making-mods-general

[whole raptor]

No idea if it's exactly what you wanted to do, but here
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/33342

[grim latch]

Boxes. I want to modify the chances of each mushroom type with foraging skill level to keep them somewhat useful in late game

[grim latch]

This looks like exactly what I was going to make 😂

[brittle pasture]

yeah, if you look at Data/Machines you'll see all the mushrooms it makes and the percentage chance

[whole raptor]

Maybe we have a lurker in making-mods /lh

[brittle pasture]

easily editable with CP like that mod

[brittle ledge]

You'd better go get your brain cells back from that person if you didn't give permission to share

[brittle pasture]

(also, another mod joins the Better family)

this too, but I wanna decide how granular I wanna go with the config lol

I'm trying to cut back on "implementing knobs that realistically no one will ever need" in my frameworks

[grim latch]

I was also gonna make it rarely produce magma caps at L10 Foraging

[brittle pasture]

that is also possible

[brittle ledge]

Idea: mod rec list that just lists and organizes every "better" mod

[grim latch]

Anyhoo, appears I've been beaten to it

[lucid iron]

!twocakes

[ocean sail]

If you discover that someone has made or is making a mod with a similar concept to yours, don't stress! Our community promotes the idea of "two cakes", where two versions of the same idea can peacefully co-exist. Your mod will have your own unique stamp on it that makes it special.

To use this command, type !twocakes.

[grim latch]

I previously made a Daily Mushroom Box mod to revert to the 1 day spawn behaviour of 1.5

Even though that was technically unintended

[lucid iron]

You should just make mod u want to use tbh,

I snuck in magma caps chance bc i wanted a volcano theme farm cave

[grim latch]

Yeah that mod doesn't scale with foraging level anyway

So will make my version to do that

[gray bear]

i think in vanilla that's just how it is™️

[grim latch]

Yeah that's the thing I was intending to change

[gray bear]

you're gonna fix the mushrooms?

[grim latch]

Somehow I missed the percentage chances in the data/machines file

So it's gonna be easier than I thought

[gaunt orbit]

Behold, a brand new shiny framework! Machine Upgrade System allows you to define machine upgrades- items which can be used to convert one thing to another. Any item can be defined as an upgrade to convert any item to any other item.
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/33024

[whole raptor]

*Sees the upgrade plaque* Oh, so like minecraft, nice

[lucid iron]

Oo

Does it have to be machine rule

Can i upgrade a scarecrow

[gaunt orbit]

you can turn any Item into any other Item using any Item. It uses qualified ids.
currently, only craftables and objects support in-world conversion (support for fences and furniture is planned) but anything else can still be converted from your inventory.

[lucid iron]

With furniture we'd have ux alternative to AT furniture

[ornate trellis]

anyone...good with finding out why a schedule isn't working

cuz im

so, I have my schedule (https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/5b4df499cfc549f9be750b85851c08da) and I am fighting with the "Fri" one rn. The moment she does her 800 Schdule she walks towards the warp and warps to the next map and then jsut stands there. When the next schedule point hits she continues but to jsut walk off screen.
I stared at the Schedule and the location (https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/07d22f24413948649f821f42c6b406b9 Library) for a while and really can't find the issue. I might be blind but man, I'm lost.

I also have tiles in my map that i do not have in Tiled and idk why

[golden spire]

are you sure the co-ordinate is accessible? If they are void walking, usually it means they can't "get there"

so just continue walking

[ornate trellis]

it's a walkable tile in that map, yea

[gaunt orbit]

Whoah, that's really pretty

[lucid iron]

urple

[golden spire]

I would just make sure there's no hidden tiles somewhere, as void walking is normally caused my NPCs not being able to get there or they walk over a tile during their pathing that causes them to do something else (usually due to map patches that load in after the schedule has been set)

but best way to test is just make them walk to a different spot

maybe just a tile next to them at first.

[ornate trellis]

thank you

[ornate trellis]

I thought so too but she walks that same path for a different schedule and it works. I even checked with data layers if i accidentally put down an invisible tile

[golden spire]

I would just try the walk 1 tile next to them thing, see if that breaks...

if it doesn't break, then must something en route to the other tile you want

debugging schedules is a pain tho as you have to go back a day to sleep for the schedule to be properly set

[latent mauve]

Just to verify, you didn't try to patch reload after changing the schedule entry, right? I know mine like to void walk after that because reloading schedule patches causes issues if you are in a save

[ornate trellis]

i did but then i went back a day and slept to properly repeat the day

shes jsut stuck and then when it hits 1000 for the next point she goews bye bye

i am still lost what is happening but im a bit closer i hope to figuring it out?

So her way is HouseSpawn -> outside map ->next outside map -> next outside map(has the library on it) - > library

and i changed it to the outside map said library is on and shes still stuck

I as the player can walk to all these maps and tiles shes supposed to go to

[golden spire]

is she breaking when trying to go to a different map or a different spot in the same map?

[latent mauve]

Are you able to follow her into void?

[ornate trellis]

the map she stops in she can walk normally but she does stop the moment she warps onto said map

[ornate trellis]

no idk where she ends up

[latent mauve]

I was mostly just wondering if maybe you didn't properly have a Buildings tile blocking void access on the map

[ornate trellis]

she somehow strategically walks right where I have Alwaysfront foliage

[latent mauve]

If so they may try to path through the void to each a warp point quicker

[ornate trellis]

hm

i mean

the issue is

this map(Orchard) is not exactly how it is in Tiled

and idk why

so idk if I change something it will apply cuz theres a specific tile i know I deleted in Tiled(and I saved)

so I'm just ??????

[latent mauve]

Have you reloaded your save since making the map change?

(not just a patch reload)

[ornate trellis]

[latent mauve]

If your location has the CreateOnLoad property in Data/Locations, you won't see base map changes there until you open the save again

[ornate trellis]

i did not in fact reload my save

ok reloaded my save

tho it still doesnt explain that weird tile cuz i got rid of it ages ago

[latent mauve]

Okay, was wondering if the weird tile just hadn't updated because your location has CreateOnLoad

If it is still there, then you might have a separate issue on that map

Like a map patch you missed in the code or something

[golden spire]

what tile is there that shouldn't be there?

[ornate trellis]

that one

wait

[golden spire]

are you 100% sure you're editing the right file?

[ornate trellis]

oh my god it IS there

that damn bush tile just obscured it

[latent mauve]

LOL

Yeah, path tiles are not transparent enough

[ornate trellis]

ANYWAY

cough

the schedule issue remains

[golden spire]

do you have any circular pathing in your custom maps?

[ornate trellis]

meaning

[golden spire]

maps which connect to each other in a way that forms a circular loop, which will cause NPC confusion

[ornate trellis]

well

the entire island maps go around

so yeah

hm

[latent mauve]

Are you currently using Spacecore?

[ornate trellis]

yes

[dense jolt]

Does anyone know how to add a custom tab in the collections menu?

[latent mauve]

IIRC I think Spacecore usually tries to fix circular pathing like that, so that shouldn't be the issue

[ornate trellis]

hm

seems like it isnt fixing this one

[latent mauve]

And you have 100% checked for invis tile blockages between the last working and stuck destination

[ornate trellis]

yeah

I checked in tiled and ingame with data layers

[latent mauve]

Are there any specific NPC Warps on the trouble maps?

[ornate trellis]

no

[lucid iron]

can u try choping off some warps just to see

[ornate trellis]

i jsut have AddWarps

[latent mauve]

Are there any warps defined in your map properties in Tiled?

[ornate trellis]

no

HUH

i was about to show you my warps and the json parser is spitting stuff at me

https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/3d7a45dd7a194d6baf0629a40b03aa48

[urban patrol]

i think those are just because you use your mod id. i get those too

[ornate trellis]

ah

[latent mauve]

Another thing to check is that your destination coordinates are placed so that the NPC doesn't walk on another warp (like one that goes back to the previous map) while pathing to the other side

[golden spire]

Personally I would just include the map warps in the tmx itself. and only use addwarp for things that change, but up to you.

being xml, if I ever needed to change them, easy enough to open the tmx in a text editor.

[latent mauve]

(I have absolutely messed up before where I placed my coordinate for the warp destination 2 tiles from the left on a left to right travel map, and then placed the exit warp back to that previous map 3 tiles from the left.)

Can you do a patch export on your map?

To see where it added your warps in the Map Properties after running the code

[ornate trellis]

hm

you mean the one she gets stuck on or the one shes supposed to go to

[gaunt orbit]

c#

[ornate trellis]

Cuz thats

48 39 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland_NorthernCliffs 1 52
84 38 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland_NorthernCliffs 1 52
84 37 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland_NorthernCliffs 1 52
33 53 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland 40 2
32 53 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland 40 2
31 53 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland 40 2
30 53 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland 40 2
29 53 VoidWitchCult.CP.TheFishmongerNPC_LostIsland 40 2

[dense jolt]

I know that lmfao

[hallow prism]

(we have all sort of questions here so it's good to be more specific when asking if you already know a bit of stuff)

[ornate trellis]

this exported map of mine looks ugly af tho for some reason

[dense jolt]

Ahh alright understandable

[gaunt orbit]

well, figuring stuff like this out is its own skill that's good to practice. if you have an idea, try breaking it down into smaller pieces.

• you need a tab button
• you need to change what is displayed when that button is clicked
  which leads to
• how do I add a button?
• how can I display the information I want to display?

the way I see it, you have two options here:

• harmony: you can change how the menu itself works by editing its code
• smapi events: you can hook the input and draw events and put your own stuff on top of the menu without actually changing it.

[latent mauve]

And can you confirm that there are no tiles on any of those first coordinates from your patch exported map?

Should probably do the same with the destination map for the warps along the path to be sure

[gaunt orbit]

both approaches are likely to have their own strengths and weaknesses, and you'll want to do a little bit of your own experimentation to figure out which approach you prefer. if you haven't already, I highly recommend you decompile the game

!decompile

[ocean sail]

If you want to make SMAPI mods with C#, one important resource is decompiling the game to read the game code. Here's how to do it: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Modder_Guide/Get_Started#How_do_I_decompile_the_game_code.3F

To use this command, type !decompile.

[dense jolt]

Thank you for this!

Everytime I want to start doing something I forget to do this and give up quite fast because I try to do something too big without breaking it down.

