

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 9:13 PM

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i forgot how much dialogue is actually involved for movies

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i cant remember if there's a line before

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before, during, and after?

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:14 PM

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        "Tag": "spring_movie_0",
        "Response": "like",
        "Whitelist": [],
        "SpecialResponses": {
          "BeforeMovie": {
            "ResponsePoint": null,
            "Script": null,
            "Text": "What movie are we watching?#$b#Is the food any good?"
          },
          "DuringMovie": {
            "ResponsePoint": null,
           "Script": null,
            "Text": "Aww, they look so tiny!$1"
          },
          "AfterMovie": {
            "ResponsePoint": null,
            "Script": null,
            "Text": "That sapling was adorable!$1#b#Thank you for inviting me."
          }
        },
        "Id": "reaction_1"
      },```

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this should be it

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what is the ID at the bottom used for though?

latent mauve May 25, 2026, 9:16 PM

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Per the wiki: A unique identifier in the form of reaction_<index>, where <index> is, counting from 0, what number block this is within the Reactions list.

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so reaction_1 means it's the first reaction block in their list of all possible responses to any movie.

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:17 PM

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an NPC can have multiple responses to the same movie?

latent mauve May 25, 2026, 9:18 PM

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The movie you respond to is inside the data model, so the reaction ID/identifier is technically read before that.

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It's just how the game knows that each block is different

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So reaction_1 might be for Brave Little Sapling, and reaction_2 might be for a liked movie, etc.

ornate drift May 25, 2026, 9:23 PM

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ohhh

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okok

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ty

latent mauve May 25, 2026, 9:23 PM

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I was trying to think of a better way to explain it, LOL

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You could technically make multiple responses for the same movie as well if you wanted, but the reaction ID isn't relevant to that.

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(Like how Penny has a special response if Pam is there too)

floral python May 25, 2026, 9:25 PM

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are npc schedules are already set before DayStarted? figuring out when to remove a mail flag

latent mauve May 25, 2026, 9:25 PM

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Fast mods today, I didn't even have time to ping!

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:27 PM

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@torpid sparrow so setting a mod's priority to "Late + 100000" did not make it load after another mod that was set to "Late", would I have to set that other mod to "Late + 10" to make it load before the 100000 one?

latent mauve May 25, 2026, 9:27 PM

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scarlet temple <@246285740357451776> so setting a mod's priority to "Late + 100000" did not mak...

you could also use a false dependency

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:28 PM

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Would the dependency have to be for SVE then? Or the other mod?

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:28 PM

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A false dependency will make the mod load first but it will not alter the order of patches if the other mod is using priority

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But in the absence of any and all priorities set specifically, a false dependency does determine the order in which patches apply

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If you set a dependency on another mod (false or otherwise), your mod will always load after the dependency

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:29 PM

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So it'll load SVE first if I set the dependency in the mod I'm editing

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:29 PM

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Also, in case you might be confusing them, Load patches use a different priority system than EditData patches

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:29 PM

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Ahah, that might be the case then

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:29 PM

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It will load SVE first, yes. But if SVE has any patches that specifically set their priority to "Late" then they will still apply after your mod if you are just using default priorities

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:30 PM

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From a quick search, SVE doesn't have anything set to Late except for portraits

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I actually didn't know load and editdata had different priority lists, this helps

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:32 PM

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Load: Low, Medium, High
EditData/EditImage/EditMap: Early, Default, Late

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All of them can have numbers added on like Wem showed

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:39 PM

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Any way to just fully override, or is it just priority lists? I can't get the SVE portrait to be overwritten

devout otter May 25, 2026, 9:42 PM

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If SVE's Load doesn't have priority, then you can't override it with your Load. You'd need to Edit instead.

latent mauve May 25, 2026, 9:45 PM

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Is the string where Jas and Vincent win the egg hunt by combining their eggs unused in the base game? (Event.cs.1862)

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(want to double check before I go and make a personal mod to let the kids win, LOL)

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:46 PM

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devout otter If SVE's `Load` doesn't have priority, then you can't override it with your `Loa...

