Please submit a bugpost with as much detail as you can provide about your specific system setup which would help me to replicate the issue you are seeing. Please include:
Versions -- The version numbers for Stalker2 (Patch version), Stalker2 Distribution Source (Steam, Epic GameStore, Gamepass, etc)
Crash Details - Crash type (Freeze, Hard Crash with Error Message, Hard Crash to Desktop (no error message), etc.
Crash Log -- if available
System Details -- such as CPU (i.e. Intel i7), GPU (i.e. Nvidia RTX 4090), Installed Memory (i.e. 64GB), etc.
Other mods which are also installed at the time of crash
Any other details you feel are relevant to help me replicate the issue and test for a potential solution.
Hello I installed the mod with simple mod loader and with vortex but when I'm in game I open console and hit backspace, but the spawn menu doesn't appear Is there something else I need to do?
If you are setting up SimpleMod Loader for the first time, the most common mistake I see people make is to put the Simple Mod loader files into the Stalker2/content/paks/~mods folder whereas that needs to be placed in the folder one level up . . . i.e. Stalker2/content/paks So make sure your SimpleMod Loader and SpawnTools files end up with the following structure: /Stalker2 └── /Content └── /paks ├── /~mods │ ├── SpawnTools.pak │ ├── SpawnTools.ucas │ └── SpawnTools.utoc ├── Simple_ModLoader.pak ├── Simple_ModLoader.ucas ├── Simple_ModLoader.utoc └── Simple_ModLoader_9_P.pak
If you install with Vortex, you do not need to open the console at all. If vortex says it is Enabled just check in your Paks/LogicMods folder to make sure that it contains the 3 SpawnTools.* files.
1. Open Vortex 2. Click Mods 3. Click Open on the upper orange navigation bar 4. Select Open Paks Folder 5. In the File Explorer Window that opens, double click on the LogicMods folder 6. Ensure that it contains the 3 SpawnTools files.
If not, disable and re-enable the mod in vortex and check again
If you see the three files but pressing Backspacein game does not show the SpawnTools UI. Check that vortex installed UE4SS:
1. Open Vortex 2. Click Mods 3. Click Open on the upper orange navigation bar 4. Select Open Binaries Folder 5. Ensure that it contains a file called UE4SS.dll
If you do not see UE4SS.dll in your binaries folder, reinstall the stalker2 vortex plugin or download and install UE4SS manually
If all of the above still does not work, submit a bug post with as much detail as possible on the exact steps you took to install and any other relevant info you can provide so I can test on my end.
well, I've tried everything that you said I should try I think anyways and it's still not working it's definitely my fault I'm not great at this file manual modding ha-ha I have noticed if I try to install this mod with vortex it doesn't show up in my plugins but says its enabled in the mod section idk I'm assuming that's me messing up somewhere but I'm gonna To keep trying ha-ha :D
So it is an Exception Access Violation crash at a specific memory address (not all 0's) which typically means that the game files are trying to load an asset that doesn't exist. Usually this is cause by the folder path to the asset being different than expected. To troubleshoot this I would check the following. 1. Since you had a prior version of SpawnTools, when you swap out the files make sure to swap out all 3 files (pak, utoc, ucas) not just the .ucas which is the largest of the three. 2. Temporarily remove other mods to check if it is a compound issue. 3. Make sure you have the latest patch (currently 1.3.2)
if all of the above are true and you are still having an issue let me know if the crash is happening when loading game (before main menu) or when loading a save (after main menu).
1. Since you had a prior version of SpawnTools, when you swap out the files make sure to swap out all 3 files (pak, utoc, ucas) not just the .ucas which is the largest of the three. yes deleted old file replace with new updated file (pak, utoc, ucas) 2. Temporarily remove other mods to check if it is a compound issue. No other Mod installed just UE4SS and your Mod 3. Make sure you have the latest patch (currently 1.3.2) i am on Update.v1.2.1 (looks like here is the problem) i will get back to you when i update game to 1.3.2 thanks for your support
the patch version difference could be a factor. If I am referencing an asset that was moved or renamed from 1.2.1 to 1.3.2 then that should be the root cause. It still doesn't rule out something else but I would say that is the likely culprit given the error message from the log file. I find it odd that 1.1.0 works for you but 2.0.0 doesnt. It is entirely possible that the Enum Asset for unit relationships may have been different in patch 1.2.1 but that is just a guess. Most other assets I use should have been present since day 1 or are native to Unreal Engine, but this mod is so large that it is very possible I am not recalling all of the differences between v1 and v2. Fingers crossed that the patch update fixes the issue.
That will be a different mod which I will start working on here in a few weeks. I have already tested a Proof-of-Concept build for it so it just needs to be cleaned up and tested more. The closest this mod will get is making hostile humans/mutants allies of the player. It doesn't change their pathing AI to follow the player though.