I'll continue to try tomorrow too tired right now, I attempted this last year as well. If I can't figure it out I'll use StardewUI and use a hotkey

[ornate trellis]

as far as I can tell yea

[golden spire]

I think you're going to have to zip up the state of your mod as is, as trying to diagnoise what is causing her to get confused and void her way out of existance is difficult without the files in front of 'us'

[ornate trellis]

tried addingg a schedule point on the orchard map in hopes itll make it easier and she does now go to that spot but then void walks again, she really doesnt wanna go to the other map, huh

yeah thats probs the best idea because im not really sure what else to try

(if i dont answer right away its cuz im gonna go grab something to bite real quick)

[undone hawk]

Oh hi Void! Your tattered hat taunts me in my Fish UI. (It technically counts as a fish but has no Caught status so even though it has six the mod doesn’t know I’ve got it)
(I’ll probs make a patch for that)

[ornate trellis]

huh inch resting

[golden spire]

From a quick look, I'm sure it's a circular pathing issue, the NPC stops walking there the moment she gets to a point where there is more than 1 way out of the map, I even made her try to go to the map outside the library and she also refused to go there

[ornate trellis]

damnit

hm

[golden spire]

I've not been active for a while and it was mentioned that it was fixed? with spacecore?.. but I'm not sure how fixed or if there are any specifics with that.

[ornate trellis]

idk either, i wasnt even aware before it was mentioned here. tho it doesnt seem to work in my case...unless I actively need to add something to my code

[golden spire]

it's the reason why the backwoods are blacklisted by the game to stop that

[ornate trellis]

so I guess I gotta make one map do "ExcludeFromNpcPathfinding": true,

unless someone knows another solution

[merry rampart]

i tried making them parallax layers but then the sunset layer never showed correctly. it would transition from day to night but you could barely see the sunset one in between

[golden spire]

the ultimate test, is to just make a copy of the mod where you remove all the warps except 1 path that will take the npc to the library

[lucid iron]

did you make sure sunset is below the other two

parallax layers draw in order, lowest is on top

[merry rampart]

oh no i didn't. i had it day, sunset, night

i will switch

[lucid iron]

yea try doing it day night sunset

maybe ill add a sort index later

at the time i figured u can just MoveEntries

[ornate trellis]

hm

wasnt it "ExcludeFromNpcPathfinding": true, to ban npcs from going to the map. cuz that aint stoppingg the void walk, sigh

im so tired of this

[merry rampart]

it works! now I just gotta play with the scaling a bit

[ornate trellis]

guys

im crying

i found the issue

talking bout warps wasnt entirely wrong

for the millions time i looked on the data layers and noticed after following her arouind void walking that i had a missing warp and it was instead on a tile she couldnt get to, that mustve confused her. i fixed it and

shes in the libraryyy

wrong spot but w/e

[lucid iron]

ourple home...

[golden spire]

woop

probably an idea once you've had a break, to just double check all your warps.

[ornate trellis]

yeahh i was like ok i gonna slap data layers on and jsut follow her around and see where exactly she walks off the map and then was like wheres my bottom warp and found it randomly on a cliff

good thing i was like ok ill try one last time and then give up

clearly i need to use data layers more too tbh or else id have never noticed

[golden spire]

I found this "outrageous" issue with RSV that's probably been there for over a year...

a stray tile on the front layer, so camouflaged and hard to notice 😛

[round timber]

is there a surefire way of finding what filepaths C# mods load their assets to? asking so i can hopefully get more of Lavender Dreams' compat patches to be loaded automatically rather than having the user manually replace files

[tawny ore]

I don't think there is a one-size fits all approach

[ornate trellis]

im so drained now i stared at this whole issue for hours

[tawny ore]

The api is flexible in that it allows any mod to respond to any path

There are only conventions that modders are urged to follow, but many aren't

[lucid iron]

sometimes they just load to own mod content so you cant eve get at it

[round timber]

dang

[lucid comet]

you're talking about replacing the mod provided ui parts with your ui-recolor, right?

[round timber]

yep

[lucid iron]

we can help u find out if u give a list of mods

[lucid comet]

i dont know any quick way to do all at once (since it's multiple mods), but you can target the assets specifically

[lucid iron]

but see thats why i never use custom assts

[lucid comet]

if it's "just" what you already have users replace manually and/or the most common mods, that's not too hard to do with ContentPatcher :3

[round timber]

oh yeah, i already have a few loaded through content patcher but thats because i happened to see the author/whatever mention what the filepaths are

but everything else is still manual

[lucid iron]

it is impossible when the C# mod choose to load to mod content only

cannot edit that

[round timber]

heres the mods that i have compat for that are still using the manual system

[iron ridge]

someone should make a framework for this

[lucid iron]

i mean khloe did

theme manager

[iron ridge]

i mean targeting mod assets

[lucid comet]

very fair, though i dont think i've run across any that do that yet, so that's probably on me

[lucid iron]

ah yes the thing pathos said really bad 4 time to

[lucid iron]

you can skip better shop menu compat cus i made a equiv that doesn't have custom assets https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/33271

[iron ridge]

yeah it could definitely lead to issues

[lucid iron]

https://gitlab.com/delixx/stardew-valley/unlockable-bundles/-/blob/main/Unlockable Bundles/Lib/AssetRequested.cs?ref_type=heads

[lucid comet]

gonna take a look at your list, i think i know at least one or two of those, otherwise i'd probably msg the mod auther and ask if they could maybe add the path for recolors/tell you what it is

[lucid iron]

it does strange thing where it loads into modcontent first hm

but looks like usage is with game content so u r fine

[round timber]

thank you!

[lucid iron]

UnlockableBundles/ShopTextures/<filename> and UnlockableBundles/UI/<filename> basically

survivalistic is mod content rip: https://github.com/Locked15/SDV_Survivalistic-Rebooted/blob/Stable/Survivalistic/Framework/Common/Textures.cs#L10

[brittle pasture]

tfw there are no fitting vanilla asset
(I settled with duplication, but weehh)

[lucid iron]

quality smash is also mod content iirc

selph why not just draw a parsnip over the button

[lucid comet]

you dont have S&S on your list, so i'm guessing you already have that + spacecore covered

[lucid iron]

its fine if theres stuff behind

[round timber]

uhhh whats S&S

oh swords and sorcery?

[lucid comet]

ye

they add extra equip

[brittle pasture]

it would have to be a very fat parsnip lmao
but maybe, a couple stray pixels is fine right

[round timber]

ah no one has ever requested compat with that i think, ill have to take a look at that

[lucid iron]

// spacecore equip icon
{
  "Action": "Load",
  "Target": "spacechase0.SpaceCore/ExtraEquipmentIcon",
  "FromFile": "assets/ui/spacecore-extras.png",
},
// gmcm config
{
  "Action": "EditImage",
  "Target": "Mods/GenericModConfigMenu/ConfigButton",
  "FromFile": "assets/ui/gmcm-config-button.png"
},
{
  "Action": "EditImage",
  "Target": "Mods/GenericModConfigMenu/KeyboardButton",
  "FromFile": "assets/ui/gmcm-keybindings-button.png"
}

spacechase0.SpaceCore/ExtraEquipmentIcon is the + for spacecore extra equip

[round timber]

thanks so much :D

[lucid comet]

those are the specific icons they add

[lucid iron]

https://github.com/janavarro95/Stardew_Valley_Mods/blob/2184c7d530fa30b9ce246aba65eb02cb72f38830/GeneralMods/HappyBirthday/Framework/Menus/FavoriteGiftMenu.cs#L127 happy birthday is another mod content only

https://github.com/Floogen/FashionSense/blob/84605b739bb26f8182563403c49bd5311f9df4cf/FashionSense/Framework/Managers/AssetManager.cs#L34 rip

https://github.com/MolsonCAD/DeluxeJournal/blob/7aaba4728baf1995b1a5caf9bb74e9cdb13b7081/src/DeluxeJournalMod.cs#L81

[round timber]

vine boom vine boom vine boom vine boom

[whole raptor]

I kinda wish we had a doc with all the mods that need compatibility for UI recolors (and if they are editable by CP or need file replacers)

[lucid iron]

https://github.com/Gaphodil/BetterJukebox/blob/47d0ca51738f13c48c769a5847dafec4504f7de4/ModEntry.cs#L166 also nope

[lucid comet]

that sounds like a good idea for a wiki page

[lucid iron]

the rest is closed source

im not sure about the CP mod, it might be fine to just editimage them?

[round timber]

ill give it a try. thanks so much for checking all those for me!!

[lucid iron]

in summary UnlockableBundles is a good egg

[round timber]

hehe

[reef palm]

Sword & Sorcery added compat for Lavender Dreams

Per the 2.2.3 changelog

[round timber]

oop

i guess thats why no one has asked haha

[lucid comet]

ah, i forgot to check that

[lucid iron]

tbh this kind of texture replace thing would be good feature for mod manager

i did hear the nexus ppl talking about it (since it matters more for skyrim and such)

[tawny ore]

Isn't that something which came up in the Nexus App discussion?

I thought someone was talking about that the other day

[lucid iron]

yea and translation is also sort of a "replace" mod install

since it lacks own manifest

[whole raptor]

I think they were talking about replacer mods in general, so it should apply (Doesn't work currently, I tested it with json replacers)

[opal oriole]

Hi! I'm trying to place tiledata at the door of my custom house for my custom NPC room. I set it up just like in the image I attached, but it doesn't seem to work. Also, I made the following changes in the settings:

View > Snapping > Snap to Grid: ✓ enabled

View > Highlight Current Layer: ✓ enabled

Can anyone help me figure out what might be going wrong? Thanks in advance!

[urban patrol]

doors are special, there's a tutorial here if you haven't seen: https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Kailey's_Interior_Door_Guide

[opal oriole]

That's great thank you a lot!

[tribal ore]

Not sure if anyone else has been struggling with overwriting spouse dialogue for special occasions, but I made a tool:
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/33353

Might help someone else

[lucid iron]

wow your id made me wonder who got 33333

it was a translation

[urban patrol]

wow

and i thought i was lucky with 31888 lol

[lime seal]

I'm working on updating my mods for 1.6 and I noticed that in a couple places, we have this nomenclature / formatting style for item IDs now. My question is, does the O = object, and if I'm trying to specify a big craftable, should I change the O to BC?

[golden spire]

hi Lenne!

[tribal ore]

I got 33323 AND 33353

I feel special

[lucid iron]

power

[rigid oriole]

i got rly close with 33336 😔

[lucid iron]

i have 2 wolves in me

[golden spire]

Objects (O)
Big craftables (BC)
Boots (B)
Furniture (F)
Hats (H)
Mannequins (M)
Pants (P)
Shirts (S)
Tools (T)
Trinkets (TR)
Wallpaper & flooring (WP) and (FL)
Weapons (W)

[lucid iron]

one is the ooo fun numbers

the other one is "i dont wanna make a nexus paaaage

so if i get a good number it's entirely unintended

[lime seal]

I'll take this list as a yes lol thank you!

