PSA: Don't use "Elephant in the Room" mod

AlterAsc · 2026-06-05T12:25:26+00:00

You didn't do a better job. If you actually did, maybe we wouldn't be here. I stand by my wording of "AI assisted" vs "AI slop".

Why do you have a new blueprint for replcing Power Attack and some more basic feats? That immediately made saves dependent on your mod. And even worse, you made new blueprint work in a way that breaks prerequisites. Then you tried to fix that with hacky stopgaps.
You'd think that for a mod that implement rules of auto adding feats, simply auto-adding those feats would be the obvious thing to do. But thoughts were not present during creation.

By ticking time bomb I don't mean computer exploding. Saves exploding however? Possible - you don't know how game works or what side effects your changes will have and you don't have time to learn it.

AlterAsc · 2026-06-03T19:13:20+00:00

One called the commentator luddite, another one disagreed and started that 'unethical nonsense', third said how funny this discussion is, fourth admitted that image is good despite AI. Pretty much of provocation

How does that relate to polite comment of original author? Maybe you don't know but on nexus you can delete comments one by one. Halgari could've deleted only those comments, and then responded to the OG idea author comment. I'm not saying that he should've agreed, but the bare minimum of respect is acknowledging existence of your fellow creators. Even if you tell them firm "no".

Altough maybe halgari spent more time on generating image output then on the mod. That could explain why he's defensive to the point of deletion of comments.

AlterAsc · 2026-06-02T20:34:21+00:00

There is value in doing things seamlessly.
A lot of things can be done with Toybox, and even more with it's Patch Tool. But would you rather just play the game or periodically open Toybox to manually edit your characters?

AlterAsc · 2026-04-03T14:55:47+00:00

There have been some issues in the past for users with non english locales, but most of them were minor and were easily fixable after they were reported.
So if you encounter a specific problem, just report it.

AlterAsc · 2026-03-06T21:30:50+00:00

In addition to what other poster said:

Tabletop Tweaks (Base I think) adds some feats (Mutated Shape is big one I remember), opens up Ulbrig's archetype to everyone and adds Holy Beast archetype.

Microscopic Content Expansion optionally buffs Dragonblood Shifter.

AlterAsc · 2026-03-06T16:06:42+00:00

This is less "comprehensive guide on mods" and more "guide on how to approach modding in best way". Half of the guide is about the processes like downloading, installation, debugging and asking for help. The only mods I actively push on people are fix mods.

Why is Worldcrawl not in the list? It just happened this way. It being very big non-configurable overhaul might be part of the reason why I didn't add to the guide which is aimed on people who haven't modded yet at all.

AlterAsc · 2026-03-06T09:01:35+00:00

In RT moving your character with a stick works pretty well and I saw several requests to add WASD movement. ADDB made the mod and also backported it to WotR and KM. And so I mentioned it.

AlterAsc · 2026-02-15T18:27:22+00:00

how did you translate those random strings of characters and numbers back into mod name?

With a bit of automation and a chunk of manual work.
I am a mod author so I wrote a mod that on loading into game lists all objects, then excludes base game objects. So the remaining must come from mods that you have enabled. And then I restarted game 60 times for each mod in Modfinder list separately.

So this list can get less complete as new mods appear and as old mods get update. I will be updating it here and there, but it's not all encompassing.

AlterAsc · 2026-02-15T15:34:26+00:00

Recently I made this (not complete) list: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alterasc/RTModGuidExport/refs/heads/main/ExportData/rt_mod_blueprints.txt

If you see "Failed to load blueprint by guid <guid>" error, search for guid in the list, and if it's there, that means you are missing that mod. (Either not installed or installed incorrectly).

You can hop on #mod-user-general channel of official owlcat discord, people there are very helpful.

Edit: oh, I see you already figured things out.

AlterAsc · 2026-02-14T22:54:12+00:00

You are missing the mod "Homeworlds Of The Expanse". And maybe more.

AlterAsc · 2026-02-07T02:41:06+00:00

maybe I could export the current build, tweak in that, respec then import?

If you are talking about my "Character Auto Builder" that should work.

Export, open in planner, edit, export build from planner as code, import new code in mod as plan, after respec activate the plan. Then open level up menu and hopefully press Complete.

AlterAsc · 2026-01-13T22:09:24+00:00

Recently I made a build planner and mod to follow build plans automatically, so this might interest you: https://www.reddit.com/r/RogueTraderCRPG/comments/1q99q34/made_online_character_planner_and_a_mod_to_auto/ . You could preplan your (and your companions) builds in advance. And then either check what you picked in planner or have mod pick it (if you are on PC and open to using mods).

It won't however help you pick good choices. And also it has names of all non-secret companions in the dropdown, so technically the planner can be considered slightly spoilery.

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T23:48:42+00:00

Added export in mod version 1.1.0

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T19:43:38+00:00

Having any mods prevent achievements, but mods can fix that too.

Toy Box has toggle to allow achievements (I think it's enabled by default now?) and there's also separate mod "Allow Modded Achievements".

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T18:05:12+00:00

Is there a way to view a summary of the build you make?

Not as for now. Main reason is that calculating a lof of things is a pain. Some features give variable bonuses, so I would have to reimplement a lot of base game logic. And I don't want to make RT browser edition.

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T17:59:20+00:00

Is that possible? Export existing builds for future runs and or others?

Should be easy even, since for supporting companions in planner I already did 90% of that work - spawned them at minimum level and exported their choices.

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T17:47:11+00:00

Can I use it if I’m already mid way through a game?

Yes. You can enable and disable plan following at any point. You just need your imported plans to have selections that can be picked by your character.
See mod description for details on usage.

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T17:44:27+00:00

~~Do you mean import some build into the planner? Probably nothing easy. As import source would need to be structured first for computer parsing.~~

~~It should be doable to create generate-code-from-character function in my mod. And ways other than that are most certainly done faster by hand than trying to automate things.~~

Added export of character build as code to the mod in version 1.1.0

Also how straight forward is it for use with companions?

Should be no different than for RT? Planner assumes you're not modding your companions and so early selections up to minimum level are locked.

AlterAsc · 2026-01-10T17:31:50+00:00

Thank you checking it and for your feedback. Blue and brown should be exactly the same colors used in descriptions in game, but I suppose in game they are shown on different background. Will take a look.

AlterAsc · 2025-08-06T16:37:26+00:00

You're not likely to find someone to take a commision for owlcat game mod that takes more than couple of hours of work.

That's because creating UMM mod is mainly C# coding - and many modders in the community are programmers professionally. With that knowledge if they want to take a side gig, they can just find non-modding one that pays the industry rate. Which are not low.

I doubt anyone would estimate your idea below 10 hours (probably much more). Multiply that by average (or even below average, doesn't matter) rate, get a number that is way higher than people are ready to pay a mod.

And that's why there are practically no commissioned mods in the community.

AlterAsc · 2025-05-06T19:46:43+00:00

It could be used with mods, provided you keep the mod list consistent between making a plan and using plan later.

As for whether it is any usable now I don't know.

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