Raven8570

Without logs or a mod list it's hard to pinpoint the issue. Similar cases usally happens when the maximum footprint limit is reached, which prevents new ones from spawning to avoid performance issues. It often occurs after playing for a while in busy areas with animals or many players. Try temporarliy increasing the Max values in the mod options (Rendering tab). You can also enable "debug logging" in the config for a minute and check the values as explained in a comment below. If this theory is correct, I already have an idea for a solution and the fix should come eventually along with some small performance improvements.

Doesn't seem to work for other players in multiplayer, but works for animals and myself. Is there a fix?

Desolae
I haven't played with the Trail mod myself, but based on your config, you don't need the * wildcard. Even just "trailmodupdated:" should work since the system use StartsWith and not a RegEx.

For "peat-", the  -   is required to prevent "peatbrick" and "peatpile" from being included while only using one entry for both "peat-none" and "peat-verysparse" (Using CTRL+F in Wiki Block_codes). There's also a bit more info in the Advanced Configuration Explanation section of the mod description hidden with a spoiler. Hope that helps.

I use 'Trail Mod Updated' and as I understand, I can add those new trail blocks to the Footprints config like this:

Assuming that this is a list of blocktypes. Or is it instead a list of textures and I need to find the texture names from Trail Mod rather than blocktypes? (Should the default peat entry have a * wildcard or does it not need one)? 

This is a beautifully simple (visually, I imagine the code is quite complex) addition to the game that has such a massive impact. There have been a number of times already that I narrowly avoided death by spotting bear or wolf tracks in advance, and a few times I used tracks to hunt down animals when I was starving in the winter. S tier 10/10 idea and execution

dorn284

Adding rust/lore-related creature footprints is on my ToDo list and I've updated the "Planned features" section to reflect that. I don't have a date or timeline for the next update yet.

Out of curiosity (and a little bit of anger over losing one) what is the likely hood of adding Rust creature footprints?

Astella
The bug has been fixed by the shader mod's author. I just tested it, and both mods are working fine together with the latest version, 1.0.2-pre.1.

Astella

Glad you're liking the mod! The issue seems to be caused by the shader overriding a lot of rendering stuff. There's no quick fix, and it could be quite complex to solve at the moment. I've noticed a similar problem mentioned in the shader mod's comments. A proper fix will likely need to come from the shader itself, so I'll wait for an update from them before trying anything on my end. Thanks.

Hi! I love this mod I was just wondering if there was a way I can make this work with shaders! I am trying to use this with coriander shaders and it doesn't show the footprints anymore haha

I'm in absolute love with this mod so far.  I tried auto trails but didn't like how much it was changing the landscape.  This and blood trails really helps to add realism without being overwhelming 💚 Thank you!!

Thank you so much Aylor, this is great :)

MiraLeaps

Thanks for your kind words. Currently, there's no official documentation expect for the custom player texture, but here's how it works:
For new entities using existing textures; You need to replicate a Json patch from the compatibility folder of the mod.
Add two behaviors (server and client) with these attributes:

texture : This should correspond to an animal type (Can be mod-dependent like 'bovinae' for Bovinae mod, 'cat' for Cats/Felinae). Here's the list

stepDistance : Value in blocks (1.0 = 1 block)

For custom textures, it's more complex and requires modifying the mod's C# code to register them.

I apologize for the current rigidity, this system was initially designed for a quick release. I'm planning to refactor it in future updates. Unfortunately, I'm recently very short on time for modding, so big changes (like client-side only or this refactor) are on hold for now.

Feel free to DM me on Discord#aylor if you neeed more help or have any questions.

This is one of my absolute favorite mods. It and blood trail allow me to really hunt in a way that feels so legit.

Is there a way to get some documentation about how to add compatibility to other mods? like what needs adding where in a entity to add footprints. I think I have an idea just via looking in the files but I'd rather ask and see :)

I love this mod Thanks 

Thanks for an awesome mod! Looking forward to have more compatibility with different player models

Thank you!!! Amazing work with the quick fix! :D

Icewave

Sorry for the crash and thanks for the detailed report. I've identified and fixed the issue. I'll try to post a release soon that also includes other minor bug fixes. (Edit: The fix is availble in the latest update!)

Absolutely love this mod but I ran into an issue that just caused me quite the headache, as somehow despite seemingly unrelated to the ingame fps profiler, when this mod is enabled and then profiler is opened. It hard crashes the game due to an issue with the game tick.

This behavior is reproducible 100% of the time. Disabling the Footprints mod resolves the crash entirely.