[lucid iron]

this (O) thing is not a style choice btw

[tribal ore]

This might help btw:
https://mateusaquino.github.io/stardewids/

[whole raptor]

Is there a way to flip a sprite horizontally during an event..?

[lucid iron]

game uses it to disambig between chest (BC)130 and tuna (O)130

[urban patrol]

i actually have a question about doors--can i have them face sideways and play the animation backwards to open them?

[tribal ore]

Wdym? Temporary Animated sprite or actor?

[lucid iron]

for your own use you want to do {{ModId}}_itemId

[whole raptor]

Regular NPC kissing sprite, normally in the spritesheet the sprite is facing right, but I'd need it left without changing the asset for compatibility... unless there's a way to trigger a kiss facing the right direction in an event without directly calling the sprite index

Since the game automatically flips the kiss sprite when needed

[urban patrol]

if you're animating an actor set flip to true

[tribal ore]

Hmmmm. I think you just pass that as an argument to "animate", don't you? I might have a place where I've done this

Lol

[lime seal]

That's neat, thanks! I figured chu√e's point was the case but since the unpacked game files don't specify the prefix inside the BigCraftables.json file, for example, I wasn't sure. The github tool makes that clear
I'm adding vanilla items to vanilla shop lists, not custom files. Based on the wiki example, I'm thinking this is still the formatting I need to have:

"Action": "EditData",
"Target": "Data/Shops",
"TargetField": ["Blacksmith", "Items"],
"Entries": {                "LenneDalben.ArtisanEquipmentforSale_LightningRod": {
                    "Id": "LenneDalben.ArtisanEquipmentforSale_LightningRod",
                    "ItemId": "(BC)9",
                    "Price": 2500,
                    "AvailableStock": 2,
                }
            },

[whole raptor]

Oh? I'd love an example if it's not a problem 😅

Nvm, I think I got it

[golden spire]

I'm not the first person to do this, but I think the original mod for this no longer exists and the only other one I can find is no longer supported. This is also not SVE friendly. If I released this as a mod, the idea would be for other mod authors to use the flower dance area for events/passive festivals, custom weddings, of their choice. (or just to explore the area empty)

I'm just gauging potential interest. Example video is patched for "RSV, PC and ES" changes.

[whole raptor]

Can I position offset during the animation?

[golden spire]

schedule?

[whole raptor]

During event (continuation of the above discussion)

[acoustic summit]

I do believe you can position offset first then animate, and the offset is preserved. I do that for one event somewhere.

(Just remembered, its Sandy "sitting" off the edge of the pier at the beach)

Though I may have been using showFrame, so try that if animate doesnt work

[lime seal]

I think so, I'm pretty sure I used that while testing Trick or Treat Event. I believe Arknir also used it in a Lucikiel event, the one involving the bear near the secret woods entrance

[whole raptor]

It'd probably need to be the other way around, since I'd need the kiss frame (used as a hug) to hold, while the NPC is being "offsetted" closer to the farmer over time

[acoustic summit]

Whichever you need, It probably doesn't matter the order. Animate doesn't hold the event anyhow

[whole raptor]

Oh it doesn't? Nice to hear

[upbeat crow]

i need a teach with dialouges and events because on the web i dont check it T_T

[golden spire]

pardon?

if you need help making events and dialogue, you will need to be a bit more specific.

[upbeat crow]

yea like i need a explain how do i put her on the spawn like beneath or infront of the wizard town (costum npc explaination)

[whole raptor]

!npc

[ocean sail]

Creating a Custom NPC

Keep in mind that making NPCs is a complex process that requires learning many different aspects of Stardew modding.
Here are a few links that can help get you started on all that you need to know:

• Tiakall has a great tutorial on making a custom NPC for 1.6.

• NPCs no longer use dispositions, check the wiki page for the new NPC data.

• Aviroen has put together a template that will allow you to easily create a romanceable NPC.

• Feel free to jump into the https://discord.com/channels/137344473976799233/1277457201077813280 thread for more interactive feedback and help!

• Fireredlily has a WIP NPC Builder Please do report any errors you get with it into the NPC thread!

To use this command, type !npc.

[upbeat crow]

oh okey thanks.. i am sorry for bother

[golden basin]

This is so awesome

[golden spire]

I've always been suprised the area was not reused for other things, but Pelican Town has a habit of having these areas that they barely use.

[iron ridge]

is the unsupported one my one?

[golden spire]

maybe.. I didn't actually check the username.

yep your one

[iron ridge]

ah

[golden spire]

are you planning to update it?

[iron ridge]

probably not, especially if youre making one thats already better

[golden spire]

I'm on the fence, don't know how much demand there is for it. As it's main purpose is for other modders to use for whatever passive things they want, but if they want SVE compatibility then they can't really use it.. Does have a nice path to the west that could be opened up for someone to utilise..

[iron ridge]

that is quite a nice path option to be fair

[golden spire]

I always wonder if there was an intended path for something... like the path at the top into the forest

[iron ridge]

mhm

[golden spire]

Is anyone aware of the in-game name for this area? I've just called the area "Forest Clearing"

[lucid iron]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/31936

2cakes obviously but this came to mind

[tired dirge]

that was my first thought

[lucid iron]

i like the idea of including the various festival edits and tbh i think u can make it work with sve if its a warp from the sve west forest too

[calm nebula]

Because I'm old and tired

How does sve handle the existing festival?

I assume there is a way

[lucid iron]

iirc it looks the same

[calm nebula]

How do you get there?

[lucid iron]

dunno whats the lore per say, or where the normally big forest went

[calm nebula]

Is it still forest or did it get moved

[lucid iron]

go down to cindersnap like normal

[calm nebula]

Oh huh

[golden spire]

it magically changes

[lucid iron]

what if we just ask @proven vigil where the big forest went during flower dance (lorewise)

[lucid mulch]

vanilla forest showing the broken bridge to the festival is unrelated to the small map thatl ooks like forest with the repaired bridge

from a technical perspective at least

[calm nebula]

This is how you can tell I'm old and tired

I forgot how the game works

[golden spire]

Robin deforested the area in 1 night

[lucid iron]

Power.

[lucid mulch]

sve has precedent already for a warp to be larger than intended, so it could be a corner in forest west or elsewhere the player went to get to that bridge (though that spots inaccessible)

[whole raptor]

Hmm... I guess I can't use a LocalToken inside a DynamicToken, which is then used in the include with said LocalToken? 😅 (TargetAssetPath is the LocalToken)

[lucid iron]

well you can't include dynamic tokens

[whole raptor]

Yep

[lucid iron]

what u can do is use dynamic token to form the local token i think?

[whole raptor]

Oh yeah, that could work

[lucid iron]

Local_WinterCheck: {{WinterCheck}}whatever

[gray bear]

hey can anyone showcase my new tsp update?

link: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/16442

flavor text: "Sushi Project 1.3.7 is live! Featuring new config options for balance, a brand new vendor and new shop dialogue! 🍣"

[whole raptor]

Commas are omitted in DynamicToken values...?

[lucid iron]

tokens are a set

, is separator

[slate widget]

anyone else got problem getting the love of cooking mod ui to work? my ui is completely destroyed, all the buttons is just a "book" is my guess

[whole raptor]

Is there a way I could build a token with this logic, then? Nvm, I'm overcomplicating stuff for myself yet again

[worldly sundial]

Does anyone mind showcasing my first mod?
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/33310

Painted Fish Ponds lets you change the color of all of your fish ponds to anything you would like!

[lucid mulch]

Dynamic tokens are run at the Mod scope (same tier as modid and config) and is evaluated well before it gets consumed by a patch

[lucid mulch]

That behaviour was very confusing when I was working on my debugger, as I was wondering why these tokens storing dialogue and event commands were an array

[calm nebula]

Does i18n do that

The i18n token

[lucid mulch]

i18n wont show up in my tool as it requires inputs

i18n itself will return it as a singular string though, its dynamic token that splits it

[calm nebula]

Oh this is dynamic tokens because people do that shit

With their events

[brittle pasture]

congrats! that is very useful
also thank you for not picking the same spot as the Aquaponics "clear crops" button

[lucid mulch]

it will mostly self heal because if you use the token anywhere that needs to stringify it would join by comma anyway

[lucid iron]

Better Fish Pond Menu

[worldly sundial]

Wait I didn't right? I tried to pick a spot that seemed ok but not the first two more obvious choices haha

[brittle pasture]

you didn't, it's fine

it's a struggle for UI mods that modify the vanilla UI, picking spots that isn't already taken by other mods

[flat agate]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but are there any servers or forums people use to commission mods? I have a mod I'd like to make that I think would be super easy to make but I have absolutely zero modding experience and very little coding experience. If this isn't an appropriate space to ask I apologize

[brittle pasture]

!commissions

[ocean sail]

If you're looking for people who do mod commissions (either art or code), here's a wiki page with a non-comprehensive list of people who do them: https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Stardew_Mod_Commissions

To use this command, type !commissions.

[brittle pasture]

!modideas also this

[ocean sail]

If you have a mod idea that you aren't planning to make yourself, you can put it in the mod ideas github: https://github.com/StardewModders/mod-ideas

However, this does not mean anyone is guaranteed to work on your idea—modders who are looking for ideas sometimes go through and work on what they find interesting off this list. If you want to pay someone to make your mod idea, there are a few people who do commissions (mostly art, sometimes code); you can ask around, search usernames for the word comms, or see !commissions.

To use this command, type !modideas.

[flat agate]

omg thanks so much I appreciate that

[brittle pasture]

though of course if you want to learn we can help you as well

[flat agate]

I've considered trying to learn, it would be a good skill/hobby to have but kinda always get lost on where to start

[proven vigil]

uhh just more south or south westish. It's just not shown on the map anymore but same general area.

[lucid iron]

@golden spire sounds like u should just slap a warp to south from forest west then

[hard fern]

Well, if you're interested, what kind of stuff do yoh want to make? Or is that the part youre stuck on

[flat agate]

Well I have an idea that would be very basic I think that would be a good starting point. I just wanted to make a simple mod that slightly changes the requirement for unlocking the bear farm animals in SVE and to make the honey they produce count as artisian. I just don't know how to go about creating a mod that edits another mod if that makes sense

[tiny zealot]

hey friends, i'm looking for interesting connections between villagers and specific hats. (please ignore any hat that mentions a villager by name, like Abigail's Bow. those don't need any help)
these can be as wild and crazy as you want. e.g. how is Sam connected to the goblin mask. it doesn't have to make sense. vibes only.
asking for a mouse! thanks in advance.

[lucid iron]

Do they have to be canon or just vibes is fine

Chimkin mask shane

[tiny zealot]

canon and just vibes are both fine

[woeful acorn]

Marnie definitely bought a pink cowgirl hat for Jas

[lucid iron]

Abigail pumpkin mask
Sebastian frog hat
Clint pan (hat)

Here r my vibes picks as in i think they would wear these hat to casual friday

[tiny zealot]

good, good. 📝 thanks!

