making-mods-general

[lucid comet]

just for my curiosity: why would you not want your destination be available from central station?

[reef siren]

It should only be accessible from when the boulder is removed on Summer 3, if it’s accessible from Central Station it wouldn’t make sense to have it just not exist in CS until summer 3, yknow? I want the road block to my location to literally BE the existing road block (the boulder) :0

[lucid comet]

i think i would add a line about there being a roadblock on the tracks to your location as well (someone muttering about joja doing joja things) and then make it available after the boulder is gone via both train station and CS ^^"

[brittle ledge]

Can't you keep CS locations conditionally locked?

[devout otter]

You should be able to do it with the Condition field in Central Station.

[brittle ledge]

thank you for validating me Dolphin

[lucid comet]

(or even add a small bundle in the railroad area that you have to finish to unlock your location and have that be the unlock criterium for both, but that is my scope creep side sneaking in)

[lucid comet]

i thought so too, so that's why i figured it would have to be a story related issue? that it wouldn't make sense lorewise if you cant get there via cs^^"

[reef siren]

Ahhh I guess that could work, I hadn’t considered that actually! I had my tunnel vision on “Must be from Stardew train station only” to even consider I could just condition the station to not be accessible from Central Station until then haha!

And so to double check (I haven’t played with CS ever before my mod idea has been on the back burner for like 2 years) I can go to the train station and travel directly to my location without the need to go to CS first? And the location will also be accisible from CS too? Or can I only make it accessible to Stardew Station only

[devout otter]

You can make it accessible from Stardew Station only.

Or you can make it accessible from CS too.

[stark spindle]

Sadly I can't find any example in there that is just replacing a substring but thanks so much all the same.

[devout otter]

If you want, you should also be able to use trigger, so that it would be available from CS only after you get there from the Stardew Station.

[reef siren]

HUZZAH! Wonderful news! I think for the first time going ill make it accessible only via Stardew but once you’ve been there it is accessible to CS maybe like some landslide or something between CS and my location lol

[reef siren]

Aha exactly as I was imagining !

Thank you all so much for the guidance! Time to download CS

[gloomy wagon]

helloo, is there a way to combine seasonal options and dropdown variants with furniture framework? say like a spring tree but the variants are different colors/details for that season @woeful lintel (forgot to tag)

[golden basin]

would anyone be interested in help me with the museum framework thing? im feeling very overwhelmed by the information

[hallow prism]

if you explain the issue i can see if i have clue but i don't do more than that

[golden basin]

I guess i just dont know where to even start learning how to use the mod. hmm i might need to step away from it actually and come back

[brittle pasture]

Button has a thread here if you need to ask her questions directly

[hallow prism]

the documentation is pretty good with entire examples to copy and a demo mod

if you want to take it slow look at the demo mod, sleep a couple of day and return with questions

my experience is that stuff i find overwhelming is easier to deal with :

• in smaller bits
• with some good rest so it "clicks"

[echo sand]

can i get some help with this mod? https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/35810?tab=posts

i tried to run it just to test and pinkie won't spawn. my SMAPI log is in the link; just scroll down a scootch

[cold marsh]

On a scale of "none at all" to "same as a CP OnTimeChange patch", how resource intensive is it to use a SYNCED_CHOICE GSQ set to a tick interval?

I need it for an item that gives you random buffs when consumed.

I assume it would be better than using {{Random: a, b, c |key={{Time}} }}?

[opal tendon]

how do you put things on top of the bus like this

[reef siren]

New question, can a tile action ask a question? So in game you click on the tile and it asks a question and then requires a response—is this a thing?

[pine elbow]

hi

[royal stump]

Assuming that's in Data/Objects, it's probably better to use a GSQ, though performance is hard to compare without testing. Invalidating a large often-edited asset usually means more work for CP, while food buff conditions should only be checked when the player eats that specific item.

And for what it's worth, "tick" is as efficient as the other intervals in those random options. They just change which number the RNG uses, not how often any work happens.

[cold marsh]

That's exactly the kind of answer I've been looking for, thanks. Guess I'll bite the bullet and use it since I really wrote myself into a corner with needing it.

[royal stump]

I think the whole bus sprite is pulled from this part of LooseSprites/Cursors. Or if you mean the tail/ears specifically, they probably made the bus a little shorter

[golden basin]

which part of a special order is the ID?

im getting a error saying my Id doesnt exist is why im asking

so im just confused

https://smapi.io/json/none/41e8dee84f3b4e8caa1da601100fc0bb

[royal stump]

it should be the entry key before the data model, as in Willy for the first vanilla one

[golden basin]

my code*

[royal stump]

so {{ModID}}_ArcanianMuseumBuild in that one, with whatever your mod ID is of course

[golden basin]

i wonder why its saying it doesnt exist...

[royal stump]

it'd help to see the log, it could be referring to another list/object inside that or something

[golden basin]

ill get that for you one sec

https://smapi.io/log/e98e63dccb03424db533cf5aded16f0b

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.2.1 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows 11 Home, with 35 C# mods and 17 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them, SMAPI is out of date, consider updating it

[golden basin]

what do you think?

[royal stump]

so I'm pretty sure the ID itself does exist there, though you could check patch export Data/SpecialOrders to make sure you see it; that error can happen if anything is null in the GetSpecialOrder code, which loads pretty much the entire thing
(anything that shouldn't be null, to be clear; it's okay in some fields, just unclear which)

[golden basin]

oooo

[royal stump]

the other errors about your NPC might've made that code miss something, or one of the other fields might have an issue, it's hard to tell

[golden basin]

so if i do use something do a ""

[royal stump]

...oh, yeah, some of those can't be null for whatever reason

OrderType and SpecialRule should be "" instead of null, at least

[stray trellis]

So I tried putting toilet texture over an existing rug texture with no luck, couldn't find it in the catalogue. I'll probably try again. I am, hower, finding ways to amuse myself.

[hallow prism]

i tend to remove all the null field when i can because, as i often say, "null is nul" (nul means lame in french, roughly)

(not to be confused with french "lame" which is blade)

(luckily there's no "blade" word in french)

[golden basin]

AAAAAAAYYYYYY

[stray trellis]

lmao

[golden basin]

hey at least its working

[stray trellis]

No, I meant the ayyyylmao like in my name

You said aaayyyy, so I said lmao, lol

https://tenor.com/view/aye-ayy-lmao-lmao-alien-dancing-gif-5313527

From an old meme

[golden basin]

oooooo ok

[pine elbow]

hi

[golden basin]

GUn

[pine elbow]

He is locked and loaded

[golden basin]

hes ready for vilence

[wanton pebble]

Is there a relatively simple way to string compare several names into a list in Content Patcher? Trying to create a list of potential people who can show up in an event but I have to make sure a (variable) NPC isn't part of that list

Example: I'd like to have four pools of names, but if the player's date is Leah, I can't add Leah to any of the lists. I know that in a vacuum I can do something like

{
         "Name": "VanillaIslander",
         "Value": "{{Random:{{VanillaIslander}}, Leah}}",
         "When": {
             "Date |contains= Leah": false,
         },
    },

But that only works on a static value of Date, and I need it to work on a lot more than just the vanilla 12 romanceables (since I know some people make Gus, Sandy, etc. romanceable, and that's not counting modded characters)

[opal tendon]

yeah the ears/tail itself that makes sense ty!

so i made a cat and it shows up when I use the alternative textures thing on it but its not showing up in the character creation screen and I made it with the content patcher method (theoretically) so idk what's going on with that does anyone know?

(the cat in question)

using the AT scissors I can get it to show up

but when I am in character creation it just shows as the normal cat/doesn't show up

does that mean I accidentally made an AT mod?

[hallow prism]

it would be pretty hard to accidentally make an AT mod

[opal tendon]

oh also this is the content thingy

[opal tendon]

maybe I'm just that skilled

[hallow prism]

you are just editing the sprite so of course the icon in main screen isn't changed

if you don't change it

[opal tendon]

oh

how do I change that too?

[hallow prism]

i believe it's in cursor

i also think it's cleaner to add a new animal entirely but i never did it

[opal tendon]

would that work by doing something else in the content code file thing?

[hallow prism]

i prefer no ping

and yes

[opal tendon]

oh sorry

do you know how to do it?

[hallow prism]

i know the general stuff : you unpack game file, look at how they do it, look at the wiki, and do the same, but i will not be able to guide you neither i want to

[hard fern]

i had a really weird nap, now time to get back to modding

[sturdy lava]

Hii, really sorry to bother everyone. I'm not a modder or anything, but I'm a digital artist who's super interested in making some mods (mainly portraits and character sprites, rlly just cosmetic stuff atm). I'm totally fine on the illustration side of things, but I know literally nothing about modding.

Would it even be possible for me to start learning now? Or are there a bunch of skills I'd need before I can even think about doing a project like this? I'm not very techy at all but I really wanna try!

If anyone knows any good beginner friendly resources or wouldn't mind dming me to help point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it! Sorry if this sounds kinda naive, I've just always wanted to get into modding in the games I play but never knew where to start. Thank u sm ♡

[torpid sparrow]

You can probably just sprite over the cursor as well

It’s not too hard to make a new pet if you want it to behave exactly like the cat just copy paste the code from the game

That’s what I did

[round dock]

!startmodding as a general guide

[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.

[torpid sparrow]

Anyone can learn how to mod

[sturdy lava]

thank you!

[torpid sparrow]

And it’ll never be too late unless CA nukes the game

[sturdy lava]

I'm just really embarrased bc I don't know anything about coding haha. I appreciuate you.

[round dock]

Also, the server is full of mod authors who excel at making sprites and portraits. Feel free to ask here! (not to me tho as it’s unfortunately not my niche )

[round dock]

If it gives you any sense of relief, before I started modding, I had neither inkling nor experience with coding all my life.

