making-mods-general

[summer spoke]

I don't think so? I want to add a new map and some new npcs, but I don't want to mess with the code itself, I think.

[hard fern]

so then it's a content pack for (content patcher)

[bitter coyote]

IT WORKS. FINALLY. THANK YOU ALL.

[summer spoke]

and sense they're dependent, I put both SMAPI and Content Patcher, right?

[hard fern]

technically no, since you need smapi to load content patcher in the first place, and your mod is already a content pack for content patcher.

[summer spoke]

Right, okay, thank you for clearing that up

How do I make a throw away character? I want to make sure the event is working before the NPC that I want to go in there?

[urban patrol]

you could use a vanilla npc

[summer spoke]

So, if I put Vincent there since it's supposed to be a kid, it won't break anything?

[urban patrol]

nope

[summer spoke]

Thank you

Sorry, that seems obvious now that I look at it...

[urban patrol]

it's very very hard nigh impossible to permanently break anything in CP

[summer spoke]

I've done it twice

[lucid iron]

The load bearing term is permanently

It's quite possible to crash draw loop but your save is not likely to get corrupted by this

[urban patrol]

even with the worst mistake i ever made, all i did was crash the game

yep draw loop crash is what i did lol

[summer spoke]

Had to factory reset my computer, so not permanently, but I really don't want to do it again. But I think this one's going to work

[urban patrol]

having to reset your computer sounds like perhaps you had bigger problems lol

[summer spoke]

Optimism might be my downfall, but I still have it

Maybe

[trim sand]

I love that consistently when I ask weird animal produce questions I basically summon you with an awnser to what I'm trying to do.

[fallow gazelle]

PSA: do not use Game1.playSound("SinWave");

it keeps going and going and going, even after quitting to the main menu 💀

also it's super annoying

[trim sand]

You will pay for your Sins

[calm nebula]

I have a slight feeling you're supposed to keep the cue around so you can pause it

Like how the fishing rod uses it

[fallow gazelle]

oh you can do that?

that uhh would fix the 5 bgms that are playing all at the same time

[lucid iron]

What's the goal exactly

[fallow gazelle]

i'm just digging around for a suitable sound effect for activating an ability

[brave fable]

dwop

[lucid iron]

yoba

Iirc there's a debug command for playing a cue real quick

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/34968

Also nice to use

[calm nebula]

yoba would be nice

[fallow gazelle]

oh thank you!

[summer spoke]

Now that the manifest is made, I need to make the event data, right? Can I use the .json check thing, or is that only for the manifest?

[urban patrol]

you can but you’ll need to switch it to content patcher not manifest

assuming you’re talking about smapi.io

[lucid iron]

You don't have to use the website

Many text editors have json support

[urban patrol]

yeah it’s a validation tool to check errors, but you should write and save your code locally

[summer spoke]

right, okay, I'll do that. thank you

[urban patrol]

!software

[ocean sail]

Here's a list of software for pixel art and JSON text editors we recommend: https://gist.github.com/ishanjalan/c8efb21afa21f74a052293176db107f7

For making SMAPI (C#) mods, see the Requirements section here for which IDE to install https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Modder_Guide/Get_Started#Get_started.

To use this command, type !software.

[urban patrol]

i use notepad++

[summer spoke]

Is there a big difference between notepad++ and visual?

[autumn tide]

i use VS code!

[summer spoke]

When I'm trying to start the event, I know I need to put the event number, the time, and the event that I want to be required to have been seen, but how do I put it in the bus stop? Is it just StardewValley.Locations.BusStop?

Yes, VS is treating me well, thankfully!

[autumn tide]

oh, it should be in the edit/data thingy! one sec..

SO

all the events are in Data/Events

and all the files in those are named after locations (I'm assuming it's the name of the locations internal ID but I don't trust myself to even comment on maps/locations-)

[autumn tide]

SO, if you wanna make an event in the bus stop, you'd make your Target field (i.e. the thing that tells the game where to store your code)

"Target": "Data/Events/BusStop",

[uncut viper]

also, event IDs should not just be numbers, they should include your modID and a human readable name
also, they dont need any requirements at all if you dont want them to. they dont need a time or previous event requirement

[summer spoke]

So, it should be "Target": "113/Time 0600 2200/!SawEvent <112>/BusStop", ?

Wait, modID?

[uncut viper]

are you making a new event or editing an existing one?

[gentle rose]

are you looking at c# or content patcher? because StardewValley.Locations.BusStop looks like C#

[summer spoke]

a new one

[autumn tide]

(okay thank god i thought you were typing cause i got something wrong again LOL)

[uncut viper]

Claude also just gave you the exact Target you need

[summer spoke]

I just pulled up a wiki to tell me the location names

[uncut viper]

if you're making a new event, give it a proper ID. they arent just numbers in 1.6+

dont look at the wiki, looki n your unpack at Data/Locations.json

[autumn tide]

!unpack you do have your unpacked files, 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.

[uncut viper]

(or if you prefer, you can view it in game via Lookup Anything or Debug Mode)

[autumn tide]

they're a great reference!

[summer spoke]

I don't have an unpack, I think. I'll read it right away, thank you, and I do have debug mode.

Thankfully, it makes a lot of things easier

[uncut viper]

you should always have an unpack when modding stardew, so do that first

https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Events_for_Everyone

[autumn tide]

Gotchaaa okay, unpacking is generally the first step for mod-making so this should make things easier

[summer spoke]

Right, I understand now. Thank you for your help

Sorry, if I'm thanking too much

[autumn tide]

LOL dw haha

[autumn tide]

time to learn how temp actors work

[calm nebula]

You get them from the temp agency

[autumn tide]

(i do have resources lol, i just hate it)

[calm nebula]

Pay them by the hour

[autumn tide]

aaaah

no im too cheap

[calm nebula]

Make sure they dont go over thr union allowed daily working time

Feed them and water them

[autumn tide]

the temp actors a dog so it's free

dw they get bug meat

[summer spoke]

Right, just to make sure so I don't do something stupid and ruin things again, the file that I need to unzip is the one that Stardew Valley is in and not the Stardew Valley folder itself?

[autumn tide]

(no clue here sorry)

[urban patrol]

the thing you need to unzip is the folder you downloaded, and then place it inside your game folder. like how you unzip mods and then move them to your mods folder

[autumn tide]

(they're unpacking the game for context)

[urban patrol]

yes i know

[summer spoke]

Okay, the game folder

Thank you

Just wanted to make sure

Now it's tell me Effects\ShadowRemove.xnb => Effect isn't a supported asset type. Effects\ShadowRemoveMG3.8.0.xnb => isn't a supported asset type

Other than that it's said that it's done

Do I need to delete something?

[urban patrol]

no i think those just can't be unpacked iirc. they're not important

[summer spoke]

Oh thank goodness. I'll leave everything alone then before taking the next step, thank you

How do I find the format number?

[autumn tide]

Could you clarify?

[urban patrol]

it's in CP documentation, but as of right now, it's 2.8.0

[summer spoke]

Thank you

I figured the wiki was updated, but I just thought it was important to know

[urban patrol]

2.9.0 will likely be released soon since pathos is doing mod updates rn

[autumn tide]

ooh nice!

[urban patrol]

but he's very on top of it

[gentle rose]

-# 2.8.1

[uncut viper]

nope #making-mods-general message

and a lil above that: #making-mods-general message

[summer spoke]

Okay, so, I'm stumped by the Content Patcher. Do I need one in Stardew Valley file and another in the mod folder?

[tiny zealot]

content patcher is a mod. you need one copy, in your Mods folder (unzipped)

[summer spoke]

Right, okay, thank you

I was a little worried I didn't word that right and didn't make any sense tbh

Does it matter that I'm using Stardrop? Because I don't remember unzipping any files, and, when I open it, it gives me three options. Do I copy all three or just the folder?

Sorry, this is probably pretty obvious, but I honestly don't understand

[urban patrol]

stardrop automatically unzips files for you when you click mod manager download on nexus

stardrop-downloaded mods can be found in the stardrop installed mods folder

[summer spoke]

so does that mean I don't need to make a manifest or content.json since they're already in the folder?

[urban patrol]

i'm confused. your own mod needs you to create both, but any mods you download already have those courtesy of their author doing that

[summer spoke]

sorry, I'll try to word it better

I'm currently at the "Create a SMAPI content pack per step 3 of the general Create a Content Pack" page at https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Content_Patcher. And it's telling me to "Add the files needed by the content pack framework". But when I copy and paste the content patcher folder, it doesn't say "Loaded X content packs" in SMAPI when I load up the game.

{sorry I felt it would be better if I copy and paste it}

[uncut viper]

Content Patcher is its own mod. you just need it installed for content patcher mods to work. your mod will have nothing to do with Content Patcher's folder itself.

your own mod will have its own folder in your Mods folder with its own files

[summer spoke]

right, okay, so I download it manually instead and unzip it into the new file?