[vernal crest]

For the most part it's just like creating a mod that edits vanilla because you can only edit what the mod has added to the game, not the mod itself. The main thing that's different is that you look in the mod's files to find the IDs to edit instead of looking in the game files.

[shadow pagoda]

Are there any mods that rename vanilla npc's?

[tiny zealot]

The J Club renames them all, but not in a helpful way

there's one called like Villager Manager or something that i think can be configured. i haven't used it though

[flat agate]

that makes sense. I found the actual files I need to edit for the event trigger conditions I wanna change already, and I can just manually change them, but I'd prefer to have a mod that I can enable or disable to change the condition on the fly, and thats what I dont fully know how to do as ive never made a mod before

[woeful acorn]

Ohhh I’m having a blast going through the hat list rn… so far I’ve also got trucker hat and Pam, golden mask and Lewis, spotted headscarf and Evelyn, George and hard hat, fashionable hat and marnie (she wears it to fancy events), blue bonnet and Jodi (it was Sam’s and then Vincent’s when they were babies, she keeps it bc she’s sentimental), and Vincent and the propeller hat

[tiny zealot]

orz much obliged

[crystal hornet]

how do i unstall my modded stardew valley

[lucid iron]

hm i dont think i understand how to load content with dynamic

i attempted to do this

Game1.content.Load<Dictionary<string, dynamic>>

bc i only cared about the key

it is die with fail to cast

[versed wyvern]

Hmm... I'm noticing some performance impact when NPCs change clothes into appearances involving really high-res textures, a brief lag hiccup when they do it for the first time in a play session. Ignorable enough when it's just one person but kind of a problem when I have multiple people going someplace where they change clothes
Is there perhaps any way to like, pre-load these appearances or otherwise optimize the loading to remedy that

[versed wyvern]

I just had an idea to accomplish this by triggering an event at the start of the day that's just a black screen but has characters changing appearances out of the player's view to pretend the game's still loading the new day and I don't know if these are evil dev thoughts

[old edge]

is there a validator for C# code?

I'm going through my code and want to organize it but I guess I could go through it manually

[rigid oriole]

Validation how

I feel you don't mean a compiler or linter

[spice inlet]

if you're using VS and want to auto-format the code you can just use ctrl+k, ctrl+d

[old edge]

ok thank you

[old edge]

I'm using visual studio code

I think it worked...

[vernal crest]

This is a bit late sorry but I hope it might still be of use to you.

Here are instructions for how to make a basic Content Patcher mod.

This page has info on how events work, including preconditions.

This page shows how to edit data via Content Patcher.

Your basic approach if you're wanting to edit an event's preconditions is to Target the same asset that the original mod is (I don't know what that is but for the sake of this mini-lesson let's say Data/Events/Forest and then have an entry that is the existing event key exactly as it is in the original mod but has null as the value instead of an event script. Then you add a second entry with the event key and the preconditions you want it to have and copy the event script from the original mod as the value. The reason that you have to do it that way is because you can't directly edit a dictionary key - you have to say the original mod's key has no value (and therefore will be deleted) and add a new key with the modifications you want for it.

[flat agate]

That is genuinely sooo much help you have no idea. I feel like that pushes me in the right direction to be able to figure it out I just didn’t know the best way to go about what I wanted to do. Thank you so much for taking the time to write up the response. It’s a lot easier for me to process it like that! I’ll be looking at the linked instructions and everything and I’m sure I’ll be able to figure it out now.

Thanks so much again :))

[vernal crest]

You are very welcome! If you need more detailed guidance with any part of it you'll be able to get answers in here. I'm happy to be pinged if you'd feel more comfortable asking someone specific rather than the channel at large, but plenty of people in here would be willing and capable of answering your questions too.

[flat agate]

I appreciate it. I’ll definitely be using the channel if I have any further questions but through some research and the help I’ve gotten already I feel like I’m on the right track. I really enjoy learning about this kind of stuff so it’s nice to have a community so willing to help

[vernal crest]

Yeah it is. I have stayed more motivated with Stardew modmaking than with any other game because I enjoy chatting to people about it and I know there's always someone willing to help if I get stuck.

[median forum]

people here are very kind and helpful, i was genuinely surprised

i've been in a lot of fandom spaces where people weren't like that

[vernal crest]

No, vanilla doors only work facing north-south. CattyCatCat made a Better Doors mod that allowed for east-west doors back in 2019 but it broke a long time ago and I don't know of an update/replacement.

[old edge]

currently debugging...

[whole raptor]

Is there a difference between using "Season": "Summer" and "Condition": "SEASON Summer", in appearances?

[whole raptor]

I was slightly hoping it'd affect this, but I guess it always takes the base look and not the appearance 😅

[drowsy pewter]

i believe there is not

[fathom hound]

SEASON Summer I thought just affected the weather (I’m prob wrong)

[upbeat crow]

"Resort_Entering": "",
"Resort_Leaving": "",
"Resort_Shore": "",
"Resort_Chair": "",
"Resort_Bar": "",
"Resort": "",
what should i write in there and on the dialogues i am confused-

[fathom hound]

There’s dialogue for NPC’s during these actions in which they visit the resort

[upbeat crow]

oh okey thanks

[vernal crest]

Those are the dialogue keys

[whole raptor]

Does anyone else have these weird urges to add more and more dynamic tokens or configurability to their mods and then feel sad when the options run out...? Or do I have a problem...

[hard fern]

I do but like at some point i think "why am i making all these dynamic tokens and configs... I don't wanna do it"

[fathom hound]

I actually need my mod to have them

[calm nebula]

Tbh something about the smapi log spinning wheel feels slower than previous

[uncut viper]

i actually agree with that about the spinning wheel even though i know it doesnt make sense

[vernal crest]

Me too

[versed wyvern]

Could I get some help figuring out GSQ condition syntax? I currently have this group of conditions in an Appearance:

"Condition": "!SEASON winter, LOCATION_NAME Target Beach, DAY_OF_WEEK Thursday, TIME 1040 1600",

How would I add a separate condition that works like an OR condition, making it true regardless of all those existing ones if satisfied?

[lucid iron]

Use ANY

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Game_state_queries

[versed wyvern]

I thought I'd need that, but how do I clump all the existing conditions into a single result so it's "the new condition is true" OR "all the existing ones are true"

[lucid iron]

U can still use the , form as and

If i understand correctly you want like

[acoustic summit]

"ANY "!SEASON winter" "LOCATION_NAME Target Beach" "DAY_OF_WEEK Thursday" "TIME 1040 1600"" I think this is a format that would work, or atleast its a format I've used (all the inside quotes are actually \ + ")

[lucid iron]

a OR (b AND c AND d)

[acoustic summit]

Well discord thankyou for removing my \s

[versed wyvern]

Yes, that's what I want, I'm just kinda going cross-eyed trying to figure out how to write the syntax

[lucid iron]

Since u r in appearances though u could just write 2 entries

[versed wyvern]

Mm... am I understanding right that if I want all of those existing conditions above to work as one condition in the ANY check I just need to surround them with \ " ?

[finite ginkgo]

Yes

[versed wyvern]

I think I got it, thank you all

[versed wyvern]

My stupid-as-heck duct tape workaround worked! (Using a dummy event to preload outfits so the super big image files don't lag in the middle of gameplay)
But I feel like I'm committing some kind of modding sin by doing it

[lucid iron]

I don't think your idea is bad per say (in cs land that's prewarming the cache) but maybe if you can do it only once per gameplay session

SaveLoaded trigger...

[versed wyvern]

Ooh, can I do that? That'd certainly be optimal

[lucid iron]

Idk if anyone's created one tho

And eventually assets will get invalidated

[tribal ore]

Mon6_1 vs Mon8 : which one will show if it's year 1 and the player has 8 hearts with the NPC? The first one is higher up the list on the table

[lucid iron]

The components we'd want is

• trigger for save loaded
• trigger action for loading an asset (to use in place of dummy event)

[lucid iron]

Dictionaries are unordered, it'll depend on the dialogue key logic

I wanna say Mon8 but I didn't check decompile

[tribal ore]

Oh, dang. I don't have a full decompile (Mac), but I'll see if I can drill to it in VSCode to check

[lucid iron]

You can decompile on mac

https://www.nuget.org/packages/ilspycmd/

This should run on any platform that supports dotnet

[tribal ore]

I'll try again. I think the tool listed on the wiki (avalonia ilspy) didn't work for me for some reason. Thanks!

[lucid iron]

Avalonia ilspy is on ilspy 7

It works ish but jank

I use the cli decompile bc it's faster

[valid folio]

Hi, do you happen to have the official documentation for adding fish to the game?
I want to add a single fish. I downloaded a mod to study how it's done and I think I understood most of it, but I still have a few questions and wanted to review the information.

[lucid iron]

There's a few parts

• fish item
• location where you can catch the fish
• aquarium sprites

What are you most uncertain about

[valid folio]

My question is about a specific part of the code and the fish pond and how to determine which item it can produce, as well as the fish eggs. I think those are my main doubts.

[acoustic summit]

Main Documentation:
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Fish_data for fish data and aquarium data
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Fish_ponds for fish ponds, see produce items for items they produce
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Location_data see fish for adding fish to locations.

[valid folio]

Thanks 😁

[calm nebula]

Fwiw, I have a mod in my repo that does the inverse

It "simply" suppresses outfit changes until either you enter the map an npc is on

Or an npc enters yours

Because it only ever deals with a handful of npcs (and suppresses outfit changes for npcs whom you don't see)

You get much less of a lag

[versed wyvern]

That sounds pretty interesting, but if it's just in your repo I assume it's not officially released?

