# Mod item tile issue

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370>\
**Category:** The Lab\
**Created:** [August 6, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370 "2020-08-06T05:04:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/1 "2020-08-06T05:04:18Z")

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Have a mod, that doesn’t have a tile set, and doesn’t seem to have at least one of it’s item set with an actual tile for a vehicle part. So I have a big ugly ampersand sign in my vehicle. I want to get rid of it by changing the tile to look like something else.

I assume the looks\_like json property should do this, and documentation on the modding seems to agree. But when I set the property it doesn’t seem to change the tile when I load up a saved game with it in it.

I’ve tried:  
“looks\_like”: “craft\_rig”  
Which I believe should make it look like the FOODCO Buddy, I’ve tried “f\_sink” which is what the FOODCO buddies tag looks like, I’ve tried using other vehicle part IDs, like the welding rig, all with no success, it simply remains an ugly orange ampersand.

Anyone know what’s wrong, how I can address it? If it helps I’m also using the Undead People tileset from SomeDeadGuy.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/2 "2020-08-06T05:24:22Z")

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Hm, is it possible that you’ve accidentally used the `looks_like` tag on the _item_ (if it’s something that has an item form) instead of the _vehicle part_?  
As an example, you’ve set the looks\_like tag on `spiked_plate` (which is the item used to install into a vehicle) instead of `plating_spiked` (which is the installed vehicle part with the same name).

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/3 "2020-08-06T18:57:50Z")

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> [@Valase](#):
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> Hm, is it possible that you’ve accidentally used the `looks_like` tag on the _item_ (if it’s something that has an item form) instead of the _vehicle part_ ?  
> As an example, you’ve set the looks\_like tag on `spiked_plate` (which is the item used to install into a vehicle) instead of `plating_spiked` (which is the installed vehicle part with the same name).

Pretty sure, since the “type” property says “vehicle\_part”, here’s a paste:

```
  {
"type": "vehicle_part",
"id": "surv_station_t",
"//": "Almost all utilities in one!",
"name": "survivor's station unit",
"description": "A makeshift vehicle mountable station comprised of many utilities, all compressed into a single unit. Combines the functionality of a vehicle kitchen unit, forge, welder, chemistry set, and all of the myriad functions of the FOODCO kitchen buddy. As a consequence, it leaves no space left for storage.",
"symbol": "&",
"looks_like": "craft_rig",
"color": "light_red",
"broken_symbol": "x",
"broken_color": "light_red",
"damage_modifier": 80,
"durability": 100,
"item": "surv_station",
"difficulty": 6,
"location": "center",
"flags": ["OBSTACLE", "KITCHEN", "CHEMLAB", "CRAFTRIG", "FORGE", "WELDRIG", "WATER_PURIFIER", "FAUCET"],
"breaks_into": [
  { "item": "steel_lump", "count": [30, 40] },
  { "item": "steel_chunk", "count": [30, 40] },
  { "item": "scrap", "count": [30, 40] },
  { "item": "circuit", "count": [30, 40] },
  { "item": "e_scrap", "count": [30, 40] },
  { "item": "amplifier", "count": [30, 40] }
]

```

},

So I’m completely at a loss here.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/4 "2020-08-07T03:23:51Z")

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Hm, do you use `Malkeus' Preferences` (`Malkeus_Enhancement_Mod`)?

Because if you do, you’ll have to set the looks\_like tag in that mod ( in the `Upgraded_Survivor_Station_Unit_SURVIVORMOD.json` file).

If you don’t… Then I don’t know what else it could be…  
I guess you’ve restarted the game after the change?

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/5 "2020-08-07T22:48:18Z")

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@Valase nope. Not sure what was wrong, but I tried a clean install of the all the mods, and edited it again, and it works now for whatever reason. So weird.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/6 "2020-08-07T22:52:44Z")

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Well, at least you got it fixed 🙂 .

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/mod-item-tile-issue/24370/7 "2020-08-07T23:04:18Z")

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@Valase indeed. I always find with games like this I always have more problems than the average person. Part of it is I’m sure my desire to mod all the things, but other is just bad luck.