[torpid sparrow]

It’s okay I asked a bunch of questions when I started modding

Like a lot of questions

But you make it through cause there’s so much help here

[hard fern]

i too had absolutely 0 experience

[round dock]

But this community is wonderful at guiding and redirecting people at the right path. Not to mention resources and documentation so you know the basics.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions and to ask for help. We all start somewhere.

[sturdy lava]

Do you know how I could find someone who is experienced in making sprites and portraits like you mentioned?

Or should I just ask around

[hallow prism]

if you find a simple content patcher mod doing what you want (like, i don't know, changing elliott portrait) it's ok to look at it to see how stuff is done. I say "simple" because mods like DSV for ex are both pretty complex and using code that took a long time to create so they would be a different case

but for most basic stuff people don't usually mind being taked as example because they know there's no 50 ways to do stuff here

[sturdy lava]

DSV?

[torpid sparrow]

Diverse stardew valley

[round dock]

Diverse Star— damn it Wem

[torpid sparrow]

[round dock]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/17059

[wanton pebble]

!dsv

[sturdy lava]

hm interesting

[ocean sail]

Diverse Stardew Valley (https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/17059) is an expansion mod that adds extensive seasonal, festival, and location-specific outfits and alternate diversity redesigns for NPCs supported by dialogue, event edits, and map edits. Outfits are available for either the vanilla or alternate character designs and nearly every aspect of DSV can be configured individually. See the DSV website for more details, including a list of mods with special compatibility: https://diversestardewvalley.weebly.com/

To use this command, type !dsv.

[opal tendon]

to add the icon replacer in character creation what else do I need to add to this?

[hallow prism]

yes sorry i managed to not abbreviate Content Patcher (CP) then immediately forgot my resolution to avoid acronym with new users out of habit

[torpid sparrow]

!cp

[ocean sail]

Content Patcher (https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1915) is a mod which loads content packs to change the game's images and data without replacing XNB files. If you want to make mods using Content Patcher, start at https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Content_Patcher.

To use this command, type !cp.

[torpid sparrow]

content patcher easily enables you to change portraits and sprites

[wanton pebble]

Also I hit upon a much simpler way of doing this after a bit of hemming and hawing - I remembered after perusing my personal Date Night file that I had a section to get a different islander picking like so:

{
         "Name": "Islander1",
         "Value": "{{Random:{{SVEIslander}},{{RSVIslander}},{{ESIslander}},{{VanillaIslander}}|key=BeachDate}}",
         "When": {
             "FarmName": "Fortune",
         },
    },
    {
         "Name": "Islander2",
         "Value": "{{Random:{{RSVIslander}},{{ESIslander}},{{VanillaIslander}},{{SVEIslander}}|key=BeachDate}}",
         "When": {
             "FarmName": "Fortune",
         },
    },
    {
         "Name": "Islander3",
         "Value": "{{Random:{{ESIslander}},{{VanillaIslander}},{{SVEIslander}},{{RSVIslander}}|key=BeachDate}}",
         "When": {
             "FarmName": "Fortune",
         },
    },
    {
         "Name": "Islander4",
         "Value": "{{Random:{{VanillaIslander}},{{SVEIslander}},{{RSVIslander}},{{ESIslander}}|key=BeachDate}}",
         "When": {
             "FarmName": "Fortune",
         },
    },

So I realized I could utilize that for my purposes above and "shift" to a different token by reordering the people for the generic Island Date if the date was exactly one person in the pool, rather than iterative

Much simpler and easier to utilize for my purposes

[round dock]

I reckon you would really have to start with learning the basics of making Stardew mods, especially when it came to making resprites and portraits. I would suggest starting simple mods first? As Lumi mentioned, maybe a simple mod that changes someone’s portraits. Generally, just to gauge how CP works and does wonders.

[sturdy lava]

Hm. I'm kinda interested in frankensteining a few portrait and sprite mods together (just for personal use), but I'm not sure if that's even possible? One of them has seasonal outfits, and I thought it could also be fun to make my own portraits and tweak them a bit based on my personal hcs. I’m guessing the seasonal one probably uses some complicated code though, like what was mentioned.
Also I have no idea if doing stuff like that is frowned upon lol, I hope it’s not. If it ends up being too messy or if I can’t get it to work, I’ll probably just make something original instead so I can share it anyways.

[sturdy lava]

sounds solid!

[torpid sparrow]

If it’s personal and not uploaded I think it’s fine(?)

The code isn’t terrible either

[wanton pebble]

Speaking as the person who's coded a lot of Seasonal mods (somehow... XD ) - they're not super complicated unless you're doing more than just the four seasons

Like, _Spring/_Summer/_Fall/_Winter? Ez

[sturdy lava]

i assumed as much, but I didn't want to offend anyone haha

[torpid sparrow]

Jonghyuk has like a million outfits

[wanton pebble]

And then you have exactly what wem said XD

[torpid sparrow]

Arknir is a whole different beast

[wanton pebble]

I wonder if I have the example seasonal thing I made for Poltergeister a while back tucked away somewhere

[opal tendon]

is this still not right?

[royal stump]

I'd recommend to look at how EditImage's other settings work, and make sure you're replacing the right section of the right image (the cat icon is a small part of LooseSprites/Cursors_1_6)

but anyway, I think what you want for the second EditImage is something like this
(based on the area numbers in Data/Pets for that cat breed)

"Action": "EditImage",
"Target": "LooseSprites/Cursors_1_6",
"FromFile": "assets/spectralcaticon.png",
"ToArea": {
    "X": 256,
    "Y": 381,
    "Width": 16,
    "Height": 16
}```

FromArea/ToArea should only have integers (whole numbers), so what you've got will probably show CP warnings

[round dock]

If it does come down to it, feel free to ask here or at #making-mods-art (the latter for art feedback if you want). But the documentations above will atleast inform you how CP works for.

(also please don’t be ashamed to ask for help or for not having any experience. we all start somewhere and yours starts here )

[sturdy lava]

Thank you! I'm also considering the possibility of finding someone with experience making mods to collaborate with.

That's very kind, thank you!

I don't know why I was worried I'd piss people off with my questions at first lmaoo. It's actually very nice here tho

[opal tendon]

when I do this I get this error

[royal stump]

there's a json error on line 19 of your file, uploading it to https://smapi.io/json with the CP option should help in more detail

[opal tendon]

oh dang that's pretty fancy and I tried copy pasting what it said (was I supposed to do that) but it gave me more errors

[royal stump]

probably not, it's just a validation thing; after you upload there, you can post the new URL here for other people to see

[opal tendon]

https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/67ba0adc9aa848a9b22c3cd8930d560a like this?

[royal stump]

yep, like that
usually those errors are stuff like "missed a comma" or "used ] instead of }"

[wanton pebble]

blinks

I don't think I've ever seen someone try and use decimals in those fields

[opal tendon]

idk what I'm doing

[ocean sail]

@opal tendon You leveled up to Cowpoke. You can now speak in our voice channels and share images in all channels!

[wanton pebble]

Well you now know what you're doing more, Cowpoke

But in all seriousness, I don't think you can use decimals

since I think those widths are pixels and I don't think it's possible to use a fraction of a pixel

[opal tendon]

I tried taking that part out too 🥲

[wanton pebble]

Well, you do need FromArea

[royal stump]

so here's what I'd recommend instead: https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/6609b39a5f504e91a086299a22a5bb17

• you want Cursors_1_6 and these different ToArea values, from my earlier post
• yeah, these are pixel numbers, so decimals don't work (or get read by CP correctly)
• if spectralcaticon.png is a 16x16 cat image, you don't need FromArea (it uses the whole image by default)

[wanton pebble]

oh, except in that last case, esca's right

[royal stump]

(the first image is spectralcat.png, so I assume it's just the icon, at least )

[wanton pebble]

(You can tell I do art changing mods that aren't seasonals a lot )

[opal tendon]

do I need to make it bigger?

[royal stump]

yeah, CP wants the image size to match, but you can use transparent pixels as needed

[wanton pebble]

It's generally best with this stuff to always match the standard size of things - images like 15x14 will be weird since SDV standardizes stuff to be multiples of 16

e.g. 16x16, 16x32, 64x64, etc.

(Well, not too sure about that last one, I'm incredibly rusty XD )

[royal stump]

I assume there's a 4x4 tile sprite somewhere, but I'm not sure offhand

but yeah, the way the game actually loads those icons is like this, including the transparent space

you can use those or not, but the image should be big enough for that

[opal tendon]

IT WORKED TY SO MUCH!!

[halcyon ivy]

im working on a small mod and it’s my first, just wanted to ask if u can modify the prices of all the items in one shop or you have to actually target item per item

[wanton pebble]

99% positive there's a field to modify all the items

[[Modding:Shops]]

[empty radish]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Shops

[wanton pebble]

Okay, yeah, now 100% positive, though I'd probably want an example to show you from some mod (or the examples on the above page or this one https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Common_data_field_types#Quantity_modifiers). What specifically were you trying to do to all the items mathematically?

e.g. multiply them by 2, add 500 gold to each, etc.

[twilit quest]

I'm guessing the whole Intro to the game is very, very hardcoded?

[wanton pebble]

I guess the question would be what part of the intro are you trying to change?

[twilit quest]

I was thinking about altering the text of grandpa's letter a little bit

But I don't think I've ever seen any mod do that

[wanton pebble]

oh that shouldn't be too hard, I think that'd be simple

let me try and make sure that it would be by finding where that text exists

[tribal ember]

ahhhhh hi there! amazing! thank you so much ❤️

[wanton pebble]

Because I swear that's just part of something like StringsFromCSFiles, even if the intro itself is in C#

[twilit quest]

Wow, that would be very cool. I hunted through the unpacked game files, but I couldn't find it. I don't know where to look. ^_^;

[uncut viper]

all user facing text should exist in the strings folder or somewhere, otherwise it wouldn't be translatable

[halcyon ivy]

I wanted to basically like increase the prices of all the items in the shop depending on some conditions (that I already established) but I just want to know if I have to multiply the prices item per item or if there is something that’ll help me increase them without doing it item per item (im sorry im a beginner so maybe it would be a dumb question to ask lol)

[twilit quest]

Ooooh, good point!