[calm nebula]

Nope

It's also unhelpful currently mixed in with other attempts at optimization

[lucid iron]

SMD

[calm nebula]

No

[lucid iron]

worth a shot

[calm nebula]

Too aggressive, SMD should do nothing if no content pack uses feature

Slated for separate mod status, need to divorce from atracore

[lucid iron]

it seems like a vanilla optimization thing tho

were there multiplayer reasons to not do it

[gaunt orbit]

Social menu

[calm nebula]

Very much so - I wouldn't be mad if someone adopted it - but

[calm nebula]

Social menu reverted to base outfit only b/c the special animations expect it

[gaunt orbit]

Oh right, I forgot about the animations

[calm nebula]

It was also a 1.6.9 thing

Before you say phone calls, that was trivial to work around

[gaunt orbit]

I'll be honest I forgot that the phone displayed portraits

[calm nebula]

Shirtless Pierre, lol

Gotta call the farmer to buy seeds when I'm shirtless on the beach

This is how the hustle works

[gaunt orbit]

Pierre the type of guy to post on linkedin 20 times a day

[lucid iron]

atra will u put outfits back on the social menu as part of this mod

[calm nebula]

Not in the first release

[lime seal]

Hi, I'm working on converting Artisan Equipment for Sale from STF to CP. In this code, I am adding lightning rods to Clint's shop. They are added fine, but not at the top of the list, even though I used Move Entries to put it above the copper ore in his shop. From looking at the example on the Shops modding wiki, I'm not sure what's off. Any ideas?
Code: https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/1e68975eb6d348d3b32dd0e709523fe1
Log with patch summary full that seems to say it did reorder the entries in Data/Shops: https://smapi.io/log/90dd567cd2c841b5b5bbcf9aaae5df08

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.1 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, with 14 C# mods and 2 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[lucid iron]

try { "ID": "{{ModID}}_LightningRod", "ToPosition": "Top" },

also the first vanilla item is ID=CopperOre_YearOne

[lime seal]

How do you know when to use the Id vs. the ItemId? I went with the ItemId thinking that'd be the right one, especially since after year one, the copper ore has a different Id (not ItemId) and I didn't want 2 separate patches.

(I'm testing the top position thing now, that would circumvent that issue)

[lucid iron]

!unpack you did this right

[ocean sail]

Follow this guide to unpack the game's content files in order to see and explore how the game data is structured.
It's helpful when making your own mods, or just to learn about how the game works!

To use this command, type !unpack.

[lime seal]

yes

[lucid iron]

So the id in the shop item list is very literally the id cp uses for move entries

The data is always present even when the condition says "don't add to shop"

[lime seal]

So looking at this, there are the 2 different IDs, ID and ItemID, that's why I was asking. Noted plain ID is the one

[lucid iron]

If you want your thing to appear at top of list without using ths shortcut ToPosition

Then CopperOre_YearOne is what you use, regardless of the fact that this entry is no longer used in year 2

[lime seal]

ToPosition: Top worked btw, thanks for the tip! I'll double check if that's on the wiki page I was looking at and add it if not

[lucid iron]

Since all data is present here, game checks the condition when actually opening shop and populating the menu

I would recommend converting all of your When conds to gsq conds as well

This way there's less need for game to completely reload Data/Shops to change this one thin5

"{{ModID}}_LightningRod": {
  "ID": "{{ModID}}_LightningRod",
  "ItemID": "(BC)9",
  "Price": 2500,
  "AvailableStock": 2,
  "Condition": "DAY_OF_WEEK Thursday,PLAYER_HAS_CRAFTING_RECIPE Current Lightning Rod,PLAYER_FRIENDSHIP_POINTS Current Clint 750"
}

[lime seal]

I saw this on the wiki, is this still not accurate? This is what convinced me to keep the When conditions

[lucid iron]

the case im warning you against is asset is reloaded when patches are added/removed

shop conditions are not checked very often (it's only when you open a shop)

which page is this anyways

i kinda disagree with the whole phrasing because the vanilla places that provide option to use GSQ are not checked that often, it'd take a badly implemented C# mod to do something like this

[lime seal]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Game_state_queries#Queries_versus_Content_Patcher_conditions

[lucid iron]

yea it does feel like a note for C# modders who are trying to implement gsq

[lime seal]

I'm fairly certain it was a C# modder who wrote it lol

But feel free to specify the caveat for CP vs. C# in there!

[lucid iron]

i would reword it but for your specific case of shop menu, tossing out the data for every shop is kinda bad yes

[lime seal]

I realized I don't have complete knowledge on the ToPosition options for the move part (you mentioned Top is one), so I can't update the Shops modding wiki page I'm guessing the only way to find out is poking at the C# code, too

[lucid iron]

vs just doing a quick GSQ check when u actually go buy something from clint

[lime seal]

You've convinced me, especially since you were nice enough to just tell me what the Conditions should be

[lucid iron]

https://github.com/Pathoschild/StardewMods/blob/develop/ContentPatcher/docs/author-guide/action-editdata.md#edit-a-list

[lime seal]

I appreciate the effort

[lucid iron]

content patcher is a mod, so you will want to refer to it's docs for how to do things

you can think of it as, anything beneath Entries or Fields is game data land, check wiki docs for what to put

anything outside or in tokens ({{sometoken}}) is content patcher features

[lime seal]

I've used the CP docs before, but I do see there are way more pages now!

back in my modding days there were 2, the high level one, and the tokens one

[golden spire]

Is nice to see you active again Lenne

[lucid iron]

ik we all say "content patcher ate <framework>"

but it's really "vanilla game ate <framework> so now you can just edit content to do what you want"

[lime seal]

I see there is a section about how to move entries in the CP docs page you linked! yoba bless pathos

[valid folio]

Could you remind me how the time is measured? I want to set the time when the fish can be caught, but I didn't quite understand how the values should be indicated. In the mod I reviewed, it appears like this: 600 2600, but I'm not sure which time range that corresponds to.

[errant sparrow]

Is there any property or method to determine if a gameobject is able to be picked up by using your axe/pickaxe on it?

[lucid iron]

its military time

so 600 is 6am

and 2600 is 26:00 which is 2am

[valid folio]

ok. thanks

[lucid iron]

nothing very nice tbh

theres isbreakablestone

but that won't cover resource clumps

[errant sparrow]

I'm trying to determine if someone mistakingly used an axe/pickaxe on something

[lucid iron]

whats the goal here

[errant sparrow]

resourceclumps and such are easily handled

but I do want to preserve the normal state when picking up kegs and such

[lucid iron]

then what if u just prevent the tool interaction on bigcraftables with held items

that is a lot easier to check

[errant sparrow]

oh I probably explained it poorly, I'm looking for wrong uses of tools, like usng an axe on a stone or empty ground, and preventing energy usage

the easy checks are done, but I don't want item pickups like kegs and such to not use energy, but keeping a long list of objects seems like a terrible idea

[lucid iron]

hm

[errant sparrow]

my current idea is to filter out certain items, furniture and such and then just go back to whatever the game does by default

ones that have easy type checks

[lucid iron]

transpiler into this branch of Pickaxe.DoFunction and "give back" the stamina lost

[errant sparrow]

oh I fixed that issue with setting the IsEfficient property

[lucid iron]

(the stuff i collapsed is the normal actually effective uses)

[errant sparrow]

and then setting it back after

[lucid iron]

well regardless of how u handle stamina

this is the best place to know the tool didnt do anything

[errant sparrow]

oh you mean to use that as a way to determine usage

right right

[lucid iron]

yep

u would look for similar places on the DoFunction of other tools

i wish DoFunction returned a bool...

[errant sparrow]

That seems like a good place to start then, thanks for the tip!

[lucid iron]

hm i guess u also need to like

insert an else in the series of actually effective too uses

it'll be pain in IL honestly

[upbeat crow]

idk why i dont check it but what can i write for example as a mon dialogue?

[safe vector]

Hey chat, does anyone know of any mods that will allow me to just rotate my character in Stardew with the right joystick on my steamdeck? Instead of entering the cursor mode thing. Or of a mod that allows me to lock the direction in which my character looks while moving? Or both! It would make my gaming experience so much nicer 😅

[dry jacinth]

Modding seems to difficult for my adhd brain, I’d love to learn though. Maybe I will take up on it ✨

[golden spire]

any idea on what thing you would want to add/change?

[upbeat crow]

still idk why i dont check it but what can i write for example as a mon dialogue?
T_T

[lucid iron]

i dont think mouse/keyboard has anything to change character is looking either, you will have to make this mod

[safe vector]

Hmm, I might try to commision it

[lucid iron]

i cant say i even understand what you want

[safe vector]

I am not able to access my desktop, and I have no previous modding experience with stardew anyway xD

[safe vector]

The ability to change which way my character is looking, without first walking in that direction xD

Basically

The key part is that im using a controller

[valid folio]

Sorry, but I can't find where the categories appear in the mods section. I'm referring to the ones written with a negative number, like -74 or -4. I’m not sure if I’m making myself clear.

[lucid iron]

do you just want it for when you use tools

[safe vector]

I mean always would be nice but mainly for tools

[brittle pasture]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Items#Categories

[safe vector]

The cursor mode on controller is not nice

Sadly

[valid folio]

Ty 😁

[valid folio]

Ahhh, I had seen that page, but my lack of peripheral vision didn’t let me notice the first column... thank you so much!

[upbeat crow]

idk why i dont check it but what can i write for example as a mon dialogue?

[brittle pasture]

are you looking for writing ideas?

or technical help (ie which dialogue key)

https://discord.com/channels/137344473976799233/1277457201077813280 is a more specific thread for writing ideas and NPC stuff
my own tip: if your NPC works, Monday dialogue can mention them having to start the work week again (excitedly, matter-of-factly or exasperatedly, your pick)

[upbeat crow]

but do i write a sentence in there or where she goes?

[brittle pasture]

how far along are you in the NPC tutorials?

your dialogue in Characters/YourNpcId/Dialogue

[upbeat crow]

and what is meant by resort entering and leaving?

[brittle pasture]

you would then load that file into the asset I mentioned above

do you have a CP mod set up yet

ie do you have a content.json file

[upbeat crow]

i have a folder name [NPC] Eva and then when you go in there there is assets folder content and manifest then when i go assets there is Portraits Sprites and data folder and when i go data folder there is blank dispos and dialogue

thats what i have momently and i am working rn on dialogue but its complicated cuz of the many codding T_T

[brittle pasture]

you copied from a template I take it?
then just put what you want your NPC to say inbetween the quotes

"Mon": "I hate Mondays, Jon.",

[upbeat crow]

ok good thxn<3

and is the resorts also what the npc says?:)

sorry for asking T_T

[brittle pasture]

yes, they are all dialogue

those are for when the NPC enters/leaves the island resort

[upbeat crow]

ok good thank you very much<3

[upbeat crow]

and how do i do that when they change portraits when talking?

[golden spire]

?

are you asking how to change their expressions?

[upbeat crow]

yes so it isnt only the basic protrait T_TxD

[golden spire]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Dialogue#Portrait_commands

[upbeat crow]

thanks<3

sorry for being annoying everyone<3

last question when i change expression do i put the change portraits at the end of the sentence or on the begin?

[latent mauve]

At the end

[upbeat crow]

thanks

[fleet scaffold]

Hello !
I can't find a French mod to marry Caroline. I only have this one: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/15532
Is there a French mod, or is it possible to translate all the sentences myself so that they appear in French in the game ?

[brittle pasture]

if the mod uses i18n, translation is as simple as dropping a fr.json file into its i18n folder

however this mod doesnt seem to be using i18n, so you have to go through all its files and change its lines manually...

