Space Engineers

Space Engineers

[RETIRED] NPC Custom Faction Fixer
53 Comments
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 6 Mar, 2019 @ 3:17pm 
Not what I've observed. New worlds are creating all the factions properly, and as long as you have the required mods/settings loaded, ships will appear with the proper faction.

If using a mod that requires NPC Programming Extender, make sure in-game scripts are enabled too.
alanmatilla 6 Mar, 2019 @ 2:43pm 
It looks like the problem is back after the Survival Update. Ships show as Sprt.Faction.Name again.
nyako tight 13 Aug, 2018 @ 2:27pm 
Still custom NPC factions dont get created tho, I can only see space pirates on my list.
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 13 Aug, 2018 @ 3:41am 
@Tontow- It's no longer being updated, since the issue it was designed to fix has been resolved by the devs. Should the issue come back, then I would remove the tag.
Tontow 13 Aug, 2018 @ 2:37am 
If this is still working and being updated, then maby remove the "[RETIRED]" bit from the name?
XandreBlues 31 Jul, 2018 @ 9:39pm 
++ Great appreciation for your work. You've added unexpected behavior (this is good), elevated aggression (even better), to encounters. It's been far too easy for to long to just sit outside of .sprt engagement range, disable their defenses, then just fly up, lock on, and take a mostly intact encounter home. Corruption and Reavers... harassing, pursuing, or sniping at me.. basically turning the table on tactics I once employed? Respect deservedly given. Yeah, some of them just creep me out and I like that. Thank you! :2016trophy: :steamhappy:
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 28 Jul, 2018 @ 4:40pm 
I'm aware of the bug. I have it fixed on a local build I plan to upload today or tomorrow
superhappyalien 28 Jul, 2018 @ 2:31pm 
@[GMRC] Carnaxus what Cargoship mods of his are you using ?
Carnaxus 28 Jul, 2018 @ 2:24pm 
The custom faction(s) for your mod(s) appear to not be working even with your fix mod installed. All the ships and stations spawn as part of the pirate faction, and the server log says something about not being able to find the requested faction.

I posted the first question on your Planetary Cargo Ships mod as well; answer wherever you go first, I don't need nor expect you to waste your time answering me twice.
Mr2Cookies 27 Jul, 2018 @ 12:07am 
Thankyou for that @meridius_IX
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 26 Jul, 2018 @ 3:08pm 
Once the world starts, the mod will compare the list of faction definitions provided by any other loaded mods to the faction list currently ingame. If there are missing factions ingame, it will create those missing factions. Once this mod adds the missing factions and the world saves at least once, you could technically remove this mod and those missing factions should persist with the game save (since factions typically do that anyway).
Mr2Cookies 26 Jul, 2018 @ 3:01pm 
Does this mod just automatically create the new factions on DS startup? What happens to said factions IF the mod is removed?
Kharos 26 Jul, 2018 @ 7:49am 
Ah, gotcha
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 26 Jul, 2018 @ 7:38am 
If you're loading the whole collection, then longer load times would be expected (more mods usually means longer loading as a general rule). This is especially true with mods that have large file sizes.

