Proper Procedure updating mods on Steam, that affect inventory.

[Ashenfire]

I created a mod 3 years ago.

It works.

I updated it today and deleted weapon racks and replaced them.

It is a minor update going from version 1.3 to 1.3b.

If people already subscribed to version 1.3 detect this version with Steam launcher,

it will most likely update to 1.3b and destroy whatever items they had on the COA weapon racks.

They can not save games to avoid this.  They have no warning that changes were made.

 

 I ALREADY have 3 instances of this mod and I don't want to make a fourth.

If I change the mod name,type, it will set my followers, # thumbs up, to ZERO.

It will save the users from destroying content but it wont save me grief of starting over.

 

 

How do I safely update without hurting my project stats and prevent users from destroyed inventory?

 

Edited September 10, 2016 by Ashenfire

[oldladyonthemoon]

6 hours ago, Ashenfire said:

it will most likely update to 1.3b and destroy whatever items they had on the COA weapon racks.

Not necessarily. What you must not do is delete the existing reference in the world, use "search and replace" to add the new object to the reference.

[Ashenfire]

I only affected my cell and already deleted the activators (all portions of the racks).

If people already place weapons on the weapons rack, and I delete the red weapon rack (left,right,middle) and the white activators that go with them,

the ref id to hold a users item is gone.