I'm sorry for making this difficult

[uncut viper]

it doesnt matter how you install Content Patcher as long as it ends up installed

[summer spoke]

thank you

Maybe I'm overthinking it. Will it count towards the mods that I have already downloaded?

Because I have a manifest, a content, and a Content Patcher folder and the game is still loading

[uncut viper]

i dont understand the question or why it wouldnt be loading

[summer spoke]

I'm sorry. I can be bad with words. I don't want to sound unappreciative of all the help that I get. When I load up the game, SMAPI pops up and lists the mods that I have running; they're the mods that were suggested like debug menu. But the mod that I'm trying to make isn't added to the list. So, does that mean I'm doing something wrong, or is it not put together enough just yet to be counted as one?

[urban patrol]

that could mean it's not in the correct folder, or it could mean that it has no manifest or has other errors preventing it from loading. you can check the log to see which

[summer spoke]

Right. The file is in the mods folder. It has a manifest, content, and ContentPatcher file. The ContentPatcher file has ContentPatcher.dll and a manifest. Should It be in with the Stardrop Mods?

[urban patrol]

are you launching the game with stardrop?

[summer spoke]

Yes

[urban patrol]

then you need to make sure they're enabled in stardrop

[summer spoke]

So, I moved it to the Stardrop folder, but it's not showing up.

does it matter what I have written down on the content file or manifest file? I can try posting them in chat if it does, but I don't think that's what's happening

[urban patrol]

!log you should post a log first

[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.

[summer spoke]

right okay, thank you

[urban patrol]

the log is something different; if you follow governor's instructions, you'll see that you have to upload a file which is a printout of everything in the SMAPI console.

looking at your manifest in the validator website, you can see that it pointed out some errors with things like spelling, spacing, and syntax. you should correct those, add at least one patch to your content.json, and then see if your log says your mod is loading

[summer spoke]

right, sorry about that

thank you

[tiny zealot]

if i'm understanding you correctly, you put Content Patcher inside your mod's folder, which is a problem.
mods cannot be inside other mod folders; SMAPI stops descending the filesystem when it finds a manifest.json inside a folder

your Mods folder should look like this (abbreviated):

Mods
+- Console Commands
+- Save Backup
+- Content Patcher
+- Your Cool Mod That You're Making```

[summer spoke]

Right, okay, I'll try that, too. Thank you

Can someone please explain the Unique ID? I'm a little lost.

[urban patrol]

the unique ID, frequently called a Mod ID (as seen in tokens like {{ModId}}) is how your mod is identified uniquely. it's convention to do authorname.modname to ensure no conflicts with other mods

[tiny zealot]

see also: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Common_data_field_types#Unique_string_ID

[summer spoke]

right, okay. thank you

[tiny zealot]

you get to choose your mod's unique ID. like nic said, the convention is yourname.yourmodname, which barring identical handles and taste in mod names guarantees uniqueness without having to, like, consult a database

so for instance my first mod was ichortower.HatMouseLacey, which can only ever collide with another mod if someone else is called ichortower and makes a mod called Hat Mouse Lacey

(or maliciously chooses not to follow the convention, which we will not consider here)

[calm nebula]

You say that but I didn't manage to grab atravita on github

[summer spoke]

And the update keys are the last numbers at the end of the link in nexus?

Sorry, I thought I had a handle on this

[urban patrol]

yep

[summer spoke]

thank you

that wasn't right, was it?

[urban patrol]

update keys should look like this
"UpdateKeys": [ "Nexus:31888" ],

[summer spoke]

thank you

I'm sorry, I don't know how else to put it up other than just sending the link. Am I missing something?

[urban patrol]

sending the link to smapi.io where you've uploaded it is the preferred method yes

[summer spoke]

https://smapi.io/json/manifest/a839611c6ecd42b7aa103e2f9b0c3a98

thank you

[urban patrol]

unique id should have no space, and you should format your update key like i showed you

[summer spoke]

sorry, it's getting a little late so my heads a bit out there right now. thank you for the help

[urban patrol]

np

[summer spoke]

Progress! I got it on Stardrop! Thank you!

Now it's telling me that it can't be added to the game because it needs Content Patcher (4.3.2 or later)

But it

is something!

But I need to stop now. I need to get up at 4 tomorrow and it's already too late. Thank you everyone for everything!

[lucid mulch]

Line 12 you specified the MinimumVersion in the ContentPackFor should be 4.3.2, but thats the SMAPI version, CP is 2.8.1, though realistically you should just remove the field entirely.
better to do CP versioning with the mandatory Format field in your content.json

[rough crow]

I've been trying to read about editing the player character but I'm confused about some stuff-

Am I able to add new eye types? And can there be two different pixel sizes? I have a picture of what I want to do if it's needed ;-; I'm trying to make wirt from over the garden wall (but with specific eyes) and I've never made a mod before ;u;

[upper orchid]

Hello everyone!
I am trying to make a custom CC bundles mod for personal use, but I'm having trouble finding documentation on how the code works
does anyone know where i could find documentation on bundles.json specifically? it looks like this:

[lucid iron]

You need fashion sense for that sort of thing unfortunately, it's not doable in vanilla (content patcher)

[rough crow]

Ah okay but it is possible! Alright I'll do my best ;u; thank u!

[brittle pasture]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Bundles

the wiki is a good resource

[upper orchid]

thank you!! for some reason i was having trouble finding this on the wiki specifically
i ended up with some documentation for DeLiXx's Unlockable Bundles lol

[brittle pasture]

the search bar doesn't search the modding namespace by default

gotta check that in Advanced

[upper orchid]

ahh i see, thank you!

[lucid iron]

Remember to use the regenerate_bundles command when changing this mid save

[urban patrol]

when are config files generated (if they don't exist)? when mods are loaded?

[lucid iron]

When game launches yeah

I wanna say it's when mod first calls helper.ReadConfig

[urban patrol]

i just had a really bizarre bug (probably stardrop's/my own fault) where i had an old version of a config file from months ago show up and screw up a bunch of includes

[lucid iron]

Which is either mod Entry or game launch

[urban patrol]

i see i see

[lucid iron]

That sounds like stardrop managing the config

[urban patrol]

i'll see if i can turn that off somehow

i was freaked out like has my mod been broken for months

[lucid iron]

[tight rivet]

hah, someone finally made an vibe-coded version of DNT.

[proud wyvern]

DNT?

[tight rivet]

Dynamic Night Time

there's now an AI-coded Dynamic Dusk Randomizer Mod

(Which is made by you can guess whno.)

[proud wyvern]

Relevant meme I still had in my clipboard

[tight rivet]

hah. Well, if people like it, that's good, becasuse I can't drag myself to work on DNT ><

(i don't have that much time, either)

[late pewter]

Wait, how do you know it's vibe coded?

Also Hi! I love Dynamic Night Time!

[tight rivet]

all of his mods are vibe-coded

he doesn't code himself, he uses AI.

[late pewter]

...oh

Well that's not very good.

[tight rivet]

(I do kinda want to MAKE time to fix DNT's issues with 1.6 but each time I look at it, I kinda go "aaaaah" with my task load)

[late pewter]

If it means anything, it's kind of been running okay-ish.

In the sense that it hasn't broken anything.

[tight rivet]

that is good

[late pewter]

I encourage you to find a nice block of time to turn off all distractions and give yourself the patience to sit down and fix any issues it has.

Don't let the robot slaves get you down.

[tight rivet]

the problem is the things stopping me are: my classes, my two jobs, and my rusty knowledge of c# >_>

[late pewter]

Big oof. Maybe find someone willing to help out? Toss it up on Github or similar?

(I haven't a clue how to code in C# - making a Stardew NPC mod with only JSON is using 100% of my mental bandwidth)

[tight rivet]

it's on github, right now, yeah

[west thunder]

gulp

[verbal narwhal]

if I use GameStateQuery.CheckConditions(gsq) in my c# mod where gsq as string can be entered in the config menu/gmcm/config.json - does the user need to escape quotes and backslashes in the gmcm menu?

||how am i supposed to write a tooltip/guidance for a user for that when escaping breaks my own mind q.q||

[woven token]

Hey, could anyone help me? I'm creating a mod that adds NPCs and for some reason, my NPC doesn't animate during the festival. I managed to add her normally, she's standing in the designated spot, and the dialogues work, but the animations don't.

