archived-modded-support

[winged vessel]

Hmm yeah I'm at a loss then too, exclusive fullscreen + vsync should resolve any monitor based lag

Given that vanilla runs smoothly it seems like the issue is external

Do you have anything that might automatically activate when a game is running? Razer Cortex, Medal.TV/clipping or recording software, etc?

[languid trout]

Ooooh. Maybe streaming like Medal?

Yeah-that

[gaunt gust]

Did you guys ask if gpu settings match

[languid trout]

Yep

[smoky whale]

xbox gamebar maybe?

[gaunt gust]

Sometimes vanilla is on gpu but smapi

Ok!

[winged vessel]

SMAPI is running on GPU from log

Though it's possible the Nvidia settings are different?

(though not in a way to throttle the game this hard)

What's your FPS at w/ SMAPI vs Vanilla?

[smoky whale]

Consistently 60 on vanilla, often 40 with some 33 dips on SMAPI

Including in menus/title screen :x

[languid trout]

(Also, don't send us this if it is on the physical log, but if you see anything that looks like this on Smapi, it's most likely a streaming or recording software turning on that needs to be turned off. It doesn't show up in the log itself when active.)

[smoky whale]

Nothing like that but I'll try turning off game bar ;o

[winged vessel]

Oh hey I recognize that ss lol

(Specifically, that's the Medal.tv log)

(HookApp seems to be internal to Medal.tv itself)

[languid trout]

Also check vram usage while Smapi is running, but I'm literally out of ideas.
(Yeah I grab error ss's sometimes just to make sure things are smooth, like the time I asked that person about if they made their own mod folder because someone had downloaded Smapi, moved the zip into SDV and then made their own Mods folder. This is the first time *in a month I've been genuinely stumped. I actually forgot it's February now.)

[winged vessel]

My inclination is to say that the issue is almost definitely external, either NVIDIA Control Panel or elsewhere

Even in the Medal.tv cases, most people can have that error spam without any performance issues (and with an RTX card I imagine they're not struggling with it)

It's a tad difficult because you can't uncap the framerate on Stardew, but there's the potential that

oh

[languid trout]

That's why I was wondering if it was VRAM or some external software. One of their logs has the windows client repeating three times without them warping.

[winged vessel]

hold on

[winged vessel]

https://www.testufo.com/refreshrate
Can you go to this website and take a screenshot?

[languid trout]

Oh right, the refresh rate issue with scaling down on 4k monitors.

[winged vessel]

Ah-

What an odd refresh rate

[smoky whale]

yeah o_o

[winged vessel]

What laptop do you have?

[smoky whale]

Lenovo Legion 5

[winged vessel]

Oh hey, pretty similar lol

I didn't realize they had refresh rates that high

How does the game run without vsync on?

[languid trout]

Taking notes because I forgot this was an issue, despite having a 120hz monitor

[winged vessel]

(The good thing about a 120 Hz monitor is that for a 60 fps game, we're basically in sync with its interval)

(But at a 72 Hz or... 165??? Hz monitor, vsync could cause issues)

[smoky whale]

Exact same with vsync :<

[winged vessel]

So maybe you actually have vsync enabled at the NVIDIA control panel level... When you run the game in windowed mode, without vsync on, do you notice screen tearing?

[smoky whale]

Just off like this n reload? :o

[winged vessel]

Yeah try that

(Though use 3d application setting should be working too, so I really am stumped here)

[smoky whale]

Exactly the same T^T

[languid trout]

Looks into refresh rates and windows NVIDIA Dynamic Super Resolution is a thing that exists

DSR. Check if you have that, because that sounds like a potential culprit too.

[winged vessel]

(as an aside, these are really weird things to even worry about for stardew)

given your GPU though I almost feel like this is a CPU throttling issue

like priority isn't being properly given

[languid trout]

(Yeah I've never had to do this much legwork for this.)
It sounds like CPU throttling, and the window resolution change sounds like DSR which resets refresh rate, which would royally mess with Stardew.

It could be something else entirely, but uhh, this is all I got and I've got other things to do (No offense! I learned quite a bit just looking at this and truly hope it works for you somehow.

[smoky whale]

I don't see DSR anywhere in the NVIDIA 3d settings

[winged vessel]

i'm still super confused that it doesn't get fixed by playing exclusive fullscreen, since that should give the process priority + direct blit from framebuffer to screen

Could you maybe SS your entire nvidia control panel settings scroll?

There is potentially a thing where SMAPI does differ from the base game, and I'm trying to figure out what the root cause of that could be

[smoky whale]

The reason I swapped to ModDrop was because I wanted to make sure I didn't mess up when I manually installed but it made no difference. I haven't seen anyone have issues with SMAPI without having issues with base or heavy mods 😭

[winged vessel]

(In particular Chirps if you're still around, there was this issue where someone could only launch the Legacy version of the game, but with SMAPI, they could launch the regular one... but without SMAPI it just crashed on launch)

[winged vessel]

Hmm can you check your program settings?

[languid trout]

( My first failure. I gotta go. But I hope it gets fixed for you Startled. As an aside, that's also that's really strange and interesting.)

[winged vessel]

I somewhat doubt SMAPI has a particular entry in the list of programs, but if we can just sanity check that

[smoky whale]

No stress at all, I'm really grateful for all the effort you guys have been putting into this ;_;

Ooh whisper mode

[winged vessel]

What is whisper mode?

oh LOL is that it

[smoky whale]

No clue but the vanilla game has it set to 60

I'll give it a go LMAO

[winged vessel]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/technologies/whisper-mode/

oh my god it's a framerate limiter

[smoky whale]

LMAO

NO WAYYYY

[inland oyster]

OH MY GOD

[languid trout]

ARE YOU FU-

[winged vessel]

bro i've never seen this setting before what in the world

[languid trout]

[smoky whale]

ITS RUNNING PERFECTLY

[gaunt gust]

What the heck?

[winged vessel]

LMAOO

[inland oyster]

I have been lurking here and WHAT

[winged vessel]

Y'ALL

[smoky whale]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cartoon-headbang-boing-bounce-gif-24735498

[winged vessel]

WE GOT IT

[gaunt gust]

What the heckkkkkk?

[winged vessel]

IT'S OKAY WE WIN THESE

[smoky whale]

LAPTOP GAMING BABY

[languid trout]

IT WASN'T A FAILURE!
HOLY F-

[inland oyster]

Modders ftw ig

[languid trout]

MY RECORD IS STILL PRISTINE!

Now I actually gotta go

[inland oyster]

Chirps remind me to make a mod that makes a fake error with no solution

[naive drum]

why was it set to 40 fps

[smoky whale]

Thank you guys so much 😭

[inland oyster]

Oh shit sorry for the ping

[smoky whale]

IDK IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY DID THAT

[naive drum]

NVIDIA WHAT ARE YOU DOING
randomly, default 40 fps??? what a WEIRD number too!!!

[winged vessel]

okay to any future people helping out, keep in mind fkn WhisperMode

[naive drum]

WHY 40
why not 30 or 60???

[winged vessel]

right?

[smoky whale]

Yeah 😭

[inland oyster]

Right???

Nvidia tf??

[naive drum]

why was it different than the vanilla game
what the heck is it DOING

[winged vessel]

Maybe it's based off of Steam deck, isn't there like a 40 FPS limiter for some games idk

That's crazy

[naive drum]

this is hilarious

[smoky whale]

That's so weirddddd holy

[inland oyster]

Yes

[winged vessel]

unironically thank you Startled for having the patience to go through all of that with us

now we will forever remember this option for NVIDIA

[naive drum]

three hours of troubleshooting and it was NVIDIA doing something utterly absurd

[smoky whale]

DUDE NO WAY IT'S CAPPED AT 40FPS FOR FFXIV I WAS WONDERING WHY THAT'S BEEN WEIRD LATELY TOO

No worries, thank you so much 😭
My laptop has a quiet mode setting that I'll sometimes toggle if I have a headache.I haven't used it for a while but I wonder whether that messed with it

[compact verge]

Wait, so basically it's supposed to make laptops more quiet by... limiting framerate?

[winged vessel]

(Also remind me to always listen to Atra)

(That should have been the first thing I checked)

[naive drum]

yes dolphin

[winged vessel]

yeah it's power saver mode

[smoky whale]

Yeah

[naive drum]

and depending on the software that might also limit general 'tick' speed of the program

[compact verge]

Isn't that like, I dunno. "I have this awesome trick to make games run better, I call it 'turning the settings down'"

[winged vessel]

well generally doing it at the hardware level is good

tuning down fans, underclocking, etc, keeps temps lower & fans running slower

on a similar note, disabling Intel's boost mode helps with temps (and ultimately helps with throttling) for laptop gamers

[compact verge]

Mm, that makes sense.

