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[vaarelsauce]

Is it possible to code it in a way so that it's more mod-friendly?

For example, having a dynamic code that changes ALL beam weapons's color based on its type, like:
if(beam color is)
[PD Lasers] {change to yellow}
[Kinetic] {change to green}
[EMP] {change to teal}
[Energy] {change to dark blue}
[Phase/Tachyon] {change to pink}
[High Explosive] {change to red}
else {change to white}

As the mod currently is, if I want to add/change a beam weapon's color, I have to manually insert each weapon's
[id,type,size,intensity,fadeout,color,offset,hit size,hit intensity,hit fadeout,hit color,flash size,flash intensity,flash fadeout,flash color,flash offset,chance,fighter dim]

and that would take a long time, if I have mods that add 100+ wide variety of beam weapons.

[Harmful Mechanic]

...if I want to add/change a beam weapon's color, I have to manually insert each weapon's
[id,type,size,intensity,fadeout,color,offset,hit size,hit intensity,hit fadeout,hit color,flash size,flash intensity,flash fadeout,flash color,flash offset,chance,fighter dim]

...That's GraphicsLib; Lightshow just supports it.

You could always write a shell script to change the relevant values in your own copies (get the weapon_data.csv entry, check damage type, change the values in the GraphicsLib light_data.csv file - EDIT: it turns out this file is pretty variable between mods, so you'd have to go into the ModPlugin and locate the GraphicsLib light data spreadsheet manually); not sure that's a great use of anybody's time, but it's at least possible.

[Tartiflette]

Is it possible to code it in a way so that it's more mod-friendly?

I wouldn't call "changing other people's mods" as being "mod friendly"!
On the contrary I think that would break SO MANY things I wouldn't try it even if it was a desirable feature. But I don't think it is because:

First, unlike vanilla most mods do a good job at making their beams look different and appropriate for their damage type;

Second, it would actively detract from the main feature of the mod that is to make beams look different from each-other to better grasp what is firing at you. If every mod started to have the same beam color for a given damage, it would become extremely difficult to identify what is what at glance.

[SpaceshipCaptainYukari]

Are you going to update this mod to add more vanilla beam weapons?

[darkond2100]

Updated by Nia Tahl on their Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/lightshow-nia-ed-82636032
0.96a is here!