Guide to change the maximum amount of locations in shapez

Where do I find the settings to increase/decrease the amount of possible locations?

The maximum values of the goal_amount and shapesanity_amount options are hardcoded settings that affect the datapackage. They are stored in a file called options.json inside the apworld. By changing them, you will create a custom version on your local machine.

How to change datapackage settings

This tutorial is intended for advanced users and can result in the software not working properly, if not read carefully. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Go to <AP installation>/lib/worlds.
2. Rename shapez.apworld to shapez.zip.
3. Open the zip file and go to shapez/data/options.json.
4. Edit the values in this file to your desire and save the file.
   • max_shapesanity cannot be lower than 4, as this is the minimum amount to prevent FillErrors.
   • max_shapesanity also cannot be higher than 75800, as this is the maximum amount of possible shapesanity names. Multiworld generation will fail if the shapesanity_amount options is set to a higher value.
   • max_levels_and_upgrades cannot be lower than 27, as this is the minimum amount for the mam goal to properly work.
5. Close the zip file and rename it back to shapez.apworld.

Why do I have to do this manually?

For every game in Archipelago, there must be a list of all possible locations, regardless of player options. When generating a multiworld, a list of all locations of all included games will be saved in the multiworld's data and sent to all clients. The higher the amount of possible locations, the bigger the datapackage. And having ~80000 possible locations at one point made the datapackage for shapez bigger than all other core-verified games combined. So, to reduce the datapackage size of shapez, the locations for shapesanity are named Shapesanity 1, Shapesanity 2 etc. instead of their actual names. By creating a custom version of the apworld, you can increase the amount of possible locations, but you will also increase the size of the datapackage at the same time.