[uncut viper]

(with some very scant few exceptions that are not very important I believe maybe)

[wanton pebble]

AHA

sorry, took a moment

Wanted to make sure my ducks were in a row for glymr. In the code, it's GrandpaStory. the lines, however, are in StringsFromCSFiles

[hard fern]

is there a chart of like, vanilla + modded npc birthdays

[wanton pebble]

"GrandpaStory.cs.12026" and such around there will be the intro lines. The letter itself is 12051 or 12055.

The code takes it from those lines:

public void receiveLeftClick(int x, int y, bool playSound = true)
{
    if (!this.clickedLetter && this.mouseActive && (this.clickableGrandpaLetterRect().Contains(x, y) || Game1.options.SnappyMenus))
    {
        this.clickedLetter = true;
        Game1.playSound("newRecipe");
        Game1.changeMusicTrack("musicboxsong");
        this.letterView = new LetterViewerMenu(Game1.player.IsMale ? Game1.content.LoadString("Strings\\StringsFromCSFiles:GrandpaStory.cs.12051", Game1.player.Name, Game1.player.farmName) : Game1.content.LoadString("Strings\\StringsFromCSFiles:GrandpaStory.cs.12055", Game1.player.Name, Game1.player.farmName));
        this.letterView.exitFunction = onLetterExit;
    }
    this.letterView?.receiveLeftClick(x, y);
}

that code may be sliiiightly outdated, I haven't re-unpacked the game

but roughly that, so you know where the lines are taken from. A regular Content Patcher edit to the stuff in StringsFromCSFiles should do the trick.

[wanton pebble]

You can do any type of math on individual items or on the whole shop, so it depends on what you want to do

[halcyon ivy]

I want to do it on the whole shop

[wanton pebble]

Ye I got that part

I meant mathematically

[torpid sparrow]

oo i wish i had thought of editing grandpa's letter text. my friend played stardew for the first time with me and a couple other seasoned players and it would've been funny to prank him

[wanton pebble]

what specific math are you trying to do on the shop overall - you said you wanted to increase the prices, but how. Do you want them to be 500 gold more? Do you want them to double in price? Do you want them to be increased in some bizarre extra way?

[halcyon ivy]

I basically want them to decrease by a certain percentage after a rainy day for example or like to increase at the end of the seasons if u know what I mean

[wanton pebble]

Hm. That first part may not be easily possible, someone else will need to chime in on how simple it would be content patcher wise to get the previous day's weather

But increase at the end of the season? Easy. Say you want to double the price in the last week of the season. In Data/Shops, in the definition of the shop, simply add something like:

    {
        "Modification": "Multiply",
        "Amount": 2.0,
        "Condition": "DAY_OF_MONTH 22 23 24 25 26 27 28",
    }
]```

not to an individual item, but in the shop definition

If you're applying it to an existing shop it'd be some field edit or something and I'm not writing that right now, I have a hard enough time writing that plus juggling my dynamic tokens for the mod I'm writing - someone will probably have a good example

[halcyon ivy]

Okay I understand thank you

[shy harbor]

Hopefully I'm not interrupting anything but I figured I'd ask here. Is there any "easy" way to change the color of the dark font in the game? (like the one in the options menu) I made a UI mod and I really like the colors I have but that dark font with the yellow shadow behind it is a little hard to read

[twilit quest]

Thank you so much for hunting that down, @wanton pebble! There's so much text in SDV that I had no idea where to look. I'm excited that this is something I can edit!!!

[wanton pebble]

Things I think of while idly thinking through tokens: if there's no easy way to acquire the previous day's weather, you can make it yourself. Trigger actions can send a mailflag at daystart of a rainy day, then your shop can detect if you have that flag and it's sunny weather (or just if you have that flag) and a dayending where the weather was sunny and you have that flag could remove it, and just make neither get marked as complete so they repeat

Bit of a complicated system way to do it, buuuuuuut if there's no better way, you can put it down as such

[halcyon ivy]

Using content patcher may be easier in this case idk lol idk I’ll have to ask

But thanks for ur input

That helps

[hard fern]

sigh uh oh i think i scope crept myself

[twilit quest]

IT WORKS! @wanton pebble

[hard fern]

my original idea was for my npc to not be marrigeable, but dateable, because she's not ready to get married, and i thought maybe like, 5 or so years would be a decent enough time to wait. but then that means i have to come up with stuff to do in that 5 year time span...

[twilit quest]

A lot of people don't play the game past year one or two - not trying to discourage you, but you may want to keep that in mind

[hard fern]

yeah, i know

[wanton pebble]

Hell yeah! I'm glad everything worked out - good luck on the mod idea!

[hard fern]

i guess i can tell the player to install that mod where you have to get 4 candles to get the spouse stardrop

[twilit quest]

That's a neat idea

[tiny zealot]

grandpa's stardrop mentioned

[reef siren]

When an event ends, is it possible to make it change the time? My event is supposed to last like 3 hours, so the event should advance the time by 3 hours

[tiny zealot]

not with just content patcher, no

[reef siren]

Nooooooooooo 😪🥲

[hard fern]

just play in multiplayer and have everyone wait 3 hours for you to finish

[reef siren]

Literally was gonna do that hahahaha

[tiny zealot]

a mod could implement a trigger action to advance the global time in such a circumstance, and if it did you could use that action from the event code with no further requirements

[uncut viper]

(dont look at BETAS)

[tiny zealot]

(i did this for my NPC mod, but it's not available in a framework or anything. if you had my mod installed, you could use it though!)

[uncut viper]

seems bad for multiplayer

[tiny zealot]

i'm pretty sure mine aborts harmlessly in multiplayer

[uncut viper]

seems bad for a mod author who wants to rely on it working

[reef siren]

Devastating that it isn’t in fw ;-;

[reef siren]

((Was this a recommendation or an unrecommendation lmao 🙈))

[tiny zealot]

if i ever make my vaporware event framework, it will be in there. but no guarantees 😅

[uncut viper]

it was me saying im not going to add it to BETAS

[reef siren]

Lmaoo icy icy

Well no worries :0 I can come up with a workaround I’m sure

Currently making an event warp you to a different location by just moving you off screen when it ends to a tile that tps you to the location

Unless I’m being silly and an event can just warp you anyway

Omg wait

WarpOut

Eh mine works no point changing out now lmao

[hard fern]

does the map fixer run on a specific time?

i noticed after putting my map through it it jumped ahead in date

[uncut viper]

UTC i imagine

[copper egret]

i cant type in smapi console

[lucid iron]

In vanilla sam's concert costs zero time

I believe you are able to early end the day with spacecore but ppl didn't like that very much

[reef siren]

I think there is end newDay in event data which also ends a day early vanilla

[tiny zealot]

it is extremely fun that you can take an entire bus ride to wherever, see the concert, then ride the bus home and arrive exactly when you left. events occur in a pocket dimension

[gentle rose]

you can also just deal 1000000 damage using spacecore which will also make the day end early

[reef siren]

Literally tho lmao

[outer verge]

im trying to make an event where halfway through, my character switches clothing, so I made a new spritesheet just for that. I think I understand how to load it into the event (changeSprite), but how do might I load it in content? I currently have this down, but he doesnt change in game lol

[opal tendon]

MY NEXT MOD ADVENTURE SHALL BE TV CHANNELS

[tiny zealot]

you want Tunic instead of G_Sprites in your event command (you are specifying a suffix on the asset (Target) name)

[opal tendon]

where are those I FOUND THEM

[outer verge]

oh would it just be like changeSprite Phainon Phainon_Tunic

[tiny zealot]

i think you just want changeSprite Phainon Tunic, but double-check the wiki

[outer verge]

fire, thank you so much

[tiny zealot]

also this is as good a time as any to tell you that it's good form to prefix your NPC's internal name with your mod id instead of it being just plain Phainon

[opal tendon]

Now if I do the tv channels do I erase all the stuff in this photo that isn’t the tv channels?

[obtuse wigeon]

What's the _MACOSX file people include in the mods? They seem to work fine without it, is it for another mod I don't have? It also includes a .DSstore file,

[opal tendon]

and is it cropped right?

[hard fern]

well all of that is part of the TV channel im pretty sure.

[tiny zealot]

these are resource fork sidecar files that macos puts on non-apple file systems to preserve information from the resource fork. you don't need them

[hard fern]

the little weather icons are for the weatherman and his little box

[tiny zealot]

usually it just means a macos user didn't clean up their zip when they were publishing, lol

[obtuse wigeon]

Ohhh gotcha, Mac OSX, no wonder I didn't recognise it, never used a Mac system and read it as MA Cos X. Also explains why the files were garbled when opened

[opal tendon]

oh

did I crop out stuff I wasn't supposed to too then?

[hard fern]

uh, well technically you dont have to change it

but it does all go with the TV channels

[opal tendon]

oh

I see some mods have the channels and icons in separate pngs is that recommended or just how they did it?

[hard fern]

depends on how much you're changing

if it's just a recolor then you can overlay the whole thing

uh, also depends on how you write the json

[opal tendon]

I see yes...

idk yet

I was just gonna draw directly on top of the boxes of the channels

[lucid iron]

Yeah that's fine

Some mods might split them up because of config

[calm nebula]

Wait is that not how real life works

Damn

[ornate locust]

man I can't even get a bus that passes time over where I am

[opal tendon]

oh. Is it bad to take a mod that already has everything split up and then draw over that so its completely different but they already did the work of cropping and writing the main text file stuff?

