randomized item drops in multiplayer

this is an issue that has been plaguing me for quite a while, while playing on a dedicated server, some item drops wlll become randomized for no apparent reason. the cause could be desync but im not sure. if anyone has possible fixes to suggest i would appreciate it

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 4:03 PM

to add some info, the randomization effect only seems to happen exclusively to modded items

jopojelly•8/10/25, 4:37 PM

That sounds like a client side mod is accidentally adding an item, which causes what you are mentioning

Jjopojelly That sounds like a client side mod is accidentally adding an item, which causes ...

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:15 PM

a client side mod, huh. do you know any that are perhaps notorious for such behavior?

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:16 PM

I forget, but you should be about to filter to client side and show me what you have, maybe I'll remember

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:17 PM

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:18 PM

Mod side icon

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:18 PM

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:18 PM

this is the filter being used rn

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:19 PM

I mean disable the mod named mod side icon

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:19 PM

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:19 PM

That's the one I remember having this issue

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:19 PM

thats disabled though?

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:19 PM

Oh... Well, I know helpful hotkeys isn't doing it, so it might be one of the other 2 ones you have there that are enabled

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:20 PM

You might just need to experiment

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:21 PM

the thing is

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:22 PM

this has been a long standing issue and i cant seem to shake it off even as my modpacks change over time

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:23 PM

Well, just disable all client side mods and do a quick test. If it's still an issue there might be a bigger issue

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:24 PM

But a client side mod adding items is an issue I'm working on fixing, known issue

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 5:26 PM

alright just did that, doesnt seem like client side mods are the issue

jopojelly•8/10/25, 5:27 PM

K. I can look into it (on Monday) if you can narrow it down to 1 or 2 mods

tModLoader•8/10/25, 5:27 PM

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HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 7:03 PM

@jopojelly ok so we did this method and found something interesting

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 7:03 PM

somehow, i was able to join the server without having a server side mod enabled

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 7:04 PM

once i went and enabled it, the bug seemed to be resolved

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 7:04 PM

here's the mod in question for any future reference

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 7:07 PM

i believe the resulting modlist mismatch from not having a server side mod caused desync which led to the bug

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 7:07 PM

i'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter nonetheless

jopojelly•8/10/25, 7:25 PM

Hm, server side mods also should not be adding items. They also shouldn't be loading on clients anyway, so it's the same issue, just for server side mods. We'll have to add code to prevent those mods from doing that

HDeezNutsOP•8/10/25, 8:04 PM

alright, thank you for helping me out!

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:09 PM

@jopojelly ok so i just wanted to let you know that the conclusion i arrived at yesterday was wrong, the bug happened again, which i was able to fix by disabling the main content mod in the modpack, trying to join without it, then enabling it at this prompt

jopojelly•8/11/25, 6:09 PM

huh, that is strange. When you did this test, was this the only mod involved?

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:10 PM

what do you mean? like the only mod i disabled to try and fix the bug?

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:11 PM

if so then yes

jopojelly•8/11/25, 6:11 PM

I'm just wondering if you had other mods enabled as well

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:11 PM

well i can show you the modpack if you dont mind

jopojelly•8/11/25, 6:12 PM

well, can you just send the enabled.json file? That way I can try to replicate

jopojelly•8/11/25, 6:12 PM

Documents\My Games\Terraria\tModLoader\Mods\enabled.json

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:12 PM

sure give me a second

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:14 PM

enabled.json526B

tModLoader•8/11/25, 6:14 PM

Automatic Hastebin for hvc3485 (enabled.json)(enabled.json): https://hst.sh/aqoqaxexaz.cs

Jjopojelly well, can you just send the enabled.json file? That way I can try to replicate

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:17 PM

are you gonna be doing this in singleplayer? just a reminder that ive never seen this bug outside of multiplayer

jopojelly•8/11/25, 6:18 PM

I know

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:43 PM

@jopojelly i believe i have definitively solved the issue

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:44 PM

ok so the issue was coming from a config mismatch from the alchemistnpclite mod

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:44 PM

this config option was NOT toggled on the server, but it was for me

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:46 PM

this would make it so the mod is adding those items for me, but not anyone else who's config options were synced with the server

HHDeezNuts @jopojelly ok so i just wanted to let you know that the conclusion i arrived at ...

HDeezNutsOP•8/11/25, 6:47 PM

my previous bandaid fix of doing this would always be undone when i would boot up the game and that initial mod load happens

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