Editor bugs and issues: The Thread

Can you confirm if the metal spots were present after closing the metal tab? While testing on a moon biome, I found some metal spots removed, but not all of them.

And the thing with some metals removed is just because they were placed too close together i think

If you place em too close to each other or too close to csg then they will get removed.

Edited CSG assets aren't saving.

In the editor:


In-game:


I've had this issue before. It's beyond infuriating - maybe I should give up on mapmaking until the map editor is fixed.

You probably did try it without mods already? A bugreport with "this is the case even without mods" is more likely to be heared by Uber.

A step-by-step repro is also very helpful.

I think the only way to get around this is saving the file with a new name every time you make a significant change, so in case you mess up (or, the game for that matter) you can revert. Then you can play on the final version.

I had a feeling that would be a bit of a "turn it off and on again" solution, but it actually worked. It loaded up perfectly fine.

I still don't know what's causing it, though. This is my modlist:

Spoiler

Advanced Planet Details 2.0
Alpha2546 Map Pack
Auto Factory
Auto Start Game
Awesome System Generator
Better Jigs
Build Power
Community Map Pack
Darkish Nights
Faster Server Browser
Floating Framework
Genesis Device
Hidden Biomes
Infinite Build
Kimberlee Map Pack
Land Mine Line Build
Live Economy Graphs
Map System Editor Fixes
Modded Post Processing Chain
No Default System
PA Stats Online
PA-FX
Poseidons Trident Map Pack
Sandbox Unit Toolbar
Settings Manager
Show All Games
Surface Area
System Sharing
Team Colored Chat
Team Commander Explosion Color
Team Teleporter Color
UI Enhancements
Unit Database
Unlocked System Editor
XPlosion

I'm guessing these are the problematic ones:
Genesis Device (changes how orbits work)
Hidden Biomes (unlocks more biomes)
Map System Editor Fixes (changes a lot of things)
Unlocked System Editor (removes the limit for some things, like water level)

I'll try removing them to see how it goes.

EDIT: Absolutely no difference. I guess I'll try doing the opposite: I'll remove all of the mods that I don't absolutely need, as opposed to removing all the mods that I think are causing the problem.

EDIT 2: I removed a handful of those mods and it's working again. Sorry for thinking it was the dev's fault.

If you can make out a clear "that mod is the culprit" it would be very interesting to know. Though it obviously also may be a rare random issue and as such hard to track down. Working with no mods at all for a few hours or days would help to make sure it really is mod caused.

Well, I haven't been running without mods, but I cut out the map packs as well as all of the mods I listed and it's loading maps correctly now. I'll try and track down which mod is doing it later.

It's been perfectly consistent, though. With every mod I listed, it fails to load the assets every single time. Without a select few of them, it loads the assets every single time.

all the more reason to try to hunt down the broken mod

If you set a CSG pathable then the mirrored CSG won't take over that setting. A small bug I think.

@jables @mkrater
CSG bugs in system editor does still exist


This is done in build 84260 build pte without any mods.

There are at least two bugs I noticed and remember:
-Default crater CGS's wont be deleted 0:35
-As you can see in end no CSG changes were saved eventually aside from mexes.

Here is logs for that PA session if it helps.
http://pastebin.com/jxhejADx