This thread is dedicated to troubleshooting steps for Palworld + Sugar Cake mod installing! We see a lot of the same questions over and over with 99% of them all being user install errors, so hopefully this thread helps! =^-^=
(This thread will be actively updated with more information over-time, currently considered incomplete. If you have troubleshooting steps to contribute, feel free to leave a comment with them and I’ll add a link to it in the main post!~)
General Install
Follow the instructions provided with Sugar Cake and similar mods EXACTLY!
The most common error is user simply not following the instructions and requirements exactly! Sugar Cake / UniPalUI / etc. all list the exact requirements and instructions for installs, and should provide the correct path for your version of Palworld (Steam or XBox). Your first step is to ensure you followed each step and have installed all steps correctly!
Installing UE4SS
At the time of writing, Sugar Cake and other mods for Palworld require the Experimental Latest of UE4SS! Only the official release is supported, third party branches are not supported and may not function properly.
- You can download the
Experimental Latest here - https://github.com/UE4SS-RE/RE-UE4SS/releases/tag/experimental-latest
- Scroll to the bottom of the page linked and click on the
Assets drop-down (If it’s not already expanded)
- Download the top-most file, typically named something like
UE4SS_v3.0.1-####-#########.zip with the first number after the 1- being the build number and the second being a hash. We recommend at least build 974 or higher.
- For Steam you want to extract the files into your game’s
Pal/Binaries/Win64 folder, for XBox replace Win64 with WinGDK. Files should be placed so that the dwmapi.dll and ue4ss folder are in the same folder as the Palworld-Win64-Shipping.exe.
Debug Messages + Error Messages Explained
Sugar Cake
No Valid AnimSet Found when loading in
This error is for helping animation pack makers. No Valid AnimSet Found means the AnimJSON config for the shown AnimSlot either contains errors or is missing requirements within the AnimSet parameter. This should be reported to the animation pack maker, though you can also fix this yourself by opening the AnimConfig JSON file and fixing the AnimSet entry.
Troubleshooting
No animations show-up when I load into the game!
All versions of Sugar Cake v0.6.20 and above now include some animations, so if no animations show up in-game then something may have gone wrong!
- First try loading into the game! To save on performance and prevent stuttering in the menu, versions of Sugar Cake before v0.6.21 will skip loading animations in the title screen. It’s also possible the title screen blocks some processes from working correctly, so always try loading into a save and waiting a bit to ensure things just didn’t get halted or delayed.
- Ensure you have
UniPalUI v0.1.6 or newer installed and the Experimental Latest of UE4SS installed as explained earlier in this thread under Installing UE4SS. Since Sugar Cake v0.6.20, we use UniPalUI’s new C++ file loader to load JSON configuration files, so if UniPalUI’s C++ side isn’t working correctly, no files will be found.
- Ensure you have the animation pack’s
.pak files somewhere within the Pal/Content/Paks/~Mods folder and the animation’s .json config file is within the Pal/Content/Paks/~Mods/AnimConfig folder so Sugar Cake can detect and load them. If either file is missing from your install things will fail to playback correctly.