(I did forget to mention the Exclusive priority thats on the Load docs, so thats my bad a bit there. Dolphin is correct here)

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:46 PM

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Would this be specific per-character then for the portraits? They're set to Load and Low for portraits and sprites.

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In SVE

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So I'm assuming the EditData would be executed after the Load actions? Or is that irrelevant?

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:47 PM

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If they have a priority of Low then you can override them with a higher priority

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All Load patches are applied before any EditWhatever patches

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:48 PM

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Ah, so set the SVE Low priorities to High and then the EditData patches would overwrite those?

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:49 PM

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Any EditData patch is already applied on top of any Load

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:49 PM

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Oh, I misread it then

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:49 PM

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Only a single Load for any asset is ever chosen to be used. All edits are then applied to whatever the chosen Load is

safe badge May 25, 2026, 9:52 PM

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Hey, anyone willing to look over some code for me? Making my first mod…

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:52 PM

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Hmmm, then something must be off with the EditImage stuff

devout otter May 25, 2026, 9:53 PM

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So for example, first you Load an image, right. When two different mods tries to Load to the same asset, the game would basically choose only one of them, the one with the highest priority. And then if there's an EditImage for that asset, the game would put it on top of the loaded asset. If there's multiple EditImage for that asset, the game would apply them all in order or priority, Early to Late.

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:55 PM

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Can EditImage not have a priority?

ornate locust May 25, 2026, 9:55 PM

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Yes

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:55 PM

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That would then make it default?

devout otter May 25, 2026, 9:56 PM

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It can not have a Priority field, but the game would still order-priority them based on various factor.

devout otter May 25, 2026, 9:56 PM

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scarlet temple That would then make it default?

Yeah.

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:57 PM

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(to be clear: you CAN omit the priority for editimage, not "it is unable to have one at all")

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 9:57 PM

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So I can still include a priority then even if it has none.

uncut viper May 25, 2026, 9:57 PM

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Correct, you can add a Priority line to any patch

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Well, you can add it to your own patches. Can't give a different mod a different priority for one of its patches unless you edit their mod yourself

devout otter May 25, 2026, 9:58 PM

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An Edit__ action with no priority field defaults to Default. A Load action with no priority field defaults to Exclusive.

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(If you want to check if your patch apply, you can try putting it into SMAPI log.)

scarlet temple May 25, 2026, 10:02 PM

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Does Update matter then if it's set to OnLocationChange? The mod I'm changing has Load priority set to Early at the bottom, with the update under it

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(I'm sorry if I'm getting a bit annoying here, SVD modding is fresh to me)

barren tapir May 25, 2026, 10:17 PM

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I'm almost done the modified anvil logic for the vanilla trinkets (minus the basilisk paw)! I just need to handle the frog egg.

Currently, the stats of trinkets are rerolled a certain number of times, and whichever trinket is best is the anvil output!

I was originally going to add a config option to set that number, but very quickly realized that certain trinkets would need more rerolls than others (the fairy box and quiver being prime examples).

So, I instead plan on adding a checkbox to (almost) guarantee perfect trinkets (it'll multiply the number of rerolls by 100)

still osprey May 25, 2026, 10:25 PM

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Hello, I'm hoping someone could help me!
Im looking to convert a custom animal mod that was made before the 1.6 overhaul. The mod uses BFAV, JA, and PFM. Are there any guides or tutorials on how to migrate from these?
Thanks!

verbal glacier May 25, 2026, 10:26 PM

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!converters

ocean sailBOT May 25, 2026, 10:26 PM

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These community tools help update mods to newer formats or frameworks:

Convert to Content Patcher from Custom Furniture, Better Farm Animal Variety (BFAV), Custom Music, JSON Assets, More than Necessary (MTN), SAAT, Shop Tile Framework (STF), TMXLoader, or XNB.
Convert to other frameworks:
Other tools:

still osprey May 25, 2026, 10:29 PM

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Thank you!

barren tapir May 25, 2026, 10:45 PM

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After I have some dinner, I'm going to finish adding some config options related to the anvil, then I want to tackle the mannequin logic

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I asked this earlier, but I don't think I ever got a response. How does the game determine the color of dyeable clothes dropped from monsters?

torpid sparrow May 25, 2026, 10:46 PM

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just realized i will eventually have to make a minimap and tooltips and stuff for expansion map

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problem for future wem but she's going to be soooo upset about it

barren tapir May 25, 2026, 10:47 PM

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torpid sparrow just realized i will eventually have to make a minimap and tooltips and stuff fo...

