Hello!

I've added this mod to my server and have been loving it. However my friends and I are encountering a crash that seems only to occur after carving too many drifters too quickly. On client 1.20.4 using version 1.0.3:

29.3.2025 00:29:46 [Error] Exception: Specified argument was out of the range of valid values. (Parameter 'slotId')
at Vintagestory.API.Common.InventoryGeneric.get_Item(Int32 slotId) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Inventory\InventoryGeneric.cs:line 103
at Vintagestory.Common.InventoryNetworkUtil.HandleClientPacket(IPlayer byPlayer, Int32 packetId, Packet_Client packet) in VintagestoryLib\Common\GameContent\Inventory\InventoryNetworkUtil.cs:line 87
at Vintagestory.GameContent.EntityBehaviorHarvestable.OnReceivedClientPacket(IServerPlayer player, Int32 packetid, Byte[] data, EnumHandling& handled) in VSEssentials\Entity\Behavior\BehaviorHarvestable.cs:line 355
at Vintagestory.API.Common.Entities.Entity.OnReceivedClientPacket(IServerPlayer player, Int32 packetid, Byte[] data) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Entity\Entity.cs:line 1489
at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.HandleEntityPacket(Packet_Client packet, ConnectedClient client) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerGeneralPacketHandler.cs:line 447
at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.HandleClientPacket(ConnectedClient client, Byte[] data) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMainNetworking.cs:line 169
at Vintagestory.Server.ServerMain.ProcessNetMessage(NetIncomingMessage msg, NetServer mainSocket) in VintagestoryLib\Server\ServerMainNetworking.cs:line 162

Let me know if I can provide additional information

Is there any way to get this type of mod to work with instant drifter drops? DOesn't seem to when I've tried to combine them

Thanks, that will be helpful for sure. I have the mason update pushed so come my next free time I will work on this one here. 

In the meantime if your still interested it shouldn't be hard for you to edit this one. As you know once you learn one coding language the next is easier to learn. 

But of course here all you need to do is know what numbers to change instead of the ins and outs of json.

If you only change the numbers I will point out bellow it should work fine.

inside the code there are three json documents. Each document is for each of the monsters.

within the docs there are sections for each type of those monsters (i.e normal drifter, deep drifter, extra).

They start like this

BrownishStorm Thank you for the reply/update.

Fancy you bringing up your other mod, I've also downloaded that as well. I currently have eventuall plans to make my own little trader camp in the end once I get far enough along in the base game since I'm still in early year one.

I have since messaging found the Auto Config LiB mod but sadly that hasn't worked for either of your mods although it was an coin toss as to if it was. (since it only can do certain annotations alongside requiring output of the documentation file) Incase you haven't spotted it, the Config LiB does have documentation to attempt to make mods wanting to be compatible get adjusted/done so easier.

I am currently playing single player so I will give it a go at editing the files if posting instructions isn't too hard/time consuming.

Wish you luck with your studies and updating/making the mods as I got burned out of learning programing languages myself from trying to learn Java with HTML on the side right after C# and C++.

Hi Ratking,

I really like the config lib and use it with some of the mods I use, I think adding configuration is a good idea.

I will add it on the mod page here as a planned update so I don't forget that is something I want to do.

The first thing that will hold me up is I don't know how to make it compatable with the config lib, so I will need to research that. 

The other thing is I have school and I have been focused on the Useful Traders mod. I work on mods here for fun when I have finished my class work for the day (which is also coding lol).

So this is what I can promise, once I finish and push the mason update for Useful Traders (I'm half done so another day or two I would guess), I will come back over to this one and work on getting it configerable with config lib. I don't know for sure when that will be but its on my todo list now. 

Until then, do you only play single player?

If so, I can give you instructions on how to modify the json files this mod is made of. Expecially if you have a IDE like visual studio code (which is free) it would be easy for you to do, though I suppose you could technically do it with any text file software. You just need to change some numbers in each section for each monster so something with a change all instances of ___ function would be ideal.

If you don't play single player I don't think it'll work because multiplayer will try to download the file from here and if that edited version isnt here then obviously it wouldn't download.

If that sounds too technical, dont worry. As I said its on my todo list and I'll get to it as soon as I can cus I expect it'll be a fun challenge to add config lib compatability.

