@blaga54: This mod is no trojan, but the fact you try to use this extremely old, twice succeeded and obviously obsolete mod is an indication that your game is threatened by broken old mods.

Try using Skyve instead and see how much cleanup has to be done on your game.

my pc detected this mod as a severe threat trojan

Thank you for your "little" note :-)

I've posted a little note to Holy Water and his ghoul squad above. Many of the people he's attacking were part of the projects he claims to be saving.

Holy Water: GTFO of my comments section you absolute ghoul

Looking at how the comment section here is getting abused for personal attacks, maybe it should be closed since this mod is now obsolete, as stated by the original author themself?

@CardonaGamer: What happened is that I created a successor of this mod: Compatibility Report which is updated frequently.

As for the comments below, I guess Holy Water doesn't really like my mod, but they refuse a normal conversation with me and instead throw a tantrum here and there.

I invite you to have a look at my mod and decide for yourself whether is a good successor or not. I'm open for feedback on my mod page.

whats happen? i

I have created a thread on the topic of Malware at the Harmony For Games Forum where I've also given additional in-depth response to @alborzka's question.

Finwinkle's mod misinforms about the state of mods, and claims that Colossal Order's Harmony is a "successor" of Harmony (redesigned), and that several mods require Colossal's Harmony, whereas their respective authors made no such statement. (1) This misinformation seeks to get users to use a different library than authors have specified.

(2) Further, his mod makes the false claims that authors have abondoned their mods and there is no support.

(1) = interferes with the user's security and privacy, by trying to get them to substitute software with untested alternatives.

(2) is intentionally designed to deprive users of access to legitimate support, by persuading them no support is available.

I believe these facts would stand in a court of law, if you want to get technical.

Finwinkle's mod fits the commonly accepted definition of "MALWARE" perfectly.

"Malware is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive users access to information or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy."

By definition, neither this mod nor Finwickle's mod are malware. That's not a matter of opinion, that's fact.

@Finwickle, there is nothing to discuss with you, here. I pointed out quite clearly what the misinformation is, as I have below, and there is no personal attack to you. To say that your product is MALWARE may offend you, but is not a personal attack to you, but it is my opinion, to which I am fully entitled.

Since you cannot delete my comments here, the community can judge for themselves whether my warning is a "personal attack to you"... happy gaming, it is what you make it.

@Holy: I only remove personal attacks and insults from my mod page, which happen to all come from you. If you give me constructive feedback and tell me which info you'd like corrected, I will discuss it with you, consider it and correct it where appropriate, as I wrote in a comment on my page. A little less conflict and a little more conversation will get you much further.

Great!! Giving it a try right now. Thx!

My successor for this mod is now available as public beta version: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633433869

@JohnHenryUS Might want to read the comment history about this mod being abandoned and its records being increasingly out-of-date....

Just a quick note: "Precision Engineering" generates the following log entry (in part):
- Mod seems (or is) abandonned; future updates are unlikely.

- Suitable alternative: [ID: 2083188521] "Precision Engineering 2.0"
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2083188521

Referring to that URL shows PE2.0 is deprecated and the original mod is now the proper option. That is located at https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=445589127

Thanks for a great mod!

@Finwickle, thank you for all your hard work on this, it sound really promising. Looking forward to using it! :-)

You're welcome, and thanks for the interest :-)

Thanks for your detailed answer! Sounds even more promising.

All of this is already working in the private version I'm running, except for the mod configuration and with very limited compatibility data yet. I'm currently squashing some more bugs and I'm not yet happy with the report layout and logic. After that I need to fill the bulk of the compatibility data, and that will take a while (and surely surface some more bugs with testing).

@Gun: I'm creating the mod with maintainability in mind. The mod uses an XML catalog with all mod and compatibility data. The mod can download the newest catalog automatically from a Google Drive link on every run, or every week, or on demand (will be configurable). The catalog data is updated by an Updater process in the mod that only runs for a mod maintainer and gets new data from the Steam Workshop (webcrawler) and from CSV file import.

It will be easy for someone else to take over maintenance, even temporary, provided I give them access to the Google Drive. It will also be possible for multiple people to provide the needed CSV imports for different set of mods, so we can spread the workload.

I will certainly look at and/or contact existing sources of compatibility information. The Google Doc from Avanya and Aquilasols is high on my list.

Up-to-date source will ofcourse also be available on GitHub.

@Finwickle That sounds promising.

Just one question:

Can you make this mod in a way where it depends on compatibility information based on a file we can edit or replace if for whatever reason you won't be able to maintain your mod anymore?

Maybe it even could be based on Avanyas and Aquilasols compatibility list on google docs?
I'm pretty sure they would be happy to provide their data and to add information to their list you want to display.

Have a nice day.

I'm working on a successor for this mod. It won't be released very soon, but it is in the making. Just so you all know.

@General Grievous Read the previous comments. This mod has been abandoned and its creator is no longer active. It will not be updated.