[brittle pasture]

honestly I recommend learning how to find the xy coords for ToImage yourself, so you're no longer at the mercy of "someone else made a mod that targets the same area"

[opal tendon]

that's fair 🥲

[brave fable]

it's not particularly hard, you just need to know where to look in your art program of choice. even Paint on windows will tell you the pixel coordinates under your cursor

photoshop hides it in the Info panel, etc

[opal tendon]

I am using procreate I will look up how to do it in there ty ❤️

[brave fable]

it only really gets tricky when you're working with odd spritesheets like Cursors or TemporarySprites, since sprite frame xy coordinates aren't likely to be multiples of any number, whereas other spritesheets generally use multiples of 8, 16, 24, 32, etc

[calm nebula]

And Mr. CA does fun stufd

[brave fable]

in those cases, the only sure way to know is to decompile the game, or guess-and-check until it works

[calm nebula]

My favorite is the white pixel in the moon used for the drinking animation

And also the sky being one thin line

Hi ichor

[tiny zealot]

atra no how dare you remind us of this curse

[calm nebula]

I've been around too long

I'm gonna go dance to your idol instead now

[hard fern]

the

the

[twin wadi]

... what?

[hard fern]

the moon???

[brave fable]

i still don't know why he didn't use staminarect for that

[tiny zealot]

the little water particle effects when you drink!

[hard fern]

why did CA do that

[calm nebula]

Because it's a broadcast animation

He needed a texture with a path

Staminarect is a generated texture

anyways

I'm actually considering onions suggestion that I become a kpop themed fitness influencer

Which will last exactly until I have to watch myself back on camera

[hard fern]

ok random q i have not talked to this npc a day in my life why is she in the menu as if i have

[urban patrol]

check if it's set to AlwaysShown

SocialTab i mean

[tiny zealot]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:NPC_data SocialTab

[hard fern]

ok yeah

my mistake

fixed

... and i screwed up the warp

ok

i need to fix that

[hard fern]

somehow i managed to mess up the door? how do i make my door not transparent...

[twin wadi]

the door action property's probably not working...

[twin wadi]

what about the doors map property?

[tiny zealot]

🎵 writiiiiing inconsequential dialoooooogue for an inconsequential npcccccc 🎵 (shoot me)

[hard fern]

for the record in this screenshot it was working fine

i dont know why it's suddenly not??

[twin wadi]

you need the layer name i believe?

wait

[hard fern]

wdym layer name

[twin wadi]

disregard that

i accidentally looked at nighttiles 😅

[hard fern]

i copied this off of clints bedroom door

[twin wadi]

are you using a custom tilesheet for the door?

[hard fern]

nope

vanilla door

i was just using a recolor to test compatibility

[twin wadi]

ohh okay

[twin wadi]

just to double check, are the coords correct?

[hard fern]

uh yeah

uh no

door's still screwed

ignore the wallpaper change

[twin wadi]

hmm idk what's wrong, the syntax and everything seems correct and stuff. are you sure the action door tile property is on the correct tile?

[hard fern]

?

[twin wadi]

does it work?

[hard fern]

the

no

😅

[twin wadi]

did you check this?

[hard fern]

how on earth did i get it to work fine the first time

yes it is

[twin wadi]

just thinking of ways why it might not work 😅

[hard fern]

no it isnt

h-

it wasnt like this before

how is the

...

it's on Back2???

???

it was working fine earlier...

[twin wadi]

it decided to escape

[hard fern]

i mustve accidentally moved it somehow

this things cursed i dont wanna look at doors anymore

[twin wadi]

i hate doors

[hard fern]

i take everything back

it doesnt work

[twin wadi]

oh god

now the tile property is on the buildings layer, correct?

[hard fern]

yeah

[twin wadi]

(this is why i do things manually in vsc because tiled is imo cursed)

[hard fern]

but then somehow the coordinates were wrong again

e

oh my god

i figured it out

i somehow moved the ENTIRE object data layer??? off by one tile???

so no matter what i did it wouldnt have worked anyways

[twin wadi]

ohhh that happened to me once, where i did an entire layer offset

if you click m then drag in anyway the entire layer moves

anyone know where a filled pet bowl asset is in?

just want to reference it

[keen seal]

I believe it’s in townInterior

[hard fern]

springoutdoors

[twin wadi]

thanks!

[pine elbow]

I think I'm approaching mod burnout I can feel it in my bones

[twin wadi]

when i feel im close to burnout i just try my best to take a break for at least a day and i find that it helps

[pine elbow]

Yeah, I'm gonna try that. I'm in that weird limbo where nothing seems to interest me haha

[twin wadi]

i 100% get that, i just hyperfixate on something to the point of burnout and i refuse to take breaks because nothing feels interesting enough... burnout sucks

[pine elbow]

When the audhd is audhd-ing

[hard fern]

im working on npc stuff for my mod but the thing i actually want to make (jewelry) i have no motivation to do...

[hard fern]

what if i made a giant background the size of my map.. what then..

[torpid sparrow]

certain death

[pine elbow]

Wait this is beautiful????

[hard fern]

i do have to make a nighttime version

bc well

[golden basin]

is there a wild animal frame work? to add critters

[hard fern]

i dont know how im going to make the sky change with the time of day

considering in stardew you never see the sky

[pine elbow]

Not that I've seen custom companions comes close but I don't think that's what you're after

[golden basin]

You can make the sky change by image editing it with a wehen condition

when*

just change the tilesheet

[hard fern]

🤔 i guess i'll have a couple different versions then

dawn, daytime, sunset, and nighttime

[sudden estuary]

Do different FS addons go in the same or different folders?

[obtuse wigeon]

As long as each manifest.json and the files that go with are in seperate folders then that's fine

[sudden estuary]

trying to do the fs_reload and the addons aren't showing up

Do I need to do anything else?

[obtuse wigeon]

however you can have something like a folder called [FS] Content packs then in that folder have [FS] Example Pack 1, [FS] Example Pack 2, [FS] Example Pack 3, each example pack having its own manifest

[outer verge]

I want to make an event where the farmer will be in their bathing suit, would that just be a simple changeSprite farmer bathing? I can't find anything online where something like that would be, but I know its possible since Penny has a event in the spa

[sudden estuary]

Like this?

I tried moving it out of the extract file but that presented different problems in reload lol

[outer verge]

found it we ball

[hard fern]

ugh i think im going to commit season/weather crimes

🤔 alright now i... have no clue how im going to do this

first i need to actually put this map into my game

[obtuse wigeon]

Am I able to change the stacksize of furniture added using Content Patcher? Really don't want them stacking to only 1, I'd prefer it to be the regular stack size of items of 999

[uncut viper]

content patcher cannot change game mechanics

[obtuse wigeon]

That's really annoying for furniture made of multiple peices, ahh well

[brittle pasture]

there's this: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/32562

[obtuse wigeon]

Good to know, I'll add it as a recommended mod for users to download but not essential, thank you

[proven spindle]

SH's Wild Animals uses Custom Companions to add them, you could check how that mod does it. Alternatively if you want to them to be catchable you could use Nature In The Valley

[light bramble]

how would I go about testing to see if an input given to me in a config is a number? Like if I want people to have the freedom to type any number they want for something in my config schema?

Or is there a way to make a slider that has numbers between 200 and 50000 without listing the in-between values?

[brittle pasture]

hmm don't think so (with CP only)

[twilit quest]

I did enterable values with one of my mods. I don't remember how I did it, but you can look at it and see

I will get you a link

[brittle pasture]

you can have your user input a number, and a dynamic token to 'clamp' it (e.g. make it 200 if the config value is < 200)

[twilit quest]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/16751

I can't remove the embed on my phone, sorry

I didn't know you could clamp the number- you can look at my content file to see how I made it enterable, then ask @brittle pasture how to clamp the number to a certain maximum. I will probably come back and ask how to also, so I can update my mod at some point! 🙂

[light bramble]

How would I 'clamp' the number, and how do I ensure it's a number. Because with what glymr showed, it still seems like somone could input a word rather than a number

[brittle pasture]

something like have a config named Number and then these in DynamicTokens:

{
  "Name": "NumberActual",
  "Value": "{{Number}}",
},
{
  "Name": "NumberActual",
  "Value": 200,
  "When": {
    "Query: {{Number}} < 200": true
  }
},

then use NumberActual as the actual token. You still can't limit the input to numbers only yeah

(someone validate my post pls)

[uncut viper]

validated

[light bramble]

So with this being my field in my config:

"Silo Capacity": {
        "AllowBlank": false,
        "Default": "10000"
}```
I would need to make a variable just like how you have it? (but obviously replace `"{{Number}}"` with `"{{Silo Capacity}}"`)

[brittle pasture]

thank u frieren

yes

[light bramble]

and I'd be able to do that before the changes if need be

or I HAVE to do it before the changes

I'm tired...Imma sleep

[lucid iron]

Is a tick the same thing as a rendered frame in sdv/monogame?

[obtuse wigeon]

I want to say no as the speed of the game isn't tied to the framrate however this is entirely a guess and needs confirmation

[sudden estuary]

are there other command for FS in SCAMPI

[lucid iron]

Scampi 🦐

[hard fern]

hi

[sudden estuary]

what does fs_reload_continuous do

[lucid iron]

You can type help to get the list

And help <command> to get docs

[sudden estuary]

for fs specifically or scampi in general

[lucid iron]

For SMAPI mods in general

(what does scampi stand for...)

[sudden estuary]

Stardew Mod Application Programming Interface?

wait

wrong acronym

[hard fern]

shrimp cooking and making pasta indefinitely

[sudden estuary]

is there anything special I have to do to load new fashion sense mods in

rather than just modifying them

do I reset for that

[hard fern]

yeah

[sudden estuary]

okay cool

[lucid iron]

You would make your own manifest.json

So that it's an independent mod

Can just copy paste existing and change the fields

[sudden estuary]

can I add the sprites over the example

oh lemme see

These mods could not be added to your game.

