I got tired of seeing the "some indescribable horror" message on randomly generated captured pets, so I took a look for that line in all the files in an attempt to change it to something more interesting. Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful in finding what I needed to edit. Here's what I did, in order; 1. Opened capturepod.thrownitem 2. Opened capturepod.projectile 3. Opened capturepod.lua 4. Opened the following: "/scripts/util.lua", "/scripts/companions/util.lua", "/scripts/messageutil.lua" 5. "/scripts/companions/util.lua" allows you to change the "Unknown" subtitle. 6. Opened "/scripts/pathutil.lua" 7. Opened "/scripts/rect.lua" 8. Opened "/scripts/vec2.lua", hit a dead end 9, Searched for every .lua file in the unpacked assets, opened all in Notepad ++, searched for "indescribable" and "horror" 10. Same as 9, but with .config files instead I got to figure out what makes the subtitle, so at least that's a start, but this is where I got stuck. Could someone help figure out which file determines this message?
I searched all the files for 'some indescribable horror' - no hits. I guess its hard-coded as a default? You could add a description to the .monstertype files for generated mobs or edit /scripts/companions/util.lua to have a backup description
That is definitely an easy option (which I managed to forget was even an option, thanks!), though I had hoped I could change just one tiny line for one file. Hard coding is such a cruel thing.
A more complex option could be to add a script to those .monstertype files to generate a description, but you don't really have much to work with beside the monster's type (largebiped etc) and level, so using the patch solution would probably be easier for similar results
The seed yes, but it's just a number; and I'm not so sure about the color. Monsters have access to the actorMovementController, animator, entity, monster, statusController, world, root & message tables; doc about these can be found on the wiki or in /doc/lua/ in the game's folder. By playing enough there's surely ways to get some unique stuff, but I don't think there's much; It'd provide more flavors than one generic text tho