Pretend this response is the scope creep gif

ornate locust May 25, 2026, 10:48 PM

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barren tapir May 25, 2026, 10:48 PM

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Yeah, that one!

half tangle May 25, 2026, 11:20 PM

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barren tapir I asked this earlier, but I don't think I ever got a response. How does the game...

It doesn't look like it dyes them if I follow the code in Utility.trySpawnRareObject within GameLocation.monsterDrop. That eventually just calls ItemRegistry.Create to get the relevant cosmetic item

barren tapir May 25, 2026, 11:31 PM

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Huh

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I could've sworn they were dyed.

Whelp, less work for me then!

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I play my uno reverse card on you, scope creep!

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Scope creep retaliated with "New Trinket and lore idea"

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It was super effective

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I feel like with every new thing I add, I both stray further and further away from an add-on mod that "just adds more books", as well as stretch what constitutes a book a little further.

It's also ironic, bc this add on is way bigger than the original mod at this point

fair totem May 26, 2026, 12:16 AM

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Hello, I'm trying to make a mod that adds 3 skins to birdb's alpacas. I basically followed the format of another mod, and it seems to match other things here people are posting, but SMAPI keeps giving me this message:

[Content Patcher] Can't apply data patch "Alpaca Facelift - Skins > Alpaca Skin - cream" to Data/FarmAnimals: the field 'Alpaca' doesn't match an existing target

The seemingly offending section:

       "LogName": "Alpaca Skin - cream",
       "Action": "EditData",
       "Target": "Data/FarmAnimals",
       "TargetField": ["Alpaca", "Skins"],
       "Entries": {
       "emjess.AlpacaFacelift_alpaca_cream": {
           "Id": "emjess.AlpacaFacelift_alpaca_cream",
               "Texture": "Mods\\emjess.AlpacaFacelift\\alpaca\\cream",
               "BabyTexture": "Mods\\emjess.AlpacaFacelift\\alpaca\\cream_baby",
               "HarvestedTexture": "Mods\\emjess.AlpacaFacelift\\alpaca\\cream_sheared",
               "Weight": "1.0",
               },
           },
       "When": {"Alpaca Skins": "cream"},
   },```
This happens even when I change the TargetField to birdb.CP.Alpaca_Alpaca

orchid glade May 26, 2026, 12:18 AM

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Have you done an export of Data/FarmAnimals to check the entry?

brittle pasture May 26, 2026, 12:18 AM

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Alpaca is the correct ID (just checked)
did you add a false dependency to the Alpacas mod?

orchid glade May 26, 2026, 12:19 AM

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(And are you testing with the alpaca mod installed)

fair totem May 26, 2026, 12:19 AM

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I don't think so? At least I don't know how I would have since I don't know what this is

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yes i have it installed

brittle pasture May 26, 2026, 12:20 AM

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a dependency makes it so that your edits apply after theirs

orchid glade May 26, 2026, 12:20 AM

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(Just checking)

brittle pasture May 26, 2026, 12:20 AM

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https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Modder_Guide/APIs/Manifest#Dependencies

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currently SMAPI is likely loading your mod before Alpacas, so the Alpaca farm animal doesn't exist when your mod loads

fair totem May 26, 2026, 12:22 AM

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no dependencies!

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OH could I use one to make mine load after the Alpaca mod?

brittle pasture May 26, 2026, 12:22 AM

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a "false" dependency means your mod doesn't strictly require Alpacas to function; if this mod just retextures the alpaca feel free to make it a "true" dependency

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yes

fair totem May 26, 2026, 12:41 AM

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That worked! Thank you so much

barren tapir May 26, 2026, 1:43 AM

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I've got the pants and shirt logic working!