[winged vessel]

but on Stardew... like

[gaunt gust]

Yeah you don't get run to rest on a game huh

[smoky whale]

Stardew ray tracing got hands

[gaunt gust]

Such a different world XD

[naive drum]

and it didn't tell you it was doing it!

it was just on by default when it shouldn't have been!

[inland oyster]

I need to get a new phone

[compact verge]

Well it's Whisper Mode after all.

[inland oyster]

Technically yeah but like the limiting is strange

[keen rune]

hey mabye can someone here help me with automate and Chests Anywhere. Is it possible to combine both to make automation more efficient?
For example: I got an auto-grabber in my coop. Can I send items from there into another chests outside the coop?

[naive drum]

Automate sees stuff you put in chests with Chests Anywhere yeah

[keen rune]

I cant quite figure it out.
I have to interconnect two chests, dont i?
So how can I make this work?

[naive drum]

OH i don't think you can teleport items out of the coop into an outside chest with no player intervention

[keen rune]

okay. but can i teleport them in on "cell"? so for example on my farm?

or do i always have to interconnect them?

[naive drum]

What are you trying to do? Move items unchanged from one chest to another?

[keen rune]

i just wanted to for example chop my wood on the bottom of my farm and then move it automatically, when placed in the chest on the bottom of farm, to a chest on the north side of my farm to then turn it into charcoal (for example)

[naive drum]

Ah. You don't need to move it to a chest elsewhere to make a machine elsewhere process it. Machines can process items from chests they aren't directly touching so long as there is a chain of other machines or path connectors connecting them

[compact verge]

You either need to use a Junimo Chest or use the path connector feature for that.

[naive drum]

There's an optional download on the Automate page for a config file that's already set up with two types of path connectors - the vanilla wood paths and crystal paths - enabled, but you can add other items to it if you want

[keen rune]

cool. what conenctors are you using, asthetics wise?

[naive drum]

Chests Anywhere also lets you set a chest's automation options, so you can still have a chest at either end, and the chest by the charcoal can be a "put items in this chest first" chest

personally i use the Wood Path one, but some people prefer Crystal Path, and some people prefer to add some other item as a connector

[compact verge]

If you'd want to connect chests from one end of the farm to the other end of the farm, I suppose the most convenient and aesthetical connector would be whatever walkway your farm is already using.

[worthy moth]

If you attach a Junimo chest then each copy will put those machines into the same Automate network

1.6 adds the ability for modders to create new/unique Junimo chests which should work correctly with Automate. I have an upcoming mod which uses that.

[keen rune]

oh that is so nice to hear! What will your mod do?

[idle sand]

which mobile stardew version support smapi again? I know it's not the .39

[dusty spruce]

it is .39

[worthy moth]

Here it is. It makes the Junimo chest into 21 separate chest networks.
#making-mods-general message

[delicate quiver]

Question can I connect a controller to my pc to play stardew ?

[placid wolf]

sorry im back i just had a burger, but does anyone have any tips

[lament vortex]

yes, you can, and you don't need any mod for that. no clue how to connect one, though, you might want to do a bit of googling to figure it out

[delicate quiver]

Thank you

[wind veldt]

Isn't there anyone to help?

[scarlet quail]

..... I don't even see you asked a question, 010010

[scarlet quail]

....ah, right, the mobile thing

!androidsmapi

[native dragon]

Android SMAPI does not currently work for versions of SDV past 1.5.6.39. We do not know if or when it will be made compatible. It is not possible to downgrade to .39 through legal means so do not ask how to do this.

Mod support for 1.5 on Android is still experimental, so many mods are broken or buggy. That's often something SMAPI needs to fix, and we may not be able to provide a solution.

[scarlet quail]

Because that's a very known bug on Android

(Only happens with SMAPI, too, hence why the command.)

[wind veldt]

Is there any solution?

[scarlet quail]

Don't believe so.

[modern python]

nope

if there is, we dont know it

[wind veldt]

If I get the key with the help of the mod without donating to the museum, will it affect my progress?

[modern python]

@wind veldt that sort of language is unacceptable on this server.

[wind veldt]

Sory

[pliant nymph]

for "sprite master" i noticed it changes the graphics, like made them slightly blurred. if that makes sence. is that norma;?

[worthy moth]

That's a feature, but you can turn it off in the config

It's called resampling, and it's supposed to make pixel art look like line art

[wind veldt]

It's a common problem

[modern python]

we are aware, but smapi and mobile modding is incredibly unstable. there is only one person working on it in his free time and he hasnt updated since july. we cant do anything to fix smapi, only inform others of how unstable it is. hopefully you can find a solution to your problem.

[pliant nymph]

where is the config

[naive drum]

also iirc the android version has some odd changes

[modern python]

correct, wingheart

[modern python]

!gmcm

[native dragon]

Generic Mod Config Menu (or GMCM https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/5098) adds the option to edit some, but not all, mod configs from either the title screen or the options page in a save. It also has a special screen to edit keybinds for all mods with GMCM integration.

The presence of the gear it adds to the title screen is not a method for checking whether mods are installed, only whether GMCM is installed.

[naive drum]

isn't there also the LoadFaster mod which does the SpriteMaster performance things without the painterly style?

[modern python]

FastLoads. but still you can use spritemaster without the graphical changes anyway

[languid trout]

(Modding Yoda, Heartwing is./lh you are correct, it's called Fastloads though.)

[worthy moth]

They do different things in different ways, but if it's only performance improvement you're after then it's probably worth trying them both out and finding which works better

Performance optimization is complicated because there's no tried and true way to address it for everyone. It just depends on what limitations you're running up against.

[compact verge]

(Also, don't use both at the same time.)

[gaunt gust]

FastLoads fixes the macropathfinder

But in a way that is.. hmmm

[modern python]

mods that make you go hmm

[worthy moth]

That makes it sound nefarious, but they're doing something that 1 out of a million times might cause issues

[gaunt gust]

Simplistic is what I would say

I'm multitasking haha

Keep having to run off

It's not nefarious but also the 1.6 fix is better

Keep in mind I regularly open mod code and go wtf

Sometimes it is even my code!

[worthy moth]

I never realize when performance issues exist with my mods because I have a ridiculously overpowered PC

Like, by the time I see performance issues, they're really bad

[gaunt gust]

I've got perfmon set up these days

Should get perf set up but that is Linux

I also don't have a very powerful machine

[worthy moth]

I actually have a good environment for testing on a less powerful machine. I setup a Win11 VM on a proxmox server.

This is my environment simulating what most people would be playing with

[drowsy drum]

a DSV/SVE question: I have SVE, and DSV, because of SVE I don't have marigold enabled. However, smapi keeps yelling at me that marigold doesn't work because i don't have sprite in detail. Is there any way to get rid of this (like with config settings) other than downloading SID?
https://smapi.io/log/2bc03e7c40a34944b34bf272bc42e6c0

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 1.3.37.0) on macOS Unix 14.2.1, with 90 C# mods and 92 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[gray folio]

SMAPI failed to initialize: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\GOG Games\Stardew Valley\Stardew Valley.deps.json'.

when i try to open the app through StardewModdingAPI.exe i get this, could i get a little bit of help pls

[drowsy drum]

!log

[native dragon]

Can you upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (see instructions on that page) and share the link here? Even if your game doesn't show any errors, logs are useful, and often necessary, for troubleshooting.

[pallid summit]

making a note of nvidia whisper mode for the future. dang what a wild ride

[gray folio]

%appdata%\StardewValley\ErrorLogs dosen't work for me

[fierce cradle]

@neat violet I recently added Jorts and Jean and love it with one exception: Krobus’ new dialogue came up on a Friday and Krobus isn’t supposed to speak on Fridays.

[modern python]

what new dialogue? chances are it was a conversation topic, which mod authors arent able to control when they show up

[fierce cradle]

It was specific to jorts and jean. Something about two cats who are always together

[modern python]

well yeah, still most likely just a conversation topic. theres nothing tiakall can realistically do to prevent krobus from saying it if you happen to speak to him on friday.

[mild talon]

(Make it not happen on a Friday?)

[modern python]

CTs can be valid for several days after initially triggered

[languid trout]

That...is uhh, technically possible in 1.6, (I believe, Axell is working on stuff like that,) but not 1.5.6 and it happens to every CT

(In other words that's not a bug)

[mild talon]

(Ohh.. CT.. nvm ~ and anyway nvm I remember talking w logo about this - Krobus, CTs, Silent Fridays ...)

[languid trout]

(It was painful, but now I know one more thing to check for. If I had asked about Nvidia instead of AMD, it would have been fixed two hours earlier so close.)

