Extending forge use

Plexius · Sep 18, 2023

Hi so im right at the end of this mod im making essentially im adding more mats to the game and a large portion of that is new smeltable metals. i have everything working correctly except two things.

First question in the forge menu i need to make a second column for the input materials so they dont go out of the UI for the forge. im abit stumped on how the code itself should look when making a second column.

Second question i want to recolor an ore vein i applied <property name="TintColor" value="b5b5b5"/> which works fine with the boulders that sit ontop of the nodes am i missing something?

I want to add that i am fresh to mod making

Plexius · Sep 18, 2023

I figured out the forge issue now i just need to figure out how to recolor the ore veins

BFT2020 · Sep 19, 2023

Plexius said:
I figured out the forge issue now i just need to figure out how to recolor the ore veins

Try in the blocks file, the veins are terrOreCoal (change coal to the ore type for the other ones)

Plexius · Sep 19, 2023

here is what i have for tungsten

<block name="terrOreTungsten">
           <property name="MaxDamage" value="300"/>
   <property name="CustomIcon" value="terrOreOilDeposit"/>
           <property name="CustomIconTint" value="b5b5b5"/>
   <property name="TintColor" value="b5b5b5"/>
           <property name="Material" value="Mtungsten"/>
           <property name="Shape" value="Terrain"/>
           <property name="Mesh" value="terrain"/>
           <property name="Texture" value="316"/>
           <property name="ImposterExclude" value="true"/>
           <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceTungsten" count="20" tag="oreWoodHarvest"/>
           <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceRockSmall" count="15" tag="oreWoodHarvest"/>
           <drop event="Destroy" count="0"/>
           <drop event="Fall" name="resourceTungsten" count="15" prob="0.5" stick_chance="0"/>
           <property name="CanMobsSpawnOn" value="true"/>
           <property name="EconomicValue" value="5"/>
           <property name="EconomicBundleSize" value="1"/>
           <property name="SellableToTrader" value="false"/>
           <property name="FilterTags" value="fterrain"/>
           <property name="SortOrder1" value="d0l0"/>
           <property name="SortOrder2" value="0050"/>
           <property name="DisplayType" value="blockTerrain" />
           <property name="DescriptionKey" value="terrOreCopper"/>
           <property name="Tags" value="ore,deepOre"/>
           <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceRawDiamond" prob=".005" count="1" tag="artOfMiningLuckyStrikeHarvest"/>
           <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceSilverNugget" prob=".01" count="1" tag="artOfMiningLuckyStrikeHarvest"/>
           <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceGoldNugget" prob=".007" count="1" tag="artOfMiningLuckyStrikeHarvest"/>
       </block>
       <block name="oreTungstenBoulder">
           <property name="Extends" value="oreBoulderMaster"/>
   <property name="Map.Color" value="70,110,120"/>
   <property name="CustomIcon" value="oreLeadBoulder"/>
           <property name="CustomIconTint" value="b5b5b5"/>
   <property name="TintColor" value="b5b5b5"/>
           <property name="Material" value="MoreMetal"/>
           <property name="Model" value="Entities/Resources/oreLeadBoulderPrefab"/>
           <drop event="Harvest" name="resourceTungsten" count="50" tag="oreWoodHarvest"/>
       </block>

BFT2020 · Sep 19, 2023

okay, I assume you also create an entry for tungsten in the materials file (Mtungsten)

Next step is you would want to put in a possible layer in the biomes file

This is coal in the pines forest

       
       <subbiome prob="0.392">
           <layers>
               <layer depth="1" blockname="terrForestGround"/> <layer depth="3" blockname="terrDirt"/>
               <layer depth="1" blockname="terrStone"> <resource blockname="terrGravel" prob="0.7830" rwgGenerationType="all"/> </layer>
               <layer depth="*" blockname="terrStone"> <resource blockname="terrOreCoal" prob="0.6500" rwgGenerationType="all"/> <resource blockname="terrGravel" prob="0.7830" rwgGenerationType="all"/> </layer> <layer depth="3" blockname="terrBedrock"/>
           </layers>
           <decorations>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_coal_vein" checkresource="-7" onslopes="true" prob=".00657" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rockResource" prob=".00033" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rockResource02" prob=".00033" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cntForestRandomLootHelper" prob="0.00025"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="rock_form02" prob=".001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="rock_form01" prob=".001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="plantedCotton3Harvest" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rock01" prob=".001"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rock02" prob=".001"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cntBirdnest" prob="0.001"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeDeadPineLeaf" prob="0.007" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="plantShrub" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeJuniper4m" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPine12m" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPine19m" prob="0.0015" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPine27m" prob="0.002" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPine31m" prob="0.002" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPineDry21m" prob="0.002" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPine41m" prob="0.004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="plantedSnowberry3Harvest" prob=".001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="plantedChrysanthemum3Harvest" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeOakLrg01" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeOakMed01" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeOakMed02" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeOakSml01" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeFirLrg01" prob="0.0005" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeMountainPine48m" prob="0.0005" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeStump" prob=".0002" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeTallGrassDiagonal" prob=".35"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeShortGrass" prob=".6"/>
           </decorations>
       </subbiome>

