Issue with the Surface Painter Mod

[Ltw 401]

I'm having a problem with the Surface Painter Mod. Every time I close Cities: Skylines and open it again the painted surfaces are gone and I get an error:

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The Mod C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\255710\689937287 [SurfacePainter.dll] has caused an error [ModException]

 

Details:

System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range.

  at TerrainModify.UpdateAreaImplementation () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at TerrainModify.UpdateArea (Int32 minX, Int32 minZ, Int32 maxX, Int32 maxZ, Boolean heights, Boolean surface, Boolean zones) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at SurfacePainter.SurfaceManager.UpdateWholeMap () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at SurfacePainter.LoadingExtension.OnLevelLoaded (LoadMode mode) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at LoadingWrapper.OnLevelLoaded (UpdateMode mode) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

I've searched for this particular issue on Google and Reddit and I got some suggestions. The first suggestion was that there was a terrorform tool that conflicts with this mod, I've turned my terraform-tools off and I still got the same issue. Another suggestion was that the mod itself was broken but since others seem to have less of an issue with that I don't know for sure if waiting for a patch will solve anything. I've turned off the mod for the moment but I would really like to use it so it would be very nice to have a fix for this problem

Does anyone know a solution for this problem? It would help a lot!

[Judazzz 1,936]

Have you tried copying the mod to your local mod folder, and then running the game with --noWorkshop? If issues still persist, it most likely is the mod itself, and if not, it's probably a compatibility issue. I know it's not going to solve your issue right away, but perhaps it may help pinpointing the root cause of it.

[Ltw 401]

4 hours ago, Judazzz said:

Have you tried copying the mod to your local mod folder, and then running the game with --noWorkshop? If issues still persist, it most likely is the mod itself, and if not, it's probably a compatibility issue. I know it's not going to solve your issue right away, but perhaps it may help pinpointing the root cause of it.

Thanks! I ran Skylines with -noWorkshop on and I had problems with loading mods. When I started Skylines I got the following error:

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A Mod caused an error [ModException]

Details:
System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: The classes in the module cannot be loaded.
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.Assembly:GetTypes (bool)
  at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExportedTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at ColossalFramework.Plugins.PluginManager+PluginInfo.GetInstances[IUserMod] () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at ContentManagerPanel.RefreshPlugins () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

I couldn't load the mod even though it is in my local folder. The mod showed up in the content-menu but I couldn't check it. Trying to find out the problem I unchecked every mod except for the surfacepaintermod. This time I got this error:

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The Mod C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\255710\689937287 [SurfacePainter.dll] has caused an error [ModException]

 

Details:

System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range.

  at TerrainModify.ApplyQuad (Quad2 quad, Edges edges, Surface surface) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at TerrainModify.ApplyQuad (Vector3 a, Vector3 b, Vector3 c, Vector3 d, Edges edges, Heights heights, Surface surface) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at Building.TerrainUpdated (.BuildingInfo info, UInt16 buildingID, Vector3 position, Single angle, Int32 width, Int32 length, Single minX, Single minZ, Single maxX, Single maxZ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at Building.TerrainUpdated (UInt16 buildingID, Single minX, Single minZ, Single maxX, Single maxZ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at BuildingManager.TerrainUpdated (.TerrainArea heightArea, .TerrainArea surfaceArea, .TerrainArea zoneArea) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at TerrainManager.Managers_TerrainUpdated (.TerrainArea heightArea, .TerrainArea surfaceArea, .TerrainArea zoneArea) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at TerrainModify.UpdateAreaImplementation () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at TerrainModify.UpdateArea (Int32 minX, Int32 minZ, Int32 maxX, Int32 maxZ, Boolean heights, Boolean surface, Boolean zones) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at SurfacePainter.SurfaceManager.UpdateWholeMap () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at SurfacePainter.LoadingExtension.OnLevelLoaded (LoadMode mode) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

  at LoadingWrapper.OnLevelLoaded (UpdateMode mode) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

The error shows more details and it didn't run at all. Before it ran but didn't save painted surfaces, now it doesn't run at all. This seems weird to me since there aren't any mods to conflict with and the behavior of the mod itself changed negatively.

Is there a solution for this problem? Or is it best to wait for an update and hope it will be solved then?

[Judazzz 1,936]

Based on those snippets it's hard to figure out what may be wrong (those methods are pretty much all Greek to me), but have you checked the Workshop page to see if more people have the same problem (and perhaps have found a fix). Also, if you haven't, it would be good to post your problem in the mod's Workshop Issues topic in any case (try to copy the output to a web service like Github [as a gist], PasteBin or similar online clipboard service instead of directly in the topic).

I run the mod without problems (at least not of a technical kind - what I would like is smaller brushes and a way to avoid painting over pedestrian paths and buildings), so it's hard to say what exactly goes wrong. I think the best way forward is to report the issue and wait for a fix or update (instead of messing with the mods you use now) - BP picks up on issues really fast and usually delivers a fix quickly.

[Ltw 401]

On 1-6-2016 at 11:42 PM, Judazzz said:

Based on those snippets it's hard to figure out what may be wrong (those methods are pretty much all Greek to me), but have you checked the Workshop page to see if more people have the same problem (and perhaps have found a fix). Also, if you haven't, it would be good to post your problem in the mod's Workshop Issues topic in any case (try to copy the output to a web service like Github [as a gist], PasteBin or similar online clipboard service instead of directly in the topic).

I run the mod without problems (at least not of a technical kind - what I would like is smaller brushes and a way to avoid painting over pedestrian paths and buildings), so it's hard to say what exactly goes wrong. I think the best way forward is to report the issue and wait for a fix or update (instead of messing with the mods you use now) - BP picks up on issues really fast and usually delivers a fix quickly.

Posted it! Lets hope there is a solution for this problem. There was also someone else with a similar problem. Thus I'm confident this will lead to a solution for this

[Roadman20 601]

I've been receiving a similar problem recently with the mod, stuff is disappearing, but I don't know why.