[slender pike]

has anyone else been having trouble downloading from naver??? i was able ot do it a few days ago byut i just tried to download these mods and its not letting me
https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=delloti&logNo=222475420599&parentCategoryNo=&categoryNo=8&viewDate=&isShowPopularPosts=false&from=postView
https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=delloti&logNo=222633679631&parentCategoryNo=&categoryNo=8&viewDate=&isShowPopularPosts=false&from=postView
https://blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=delloti&logNo=222929875619&parentCategoryNo=&categoryNo=8&viewDate=&isShowPopularPosts=false&from=postView

[neat violet]

Oh hm, that's true if it's CT talk, eh? I could probably edit his dialogue patch so that it doesn't patch in on Fridays.

[slender pike]

nvm i fixed it

[winged vessel]

Have you run the base game on its own recently?

[lunar cipher]

Just delete the "[SiD] Marigold" folder

[oblique hollow]

Okay

So @shell kindle

[shell kindle]

hav u read the online tutorial for modding yet?

and how much do u know abt files?

[oblique hollow]

I watched multiple but they are all different

[oblique hollow]

Not much ngl

[sonic walrus]

!gettingstarted

[native dragon]

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

[shell kindle]

ohhh ok cuz yourube tutorials tend to suck

yeha i was abt to link that one

that guide's good and if u dont understand a step or smth goes wrong u can just @ me again

[oblique hollow]

ok so @shell kindle

now what?

i got the mod i wanted

[shell kindle]

you should copy the line there

the second green one

that starts with "C

[oblique hollow]

how?

[shell kindle]

highlight it with your mouse, then hit ctrl + c on your keyboard

you own the game on steam im assuming?

[oblique hollow]

i copy the whole mod?

[oblique hollow]

yeah i do

[shell kindle]

ok perfect

[shell kindle]

the line that says "C:\Program Files...

you need to copy that entire line

[oblique hollow]

ok ik how too

[oblique hollow]

where?

[oblique hollow]

is that on the mod or smapi?

[shell kindle]

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%

heres the line, you can copy it from here too. just as long as it looks the same

[oblique hollow]

i got the cjb cheat menu

[oblique hollow]

if i copy this

[shell kindle]

wait where does the cjb cheat menu come in

:D

right now you dont need the cheat menu mod files yet

[oblique hollow]

That’s the mode I have

[shell kindle]

what you need is that line only for now

because what we are doing right now is we're making it so that when stardew opens it loads the mods too

[oblique hollow]

Okay

[shell kindle]

after you copy that line you go on steam, right click on stardew, then go on the bottom button that pops up (should be properties in english)

[oblique hollow]

where do i pasrte that

paste*

[sonic walrus]

ayem is having you set up the steam startup command so that smapi loads when you start stardew through steam. all you have to do with the cjb cheat menu mod is unzip and drop into your mod folder which will be in your main stardew folder.

[shell kindle]

this window will open. paste the line we copied earlier into the highlighted text field

[sonic walrus]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Installing_SMAPI_on_Windows

read the configure your game client part.

[shell kindle]

yeah, this is technically optional but it makes running the game thru steam easier

[sonic walrus]

yes that is correct.

[oblique hollow]

now what

[shell kindle]

purrfect

now you open your stardew folder

do you know how to find it?

[oblique hollow]

no

[shell kindle]

rught click on stardew in steam

go on manage or whatever the second button from the bottom is

then local files

this will open your stardew folder in a new window

[oblique hollow]

okay now what

[shell kindle]

now open the .zip folder with your mod

[oblique hollow]

i dont even knpw what to do anymore

[shell kindle]

cjb cheats right? that shouldve been a zip you downloaded?

[oblique hollow]

ummmm

[shell kindle]

:D do you know how to stream your screen? i feel like this might be easier if i could see it and point out elements ro you in call

[oblique hollow]

i copied the link to the mod

[oblique hollow]

yes

[shell kindle]

okay lets take a look at it then

[oblique hollow]

ok

[languid trout]

(Do that elsewhere, please.)

[oblique hollow]

i cant stream

[shell kindle]

ohhh ok

[oblique hollow]

i could just dm

[shell kindle]

i think u can also post screenshots but lets go back to the mod

[shell kindle]

what link

[oblique hollow]

the mod im getting

[shell kindle]

can you show me the link

[oblique hollow]

it said uploud failed

[shell kindle]

so its not a link, its a file?

[oblique hollow]

yeah

[shell kindle]

okay

[oblique hollow]

how do i get a link

[shell kindle]

what ending does it have? like .zip?

[oblique hollow]

ummmmmm

[shell kindle]

have you downloaded the file from nexus mods?

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/4

[sonic walrus]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/4?tab=files here is the link. download the file. unzip. put into your mods folder in your main stardew folder. did you actually read anything on the wiki?

[oblique hollow]

i got this

[shell kindle]

ohhhhh when you open the folder does it give you files like CJBCheatsMenu.dll?

[oblique hollow]

lets see

[shell kindle]

if yes, rhats the right folder. you just need to put that one into the mods folder in the stardew valley folder

[shell kindle]

looks good yes :3

[shell kindle]

so now you take the CJBCheatsMenu folder and drag it into your mods folder

[oblique hollow]

how do i do that?

[shell kindle]

i just wanted to see the inside to make sure its the right mod

[oblique hollow]

okie

[shell kindle]

you can open a second file explorer window by right clicking it. when you have both windows next to each other you can just drag and drop the folder

[oblique hollow]

how?

[shell kindle]

or if you right click and look thru local files thru steam again

[oblique hollow]

lets see i got this

[shell kindle]

OHHH

you have a zip in your mods folder

[oblique hollow]

yeah but when i louded up stardew

it didnt work

[shell kindle]

just unzip it and remove the zip and it should be fine

[shell kindle]

yeah, mods are zipped to make them easy to share. but you need to unzip them for them to work :3

[oblique hollow]

wdym

[shell kindle]

you see that the icon for CJBCheatsMenu is different than for other folders?

[oblique hollow]

yea

[shell kindle]

that means its zipped. if you want to see whats inside and for it to work you have to unzip it

[oblique hollow]

How do I do that?

[shell kindle]

you can do that by right clicking and unzipping/extracting it or by opening it and then dragging the folder inside of it somewhere else

[oblique hollow]

Ummmm

Ok

Ok I right clicked it

Should I do properties?

[shell kindle]

can you send me a screneshot of what it says?

my pc isnt in english so idk what exact option u need from the top of my head :P

[oak forum]

English will be Extract All

should*

[shell kindle]

purrfect thank you

[oblique hollow]

How do I do that

[shell kindle]

just hit extracr all

[oak forum]

look at the menu

[shell kindle]

after right clicking

[oblique hollow]

Wait

[oak forum]

it says extract all

[oblique hollow]

@shell kindle

[shell kindle]

did you press anything else? sadly i dont have windows 11 so i cant quite tell whats goinf on. did it open it in a new window?

[oblique hollow]

no

@oak forum can you help?

[oak forum]

Ayem needs to know what exactly happened after you hit Extract All

[oblique hollow]

ummm

[shell kindle]

btw if u have two windows open you cna align them like this, rhen you can just drag the folder from one side to another

[languid trout]

All Dark did was click open the zipped folder.

[shell kindle]

there wengo thats what i wanted to see

just click again so the text isnt all highlighted and remove the part after "\Mods"

[oblique hollow]

ok

[shell kindle]

that way your PC puts the files feom inside the zip into the mods folder automatically

[oblique hollow]

what dod i hit?

[shell kindle]

now its just not all highlighted anymore

now remove the part that says CJB Cheats Menu

and rhe numbers

[oblique hollow]

ok...

[shell kindle]

the way unzipping like this works is that the last folder in the line is where the files will go. but you dont want to make an entirely new CJB folder, you just want it inside of mods

[oblique hollow]

this?

[shell kindle]

yes :3

[oblique hollow]

after that i just go back to steam?

[shell kindle]

show us your mod folder first

to check if everythings good

[shell kindle]

Ok almost there

can you open both CJB cheats folders and tell or show me whats inside of them

[oblique hollow]

OK

[shell kindle]

is that CJBCheatsMenu or CJB Cheats Menu 1.33.5-...?

[oblique hollow]

Cjbcheatsmenu

[oblique hollow]

The top one here

[shell kindle]

ok perfect

ypu can delete the zip and the cjb menu folder with numbers in its name now

[shell kindle]

and dont delete the one that looks like this

[native dragon]

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

[shell kindle]

thanks governor

[oblique hollow]

I don’t even know

What you mean anymore

[shell kindle]

you have three CJB folders right now, right

one is called CJB Cheats Menu 1.33.5
the second CJBCheatsMenu
the third is a zip folder called CJB Cheats Menu 1.33.5

[oblique hollow]

I’m on this one rn

[shell kindle]

oh ok

you can delete the other two then

[oblique hollow]

Witch other too

[shell kindle]

the second and third one

and keep the one you just showed me

[oblique hollow]

Ok

So the other 2 here that has cjb? In the title

[shell kindle]

yes

and then u shld open stardew thru steam to see if it works

and if yes we can all breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate

[oblique hollow]

Ok

[oblique hollow]

Okay I’ll try it

I think it’s working

[shell kindle]

omg??

