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[ctuncks]

Sorry for the delay - it should make it more common in drops, but rarity only affects drops from salvage etc, not how often it's used by ships.

Does that mean that rarity doesn't have an affect on it's chance to show up in an appropriate market then?

[Alex]

It... maybe should. But, right, it doesn't!

[Morrokain]

When adding a paragraph using the TextPanelAPI, what is format for adding text highlights? What is the best method implementation to use for that?

[Alex]

I'd say just search the TextPanelAPI interface for "highlight" and use the methods there Nothing in there is deprecated or inadvisable, just depends on whatever is most convenient in your case. The addPara() methods match how TooltipMakerAPI works and are a later addition.

[Morrokain]

I'd say just search the TextPanelAPI interface for "highlight" and use the methods there Nothing in there is deprecated or inadvisable, just depends on whatever is most convenient in your case. The addPara() methods match how TooltipMakerAPI works and are a later addition.

Ah ok gotcha. So, based upon the syntax connotations, those methods add the highlights to previously existing paragraphs?

Let's say I successfully parse A from a full string or substring. (Note: The parent string has already been added to the LabelAPI using the addParagraph() method and had its variables replaced - so this parsed string could potentially be a former replacement token that has been converted into it's replacement).

If so, I just pass A (should be a string) into:

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dialog.getTextPanel().highlightInLastPara(Misc.getHighlightColor(), A); 

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Parsing code if needed:

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    public static void parseDialogueHighlights(String responseDialogue, InteractionDialogAPI dialog) {
        if (responseDialogue.contains("$" + START_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT)) {
            List<String> remainingElements = Arrays.asList(responseDialogue.split(START_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_REGEX));
            for (int i = 0; i < remainingElements.size(); i++) {
                String element = remainingElements.get(i);
                if (element.contains("$" + END_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT)) {
                    List<String> highLightComponents = Arrays.asList(element.split(END_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_REGEX, 1));
                    String highlight = highLightComponents.get(0);
                    dialog.getTextPanel().highlightInLastPara(Misc.getHighlightColor(), highlight);
                }
            }
        }
    }

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[ctuncks]

It... maybe should. But, right, it doesn't!

Does that mean that only Tier determines the chance for a buy-able weapon to spawn in a market, or are there other factors that could be modified to alter the chance?

[Alex]

Ah ok gotcha. So, based upon the syntax connotations, those methods add the highlights to previously existing paragraphs?

Let's say I successfully parse A from a full string or substring. (Note: The parent string has already been added to the LabelAPI using the addParagraph() method and had its variables replaced - so this parsed string could potentially be a former replacement token that has been converted into it's replacement).

That seems reasonable. I mean, you could give it a try and see if it works But on a cursory reading, nothing jumps out as being wrong.

Does that mean that only Tier determines the chance for a buy-able weapon to spawn in a market, or are there other factors that could be modified to alter the chance?

You can take a look at BaseSubmarketPlugin's addWeapons method, and place that this method (and similar) are called from. In brief, it's not just that; there's some logic for having a range of different weapon roles available etc.

[Timid]

Will the game ever support a possible "dummy skill" implementation where skill can be made from a mod but hidden from the skill overview.

[Morrokain]

That seems reasonable. I mean, you could give it a try and see if it works But on a cursory reading, nothing jumps out as being wrong.

I tried it and nothing seems to be highlighted. I wasn't expecting the parsed separators to be removed from the parent string since I haven't coded that logic yet, but the string sent into the highlight method should at least be highlighted in one instance, right? - though probably not multiple duplicates yet. That doesn't seem to be happening.

I'll keep testing and give more info when I can. I'll also set up some logging to make sure I'm getting the correct substrings I'm intending to. That should help as well in debugging this. Lots of things could potentially be going wrong so I'll try and narrow it down further.

[Alex]

Will the game ever support a possible "dummy skill" implementation where skill can be made from a mod but hidden from the skill overview.

There's an "npc_only" tag (I don't think it's in now, in-dev only) that basically makes the skill not get used anywhere or show up. I.E. AI officers won't get it either and it needs to be explicitly added to a person.

I tried it and nothing seems to be highlighted. I wasn't expecting the parsed separators to be removed from the parent string since I haven't coded that logic yet, but the string sent into the highlight method should at least be highlighted in one instance, right? - though probably not multiple duplicates yet. That doesn't seem to be happening.

I'll keep testing and give more info when I can. I'll also set up some logging to make sure I'm getting the correct substrings I'm intending to. That should help as well in debugging this. Lots of things could potentially be going wrong so I'll try and narrow it down further.

Ah - I'd suggest trying hardcoded highlights to try to narrow down the issue. Also, you may need to set a highlight color, and it may be sensitive to the order (i.e. you might have to do set color, then highlight, or vice versa), but I don't 100% remember off the top of my head. Basically what I'm suggesting is get *any* highlight working and then go from there to try to identify what's making your case not work.

[ctuncks]

You can take a look at BaseSubmarketPlugin's addWeapons method, and place that this method (and similar) are called from. In brief, it's not just that; there's some logic for having a range of different weapon roles available etc.

The weapon roles would be determined by the tags correct?
Higher pd is weighted if the market needs Point Defense Weapons for example?

If this is true is there a list of what tags do? A lot are self evident like Kinetic, HE and Energy, but what's the difference between a rocket and a missile? What does the AI use the Utility tag for?

[Morrokain]

Ah - I'd suggest trying hardcoded highlights to try to narrow down the issue. Also, you may need to set a highlight color, and it may be sensitive to the order (i.e. you might have to do set color, then highlight, or vice versa), but I don't 100% remember off the top of my head. Basically what I'm suggesting is get *any* highlight working and then go from there to try to identify what's making your case not work.

Thanks! I'll narrow it down- hopefully tomorrow at some point.

[Üstad]

Looks like that mod also provides the source for reference. But when the game runs, it's using the compiled code from the jar. In that case, changing that code wouldn't do anything, you'd need to recompile it and replace the jar.

I don't want to derail the thread but how to do what you're saying in this post? I really don't know where to look, any help would be appreciated. Thanks for help 

[SirHartley]

Looks like that mod also provides the source for reference. But when the game runs, it's using the compiled code from the jar. In that case, changing that code wouldn't do anything, you'd need to recompile it and replace the jar.

I don't want to derail the thread but how to do what you're saying in this post? I really don't know where to look, any help would be appreciated. Thanks for help 

You are editing a part of the provided source code that is not actually loaded. Starsector loads the contents of the provided .jar file, which is the compiled version of what you are playing around with.
To compile code, you need an IDE, usually IntelliJ or Netbeans are suggested.

If you have no idea what you are doing, consider following a part of the tutorial that requires code compilation from here:
https://starsector.fandom.com/wiki/Intro_to_Modding

which will give you a better overview of how making a Starsector mod works.
You could also come join the Discord, where a lot of very helpful people can answer your questions quicker than they will be answered here.

[Timid]

Will the game ever support a possible "dummy skill" implementation where skill can be made from a mod but hidden from the skill overview.

There's an "npc_only" tag (I don't think it's in now, in-dev only) that basically makes the skill not get used anywhere or show up. I.E. AI officers won't get it either and it needs to be explicitly added to a person.

im so interested in this feature now...