Add Ripplejet's Private Schools with Sliders

[noah-severyn]

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[memo33]

This one is a mod I intentionally didn't add to this channel, as it's a sure-fire way of triggering phantom sliders for many players. I think this can be mitigated by uploading a patched version of the mod to the STEX to include: - an Exemplar Patch to disable the Maxis Lots, hiding them from the menus - new Lots under unique new IDs - an update to the Lua files to redirect the advisor messages to the new Lots and to unlock them as rewards Thoughts?

[noah-severyn]

Hmm. I think you might be right to exercise caution with this one. I'll investigate what needs to be done here as this is new modding territory for me (exciting!). I'll convert this to draft in the mean time.

Exemplar patching: https://github.com/memo33/submenus-dll?tab=readme-ov-file#exemplar-patching

[memo33]

On second thought, I'm not totally sure if it would trigger phantom sliders (maybe when uninstalling?), but rather CTDs if a player has previously built Maxis private schools.

[UlisseWolf]

This one is a mod I intentionally didn't add to this channel, as it's a sure-fire way of triggering phantom sliders for many players. I think this can be mitigated by uploading a patched version of the mod to the STEX to include: - an Exemplar Patch to disable the Maxis Lots, hiding them from the menus - new Lots under unique new IDs - an update to the Lua files to redirect the advisor messages to the new Lots and to unlock them as rewards Thoughts?

I ran some tests for CAM and it can trigger both the panthom slider bug and CTD if the mod is uninstalled.

The idea would be to use Exemplar Patching or do a Re-IID of the Maxis lots as was done with CAM.

[memo33]

I see. Thanks for testing.