!converters or use the i18n converter on it

[ocean sail]

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:
  • Pants/skirt spritesheets to Fashion Sense
  • Visual Content Patcher mods to Alternative Textures
  • Hair spritesheets and JSON Assets shirts & hats to Fashion Sense
  • Custom Ore Nodes and Custom Resource Clumps mods to Item Extensions Framework
  • Content Patcher Animations to SpaceCore
• Other tools:
  • Extract i18n for a Content Patcher pack
  • Convert fish data from field names to slash delimited values
  • Convert markdown text to Nexus' bbcode

To use this command, type !converters.

[fleet scaffold]

It doesn't uses i18n 🥲

[brittle pasture]

then converter time (third link from the bottom)

[fleet scaffold]

Ok, thanks !

[whole raptor]

We can't build a dynamic token by using a global token inside a config token? ... I realize how that sounds...

        "Name": "Hair Style",
        "Value": "{{Seasonal Hair - {{Season}}}}"
},```

https://smapi.io/log/b9837d00121645b49509f250a6f8bff2

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.2-unofficial-sinz-2+3 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 10 Home, with 24 C# mods and 5 content packs.

[lucid iron]

What kinda crime are you doing...

I don't think you can use tokens in token names

Like in i18n the thing u are tokening is actually the first positional argument

[whole raptor]

Oh, I could have sworn I saw someone use something like this My memory is starting to scare me...

[rough lintel]

@ivory plume random question: your linq script for event i18ning, is there a line i could add so that it parses events that are formatted like