[SMAPI] - Rhythm Heaven Testing Set 6.7.0 because its dependencies have a circular reference: Rhythm Heaven Testing Set => Rhythm Heaven Testing Set).
oh nooooo

"Name": "Rhythm Heaven Testing Set",
"Author": "Welkamo",
"Version": "6.7.0",
"Description": "Experiments in Fashion Sense modding with Rhythm Heaven.",
"UniqueID": "Welkamo.RhythmHeavenTestingSet",
"UpdateKeys": [],
"Dependencies": [],
"ContentPackFor": {
"UniqueID": "Welkamo.RhythmHeavenTestingSet",
"MinimumVersion": "6.7.0"
How do I do the coding thing

[brittle pasture]

your content pack for is wrong

if this is a CP mod put CP's id in there

oh wait it's FS

then put FS's id in there

[sudden estuary]

epic

[devout otter]

If I have several different locations, but with the same exact appearance and layout, but with different warp-out points... Is it possible for them to load the same MapPath?

[lucid iron]

Afaik no

You need to Load the same tmx to 2 different targets and then do EditMap on each

[latent mauve]

If it's the same tmx though, you could load it to different targets and then... What chu said

[lucid iron]

Then u can use these different targets for whatever purpose

[golden basin]

chu!!!!!

[latent mauve]

(I do that for the apartment floors in Pelican Valley Loft NPC Apartments)

[golden basin]

I have an idea for your consideration

a collaboration with decidedly human, where your properties can be applied to animals that are spawned via meeped

so animals that attack....

[lucid iron]

Which properties

I think you confused me with selph (extra animal configs)

[golden basin]

OH! Im so sorry

[devout otter]

I was hoping I can do AddWarps with When LocationName conditional or something. 😔

[lucid iron]

Well u can't editimage like that either, same idea

But hm does eac stuff not work out of the box rn?

[golden basin]

which is your mod again im so sorry i cant remember suddenly

i may have just woken up

[lucid iron]

Non zero chance that they already work

[devout otter]

We can do EditImage like that right? That's how Joja uniform in Joja worked before the Appearance feature was a thing.

[lucid iron]

Ah i see the confusion

So i guess u theoretically could but can u not just for me

It'd need onlocationchange

B4 appearances there was no choice but to editimage one target

After appearances you can provide multiple targets

Locations generally take different maps so creating more than 1 target is better imo

[devout otter]

sigh I guess I need to actually create a Wait Room instead of using Maps/Coop like I was doing all these time...

[lucid iron]

I also think doing locationchanged editmap will fuck with pathfinding

[lucid iron]

I made several mods but u r perhaps thinking of livestock bazaar

[uncut viper]

custom menu controller support my fucking beloathed

i am dying

[lucid iron]

Are u having fun with neighbors

[uncut viper]

im having a terrible time with neighbours and my components not getting added to the allClickableComponents list apparently

[lucid iron]

What menu is this one

I remember the allClickableComponents list is populated by some reflection stuff

[uncut viper]

babbers

i copied a buncha the code from the regular menu :v

even reusing the same list

of components that is

[lucid iron]

Oh if it is ur own IClickableMenu then idk why it borked

[uncut viper]

it is my own menu

[stark spindle]

it looks cool

[uncut viper]

it would be cooler if it werent controller broken orz (thanks though)

[sudden estuary]

Last question of the night: if I have a fashion item taller than the 16x16 base size, what do I change to fix only the height

The values are width and length which aren't helping lol

[uncut viper]

oh my god i fixed it

the problem was that i got rid of the green squigglies that Rider was giving me aka i made the clickablecomponent lists private

i did not know they could not be private

[lucid iron]

mmg rubber ducking always works

[uncut viper]

i assumed since i knew it was reflection based anyway that it wouldnt need to be public

[stark spindle]

hmm TIL good to know

[lucid iron]

How many B is the name at

[uncut viper]

im just gonna call it Bebber Bobbers

in the title anyway

[stark spindle]

gotta love alliteration. did you have a longer name before?

[uncut viper]

just various amounts of B words

Button Bresents Bebber Bobbers Betta etc etc

[stark spindle]

haha bresents is wonderful

[lucid iron]

B5

[drowsy hemlock]

Guys, What version of stardew mobile does SMAPI support?

[lucid iron]

!androidsmapi

[ocean sail]

Android SMAPI

We are not able to provide support if you run into trouble or compatibility issues with Android SMAPI; please use the discord linked on the Android SMAPI github.

IMPORTANT: This is a highly experimental build and may be prone to glitches, bugs, or incompatibilities. Please see the wiki instructions for more information regarding installing the unofficial Android port of SMAPI for Stardew Valley 1.6.

Do not harass mod authors to make Android specific compatibility patches.

To use this command, type !androidsmapi.

[inner harbor]

Weird issue I"ve had reported: Hi! My online co-op player/farmhand is having issues with seeing East Scarp NPCs (particularly ones from the add-on packs: Nora, Mateo, Sen, Eli & Dylan etc.) so I figured I'd ask here, sorry if this isn't something from ES specifically but I'm stumped. She can't see any of them at the Flower Dance Festival but I can, I asked her to send me her SMAPI Log in hopes that someone could help us? She's also married to Mateo and we are in Year 2 - (If this is important!) Thank you in advance! :)

https://smapi.io/log/d1f368894a8e4fc29b7b5b3e8de8d427

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.3.2 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0, with 68 C# mods and 90 content packs.

[lucid iron]

Can you direct them here i think it'd be good to get a patch export Data/Characters

[obtuse wigeon]

Can Content Patcher climb directories to access a texture? I have this file tree:

AoMF
├───[AT] AoMF
│   │   manifest.json
│   └───Textures
│       └───Furniture
│           ├───Table
│           │   ├───Birch
│           │   │       texture.json
│           │   │       texture.png
│           └───Testing
│                   texture.json
│                   texture.png
└───[CP] AoMF
    │   content.json
    │   manifest.json
    ├───Furniture
    │   └───Table
    │           Tables.json
    │           Tables.png
    └───i18n
            default.json

I would like to know if instead of using [CP] AoMF>Furniture>Table>Tables.png for the Content Patcher pack, it uses [AT] AoMF>Textures>Furniture>Table>Birch>texture.png instead

[hard fern]

🤔 i dont know if it can do that

[obtuse wigeon]

Ye I expected as much, ah well, I'll just modify the python script

[hard fern]

wow new hxw tilesheet update right as i was lamenting the fact that i didnt have any good flowers i could put on my map...

im saved.

[obtuse wigeon]

Praise HxW, their mods are always a staple in my game

[inner harbor]

I"ll mention it. IT's really weird because the person with that log is apparently married to Mateo.

[hard fern]

im holding off on making some of my buildings until the tilesheets ive been waiting for are added to the mod, lol. it would save me so much time

[halcyon ivy]

im a beginner in all this modding thing lol so sorry if my question is dumb or something. I just wanted to ask how can you compile the cs files into a dll cause I put all in one folder but didnt compile the cs files

[hidden condor]

is there not a modding discussion channel anymore??

or am I missing something

[lusty sail]

#modded-stardew ??

[hidden condor]

ahh it got moved

ive been away for a while

mbmb

[lusty sail]

No worries

I constantly lose #images-and-memes here

[obtuse wigeon]

is should be part of the IDE you use, somewhere there will be a build function, in VSCode I think it's ctrl + shift + B

[brave fable]

no, this isn't possible -- but you can instead use CP as intended and load your texture asset to the game content:json { "Action": "Load", "Target": "{{ModId}}_texture", "FromFile": "texture.png" }
and then, if AT allows it, use that Target value as your texture path

[obtuse wigeon]

I'm not sure that AT does allow Target values? I think the texture can only be in the same file as the <furniture>.json

I made a python script that handles it all automatically anyway, I just have to make a colour pallette based off vanilla furniture and it modifies the grayscale texture I made and makes the necessary .json files

[brave fable]

you might want to read over the AT-CP integrations page and see if it covers what you need

[obtuse wigeon]

What services do people use for translations? Google Translate doesn't translate my native language well at all so I'm not sure what its like for other more widly spoken ones

[obtuse wigeon]

I didn't know about this, it seems like it's the right thing for my case, I'll keep it in mind and use it for another mod to test it out, thank you

[golden basin]

people usually translate themsevles or ask someone else to

[obtuse wigeon]

oh okay

I'll add that i'm open to translations in my mod description then ( I was already open but just didn't add it to the desc)

[golden basin]

I think adding that to your mod desc is the best thing to do honestly

the translatioon community is really awesome

[opal tendon]

How hard would it be to change a cut scene event thing

Also if I wanna make a ui mod can I just start drawing on top of the ui stuff and figure out the rest later?

[lusty sail]

Kind of

There are a few UI things that would require a C# mod

Mostly colorizations of things

Depends on what you want to change

[opal tendon]

Hmmm I would want to make like the main ui menus like a pink flowery cottagey theme

Like inventory menu

And title screen

That kind of stuff

[lucid iron]

That's a normal kind of ui interface editimage mod

Mostly doable by cp + theme manager for some hardcoded colors

[vernal crest]

If you download an existing UI mod it will show you what's possible to change and how to find it all.

[vernal crest]

Depends on which event you want to change and how. Also how much you care about compatibility with other mods, because that can be tricky with changing vanilla events. What are you interested in doing?

Hello iro lol

[fading walrus]

Clown already answered, but to add on, I add i18n support to my mods and give community translators carte blanche to translate my mods into their languages. I prefer human translators since they pick up on context far better than any ML translator ever could.

