Is there a way to use this mod to unlock all essences by using 1 trench? I have all the PSI and powerstones set up in my 2x2 but can only fit 1 trench in and only able to collect 1 essence so far.

This unlocks the ice dungeon by default is there a way to disable that?

Does this work in single player? Can anyone explain how to get it to work if it DOES work in singleplayer?

@Upperking Sorry for the delay, for whatever reason I don't get notified on comments. The point is not to have all 9 powerstones, so if you set up a map with 3 powerstone islands and 1 trench with essence, you unlock all the ones you don't have on the map with the INI as indicated in the description. I highly suggest you look at tutorials on how to make maps with powerstone islands and trenches, and the description will be more clear once you understand how the powerindexes are used.

I’m really confused how this works do you have to set up your power stones all nine of them at first then add this or do you just set up the four power stones only in the code and what about the trench do you put that where the mall area is I’m really confused

It doen not appear so for the essence we have set for the mod to unlock. We are going to run a kraken and see what happens. lol we are assuming we just head to the trench and collect the 3 remaining essence we need and then spawn in a hard mode kraken. Regardless this mod as been wonderful. We were able to update our map on our 3x3 and removed 6 powerstone islands and trenches.

@LowPaidNurse13 Ok, so no Kraken required then.

Once getting all 9 powerstones and respawning it gave me the 6 essences we have for the mod to unlock. So so far so good lol

@LowPaidNurse13 I did look into it, and it's a bit convoluted but they do check if you have all powerstones before granting the essences. My code which calls this only runs once the first time you spawn after a server restart or you die/respawn. AFAIK the Kraken counts as a powerstone when you defeat it. What this all means is that you will probably need to die/respawn after defeating the Kraken to get the essences.

Andargor I apologize and must correct myself. On our test server we set it to unlock all powerstones and essences. A die and respawn was all that was required. We made it go live on our server last night and a die and respawn gave us the 6 powerstones we have set. We are assuming that once we get the other 3 powerstones the essence will unlock? or is it after you defeat the first kraken?

well a quick die and respawn is no big deal actually! We do not mind it is all when it is allowing us to remove 6 islands and 6 trenches on our server lol

@LowPaidNurse13 Ok I changed the description. I really don't know why they don't assign from the start, I'll eventually look a bit deeper

yes we did not have to defeat the kraken for them, just a die and respawn and they were given. Thanks so much!

@LowPaidNurse13 That's a good point about the essences, I will update the description to let everyone know.

We just tested this on our test server and it works perfectly. I did have to die and respawn to get all the essences which is no big deal. Our next test will be to implement this on our server and remove some powerstone islands and trenches. If things go smoothly this mod is going to be a great addition for small server owners. Thank you for making it.

Does appear to be working correctly now thank you :)

@123 I've just made an update, fixed my error. It should now grant essences regardless of which powerstones are configured (I had them in series instead of in sequence/parallel). Please let me know if after the server restart the missing essences get granted.

Okay so my map has 8 powerstones and 4 essences, upon creating character you're given the 1 powerstone along with the 1 essence for that slot, even after getting the other 8 powerstones the other 4 essences don't unlock. I tried setting all powerstones to unlock and when I created a new character it unlocked all powerstones aswell as the 5 essences that it was supposed to.

I hope I'm being clear on this lol. The only way I can see it being fixed is having the mod check if you have been given the essences each time you respawn? Currently it only gives you essences and powerstones on character creation right? It's impossible to give essence 1 without powerstone 1

@123 Ah, yes, there's a bug in the logic flow, you are correct. Working on it.

@123 I'm not sure that I follow, but as I said I haven't tested the essences yet since we haven't defeated the Kraken on our server since it is the prerequisite for collecting essences. AFAIK the essences unlock the hard mode Kraken. Can you explain what you are trying to do?

@Anorak Yes, of course. The pedestal code looks for the "PowerStoneIndex" in the IslandInstanceCustomDatas1/IslandInstanceCustomDatas2 settings to know which powerstone to unlock. You use this mod to auto unlock the ones that your grid doesn't have.

@LowPaidNurse13 It's true that they have changed things with the ghost ships, and they may change things yet again. All I can say is that for us, with the islands on our server and the above configuration, all of the required powerstones get unlocked, and those INI settings were the missing islands. Like I mention in the description I would highly recommend that you try it on a test server with your grid (I tested on my local machine), and cheat to each pedestal, cheat yourself the artifact key, and make sure the Kraken spawns when you get all of them and go to the center of the boss tile.

Essences work but ONLY if the corresponding powerstone is unlocked alongside it.

[UnlockPowerstones]
UnlockPowerStone8=True
UnlockSecondaryStone4=True
UnlockSecondaryStone5=True
UnlockSecondaryStone6=True
UnlockSecondaryStone7=True
UnlockSecondaryStone8=True

Those are my settings. Only "UnlockSecondaryStone8" works because "UnlockPowerStone8" is also set to unlock. Is it possible to have the mod give the essences on respawn so players can just respawn and get those essences after acquiring the corresponding powerstones?

do the removed powerstones still need the config in the servergrid.json to function?

hmmm. we have to have all 9 from the islands to spawn the kraken now..the ghost ship was taken out and is a separate quest. So is this just adding in the extra line of code in the ini for however many islands we leave out? Sorry for all the questions we just do not want to take the islands out without knowing exactly how it works.

@LowPaidNurse13 Yes, the quests for each powerstone in the INI complete and you get the dance. Once you have all 8 of them, you can fight the Kraken (which drops #9, required for the essences).

We are looking at this mod, so we can remove some powerstone islands and trenches to make room for the new islands and cut down on memory usage. Does it still give you completion of the quests and the kraken spawns in correctly when you go the maw with all of the stones?

@Orumis Yes, as I've indicated above, granting powerstones is not reversible, so the player would keep the stones even if they sailed to a tile without the settings in it's INI.

does this mod only unlock the powerstones even if the mod isnt on every tile
meaning if you drive from an server with the mod to an server without the mod do you keep the stones
that way you coud just keep the mod on 1 serverand it is not deeded to install it on all servers

Servers runnin this mod?

@DARK It allows us to only have 3 powerstone islands instead of 8 to complete the quest, and since they cost memory it leaves more space for other types of islands. I run a 2x2.

Why would one need this mod ? What does it do ?..
I made my own 1x1 grid & it has all power stones on one grid.
What does this change as you can add all power stone island via the Map Grid editor for servers.