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Hi, I really need some help understanding what's wrong.

I have absolutely installed everything correctly, multiple times following all the different instructions on this forum, the readme, etc, and on several fresh installs. And the thing is, everything works in a new save. But for some reason, on my existing savefile, the farm is completely borked. In the farm menu, I can only click on the workers button and add new servant, unless I set one of my slaves as any of the new jobs, then even the workers button stops working. Also, when checking the all-in-one panel for the servants assigned to be milked, every dropdown list has hair options instead of whatever it's supposed to. Finally, finishing the day with a slave assigned to the farm stops the end of day log from showing up, at all.

This what I get by pressing the 4 buttons on the farm menu, changing slave milking options and ending the day, respectively

AricTriton4 years ago

A couple of details: You said the fresh game works without any issues? Did you test those same features and they worked?

Your old save game, did you ever have other mods installed on it? Are there other mods installed now (including Constants)? Finally, are you willing to provide the save so I can take a look at it myself?

gaspar_ghost4 years ago

Yes, all the issues i mentioned are nonexistent on a fresh game. The old save has had your mod, advanced random portraits (although I didn't even use it), constants and one that gives all slimes hollow nipples. With or without any of those other mods, it stays the same.

So then, how would I go about giving you the save file? Cause it really seems like it's something in there messing stuff up, especially since it works fine if I just start a new game :/

AricTriton4 years ago

The save file is under “saves” in App Data (where the mod folder is). You can copy/paste it in the the discord or upload to something like nopy or mega and link it here

gaspar_ghost4 years ago (1 edit)

I think I did this right

Edit: Nevermind, I didn't and just now realized it. NOW it should work: https://mega.nz/file/LpNmQIpZ#0uzHu16iMCfRLn6Iv7TOzZJxslpo2dbHbiTqiCVzh_s

gaspar_ghost4 years ago

Small bump to make sure you've seen the correct link to my savefile

AricTriton4 years ago

I do see it now, thanks for the bump!

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago (1 edit)

Had the same issue. First, back up your save. Then, create a fresh save and cheat to fully upgrade a farm. Then, select all text between farmexpanded": and foodcaparray" , and delete it in your old save. Then replace what you deleted in your old save with the same material from your new save. Works.

gaspar_ghost4 years ago

When you say cheat, do you mean using something like cheat engine or there is another method?

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago

Generally what would be easiest would be to got to menu>options>supporter section>enter passcode (easy to find, just search strive for power supporter code), give yourself a ton of gold, and buy the upgrades.

I also found another issue which I have since patched. You will need to replace all instances of (?<=production)(.*?)(?=farmoutcome) in the old save with the new save version. To do this, make sure your find/replace option does not have wrap around, match case, or backword direction selected. Make sure the search mode is regular expression. Start the search with your cursor at the beginning of the save file code. Again, make sure to back up anything you mess with. You want to replace every instance.

":"default","resistance":-1,"restrained":false,"sedative":0,"stallbedding":"dirt","timesmilked":0,"usesedative":false,"workstation":"free","zones":{"sleep":"dirt","sleepfurnishings":[],"work":"free","workfurnishings":[]}}," was the healthy code for me.

gaspar_ghost4 years ago

Neither of your suggestions worked, unfortunately. I got the cheat thing done and replaced the text you said but it barely did anything. I can use the work station and daily action dropdowns now, but everything else is still broken. Meaning, everything from the "extract milk" checkbox onward doesn't work still.

Seems these two guys are having a somewhat similar problem, but no solutions that work so far...

The second one, the one about replacing every instance in the file... I don't think I understood your instructions , but although I believe I managed to get somewhere close, the save file, like, resets when I load it? Like it's a new save, tutorial, no slaves or items. Really weird.

So in the end. I'm not quite back to square one, but close. I really wish I understood this stuff better :/

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

EDIT: wrap around did some weird things. This post has my logic, but it also deletes needed things. My two more recent posts have a working fix.

I haven't given up on this yet, I am actually playing around with your save file directly now.

Also, don't feel bad about not understanding my rambling posts. I'll try and explain it a bit better.

I am using Notepad++ to directly edit the save files. Using a clean install and a working farm I am trying to troubleshoot exactly what code is wrong with the old save, and replace the old code with working, fresh code. When i am writing out code here, the outermost quotation marks designate code. Any additional quotation marks are part of the code.