I look forward to the client-side only version. I know you have it planned but been waiting for so long since mod first came out, I'm getting antsy. 😅

Aylor

Hey, as i said i did more testing.

I used only footprints now and .debug fog to change the fog values. 

I even tested with different weather patterns (clearsky, overcast)

I tested following values

Picture 1: .debug fog 0.0025 0.2

Picture 2: .debug fog 0.0025 0.8

In all pictures the footprints gets rendered on the fog and not the block itself.

As comparison, here is a screenshot with v.1.0.7. (overcast weather with 0.8 fog)

Newer version is alot better but still visible in foggy weather.

Best regards

Dovinya

If the issue started mid session, it might be related to the footprint limit setting. You can try increasing the limit or reducing the render distance to see if new prints appear. You can use Config Lib mod for live feedback.
I doubt this is the cause, but you can also check the "Surface materials whitelist" to check if it include "game:snow". For general debugging, you can also enable for a few minutes "Debug logging" in the config and compare your logs with the example in the mod description (there's a comment from me below with a bit more details about that; CTRL + F "appdata" ). If needed, feel free to provide more details, so I can help you troubleshoot this further.

Is anybody else just not getting any footprints anymore in any updates since 1.07? I have it on my small server for friends and at first it worked just fine but now that snow has fallen I have noticed that nothing has any footprints and hasn't for a bit.

Okay ty that good to know ! ^^

Teax

Unusual location indeed 😅, I suspect the high elevation might amplify some edge cases I've seen. Thanks for the details, this will definitely help.

Vari_Ares

Two silly reasons; My Blood Trail mod didn't include them either, since both focused on hunting QOL. Also, I personally play with few enemies, as I find them more annoying than beneficial most of the time.
That said, I'm working with a second artist IICubeII to add them in a future update, with an optional toggle. (This will come after the Blood Trail update).

Aylor

No problem and thanks for investigating it. Its nothing thats really gamebreaking so no hurry here.

Played around 60 ingame days with the current version and encountered only once and only for a few days.

It was a really strange and heavy fog we encountered. Even the lights were dimmed until you were standing right infront of them. 

We play on a world height of 320 and no weather mods. Sea level  is at y-138 for us.Cloud height should be at around 300

No shader mods or something similiar.

Graphic settings are all on max, 2k resolution at 100% scale. 

My pens are at y-180 and the fog was okay for me. Could see the footprints from far away trough the fog but definetly better than a few patches before.

My mate's pens are at y-226, the screenshot down below was his pen. It was really foggy there.

He lives heigh up on a alpine mountain with snow even in the summer. (dunno why someone wants to live there but well :D )

It was in the night. 

If this should happen again, ill make a backup of the save and test it without any other mods installed local and see if thats some odd mod conflict.

Best regards

Hi, not a complain just a question because I am curious, I loveeee your mod but why not adding footprints for Drifters and others creatures like that ? Too difficult ? Lore accurate ? Imo it doesn't make sens that they don't leave footprints as well but in the same time I love the idea of them not leaving footprints too so Idk I am lost and curious ! xD

Teax

I've tested the issue extensively, but haven't been able to reproduce something this bad myself with the latest version (aside from a few edge cases). Could you share more info to help me troubleshoot? Anything like Block Y level of the prints, weather pattern, time, biome, mod list, or any mod that affect shaders or rendeing, graphic settings, etc. I won't be making another fix attempt immediately, now that the current version is stable. But I'll definitely investigate this for the next update in December. Feel free to DM me on Discord#aylor if you prefer.
Again, sorry for the issue, and thanks for your patience!

Aylor

Thanks for your hard work. Sadly the footprints fog problem still persists

Spoiler!

hardbrocklife

Sorry for the trouble. What you described matches an issue fixed in v1.0.7, where a small typo caused a crash on exit on some hardware. Glad the update solved it for you too, and thanks for sharing.

Not a complaint. Just adding the comment incase someone else experiences the same behavior I did. Updating fixed my issue.

Anytime I tried to save and exit the game with footprints enabled the save process would hang for like 20 sec, then just crash to desktop. When entering back into my single player game the save operation had not been successful and rolled me back to a previous saved state. For some reason it would save as intended when away from my base, which caused finding the issue so difficult. Chased other mods for the cause of the issue, walked away from my base with this mod enabled, was able to save, so I thought it was another mod that was the culprit. Disabled that mod, re-enabled all my mods, went back to base, and started crashing again whens saved and exiting. Started the whole process over again with like 40 mods.

Was a super weird scenario.

Thank you for listening to feedback and updating the mod. Appreciate the community support.

Thanks for fixing this !! 

