Post by cattreats on Feb 23, 2023 13:45:11 GMT -5
Hi, I'm trying to replace an existing broadcaster/buff with a custom buff on a cloned version of an in-game debug item (specifically the cave entrance/exit from werewolves pack) and I'm having an issue where if the object is placed on a lot and I enter into build buy mode, the game's UI crashes and I am unable to interact with anything in game / exit the game without going into task manager.
I'm very new to modding tuning but was able to change the interaction text of the object without any issues by following some tutorials I found in the forum/youtube, and editing the interaction text while leaving the buff/broadcaster as-is causes no crashes. My results with the buff have been mixed -- sometimes it has appeared with some - but not all - parts replaced with my new text but in most cases I don't see anything and I've just ended up with the game breaking when I try to open up build buy. The only things I've changed with the buff/broadcaster are the strings, IDs, and names following the same procedure I used for changing the interaction menu text.
Better exceptions brings up a list of UI mods but I'm pretty sure it's the object I've modded and not the UI mods I have installed as I still have the issue with UI mods removed and I do not have the issues when I remove my modded cave from by mods folder or only include a version of the cave that does not have the buff/broadcaster edited.
Does anyone know if there are any tutorials specifically on modifying buffs/broadcasters that are on objects or what I could do to get this to work without it breaking my game?
Thank you!
edit with more information: I've been gradually re-editing the object's tuning and testing it in-game to try and narrow down what exactly is causing the error to occur and have been able to narrow it down to something related to the buff ID specifically --- I'm able to edit everything else without getting errors, but changing the ID / name of the buff tuning and sim data entries in the warehouse causes the game's UI to crash when going from live mode to build buy mode. Changes to the buff information (name, description) also do not change even if the ID in broadcaster tuning is changed to match as well but the error occurs regardless of whether that information is changed as it seems to be related to the buff tuning ID/name being changed and added in the broadcaster tuning specifically.
edit 2: Still don't know what was causing things to break but managed to get around it by replacing the broadcaster with one from another object and editing that instead. Everything works fine now.