Universal Swatch Slots - No Swatches Appearing
I've installed Universal Swatch Slots, unlocked it in the Awesome Shop, found it in the Mod menu and see the swatch definitions, opened the UniversalSwatchSlots.cfg file and see the JSON content there. Restarted the game twice. Nevertheless, nothing shows up on the Color menu.
I formerly had More Swatch Slots installed but uninstalled it before using this. Anyone know what might be wrong?
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I'm currently working on a new configuration UI to make it clearer and apply the english config by default to get rid of this stupid design problem ^^ but it takes more time than expected
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Hi,
Could you please send me your log file and UniversalSwatchSlot configuration please (directly via discord mp or creating a new github issue)
I just created an issue on GitHub and included the SMM log file and config (the config is whatever was generated when the mod was installed. I did not alter it.)
I can confirm this. The tab under Customizer is not there. Does this submenu conflict with the new Christmas tab?
Unfortunatly I am not able to reproduce it 😦
Are you sure that the palette has been correctly loaded ?
Check for these lines in your log file
LogUniversalSwatchSlots: Display: Find session "" for palette "USS Default - English" but does not match desired session "Your-Session-Name". Ignoring palette for now.
LogUniversalSwatchSlots: Display: Find matching session "Your-Session-Name" for palette "USS Default - English". Loading palette.
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I'm currently working on a new configuration UI to make it clearer and apply the english config by default to get rid of this stupid design problem ^^ but it takes more time than expected
ok, now I got the correct log messages, but no tab. 😦
Really strange 😦 could you send me your save / config / smm profil ?
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However I needed to bought it from the store
Maybe you need to rebuy it otherwise I really don't know as I didn't touch anything
oh man, buy more, who thinks of something like that
ok, now it's working 🙂
XD
glad to hear it
Hi Loupimo, I modified the config as you suggested by adding the Session name to the top array and now I see the swatches. THANKS! Now that it's showing I really like the fact that these swatches aren't on the same screen as the vanilla swatches. Helps keep things organized.
Just out of curiosity, let's say that either because of a SF patch or future change this mod cannot be loaded. What happens to the items in the game that used these swatches? Do they revert to default color? Here's why I asked: When I removed Kyrium's More Swatches, I think some foundations I had painted with those colors disappeared. Not just the color - the whole vanilla foundation. Interested in whether you know already what the behavior is for your mod.
Hi,
As this mod is using what I called "linked color slots" if it breaks and you save your game without the mod all buildings that used theses colors will unfortunately revert back to default . I've implemented a save system to map swatches to their hashed name in order to correctly load swatches to their original slot in case you modified the configuration too hard (i.e. deleting / inserting swatches). However, if you save your game without the mod the saved data will be gone forever and will be unrecoverable 😢 There's nothing I can do for that.
The only solution would be to use the custom slot as the applied color is stored to the building and not to a general color slot. But custom slot does not change everything you have painted in case you finally want to modify a color for a desired set of building. But if you would prefer that behavior I could add another option in the config file to let you choose between linked and custom slot
Btw note that if CSS decide to add more default color they will be overwritten by this mod
I don't have any particular opinion on new or changed features when it comes to opening a save without the mod. I just was interested if you knew what would happen. Changing parts to default colors is fine. I'm still trying to figure out why just certain vanilla buildables disappeared from my save, and I'm unsure if it was caused by painting the foundations with another modders color swatch mod. If the painted items continue to exist but revert to default color in the absence of a swatch mod, that seems perfectly understandable.
Hey im having the same issue with the Universal Swatch Slots tab not showing up in the Customizer. hoping i could get some help?
I have the same Issue. If i have my Server Savegame Local its working. If i'm on the Server its not. Config Local and on the Server is the same.
Hi there,
If you are joining a server be sure to have same configuration file on the client and server sides. However you need to add an empty session name on the client side under the palette / association that you want to load to make it work
ok lmc. i give u feedback in like 5 minutes
Ah yeah now its working. Thank you
You are welcome 🙂
Does my previous answer work for you too ?