Aylor you rock ! BTW blood trails is an awesome mod, stoked to add this to the server. Thank you for your work .

Arkerus
Thanks for the report, I confirm the issue is coming from my mod. I'm working on a fix right now! (Edit: The update with the fix is up!)

Not sure what mod it may be conflicting with but if i have this mod installed my blocks all show semi transparent when breaking them. Like i can see all 4 sides of the breaking block confirmed only when this mod is installed. really cool Idea, thought i might share my current issue.

I added ya on Discord - I think! Lol

Nyxara Willownezz Teax

A new update is available and should resolve the reported issues, including the fog and the mod breaking with newer version. Please let me know if you encounter any further issues. 
Thanks for your patience.

Aylor

I installed version 1.0.7 and it works again. Idk but the mod broke for me starting at version 1.0.8. Reinstalling v1.0.9 didn't fix it.

Nyxara
There are no hotkeys to toggle the footprints. The only option is in the config. This is strange, and I'm not sure what might be causing this. Please enable "Debug logging" in the config and compare your log ouput (%APPDATA%\VintagestoryData\Logs) with the screenshot provided inside the "Performance" section in the mod description (hidden with a spoiler). The "total" and "visible" values should increase when prints are generated, helping us determine if it's a processing or rendering issue at least. If the values are at 0 reinstall the mod. Otherwise, I suggest to reach out to me on Discord #aylor to provide logs and your mods list for further investigation.
Sorry for the trouble, and I hope this helps.

For some reason the foorprints won't show up and they aren't disable in the configlib. I have the latest version 1.0.9. Is there like a keyboard button that I pressed and toggled it off? Cause I keep doing it with other stuff

Willownezz

Thanks again, It looks like the fog issue might have more factors at play than I first thought. I'll take another look at it.
(Edit: I've identified the cause of the fog issue and found a solution! I'm currently conducting extensive tests to ensure everything works smoothly this time for everyone. The fix should be uploaded this weekend.) 

Also I can still see footprints in the fog lol 😄 (I never knew how erratic raccoon walking pattern is 😂 )

IICubeII

I hadn't planned to include footprints for enemy types, but since players were added late in development, just before releease, it makes sense to consider this as an optional toggle as well. Regarding textures, the artist I collaborate with, Lalijara , is currently unavailable for discussion until early December. He also has a significant amount of work already with existing mod requests, so I think he would appreciate some help for the enemy part. If you're interested, I'd be glad to discuss this further on Discord #aylor or another method if you prefer.
Thanks!

Can we get footprints for the enemy types too? Just feels like they're missing when everything else is leaving prints! tbh, I'd be happy to whip up some texture for ya if you're busy.

awesome, that was fast lol, thank you

Willownezz
Thanks for the report, I'll try to fix this right away! 
(Edit: A fix has been uploaded. I apologize for the inconvenience. A typo slipped through during a last-minute code clean-up)

water particles, dust particles, and some others all have weird textures or get black textures when I have the new update

Hmm something is happening with particles after the update 1.0.8.

Wow keep up the good work :D Thanks

Teax

Thanks for the report. The fog related bug has been fixed and will be included in the upcoming update planned for this weekend or early next week.  (Edit: The update is already available!) 

Greetings, we noticed that footprints are always fully rendered and 100% visible if its i.e foggy weather. Looks a little bit odd

Aylor That did the job! Nice work finding it so quickly, too.

SPQRattus

Thanks for repoting this, and sorry for the inconvenience. Logs and possibly a mod list would make tracking the issue easier, you can send them privately via Discord(aylor) thanks.

(Edit) I believe I’ve identified the issue, and a fix has just been released. If the issue persists, please feel free to send over the logs. Thanks!

Aylor I play on Linux, and unfortunately, I've had this mod cause segmentation faults on exit, which prevent the game save from completing. I've deactivated it for now, but it's a real odd one. Let me know what info you might have use for, and where to put it.

I have a fairly sizeable mod list, so there might be interactions? But the problem went aweay when I deactivated Footprints.

yess so awesome thank u

Aylor You are amazing, thank you so much!!!! I got it figured out! (And 10/10 hilarious Easter Egg for the default custom footprint hahahahahahaha)

I love this mod. It's subtle details like this that make the world feel more alive. I was wandering in the woods and found bird and bear tracks in the same line. I knew exactly what happened and what to watch out for.

I already find this mod cool. Would love to see more Player Model lib mods have custom footprints, either they adding it or it being here. over all still a cool mod.

Aylor You're the best! Thank you.

Aylor Perfect, thank you!

