Common problems and how to fix them
Black screen issue
In most cases, you’re getting a black screen after loading your mod due to a bad ship tree.
Follow these rules to avoid it:
Rule 1
Your ship tree must have a ship with type/code 101.
Rule 2
If your ship tree has level 2 ships, then it should have level 1 ships too.
Rule 3
Either models should go in the right order without gaps: 1, 2, 3 etc (not 1, 6, 17) or control all ship tree routes by next parameter in ship codes (but keep correct order for unreachable ships).
Rule 4
You can’t have possibly infinite ship tree routes, made by next parameters - all routes should end at some ship, there shouldn’t be able to come back to some ship again.
My mod closed accidentally but the game is not stopped
Sometimes, some unexpected problems can crash the mod, but it only disconnects from the modding side, or so-called “controller” side, the game itself will continue running without control from your modding client until it meets the closing requirements (or even in some serious occasions, game developers - like PMGL - need to close it by themselves).
Here are some reasons which can lead to mod crashing:
- Closing/Reloading the modding tab/window without stopping the mod first (Most common one)
- Very unstable internet connection
- Server resolve error (which will automatically disconnect the controller by itself)
- Browser tab hangs/crashes (careful of infinite while/for loops)
Also keep in mind that you can’t reconnect to your previously crashed server, even if it’s still running.