Watch it has been updated

Precision engineering is being updated again. 2.0 is actually abandoned.

Please update it, thank you.

Confirm this mods is outdated as it information has been busted by the link it provide itself. You could use the same old Google form compatible check that someone has update it regulary.

@XiserMan: Mod Compatibility Checker itself has been abandoned as well. The information it gives is outdated by more than a year.

I found that it recommends using "Precision Engineering 2.0" which has been discontinued since the original Precision Engineering mod fixed an issue. It should no longer recommend that people switch to the 2.0 version; the original mod (as far as I am aware) has not been abandoned. Also abandoned is spelled wrong ;)

@GregThunder -- If you'd like me to review your subscribed mods, you can find instructions on how to share your mod compatibility report here in the "Sharing Your Mod Compatibility Report" section. Please follow ALL the directions.

Does anybody know if the anything incompatible with forest brush? or is it just broken
because i simply can't place any trees down with it anymore. the orange circle no longer shows up.

I found an error in the output log with forest brush but i dont know what it means

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at ForestBrush.ForestTool.Awake () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
UnityEngine.GameObject:Internal_AddComponentWithType(Type)
UnityEngine.GameObject:AddComponent(Type)
UnityEngine.GameObject:AddComponent()
ForestBrush.ForestBrush:Initialize()
ForestBrush.UserMod:InstallMod()
ForestBrush.UserMod:OnLevelLoaded(LoadMode)
LoadingWrapper:LoadingWrapper.OnLevelLoaded_Patch2(LoadingWrapper, UpdateMode)
<LoadLevelComplete>c__Iterator9:MoveNext()
LoadingManager:Update()

@ctcatuga -- Can you please share your AutoRepair.log for review?

I also have this error all of a sudden..

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at ZoneBlock.CalculateBlock3 (UInt16 blockID) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at ZoneManager.SimulationStepImpl (Int32 subStep) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at SimulationManagerBase`2[Manager,Properties].SimulationStep (Int32 subStep) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at ZoneManager.ISimulationManager.SimulationStep (Int32 subStep) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at SimulationManager.SimulationStep () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at SimulationManager.SimulationThread () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

I am so sorry to post this here but I am getting no help from the discussions threads, & you guys are the best of the best!!

Can you please help?? I'm certain it is not related to this mod, but like I said you are the best of the best! I played 3 days ago without any errors, then I tried again yesterday, and none of my saves would load, they all got simulation errors. I only downloaded a couple of new assets since last playing, & I already deleted them, but no saves load still. I am totally stumped, & I have so many errors in output that did not exist before. The missing assets have always been there, but the LOD, pathfinding and even train whistle (???) are all new.


Thank you in advance!!!

https://ufile.io/dd2uao0v

https://ufile.io/ovv3qghi

@Finwickle You just tickled me in my knickers!

@Finwickle - That would be great!

@LemonsterOG: I know the work it takes, from when I was running a compatibility guide a few years back. Testing all mods by a single person is undoable, so it would have to rely on reports from others. And knowing which reports are reliable and which are not, is an art in itself. That is mostly what makes this hard to do, imho. Well, and the sheer number of mods.

I have some ideas on making a mod like this much easier to update and maintain. I might give it a try someday.

@Finwickle -- I haven't heard any rumblings about anyone picking this up. This mod can be a LOT of on-going work. It requires constant updates due to new mods being added to the workshop sometimes daily which all require testing for compatibility with the other mods. It's a LOT of work. Most modders aren't interested in doing that.

@LemonsterOG: "unless another modder picks it up, which is not likely." What makes you say that?

@LemonsterOG I see. Thanks for the info.

@tmaekler -- This mod has been abandoned. There will be no further updates after 5/15/20 unless another modder picks it up, which is not likely.

The Mod [ID: 445589127] "Precision Engineering" is active and "Precision Engineering 2.0" has been deprecated. You can update the info from your checker mod ;-)

Oh I see, we're talking about the MCC not being maintained, not PE. Thats a shame its a good tool

must have mod fyi

@CydonianKnight21 -- All I can see from your comment is that you haven't read previous comments clearly explaining that the author of this mod has left the modding community and that this mod is no longer maintained.

I've read earlier comments and all I can see is you ignoring that precision engineering was updated only 3 months ago

so many hours saved by this mod! thank you so much!

@ paulp575123 Read earlier comments about the current status of this mod, the fact that it hasn't been updated for a year now, and departure of its author from the C:S modding scene.

Just updated my mods/assets and you noted that "Precision Engineering 2.0" [ID: 2083188521] is a suitable alternative for "Precision Engineering" [ID: 445589127]. "Precision Engineering" [ID: 445589127 has been updated and "Precision Engineering 2.0" [ID: 2083188521] has been depreciated.

@YouthfulDrake Read earlier comments about the current status of this mod, the fact that it hasn't been updated for a year now, and departure of its author from the C:S modding scene.