anytime i try to use this mod, the "server is generating world" screen never ends and never finishes

Couldnt go 5 minutes wo this, def a baseline mod everyone should use

i have an issue with pig village not spawning even with chosen biomes being under the number of 5. Do you know what might be causing this issue?

He noticed that in the "Huge" world size setting, the loading process is immensely heavy and even seems never-ending. Could this be a mod error?

@Bear It should be possible to remove certain "required" biomes, but not for this mod.
@Silky Johnson Yes, if forcing a lot of biomes (esp in caves), it might take multiple world regens to get all biomes since the game can't find enough room for it. Making a huge world or maybe even using mods to increase the size should help.

I get weird world gen where biomes overlap on one another when I force all the biomes in a large world. Do I have to make a huge world?

Great mod. Is it possible to generate cave world without some mandatory biomes like atrium or labyrinth?

What happens if I force spawn all 10 forest biomes and all 18 caves biomes? Will it generate better in combination with the giant world generation mod?

@Talmika For forest biomes, only 2 more. The mod defaults to the game's optional biome size (5 for forest, 8 for caves) unless you force more ON (or force OFF biomes so that the number of choices are less than the default size).

If I force 3 biomes with this mod and leave the rest on random, will the game only create 2 more, or will I end up with 8?

Thanks! I did execute the command on the server rather than from the client. Unfortunately I don't have the logs from worldgen. I'll report back if I can reproduce this, but otherwise happy to chalk it up to a fluke involving the game's native logic.

@Knockboots That is unusual. If you "force" the same or less amount of biomes as recommended (5 for forest, which looks like you did), then the mod will behave just like vanilla world generation. In which case the issue of the biome/special prefabs not spawning relies on the internal game code being unable to find a location for it. I believe this is an issue with the base game code handling branching and looping, and I don't think I can fix it.

A full log of the server during world generation would provide more information to figure out the exact problem. Also, just to be sure, did you execute the command `c_countprefabs("walrus_camp")` on the server (remote) and not local?

Is this mod affected by the Branching & Loop worldgen options?
I ran a dedicated server with the following settings:
https://pastebin.com/Eg8nJaF9 (First snippet)

These settings have worked in the past, but when using Branching set to "Most" and Loop set to "Always", the Triple MacTusk biome didn't spawn (though I think rest of the biomes did). I was able to confirm this through manually exploring the entire map, and also confirmed the set piece didn't spawn with `c_countprefabs("walrus_camp")` returning 1.

I was able to see that the above config snippet loaded properly from the logs:
https://pastebin.com/Eg8nJaF9 (Second snippet)

If this wouldn't happen due to Branching & Loop options, do you have other ideas on why this might happen? Thanks!

Fact that this isn't already implemented to the base game is just such a mistake from the devs... there should always have one of each biomes, so many time I would be in a world playing only to realise that i'm missing some very important biomes or that the map is bugged, just had my underground world full of forest biomes only... Hopefully this will fix the issue ! thx for the mod

@TaterSalad Looks like Klei made a fix for it now. Update the game and re-subscribe to the missing mods.

Im not seeing this mod in game and have tried a couple different things to make it show up in mods. please update

when i use this mod no deserts spawn

Wanted to clear out the Underground Swamp in my world only to learn it didnt have one. Glad to have found this. Hopefully it works. Thanks for the work.

cool now I can make only swamp world

@Boss Yes, you can go over the recommended number of biomes, just select all the biomes you want to be "ON" in the mod options. Nothing different should happen when creating a Huge world.

I know it says UP TO. But can you go over, or does something terrible happen? What about if you're doing a Huge world?

@RatedMass I am not getting any crashes. Could you post your server log?

and if it isn't you think you can make it a setting ?

is it possible to make only 1 of each biome spawns with this mod?

@heoheo00911 Yes, I found <100MB RAM difference on host machine with 2 generated worlds, one with all "Off", one with all "On" (including caves).

Will this mod help with freeing RAM for the computer as there are less biomes if one choose to force some biomes not to show up?

Does this still work?

is it possible to add cave biomes on the surface?

@T Shaw Killer,well this is where else is Maxwell statue and mechanical mobs.

@CheetoJesus It should be possible to make the Lunar biomes part of the mainland, but that would be out of scope of this mod.

@BeAsTy I'm not sure which biome that is, but I think you are referring to set pieces which this mod does not change.

Hey T Shaw Killer! Is it possible to include Lunar Biome on regular landmass as an option? I'm not entirely sure if it's possible but if it is, that'd be pretty dope.

Hello, can your mod remove Chess biome?

@Greenpakto I would need to see the log file of the crash.

you should add 2 deserts conected to each other

I used this and then added TONS more set pieces as well and that gave me a crash. Anyway to increase the amount of set pieces and biomes allowed?

@WhiskerMeFancy Yes that could happen since there is a set amount of biomes which can spawn the cave entrance and only 1 can spawn per biome. To spawn all 10 entrances, you would need to have at least 2 optional biomes enabled to spawn.

@DracGamer Yes, it works.

@Emperor Wisel There is the image above which displays the typical resources spawned for each biome.

Is there anywhere where i can check what every biome adds? i tried checking on google but i couldnt find information about any of the cave biomes(i did find information about the forest biomes tho)

Using giant size map and enabling all biomes... Thanks! This should help fill out the world a little better!

Hey @T Shaw Killer,does your mod still work in 2020?

Do you know if this mod has the potential to prevent all 10 migration points from being generated? I am getting instances where I only get 7-9 sinkholes in the forest. Would this potentially occur by turning off too many biomes?

i have yet to try this and it already sounds good, now i dont have to restart worlds over and over and turn mods over and over on and all that with the thanks of this it saves time for me to actually look for probably 20+ minutes. thanks

Ty for the comprehensive answer @T Shaw Killer. That'll help.

@Kain Morgen No update needed since the new biomes are guaranteed to spawn already (unless you want to force them off?). I don't see/experienced any problems with the new beta and this mod, so I will need the server log when the server won't start from you.

@LiketheShore&theSea The Frog Ponds biome (forest ground) includes 2 pond and 2 forest clearing "rooms"/areas, while the Frogs & Bugs biome (grass ground) includes 1 pond, 1 bee clearing, 2-4 flower patches, 2 forest clearings, and 1 grassy mole colony rooms. I could go into more detail about the rooms, but those room names should give you a general idea.

What's the difference between Frog Ponds, and Frogs & Bugs? Mmm.

Is there a chance that you will update Force Biomes for 'The Return of Them'?
Worldgen got a few new biomes and a server using Force Biomes will not start with the new beta.

@Astray Curiosity No, just the optional biomes that are usually randomly picked to spawn in a world.

I can't check it in the game is this mod does allow to turn off some of vanilla biomes? Like make a world only with desert turfs around?

Thanks, thats that i needed

@Pedro I recommend looking at How to install,configure and update mods on Dedicated Server to learn how to setup mods on a dedicated server. Here is an example modoverrides.lua, https://pastebin.com/4ufMm5Ew , that would need to be edited and placed in both \Cluster\Master\ and \Cluster\Caves\ folders.

I have to open modinfo.lua to config it on a dedicated server?