Already hello and thank you for your work it must not have been super simple. Another thing I'm struggling a bit I go through vortex and nothing to do the backspace key does not work and that despite everything I could do there I do not see how to do. thank you
I am having the same issue, unfortunately. I've installed the mod via Vortex and the mod files are present in steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks\LogicMods. However, once in-game, I an unable to bring up the menu with backspace.
I am using a German keyboard layout, for reference.
Anyhow, thank you for your work nonetheless, rbwadle. I hope I can get it working soon, as the spawner looks great. :-)
Have you tried installing any of my other mods via Vortex? they all use the same loading pattern so if none of them work it may be an issue where vortex and UE4SS are not set up correctly.
Suggestion; there are some areas where spawner doesn't work, I suppose those are scripted areas for story or cutscenes or whatever, can you somehow override these? So I can spawn tons of bandits in dark valley factory etc for the juicy gunfights?
it is possible. I imagine it will involve removing or disabling some volume assets that define zone where spawns are prohibited. I will look into that as a feature request after the main features are all added and released.
Ah I've been waiting for a mod like this to come along. Hey I don't know if it's been asked before but does anyone know if there's a command to get npc's to squad up with you like in Anomaly?
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other people seem to have the same thing
Please include:
Close console menu and then hit backspace
The Spawn menu doesn't appear. I'm on PC
So make sure your SimpleMod Loader and SpawnTools files end up with the following structure:
/Stalker2
└── /Content
└── /paks
├── /~mods
│ ├── SpawnTools.pak
│ ├── SpawnTools.ucas
│ └── SpawnTools.utoc
├── Simple_ModLoader.pak
├── Simple_ModLoader.ucas
├── Simple_ModLoader.utoc
└── Simple_ModLoader_9_P.pak
If you install with Vortex, you do not need to open the console at all. If vortex says it is Enabled just check in your Paks/LogicMods folder to make sure that it contains the 3 SpawnTools.* files.
1. Open Vortex
2. Click Mods
3. Click Open on the upper orange navigation bar
4. Select Open Paks Folder
5. In the File Explorer Window that opens, double click on the LogicMods folder
6. Ensure that it contains the 3 SpawnTools files.
If not, disable and re-enable the mod in vortex and check again
If you see the three files but pressing Backspace in game does not show the SpawnTools UI. Check that vortex installed UE4SS:
1. Open Vortex
2. Click Mods
3. Click Open on the upper orange navigation bar
4. Select Open Binaries Folder
5. Ensure that it contains a file called UE4SS.dll
If you do not see UE4SS.dll in your binaries folder, reinstall the stalker2 vortex plugin or download and install UE4SS manually
If all of the above still does not work, submit a bug post with as much detail as possible on the exact steps you took to install and any other relevant info you can provide so I can test on my end.
1. Since you had a prior version of SpawnTools, when you swap out the files make sure to swap out all 3 files (pak, utoc, ucas) not just the .ucas which is the largest of the three.
2. Temporarily remove other mods to check if it is a compound issue.
3. Make sure you have the latest patch (currently 1.3.2)
if all of the above are true and you are still having an issue let me know if the crash is happening when loading game (before main menu) or when loading a save (after main menu).
yes deleted old file replace with new updated file (pak, utoc, ucas)
2. Temporarily remove other mods to check if it is a compound issue.
No other Mod installed just UE4SS and your Mod
3. Make sure you have the latest patch (currently 1.3.2)
i am on Update.v1.2.1 (looks like here is the problem) i will get back to you when i update game to 1.3.2 thanks for your support
It still doesn't rule out something else but I would say that is the likely culprit given the error message from the log file. I find it odd that 1.1.0 works for you but 2.0.0 doesnt. It is entirely possible that the Enum Asset for unit relationships may have been different in patch 1.2.1 but that is just a guess. Most other assets I use should have been present since day 1 or are native to Unreal Engine, but this mod is so large that it is very possible I am not recalling all of the differences between v1 and v2.
Fingers crossed that the patch update fixes the issue.
The closest this mod will get is making hostile humans/mutants allies of the player. It doesn't change their pathing AI to follow the player though.
Another thing I'm struggling a bit I go through vortex and nothing to do the backspace key does not work and that despite everything I could do there I do not see how to do.
thank you
I've installed the mod via Vortex and the mod files are present in steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks\LogicMods. However, once in-game, I an unable to bring up the menu with backspace.
I am using a German keyboard layout, for reference.
Anyhow, thank you for your work nonetheless, rbwadle.
I hope I can get it working soon, as the spawner looks great. :-)
Hey I don't know if it's been asked before but does anyone know if there's a command to get npc's to squad up with you like in Anomaly?
If you have vortex installed you can just click on the Vortex button at the upper right side of this page.