{
      "LogName": "Luau",
      "Action": "EditData",
      "Target": "Data/Festivals/summer11",
      "TextOperations": [
        /*SetUp*/
        {
          "Operation": "Append",
          "Target": [
            "Entries",
            "Set-Up_additionalCharacters"
          ],
          "Value": "Ashara 22 8 down",
          "Delimiter": "/"
        },
        {
          "Operation": "Append",
          "Target": [
            "Entries",
            "Set-Up_additionalCharacters_y2"
          ],
          "Value": "Ashara 22 8 down",
          "Delimiter": "/"
        },
        {
          "Operation": "Append",
          "Target": ["Fields", "set-up", 5],
          "Value": "/animate Ashara false true 100 17 18 19 20 21 20 19 18"
        },
        {
          "Operation": "Append",
          "Target": ["Fields", "set-up_y2", 5],
          "Value": "/animate Ashara false true 100 17 18 19 20 21 20 19 18"
        },
        {
          "Operation": "Append",
          "Target": ["Fields", "mainEvent", 5],
          "Value": "/animate Ashara false true 100 17 18 19 20 21 20 19 18"
        },
        {
          "Operation": "Append",
          "Target": ["Fields", "mainEvent_y2", 5],
          "Value": "/animate Ashara false true 100 17 18 19 20 21 20 19 18"
        }

      ]
    },
    {
      "LogName": "Luau - dialogue",
      "Action": "EditData",
      "Target": "Data/Festivals/summer11",
      "Entries": {
        "Ashara": "{{i18n:Ashara.Luau}}",
        "Ashara_y2": "{{i18n:Ashara.Luau}}"
      }
    }

[verbal narwhal]

https://github.com/camiska/PregnancyOdds/tree/expanded

there it is!!

I surely didn't spend longer on my complexmodoptions for gmcm and stupid scroll state than the base functionality

[ocean sail]

@verbal narwhal You leveled up to Farmer. You're now a prettier shade of blue. Thanks for sticking around!

[verbal narwhal]

ouhh!! I would hereby officially and humbly request the Mod author role please. Here are my published things: https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/Camileer/mods?gameId=1303

[gray bear]

i know the tutorial says to just ask but i think you should be tagging a junimo so it doesn't get lost

[verbal narwhal]

wouldnt bouncer be more idk nice?

because it is not urgent

[gray bear]

speaking of which. hey @ivory plume
i think this bit of the Eligible part of the ***Discord modding channel *** doc should be changed to maybe messaging Bouncer, since just posting about it will likely make it be ignored

[gray bear]

yeah that'll work

[verbal narwhal]

@outer glacier

[lucid iron]

Yay thank

Compat will have to be a 1.1 thing but i will look at it

[ember lily]

Hihi! Congrats on levelling up. Could you add yourself to the wiki? https://www.stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Community

[verbal narwhal]

I added myself!

[verbal narwhal]

1.1 of hmk or 1.1 of mine? because i havent published that yet, i just didnt change the version number from the original basic version of the mod

[lucid iron]

1.1 of hmk cus im releasing like, right now

[verbal narwhal]

aah

[blissful panther]

(I don't want to take over from Jay, but I don't see you on there?

Edit: Though I do see that you made the edit. It's just... not showing on the live page for some reason.)

[ember lily]

Same

[blissful panther]

I feel like you can go ahead with the dusting given the edit is... clearly there, just not visible for some reason?

Actually, wait...

[verbal narwhal]

Huh?

[blissful panther]

I was just wondering if there was maybe a tiny mistake in the edit that made it not visible, but I'm not seeing one...

[verbal narwhal]

Just let me know what I can or should do!

[verbal narwhal]

It showed it for me q.q

[blissful panther]

The only thing I can think of to suggest is removing the empty sample mod 3 = line?

But then there are others with that there empty, so it should be fine...

Okay, @ember lily, I would say just do the dusting since it seems to be done correctly, and is just wiki weirdness. Don't want to take the fun away from you since you started it off.

[ember lily]

https://tenor.com/view/what-woah-confused-shocked-weird-gif-16198408

cheeto

[blissful panther]

(I really miss the public dustings!)

[fading walrus]

(THE CHEETOING)

[verbal narwhal]

Yippee! Thanks!!

https://tenor.com/view/dorito-spinning-gif-3037281823386410084

[fading walrus]

Congratulations on cheeto!

[hard fern]

ornge

[autumn tide]

Aaaa congrats!!

[merry river]

helloooo, i finally published v1.0.0 of my mods! (not sure if the links go here, lmk if I should post them somewhere else)
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/40998
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/39402

[autumn tide]

omg that's awesome!!! want me to feature them?

[merry river]

I'd love that!!

[autumn tide]

oh, and you should re-post the pei ming one too bc afaik only one link can be featured at a time!

[merry river]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/39402

[autumn tide]

yay! congrats void

[woeful lintel]

it's also often preferabble to post these in #modded-stardew cuz most people here don't really play the game...

[autumn tide]

you can forward it there LOL

[merry river]

haha the curse of the modmakers. will do

[verbal narwhal]

Omg Claude I’ve missed you becoming Orange!!!

[gray bear]

we r cheeto

we r strong

[calm nebula]

Slaying demons with our song.....

Oh wait

[gray bear]

we slay smapi sometimes

[merry river]

i want to be orange too :( but i think i am but a peasant for this role

[proud kite]

how would i go about editing a custom farmhouse 2 tile kitchen to be 4 tiles? im fairly new to tiled so wondering if this is going to be more difficult than i expect

[gray bear]

gotta be more chatty

[merry river]

[west thunder]

@lucid iron
Spouse asked for bebi, when the prompt was supposed to appear, ka-boom.
https://smapi.io/log/7794b7c7e11849e38bd5e783311a43c4

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.3.2 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0, with 112 C# mods and 197 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[west thunder]

Game crashed.

If this is related to your mod.

[lucid iron]

Wow how did u get here

Is this when you sleep and tried to have a child?

[west thunder]

Mhm.

The dialogue appeared, and the Yes/No thing was supposed to appear, I assume?

But I only heard the "whoop" before the game crashed.

Didn't even get to see thr prompt itself 😔

[lucid iron]

Yeah I'll have to look at it

[west thunder]

sigh

back to gambling for bebi.....

[lucid iron]

Can you give me a harmony_summary?

[west thunder]

FIVE PERCENT rate, no less.

[west thunder]

Wuzzat?

[lucid iron]

Type that in the console and then send a new log

It's to help me try and understand what's going on

[west thunder]

So, I just restart the game and type "debug harmony_summary" in the terminal?

[lucid iron]

Yeah

!harmonysummary

[ocean sail]

To get a little more info, can you:

1. Load into the game (the title screen is fine).
2. Type harmony_summary into the SMAPI window and press enter.
3. Upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (instructions on page)
4. Post the log link here?

To use this command, type !harmonysummary.

[lucid iron]

Oh yeah I'm guessing you don't have any special dialogue for kids birth yet

Can you give me patch summary Strings/Events

[lucid iron]

Can send that via smapi.io/json

[west thunder]

No content packs, no.

[west thunder]

https://smapi.io/log/55c6927b5ae349ce9b0239b4d54fd952

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.3.2 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0, with 112 C# mods and 197 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[west thunder]

That good?

Thing says there's no such thing as harmony_summary.

[lucid iron]

You don't have console commands installed?

[lucid iron]

Ah sorry i derped

Meant patch export Strings/Events

[lucid iron]

Hm no u do have console commands

[west thunder]

https://smapi.io/json/none/b76011cbafe8427c87ea98ad2d12cab4

[west thunder]

Got it.

I think.

[lucid iron]

Yep that's what i wanted

Are you adopting with maru?

[rose shuttle]

I have a question, hopefully a simple one... I'm patching together an AT mod of my collection of older furniture mods (personal use only) and I'm doing the boarded window, and I see one that I pulled from somewhere, I can't remember, but it has a double window. I'm confused by this because I've always been under the impression boarded window only has one version, and there's only one version on the furniture tile sheet... if I put two tiles, will it apply light to the second one like the regular windows?

[west thunder]

Bio.

[lucid iron]

Hm ok no data modifications there

[west thunder]

I haven't been given any options yet, just went to bed, got the request and wasn't given the prompt because it DIED.

[lucid iron]

So like maru says (with portrait) "wanna have a kid" right

[west thunder]

Mhm.

[lucid iron]

And then the question box is no work

[west thunder]

Didn't even see it, just heard the opening whoop.

[lucid iron]

Ok I'll inspect this more when at me puter, my current guess is inccompat with ddfc

[west thunder]

DDFC?

[lucid iron]

Dialogue Display Framework Continued

[west thunder]

there's an omnipotent presence among us

[west thunder]

Oh.

Do I just turn it off then?

Because I can.

[lucid iron]

Well i don't know for sure, you could try

[west thunder]

Alright.

[lucid iron]

I won't be able to actually dig into this for another 8hrs anyways

Do let me know if you find stuff and ofc back up your save

Dialogue Display Tweaks (DLL) is the other ones that might have done something

[ivory plume]

Sending a message to Bouncer does work, but it's mainly meant to be a public thing. The idea is that...

