Modding Help Any way to add Individual Race Perks?

Recently got into modding Starbound and I've been fiddling around with things. I wanted to try my hand at something that I don't think has been done yet, and see if there was any method on adding race perks that aren't tied to armor or the tech system. I figure that there must be some way run a check for the player's current race and then modify things like falling and running speed or breathProtection values.

I have moderate experience in coding stuff like small game projects, so pointing me in the right direction should be enough and I should be able to find my way. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

Well, what does have access to entity.species()? Depending on the answer it should be possible to run that function, then tell the code to run a lua file based on the the results of that function that alters various effects. Or am I wrong?

 

I think it's possible by scripting a status effect that checks a characters race, then adding the status effect to starter clothing so it applies on character generation. Not sure if status effects can be permanent. If they can be, then you'll need something to cancel out the effect fpr uninstalling.

 

I've been experimenting with the above mentioned method, it works exactly as intended. Through the use of status.setPersistentEffects(), I can set certain stats such as biomeradiationImmunity to be turned on permanently from the beginning. I can even use an IF statement involving world.entitySpecies(entity.id()) to make sure the bonus is never received by other races who obtain a copy of the starter clothing. (I have to thank xxswatelitexx for discovering how to use that command for status effects initially.)

The only thing I can't do yet is cause status effects to remain forever, but I believe this is possible to do as searching has turned up results of people getting griefed by players who have modded their game to inflict infinite duration effects on people. Once the method for doing this is found out, I should be capable of applying any effect to any specific character race.

 

Damn, your absolutely right. There goes that plan.

At least any effects set by status.setPersistentEffects() remain regardless of clothing though. However I have no idea just how much that influences outside of various immunities to other status effects, and if it turns out that it doesn't effect anything outside of the scope of what I already know than my options have become yet more limited.

 

You're correct that applying it to techs would be incredibly simple of a solution, but the reason I didn't want to do this to begin with was that I wanted a method of inflicting a racial perk on someone from the very beginning. There is not a single tech in the game that the player starts equipped with right away, so the system is not very ideal for my goal.

It's a thing to consider once I've hit rock bottom and there's no other way around it, but until I've completely exhausted my options I'm going to keep exploring ways to make this work the way I intend.

 

I.. don't know if that would really work. While that would cause the player to start with the suit tech available, it wouldn't automatically equip the tech for the player. So really it's effectively the same solution you mentioned before.

 

An alternative solution is have the effect applied by all armors by patching every single one to apply the effect. Starter clothes to vanity armors. As well as by techs, if you want.

 

So basically what your saying is I shouldn't try to figure out if there's a way to do it because other people haven't figured it out yet? There's nothing unhealthy or unproductive about me trying to see if there's a solution to this issue or not, and I don't take any value in the statement that I should "work with the tools presented" when I've yet to completely understand what more than half of the tools I have can do yet.

Can you at least provide some information on whether status.setPersistentEffects() is capable of actually using status effects in any way? The name implies that it's able to, and if it can I'll have exactly what I'm looking for. If it can't for certain than I can at least avoid wasting my time trying to find out.

 

This works, thank you. Though I had figured using global variables to work around the issue would have been a solution, I should have tried it sooner. I also shouldn't have hastily assumed that status.setPersistentEffect was truly persistent.

On an extremely personal note, I have no misguided fears regarding instability or incompatibility with other mods. The nature of this personal project meant that those were inevitable risks and I was never hung up on that. I also want to say I despise the way that your advise was given, and how it created the false perception that this task was in any way difficult. If you knew of a method for doing this it should have been stated from the very beginning, and if you didn't you should have at least held some semblance of encouragement towards exploring the limitations of modding.

 

It may be a personal project for you, but I am legitimately interested in the progress and direction you take with it.

 

I apologize. I'm not normally like this, but I get hot blooded when feeling like I'm told I shouldn't set out to do something I've already set my sights on. It's stupid and foolish to let myself act this way when I really don't even understand what I'm doing. And I shouldn't be making assumptions towards people who clearly have more experience than me.

I'm going to try taking what has been said so far to heart. I'll keep learning how to mod the game and I'll do it in a way that causes the least amount of issues, and I'll see if I can turn this into something more than just a personal project for my own sake.