/line
/line
/line
``` rather than ``line/line/line``?

[valid folio]

Is Pathoschild here? Later I will ask something

People, do you happen to know the size of a fish sprite? I want to add one, and in theory, I already have all the code written, but I’m missing the little fish. I was thinking of recoloring a vanilla game fish, but even though I unpacked the files, I can't find where the fish are haha.

[lucid iron]

there's 2 kinds of fish sprite

the item one is 16x16 like all items

[valid folio]

🤔 ?

[lucid iron]

the swimming fish is called aquarium sprite

[acoustic summit]

There is also the aquarium sprite(s) which are slightly bigger (20 by 2024 by 24) yes what they said

[whole raptor]

I believe my i18nifier handles this format if you want it's probably less automated than Pathos' tho

[lucid iron]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Fish_data#Aquarium_fish

24x24 apparently

these r what u need to make if you want to let people put fish in tank

[rough lintel]

im actually using yours rn, lmao, it just doesnt handle quickquestions but thats okay!!! it does what i need

i can manually do the rest

[whole raptor]

I thought I fixed that

I hate quickqiestions format

[valid folio]

Wait... is it necessary to do what it says in this link https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Fish_data about aquarium fish? Because the mod I used as an example didn’t have either aquariumfish.json or fishpond.json

[lucid iron]

they could have done the edit anywhere

[valid folio]

I didn't see any mention of those files, and nothing appears in the content.json of the mod mentioning them

[ornate trellis]

what mod are you using as an example?

[valid folio]

Fish Bonanza
I just wanted to make a fish, you cast the rod, catch the fish, cook it, and eat it, haha, nothing more and nothing less. Well, I'm going to make the aquariumfish.json, I'll probably bother you in a bit

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/28447

[ornate trellis]

well, p sure you can make the fish not be able to be thrown into the sighpond but if you dont have an aquarium part then anyone who uses visible fish will have a biug far error in their log since that mod uses the aquarium sprites to display the fish in the water

[valid folio]

And this mod it has aquaium and fishponf

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/27070?tab=description

[ornate trellis]

fish bonanza is a p big mod to use as an example O:

[ivory plume]

On line 63, you can try changing this line:

string[] commands = @event.Value.Split('/');

To this:

string[] commands = @event.Value.Split('/', StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);

It'll generate the new event script without line breaks, but a quick bit of search & replace in a text editor should fix that.

[acoustic summit]

Is that true? I thought it would just use the item sprites in that case.

[ornate trellis]

I like to suggest looking at https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/8907 usually since its p small in waht it adds

[ornate trellis]

nope VF uses aquarium sprites. Found that out pianfully when I made my own fish and tested

also...why did i type sighpond in that message lmao what

brains dead after retail shift

[valid folio]

Ah, I see—and no, I don’t want it to have that issue, so I’ll go ahead and make the required file

[ornate trellis]

may I also sugggest https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Tutorial:_Adding_a_New_Fish

[rough lintel]

you're the goat as always, thank you!

[valid folio]

ok thanks

[valid folio]

ok thanks x2

[crisp marlin]

Ok, so this is probably a super vague thing to ask but....

I want to try my hand at this but I don't know where to start. Like, I have ideas of WHAT I want to make, including personal things to make my own mods play together more nicely (which is though might be a good start before I start making my own)

But....where do I code? How to I make them connect? I'm not afraid to program...but I'm not sure where the best place to do it is...Visual Studio? Directly in Notepad?

Getting a suuuper basic rundown is kind of whre I'm at.

[lucid iron]

!startmodding

[ocean sail]

Making mods can be broadly divided into two categories:

• Content packs are formatted text files, and don't need any programming knowledge. They can add/edit NPCs, maps, new items, shops, and more. To get started, see the list of framework mods, the wiki tutorial for Content Patcher, and there might be relevant guides on the tutorial wiki.
• C# mods use programming code to change fundamental game mechanics. See getting started with C# modding.

Usually it’s easier to start with making content packs, since you don't need to learn programming.

To use this command, type !startmodding.

[lucid iron]

do you have any programming experiance

[crisp marlin]

I do yes

[lucid iron]

yep just learn C# then

[crisp marlin]

But...where do i put the C# lol

[lucid iron]

follow the wiki tutorial for basic C# mod

you can also tell us what kind of mod you want to make

so we can point you to right approach

[crisp marlin]

Ok, so one idea I have is bat boxes that function a little like tappers in that you can put them on trees to attract different kinds of bats depending on a item you put in them to get started. To make it more unique than just more fruit bats, I was thinking like, have different types of bats that bring different things.

I started with just wanting bat boxes, and then built a gameplay concept around that tbh lol.

[lucid iron]

hm so for the case where you just produce, there is indeed a framework

[crisp marlin]

Producer Framework?

I'm pretty sure I have that for some of the unique machines I have in my game, like the kimchi recipe add on

[lucid iron]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/22975

[crisp marlin]

Oh cool

[lucid iron]

however i don't think this framework features any kind of thing where you spawn a critter

[crisp marlin]

My biggest question is like, where do you guys WRITE the C#, do you go directly into GitHub? Visual Studio? Notepad?

I would assume the critter animation would be possible as an add on

[lucid iron]

for C# people tend to use visual studio or rider and sometimes vscode

but if you wanna use a framework to do things, you just need to write json files

!json

[ocean sail]

JSON is a standard format for machine-readable text files that's used by Stardew Valley mods.

If you need help with a JSON file, you can upload it to smapi.io/json to see automatic validation and share the link here.

When making mods, it's recommended to edit your files in a text editor with JSON support, such as VS Code, Notepad++, or Sublime Text. These programs will check for syntax errors.

To use this command, type !json.

[crisp marlin]

Ok that's good to know

[lucid iron]

i recommend taking look at the content patcher tutorial here as well

[fierce vault]

Is there a way to move multiple layers in tiled at once..? I'm guessing probably not, but it would make my mistake a lot easier to fix. Is there a plug-in perhaps?

[proven spindle]

You can use ctrl to select multiple layers in the layers pane at once

[fierce vault]

Oh really? Let me try that out

[fierce vault]

Thank you! I realized I needed to resize the map after figuring out where I wanted things, and now I can easily move them after resizing!

[inner harbor]

IS this error caused by an NPC animation being broken? https://smapi.io/log/5114aedee0b244ff94d883385ceacfab

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.1 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 10 Home, with 52 C# mods and 62 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[inner harbor]

it froze the screen from scrolling/keeping the farmer centered, and basically bugged out my game

[sour sleet]

Can anyone help me out? I'm trying to load a special order onto my custom board (I've already made a special order with another npc and it's working, just doesn't seem to want more than one order on the board?) I'm getting too much red text lmao https://smapi.io/log/4b993ad729b24a8d8bbb30b6cf65a906

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.1 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 11 Home, with 13 C# mods and 4 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[sour sleet]

I'm using EMP

And it didn't seem to like me starting a new day

Because it turned winter 1 and would have updated the special orders board

[urban patrol]

iirc, i had that error message before and it was an issue with my animations, yeah. #making-mods-general message

unfortunately i can't see my log from then since it was too long ago but the repeated errors rang a bell

you can scroll up to see the context of the conversation too if you want

[inner harbor]

I tried to add an offset on the end of a working one and it's probably the one that errored i will remove the offset.

FTR, this was the code: "ethan_read": "26/25/26///offset 16 0",

[urban patrol]

hmm yeah let me see if i have offsets in mine, one sec

[inner harbor]

I feel like I have the correct number of slashes but maybe it just doesn't like an offset by itself?

[urban patrol]

"charles_music": "28 28 29 29 29 29/30/29 29 28//laying_down/offset 0 16"

this is mine, but it includes a laying down so it might be different

let me also check the schedule just in case there's anything in there

[scarlet ether]

Just wondering, is there any obscure mod out there that condenses NPC dialogue? I'd rather only have to click once to get all the lines instead of having to click on the NPC again just for the next sentence.

[whole raptor]

I love finding out something wasn't working for over a month in a mod, while preparing for a mostly unrelated update

[inner harbor]

yeh I wondered if it was related to the fact I didn't have anything in the "laying_down" field

[urban patrol]

i don't know how to read actual game code but i wonder why you wouldn't be able to have an offset without laying down. like what about sitting in furniture or something?

[inner harbor]

well it is a sitting sprite. Is sitting an option?

[urban patrol]

"edwin_swingset": "23/23/23//laying_down/offset -7 -35", this is what i have for my NPC sitting in a swing

i think what laying down does is remove the shadow

i do know that spacecore can have an offset for sprite animations, if you happen to be using that framework

[inner harbor]

yeh I used the laying down for Jasper when he's doing his floor exercises.

[urban patrol]

but i think since the chair should already have a shadow you would be safe to use laying down? depends on how you think it looks

[inner harbor]

possibly, yeh.

[sour sleet]

Bump

[lucid iron]

did u add it on saturday

[half tangle]

I have a question about changeLocation in scripted events. According to the wiki, it "Change[s] to another location and run[s] the remaining event script there."

Looking at two examples in Town.json I see the introduction to the community center has two location changes, first to the CC, second to Town. The completed CC event has only one location change, though: to the CC. However both events in game leave the player at the front steps of the CC (with command end position 52 20). Is the second changeLocation to Town in the intro event superfluous? Or in other words, if the player triggers the event in Town, will the player remain in Town after the event even if there was a location change during the event?

(or I guess not "superfluous" but rather not part of returning the player to Town)

[sour sleet]

I may have done, yes. Should I try it on a different save?

[lucid iron]

no its just that the special order thing refreshes on sunday so if u add it them it wont show

what i'd do is

debug specialorder <your special order> to make sure it is added at all

[sour sleet]

Ok, it doesn't seem to be in the game

01:31:21 ERROR game] Failed loading special order '8BitAlien.LilybrookSpecialOrders.OakleyRequest'.
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[lucid iron]

need to check the usual patching stuff then

patch summary etc

[sour sleet]

So i just put patch summary and then my mod name?

[lucid iron]

yea

https://github.com/Pathoschild/StardewMods/blob/develop/ContentPatcher/docs/author-guide/troubleshooting.md

[sour sleet]

So what am I looking at when I’m getting the patch summary?

The special orders JSON is included and one of them is showing on the board, the new one is not. I’m so confused lol

[lucid iron]

see if your edit applied successfully

and why it didn't

tbh im mostly telling you to do this cus you said you want to keep mod secret as much as possible

[sour sleet]

It’s not listing specific orders - just the json in general

[lucid iron]

so it's good know these debug methods

[sour sleet]

Yep that’s true:)

[lucid iron]

patch export Data/SpecialOrders is also good

but summary is better at explaining why your edit didnt apply

[sour sleet]

Ok, so the patch export thing is showing both orders in the json

Does that mean it’s been applied then?

And the patch summary also says it’s been applied

[lucid iron]

hm did u get item id wrong somewhere

[sour sleet]

Just checked over it and nope

[lucid iron]

i do remember there being an NRE related to malformed special order tho

check your objective names too

[sour sleet]

I’ve actually got a context tag rather than an item id. Could that be making a difference?

[lucid iron]

no i think its probably the objective name

"Type": "Collect", and such

[sour sleet]

I have "Type": "Collect", currently and then "Type": "Donate”, as Objective #2

Wait - what does MinimumCapacity mean for the Donate field? Maybe I’ve got that wrong

Data field, I mean

[lucid iron]

thats the chest size of the drop box

[sour sleet]

Ahh ok

I’m trying again and I’m on fall 28. When I do debug nd - the game crashes and smapi has filled with red text

[rough lintel]

anyone have the link for the in-browser FTM file editor? i lost it 😔

oh my god its in the actual files nvm

[sour sleet]

Ahhh I can’t see anything wrong with my jsons - feel like I’m going a bit insane

Tried on another save and the game crashes and won’t stop generating error text in smapi whenever I view the order board

[lucid iron]

that means it was assigned

so yes some kinda bad data there

[sour sleet]

Yes there’s something it doesn’t like lol

Is the “RequiredTags” entry optional?

[golden basin]

Does anyone want a spider npc for their mod

She's humanoid and a older design of mine id like her to have a home

[tiny zealot]

tempting, but not really a good fit for my plans. but i'd love to see her

[golden basin]

Shes in mod art

[tiny zealot]

ooh

[spring marlin]

is there a way to reload maps without restarting the entire game?(im trying to use content patcher to add new areas but it takes forever to test)

[lucid iron]

patch reload <mod id>

hm i think u can reload just one map but its with patch invalidate maybe

[spring marlin]

patch reload doesn't seem to reload new maps(it might work, i was working with a map that was causing errors, maybe thats why it wasn't working)

[proven spindle]

Have you tried patch reload and then sleeping? Some map stuff doesn't change till the day changes

[sour sleet]

Still no luck

Chu, are you able to have a look at it for me if I can dm you? I totally understand if not

[lucid iron]

i dont think i'd know enough to immediately be able to tell

[latent mauve]

If it is a new custom location and the location data has CreateOnLoad, then it is likely that you will not see the map changes if you are editing the base map file and are not simply applying an EditMap patch

You need to reload the save itself to see changes to a custom map texture that is defined in a location data entry using CreateOnLoad

[sour sleet]

Ah ok, no problem

[sour sleet]

Is this the correct way of filling in this field? "AcceptedContextTags": "category_clothing"

I'm trying to rule out everything

Wondering if it's a limitation with EMP that you can't have more than one request on the board?

[royal stump]

the custom boards show 2 orders at a time, they're essentially identical to the vanilla one, just looking at a different category

assuming you're still getting the error from the log above, it sounds like something in the order data is null/missing when it shouldn't be; it'd help to see the full thing

[lucid mulch]

patch invalidate on the map asset should propagate to the location

[sour sleet]

Oh hi Esca haha. That's good to know. May I DM you? I'm making an expansion and I wanna keep it as private as possible y'see

[lucid mulch]

and if the tilesheet(s) themselves got changed, invalidating the tilesheet(s) should also apply

[royal stump]

alright, I think I have them off here, one sec

k, should be enabled

[sour sleet]

All sorted now, thanks to Esca. I can actually sleep tonight lmao

[thorn river]

For anyone who uses Love of Cooking mod: how do you get the recipe for "cooking chocolate" and "coconut milk"? I've searched Nexus, Google, and Reddit and have found NOTHING. lol what am I missing?

[urban patrol]

you might have better luck asking in #modded-stardew

[thorn river]

ty! new here, and not sure where to ask. Will go there. Thanks : )

[heavy arrow]

i want an ingame checklist :(

[vernal crest]

I use patch reload all the time when working on my maps

[heavy arrow]

/to do list

[vernal crest]

Like To-Dew or Deluxe Journal?

[heavy arrow]

yeah :D

but idk how to use it

doesnt work

[lucid iron]

!mh

[ocean sail]

For help with modding issues, please ask in #1272025932932055121! When asking for assistance there, sharing an error log will help others identify your issue (see https://smapi.io/log for instructions).

To use this command, type !mh.