I usually let people upload translations but am also not averse to including translations from trusted translators in my own files if I know they wouldn't bungle it

Or if they just don't wanna upload them

[halcyon ivy]

Im trying to compile my mod but VS says that it can’t find my game folder and idk how to specify it lol does anyone know

[brave fable]

you may need to explicitly set your game path:
https://github.com/Pathoschild/SMAPI/blob/develop/docs/technical/mod-package.md#detect-game-path

my VS and SDV installs are on different drives, which is likely why i had to do the same

[halcyon ivy]

yeah but where will I create the stardew valley.targets file

Cuz that’s where the problem is lol sorry if I didn’t ask the question in a logical way 😭

[brave fable]

oh, it's not explicit - you create one in your computer's home folder

on windows, you can use win+R or the explorer address bar and type %userprofile% to go straight there

(as explained in the links on the page above)

[halcyon ivy]

i did that and created the file then I put the code in the website and I included the path to my game folder there but still the same error

[lucid mulch]

If you just want to get it working you can also just put it directly in the csproj, but setting up the user profile one is better long term (though I personally never did)

[brave fable]

• are you using windows?
• what do the file contents look like right now?
• does the file explorer show it as a Project Targets File under the Type column, or something else?

[vernal crest]

I just do mine in the csproj because I don't do enough projects yet to bother with the targets file and also because I tend to change the content between projects anyway

[halcyon ivy]

im using windows, and it shows the folder as Project Targets File under the type column

[twilit quest]

@lucid iron I finally got a chance to test the Upgrade trigger action - I hate to say it, but I think the argument makes the issues worse.
Before, the behavior was this:
I would trigger on DayEnding. Sleep 2 nights. On the morning after the second night, I would receive the upgrade message, and anything that was dependent on the upgrade would apply. For example, the farmhouse map would be different.
Now, even without using the argument: I trigger on DayEnding, Sleep 2 nights. On the morning after the second night, I receive the upgrade message, BUT dependent upgrades don't show. I need to sleep one more night and exit and re-enter the farmhouse for it to show. (The exiting and re-entering necessity might be caused by UB - I'm less concerned about that right now.)

[brave fable]

and the file contents? for example, mine:```xml
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<GamePath>D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley</GamePath>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>

if yours isn't similar, you might want to reformat it

[halcyon ivy]

I changed it and the error changed 😭 they say that element "#text" under the element <Project> is not recognized

At least it’s not the same error 😭

[brave fable]

oh, that's just complaining about the xml schema in the Project tag, you don't need it and it won't affect the outcome

the important part is your GamePath value

(while still following the template given in the SMAPI mod package docs)

[twilit quest]

@lucid iron I'm going to experiment some more. I just set the argument to 5 to see what happens. I'll report back

[lucid iron]

hm good luck i guess, ill be able to test further in a weekish

[twilit quest]

@lucid iron Sorry to bug you about it 😅 I had promised I would test it, but I was chasing down some other bugs and only just got the chance

[lucid iron]

dw im still recovering from tourism

[twilit quest]

Oof, I feel that. Any jetlag? Or just the shock of coming back to real life?

[lucid iron]

recovering from lack fo wild baby encounters

[twilit quest]

melts Awwwwwww

That baby should definitely be your priority!

[lucid iron]

no im still not back irl yet

[twilit quest]

Ooooh, gotcha

Well, have fun! (More fun? I hope XD)

[lucid iron]

very

[twilit quest]

Yay! I'm glad. You deserve to have fun!

[vernal crest]

They have been seeing majestic chimken statues

[lucid iron]

And very expensive sticc

[vernal crest]

But no dragon

[lucid iron]

If i bonk this I'll go to jail i think

For destruction of historical artifact

[unreal spoke]

You'd know whether the stick is capable of properly bonking dragons, though! Sounds like a worthy tradeoff.

[ornate trellis]

anyone in here that has done worldmaps before? i am struggling to even get my worldmap into the game for some reason

[lucid iron]

The dragon will bonk me with the larger sticc

Uh do u have world maps anywhere

If you dont then u need to be in the actual location context i think?

[ornate trellis]

cant i jsut add world maps?

i am standing on my island for which i made one and its not displaying

https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/1482b85755864054b39e2e066b6f5044

[acoustic trench]

Hi ! I'm working on a mod that adds dialogue and I wondered if there was some kind of command that calls back to the stringsFromCSfiles.json. In my example, I want the NPC to use a spouse nickname used in the game, and they are stored in stringsFromCSfiles.json under keys that go like "NPC.cs.4511". How can I insert "NPC.cs.4511"'s value inside my dialogue ?

I hope that made sense haha !

[lucid iron]

Yeah [LocalizedText Strings/stringsfromcsfiles:NPC.cs.4511]

(but with the right spelling/casing sorry im phone)

[acoustic trench]

Great I'll be trying that !! Thank you so much 😄

[lucid iron]

You can generally fetch whatever string with this

They work in dialogue psure but not some places like mail

[acoustic trench]

I forgot to mention I'm working on a Content Patcher mod and not a C+ one, does it still apply ?

[lucid iron]

This is just what u put in the dialogue key

[ornate trellis]

im p lost at this point since the log isnt giving me anything either, hm

[lucid iron]

I assumed content patcher but it doesn't actually matter

[acoustic trench]

ok great, thanks again !

[opal tendon]

I want to change the scene where Pierre and Morris fight to instead have Pierre cast a magic spell at Morris then have him turn into a frog be shocked and then hop away never to be seen again

[devout otter]

Does the map still not display when you go into the Mermaid Home?

[ornate trellis]

it does display inside the house

I added the beach map to the worldpositions too now and its still not displaying

like so https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/9cd986af05294f23b506cf43292e44d8

[reef siren]

Does the game struggle with "end newDay" events? I have an event that ends the day (after giving a conversation topic), the next morning when you wake up because of that conversation topic, you enter a new event right as you wake up. Problem is. That event always just freezes the game. You can close and reopen it and it will work perfectly fine though... not quite getting it :/

[hallow prism]

what do you mean by events in this case? C# stuff?

[reef siren]

Oh no sorry

Stardew events**

[hallow prism]

yes well they are events too

you may want to provide a log of the crash

and maybe code of the events

[reef siren]

It didn't indicate a crash anywhere it just froze :((

Heres the cut scenes
https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/a116a246e06c4b4d8f0d42989bc9c03d
(Don't worry about the error this is just the two that are being of annoyance)

[hallow prism]

hmm

but those events are in railroad, how do they trigger right after night?

ah sorry, only the first is

what is the location {{ModId}}_TravellingBetween

can you also give more details about what you're trying to do exactly?

[reef siren]

That is just a fully empty location that I put some of my edits to other maps in as well

[twilit quest]

@lucid iron Interesting - when I set the argument to 3, Robin was outside fixing my house the next day. ^_^; That didn't happen before.

[ornate trellis]

omg i fixed my worldmap issue

yeehaw

[reef siren]

Yes :]

So, you get given a train ticket, you go to the rail road and interact with a tile there on the platform and the event plays. currently a stone is taking the place of the ticket. A 10 second event plays of the train going down the tracks. The day ends because the destination is a good long time away and you sleep on the train. You wake up on the farm of course, but the event SHOULD play before you see the farmhouse. It literally should just be a black screen that opens and closes and bam you're warped out to my other location

[hallow prism]

ok

i'm not sure what you mean by "fully empty location" earlier

does it properly exist? is the event working when you test it in isolation?

[reef siren]

Yes I can debug warp there and I can run around the black screen mhm

[hallow prism]

the whole thing looks like a very specific tricky approach so i don't feel the energy to figure it out, hopefully someone will have clue

[reef siren]

Haha no worries

I am being a little bit too creative with it tbh

[undone kelp]

I have been reminded of seasonal stuff and now i realize i have to make a million portraits for seasonal... but we'll see if i can even do finish portraits first

[wheat sundial]

hey

I'm trynna make a stardew map from scratch

its to house several houses in it (modwise)

[unreal spoke]

How exactly are things like buying the key to the town from Qi's shop handled? Lots and lots of hardcoding, I assume? Alternative question: I'd like players to be able to buy a special power item from a shop. Is there a better way than making an actual item and using ActionsOnPurchase to remove it from your inventory as well as add a mail flag to then display the power?

[wheat sundial]

what settings do i use

[unreal spoke]

!mapmaking

[ocean sail]

If you want to make mods that add or edit maps:

1. Use Tiled to edit .tmx or .tbin files.

2. Refer to the Maps wiki page for details on how maps work in Stardew Valley.

3. Content Patcher allows you to create custom locations through editing Data/Locations

4. Vanilla Maps can be edited via Content Patcher as well: EditMap

To use this command, type !mapmaking.

[wheat sundial]

how do i get content patcher

nvm

clicked

the edit map

[brittle pasture]

the town key shop entry is hardcoded so you don't buy an actual item, just the mail flag
you can put it in another shop or set the town key flag in non-shop ways if you like

you can use PeliQ to replicate the fake item logic: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/31832

[wheat sundial]

How do i open SMAPI

[unreal spoke]

I think that's exactly what I needed. Thanks!

[wheat sundial]

Also, it isnt letting me download the mod via Nexus

hhhh lemme restart my laptop

[wanton pebble]

I swear I've asked this before, but: Is there a way to set a dialogue answer and then immediately get the value of that without switch-eventing?

Context: I have several drinks for a farmer to choose from. On my own file I just randomize the drinks, but since I'm generifying it I have to make sure people can opt out of alcohol for obvious reasons. I can do the switch-event for it, but that will potentially be a long-ass code session for that

[gentle rose]

chu wins the thumbnail game every time

[wanton pebble]

.... I am once again potentially answering my own question by rechecking my breakfast work. Are you able to use multiple (breaks) in quickQuestions?

[brittle pasture]

not sure it beats BETAS' though

[wanton pebble]

quickQuestion {{i18n:BreakfastDate.PayChoice.Intro}}#{{i18n:BreakfastDate.PayChoice.PayAnyway}}#{{i18n:BreakfastDate.PayChoice.FreeBrunch}}(break)speak Gus \"{{i18n:BreakfastDate.Gus.Pay}}\"\\money -1700\\pause 500(break)speak Gus \"{{i18n:BreakfastDate.Gus.7}}\"\\pause 500/ was some code I've been looking at from PoaSB and I'm thinking I can use that instead of super switch eventings

[wanton pebble]

Does anyone know off the top of their head what the flags are for the player having built the Island Resort and the Island Farmhouse?