• any mod author in the channel can check if they meet the requirements and help them add themselves to the wiki;
• then they're publicly cheeto'd in the channel so everyone can welcome them to the cheeto bag, instead of just a bot DM to quietly switch a flag with nobody noticing.

[west thunder]

Did you change anything in that regard?

As in, UI?

[gray bear]

I understand that, it makes sense. But I feel like Juni's aren't practically active in this channel, and a lot of messages can get missed. It's not that I'm against the idea, just think its very miss able. and tagging the Junimo role is more for ugrent/rule breaking things. so maybe a way to make the message the mod author sent somehow go a Mod only channel with just these requests might work better?

I am in fact, just throwing ideas at the wall.

[ivory plume]

We do have a bunch of active mod author Junimos. Maybe we could have something like @Mod Author Junimo you can ping for cheeto purposes?

[blissful panther]

I was about to suggest a ping to any cheeto-junimo individually would also work, but a role accomplishes that much better.

(And Pathos, PR incoming this weekend. I know it's taken long enough. )

[gray bear]

that'd work great

[lucid iron]

Well you know how the vanilla thing doesn't have a portrait at all

That's something I added

[west thunder]

No, unfortunately. This is my first time babing.

[west thunder]

Yeah, no, game still crashed.

[woeful lintel]

if it's an AT for the boarded windows, it won't show light whatever you do because it is a painting

[rose shuttle]

So the second image in that AT is useless? I'm glad I dug into this, because the data file for that folder has image size set to 32 x 32, but it's actually only half that, so it might not have even display properly, idk. Right, thanks for the reply, Leroy.

[woeful lintel]

don't know about that, I barely understand how AT works (everytime I look into it, I instantly forget it). All I know is that the vanilla sprite is 1x2 tiles (so 16x32 pixels), no idea what an AT with a larger sprite does

[rose shuttle]

me either to be honest, I haven't actually tried that particular item.

I've just spent the last two days compiling, haven't actually loaded the game to test

well, I did load to test my work so far, no errors yet knocks on wood

[lucid iron]

Did you manage to get a harmony_summary

Everyone should have access to that command in smapi

[blissful panther]

Time to make a mod that just does one of those every launch!

Oh and hey... art history thing?

[lucid iron]

Yes did blueberry make DH fanart

[blissful panther]

Hey @brave fable, how dare you leak my already public face via a 100% accurate portrait?

[woeful lintel]

Having to actually play the game, I got annoyed at golden walnuts: how do I know which ones I haven't found yet? What activity do I have to prioritize?

Thinking about making a golden walnut checklist that looks at the save data to show what is already completed

Also having a display of the total walnut collected would be quite nice imo

[lucid iron]

Oh i think stardew progress implements that

Personally i like just talking to parrot tho

[tiny zealot]

i like asking the parrot but it is annoyingly vague sometimes ("2 in the west!" thanks bird, great job)

[lucid iron]

Well that's just how birbs are like

[calm nebula]

You aren't blue???(

[woeful lintel]

yeah, but I kinda want to find more than 1 per day, and I don't remember which ones I collected 2 years ago

but it is a good hint system imo

[calm nebula]

The way walnuts are tracked is....hardcoded

[vague crag]

got it using a harmony postfix on StardewValley::InputState::GetGamePadState changing the return value to a copy of it but with x and y reversed.
thanks for your help!

[lucid iron]

Mm yeah i do give up and use mousyponds tool as well

[rich geyser]

How do I go about making a custom location. Is it hard?

[calm nebula]

Like, if you look at the parrot

It's just a very long function detailing every single walnut

[lucid iron]

https://mouseypounds.github.io/stardew-checkup/

[woeful lintel]

I was thinking more of a list of things that are already done, with something like a 5/? in North Ginger Island rather than a new hint (or straight up solution) system

[lucid iron]

I forgor if LA also have this somewhere

Either way there can be infinite amount of cake out there have fun

[tiny zealot]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Location_data not hard. but you should know how to use Content Patcher if you don't already

[hard fern]

Mmm carrot cake

[rich geyser]

I can use CONTENT patcher so yesh. Thanks

[woeful lintel]

yeah, I know, I'm thinking about making that, the issue is that I have to finish FF before starting another mod project

also my master

[lucid iron]

Nothing is ever finished

[calm nebula]

(I wanted a squirrel ring that would have pointed out walnuts you hadn't gotten)

But it was wayyyy too much hardcoding

[woeful lintel]

I do have clear goals of stuff to finish for FF3

[urban patrol]

also https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Tutorial:_Adding_a_Custom_Location_(CP)(1.6)

[lucid iron]

Yeah i mean it's ok to work on stuff in parallel

[rich geyser]

I wonder if I can add it using the bus

[woeful lintel]

again, my idea is to have a list of walnuts that are already found, not ones that are left

[lucid iron]

Sometimes i just get a 1-2 day dev time idea and take a break from main thing

[woeful lintel]

yeah, true

[urban patrol]

central station should allow this

[lucid iron]

Though i don't think i really have a main thing rn

[woeful lintel]

will try to do that in march maybe

[lucid iron]

More like a queue of wips that I'll push out for reals in due time

[calm nebula]

Awesome! Will attempt nerdsnipe

[lucid iron]

NoU

[calm nebula]

Tbh I have no ideas anymore anyway lol

[woeful lintel]

I do have one BIG mod idea after FF, but I do not have the energy for it, and I don't know when it will come

[west thunder]

I don't recall.
Also, is there a difference between disabling a mod via config and disabling one in Stardrop?

[lucid iron]

Well most mods don't provide a disable option in the config

[west thunder]

what dat man

[lucid iron]

Stardrop disable = uninstall basically

[west thunder]

Oof.

Alright, I'll try ONE MORE TIME.

Groundhog Valley.

[lucid iron]

While the config disable, if provided, means whatever the mod author consider disabled

[west thunder]

Figured.

Alright, let's see if the lack of the mod itself will help.

Somewhere along the way also trying harmony_summary.

[autumn tide]

LOL dw it was a while ago bc i never shut up-

[lucid iron]

Just rmbr u don't have to continue looking for the problem, no obligation here

[west thunder]

I must have an heir.

Also, I feel good helping others.

[west thunder]

Do remind me, where do I put the harmony_summary thing? Log parser or JSON validator?

[woeful lintel]

mfw the problem starts looking for me

[lucid iron]

It should print a bunch of things and then you can send me the log

[west thunder]

https://smapi.io/log/1492822446bf43feb84100544afef953

[ocean sail]

Log Info: SMAPI 4.3.2 with SDV 1.6.15 build 24356 on Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0, with 110 C# mods and 196 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[west thunder]

How's this?

SILENCE GUV.

[lucid iron]

Hrm can you try without love festival?

[west thunder]

How come?

Just curious.

Also, I'm unsure if uninstalling it will break anything or not.

[lucid iron]

Well u should definitely back up your save

!saves

[ocean sail]

Use this guide if you want to find your save file or transfer it between platforms:
https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

To use this command, type !saves.

[west thunder]

Oh, I have.

I believe.

[lucid iron]

Then u can sleep without fear

[west thunder]

It's just copying the save folder, yeah?

[lucid iron]

Mhm

[west thunder]

Right.

[lucid iron]

Put it somewhere steam doesn't know about

[west thunder]

I've already made a folder for backups.

[lucid iron]

StardewValley.NPC.setNewDialogue
      - AvalonMFX.LoveFestival (prefix)

This is the reason why I want you to try

But yeah i am not too sure if it's the real problem

[west thunder]

Clashing?

[lucid iron]

https://github.com/Mushymato/HaveMoreKids/blob/main/HaveMoreKids/Framework/NightEvents/HMKGetChildQuestionEvent.cs#L55

This is the bit in HMK leading up to the crash

[dusk terrace]

@untold thorn hi! I'm working on a commission involving updating SkillPrestige and I noticed you've already put a lot of work into it yourself along another person, so I'm wondering what' the best course of action here
is it okay if I DM you more about it?
(you have the same username so I hope I don't have the wrong person)

[lucid iron]

But i definitely tested all that in dev

[west thunder]

Let's give this another whirl then.

[untold thorn]

Yes just send me a message

[lucid iron]

If all else fail though you can cheat in a bebi

mushymato.HaveMoreKids_SetNewChildEvent 0 Any Maru

This skips the question event directly to kid event

[tiny zealot]

i am finally doing this and it is working, so i'm proceeding with Event TimeCube, but now i need to have a good name for the thread things, so i am accepting suggestions.
"thread" is fine i guess but it's not really the right word. the working name right now is "facet" but i don't love it

shorter is better, since these will be event commands and therefore prospective content modders will be typing out the commands a lot (including mod id) so i'm not keen on anything C#-y like AsynchronousCommandList

[urban patrol]

branch? since it sounds like it diverges and does its own thing

[tiny zealot]

ooh, that's pretty good

[uncut viper]

it sounds like you follow all threads at once though?