[vernal crest]

Head to the tech support forum that Chu linked to if you need help using either mod. This channel is for support making mods :)

[heavy arrow]

alright thank :D

[heavy arrow]

im sorry one question, how do i get my smapi logs?

[tiny zealot]

(see https://smapi.io/log for instructions).

[heavy arrow]

thanks!

[valid folio]

Thanks so much everyone, my fish mod is working now!

[median forum]

if i'm making a new heart event for a character that already has a heart event, what do i need to do in order to make sure the vanilla event doesn't trigger? is it just a matter of making sure my event has the exact same "header"/requirements?

like, if i'm doing a two heart event for abigail, would it be enough if mine were just "1/f Abigail 500/p Abigail/d Sat"

[vernal crest]

If you want to replace the vanilla one exactly, then yes you'd just use the same key (the event id + preconditions) and replace the value with your own event script. if you want to replace it but with different preconditions, you set the original one to null and make a new entry with your desired key.

[median forum]

oh great okay, thank you!

[hot oasis]

Hello!! I'm editing Town on tiled and having trouble with the paths layer specifically! I'm trying to remove some trees and bushes and tried using the eraser on those red icon tiles, but in-game they still appear! I'm able to add my own tilesets and have it show in game so just trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong! Thanks!!:))

[spring marlin]

pretty sure those are tree spawn points, so you will need a new save for them to not be there

[hot oasis]

Oh! Okay good to know I have been testing it on the same save file so that's probably it, haha..thank you!

[spring marlin]

where is the bridge sprite that looks kinda like these?(please don't mind my terrible GIMP drawing skills)

[versed wyvern]

It'd probably be easier to identify if you described where it physically appears in the game

The only bridges I can recall that can go vertical would be the planks in rivers but they don't think they have perpendicular parallel grooves

[vernal crest]

I think all the bridges are on spring_outdoorsTileSheet anyway except the island ones which are on island_tilesheet_1

[versed wyvern]

Oh, they're the bridges used on some farm maps

[versed wyvern]

Yeah it looks like they're on spring_outdoors, this looks like them

[next quarry]

is there a flag for the BrokenBeachBridge-repair?

[spice inlet]

been working a bit on custom bundle completion ribbons

[spice inlet]

Glancing at the code, fixing the beach bridge sets the world state id beachBridgeFixed

NetWorldState.addWorldStateIDEverywhere("beachBridgeFixed");

The documentation for content patchersHasFlag condition states it also checks for world state IDs

there's also a WORLD_STATE_ID <id>+ GSQ

[next quarry]

so like this?
GameStateQuery WORLD_STATE_ID beachBridgeFixed

I'll just try it :D
big thanks <3

(used HasFlag and it worked wonderfully, yay )

[spring marlin]

is there a way to reload custom bundles(made with Unlockable Bundles) without restarting your game?

[spring marlin]

if anyone is wondering just reload the world(exit and go back in)

Correction: do "patch reload <ModID>" then load your world(you can quit before or after reloading your mod, doesn't seem to matter)

is there a way to make consuming a book multiple times give you more buffs infinitly?(i wanna make a rare book that increases your Max HP by 5 and i want it so if you use 3 of them you have gained 15)

[gaunt orbit]

That should be pretty easy with c# and a bit of harmony.

Might not even need harmony actually

Books increase their item stat when you read them, and if you make it the xp book category, it'll be reusable.

Only downside of that is that it'll give you a small amount of xp as a side effect. (unless you use harmony to mess with it)

[lucid iron]

i thought all books were reusable

[gaunt orbit]

Oh, maybe they are 🤔

Non-xp books will show the "read" icon though

Also I should clarify that I mean item category. The code itself uses item ids to determine whether to give xp or treat it as a power

Oh wait I see, the check in readbook means you only get xp from power books if you've already read them.

That's interesting, I didn't know you could do that

Anyways yeah. Long story short, give the item category -104 and a color context tag to match the sprite, then just check game stats for the item id to know how many times the player has read it, and modify max health accordingly

[lucid iron]

if u r in CP only i think u can still do it by having multiple version of the buff

up to some reasonable limit ofc

[spring marlin]

was thinking that, just wondered if there was a more elegant way(like <bookid_BOOKS_READ>x5 or something)

[lucid iron]

hm if there was token to access player stats then u could do silly dynamic query

idk if that exists tho

[upbeat crow]

i wanted to ask what to write so i mention the farmer names how do i do that?

[vernal crest]

Where are you trying to use it?

[upbeat crow]

dialogue

[vernal crest]

@ gets replaced with the farmer's name in dialogue.

[upbeat crow]

just a @?

okay thanks!

[sage hemlock]

I'm trying to understand NetWorldState. When does this get filled? On save load? And can I just use NetWorldState.addWorldStateIDEverywhere to make a new global variable? Does it stay when I load a save or do I have to create the new ID every time I start the game?

I'd like to add a check/flag when the player gets an iridium pickaxe so I don't have to check all the chests for it every time (which I think is the only way to check if the player has it?)

[lucid iron]

just do a mailflag

Game1.addMail(YourFlagString, noLetter: true);

[sage hemlock]

I checked that. Didn't know that was how the game tracked stuff like the CC being completed...

So if I use noLetter true it won't show on the collections in the mail tab?

[lucid iron]

the pelican post office is very busy

[gaunt orbit]

Yes

[lucid iron]

you (and game itself) can treat it just as a hashset of strings

that get saved and all

some other things you can use is mod save data, which would allow you to store a data model as json

[sage hemlock]

OK, I guess I'll use that, thanks. Just to make sure though, there's no easy way to check if a player has an iridium pick aside from checking his inventory and all his chests, right?

[lucid iron]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Modder_Guide/APIs/Data#Save_data

yea you have to do that at least once on game start

in one of my mods, my approach was to build a cache of items owned by doing Utility.ForEachItem on save load

and then update this cache with Events.Player.InventoryChanged

if you only have 1 particular item to check for then u can skip having cache and just directly add mailflag once you detect the player obtaining iridium pickaxe

[sage hemlock]

Yeah, that's why I want the flag. Thought it would be faster to check just a flag.

But yeah, I'll use addMail for it. Thanks for the help. @lucid iron @gaunt orbit

[sour sleet]

I know outdoor tilesheets will automatically change if it has spring as the prefix but I assume it's not the same if the tiles are indoors? I have some seasonal decorations indoors that I have alternate versions for and they are not changing. Any ideas why?

[weary pivot]

How much RAM does it usually cost to mod stardew valley?

I have a 2gb available ram PC lol

[whole raptor]

More than that...

[proud wyvern]

2 GB is not enough to even run modern Windows

[whole raptor]

At least 16gb total for decently modded game I'd say

[proud wyvern]

i'd say 8 GB minimum, assuming you close down Chrome

[blissful panther]

2GB total, or available? Big difference! Either way, definitely pushing it a little.

[latent mauve]

If I am understanding your intention correctly, you could probably do an EditImage action with the {{season}} token used in the FromFile to change your decorations tilesheet each season.

[vernal crest]

Correct, it only applies to outdoor locations. Lily's suggestion is the way to go (or different patches with When but hers is cleaner).

I have 16GB of RAM and I have to close Firefox to run Stardew

I think my crashes are due to CPU throttling but they might be RAM

[sour sleet]

Thanks both! Not sure I fully understand what Lily is saying though

[latent mauve]

Something like {"Action": "EditImage", "Target": "Tilesheets/{{ModId}}_Furniture", "FromFile": "assets/{{season}}_furniture.png"}

And your pngs would be named spring_furniture, summer_furniture and so on

[sour sleet]

Thanks, I understand now

[latent mauve]

(I just woke up, sorry if that was confusing until I posted the example)

[sour sleet]

No, it's fine, I'm running on a few hours of sleep lol

[latent mauve]

Fixed the quotes that I skipped over when typing from mobile, LOL

[opal oriole]

Hello! How do I make a tileset for a map to change depending on the season?

[latent mauve]

If it's an indoor map tileset, you would do the same as the explanation I gave 8bitAlien a moment ago. If it's an outdoor map, then the game should automatically switch the tilesets each season presuming you've loaded the tileset with the season at the front of the names, like so: spring_tilesetName, summer_tilesetName, fall_tilesetName, winter_tilesetName.

[opal oriole]

ok thx!

[weary pivot]

available

[lucid iron]

Well i can tell u smapi goes above 2gb by itself sometimes, on big loads

Also if you are just looking to install and use mods this is wrong channel

!gs

[ocean sail]

If you would like a guide to setting up mods for Stardew Valley, check out the getting started guide! https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide

To use this command, type !gs.

[lucid iron]

For making mods the C# language server is very hungry...

[main hemlock]

Hello!! please tell me if im in the wrong channel but i need help with a special NPC, and it wouldn’t accept gifts whatsoever, it’s a bug..
i noticed the author about it but they didn’t respond to my plead, so i want to try to fix it myself.. is that possible?

[rigid oriole]

If you want to edit the mod to fix it yourself, this is the right channel

[weary pivot]

No I'm developing it

[rigid oriole]

Do be aware you may not be permitted to publish the fix depending on the original mods permissions

[lucid iron]

If memory is concern i think notepad++ is better than vsc on that front

Hard to say anything more specific

[main hemlock]

yes i’m not planning to publish it anywhere or claim it as my own,, i just wanna fix it and keep it for myself ^^

[lucid iron]

Which npc is it

[main hemlock]

it’s customized NPC called wanderer that is based of a genshin impact character, although i particularly know nothing about coding but i managed to translate the lines from chinese to english, however i noticed that gifting doesn’t work at all.. i tried adding stuff that could fix it but unfortunately everytime i try to gift the npc something.. the log sends me a large red text 😭😭

i could send you the file or screenshots of it

[rigid oriole]

!log send it here

[ocean sail]

Important note: Your computer username may appear in the log. If your username is your full name, please be aware of this before uploading it.

Please share your SMAPI log file. To do so:

1. Open this page: smapi.io/log.
2. Follow the instructions at the top of the page to upload the log file. (Don't copy & paste from the console window!)
3. After uploading, it will show a green box with a URL to share. Post that URL here.

Please do it even if you don't see any errors. This has useful info like what mods and versions you have, what the mods are doing, etc. If the issue didn’t occur in your last session, please load the game to the point where the issue occurs, then upload the log.

To use this command, type !log.

[main hemlock]

okay one moment

here it is !!
https://smapi.io/log/c36bdf8ada744272bd8b68ac6393030c

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.1 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, with 15 C# mods and 22 content packs.

[rigid musk]

is there a way to do when conditions as like... a 'not'
so if you had 'when season is summer' for one thing and then 'when season is not summer' for another

[lucid iron]

Yeah it's season|contains=summer: false

The placement of quotes is left as exercise for the reader

[rigid musk]

You know... you'd think id think of that

my excuse is that im very tired and it also just took me five times to type the word 'excuse' so

[vernal crest]

What even is an array when it comes to gift tastes

Well in the absence of chu immediately jumping in with an explanation of what is going wrong...

[vernal crest]

!json Can you share your json with the gift tastes please? Instructions below this message.

[ocean sail]

JSON is a standard format for machine-readable text files that's used by Stardew Valley mods.

If you need help with a JSON file, you can upload it to smapi.io/json to see automatic validation and share the link here.

When making mods, it's recommended to edit your files in a text editor with JSON support, such as VS Code, Notepad++, or Sublime Text. These programs will check for syntax errors.

To use this command, type !json.

[main hemlock]

YES OF COURSE

[lucid iron]

I don't really know off hand either

[main hemlock]

the issue is the gift tastes is.. i kinda created it because i read a lot of things and copy pasted plenty of things,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but i'll share it with you !!

[lucid iron]

Gonna guess something went wrong during translation of the gift taste dialogue

Assuming the gift taste worked in original version

[main hemlock]

https://smapi.io/json/none/2835eccf77e7435c8d92348ca6311935

i also added NPCGiftTaste file in dialogue folder.............

im kinda winging it...........

[vernal crest]

Can I see your patch where you add this to the game? I expect it will probably look something like this inside the content.json:

"Action": "Load",
"Target": "Data/NPCGiftTastes",
"FromFile": "assets/dialogue/NPCGiftTaste"

[main hemlock]

uhm like this ........................?
{
"LogName": "Wanderer Gift Tastes",
"Action": "EditData",
"Target": "Data/NPCGiftTastes",
"Entries": {
"Wanderer": "Love: 815; Like: 373; Neutral: 256 267 268 400 591 593 597 621 645 648; Dislike: 221 259 256 685 769; Hate: 417"
}
}
],

"RepeatEvents": [26427109]
}

[golden spire]

have you used AI for generating this?

[vernal crest]

Okay that's the one the game is actually using. That first one you sent isn't being used at all (probably, unless you have a patch somewhere else loading it). And this one is set up wrong, so I imagine that's why the game is complaining. Easy fix though! You just have to copy and paste the "Wanderer" line from the first one you sent over the "Wanderer" line from this one.

[main hemlock]

yes...................

i did,,

[blissful panther]

Ah, well... don't.

[main hemlock]

apologizes

[blissful panther]

Primarily because sharing that specific AI generated content is explicitly against the rules.

So if you do want help with that, get rid of all of the AI stuff, and we can help from there.

[main hemlock]

i see OK !!

i will remove the ai stuff

[vernal crest]

But also, importantly, the AI will give you complete rubbish that will never work.

[blissful panther]

Which makes it difficult for anyone trying to help you!

[main hemlock]

YES I KNOW but i was quite...... desperate, apologizes i will remove everything ai generated,,,,,,, and i will sned you the thing again

one moment please !!

[urban patrol]

genuinely i think it’s easier to try to teach someone from scratch than try to correct AI generated stuff lol

[blissful panther]

Yeah, mainly because the vast majority of the time correcting the AI generated stuff is to get rid of all of it.

[rough lintel]

omg hiiii dh

[lime seal]

I'm testing an event in Harvey's clinic and I'm getting a warning regarding Maru's portrait. I'm not sure what's causing the problem because I don't have a command about a temp portrait for Maru in my event. I added the command changePortrait Maru Hospital and Maru's portrait changed to the hospital one, but I'm still getting the warning in the log. Any ideas?

Event code: https://smapi.io/json/none/ec68ea25c4264773b6d197daa5c46909
Log: https://smapi.io/log/1a93dc12374b4962afbde8367478252a

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.1 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, with 14 C# mods and 2 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[brisk wedge]

anyone happen to know off the top of their head how to get the season sprites used in the upper right menu thing in cpp or have a code pointer to it?

[vernal crest]

C++?

[tiny zealot]

NPC Maru can't load portraits from 'Portraits\Maru_Temp' (per the UniquePortrait map property in 'Temp'):
this "UniquePortrait map property" seems relevant. check your map files, i guess?
my other suggestion is to try triggering it naturally instead of with debug ebi and see if it occurs in that situation too. if it doesn't, you may be able to simply ignore it

[golden spire]

what if you try changing her portrait before the change to the temp map,

[brisk wedge]

sry mean csharp

[lime seal]

thank you both! I'll go poke at the map to see what's up, and test out moving the command to change the portrait

[golden spire]

there is also a /ReplaceWithClone event command which copies the NPC and any alterations to that NPC only affect the clone.. so it might get round weird quirks. I use it for the pet ejection dialogue to stop some quirks from that.

[calm nebula]

Oh lol this is amazing

My guess is your using the hospital as a twmp map

It's fully harmless