[oblique hollow]

thank you so much

this is one of the hardest things i ever did

[shell kindle]

YIPPIEEEEE

im glad i was able to help 😭 i know how confusing modding and computers can be or just anything if u dont know a lot abt it

[oblique hollow]

yeah

and for other mods i put them in the same fodler? @shell kindle

[languid trout]

You do this for all mods, yes.

Read mod pages if you're confused about what they do, and read the required mods if you plan on getting more.

[oblique hollow]

Alr

[languid trout]

Nexus Requirements are the Mods you need to install before you install a mod. Mods requiring this file are self explanatory.

Also

!vortex

[native dragon]

Using Vortex Mod Manager with Stardew Valley has the risk of your mods not getting installed properly, and other issues. Consider doing manual mod installation or using Stardrop, a mod manager that was purpose built for SDV, instead!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/280006542235795466/1185235384360259705/image.png?ex=658edf78&is=657c6a78&hm=7fa08128a1e64539daea6f97afa5b3c5e91567f735c9982bdbeb709e6a222922

[oblique hollow]

i feel like im in heaven and unlock super powers

this is amazing

[languid trout]

No using Vortex

Either do it manually or do

!stardrop

[native dragon]

Stardrop (https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/10455) is the only mod manager written specifically for Stardew Valley. For information about how to install and use it, please see the Stardrop wiki: https://floogen.gitbook.io/stardrop/

If you're having an issue, here's the guidelines on reporting issues: https://floogen.gitbook.io/stardrop/resources/reporting-issues

[languid trout]

I recommend manual personally.

[naive drum]

Why'd you tell them to keep the numbers folder and not the one without the nexus numbers in the name?

[oblique hollow]

whats the mod where u can lockup items and just take them out?

[shell kindle]

to not confuse them more 😭

i figured the numbers would be fine for now as long as theres no duplicate folders in the mods folder

[naive drum]

item spawner

[oblique hollow]

hmmmm

its in my mods floder now what do i do?

[naive drum]

Rightclick the zip folder, click Open in New Window, then make the window not fullscreen and drag Item Spawner into your Mods folder

[oblique hollow]

hmmmm ok

[naive drum]

(this is the other way of unzipping files - I'm telling you to do it so you have done both methods at least once, and can have some idea of which feels easier for you specifically)

[oblique hollow]

It’s in my folder tho

[naive drum]

(the button for toggling fullscreen is here)

[naive drum]

The zip is in your Mods folder. You need the unzipped version in your mods folder, because the game can't see zips.

So you have to take it out of the zip.

[oblique hollow]

'

ok ok

now?

[naive drum]

that's good! That looks correct. Open the game now

[oblique hollow]

then hoow do i turn the thing on?

[naive drum]

Does the game open with the SMAPI console also opening?

[oblique hollow]

Yes

[naive drum]

OK then just open the game.

[naive drum]

The mods will be loaded by default. I don't remember the in-game hotkey for opening the Item Spawner or Cheats Menu menus off the top of my head, but it's written in the mod description.

[oblique hollow]

Alr

[naive drum]

Also that is a very blurry photo of your screen but I can still make out both Cheats Menu and Item Spawner successfully loading

[oblique hollow]

Thanks

I

Plus I

That turns it on

[naive drum]

Yeah that sounds about right

[languid trout]

Anyways if you ever forget might as well

!gmcm

[native dragon]

Generic Mod Config Menu (or GMCM https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/5098) adds the option to edit some, but not all, mod configs from either the title screen or the options page in a save. It also has a special screen to edit keybinds for all mods with GMCM integration.

The presence of the gear it adds to the title screen is not a method for checking whether mods are installed, only whether GMCM is installed.

[midnight horizon]

does it matter where I put the SMAPI folder?

[languid trout]

Smapi will install itself

So not really

[midnight horizon]

ok

[sweet flint]

hey can someone help with mods me and my friend have been trying for almost 3 hours

[naive drum]

!log

[native dragon]

Can you upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (see instructions on that page) and share the link here? Even if your game doesn't show any errors, logs are useful, and often necessary, for troubleshooting.

[naive drum]

or, well. what do you need help with? "help with mods" is a very broad category

[sweet flint]

lol

we are trying to install magic meadows farm map and it says we are missing mods but when we get them all it doesn't work

[naive drum]

OK, so then we need the logfile from each person

[sweet flint]

ok

we are working hers

[naive drum]

yeah that'll work

[sweet flint]

but shes being stuborn and says shes got it

[naive drum]

Are all the mods unzipped?

[sweet flint]

? i think

[sweet flint]

how do i do that?

[naive drum]

!log has the instructions for how to get the SMAPI log

[native dragon]

Can you upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (see instructions on that page) and share the link here? Even if your game doesn't show any errors, logs are useful, and often necessary, for troubleshooting.

[naive drum]

(it differs depending on what operating system your computer is using and whether or not you're using the Xbox App to get Stardew)

[sweet flint]

this is so confusing

[naive drum]

Click the smapi.io link

Then click the relevant one of these

Then follow the instructions that show up to the right of that list

This will tell you exactly how to find your SMAPI log. then you just click and drag it onto the box on the webpage, click the big green "Save & Parse Log" button

[sweet flint]

hi sorry im doing like three things

[naive drum]

that's OK

[sweet flint]

this is so confusingggggggggggggggggggggggg

[naive drum]

what are you currently trying to do?

and what are you having trouble with?

[sweet flint]

im trying to get the smapi thing to work and shes trying to instal the mods

[naive drum]

Just to confirm: you're trying to get the SMAPI thing to work on the same computer as the one you have launched modded Stardew on?

[sweet flint]

?

no shes got smapi working i dont

[naive drum]

If the computer has not had SMAPI run on it, then it won't have a SMAPI log.

[sweet flint]

i know i just got smapi

[naive drum]

So if you're trying to get the SMAPI log, you have to get it off the computer that you have run Modded Stardew on

[sweet flint]

can i just add you to a group chat with my friend so can figure this out and I'm clearly not understanding this

[naive drum]

Sure

[crimson latch]

Would I be able to start a new file with only some of my currently installed mods without deleting them?

[compact verge]

Sure! You can move the mods you don't want out of the Mods folder.

Or you can install Stardrop and use its profile functionality for ease of swapping between groups of mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/10455

[crimson latch]

Oooooo

tysm

I've learned about 2 things. Stardrop mod and dolphin class

[compact verge]

😆

You're welcome!

[robust patrol]

Can I get SMAPI and Content Patcher working on the Steamdeck?

[inland oyster]

They both work

[faint helm]

I've installed smapi on my windows laptop (| have stardew Valley through Xbox game pass) I've followed a specific tutorial step by step but keep getting this error message each time I try opening it, anyone have any tips?

[dusty spruce]

I believe Miss Coriel’s mods don’t work on Android.

[wind veldt]

So, is this an important mod for NPC?

[dusty spruce]

If a mod said it requires that mod, then yes

[wind veldt]

Thanks

It's not necessary for the mods I installed 😄 I think I installed it by mistake haha

[spare egret]

I somehow managed to install SMAPI now. By the grace of luck. But I can not for the life of me figure out how to add on the fishing modification to make fishing easy. Can someone tell me how to? I have downloaded it, but can not make it run with SMAPI. I do not know what to find as an error code. I am new to Stardew and have no big PC experience.

[compact verge]

Hi! Can you provide your log?

[native dragon]

Can you upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (see instructions on that page) and share the link here? Even if your game doesn't show any errors, logs are useful, and often necessary, for troubleshooting.

[spare egret]

Thank you both, I actually managed to install the fishing modification and I made it work! I just did it in a different way than the video guide showed, but somehow it worked!

[compact verge]

Oh yey.

[fair echo]

!androidsmapi

[native dragon]

Android SMAPI does not currently work for versions of SDV past 1.5.6.39. We do not know if or when it will be made compatible. It is not possible to downgrade to .39 through legal means so do not ask how to do this.

Mod support for 1.5 on Android is still experimental, so many mods are broken or buggy. That's often something SMAPI needs to fix, and we may not be able to provide a solution.

[dire fractal]

Does Stardew have an API?

[neat plaza]

like.. a modding api?