This mod alone would not likely impact loading time in any significant way.
Kharos 26 Jul, 2018 @ 7:16am 
its either this mod or the collection as a whole that makes dedicated servers take more than a few minutes to start up.
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 26 Jul, 2018 @ 3:03am 
For the moment yes.
dRuPpI 25 Jul, 2018 @ 6:44pm 
is this needed for the corruption mod to work?
superhappyalien 24 Jul, 2018 @ 5:53pm 
@Redtiger99 i running this fine on my Ds
Skallabjorn 24 Jul, 2018 @ 5:48pm 
EEM is broken in more ways than factions....
Redtiger99 24 Jul, 2018 @ 5:47pm 
is anyone have issues starting servers with this mod??
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 24 Jul, 2018 @ 11:16am 
Only if the mod that provides them has something in place that switches them over (usually script driven)
Retr0 24 Jul, 2018 @ 11:15am 
of not could ulink mea modto that
Retr0 24 Jul, 2018 @ 11:15am 
does th is mean random drones spawn forthat fac?
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 24 Jul, 2018 @ 8:09am 
Reavers don't have a custom faction (yet), so them showing as SPRT is intended behavior
Fank 24 Jul, 2018 @ 7:42am 
@Meridius_IX Maybe some stupid question, but i still don't see factions. Using Reavers mod, but they still use SPAT. Is there any option i need to check to tell them using own faction?
elwe77 23 Jul, 2018 @ 2:04pm 
Keen - could you please hire this man...his content belongs in the game. Thx
NebuLord 23 Jul, 2018 @ 2:04pm 
ha yes! good
revansdownside 23 Jul, 2018 @ 10:57am 
Thanks. Was hoping. Love your mods but with that had to offer plus all yours made engineers enjoyable.. ^_^
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 23 Jul, 2018 @ 9:18am 
@revansdownside - Not entirely. AFAIK there are other issues at play with the way EEM handles faction relations. This mod only re-adds the factions from their modfiles so they're visible ingame.
revansdownside 23 Jul, 2018 @ 7:56am 
Would this be a hotfix for EEM?
Vicius 23 Jul, 2018 @ 12:19am 
Seriously, Keen should just hire you at this point.... Keep up the great work!
toilet water 22 Jul, 2018 @ 11:54pm 
PFFFT. There has been a image there the whole time, you're not crazy!



You're crazy.
Nonexistent 22 Jul, 2018 @ 9:50pm 
I find it funny how KEEN fixes one thing and breaks 5 other things.
Splitsie 22 Jul, 2018 @ 7:54pm 
lol well played Lucas :)
Dezerker 22 Jul, 2018 @ 7:12pm 
lol
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 22 Jul, 2018 @ 6:36pm 
I don't know what y'all are talking about. There's an image for the mod, always has been! I'm certainly not lazy enough to leave a grey background as the thumbnail for 3 days ;)
NebuLord 22 Jul, 2018 @ 6:24pm 
no imag ?
Morphyxx 22 Jul, 2018 @ 5:12pm 
meridius your work has been very good over the last few months and i wanted to say this is a VERY useful mod so thank you
Splitsie 22 Jul, 2018 @ 12:56pm 
As king of the drones, I don't think you should ever feel awful :)
Meridius_IX / Lucas  [author] 22 Jul, 2018 @ 11:58am 
@Splitsie - Well now I feel awful :P

@Octo - Not really, but you may need to save/reload after running with it once.

In regards to EEM thing, I don't believe this fixes all the issues with factions on that end. At best it just gets them to show back up in the faction tab where ModAPI scripts can access them again.
OctopodesLeeche 22 Jul, 2018 @ 11:21am 
Is there a load order to optimize this?
Okairo 22 Jul, 2018 @ 3:23am 
As Chrimi said, the factions appear but the cargo ships still spawn as SPRT. (From EEM) Although the issue may stem from EEM's side or as usual just SE itself.

The mod does as it says though. It brings the npc factions back, but it doesn't add/fix ships spawning into the right faction. So all in all. It works, though what it ultimately will do (beyond what I've said) who knows.
Chrimi 22 Jul, 2018 @ 1:41am 
The factions appeared but everything that spawns becomes SPRT, so now i have a SPRT Police Station floating around. No clue if this is just my save or if i failed at inserting the mod...
Splitsie 21 Jul, 2018 @ 11:39pm 
I make a video about how to make effective thumbnails on the workshop, use your work as a good example and now this... ;)
Leytra 21 Jul, 2018 @ 9:04pm 
Did.. did you just fix the exploration mod with this?
Paul Drive 20 Jul, 2018 @ 2:13pm 
Lucas your a Star!
Reign 20 Jul, 2018 @ 12:34pm 
My HERO
Bonce 20 Jul, 2018 @ 8:32am 
Thanks Meridius
SMooreAce 20 Jul, 2018 @ 7:07am 
Thanks for the quick work!
Viper 20 Jul, 2018 @ 6:12am 
thanks space jesus