[tiny zealot]

yeah they're like parallel command lists that run alongside the main one

[uncut viper]

then I would say anything but branch

branch I've only ever seen used to refer to taking a single path of something, a verb meaning to branch

[tiny zealot]

what about git though

[uncut viper]

e.g. branch off

what about it? It's branches don't have a time axis

[tiny zealot]

you have never developed different things on different branches simultaneously, then merged them later?

[uncut viper]

the main thread stops when you branch off and if you then restart the main thread without bringing the branch back in they're out of sync

[urban patrol]

idk if i’m visualizing it correctly but i’m imagining a river that has little run offs but the water flows in all of them at once

[uncut viper]

i have but I don't see that as the same thing as these threaded commands

[tiny zealot]

okay. i think branch is cromulent here. moving on

[scarlet warren]

Hey guys Im editing Island_W, but I cant figure out how to enable passable for the moonpools.
I have all the tiles with the Custom Property "Passable T" and most with "Type Stone" or "Type Water"
But I cant walk over em....

[uncut viper]

i will toss what would've been my suggestion in the bin, then

[tiny zealot]

as you wish

[urban patrol]

on which layer is your Passable T

ah yeah so those are currently canceling out iirc

let me pull up the wiki

putting Passable on Back makes it so that those tiles are impassible

by contrast, putting Passable on Buildings makes it so that those tiles ARE passable

[west thunder]

IT WORKS.

MY BABY.

Not the cheaty bit, the normal one.

I don't know what worked though, Love Fest or the removal of the dialogue tweaks.

[lucid iron]

Weird

Well thanks for finding things I'll test more now that I got suspects

[ruby marsh]

Hi! I released a new beta of LittleNPCs. This is considered to be feature-complete but I released it as beta to give content pack authors the opportunity to update their packs before release.

[scarlet warren]

I.. what

You can put map properties on seperate layers?

I edited the tilesheet data itself

[scarlet warren]

noted

What a weird twist

[urban patrol]

no, map properties apply to the whole map. passable is a tile property

[scarlet warren]

Wonder how it got coded to work that way

[urban patrol]

it’s because back is passable by default, and buildings is impassible by default. any value at all (not just T) activates said property, so passable just reverses whatever the default is

[scarlet warren]

oh. Its not actually true or false, but just a trigger?

[urban patrol]

there’s a little footnote on the wiki about T

[scarlet warren]

God I hate code.... This is why I stick to just map edits xD

[urban patrol]

you can do these things in Tiled if you prefer!

[scarlet warren]

I AM doing them in tiled!!!

T.T

[urban patrol]

oh i was confused what you meant by code then

[scarlet warren]

im really bad with languages and communication. And code is like that, but on steroids

I count custom properties as code

Cuz my bar is REALLY low

[summer spoke]

Right, I got everything working, now all I need to do is write the event, right? I think I remember someone telling me that I need to put the manifest at the start, or am I remembering that wrong?

[urban patrol]

the manifest is its own file

you can’t put patches in there

[summer spoke]

Right, okay. Thank you.

[scarlet warren]

Manifest is just face-value data, if I recall. All edits go into Content, I think

[summer spoke]

"All edits go into Content" writing it down in my notes, Thank you

[scarlet warren]

Okay I got them all passable...
My only question remaining is why does it use the stone sfx?
I assume its only pulling the type from the back, and not the water from the object layer....
But how would I fix this?

[urban patrol]

i’m actually not sure if water type has associated footstep sounds

i know stardew druid has splashy noises for tide pools, but every single thing about SD is C# so

we’ll need to wait for someone better at reading the decompile

[scarlet warren]

The tidepools in SVE do too... so now Im curious

So I guess there really is no water type... hmm

[royal stump]

The Type property only works on the Back layer, yeah. The meaningful ones are Dirt/Stone/Grass/Wood. Water footsteps are determined by whether it has the Water property on the Back layer instead. That might also actually mark the tile(s) as water for other logic and effects, though, I'm not sure.

[urban patrol]

i’m pretty sure it would also make them fishable and have the overlay yeah

[scarlet warren]

AND NOW WHY CANT I PLANT TUBERS OR RICE OHHHHHMMMYYYYGOSH

If its not one thing, I break another

[lucid iron]

Fishable is funny tho i support it

You can hide the overlay with Water I

[scarlet warren]

Would a Water property block it from being walkable?

[lucid iron]

Naw

[scarlet warren]

Fff it Im just doing this

I cant find info on the wiki onrice

I thought it just had to be near a back tile with water T

[royal stump]

afaik you can also right-click to edit the tileset and attach properties to those sprites, like the game tends to do

assuming it's a map replacement rather than an edit, anyway (not sure if/how CP merges stuff like that)

[scarlet warren]

Aye, but thjats what caused the blocking issue cuz I was putting water on the back later, and I fixed it by putting cobblestone under the water tiles now

Does anyone see any glaring issue with the water tiles on the back layer?

[summer spoke]

Wait, now SMAPI is telling me that it can't load my mod because the content pack must specify the changes or CustomLocation Fields?

[scarlet warren]

When using tilesets, always make a copy of them, rename them, and place them within your assets folder.

oh wait

different issue

[summer spoke]

Assets folder?

[scarlet warren]

uhhh

What content are you making>

[summer spoke]

I don't think I've read about that. Right now, all I'm trying to do is make a new NPC and a new event.

But I want to focus on the event right now, if that helps.

[scarlet warren]

Sorry, I know VERY little on that.

[summer spoke]

It's alright, thank you for trying

[scarlet warren]

Im not great with code, and I havent tried adding any new content yet

But I DO

[royal stump]

it sounds like your content.json file might not have the general setup; it should have "Format", a list of "Changes", etc

[scarlet warren]

Recommend any new ASSETS, such as sprites, put into a asset folder.

[royal stump]

you can upload that file to smapi.io/json to share it here, and your SMAPI log to smapi.io/log

[scarlet warren]

This is my usual setup

[summer spoke]

Thank you. I'll do that now

https://smapi.io/json/none/f8c77e93df8a4008979fac1c76072984

It says nothing's wrong

[urban patrol]

you have no changes which is what that error was saying

SMAPI doesn’t see the point in loading a mod that tells the game to do nothing

[summer spoke]

Oh, okay. I see now. How can I fix it?

[urban patrol]

add at least one patch and try again

[uncut viper]

it also isnt SMAPI saying it, its Content Patcher

you fix it by making a mod that actually does things

add patches

[summer spoke]

So I need to add the event?

[urban patrol]

yes

[summer spoke]

Right, okay. I'll get right on that. Thank you

[scarlet warren]

Cant test it if it wont run. Wont run if it doesnt do anything.

[summer spoke]

Yeah, that's fair. Sorry, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed sometimes for sure lol

For EventIDs is there anything I should watch out for?

I have the page up with eventids for vanilla Stardew, but I don't want to exclude any other mod that people may want to play as well

[scarlet warren]

out of curiousity, does anyone know how to set up a permanint tileset with custom animations and custom properties, that I could just copy into any new map I make?

[deep cypress]

1.7 Suggestion: Make it so you can chuck things. Like, I wanna be able to chuck items. Like, randomly hurl a fiber accross the screen. Or toss a potato juice to my wife and kids!

[lucid iron]

You want a tsx basically

[scarlet warren]

Trash can

oh

you mean projectile chucking

Pretty sure theres a mod that lets the slingshot shoot anything

[lucid iron]

Although you shouldn't actually use it in live mod for number of reasons it's convenient for embedding to any map

[urban patrol]

are you adding new events or editing existing ones

[summer spoke]

adding

[scarlet warren]

tsx?

[urban patrol]

then you should be sure to name your events with your mod id to make them unique

[deep cypress]

Fishing? Toss that Joja Cola to your thirsty sis who is out of endurance!

[lucid iron]

You can open a vanilla map and then export one of their tilesets as tsx

That gets you something u can import (and then embed so you aren't stuck linking to it) in a different tmx

Doing this allows you to have any animation the vanilla sheet has

[scarlet warren]

ahhh

perfect. Why do you say not to do this, though? Because I'd have to embed it into any new map?

[gray bear]

fasinating

[summer spoke]

Adding, sorry

[lucid iron]

I said not to do it in a live mod, i.e. make sure you embedded everything and not actually ship the tsx

[gray bear]

Event ID's, like any other ID's, should include the {{ModId}} token. otherwise, feel free to be descriptive

[urban patrol]

#making-mods-general message

[gray bear]

oh u said this

[lucid iron]

The reason is just it can be hard to debug because tsx never go through content

[scarlet warren]

Anyone know what I coulda possibly changed to screw this up?

[lucid iron]

Once you embed the contents of the tsx is just inside the tmx

No worries about misplacing stuff then

[scarlet warren]

OOOHHHHHH

Its the entire farmland

None of it is farmable

[gray bear]

that doesn't seem correct

[summer spoke]

I'm sorry, what?

