Cannon Fodder

Would it be easy to have it not reuse names if the list is greater than the number spawned? The duplicate names is a real bummer.

When defenders spawn (set to 6 for me) there are duplicate names used even though I have more than 6 names in the json.

Fixed in Production Build — v0.2023.2150.2427

+1, This is no longer working on Carbon.

I wouldn't quite say clear, but it does help to provide a better understanding. Thanks.

You are correct. I don't understand the reasons to why certain plugins that require DLL files aren't seamlessly working. I can't do what you do, I know that. I also have great respect for your ability. But I can say as an end user of your product, I am finding more and more frustrations with it, to the point where I am seriously rethinking my decision to use Carbon, and am investigating the process to remove it while causing as little server disruption as possible. It isn't just the harmony mods issue. It is the other issues I mentioned in my post as well. Most of all, it is the attitude I have seen from the carbon team when something doesn't work with Carbon. Far too often it is a combative and antagonistic stance, instead of working to find a solution for the end users. This is the biggest thing putting me off to Carbon right now. To be clear, I have respect for you, the team, and what you are able to do. I want Carbon. I chose Carbon even knowing of the limitations. But the attitude and direction of the team when things don't work in Carbon that work fine elsewhere, is very off-putting. I wish the team would consider the needs and desires of the end users more than need need for "rightness".

With respect to the developers and their hard work, I am wondering if I made the right choice switching to Carbon. There are things that I really like about it. Sadly, it is also extremely limiting, and there seems to be too much ego, and not enough consideration of the end user. Want to use Chaos mods. Nope, not in Carbon. I understood and was prepared for that, though there are mods only available on Chaos that I really want on my server. Now I purchase a Harmony mod, and learn that Carbon blanket restricts me from using any of those as well. I want to use a common Admin Radar mod, which works fine on umod, and used to work on Carbon. The buttons are gone. I go to the Carbon discord and see comments from the Carbon team that the Admin Radar dev needs to basically "git gud" at programming, instead of addressing the issue. Disheartening and very off-putting. So disappointing. An otherwise great product, but I think I am realizing it is way to restricting of what I can do with my own server. I am rethinking whether it is worth the compromise.

Weather effects are the most immersive and one of my favorite things in a game. Your mod seems to be the best out there, from what I read on it. I would so love to get this working on my server. Anything you can and are willing to do is greatly appreciated.

I checked with my Host Provider, and Harmony Mods are allowed. I did some more digging, and it seems like this mod (and most/all Harmony mods) wont work with Carbon. Is there anything practical that you can do so that this could be a C# plugin? I would be willing to compensate for converting this over, if you are willing to quote a price.

Hello. I purchased your mod, and am excited to use it. Sadly, I have been unable to get it to work. I have placed the dll in the HarmonyMods folder, but nothing happens. I have restarted the server, still nothing. I see no HarmonyMods_Data folder, and the server console does not accept novaweather.reload. Please assist. This is my first time using a Harmony mod.

FYI, I left a 5 star review for your plugin. Sadly Codefling staff seems to think themselves better than to allow a concise review....

Do you by chance contract to write custom plugins?

I will experiment with it more, I think I am catching on. "if i were to implement every use case for everyone then the plugin would need to call Jenny Craig" Funny, and no worries. I am getting up to speed on it the more I tinker. Considering the complexity of the plugin, you've done a fantastic job overall making it understandable and user friendly.

Is this intended as a band aid for the issue?

I just ran a test. I deleted any items off of the difficulty loot table that were also on the base loot table. After this, other items from the difficulty loot table will spawn. If I add the duplicate items back on, only duplicates will spawn, and nothing that is not a duplicate. FYI