[royal stump]

Island_Resort and Island_UpgradeHouse, from what I can tell

[round dock]

I'd like to ask a question, too. I'm trying to make an event mod where the event is prompted in the farmhouse with a yes/no and the latter ending the event. If the player chooses I'll read it later., will the player still have the opportunity to watch the event again? Thing is, I wanted it to be a one-time event, not a recurring one.

    "Action": "EditData",
    "Target": "Data/Events/FarmHouse",  
    "Entries": {
        "{{ModId}}_GrandpaIntro/!FestivalDay/e {{ModId}}_LewisIntro/t 1900 2600": "nightTime/-1000 -1000/farmer -100 -100 0/skippable/playSound doorClose/pause 250/quickQuestion It's quiet tonight. It feels like a good time to read one of Grandpa's letters. Should I read it now?#Yes, I want to!#No, I’ll keep it for later.(break)playMusic nighttime\"\\switchEvent {{ModId}}_GrandpaRead(break)playMusic nighttime\"\\switchEvent {{ModId}}_Grandpa_end", 
        "{{ModId}}_GrandpaRead": "xyz",
        "{{ModId}}_Grandpa_end": "pause 100/globalFade/viewport -1000 -1000/end"
    }```

Thank you!

[proven spindle]

If you mean rewatch {{ModId}}_GrandpaIntro, you might be able to use the MarkEventSeen trigger action to mark it unseen so it reoccurs until the letter is read. If you mean rewatch {{ModId}}_GrandpaRead, I would think you can switchevent to that event from any other event later since they're all entries in events/farmhouse, but I'm not 100% sure

[wanton pebble]

So, initially, no - once it's seen, it has to be marked as unseen to be seen again

If you mean "same day", I don't see a way to initially cause it, but if you don't mean same day, then Si's correct - just triggeraction it to be unseen on dayend, and make sure MarkActionApplied for that trigger is false

[ornate trellis]

guys, waht does FileNotFoundException in a smapi error mean again...

[wanton pebble]

that a specific file isn't found?

We'd need to see the log if you want more exact context

[proven spindle]

ime that usually means a typo somewhere lol

[wanton pebble]

shakes fist at sky Typooooooooooooooos!

[ornate trellis]

oh im trying to help someone else with their npc but im an chronicly bad in reading smapi errors lol

https://smapi.io/log/a4b042e10abd4b7988e3ca63a10dec9b

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.3.2 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0, with 11 C# mods and 10 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[wanton pebble]

two immediate issues

First, test's savegameinfo is corrupted

But second, and probably more relevant to the person, is that the NPC Helaena didn't load any portraits, even though the content pack edited Data/Characters

[ornate trellis]

i see

[wanton pebble]

Given there's no load on Portraits/Helaena, the NPC essentially has character data but no way to spawn because they need sprites and portraits to spawn

Is that the mod author you're helping or just a player?

[ornate trellis]

mod author

[wanton pebble]

Okay, yeah. Baseline for testing an NPC: Get those portraits/sprites in, even if it's just a placeholder

e.g. you can make them Abigail visually if you need

[round dock]

Thank you Si and Lyoko!

[round dock]

Just to clarify, if the player picks the latter choice "read later', the event would generally still be considered used and seen but if I want the event or the prompt to reappear until GrandpaRead is chosen, I can use a triggeraction like what Lyoko suggested? Thank you!

[proven spindle]

Yeah, {{ModId}}_GrandpaIntro would be considered seen/used, and you can mark it unseen/unused after the event plays with the trigger action so it plays again the next time the conditions (map/time/etc) are met by the player. You can set up the trigger condition so it marks the event unseen as long as GrandpaRead hasn't played.
And as Lyoko said, set MarkActionApplied for the trigger action to false so it also doesn't get used up the first time it triggers

[round dock]

Thank you both!

[quasi summit]

hi i have a question i wanna make a new farm type mod for the first time and on the wiki guide it says when using tiled dont use save as to save to another folder bc it will have the wrong path for tilesheets or something like that it says to copy and paste it instead but when i do that it also gives me the error message

does that mean when making the mod i have to keep the entire content folder

[wanton pebble]

Assuming I'm understanding the question right: While making the mod you need all the tilesheets from vanilla that you're using in the same folder, yes

But for releasing the mod, you don't and in fact should not

[quasi summit]

okay

[wanton pebble]

because when the map is finished, you can have the game use the vanilla tilesheets instead, so having the content folder in your mod would both be distributing SDV files (not great) and would cause recolor incompatibilities

[quasi summit]

oh that makes sense now

so i should only save the file when it's finished

[wanton pebble]

Yep

well, saving the full mod, anyway

[quasi summit]

do i just put it in the mod folder with the manifest.json? it says i need a content.json as well idk what that is

[wanton pebble]

the actual file can be saved and tested with all the tilesheets in it, you just gotta yeet all the tilesheets that are vanilla and test it once the map's done too

!sm

... okay, that's not the abbreviation

!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.

[wanton pebble]

I would see that for content.json stuff, since that's basic mod stuff. You need content.json to actually add the map to the game

you CAN put it in the folder with the manifest, most people put them in subfolders though

[quasi summit]

oh wait content.json is the thing i use to "load" the file right

[wanton pebble]

pretty much

all content changes come from content.json... just might be separated into includes and such

But all roads eventually lead through content.json

[fathom rapids]

basically i just have a separate workshop folder for my map mods

it has the tilesheets in it and i copypaste the file from there to the actual mod folder ill then zip up and publish

[orchid acorn]

Glad the flower update was just in time

[hard fern]

They're so cute....

[floral stratus]

Can anybody give me a shoutout in the mod showcase?

Thanks to Lumina, Button, Selph, and Esca on the SDV Discord for helping me with my code.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/35890

Thanks Void | The Fishmonger!

[crisp drift]

Hello all, is it possible to have an object that cannot be held over head? I see the function "IsHeldOverHead" in the Object class but is it possible to set it somehow like with a Content Patcher field? Or it must be done with a postfix patch?

[brittle pasture]

yeah you need a harmony patch

[woeful iron]

Two content patcher mods conflict. Is it possible to introduce a third mod to resolve the conflict or something?

[hard fern]

can you elaborate? what is the conflict exactly?

[devout otter]

Yeah, it depends on the nature of the conflict.

[fathom rapids]

nope, its easier to edit the mods to not conflict

[hallow prism]

well what easier depends of the situation

like mods with both authors being not around

[woeful iron]

They're competing over a sprite

[hallow prism]

hence the need for details

[woeful iron]

NPC sprite

several, but let's say Haley in a couple circumstances

I've fixed this before by commenting out the mod I wanted to lose

but I was hoping there was a maintainable way of modding the mod so to speak

instead of just keeping track of it locally

[hallow prism]

can you give useful details like the mods involved, and ideally a log?

because there are a lot of mods out there changing haley sprite

[devout otter]

If this is for personal use, you can just make your own mod that have your sprite preferences overriding them all.

[woeful iron]

I'm more interested in the general case? Given mod A and mod B that patch Haley, in the past I have updated the config of mod A to remove the patching of Haley. Is there a way to introduce a mod C, that performs this removal of config?

Right now I just edit the mods locally and track the changes in git

[calm nebula]

No

[woeful iron]

Thank you!

That's exactly what I wanted to know.

[fathom rapids]

nope

[woeful iron]

So neither SMAPI nor Content Patcher support a mechanism for mods modding mods, presumably?

[fathom rapids]

we only just barely got ways to read each other's config

i guess you can technically make a c# mod that would mess with other mods? but that seems ill-advised

[woeful iron]

Hey, this modding experience is a dream come true, so not complaining

[fathom rapids]

oh sameeee

[woeful iron]

I didn't know about reading other's config, that's pretty neat

[hallow prism]

there are ways to edit content of other mods, or make compat patches by a third mod, but the specific case you asked for isn't one of those

[fathom rapids]

oh! but i do have something to offer you

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/34587

[woeful iron]

Oh, interesting. Can you overwrite a mods assets then from another mod? The asset image is wrong, if I could just mod the asset...

[fathom rapids]

you can edit assets registered with the game

just make a dependency to make sure your mod loads after the one it wants to patch

see: all the "seasonal outfits for a modded character" mods

[hallow prism]

you can edit assets after another mod, but the mod edits a vanilla asset, so you can't edit the mod version, since it's undistinguishable of vanilla for the purpose of your edit

it depends of the issue and may not be enough to solve it

with just theory, this may work or you may waste hours

[woeful iron]

hmm! did not know about specifying dependencies. So if mod A edits asset a and mod B edits asset a, then I declare mod A dependency of mod A and B wins?

[hallow prism]

???

[woeful iron]

"you can edit assets after another mod, but the mod edits a vanilla asset, so you can't edit the mod version"

[hallow prism]

mod can't be a dependancy of itself

[woeful iron]

Sorry missed that

Mistype

declare mod A a dependency of mod B

[fathom rapids]

if you want mod B to edit what mod A did, you make mod B depend on mod A

[woeful iron]

and B wins

is what I meant

[fathom rapids]

the other way around

[woeful iron]

Yes, exactly

[hallow prism]

if you edit mod A then it's not a third mod

[woeful iron]

That's what I meant to type

[fathom rapids]

dependencies load after what they depend on

[hallow prism]

it's just, an edit of mod A

entirely not what you asked

[woeful iron]

Ah, sorry, switched what I wanted

[hallow prism]

i think i'll step out because the lack of proper example is confusing me

[woeful iron]

Thank you this has been tremendously helpful and I've learned a bunch

[fathom rapids]

I get it. Mod A gives Haley a nice dress, and mod B adds a ribbon to it. Mod B depends on mod A, so the ribbon is added as an overlay patch after the dress. Right?

