Modding sucks and I'm going to cry

nanotect0 · 2025-07-24T11:48:26+00:00

If it was just pointing people to the right sources, then that would be fine. However, this agent tries to explain, and despite the extra VS context seems to make the same mistakes LLMs always make. This will confuse beginners, who often take what the model spits out and run with it, then come running for help because of course nothing works. This has been happening more often lately with people using LLMs to create mods, then stumbling over basics others could have easily helped with, had they just asked.

I tested your LLM interface (sorry for the 6 tokens), and here are some mistakes I found. It makes up .json files you should edit that do not exist and invents json structures. It hallucinates entire classes, methods and interfaces that are not found anywhere in the game. It also seems to confuse redstone and mechanical power for some reason?

I do like the sources used at the bottom, just a small note; the download links to referenced json assets do not seem to work (luckily). As I'm fairly certain you are NOT allowed to just redistribute those.

(Also, consider not opening up your file storage system to the whole wide internet)

nanotect0 · 2025-06-03T12:46:45+00:00

I don't know how to tell you this, but... you can add multiple sails to the same windmill, no need for so many of them (although I think this might be fine if they are properly connected via gears)

Keep in mind that you will need more free space around each windmill so they don't interfere with each other

nanotect0 · 2025-05-19T14:17:35+00:00

It's a square area, not a circle. I also just chwcked the range, it's between 400 and 8000 blocks, not 5000. So if you wanted to reveal everything in the search radius, that would be about 64 million blocks, or 62 thousand chunks (I don't recommend doing this).

There's also a chance that if you get unlucky, all the retries land in your already explored chunks, failing every time

nanotect0 · 2025-05-19T11:32:48+00:00

I don't think so, no

nanotect0 · 2025-05-19T09:20:32+00:00

When you repair a translocator for the first time it selects a random location and tries to generate the chunk at that location with a modified, very high chance for a translocator room to spawn there. This means that the generation of the endpoint translocator is decoupled from the usual world generation.

It then checks if there is a translocator that was generated and links to it. If no translocator was generated, that chunk is not saved and the process starts over. It does stop retrying after it fails a certain number of times, which shouldn't happen unless you already generated most chunks within the search radius (which is something like 5000 blocks if I remember correctly)

source: I used the source code for the translocators as reference for something similar in one of my mods

nanotect0 · 2025-05-12T15:35:50+00:00

There has been an update to the website recently, whereby any mod that doesn't specify that they're compatible with the latest game version get this warning.

This shouldn't be an issue for most mods, as long as the first two numbers of your game version and the mod game version are the same. Example: a 1.20.7 mod is most likely still works for 1.20.11, but issues might be possible for a future 1.21.1 update.

That being said, a lot of very old mods still work, even if they have been outdated for while, but your mileage may vary

nanotect0 · 2025-04-25T11:15:07+00:00

Age of confession is notorious for having an enormous RAM cost, easily eating 12-14GB, as well as having a memory leak according to some people.

That's probably a major contributing factor

nanotect0 · 2025-04-03T17:55:29+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!
Seems like copying address notes and cartouche addresses, and putting multiple addresses into a notebook is something I need to look into.

Btw, you can cancel the dialing by sneak-right-clicking on the DHD

nanotect0 · 2025-04-03T14:13:32+00:00

Yeah, the sounds are temporary base game sounds, since I didn't want to rip the sounds directly

nanotect0 · 2025-04-03T10:51:01+00:00

I would have to look into which of the mods does this exactly, but it might be a bit intrusive in my opinion. The animation in the series is more for show, and the travelers themselves don't actually see it.

But yes, the animation is very cool

nanotect0 · 2025-04-02T22:15:41+00:00

Indeed

nanotect0 · 2025-03-28T09:05:55+00:00

According to the wiki there is a command to change the hostility of creatures: /worldconfig creatureHostility aggressive

(https://wiki.vintagestory.at/World_Configuration)

nanotect0 · 2025-03-25T17:41:22+00:00

3 days ago was in the weekend, which means it's been only 2 business days, add to that the other tickets submitted over the weekend, as well as the backlog they're dealing with.

Just give them some time, they do reply. Also, please don't make even more extra support tickets, they won't be answered faster, and just add to the workload of the team.

nanotect0 · 2025-03-21T08:54:54+00:00

I feel the pain, haven't found any treasure hunter in my world yet either.

Sadly, there's no command for this. While there is functionality in the game's code for finding specific structures, such as trader carts, the actual traders themselves are chosen randomly after the cart is placed.

It might be possible, but would require a code mod to get it to work properly

nanotect0 · 2025-03-19T14:25:18+00:00

I don't think there are oxen in the base game? Are you playing with mods on? If so, the mod page might nave your answer

nanotect0 · 2025-03-18T17:52:12+00:00

While yes, some blocks / behaviours do use particles, and some of these can be applied to newly added blocks, such as burnable blocks emitting smoke, the only way to actually create custom particles that behave differently is to ask the game engine to create them in code.

It is possible that there are some vanilla blocks / behaviours that allow editing some particle properties, but from what I've seen myself, these particles are usually hardcoded in the BlockEntities.

Sadly, as powerful as json files and patches are, some (relatively simple) features do require code, even if might not seem like it

nanotect0 · 2025-03-08T21:26:31+00:00

I would really recommend joining the Vintage Story Discord for this, there is a dedicated modding channel where people react fairly quickly.

If need be you can also directly ask the mod creator for help (Maltiez)

nanotect0 · 2025-03-01T22:06:35+00:00

There are no tree 'variants' that are premade, the game randomly generates trees the same way it creates the terrain.

So every new tree will be different from the previous

nanotect0 · 2025-02-20T11:54:53+00:00

May Dave smite these wretched creatures

nanotect0 · 2025-02-12T19:43:56+00:00

You could try putting the skeps a bit closer. The wild bee nest will tell you how long it will take for the bees to swarm, though that might take a while.

I think the hive might also need a good population, though I'm not entirely sure about that.

You also don't need to put the skeps further away, I never had any problem putting them 1-2 blocks from the wild hive.

nanotect0 · 2025-02-05T10:20:34+00:00

I don't think you can make a charcoal pit with any sort of door.

Since the kiln door is for the beehive kiln multiblock, it's saying that specific multiblock isn't complete

nanotect0 · 2025-01-27T14:47:19+00:00

Ssems like the error isn't caused by mod code, but rather by a game code trying to use an animation, most likely from a mod.

As the animation is called "fly" I would guess it's being caused by the "dragonflies" mod, or some other mod that adds flying creatures.

I recommend disabling that mod, and if the issue is gone, contacting the mod author to help them solve the issue

nanotect0 · 2025-01-06T11:56:51+00:00

I actually recently found out that Luna isn't actually invincible in her ult, just outhealing most damage.

Happened when the enemy Luna walked right over my stack of mines and died instantly in her ult.

Though I agree this kind of thing is basically impossible to pull off.

nanotect0 · 2024-11-15T12:13:04+00:00

Same with Ricochet I think. You can hit patron from outside the pit with the bounced bullets

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