Beedy
Thanks for the feedback! The minor issue you mentioned should be resolved in the new update.

OktoberTheYeen
I’ve added a new config option in the latest update that allows for custom player footprints texture. Hope you enjoy it! (Check the mod description for a step by step tutorial)

The_Revisionist
I’ve managed to implement a partial server-controlled configs, with the option for clients to opt out. I hope this aligns with what you were hoping for!

An Amazing immersive mod!

I would like to report a very minor visual compatibility issue with Natural Trail Mod (one of the latest updated versions). When natural trail tramples grass (long/medium to short/eaten) which had an animal footprint, the footprint dissapears. This doesn't happen when a new trail evolve. Only when grass get trampled. Thought I might share that. Thanks for this amazing mod.

Going through dense forest at night and stumbling upon bear tracks is horrifying.

Great mod

Willownezz

Hiya ! I will add them in my to-do list.

More footprints should be coming by the end of the week. Have a nice day y'all :p

How about some dinosaur footprints ??? {please?} ?

https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/user/5A00335BA25788911434

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the work you're doing both here and with your Blood Trails mod, simply phenomenal for the immersion!!! <3

OktoberTheYeen
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll look into making it more customizable, likely by adding an option for a custom print texture, with the Anthro Fox paw print as the default and the ability to replace it with their own.
I'll update the mod descirption to reflect these planned/upcoming features.

I love this mod, its awesome!!! Any way to edit what the player's footprint looks like? Would love to add the pawprint you use for the Anthro Fox mod for other player models too like Kemono, Fluffy Dreg, and Kobold. It could be a simple toggle in config to swap player footprint to pawprint, perhaps?

The_Revisionist

Currently, the only other planned setting is an individual toggle for each animal on the client side, if feasible.
I’m not planning to allow server-side control over additional settings, mainly because the mod can be GPU-intensive. Allowing each player to adjust their settings helps optimize performance for everyone. That said, I understand the appeal of a consistent experience across a server, and the potential for a server to distribute optimized settings. I’ll give it more thought and see if a compromise is possible. 

Thanks for the Critters Pack update!

Are there plans to make some other settings, e.g. the surface materials whitelist or the footprint lifespan, server-side to be able to provide a uniform experience on a server?

soo cool thanks for adding the material whitelist!

Two_Byte

First, make sure you have these two mods installed: Config Lib and ImGUI . Once they’re loaded, a new button will appear in your Escape Menu. You can also manually edit the config file directly by following the path : 
VintagestoryData/ModConfig/Footprints-....json

How the heck do I open the config settings?

Dovinya
Yes, the next mods on the list are Draconis , Haz's Jackalopes and the Fauna of the Stone Age collection. The latter will be released progressively, since it takes quite a bit of time to reshearch, draw, and implement each one of them. Big shout-out to the artist Lalijara . I can’t give a specific timeframe yet, but the end goal is definitely to include them. 

This mod is the exact thing I've been wainting  from hunting. Rly makes me love the experience so much more.

is there any sort of compatability planned for the Fauna of the stone age mods?

GLaDOS_cz
Just letting you know that I added the feature you requested; you can now edit the materials whitelist.

Technically, the whitelist uses `.startsWith` on the block code(see wiki link https://wiki.vintagestory.at/Block_codes ). For example, a simple value like `soil` will include all soil types, while something like (`soil-low-none`,`soil-medium-none`,...) would result in a more natural result. It's a bit tedious but allows full customization, even with modded blocks, while keeping performance higher than with RegEx.

Hope this helps. Happy hunting!

Thorin48
I just tested a minimal setup with Footprints, Blood Trails, and Detailed Animals (plus their dependencies) and everything is working fine. Please check the following steps:

• Update to the latest version (some bugs were fixed).

• If you’ve changed any configuration settings, try resetting them to default for testing.

• In multiplayer, some config are server-controlled, so check with the server owner to see if anything has been disabled or adjusted.

Otherwise, I suspect another mod might be causing the issue. 
(Player and animal footprints are handled differently; animal prints are tied to their animations (walk, run, etc.), so a mod altering that could cause issues.)
If the issue persists, Logs and/or a modlist would be appreciated so I can test this further. (you can send them privately via Discord). Thanks

In response to https://mods.vintagestory.at/detailedanimals working. No, on my end none of the animals have footsteps im unsure as to why players have them tho.

That sounds great, looking foward to this. In combination with blood trails, this will be great hunting mod.

GLaDOS_cz

You're right; I'll look into making the list of valid surface materials configurable in future updates, thanks!