[woeful iron]

I'll walk away at this point so I don't detract from others getting help

[ivory plume]

(There's no official way for mods to change other mods. That's by design, since the SMAPI/CP design philosophy considers that to be a fragile bad practice. There are lots of ways for mods to interact without directly changing each other though, like two mods editing the same game asset with edit priorities.)

[woeful iron]

They both give her a dress, I want Mod B to win

[woeful iron]

That's fair

[fathom rapids]

dependency is an earlier way of establishing what overwrites what

configuring mod A to not edit the dress is honestly best practice, but you CAN also give mod B higher priority (in its code)

[hallow prism]

(people can have cross discussion, you are ok with continuing asking for help)

[woeful iron]

I could write a good ol patch file

[fathom rapids]

why would you need to?

you can literally edit A's code directly to remove the Haley dress patch

it's CP

[woeful iron]

The patch file is tracking what I changed. It was partly a joke as it's outdated method. Trying to be funny

[fathom rapids]

(not to mention config)

[woeful iron]

But I want to get back to gaming. I get it now.

[devout otter]

If Mod A gives Haley blue dress, and mod B gives Haley red dress, and you want her to always have the red dress. The only way to "resolve" that conflict with a mod C is if mod C also has the red dress with higher priority.

[obtuse wigeon]

I feel like I've read this before but I can't find it again, is there a way to offset where objects are placed on furniture using content patcher? All I need is to shift where objects are placed up by maybe 4 pixels

[fathom rapids]

i feel like you might want furniture framework for that

[obtuse wigeon]

Gotcha, that might've been where I saw it and I just forgot what it was called

[woeful iron]

Thanks again friends!

[wanton pebble]

Just to confirm something - the Parrot Express on the Island is hardcoded and not an "event", so there's no Content Patcher way to have the exact thing happen (e.g. in an event, have the Parrot Express lift the player and an NPC), correct?

[brittle pasture]

maybe it's possible with enough temporaryAnimatedSprites

[wanton pebble]

of just the parrot express or of the NPCs, too?

Trying to prototype the third fork and the potential events therein (probably doing an Island tour, since I can't volcano fork, ending on the overlook near Joja Parrot) but needing to figure out how to get from point A to point B. An idea that I'm probably scrapping because of this particular issue is having both the date and the player get lifted up and away to Island North

I can, of course, fade to black, but that might be a little on the nose XD

[fathom rapids]

fun fact, parrot express and willy's boat animatiosn are currently not working for me. i suspect fashion sense

[hard fern]

🤔 why would it be fs?

im crious

[fathom rapids]

well it affects the rendering of the farmer's sprite

and i have no other suspects

i think it might also have updated right before this started happening to me? i had a specific reason to suspect it

[sinful reef]

im sure this is a dumb question but is there something im missing that checks for the player being 'out of bounds' or something? the path i added (aswell as the stairs) are on the back layer so it shouldnt be enabling collision, but i cant go past the end of the stairs to get to my warp :'3...

(first pic is the map and the 2nd is every layer hidden except for back)

[torpid sparrow]

Sometimes I have weird buildings tiles

[twin wadi]

make sure there's nothing on the buildings layer! for that spot! sometimes i have some invisible buildings layer - yeah what wem said

[torpid sparrow]

I don’t see them but apparently they’re there

It’s so weird

[sinful reef]

😰 i see... ghost buildings

ill try that lol thank u

[twin wadi]

something that's helpful is hovering over, and in the corner it says whether it's [empty] or a specific id

[sharp marsh]

is there a way to make map edits to the farm without having to start a new game to see the changes?

[twin wadi]

like that

[twin wadi]

patch reload yourmodid in console

[fathom rapids]

theres a mod but im not sure if its up to date

ooh yeah that sounds like a better plan lmao

[twin wadi]

ugh wrong screenshot

[twin wadi]

actual screenshot i meant to send:

[sharp marsh]

@twin wadi and will this effect the farm anywhere but the edited tiles?

[twin wadi]

replying to the wrong message... my brain fog is back in full force

[twin wadi]

it'll just essentially update your mod data to be up to date

[sinful reef]

!! THAT DID THE TRICK

THANKS BOSS 🫡

[sharp marsh]

didnt seem to work

[fathom rapids]

did you literally put 'yourmodid' in there

just checking

[sharp marsh]

no haha

it said "content pack reloaded"

[fathom rapids]

yea

it wont update objects

but it WILL update terrain

[sharp marsh]

oh i see

i should have specified then, so is there a way to edit objects without making a new game?

[fathom rapids]

yea

hold on ill find the correct mod

https://github.com/Lake1059/ResetTerrainFeatures_NET6/releases

basicallly do the same thing, then also do the reset terrain features thing

[twilit quest]

Does the When field in Content Patcher do "OR"? Like, When either This OR That is true?

[finite willow]

pathfinding in terraria

oh mb I keep mixing them up

[twilit quest]

I know if it's part of the same statement, it's possible with commas, but I don't know if it can be done if the two conditions are different enough to require separate statements

[quasi summit]

why wont it load

[ocean sail]

Log found, uploaded to: https://smapi.io/log/b3664c20fdb6420cb843eb5bd7b7c9ce

[hard fern]

you messed up somewhere

!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.

[hard fern]

show your content.json

[twin wadi]

can you send -

you're fast 😅

[hard fern]

im everywhere

[quasi summit]

"Format": "2.7.4",
"Changes": [

    "Action": "Load",
        "Target": "Maps/Farm",
        "FromFile": "assets/SmallLandsFarm.tmx"
]

}

[clear bough]

I was wondering is it possible to create custom heart events for an already existing custom NPC added by another mod, without altering the original mod itself?

[lucid mulch]

sure

[quasi summit]

idk this is my first time making a mod

its just supposed to replace the standard farm

[lucid iron]

you can do whatever but since it's someone else's oc maybe check with the original author

[royal stump]

Not directly, but you can use dynamic tokens, queries, or just invert all the When conditions. For example, a dynamic token can have the value "false" if two When conditions are true, but otherwise have the value "true".

[quasi summit]

im not super good with tech and stuff so i have no clue what it means

[twilit quest]

Oooh, I see. Thank you; I will think about how to make this work.

[brittle pasture]

this is the full file in its entirety?

[quasi summit]

yeah?

i just copied it from the wiki guide

[brittle pasture]

you're missing some brackets when pasting then

first you need a { to match the final }

next wrap all the lines in Changes 's [] block in a {} block

[quasi summit]

oh wait there is a { at the start i just didnt paste it by accident

[brittle pasture]

(next time use the json parser at smapi.io/json, it helps catch these issues)

[ocean sail]

Log found, uploaded to: https://smapi.io/log/38992f4ef6a443a681270429aad1c0b8

[brittle pasture]

did you apply the fixes I suggested

[vernal crest]

Did you add the { before the action line and } after the FromFile line like Selph said?

Waaaaaah

What is my colour?!?!?!?

[quasi summit]

yea

i did

[brittle pasture]

then post what you have again

[brittle pasture]

~~congrats on being the server's top yapper™ of the week ~~

[brittle pasture]

woops, I should have clarified: you want to keep the []

just put the {} block in it as well

[quasi summit]

oh

[vernal crest]

!json Please use the json website in future

[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.

[clear bough]

Which tutorial?

[brittle pasture]

(Changes is a list, hence the [], which can contain one or more {} blocks)

[vernal crest]

What do you mean about a tutorial? Chu was saying that if you're planning to add content for someone else's NPC it's recommended that you ask for their permission.

[clear bough]

I know that. I mean which tutorial would be followed after the creator says yes.

[vernal crest]

We don't have one I don't think

[hard fern]

i mean there's the event making tutorials

but

there's not a tutorial for "specifically adding content to someone else's npc"

[tender bloom]

there's tutorials for some things, but not everything

[uncut viper]

(dont forget Merge!)

[tender bloom]

often you need to read a tutorial and then extrapolate

[vernal crest]

Oh yeah I was thinking they were going to be editing an existing event, which we don't have a tutorial for

[vernal crest]

Here's an event tutorial. If you search for "event" on this wiki you'll find more. https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Events_for_Everyone

[royal stump]

oh, not sure if I've ever seen Merge before

[uncut viper]

"When": {
  "Merge: {{HasMod |contains=Author.Mod}}, {{ConfigToken |contains=SomeValue}}": true

this for example is an OR that will make the When pass if you either have Author.Mod installed OR you have chosen the SomeValue config value

[quasi summit]

https://smapi.io/log/37e6ac1695844d4696ffa8395707026c

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.3.2 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0, with 3 C# mods and 1 content packs.

[quasi summit]

😭

i think my entire map is broken

four THOUSAND errors

[tender bloom]

generally when there's 4000 errors it's at least the same error 4000 times

your spouse patio area is off the map I believe

I recommend setting the relevant map property

SpouseAreaLocation I think

[quasi summit]

maybe i miscounted the tiles and put it clipped thru a fence

[tender bloom]

it seems to think it is entirely off the map

(index out of bounds error)

I specifically suspect the spouse patio due to StardewValley.Farm.ReapplyBasePatioArea() and because I saw this exact issue in a different map a long time ago (Harvz' tiny farm, I think right when 1.5.6 came out)

[quasi summit]

omg

bruh

i accidentally set the y position to 33 instead of 13

im so dumb lmao

thank you for that

[quasi summit]

my map is actually inspired from that

i wanted to play on a small farm but i noticed its a lil broken in 1.6

[tender bloom]

that'll do it! i enjoyed that map a lot, someday I'll go back to that farm

i got to like 90% perfection and then kind of stopped playing it

[quasi summit]

it worked now

it actually loaded

tysm

i just have to thouroughly test and debug it now since its quite glitchy