[dire fractal]

wiki api

[neat plaza]

no

[dire fractal]

ok, thanks

[neat plaza]

what do you need one for?

[dire fractal]

I was going to make a discord bot that contains basic and quick information about the game

First I was going to make an API wrapper

[neat plaza]

i'd recommend selfhosting @jagged willow if you don't specifically want it as a programming challenge

[inland oyster]

All of the bots we use (except uber bot probably) are OS you could just like pillow said selfhost them

[neat plaza]

uber is open source

[inland oyster]

Great then all of the bots we use are open source

[dire fractal]

Why have they never created a public API for the Stardew Valley Wiki?

[neat plaza]

idk we're not the wiki people

it's also not really that hard to just scrape it

and it'd be difficult to package fairly complex pages into json that's somehow more readable than the original page

[dire fractal]

hmm ok

thanks

[neat plaza]

as I said, you can selfhost @jagged willow , assuming you don't specifically want to work on it as a coding problem

[dire fractal]

I think I'm going to take on the challenge of creating an API for Stardew Wiki

[gaunt gust]

(keep in mind if you want to do that, it's polite to ask them first.)

[dire fractal]

That's what I'm trying to understand

[dire fractal]

.

[neat plaza]

what is there to understand about atra's statement?

they said to ask them before doing your thing

[modern python]

ask for permission, that is

[dire fractal]

I asked this because I thought it was strange that no one had made an API for Stardew

[neat plaza]

that still isn't what atra is saying

atra is not saying that you should ask them why they haven't done it, atra is saying to ask them for permission before making your own

[dire fractal]

I got it

I can do?

[neat plaza]

what

[dire fractal]

Can I make a public API for Stardew Wiki?

[neat plaza]

why would I be able to permit you to do that??

i'm not a wiki admin
neither is atra

I don't think anyone here is

ask on the admin noticeboard

[[Stardew_Valley_Wiki:Admin_noticeboard]]

[jagged willow]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Stardew_Valley_Wiki:Admin_noticeboard

[dire fractal]

ok thanks

[rustic briar]

im new here so if this isnt the place to ask let me know. but im having a problem with my smapi. i tried to update it after not playing for about 6 months. and then my game force closes upon reaching the title screen. my apiu launcher says my content patcher says my smapi is outdated and cannot load. but both are up to dated. and because content patcher wont load a dozen and a half of my other mods wont load. Im pretty sure the big problem im having hinges on smapi or CP but i cant figure it out

sorry if that was confusing to read. im deaf and english is my 2nd language

[fickle bloom]

Hi, this is my first time trying to play modded SDV. I'm trying to get SDV expanded. I'm using ModDrop. I've downloaded all the mods and SMAPI and it won't actually open the game. When I run SMAPI it just thinks and thinks and if I click anywhere on my screen it goes black, then white, then pops up an error saying that SMAPI isn't responding and for me to close it or wait. I've tried waiting for around 15 minutes and it still doesn't do anything. Here's my SMAPI log: https://smapi.io/log/920418439f2a4200b191bd9c9aefbd25 If someone could help that would be great. Also, I know it says I should update those mods but I do have the updated version of those mods. Then SDV Expanded modpack wouldn't install with the newest versions so I had to go and install older versions of those mods.

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 22018) on Microsoft Windows 11 Home, with 14 C# mods and 7 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[wind veldt]

How do I find the list of working mods on Android? is there a link?

[lean star]

!androidcompat

[native dragon]

An incomplete list of android compatible mods can be found at https://android.stardew.rocks. If you find a mod that isn't on there, submit it by following the instructions here.

[lean star]

run stardew with the latest updates of SAAT and Extra Map Layers and send a log of the issue your getting (we'd see more complaints here if it wasn't working)
there are some loose files in your mod directory (linux and windows folder), my guess, you extracted the SMAPI installer

[craggy peak]

is shop tile framework not working for anyone else

[rustic briar]

lol, well i fixed my content patcher problem by replacing my smapi with strict mode. but now my shop tile framework 'isnt compatible' so it wont subsequently load SVE

[craggy peak]

i've experienced this also

[rustic briar]

it was working just like an hour ago until i changed versions of my smapi

[craggy peak]

is there a way to download an older version of smapi

[rustic briar]

yes, from the nexus site. and im sure other mod sites

[dusty spruce]

!log but with normal SMAPI, not strict

[native dragon]

Can you upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (see instructions on that page) and share the link here? Even if your game doesn't show any errors, logs are useful, and often necessary, for troubleshooting.

[dusty spruce]

generally don't use strict

[rustic briar]

ok, thats the only way i could get it to fix my previous problem. give me a few minutes please

[dusty spruce]

no, that's trading a problem for a ton of other problems

[rustic briar]

didnt know that before hand

[lime hazel]

Hello everyone, I have a question. I'd like to replace my horse sprites with unicorn sprites, specifically this pack from ModNexus. However, when I unzip it into my mods folder, it doesn't seem to apply correctly.

https://smapi.io/log/1ad5bdfa5cbe43408cdad8c1832c8ef1

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 22018) on Microsoft Windows 11 Home, with 36 C# mods and 64 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[craggy peak]

https://smapi.io/log/0454baec7c7c4ad7bcb56aa85a59aada

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 1.3.37.0) on macOS Unix 13.4.0, with 33 C# mods and 57 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[craggy peak]

s0me0ne help me chaebal

[lime hazel]

this is the mod I'm looking at

[lean star]

that's just a replacement, which mod is this supposed to be for to be replaced in?

found it... I dare ask, did you follow the instructions on the mod page?

take the png file you want to use, go to the "assets" folder of the Adopt and Skin mod, then go to "skins" and create a folder there named "Horse" and just drop or copy/paste your unicorn skin there and rename it "Horse_1"

[rustic briar]

ok wow. so i just changed back to the smapi i had before and it fixed everything. -_-' no more problem with my content patcher or anything....

[craggy peak]

pls share with the class

which versi0n?

[rustic briar]

3.18.6

thats what i had before, but CP said it wasnt compatible. so i used 3.18.6 strict, then it was shop tile framework issues.

[lime hazel]

I was trying to see if there was a way to just get the sprites without using Adopt N Skin

[lean star]

there is

download this mod ('cause I'm not writing a simple CP mod for this when there already is one)
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/6660?tab=description

rename your unicorn file to horse.png and replace the horse.png in that mod with it

[craggy peak]

thats what i have but. it doesnt work

[lime hazel]

thank you very much!

[rustic briar]

did you run the game like normal first, then close it and run the .bat file to get the API.exe loader?

[craggy peak]

.bat file? i've never heard of that 😭

[rustic briar]

its in the smapi installer when you download it

itll open a command menu thatll lead you to actually install smapi.

[lean star]

stop right there, bimray plays on macOS

[rustic briar]

my bad

average PC userr here

well and linux

[lean star]

I assume you ran install on macOS.command, right?

[craggy peak]

yes :')

[lean star]

and there were no errors or hiccups during the installation?

[gaunt gust]

.bat is a batch file

[craggy peak]

no not at all

[gaunt gust]

Weird windows bash

[craggy peak]

and all the other mods work

[lean star]

this could be something, could be nothing
first, try again to rule out it wasn't a hiccup
if it's recurring, rename the mod folder Paisley's Bridal Boutique to .Paisley's Bridal Boutique and try again (STF didn't load it in your log meaning it could be causing the error)

[wind veldt]

I am playing Smapi on Android and there is a bug when donating to the museum. Will it harm my progress if I complete the task from the cjb cheats menu without donating to the museum?

[dim island]

Playing on a modded game, it wont save regardless of what i do, no errors other than ones saying which mods i have disabled (which is correct because i'm paying with separate mod profiles with seperate modpacks). All my mods are updated and all dependancies are accounted for, i just want to save my game 😦

https://smapi.io/log/0e1c4ffd205a4bdc9f91e381f9e14aa9

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 22018) on Microsoft Windows 11 Home, with 46 C# mods and 112 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[dim island]

heres my log

the non updated ones are disabled so

or they just dont have the option to update any further

the log also said it might be spacecore but when i remove it it messes up stardew expanded etc

would it be worth disabling the skipped mods? idrc about using them i just wanna save

[mild talon]

!androidsmapi

[native dragon]

Android SMAPI does not currently work for versions of SDV past 1.5.6.39. We do not know if or when it will be made compatible. It is not possible to downgrade to .39 through legal means so do not ask how to do this.

Mod support for 1.5 on Android is still experimental, so many mods are broken or buggy. That's often something SMAPI needs to fix, and we may not be able to provide a solution.

[mild talon]

(No idea! Sorry 010..)

[mild talon]

What happens when you try to save the day?