One of the issues is with code that is on all characters. This code is between the words "production" and "farmoutcome". But, there are a whole lot of these instances. For the save you put on mega, there are 201. So what I use is a regular expression command in the search mode. "(?<=)" is a RegEx command to look behind and "(?=)" means look ahead. Next, I choose "(.*?)" to do a lazy search (first possible solution to problem). So, to select an instance of everything between the word "production" and "farmoutcome", and to have 201 separate matches rather than 1 giant one, I use the RegEx command "(?<=production)(.*?)(?=farmoutcome)" in the search function.

I first use "(?<=production)(.*?)(?=farmoutcome)" in the good save to get the good code. This looks like this "":"default","resistance":-1,"restrained":false,"sedative":0,"stallbedding":"dirt","timesmilked":0,"usesedative":false,"workstation":"free","zones":{"sleep":"dirt","sleepfurnishings":[],"work":"free","workfurnishings":[]}},"" (Reminder: if you want to copy and paste my stuff directly please remove the outer most quotations)

I then go to your save, go to the replace feature, and enter "(?<=production)(.*?)(?=farmoutcome)" for the Find what and that big chunk of code in the Replace with. I then hit replace all.

However, I am having issues with the other fix I managed. You have an instance of ""resource","array":" in your save, which is the start of the code I want to replace. But I can't find where it should end. I am looking through this now and will reply to any comment you leave on this when I find the answer.

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago(+1)

Okay well this was miserable, but now you are as far as me. Here is your fixed save. http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=03465742529829150819 Remember for anybody else reading this code is annotated by quotation marks, so if you want to cut and paste remove the out most quotations.

I am most definitely not a programmer, but here is how I did it. I found ""resource","array"" in your save file, put my cursor right before, and pushed enter to send all of that to a new line. I then found "foodcaparray"", put my cursor immediately after that, and pushed enter to put everything after on a new, third line. I then took each line and put them into their own instance of notepad++. Line 1 and Line 3 I ran the RegEx function "(?<=production)(.*?)(?=farmoutcome)" in the Find function and in the replace I put "":"default","resistance":-1,"restrained":false,"sedative":0,"stallbedding":"dirt","timesmilked":0,"usesedative":false,"workstation":"free","zones":{"sleep":"dirt","sleepfurnishings":[],"work":"free","workfurnishings":[]}},""

On Line 2 I just yeeted it all and replaced it with ""resource","array":["day","gold","mana","energy","food","milk","semen","lube","piss"],"day":1,"energy":0,"farmexpanded":{"bottler":{"level":5,"totalproduced":0},"containers":{"bottle":0,"bottles":0,"bucket":0,"canister":0,"cup":0,"jug":0,"pail":0},"extractors":{"hand":-1,"pressurepump":0,"pump":0,"suction":0},"farminventory":{"prods":0},"incubators":{"1":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 1"},"10":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 10"},"2":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 2"},"3":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 3"},"4":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 4"},"5":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 5"},"6":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 6"},"7":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 7"},"8":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 8"},"9":{"filled":false,"growth":0,"level":0,"name":"Incubator 9"},"basecost":200,"upgrademax":10,"upgrademultiplier":2.5},"snails":{"auto":"none","cookwithoutchef":false,"eggs":0,"food":0,"foodperchef":3,"goldperegg":25,"goldpersnail":250,"hatch":0,"neweggs":0,"sell":0},"stallbedding":{"bed":0,"cot":0,"dirt":-1,"hay":0},"vats":{"lube":{"auto":"vat","autobuybottles":false,"basebottlingenergy":6,"bottle2refine":0,"bottle2sell":0,"food":0,"foodper":0,"new":0,"priceper":0,"refine":0,"sell":0,"vat":0},"milk":{"auto":"vat","autobuybottles":false,"basebottlingenergy":5,"bottle2refine":0,"bottle2sell":0,"food":0,"foodper":0,"new":0,"priceper":0,"refine":0,"sell":0,"vat":0},"piss":{"auto":"vat","autobuybottles":false,"basebottlingenergy":7,"bottle2refine":0,"bottle2sell":0,"food":0,"foodper":0,"new":0,"priceper":0,"refine":0,"sell":0,"vat":0},"processingorder":["milk","semen","lube","piss"],"semen":{"auto":"vat","autobuybottles":false,"basebottlingenergy":6,"bottle2refine":0,"bottle2sell":0,"food":0,"foodper":0,"new":0,"priceper":0,"refine":0,"sell":0,"vat":0}},"workstation":{"cage":0,"free":-1,"rack":0}},"food":500,"foodcaparray""

I then put it all back together on one line. Now to fix both of our files, because there is one more error. When workers are assigned to tasks other than farm manager you cannot access the Worker page.

