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[Ranakastrasz]

I am trying to modify the range of several effects in the game, but am unsure how to do so.
The skill effects, as well as some hull mods and ship abilities appear to be inside the starfarer.api.zip, which is bizarre, and imitating that in my mod structure, with or without the zip appears to do nothing.

What am I doing wrong here?

[SafariJohn]

Do your own versions of the effect classes, then reference them in the appropriate data locations.

- Ship ability scripts are referenced in the .system files in data/shipsystems
- Hull mod scripts are referenced in data/hullmods/hull_mods.csv
- Skill scripts are referenced in the .skill files in data/characters/skills

[Ranakastrasz]

After relocating the "Escort Package" Hullmod, it errored out based on the "MilitarizedSubsystems" reference. I tried an include for "com.fs.starfarer.api.impl.hullmods", the old package name, and also tried using that as a prefix for all "MilitarizedSubsystems" references in the code, but still errors out.


Edit: Actually, what is going on. What I did before, was make a copy, in the corresponding folder. Does starsector search all folders when compiling, and/or build relationships based on the packages? Not sufficiently familier with how Java works exactly, compared to other languages.

Before, I didn't change the package name, expecting it to overwrite the base files. Now, when I renamed it, and made a new reference, that should link it, but given that it was referencing the old package and class name, why didn't that work?

Specifically, It seems that renaming the packages results in it not seeing, presumably, the rest of those packages. So I am confused, and believe I misunderstood what you meant.

I actually WAS doing my own versions of the effect classes, and it wasn't working.

[Morrokain]

Here is an example of me overriding a weapon effect:

1 - In your custom weapon file, add your new effect.

   "specClass":"beam",
   "id":"archean_riftcascade",
   "beamEffect":"data.scripts.weapons.ArcheusRiftCascadeEffect",
   "type":"ENERGY",
   "size":"LARGE",

 - The effect portion points to the new effect which has a new name. The rest is for location reference.

2 - Define the new effect. For instance, copy the old effect and paste it in a new location. I compile the script in a jar (which is added to the standard scripts by defining the relevant jar in mod_info.JSON -    "jars": ["Archean Order TC v0.9.1a.jar"],)

 - It doesn't have to be in a jar iirc, it just needs to be under the specified path. So, "data.scripts.weapons" could actually be linked to "data\scripts\weapons" in the base mod directory that is comprised of folders starting at the "data" level of the mod:

Spoiler

Base Directory:

Directory Level 2 after clicking on the "data" folder:

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Although keep in mind that a jar is better as far as saving system resources goes - I believe.

3 - Then you just need to define the new weapon, etc.

If this isn't a mod, and is a personal edit, you can simply edit the core hullmod entry in hullmods.csv to point to the newly added path in the starsector-core directory where you have added the script with the changes. It just needs a different name and needs to be linked to the new path.

Specifically for the Escort/Assault Package, it gets tricky as they rely on Militarized Subsystems being installed and have a direct reference by Id. If you post your code I can assist further.

Anyway I wrote this in a big hurry so if it doesn't make sense let me know and I'll try and make it more clear. Good luck!

[Ranakastrasz]

Got it to work. Thanks for the help.

[Morrokain]

*thumbs up* Nice! Happy to help.