[gray bear]

stardew valley but the farm doesn't farm

[scarlet warren]

its on the back layer, has Diggable T and Type Dirt.... wtf

Does it NEED farmable property?

[gray bear]

im going to the wiki

[scarlet warren]

Sigh.... I think Its acting like it only allows summer crops

[gray bear]

that is weird

[scarlet warren]

It has "SeasonOverride Summer" but I thought that was default for the island

[lucid iron]

Isn't it summer at the farm?

Unless that's a greenhouse

[scarlet warren]

Its ginger island

[lucid iron]

Oh i see

[scarlet warren]

Does Island_W no longer need SeasonOverride?

[gray bear]

what if u remove seasonoverride

[lucid iron]

And it's just a map edit right

[scarlet warren]

I can check

[lucid iron]

I would compare what you have vs what's on vanilla islandwest.tmx

[scarlet warren]

Contemt format is currently 2.8.0 right?

[gray bear]

islandwest does have a season override

[lucid iron]

Do you have any mods that could affect this?

[scarlet warren]

Nothing that Ive installed after updating my mods

[lucid iron]

Well that doesn't really tell us anything

[scarlet warren]

I was planint everything just a few days ago. Now, after changing the mod, it wont

[gray bear]

what did u edit

[scarlet warren]

Tiledata for the moonpoolsw

[rich geyser]

Is there any different body types for character sprites?

Template Wise?

[scarlet warren]

Okay can confirm mix seeds and island seeds dont work either.

[gray bear]

might help if u shared the code

[scarlet warren]

What code?

wait

wait

[gray bear]

the one you're using to edit the map

[scarlet warren]

THAT D BE SO DUMB

Is this making it so theres no water anywerhe else?

[lucid iron]

No it's just those tiles

[gilded flame]

I really hope this is okay to post, sorry if it isn't. I just hope to find interested people !! Subject: 🧚‍♀️ [Recruitment] Build your Portfolio with "Fae and Folk"

Hey everyone! We are expanding the team for Fae and Folk, a Stardew Valley mod focused on Witch/Fairy folklore and magic.

The Team So Far:
Creative Director: Cosmicopal (Concept Art & Direction)
Lead Artist: MermaidDayDreamer (Pixel Art & Asset Polish - Art Educated)

Project Status: The original WIP concept has already gathered a significant following and community support on Nexus. We have the vision, the fanbase, and the art pipeline established—now we just need the technical team to bring it home!

We are looking for:
Coders (C# / SMAPI): To implement custom machines and magic systems.
Dialogue Writers: To help flesh out the lore.

Why Join? This is a free passion project, perfect for building your portfolio and gaining experience on a structured team.

Financial Note: While this is a volunteer project, any future community support (Donations/Ko-fi) that the mod receives will be split evenly among the active team members.

DM me if you're interested in making Stardew a little more magical! ✨

[autumn tide]

oh fun! i would but i have sooo many scope creep ideas- I could make a thread for you on here though, if you'd like!

[gilded flame]

That would be really amazing!!!

[lucid iron]

Your mod is using AI generated code currently which is against #rules , are you then hoping to fix that?

[gilded flame]

YES I AM NO LONGER SUPPORTING AI

I didnt know

I was just trying to make something cool and mistepped

It was a severe oversight

[autumn tide]

Fae and Folk Mod Thread

[uncut viper]

if it currently still is but has not yet removed it, then its promotion in this server is still a breach of rules, just fyi

[gilded flame]

No, i removed all the content code

All that is in the mod folder on nexus is assets and a dummy manifest

[lucid iron]

I think the portfolio angle is a tough sell tbh

[gilded flame]

I promise

[lucid iron]

Most ppl here just mod for hobby

[gilded flame]

I get that, It is just a passion project and if nobody wants to join us that is okay, it is just for hobby, and I just thought it would be cool

[lucid iron]

It'd be good to show off some of your art so people can go wow cool art

Yeah dw im just suggesting better way to advertise

[uncut viper]

i would advise changing the very generated looking nexus description as well (im personally not sure where nexus descriptions fall when it comes to this servers rules)

[autumn tide]

yeah, im not sure much profit would come out of this either LOL, stuff tends to be quite informal here

[rich geyser]

Maybe after I'm done with my DBZ Expansion. I'd probably make a Hazbin mod. Jkjk.

[lucid iron]

You should also remember that you can just pay ppl to do the C# , some people do comms for that

[rich geyser]

I love DBZ.

[gray bear]

dragon ball z?

[rich geyser]

Is there anyone who does comms for portrait mods

[gray bear]

it that the name of it

!comms

[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 !comms.

[gray bear]

ye

[spice inlet]

A sneak peek at the next UB update.

[rich geyser]

Yeah. I sent a lot of character sprites in #making-mods-art

[lucid iron]

Yeah that's a general pixel art comm

[gray bear]

smepi...

[gray bear]

so pretty

[rich geyser]

Hopefully it isn't too much as I am currently struggling financially.

[gilded flame]

Yeah, I would love to! My art isn't perfect yet, but I do have a partner who is helping me perfect it. She is very excited to work on this, and I just need to find people who are also excited, I am open to others ideas and implementations, Im very open minded and understanding

I will update the mod page's text

[lucid iron]

Well it also goes back to it's a hobby project

[autumn tide]

i can donate some code for reference too if/when you happen to working on something specific LOL

[gilded flame]

Of course, If noboby likes it or wants to join, that is fine. Im just looking for others who might be interested

[lucid iron]

Think about what you actually want to show people

[spice inlet]

Leviatic made the new bundle theme and it's only fair to call it absolutely gorgeous :3

[gray bear]

[lucid iron]

Lix when r u releasing the bundle testing dimension

[autumn tide]

yeah, the idea seems a tiny bit too vauge to properly attract ppl quite yet

[gray bear]

a good idea to get people interested if to let people know of your vision

[rich geyser]

Anyways. Is there a template on various character body sprites. I kinda need to get a tall character for Lord Slug.

[gray bear]

concept art might help

[gray bear]

!unpack the game, really

[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.

[gray bear]

seb's tall right

[gilded flame]

Well, if it makes it more sellable, It's heavily inpsired by paganism and witchcraft as well as the fae. The whole idea of the mod is to add items that expand the magic of the game and creating story and lore around new characters and why theyre there.

[spice inlet]

the bundle testing dimension @.@?

there's already a public demo, which is the same one I am using and is used in that video

[lucid iron]

Yes wherever this place is

[gray bear]

let us in

[spice inlet]

only if you know the passcode

[lucid iron]

I was joke that it should become real mod, overtake SVE trust

[autumn tide]

hmm, i think void (as in voidwitchcult, the one who made the fishmonger mod) sells some on their kofi?

[gray bear]

void has bases, yeh

chu with the critical scope creep

[spice inlet]

a mod that randomly places a new bundle anywhere in the game every day

[autumn tide]

eheh

[gray bear]

hell yeah bundle crimes

[autumn tide]

CODE CRIMES CODE CRIMES CODE CRIMES

god it's near impossible to do code crimes with just CP and frameworks

..not learning C# tho i've scope creeped enough

[gray bear]

i can't find an example but im sure there are ways

[uncut viper]

you can use BETAS to completely ruin the entire game, if you wanted

like on a very bare-functionality level

[autumn tide]

oh, i've already (with help) used BETAS and IE to made drinkable battery acid that makes the player... yk I'll just forward the video

[lucid iron]

There's lots of crimes one can do in content patcher

[gray bear]

button has allowed us to crime more

[uncut viper]

i mean you can use BETAS to make the game not do anything. you can use BETAS to break SMAPI

[gray bear]

[lucid iron]

Just from token shenanigans alone

[lucid iron]

Say is BETAS harmony behind a manifest flag

[uncut viper]

i do mean literally break it btw

[lucid iron]

Or is it just crimes for all

[uncut viper]

it is not

[lucid iron]

Wow how terrible

[gray bear]

claude are u a smurf

[uncut viper]

it predates the manifest flag

[autumn tide]

mod idea unlocked

[gray bear]

im onto u

[autumn tide]

...help i

SHIT

hit enter too early AGAIN

[lucid iron]

I dunno u can always increment tbe major version again just for security/lh

[uncut viper]

i could put it behind a manifest flag, which would be a good idea, and woukld technically be a breaking change if only any mod used it

[scarlet warren]

yeah I have no clue why I cant use the Island_W as farmnable field

[autumn tide]

...help i've never watched the smurf stuff so i can't even get this reference about my secret identity*

oh also QI version

[gray bear]

gahh the icon i commed from kisaa is so pretty

[gray bear]

he just called u kinda crazy

valid

[autumn tide]

i mean the player drank battery acid that is an appropraite response

[gray bear]

[rough crow]

Are there any fashion sense tutorial videos? I've looked at the wiki and I'm t r y i n g to understand but I know I learn better with visuals ;-;

[summer spoke]

"41035_01092026/SawEvent <112>/DaysPlayed <7>/Time 0600 2300" is this a good start to an Event ID? Or am I barking up the wrong tree again?