[dim island]

it says it saved and runs as normal but when i go to load the game another time the save isnt there

it did save when i just loaded up the default of everything though

[mild talon]

Is this a MP game?

[dim island]

but obvs i dont wanna use that

multiplayer? yes

but only im using it

just put coop on incase i change my mind

[mild talon]

!reset I think u should try resetting your files since log mentions xnb mods

[native dragon]

See https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide/Troubleshooting#Reset_your_content_files for instructions on resetting your game files! (This doesn't affect your save files.) You may also want to check this list of XNB > Content Patcher conversions (https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Using_XNB_mods#Alternatives_using_Content_Patcher) to see if there are already replacements for any XNB mods you may have been using :)

[dim island]

how do i know what is xnb

[mild talon]

Hmm. That sounds Weird

[mild talon]

!xnb

[native dragon]

XNB mods often break the game and are not recommended. See https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Using_XNB_mods for more info (and a list of Content Patcher alternatives), and https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide/Troubleshooting#Reset_your_content_files to fix problems caused by XNB mods. For mod creators, see https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Editing_XNB_files for help unpacking & editing them (including for use with Content Patcher).

[mild talon]

If it's not like Content Patcher or another framework or tells you to directly replace game content files, it's xnb

Resetting will remove any xnb mods and should not hurt your save btw. It's the "verify integrity of files" thing on steam

[dim island]

does steam still log everything if im using vortex? idrk how it works

[mild talon]

( /js - resetting prob won't fix your "no save" problem but I do not understand your problem tbh. It wont hurt tho!)

[mild talon]

!vortex OH.. that's another thing

[native dragon]

Using Vortex Mod Manager with Stardew Valley has the risk of your mods not getting installed properly, and other issues. Consider doing manual mod installation or using Stardrop, a mod manager that was purpose built for SDV, instead!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/280006542235795466/1185235384360259705/image.png?ex=658edf78&is=657c6a78&hm=7fa08128a1e64539daea6f97afa5b3c5e91567f735c9982bdbeb709e6a222922

[mild talon]

!modmanagerbugs

[native dragon]

Vortex (Nexus) and ModDrop both are mod managers that can help you keep your mods up to date, but they are difficult to troubleshoot. If you're looking for a mod manager that was written specifically for SDV and has troubleshooting logs built in, you can try Stardrop (!stardrop).

If you're using a non-Stardrop mod manager and ask for help troubleshooting, you can ask the Nexus Discord https://www.nexusmods.com/discord or the Moddrop Discord https://www.moddrop.com/app/about (scroll down). If you're using Stardrop, please remember to provide a Stardrop log.

[dim island]

i really dont want to spend another day moving my mods to another launcher ngl so ima try the other suggestion

so can i just download the alternatives and remove the xnb mods?

[mild talon]

Ok, see what happens 🙂 maybe it'll fix itself

[dim island]

the coding and things in the link about content editing is rlly confusing so can i just do that^^

[chilly crypt]

!stardrop

[native dragon]

Stardrop (https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/10455) is the only mod manager written specifically for Stardew Valley. For information about how to install and use it, please see the Stardrop wiki: https://floogen.gitbook.io/stardrop/

If you're having an issue, here's the guidelines on reporting issues: https://floogen.gitbook.io/stardrop/resources/reporting-issues

[dim island]

i tried removing all the xnb files still nothing and steam says my file integraty is fine

[mild talon]

.

[dim island]

😦

so what do i do?

[stark horizon]

The thing about Vortex is that due to its nature of randomly "misplacing" or moving files, we have a very hard time troubleshooting.

My best advice is to manually recreate your active mods folder for this save (not the ones showing as disabled) and try running SMAPI directly from the game folder. If the saves still aren't being recorded, hopefully we'll have a better idea why.

[dim island]

i have no idea how to do that

[stark horizon]

Which part - the creating of the mods folder or launching the exe directly?

[dim island]

i think ill leave it and see if it fixes itself for tomorrow, if not ill try making a whole new save on the other mod loader ?

all of it

[stark horizon]

Do you know how to find your mods folder?

[dim island]

not really

plus its two profiles

[neat plaza]

!findmodsfolder

[native dragon]

Your Mods folder should be in your game folder after you install SMAPI. See here for more information on finding it: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide/Getting_Started#Find_your_game_folder
If you use Steam, you can also right click on the game name > Manage > Browse Local Files.

[dim island]

so if i move mods around the game that works now wont work later right

[stark horizon]

Not if everything is set up correctly. I'm not going to prevaricate; this won't be easy or a quick fix. There is a reason we don't recommend Vortex for SDV, for exactly these kinds of reasons.

1. You need to delete/disable Vortex (however that works) and clean out your current mods folder.
2. Redownload all your mods, one by one, directly from Nexus and place into a clean Mods folder.
3. Reconfigure your Steam launch options to not launch Vortex.

If you wanted to install Stardrop, this would be a good time to do so.

Basically, Ghost, you need to start completely fresh, as though you've not modded the game before.

[dim island]

ill try fix it on vortex myself, ill do that moving files stuff as a last resort i think

[stark horizon]

I didn't say "move files." I said clean out the mods folder. Moving files previously downloaded by Vortex merely just imports the same problems.

It's your prerogative to take our advice or ignore it.

[dim island]

im just asking for advice regarding the issue i have, ik me trying to do all that will create even more issues, please dont be mean about it i just struggle to understand and reasonably ive spent hours on this as most poeple do and it seems wasteful to just remove everything when theres probably a simple fix

also choop was extremely patient with me and constructive and id like to put that out there despite the issue still happening

[stark horizon]

I'm not being mean, I'm telling you that the only reasonable fix is to stop using Vortex. We cannot help troubleshoot or fix Vortex.

[mild talon]

(Does this mean that a mod file downloaded via Vortex is different than manual? Jw)

[stark horizon]

Mylo, this is a support channel. Do you have questions you need to ask?

[dire fractal]

Oh sorry I didn't realize. No thank you!

Ty for the offer!

Bye!

[stark horizon]

Mod files downloaded via Vortex, if Vortex does its thing and borks everything, will remain borked even if you move them around. This is why we recommend manually re-downloading all the mods again.

[humble pivot]

Hi can someone help me understand alternative textures?

I would like to combine all my alternative texture mods into one private version but I am unsure if i can do that, without causing bugs.

[stark horizon]

Hi, Doro! You can certainly try to do that, but your best bet is to ask for advice in #making-mods-general 🙂

[humble pivot]

sure thanks!

[mild talon]

(OK, interesting. Feels like we're talking about "corrupted dna" lol. I think I understand what you're saying tho)

[dim island]

is there any way my issue might be with content patcher / spacecore , scrolling through similar issues and they all say that was their problem

[mild talon]

Unlikely, imho. Send a link for what you found maybe?

[dim island]

plus i got the spacecore error previously

[native dragon]

Here be dragons. Venture forth with bravery, young warrior, for thou art alone in these dark lands. See https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Modder_Guide/APIs/Harmony for more info. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/156109690059751424/514614715482243073/harmony_development_cycle.png

[mild talon]

Meh. Can't delete wrong command - whoops

[dim island]

https://community.playstarbound.com/threads/saved-game-will-not-load-with-content-patcher-1-6-5.154730/

ill find the one about spacecore now too

[mild talon]

(I was looking for the "save serializer warning" fyi)

[stark horizon]

Thanks for sending that over, Ghost, but that post is from 2019, and it's highly unlikely that the solution would still apply.

[languid trout]

(That is...from 2019.)

[mild talon]

[languid trout]

(For reference, most mods MADE in 2019 aren't even in the same format or just flat out don't work without conversions or updates.)

[robust bison]

(isn't CP on like 1.30 by now?)

[modern python]

yes

[stark horizon]

These screenshots show that the save serializer is working as expected.

[dim island]

im just trying to go through all possible alternatives before i clear my whole thing

[languid trout]

(1.29 is the standard, but yes CP is 1.30 going forward.)

There are no alternatives without reinstalling the files or tracing the missing .json files.

[dim island]

how do i trace the json files?

[languid trout]

I can assure you it isn't Spacecore, Content Patcher, Save Serializer or Smapi that is the issue.

Searching your drive to see if they even exist. Which they might be in different folders or just deleted.

[dim island]

it might be deleted, i just removed what smapi said to at the start

and had to reinstall quite a few

[languid trout]

Which is why they're saying to re-download it.
The folders for your mods have been fundamentally shifted and torn apart and you're basically chasing flying sheets of paper for hours instead of just...deleting the folders, checking your download history, and reinstalling mods.

Yes! Like that.

(By download history I mean Nexus download history to remember what mods you had installed)

[dim island]

im just confused why my other save works fine though

[stark horizon]

Didn't you say that you have different profiles for each save?