Also make sure you have a map color property in the blocks portion so it shows up on the map with a different color

Plexius · Sep 19, 2023

i have a biomes xml which showing just the tungsten in the wasteland this does not include the xpath since theres way more to it above tungsten

<subbiome prob="0.195"> 
           <layers>
               <layer depth="2" blockname="terrDestroyedStone"/> <layer depth="2" blockname="terrDirt"/>
               <layer depth="1" blockname="terrStone"> <resource blockname="terrGravel" prob="0.7830" rwgGenerationType="all"/> </layer>
               <layer depth="*" blockname="terrStone"> <resource blockname="terrOreTungsten" prob="0.6500" rwgGenerationType="all"/> <resource blockname="terrGravel" prob="0.7830" rwgGenerationType="all"/> </layer> <layer depth="1" blockname="terrStone"/> <layer depth="3" blockname="terrBedrock"/>
           </layers>
           <decorations>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_lead_vein" checkresource="-7" onslopes="true" prob=".01857" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treePineBurntLrg" prob="0.03" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treePineBurntMed" prob="0.03" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treePineBurntFullMed" prob="0.03" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rockResource" prob=".00033" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rockResource02" prob=".00033" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cntWastelandRandomLootHelper" prob="0.00025"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeDeadPineLeaf" prob="0.010" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="scrapMetalPile" prob=".015" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="brickShapes:brickDestroyed01" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="brickShapes:brickDestroyed02" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="brickShapes:brickDestroyed03" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rock01" prob=".004" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rock02" prob=".004" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rock04" prob=".004" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cntBirdnest" prob="0.001"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cinderBlocks01" prob=".006" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cinderBlocks02" prob=".006" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="cinderBlocks03" prob=".006" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeBurntMaple01" prob="0.0012" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeBurntMaple02" prob="0.0012" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeBurntMaple03" prob="0.0012" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treePineBurntLrg" prob="0.0006" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeDeadPineLeaf" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeDeadTree02" prob="0.002" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeDeadPineLeaf" prob="0.010" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_remnant_stone_01" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_remnant_stone_02" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_remnant_stone_03" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_remnant_stone_04" prob=".002"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_remnant_stone_05" prob=".002"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_01" prob=".0065"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_02" prob=".0065"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_03" prob=".005"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_04" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_05" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_06" prob=".0065"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_07" prob=".0065"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_08" prob=".0065"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_09" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="prefab" name="deco_rubble_stone_10" prob=".003"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="carWrecksRandomHelper" prob="0.0005" rotatemax="3"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="treeBrownGrassDiagonal" prob=".05"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="mineCandyTin" prob="0.00015"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="mineHubcap" prob="0.0001"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="hubcapNoMine" prob="0.0011"/>

               
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rubblePileBricks" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rubblePileBricksLong" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rubblePileBricksSmall" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
               <decoration type="block" blockname="rubblePileCement" prob=".0004" rotatemax="7"/>
           </decorations>
       </subbiome>

Here is the config dump that shows it is infact doing the changes correctly in the biome.xml

<resource blockname="terrOreCopper" prob="0.3100" rwgGenerationType="all">

</resource>
<resource blockname="terrOreZinc" prob="0.3500" rwgGenerationType="all">

</resource>
<resource blockname="terrOreTungsten" prob="0.2700" rwgGenerationType="all">

</resource>
<resource blockname="terrOreZinc" prob="0.3" rwgGenerationType="all">

</resource>
<resource blockname="terrOreCopper" prob="0.28" rwgGenerationType="all">

</resource>
<resource blockname="terrOreTungsten" prob="0.3500" rwgGenerationType="all">

</resource>

BFT2020 · Sep 19, 2023

okay have you generated a new map with all these changes?

Plexius · Sep 19, 2023

yes that is what the second batch of code is from directly from config dump of that save there are no errors when starting the server so im confused as to why it just isnt spawning them in

BFT2020 · Sep 20, 2023

let me create a test modlet and see what I see on my end, will try to do that today / tonight.

Plexius · Sep 20, 2023

I appreciate the time you've taken to respond to me currently im trying to create prefabs by using the blocks ive made so it has a reference to spawn in instead of having to use a deco model thats in use by another block

BFT2020 · Sep 21, 2023

Plexius said:
yes that is what the second batch of code is from directly from config dump of that save there are no errors when starting the server so im confused as to why it just isnt spawning them in

You need to go into the POI editor and create a new deco. I created an Uranium one using my new boulder and terrain blocks I made. Will also link a copy of my mod code.

The only thing I couldn't get it to do was change the color of the terrain blocks. Not sure how to do that

https://github.com/BFT2020/NewOreVein.git

Plexius · Sep 21, 2023

Yeah ive gathered so far that theres no way to color the texture of the terrain itself which is fine for now. I actually did start creating prefabs for it and havent gotten around to testing it out fully i will update as soon as i can!

Plexius · Sep 22, 2023

Thank you for the help! i managed to get everything working so far so i should be able to continue on with finishing my mod! This small thing held up the majority of the project and if you were curious here are some of the metals that were being added in the mod

Copper Zinc Tungsten Mithril Adamantium Orichalcum Necronium Chromium Niobium Vanadium Aluminum Uranium

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