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The boot logic was throwing an error, so I disabled it. Depending on what happens with work, I plan on fixing it tomorrow

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This means that the brunt of my remaining TODO list before I'm allowing myself to add more books is going to be monster logic and figuring out the spike shooting class. Of those, the spike shooting class is almost certainly going to be the more difficult one to figure out

signal nova May 26, 2026, 1:52 AM

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How do I set the minimum required fishing level in order for a fish to be caught?

brittle pasture May 26, 2026, 1:54 AM

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that's a field in fish data: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Fish_data

vernal crest May 26, 2026, 2:07 AM

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Hey just wanted to check if you saw Esca's response to this in the support thread? I'm not sure if you're in there and pings don't work if you aren't already there

slim marlin May 26, 2026, 2:20 AM

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Does anyone have a written tutorial for making a mod page? I think I will publish the eel mod I made. I see there is a video tutorial but I learn better when it's written.

proven spindle May 26, 2026, 2:23 AM

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hmm i should probably update the mod page section in modder's pie

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most of what's in there should be the same other than what buttons/tabs you click on tho

slim marlin May 26, 2026, 2:25 AM

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Oh great! I'll follow that then.

fierce vault May 26, 2026, 2:45 AM

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I think I finally get Trello now

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It’s great for keeping track of all the things I plan to update my mod with

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It was harder for me to get into before I had a finished mod. I think I better understand now how I want to describe my goals in each card. I didn’t really get into it when I was adding a ton of basic first steps to accomplish, but the more niche, fix this issue and add this mechanic when the mod’s foundation was already there helped me get into it.

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I’m actually going to remember what to add and what to put in my update notes

fast plaza May 26, 2026, 3:37 AM

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hey guys, i want to learn how to mod for some things in SV
but I wanted to know, what would be more difficult? character portraits (for an already existing mod, I just want to offer and alternative portrait) or a customizable scarecrow?

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with customizable I mean, I create a new type of scarecrow for the game, not that is like a character customization mod

royal stump May 26, 2026, 3:47 AM

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new portraits are definitely simpler; the first example in Content Patcher's guide shows how to replace Abigail's, which just requires an image, the example text here, and a manifest file (containing the mod's ID, author name, etc)
https://github.com/Pathoschild/StardewMods/blob/develop/ContentPatcher/docs/author-guide.md#what-does-a-content-pack-look-like

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adding an extra scarecrow can be done too (iirc), it just also involves creating new item data & adding it to a shop or some such

half tangle May 26, 2026, 3:50 AM

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Adding a new scarecrow is as easy as adding any other item plus adding the context tag crow_scare
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Context_tags#Item_behavior

royal stump May 26, 2026, 3:51 AM

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SDVpufferheart cool, I couldn't remember if anything was still hardcoded with those

half tangle May 26, 2026, 3:51 AM

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yeah, much simpler now. You can even customize the radius with the context tag crow_scare_radius_<radius>

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(else it just uses the default)

fast plaza May 26, 2026, 3:53 AM

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royal stump new portraits are definitely simpler; the first example in Content Patcher's gui...

this works with that other mod that let you switch between portraits right? like the player has to get the other mod for this one to work

fast plaza May 26, 2026, 3:54 AM

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half tangle Adding a new scarecrow is as easy as adding any other item plus adding the conte...

omg thank u

royal stump May 26, 2026, 3:55 AM

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fast plaza this works with that other mod that let you switch between portraits right? like...

you can set requirements for your mod to load, plus nexus requirement lists etc; I'm not really familiar with the mod you mean, but (almost) any images loaded into the game can be edited by other mods

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e.g. custom NPCs added by other mods just have image targets like Portraits/Author.ModName_MyCharacter instead of Portraits/Abigail

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(the portrait-swapping mod would probably have a guide in its description, if needed, but somebody else here will probably know about it too)

fast plaza May 26, 2026, 3:58 AM

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royal stump e.g. custom NPCs added by other mods just have image targets like `Portraits/Aut...

yes, this is what i was looking for, thank u

royal stump May 26, 2026, 3:59 AM

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you can open up the custom NPC mod's own content.json and look for the right target, once you've got things set up

inland rain May 26, 2026, 4:25 AM

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