[dim island]

yeah but the same mods, with vortex you just enable and dissable

wait cant i just make another profile then? and redownload the same mods

ill try that after

[stark horizon]

Ghost, please take this with as much genuine desire to help as possible. If you want to continue to use Vortex, we won't be able to help you troubleshoot.

[torn goblet]

Long story uhhh bare with me
So I wanted to transfer my PC save file with my laptop couple weeks back because I was going to be at a dentist’s office for 5 hours and wanted to play while I was waiting. I installed steam on my laptop and somehow, the game didn’t launch (it said the file stardew valley exe didn’t exist) and before I could do anything I had to leave. When I got home and booted my PC up my 30 hour save file was gone completely. I did have steam cloud synced but it was just gone. So, I wanted to start a new save file and install CBJ cheats to get back to where I was. Now that I’m back where I was, is it possible to remove the mod?

[languid trout]

Please don't.

[torn goblet]

I don’t wanna corrupt my save

[mild talon]

Yes

[torn goblet]

Ok, how do I do that I just wanna be really careful

[languid trout]

Go to your Mods folder and delete the folder.

[dim island]

Im just asking if its reasonable ive spent a lot of time on it and am reasonably frustrated and want to try all i can before i move on, if there no suggestions or help with that then why keep responding to me in such a condescending way, i know the mod loaders bad etc etc theyve explained that, im asking if theres anything else i can try first thats all

[torn goblet]

Ok, but also is it possible to create a physical backup

[languid trout]

!modgroups

[native dragon]

See this link for how to load different mod groups: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Player_Guide/Getting_Started#Can_I_have_different_mod_groups.3F

[torn goblet]

And to sync my save to my laptop properly this time

I don’t wanna erase the file

💀

[dim island]

thank you

i appreciate it

[languid trout]

(Sorry if I came off condescending, I just needed to stress that you would continue having issues with Vortex and that it wouldn't be worth your time and the headache.)

!saves

[native dragon]

Use this guide to find your save files: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

[torn goblet]

Thanks

[dim island]

i mean its usefull regardless i can try it once ive lost all vortex motivation lmao

would it work if i had my other save file stay on vortex and just remake the one that isnt working?

i feel like that works for mc mod loaders so

[languid trout]

Your save file isn't on vortex. Vortex can launch the game with the mods you preset, but the save itself has nothing to do with Vortex

[mild talon]

(Vortex works fine for most other games from what I hear - no firsthand experience - but for stardew it does not /;)

[dim island]

so it wont be removed or anything

[dim island]

i usually use cureforge

[languid trout]

Nope. Vortex is just a mod manager. The save itself is tied to Stardew.

[dim island]

its easier but no stardew mods

[dim island]

ohhh, can you load it from steam or would it be a manual server file id have to make

im sorry for all the questions

[languid trout]

I would be very concerned if a mod manager controlled and stored save information

Your saves are stored in your computer files by Stardew itself. The game. It doesn't matter what you launch it with as long as it is that specific installation and you have the saves. What launching it from Steam, Vortex or the StardewModdingApi changes is what mods are loaded, or if any are.

[dim island]

would i have to manually make a server or something ? or is it literally just loading the game with the mods in the stardew gamefile

[languid trout]

I...don't understand the question

All of your questions should be in

!gettingstarted

[native dragon]

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

[dim island]

um sorry , like for minecraft, when i make a modded game you have to manually create a seperate folder etc

would i need to do that

or just use the actual game folder

[languid trout]

Modding Stardew is simple and that question is answered in the link I provided

[dim island]

okieee thank you

[languid trout]

Including the file directory for the folder Smapi created for you

[compact verge]

Sorry to jump in at the tail of the conversation. But have you checked if your save file is actually there?

I'm wondering whether this is a case of the save file not generating, or the game not being able to read the save file.

[languid trout]

(Ghost already confirmed the folders had content deleted)

(It wasn't the save, it was Vortex being...Vortex.)

Unless you mean Deatheater14, in which case I rescind that statement because I have no idea why the save would be gone like that without hardware malfunctions

[dim island]

save file doesnt generate i think

[compact verge]

The save folder doesn't contain your save file, then?

[dim island]

gimmie a sec ill check

[dim island]

so its like simssssssssss, ok so it doesn't say how id load the game ? would i click the smapi in the mod folder to load it or just load the game normally

[naive drum]

CBJ Cheats doesn't add any new items, so it can be added and removed whenever in a save file with no extra steps for removing it.

[languid trout]

StardewModdingApi or launch through Steam if you added it there.

[dim island]

tyyyyy

this was rlly helpful chirps i appreciate the explanation

[languid trout]

Smapi isn't in the Mods folder, BTW. It made the Mods folder. Smapi-internal is in the Stardew Valley folder, which has the Mods folder in it.

[compact verge]

(Curious on how exactly the thing happened is all. For Deatheater14, I'm just guessing it's Steam cloud sync mishap.)

[naive drum]

Also, looking at the description of what you did, I think maybe Steam Cloud ate your save file? Since you had steam cloud synced, if it synced your laptop's lack of save file with the cloud instead of downloading the save then your save file would be gone

[languid trout]

Sooo
Hardware borking. Syncing the laptop instead of the new file. But it should prioritize the other way.

I'm just going to blame Nvidia

[naive drum]

it does that sometimes i don't know why

!saves might be safer to copy your save file around manually

[native dragon]

Use this guide to find your save files: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

[compact verge]

Steam Cloud syncs at game's start and end. So something like this usually happens when it doesn't sync at game's start for some reason (so the laptop doesn't get the save file from the cloud) but then syncs when the game closes (so the laptop tells the cloud to erase the save).

[high vine]

hi hi super quick question, does the Magic mod still work with the current version of the game? if so is the version on Nexus the mod up to date one? thank youuu

[languid trout]

According to the comments section, people are still using it as of last month, so yes.

[wispy fable]

heyy, i have a big problem with mods; could you please look at my smapi logs? https://smapi.io/log/fa5cca40a16d4a1095b04bcb3dc4b417

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 22018) on Microsoft Windows 11 Home, with 18 C# mods and 21 content packs.
Suggested fixes: You don't have the Error Handler mod installed, reinstall SMAPI to get it

[languid trout]

reinstall smapi itself. It's missing error handler

You don't have to uninstall smapi or any of your mods

[wispy fable]

just reinstall smapi without uninstalling?

[languid trout]

Yep. Unlike mods, Smapi cleans its old files.

[wary scroll]

Just run the installer again. And choose the same things as before. SMAPI will do the rest

[wispy fable]

okay thanks guys imuna try it rn

[languid trout]

I would also verify file integrity on steam just in case, but none of the mods are failing.

!uiinfosuite

[native dragon]

If you go to https://github.com/Annosz/UIInfoSuite2/releases, you can find UI Info Suite 2, which works with Stardew 1.5.5+. Download the first zip, not the source code.

[languid trout]

That said, grab this

[wispy fable]

i just uninstalled ui info suite after the crash

[languid trout]

(To replace the uiinfosuite you have that's not compatible)

[wispy fable]

oh okay thanksss

heyy again, it worked thanks for the help

[languid trout]

[signal gyro]

Gang i really need help

I have the pregnancy and birth events mod, and it asked me what we should name it if its a girl. i already have a girl, so i just put her name, assuming it was gonna ask for a boy name after. It didn't, so now i have 2 baby girls named Victoria. I removed the mod and went back in, but its still named Victoria. How do i fix this? I dont know if the game made the baby a boy named Victoria now or what. I also have free love, so im not sure if that has anything to do with this. Please please help.

😭🙏🙏🙏 gang pls

[oak forum]

So I checked my savefile. The gender for your kid should be in there

[signal gyro]

Where? What do i control+f?

[oak forum]

I searched for my kids name, then after that Gender

if i recall correctly 0 is Male and 1 is Female

so control F Victoria

once up

control F gender

[signal gyro]

Cuz i checked and it only showed 1 Victoria

Lemme look

Screaming

[oak forum]

I'm so sorry but that's how I fixed my issue with the baby =/

You might get someone more experienced in here though!

[mild talon]

Atras interaction Tweaks?
It's a mod known to fix broken kids

No idea if it'll help w that but it's v useful mod overall

[sweet palm]

Can you use Stardew Valley Expanded on a mod manager? My mod manager is saying it isn't installed correctly. Do I need to manually install that and then use the mod manager?

[mild talon]

!modmanagerbugs

[native dragon]

Vortex (Nexus) and ModDrop both are mod managers that can help you keep your mods up to date, but they are difficult to troubleshoot. If you're looking for a mod manager that was written specifically for SDV and has troubleshooting logs built in, you can try Stardrop (!stardrop).

