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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0016285Stars Beyond ReachSuggestionApr 23, 2015 11:01 am
Reporterptarth Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Product Version0.772 
Summary0016285: Put more parameters into accessible data files
DescriptionI would really like it more of the parameters were in accessible data files. It would support the modding community a ton too. It isn't a priority in any way.

Short List of Nice Things to Have:
Prerequisites for Techs
Index of Techs for placement in the skill tree
Buildings and Passives provided by each Tech
Number of variants of each tile provided in the *_dict.pngs
Disease Parameters
Building Passive bonuses
Building graphic tile label
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Chris_McElligottPark

Apr 23, 2015 9:56 am

administrator   ~0040155

A lot of that would be pretty challenging, but we'll see. Regarding the index of techs and where they go in the tech tree, that one actually can already be edited via a flat file. Not very easily, though.

Disease Parameters are all procedural, so there's nothing else to actually define. I've been thinking that there might be some shifts needed there, though.

ptarth

Apr 23, 2015 10:18 am

reporter   ~0040156

The position of texts in the text tree I figured out. It's simply TechID, X, Y. Changing that was easy enough, but the remainder seemed out of reach. I couldn't find the prerequisite for technologies, assignment of TechID to the tech, passives, and buildings enabled.

So I made pink trees instead.

Chris_McElligottPark

Apr 23, 2015 10:29 am

administrator   ~0040157

Yep, the prereqs are embedded in the game right now.

Chris_McElligottPark

Apr 23, 2015 10:29 am

administrator   ~0040158

If you have trees or other images that you'd like us to consider including, then we could potentially do that, too.

ptarth

Apr 23, 2015 10:57 am

reporter   ~0040159

That's very kind of you, but honestly my art talents are rubbish. I can do a bit of manipulation in Gimp, but I'm mostly limited to palette swapping and cut and pasting.

Chris_McElligottPark

Apr 23, 2015 11:01 am

administrator   ~0040161

All good. The offer stands in general for folks, though. When people make good mods, if they are adding something rather than replacing something, we're typically open to including those into the main game if the mod-creator wants us to. It's a case by case basis of course.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Apr 20, 2015 5:31 pm ptarth New Issue
Apr 20, 2015 5:33 pm ptarth Summary But more parameters into accessible data files => Put more parameters into accessible data files
Apr 23, 2015 9:56 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0040155
Apr 23, 2015 9:56 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => considering
Apr 23, 2015 10:18 am ptarth Note Added: 0040156
Apr 23, 2015 10:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0040157
Apr 23, 2015 10:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0040158
Apr 23, 2015 10:57 am ptarth Note Added: 0040159
Apr 23, 2015 11:01 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0040161