[gray bear]

you don't need to use random numbers

[uncut viper]

no. use your mod id as previously recommended

please also read the event guide i linked you last night

[gray bear]

the actual id is just the first bit iirc

[lucid iron]

Your mod id isn't your nexus id btw

It's UniqueID in the manifest

[autumn tide]

hm, what are you trying to do?

[summer spoke]

the example I was given said that I could use today's date, and I thought if I put the Unique ID in it then it wouldn't mess up anyone else's mod. Sorry

[autumn tide]

uhh, could you elaborate please?

[royal stump]

IDs generally just need to be unique, so they can be your mod ID + anything you haven't used for another event
(outdated docs might mention using nexus ID or other numbers, because years ago they were numeric only)

[hallow prism]

the example you were given where?

[summer spoke]

I'm trying to write code for an event, but I don't want to stop people from playing other mods if they want to play mine as well. So I looked at my manifest for the UpdateKeys - sorry got a bit confused -and wrote down todays date

[urban patrol]

that used to be the recommended way, but we can now use strings instead of numbers. you should use {{ModId}}_YourEventName

[summer spoke]

https://stardewmodding.wiki.gg/wiki/Tutorial:_Anatomy_of_an_Event

[autumn tide]

it doesn't look like the guide you were viewing is outdated

[hallow prism]

events now are accepting strings, so we usually use modid and descriptive stuff

like mines are lumisteria.mtvapius_naveen2h for ex

[summer spoke]

oh, okay, I get that now, thank you. sorry for the confusion

[urban patrol]

i'll edit that wiki page to make it clearer it's outdated and shouldn't be used

[autumn tide]

alright, you're gonna want to change your event ID to this {{ModId}}_whateveryouwannanameit

[summer spoke]

Thank you

[autumn tide]

the {{ModID}} will be replaced by whatever your mod's internal ID is :)

ofc! and no need to apologize, this place is for asking questions

and yapping about other mod creation shit..

[autumn tide]

dammit i just realized i said the opposite of what i meant to-

[summer spoke]

"{{Pitiable}}_SavingChild/SawEvent <112>/DaysPlayed <7>/Time 0600 2300" Is this better?

[autumn tide]

Oh, the thing in curly brackets should literally be ModId

and you're gonna wanna remove the <> things too, im gonna go do some other stuff right now so i'm not gonna check the whole thing, but i don't see any other glaring issues!

[summer spoke]

thank you

[autumn tide]

ofc!

[gilded flame]

For anyone interested there are NPC sprites in the art section of modding, They are Thistle and Cedar

Very early stage alpha sprites, but they're not awful. They will be polished

[rich geyser]

I'm gonna have ahard time creating this guy as a sprite lol.

[gilded flame]

looks like itd be fun to make though! Especially that hair!

[rich geyser]

Yeah.

[summer spoke]

Do I start by putting the camera position in?

[urban patrol]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Event_data the wiki can answer many of these questions. scroll down to basic format

[summer spoke]

Is there any way I can sort of break up the script to make it easier for me to read? Like, if I find the camera point I need then hit enter to make the first part of the event underneath it? Am I wording that right? I think I saw someone doing that

[brittle pasture]

you can use newlines, which SMAPI considers totally valid, though be warned that most editors don't think it's the case

https://github.com/zombifier/My_Stardew_Mods/blob/master/TextileExpansion/[CP]TextileExpansion/Data/events.json

look at all that red

[summer spoke]

I can deal with red. thank you

[summer spoke]

{
"Action": "EditData",
"Target": "Data/Events/BusStop",
"Entries": {
"{{41035}}_SavingChild/SawEvent 112/DaysPlayed 7/Time 0600 2300": "
23 16/
farmer 11 23
Vincent 30 11/
skippable"
}

}

Am I doing that right?

[calm nebula]

I tjink you need the music

[summer spoke]

Right, okay, I can do that. Thank you

[summer spoke]

Do I save this to content?

[lucid iron]

well i unfortunately didn't manage to figure out root cause either

but ill try to add more guards so that it hopefully is traceable next time this blows up

[summer spoke]

Do I save it as a JSON?

[hallow prism]

yes

[summer spoke]

Right, thank you

It's still saying, "content pack must specify the Changes or CustomLocations field"? Sorry

Can I post what I have so far?

[devout otter]

Yep! Just share your entire json through here: https://smapi.io/json

[summer spoke]

https://smapi.io/json/none/e964afac5b11471a87dfd266e03ea625

[devout otter]

The first three fields are not interchangeable. It must be music, then camera, than NPC placement in that specific order.

[uncut viper]

this isnt a valid content.json

[summer spoke]

It's not?

I'm sorry

[uncut viper]

there is no Format line

[devout otter]

Also, is this content.json?

Ah.

[merry river]

also just for reference why did you put {{41035}} as part of your event id

[summer spoke]

I was told to put the mod number

[uncut viper]

no, you were told to put ModId literally

{{ModId}}

[summer spoke]

I'm sorry

[merry river]

you can just put {{ModID}}_EventName

[uncut viper]

content patcher automatically turns {{ModId}} into the unique ID as found in your manifest.json

[merry river]

the numbers thing is still on the modding wiki somewhere i think, but even so, without the curly brackets

[sonic veldt]

is it possible to have my npcs size change at a certain time of the day? i have it working to swap sprites but i dont know if its even possible to swap the size or not

[calm nebula]

Probably not tbh

What is your intention

[sonic veldt]

wdym by that?

[merry river]

can't you just make a small sprite. as stupid as that sounds

[sonic veldt]

in my case i want it to get bigger, so his hitbox would also grow

that kinda thing

[merry river]

oh, i'm not sure if that's possible for npcs outside of events 🤔

[hallow prism]

if you explain what you want to achieve we may give better advices (or tell you why it's a bad idea)

[sonic veldt]

i see

[merry river]

and even within events, i think that was a spacecore thing or something added by another framework mod

[lucid iron]

It's always possible with C#, but yeah the question of why remains

[sonic veldt]

its for a werewolf npc, i want him to be able "transform" and have his npc get bigger past 8pm on saturdays

[lucid iron]

Naw u can just swap out to a temp actor

[merry river]

or that, yeah. i stand corrected

[lucid iron]

I think your best option right now is to just give him a bigger sprite that is mostly transparent except for when he's in wolf form

[merry river]

aww i really like the idea though

[lucid iron]

There's unfortunately some pathing implications with an actual bigger hit box though

[calm nebula]

I'm wondering if henno wants a 2 tile wide npc

[lucid iron]

Another way is to make the "werewolf" form as another kind of entity

Like MEEP fake farm animal

Have the real npc hide elsewhere while the meep is around

[merry river]

wait, is it even possible to make npcs that are bigger than 16x32px per sprite? wouldn't that cause issues with animation and pathing

[sonic veldt]

yeah i remember seeing that mentioned, in a few places

[sonic veldt]

might look into this aswell

ty all for the help though

[summer spoke]

This might sound weird, but does anyone know if there's a website that gives you a complete example? I've been trying to read the one from the wiki, but there's so much packed in I'm having trouble reading it.

[calm nebula]

There are plenty of existing event mods

[hallow prism]

no, but small mods can be great for full examples

[merry river]

events, you mean? i suggest looking at other mods' events

[calm nebula]

I would look at the stardew explained mod that just came out

[merry river]

i learned a lot looking at other npc mods!

[summer spoke]

Right, okay I'll do that, thank you

[elfin kindle]

Heyy quick question, has anyone else gotten reports of their custom NPC's refusing to be divorced when a player is using the polysweet mod? I just got a report about it, the person had to fully remove my mod to make the divorce go through but I can't think of anything on my end that would cause it. Anyone else had the issue?

[lucid iron]

That sounds like a polysweet issue tbh

I do know it (more accurately free love) takes control of the divorce by necessity

[elfin kindle]

Yeah i figured it must be, looking at polysweet it seems to be an issue that pops up from time to time for some. Just wanted to check if someone knew if it was a weird custom NPC bug or such cus sometimes the msot random stuff will cause issues

[lucid iron]

Multi spouse mods are duct tape central so honestly just let players figure it out

[frosty blade]

Does anyone know any mods for different Flower dance uniforms for the Diverse Stardew Valley mod?

[violet valley]

This channel is for making mods

[frosty blade]

Which channel should i put the question in then?

[violet valley]

Idk like #modded-stardew or something

[frosty blade]

oki
Ty

[violet valley]

You’re welcome

[summer spoke]

Okay, so none of it is red so I'm hopeful this time https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/06a4d7c013404afc941ca0475e299ae1

Oh, God, now whenever I try to load up the mod it's giving me red text for Content Patcher...

