BigBickBenjamin

So I was browsing through some older faction mods made via the ALiVE ORBAT and I've noticed a pattern of error codes among faction mods published before the 2022 updates to CBA_A3 and ALiVE. Some other examples include "Balkan War Mod 1990-1995", "Aftermath - People's Liberation Army Pre-War Forces", and "2001 Macedonian Insurgency" on the Steam Workshop. "CUP_Worlds_DustEffects" and/or "universal_uniforms" seems to be a recurring issue with faction mods working properly. Anybody got any idea what's causing these errors? Did CBA or ALiVE rewrite the config files or something? I also personally had made a faction called "ANTIFA Rioters V2" back in December 2021 and some of the details in the config files for are not the same anymore as when I first published the mod in 2021. I know for a fact I didn't accidentally alter or omit any config files or dependencies because my file explorer folder timestamp for the mod files still says it was last modified in December 2021. I'm not a coder by any chance, so I might sound crazy for asking if ALiVE or CBA_A3 updates are capable of rewriting mod folder configs. My deduction for this is that CBA_A3 and ALiVE were recently updated in 2022. And the three affected mods I mentioned were all mods published before the 2022 updates. Additionally I have a recording of a multiplayer op using my custom faction from back in December as well, and when I load up the mission file I made back in 2021, it stated missing dependencies for "universal uniforms" and "unknown" (can post a screenshot later). I've never once used the CUP Core Terrains or Universal Uniforms mods as a dependency when making my faction mod. I also noticed that the "O_[faction name]" line was changed from what was supposed to be my faction name "O_Rioters" to the faction name of the faction that I used as the template in ORBAT i.e. "O_LootersUSA2020" or "O_CSAT". Looking over the info I've gathered, it seems that ALiVE is the culprit, I'd like to hear some of your guys' thoughts and experience with this kind of stuff.

So I was browsing through some older faction mods made via the ALiVE ORBAT and I've noticed a pattern of error codes among faction mods published before the 2022 updates to CBA_A3 and ALiVE. Some examples include "Balkan War Mod 1990-1995" and "2001 Macedonian Insurgency" on the Steam Workshop. "CUP_Worlds_DustEffects" and/or "universal_uniforms" seems to be a recurring issue with faction mods working properly. Anybody got any idea what's causing these errors? Did CBA or ALiVE rewrite the config files or something? I also personally had made a faction called "ANTIFA Rioters V2" back in December 2021 and some of the details in the config files for are not the same anymore as when I first published the mod in 2021. I know for a fact I didn't accidentally alter or omit any config files or dependencies because my file explorer folder timestamp for the mod files still says it was last modified in December 2021. I'm not a coder by any chance, so I might sound crazy for asking if ALiVE or CBA_A3 updates are capable of rewriting mod folder configs. My deduction for this is that CBA_A3 and ALiVE were recently updated in 2022. And the three affected mods I mentioned were all mods published before the 2022 updates. Additionally I have a recording of a multiplayer op using my custom faction from back in December as well, and when I load up the mission file I made back in 2021, it stated missing dependencies for "universal uniforms" and "unknown" (can post a screenshot later). I've never once used the CUP Core Terrains or Universal Uniforms mods as a dependency when making my faction mod. I also noticed that the "O_[faction name]" line was changed from what was supposed to be my faction name "O_Rioters" to the faction name of the faction that I used as the template in ORBAT i.e. "O_LootersUSA2020" or "O_CSAT". Looking over the info I've gathered, it seems that ALiVE is the culprit, but I'm not sure if CBA_A3 may be involved. I'd like to hear some of your guys' thoughts and experience with this kind of stuff.