If you're using a non-Stardrop mod manager and ask for help troubleshooting, you can ask the Nexus Discord https://www.nexusmods.com/discord or the Moddrop Discord https://www.moddrop.com/app/about (scroll down). If you're using Stardrop, please remember to provide a Stardrop log.

[oak forum]

I used Stardrop for it and was fine

[mild talon]

Yeah statdrop is the only recommended manager for sdv. Manual is my preferred method

[signal gyro]

Only thing i could find

[sweet palm]

Thank you (and thank you Choop). I'll try to get Stardrop and get the mods on that.

[oak forum]

Choop recommended a mod up above that might help

[languid trout]

Okay, so uhh....Why are you doing this with save editing instead of Smapi debug commands?

[signal gyro]

Cuz idk any 😭

[native dragon]

I notice you're linking to the old wiki, that wiki has been in a read-only state for several months. Here are the links to that page on the new wiki: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Modding:Debug_commands

[languid trout]

Use the Governor's link

it's child, btw. not kid or baby.

(Also as an aside, https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/18972 is better for family immersion and events.)

[signal gyro]

How are these gonna help my issue? /nm

[languid trout]

You use the removenpc command below it on Victoria.

[signal gyro]

But i have two Victorias

Wont it remove both?

[languid trout]

Only one should be removed. I would suggest trying this before editing save data

[signal gyro]

How do i make a save back up, just in case?

[languid trout]

!saves

[native dragon]

Use this guide to find your save files: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

[languid trout]

https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves#Back_up_or_transfer_between_two_PCs

Click my link

[languid trout]

Are children not-
Hold on

[naive drum]

maybe without the pointy brackets?

[signal gyro]

No brackets at all or just normal brackets?

[naive drum]

no brackets at all

[languid trout]

Oh I didn't even notice, sorry, multitasking on a work call

[naive drum]

ive never used this command, but it's possible the brackets are meant to indicate that that bit is the bit you change?

[languid trout]

I mean, there is the drastic option.

clearchildren followed by pregnant.

[signal gyro]

😭

[signal gyro]

:[

[naive drum]

ah

[languid trout]

/debug

[signal gyro]

[languid trout]

what the hell?

[signal gyro]

Should i remove my mods first?

Or went back a day?

I just wanna fix thisssz

[compact verge]

I don't think going back a day would do anything if the child is already born.

Are you sure the second child is a girl? And do you have more than one spouse?

[signal gyro]

RAHHHHHH

[signal gyro]

No, just seb. And im 99% sure

[signal gyro]

Why is nothing working?!?

[mild talon]

!log did you ever share yer log btw?

[native dragon]

Can you upload your SMAPI log to https://smapi.io/log (see instructions on that page) and share the link here? Even if your game doesn't show any errors, logs are useful, and often necessary, for troubleshooting.

[mild talon]

Also is something breaking w the duped Victoria child or do you just want to try to minus 1 Victoria ?

[drowsy drum]

im having a lot of issues w the spouses island mod, it keeps yelling about this
https://smapi.io/log/741af51a07544b24bc70e7c3c673a638

[native dragon]

Log Info: SMAPI 3.18.6 with SDV 1.5.6 (build 1.3.37.0) on macOS Unix 14.2.1, with 90 C# mods and 92 content packs.
Suggested fixes: One or more mods are out of date, consider updating them

[drowsy drum]

well same issue, over and over again

it thinks its out of date, but that's cause i added an update key wrong. i have the most recent nexus file.

and i think this ui info suit error references the same file & line, which seems weird

stepping away pls ping if you know what this means

[signal gyro]

Minus her

Ok i figured out how to edit it, but it keeps saving as a word file

Im so close pls 😭

[mild talon]

Enable "all files" and save it as... this part idk (but .txt isn't it I'm p sure)

Someone computery shall appear... ~

[pallid summit]

utf-8 with BOM
😭

[mild talon]

?! Um, is this an answer, ichor? Very idk

They're trying to edit their save and save it - context if it's not clear lol

[mild talon]

What's the saves guide say, wish?

[signal gyro]

Wdym?

[mild talon]

!saves

[native dragon]

Use this guide to find your save files: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

[mild talon]

Think there's an How2 edit ur Save section 🤔

Wait
.

Now I see that gibberish under "encoding"
But I still don't get it 😅

[signal gyro]

How do 8 make it an xml file

[pallid summit]

no, it wasn't an answer. just crying about technical errors that windows continues to make.
seb smoocher, if you want to manually edit your save file, you should use a real text editor. Notepad++ is a decent one that is free and small to download

[dapper elbow]

hiii does anyone know how to use mods on only one save file?

[mild talon]

!vanilla

[robust bison]

!playvanilla

[native dragon]

Do you want to play the vanilla game after having installed SMAPI? Keep in mind that you cannot play vanilla on a previously modded save. Please use separate saves for playing vanilla vs modded Stardew! That said, there are a few ways this can be achieved:

1. If playing the game through Steam or GOG on a Windows device, clear your launch options, then select play from your game client. See the !launchoptions command for more info.

2. Go into your game folder and launch StardewValley.exe. See the !findmodsfolder command for more info.

3. Change the name of your Mods folder to anything other than Mods. Then launch the game as you normally would, this will make SMAPI launch but without any mods being loaded by it.

4. Set up SMAPI as a custom game in Steam. See the !modgroups command for more info.

[mild talon]

Egh. Yes.. i can't remember the command or articulate
Thanks 🌤

[mild talon]

Use Notepad++

[signal gyro]

It wont let me change the namez

[mild talon]

Make it not read-only

[signal gyro]

WAIT I THINK

How do i replace my old save with the new one?

[scarlet quail]

....

Why is everyone telling them to edit their save file instead of installing Atras Interaction Tweaks

[signal gyro]

Idec at this point just give me solutions!!!

[scarlet quail]

Keep that edited save as a backup, but please just install https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/10192

Then see if the save loads normally.

If the save already loads and you don't see another child, after re-reading your issue, then you probably only have one

[signal gyro]

How is this going to help?

[scarlet quail]

(And also, do you have Free Love?)

[signal gyro]

Yes

[scarlet quail]

then this is a normal consequence

you can boost child numbers, and it doesn't discriminate on forcing genders

[signal gyro]

I just wanna change the name.

[scarlet quail]

That's a feature of Unique Children, but that also changes the sprites temporarily, if that's what you're going with.

Otherwise

!saves

[native dragon]

Use this guide to find your save files: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

[scarlet quail]

Put that edited save in there

[signal gyro]

How?!

[scarlet quail]

........what do you mean, how? if you edited the save in the first place, you know where it is

[scarlet quail]

deep sigh you do realize that's not where your saves are, right?

this is why I called !saves

[signal gyro]

It literally is tho

[scarlet quail]

no, it isn't

do you see save-backups at top?

That means it's the SMAPI save backup folder

[signal gyro]

Yes.

[scarlet quail]

It is not your save folder

It is your save backup folder

!saves

[native dragon]

Use this guide to find your save files: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves.

[scarlet quail]

If you want help, you need to follow the instructions and locate your actual game saves

Given you're on windows, that top should look like appdata/roaming or w/e it is

Further, I would highly advise backing up your save before you replace it with your edited file and savegameinfo

Because if you messed it up, goodbye your save.

[pallid summit]

1. i didn't tell them to do that
2. i don't make a habit of telling people what they should want to do

[mild talon]

Nahh I said that first lol

[languid trout]

(I didn't know about the interaction tweaks mod and I suggested against it and just suggested debug commands because I'm not helping someone with save editing while I'm doing work calls. That said! I'll keep that in mind for future reference now that I know about it. /nm, just clarifying.)

[mild talon]

#archived-modded-support message - 😅 idek what the problem is anymore but that mod might fix if

[scarlet quail]

Not really doing the second part? While I 100% misread the child thing being a save crash, telling someone to edit a save file over interaction tweaks isn't exactly the best idea

[signal gyro]

I DID IT

HELL YESS

[mild talon]

I dont think ichor was there earlier lol
Lots of ppl in and out

[signal gyro]

IT ONLY TOOK LIKE 2 HOURS

[mild talon]

I'm /nm either fwiw

[signal gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/tbh-creature-gif-25772842

Ty yall for being so patient 😭🙏💜

[scarlet quail]

(I'm honestly weirded out over the response given while I very much put "everyone" even backreading ichor only made one comment toward smoocher and that was how to edit the save)

[drowsy drum]

pspspsps does anyone know what this means i cannot even begin to understand it

[scarlet quail]

(So they weren't telling them to edit it at all, just "if you're going to do this, here's how". So they wouldn't have been included in said subset)

[mild talon]

(So what r you saying cuz now I'm confused)

[signal gyro]

Im jusr happy i fixed it 🐀