No projectile waypoints on dedicated server

[doracatchall-design]

This mod has always worked perfectly for me in single player and when hosting locally, and I quite love it (thank you both for making the mod and for being so active in helping users troubleshoot bugs/issues). I've recently purchased a hosted server to play with friends not on my LAN, and I can't seem to get the mod to work there. I've checked the json file for my locally installed mods and everything shows the way it should, but I don't know how to check what the dedicated server is using--although I have no reason to suspect that it's anything other than the default. The mod is showing as installed and I can interact with some of its features (when I check the command handbook, commands specifically for this mod such as "/ptpurge" show up), but it's not generating waypoints for projectiles by default and the mod doesn't come up when I look for it to adjust settings in AutoConfigLib. The server was not running when the mod was added, and the server has been started/joined many times since then. All the mods that I use were added at the same time, after the dedicated server had been run a few times. For added context, I suspect there's something up in general with the hosted server, as at least one other mod isn't working (Particles Plus), although PP at least shows up in AutoConfigLib so I'm not sure what the difference is. The majority of my mods (for example, All Sides Have Resin) have been easy to confirm as working. If the issue is with the server hosting and not the mod itself, I'll probably just have to go without.

I can spend some time digging around for potential mod incompatibility, but figured I should first check if there was something straightforward that I'm missing due to lack of modding experience. If there's no quick and easy answer, I'll dedicate some time to elimination tests with my other mods. I can share my full mod list if that would help, but the most relevant ones might be AutoConfigLib, ConfigLib, Cooperative Combat Rework Reupload, Global Player Map Markers, ImGui, Minimal Compass, Prospect Together, and WaypointTogetherContinued, as these are the mods that obviously interact with UI/configs/map/waypoints/combat/etc.

Thanks!

[MrFastZombie]

Thanks for the bug report! I'm going to try setting up a proper server debug environment when I have the time and see if something broke with recent updates.

Previously, server debug was difficult because I could only launch one instance of the game, but I recently found out that there is a way to start more instances and join the test server as a different test player.

I probably won't have time until after Halloween.

In the meantime, ensure that your client used to connect to the server actually has PT installed. (It doesn't automatically install to clients by default. Players who don't have the mod on their client are ignored by the server. Mod page has a note about that if you want to change it.) Also ensure the server itself has the mod. It sounds like you might've already checked these with what you wrote but I'm adding this reminder just to be safe.

Another thing to try is checking if any errors show up in the server-main.log and server-debug.log. The debug log should contain something like "ProjectileTracker: Injecting arrow-crude from class EntityProjectile" if the mod is loading at all.

Also try checking if the mod is in the disabled mods list in the server config. I don't assume it'd end up there on its own but it's probably worth double checking.

Another potential way for issues to occur is if any mod replaces the EntityProjectile class for the default projectiles, but the only mod I know of that does this is Overhaullib/Combat Overhaul and I've added support for those.

[doracatchall-design]

Thanks for the quick reply and all the reminders! The only thing you've listed that I haven't checked so far is for errors in the main and debug server logs.

The only mentions of the mod in the main log are just in the lists of mods being loaded/dependency order/etc, so that seems all good. The debug log has lines for injecting all the various ranged weapons, as well as lines for simply loading the mod and loading saved waypoints (if any were to exist). I don't see any errors thrown in either log. I copied both logs into a word processor and searched the terms "error," "projectile," and "tracker" to increase the chances of me catching something. No errors at all were shown, and nothing seems out of place to my untrained eye in the lines that mention this mod specifically. So far, it looks like all of the standard troubleshooting checks out.

I'm not in any hurry, so enjoy the spooky holiday!

[MrFastZombie]

I found some time to try out multiplayer testing and I found that the mod is working for me. So there is definitely something else going on here. If you want to test for compatibility issues I'd recommend trying the server with just projectile tracker installed and then if there aren't any issues you'll at least know it's some sort of compatibility issue. If you've already started a world and don't want to swap it out make sure to back it up before removing mods.

[MrFastZombie]

Does this issue still occur if you use Projectile Tracker 1.0.5 and do you know if your clients and the server are running .NET 7 or 8? I have an idea, but it's just a guess.

Also, what version of the game is your server running? Someone on 1.21.1 just reported a similar issue on the mod comments.

[doracatchall-design]

Your questions have led me to the solution! The version of the Projectile Tracker Mod installed on the server is 1.0.6, but I've just realized that the mod I had installed to my own mods folder is version 1.0.4. I deleted the old version in my mods folder and installed the most recent one (matching it to the version installed to the server) and that fixed it. I had checked that the mod was there and enabled in both places, but hadn't thought to check for a version match between them. On one hand, I'm feeling a tad foolish, on the other, I had expected there to be a simple solution on my end that I just wasn't seeing anyway.

To answer the other questions, I'm running 1.21.0, and do not know how to check what .NET is running. If more information from me can help with troubleshooting for other users please let me know. Otherwise, thank you so very much both for an awesome mod and for putting time into helping users troubleshoot.

[MrFastZombie]

Glad it's working! I'll leave this issue open for a bit while I'm trying to figure out the other user's similar issue.