[1.18.2] IE_CREATURES will not spawn when BiomeMobWeightbase.csv is enabled

[Reshy]

If you turn on BiomeMobWeightbase.csv, mobs with the IE_CREATURES tag will not spawn, even if you change the tag value or the spawn weights. One effect of this is it prevents the spawning of Glowsilk Moths and Glowsquitos in the Infernal Expansion mod. Disabling BiomeMobWeightbase.csv fixes this behavior.

[mactso]

Ah! I think I know what is happening.

Summary

1. Run Minecraft with your mods.
2. Rename "/config/spawnbalanceutility/BiomeMobWeight.txt" to "/config/spawnbalanceutility/BiomeMobWeight.csv"
   2.1) Optionally edit "BiomeMobWeight.csv" to change spawnweights of mobs
3. Set the balance flag to "true"
4. Restart minecraft. Now it will read "/config/spawnbalanceutility/BiomeMobWeight.csv" and replace the spawn values.

And you may have the wrong name. The correct name is "BiomeMobWeight".

P.S. you can edit the CSV file with a spreadsheet or text editor. It's really easy with a spreadsheet.

Hope this helps,
Two Guys,
MacTso

[Reshy]

The file itself wasn't misspelled, just my original post. Main thing is the spawn balance utility doesn't seem to know how to parse IE_CREATURE. Assigning the glowsilk moth spawning behavior as MONSTER causes them to spawn normally (or close to normal).

[mactso]

I'm sorry, I didn't see this until tonight. I had some severe health issues in August/September. Hospitalized twice.

Anyway...

It sounds like you are adding a new mod to a setup where you already have a balance file and balance is set to true. In this case it removes any new mobs (because they are not in the balance file) so you need to add just the new mobs into your existing balance file.

The easiest way to do this is to run minecraft with only the new mod in another directory and set "suppress minecraft reporting = true" . This will produce a tiny BiomeMobWeight.txt with just the new mobs. Then you copy and paste the contents of that tiny file into your existing balance file (BiomeMobWeight.csv). Where you paste it doesn't matter. And duplicate line numbers (the first numeric field) doesn't matter.

Hope this helps and sorry for the late response.
MacTso