Is it possible to manually adjust the drop rate settings either via notepad++ or using Config LiB?

As I personally would prefer the rates to be more like a coin flip 50/50 or 30/70. (Definately dislike the current 1% vanilla rate though)

Tels hasn't made a mod of this sort, I was just using hid modding philosophy as a reference.

But cool, I have seen several mods of this sort since I found yours. So operantly I'm alone in my thinking. As they all seem to add core progression mats.

NP ijkdenem, thanks for the thanks, makes it worth while.

oh good. i was getting tired of empty foes. i get that BS enough from the dead rabbits and fish. thanks for the update!!!

Thats fair @mendall but if I were to to just what this Tel person did in their mod then it wouldnt be unique. You might as well download his insted.

For me at least, them dropping bits of copper or a single gear isnt enough on its own to convince me that I want to fight the monsters. I am the type of player that will always avoid fights. I needed extra excentive to make it fun, so gears and metal bit drops is what I went with. 

On the flip side if you are the type of player who likes fighting but finds mining boring, this mod is also for them.

I would be open to making a different verson of this mod with only gears and no added bits of metal if there is enough interest in that.

I did notice though that the new monsters have vanilla drops of metal bits when they are the harder versons of those monsters. So I am content and happy with this version.

Nice idea. I admit the drops from mobs do seem a bit sad considering the effort you put in. but letting them drop major progression metals is risking destroying Ballance and removing the motivation to do other parts of the game like mining and prospecting. I would suggest them drop gold, silver.diamonds. Etc. while still being valuable, they are not a part of the core progression.  And would give people a way to make those metal alloys that never seem to get made for the lack of gold and silver. And instead of dropping the gears directly by dropping precious stones instead the player can still get the gears but has to interact with the trading mechanic to get them. Tel's is a good example here. His mods always add game play. Never the opposite.

Hey everyone, as promised the mod has been updated and I have added a github repository so the source button should be available and working now. :) Happy hunting!

Alright update, this mode specifically updates the loot tables for drifters and drifters only.

The devs are good at organizing code and the behaviors and drops for locusts and these new shiver and bowtorn monsters are in completly different files and are not touched by this mod. 

So Ijkdenem, the reason it seems that when you kill a shiver or bowtorn you almost never get anything, thats because thats how its desinged in the vanilla file. 

For example, vanilla normal drifters have a rusty gear drop rate of 1%. 

This mod changes the normal drifter drop rate for rusty gears to be 100%.

The vanilla surface shiver also has a rusty gear drop rate of 1%, but this mod curretly doesn't edit that rate.

So the mod is working as designed still even in the new 1.20.2/3 update, it just only effects drifters.

But yeah I'll get around to updating this mode to include the new shiver and bowtorn monsters so that they also always drop a gear too.

I just need to do the final for my class and then I can look at building this. As stated earlier I will try to get it updated by 2/10/2025.

I don't know if its broken, I can gareentee it doesnt add anything to the new mosnters. But its possible that because this mod replaces the monsters loot tabes, and the new ones arn't included so you would get nothing for them. I'll check it out, If I am being honest I havent played for a while. 

@Eforen and elYandrack, I actually don't have it on github. I'm doing school stuff now but I suppose I could get around to putting it on there. I'll need to update it for the new update first though of course.

Not to mention to do any editing to this I will have to review my notes and figure out how to mod vintage story again. Every game is slightly different in how you mod them, but I recall it not being terribly complicated in comparision to other games.

Tell you what everyone, I will try to get this mod updated by 2/10/2025. No promises, but that'll be my goal.

not sure but it might also be affecting the new types. but in a bad way. they almost always are empty.

Does this still work in 1.20? There were some other monsters added and that broke a lot of other Drifter mods

can you edit the drop rates?

Same comment as elYandrack BrownishStorm Please update github link so we can audit!

Hello, we think it's a very interesting mod but before putting it on our server we need to review the code to make sure everything is in order.

The link to ''github'' seems broken. Could you fix it?

Thank you very much the mod looks great

After killing atleast 7 on my 3rd night and getting one gear and one temporal gear i need this mod, its totally underwhelming the normal drifter loot