At least the game can actually still run. That's loads better than my first time

[summer spoke]

Now it's telling me it can't load content pack again! I'm back in the building again lol

I think this might mean a bit of a break. Thanks for all the help, I'll be on tomorrow

[elfin kindle]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-sonic-adventure-2-back-back-in-the-building-eggman-gif-17578619098878872054

It's good to take break's, otherwise all the small mistakes will start to add up

Like writing AssWarps instead of AddWarps

[rich geyser]

I wonder how long it would take for me to do the entire Dragon Ball Z Saga in Stardew like how there's Mods for Minecraft

Its totally gonna be forever lol.

[opaque field]

My version of that was calling BusStop the Buststop XD

[tiny zealot]

i'm issuing a retraction and will no longer be naming this mod "event timecube". i'm still making it, but it will not use the name of the ancient crackpot website

[vivid zenith]

Baby mod author here with a quick question about modding in new animals! I have created a Content Patcher mod adding Shoebills to the game and all the features appear to be working correctly (right purchase price and icons, dictionary entries, maturation and production etc.) but had a question about incubators!

The shoebills are going to be a barn animal, producing feathers and eggs. Given its a barn animal, are the newly added shoebill egg objects automatically recognized by an incubator (either ostrich type or normal coop type) or is this something I have to code into the content.json directly? 👀

I am very much a coding novice, the extent of my experience has been data analysis in R haha

[brittle pasture]

it should just work with incubators yes

ostrich incubator in this case since it's barn

[vivid zenith]

Ahhh alright perfect, so it's directly linked to building type rather than having to link it to the animal itself?

[brittle pasture]

you can test your code in game by spawning an incubator

assuming you specified the correct hatch item id for the animal, it will be automatically searched by the incubator code

[vivid zenith]

I'll give it a go, thanks a ton for clarifying Selph!

[scarlet warren]

Why does Ginger Island Ilsand_W have "SeasonOverride Summer", and doesnt have "IsGreenhouse Y"?

What exactly allows any crop to be planted on Island_W?

[brittle pasture]

it's directly hardcoded in C#

[scarlet warren]

Then how the hecc did I disable it....

[brittle pasture]

IslandLocation.SeedsIgnoreSeasonsHere

you can also only plant on tiles that's in the untitled tile sheet2 sheet

[scarlet warren]

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-serious-stare-suspicious-gif-5319823

Elaborate.

Cuz I use these

[brittle pasture]

it's indeed the summer_outdoorsTileSheet tile sheet but named like that

[scarlet warren]

yes

[brittle pasture]

is this a map replacement or a patch

[scarlet warren]

replacement

[brittle pasture]

the game checks that name exactly so you'd need to rename it

[scarlet warren]

So the tilesheet asset needs to be named "untitled tile sheet2"?

[brittle pasture]

yes

[scarlet warren]

What about t he others?

[brittle pasture]

they may also have some special logic relevant to the name

I see at least one walnut check dependent on the tile being a specific tile in untitled tile sheet

[scarlet warren]

So I can just rename these back to their originals, and it should work?

[brittle pasture]

did you make a fresh tmx instead of editing the Island_W file in place

[scarlet warren]

I editited Island_W

and made a copy

[brittle pasture]

hmm then the name should be in place

[scarlet warren]

tbf this was years ago so im not really regonitivie of what I did

Coulda swore I made a copy of exported Island_W, then pulled tilesets

[brittle pasture]

if you open the file in a text editor and don't see any mention of untitled tile sheet then you might need to do some fixing, since the game relies on those names

[scarlet warren]

how do I open a map in a text editor??

[brittle pasture]

just open it in a text editor

if you're on windows there should be a menu to pick which program to open it with when right clicking

[scarlet warren]

oh wow... Never tried that. DIdnt know I could

[scarlet warren]

yeah its not mentioned anywhere

Tons in the original, however....

how was this not copied?

[calm nebula]

I love this

[brittle pasture]

iunno but you can try fixing it yourself; I think editing the tile set and changing the name should do it?

make sure it matches up to the original

[lucid iron]

I feel like just restarting from the original is faster

[scarlet warren]

I hate it but thats what Im doing now

[teal crest]

"ExcludeFromShippingCollection": true,
it's delete the item from shipped list, right?

[calm nebula]

Oui

[vivid zenith]

Edited the egg item to be recognized and it worked! Even managed to add hatch text haha~

[teal crest]

mmm, i can't understand why its there, then.
if conditions are wrong, the item itself would not be added anyway... something must be wrong.

it's not problem the element order in each object at json, right?

[brittle pasture]

post your code?

[scarlet warren]

Do the tilesheet FILES need to be labelled as such, or just titled as refernce in Tiled?

Cuz I basically just redid the map with a copy of the OG Island_W, used Tiled to copy-paste the old tiles into place, and such....

And its still not working

Would anyone be willing to look at a zip of my mod and tell me whats wrong with it?

Please. Im losing my mind. There should be no reason I suddenly cant plant

[lucid iron]

Oh if u copy like that tiled is gonna bring in the tilesets

[scarlet warren]

....oh

[autumn tide]

(welcome to the modders experience-) /lh

[scarlet warren]

but repainting the whole ass island would take hours

[lucid iron]

I think right now you should just paint like 10 tiles and see if that works

[scarlet warren]

nop

[lucid iron]

Yeah then there's something else at play

[teal crest]

https://smapi.io/json/content-patcher/7051f9b139de4ff3b694d84efd740e4a sorry, it's long but around line 1394 is the object. it should be omitted in the list.

And I can't understand why it is still there.

[brittle pasture]

what does lookup anything on that icon show

[teal crest]

it's not English but it says it is the Id item.

[brittle pasture]

thanks; yea your code looks right

make sure your changes are being applied?

[teal crest]

tried sometimes and put update condition and move area or blablabla

I tried to comment out that section then it disabled as error item. So, I didn't add it from elsewhere.

[brittle pasture]

can you try a new save? I'm guessing the list of shipped items is cached into the save

actually wait

hmm nvm

[teal crest]

ok, I'll try.

from the new game, it's there. did I typo or something?

"ExcludeFromShippingCollection": true,

[vernal crest]

Is this trying to remove an item from perfection? It should get removed from an existing save easily, I have a config option for some of my mods and it enables and disables immediately

[brittle pasture]

yeah I guessed wrong (didn't have access to game code)

but that spelling is correct

[vernal crest]

Try doing patch export data/objects to see if it's listed as excluded in the game data

[teal crest]

That log tells, it became "ExcludeFromShippingCollection": true,

??? don't know why it displays then...

[vernal crest]

It shouldn't be showing up then. Are you sure you don't have another object with a similar sprite and that's the one that's showing in the collection screen?

[teal crest]

afraid not. lookup tells me its Wagyu_Meat

[vernal crest]

Is this for a new update to Shig? I can see in my copy of the mod that the sprite is there but I can't find anything called Wagyu in the json

[teal crest]

I'm trying to make update version.

and trying the new meat as excluded, and failing now.

the sprite itself is just WIP actually.

[vernal crest]

Is the shiso being correctly excluded?

[scarlet warren]

If I wanna replace the minimap, whats the Target/action I use in content?

[teal crest]

Yes, it excluded somehow, I don't know why too.

[scarlet warren]

Specificfally, trying to replace the ginger island map

[lucid iron]

You can either editimage that or do world maps data

[vernal crest]

Have you tried commenting out the When field for the wagyu?

[scarlet warren]

Whatcha mean>

[vernal crest]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:World_map

[lucid iron]

EditImage as in just edit the texture

World map lets u be more dynamic and add part of map

[scarlet warren]

Like this?

[vernal crest]

There is no Maps/map_island

[lucid iron]

Ah if u r just asking about the target u can find that just from your unpacked content

[scarlet warren]

So it'd be this, since Loosesprites is the folder the original picture is in?

[lucid iron]

You would probably want a target area

And use a png

[teal crest]

it didn't changed at all.(anyway, it's just checked it have Animal husbandry)

ops, i found something

"Category" is must not be -14, or it ignore the "exclude" option, I don't know why though.

When I changed the category to vegie as like shiso, it disappears

[vernal crest]

Oh that's annoying. It might be because the game doesn't use it

[teal crest]

I thought the meat should be that kind...

Alright, but since I know the reason, I might be able to solve it somehow...

Thank you guys.

[vernal crest]

Glad you found it!

[teal crest]

Maybe I should add that Item only when the player meet the condition...

[brittle pasture]

this is weird since I'm code diving and it seems like meat items (-14) should be universally excluded in the first place

wonder what im missing

[teal crest]

oh, it might be animal husbandry things maybe.

They tried to add meat items.

Yeah, vanilla -14 wasn't displayed.