Cool idea, but I think they should not be visible on grass and gravel. Like in real, when steping in grass or rough gravel, you will hardly see any ressemblence of a footprint.

XEMX Syfe

Thanks for the detailed report. I was able to reproduce the issue exactly and have implemented a precise fix. The updated version with the correction is now available.

Just downloaded this mod and I'm experiencing the missing texture issue as well. The footsteps appear normally the first time I load into a world with the mod enabled, but if I exit and reload the textures are missing.

Syfe
A new version has just been released to attempt to address the issue. I’d appreciate it if you could test it and share your feedback via Discord DM (aylor). Thanks!

Aylor my friend just had it start happening randomly after a bit too and im unsure why. not sure whats causing it yet. it was working before for him. is very strange.

Syfe
Glad it’s working again! Still, I’ll keep this bug in mind and do some extra testing/patching over the next days. 

so it fixed itself during gameplay and i have zero idea what changed so... yay? xD i just looked down and noticed my steppies were steppin' suddenly and idk what happened

all i really did that i can think of was enabling debug logging in hopes of it telling me what was wrong after i had a random program lockup

regardless im just happy its working now

Syfe
I confirm the issue is on your end; most likely caused by a missing texture file inside your copy of the mod.
Please check inside your footprints mod for the following structure:

If any is missing, I recommend deleting your current mod file and redownloading it either by rejoining the server or by downloading it again from the official mod page. Please let me know if this resolves the issue.
If it does, I’ll add a more robust warning system in future versions to help detect and report missing textures directly.
Thanks

having a mighty odd issue in my server. currently for me footprints are showing up as broken textures which partially say 

Top

Middle

Bottom

but they work fine for my friend who connected

Thorin48

Sure, but if you're referring to the [Truth and Beauty: Detailed Animals] mod, it should already be compatible. As far as I know, it doesn't add entities or interfere with the footprint system. Let me know if I missed something.

Can you add compadibility with Detailed animals?

Lalijara
That's great, thanks!
No worries, I understand that mod compatibility is not the first on the to-do list.

The_Revisionist
Hello, the texture should be done during the coming week, I am actually working on it at this moment.
I don't know when it will be implemented in the Footprints mod tho.

Amazing mod! Can't wait for Critters Pack animals to also be included!

Thorin48

It's a known limitation. The current step-tracking method for players doesn’t trigger correctly in some cases. Player integration was a late addition to a system originally focused on animal tracks, optimized for performance over precision.

It will be refined in the upcoming updates. Nevertheless, thanks for reporting it. I’m glad to see interest in this feature too, as I was a bit uncertain about it at first.

Idk if its a bug or intended but if a player sprint jumps it leaves no footprints 

Pagan_Sunburn
Hello !
I am working on doing more paw prints for a list of mods Aylor gave me. But I can also make a texture for you, if you can provide me a link to the mod you are referring to.
I am available on Discord "lalijara" if you want to talk about it. :)

This looks like it would be a very good mod for my server, a furry server using the anthrofox mod. I am excited to see how this works with being able to leave fox footprints.

Teax

Indeed, there is a bug in multiplayer with the synchronization of players' footprints. I'll start working on it right away. Thanks for reporting this (It should be fixed this by the end of the weekend.)   Edit: Fixed!

Greetings, nice mod. Is it right in Multiplayer players cant each other footsteps or did i miss something in the config?

Ohhhhh FANTASTIC! I was only chatting about this kind of thing a few weeks ago! 👍

OH MY GOD YES I LOVE THESE KIND OF MODS THAT ADD COOL FEATURES LIKE QUALITY OF LIFE YOU KNOW !!!!

Oh I absolutely LOVE this. There is obviously utility here, but those lil prints are so cute!

Mobius

Yeah, only soft materials, I'll write this down in the description. Thanks

Do the footprints only apply to soft materials, like grass or dirt?

Maybe instead of making it limited to the hunter class, let them instead be able to somehow inspect the footprint and have a chat message saying what kind of animal it is, or just giving them a longer duration with the footprint could also be another good idea.

Comeaves

Yes, by default, tamed animals (gen > 0) are not affected by footprints. This setting  can be toggle in the configuration.
I forgot to mention this in the description.
Regarding the class-specific skill; I prefer not to modify classes. However, if another modder contact me for collaboration on this, I would be happy to work together and share the relevant code.

Thanks

Cool mod, would be nice if only avaliable for the hunter class.
Would it be possible to disable for tamed animals? 

Excellent

Oh, this looks awesome! I love the detail in the prints. Can't wait to try this out :)

This is awesome. I will be using this one for sure

Amazing work!

Holy shit that's pure gold ! good work !