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

Buckle up buttercups, solution part 2 electric boogaloo. All of this is after doing in my comment I replied to. Start with your cursor at the beginning of your save in Notepad++. Go to the replace function. Select Regular Expression. Make sure all other boxes are unchecked. In the Find what box enter in "(?<=jobskills)(.*?)(?=},"kinks)". In the Replace with box put "{"bottler":0,"cook":0,"farmhand":0,"farmmanager":0,"fucktoy":0,"gatherer":0,"headgirl":0,"hunter":0,"maid":0,"milking":0,"milkmaid":0,"milkmerchant":0,"prostitute":0,"stud":0"

So, gaspar_ghost, here is a link to your (as far as I know) functioning save! http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=35698178043676773337

Edit: But wait, Theres more! You will also need to do the same Regex type but with "(?<="farmexpanded":{"a)(.*?)(?="fetish":{")" in the find and "phrodisiac":0,"autopump":false,"breeding":{"eggsbirthed":0,"forced":false,"partner":"-1","snails":false,"status":"none"},"container":"default","dailyaction":"none","extractcum":{"container":"cup","enabled":false,"fate":"undecided","method":"leak","opinion":[],"resistance":9,"restrained":false,"sessions":0,"totalextracted":0},"extraction":"default","extractmilk":{"container":"cup","enabled":false,"fate":"undecided","method":"leak","opinion":[],"resistance":4,"restrained":false,"sessions":0,"totalextracted":0},"extractpiss":{"container":"cup","enabled":false,"fate":"undecided","method":"leak","opinion":[],"resistance":5,"restrained":false,"sessions":0,"totalextracted":0},"giveaphrodisiac":false,"objects":[],"production":"default","resistance":-1,"restrained":false,"sedative":0,"stallbedding":"dirt","timesmilked":0,"usesedative":false,"workstation":"free","zones":{"sleep":"dirt","sleepfurnishings":[],"work":"free","workfurnishings":[]}},"farmoutcome":false,"fear":0,"fear_mod":1,"

in the replace.

gaspar_ghost4 years ago

Damn, thank you so much! All that work... I mean, I know it's just a porn game, but still, I really appreciate your help, both in fixing my save and helping me understand it all!

On trying it out, I noticed the day reset (not important, but curious) and that the snail breeding still isn't working. Something about invalid operands?

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago(+1)

I can help with this one too. You need to find your Mansion.gd files. I don't know which it is, so check both. One is under appdata\roaming\strive\mods\aricsexpansion\scripts and the other is under files\scripts where your executable is. Search for snailsbreeding. If it says there are two of them, replace snailsbreeding with snailbreeding (misstype) in both.

Unfortunately, I am still trying to hunt down an error where when you go to next day it does not bring up the daily report. Thankfully it appears your save does not have that one (an error for lines 1282). Btw, here is a working save of your stuff to the point I have it. http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=01714155081716566862

centerflag9824 years ago (3 edits)

Is it normal for the "(?<=jobskills)(.*?)(?=},"kinks)" regex to return 0 results?

(Also, thank you so much for this!)

EDIT: Oh, it was 0 because NP++ says that's an invalid expression
EDIT 2: Ohh, it's the curly brace's fault. Need to make it a literal with \ - so "(?<=jobskills)(.*?)(?=\},"kinks)". Also, add a ": to the beginning of the replacement text for this one, otherwise you wind up with ""jobskills{"bottler":0," and that's a bit of an issue :P

fsadfasdfasdfasfdaaa4 years ago

Did you get your save working? If not I could look at it and try and fix it.

centerflag9824 years ago (1 edit)

Yup! Just made those adjustments to that find/replace and it's all working fine now.

Thanks again :D

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