Modding Discussion Need Help: Block Placement Increasing

Hey guys. I am new to the modding community. Anyway I am trying to figure out or find a mod that will increase the placement from 2x2 to something bigger. Like 6x6 or 16x16 or whatever number I can come up with. I did find one mod here on the site that's called, "Large Scalre Building (4x4)" However it doesn't work in the most recent update. It keeps telling me that there is a crash to the game because of "money" and it sends me to a file folder that doesn't exist.

Here is the link to the mod: http://community.playstarbound.com/resources/large-scale-building-4x4.2539/

So please don't send me to that mod. What I need is a step by step exact instructions on how to make this mod myself (not the 4x4 one) for the version of Starbound "Glad Giraffe".

Any help please.Thanks. And I am using the steam version.

 

Looking at the content of the mod, it seems like it only changes two parameters in the defaultparameters configuration file.
The mod replaces this file, instead of using the (now pretty standard) patch system. This means when the vanilla defaultparameters file change, the mod practically reverts these changes causing the game to crash.
The /items/defaultparameters.config should be removed and replaced with a new /items/defaultparameters.config.patch file, containing something like the following (which has not been tested):

Code:

[{
    "op": "replace",
    "path": "/blockRadius",
    "value": 4
},
{
    "op": "replace",
    "path": "/defaultMaxStack",
    "value": 6400
}]

If that piece of code does not work, you'll have to look up the patch syntax yourself. There's documentation on these forums for it.

 

Seems legit, I am just not versed in coding and command scripting. That's why I was asking if someone can walk me through it step by step.... Thank you

 

Cool. Neither am I. Thankfully, modding Starbound uses neither. At most, you'll have to use lua scripts, but those are reportedly easy to learn given time so...

 

what do you mean I would have to use iua?

 

Lua.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)

It's used for scripting, for advanced Starbound modding.

An example lua script (Boat.lua):

Code:

require "/scripts/vec2.lua"
require "/scripts/util.lua"

function init()
  self.specialLast = false
  self.rockingTimer = 0
  self.facingDirection = 1
  self.angle = 0
  animator.setParticleEmitterActive("bubbles", false)
  self.damageEmoteTimer = 0
  self.spawnPosition = mcontroller.position()

  self.maxHealth =1
  self.maxBuoyancy =1
  self.waterFactor=0 --how much water are we in right now

  self.rockingInterval = vehicle.configParameter("rockingInterval")
  self.maxHealth = vehicle.configParameter("maxHealth")
  self.protection = vehicle.configParameter("protection")

  self.damageStateNames = vehicle.configParameter("damageStateNames")
  self.damageStateDriverEmotes = vehicle.configParameter("damageStateDriverEmotes")
  self.materialKind = vehicle.configParameter("materialKind")


  self.windLevelOffset = vehicle.configParameter("windLevelOffset")
  self.rockingWindAngleMultiplier = vehicle.configParameter("rockingWindAngleMultiplier")
  self.maxRockingAngle = vehicle.configParameter("maxRockingAngle")
  self.angleApproachFactor = vehicle.configParameter("angleApproachFactor")

  self.speedRotationMultiplier = vehicle.configParameter("speedRotationMultiplier")

  self.targetMoveSpeed = vehicle.configParameter("targetMoveSpeed")
  self.moveControlForce = vehicle.configParameter("moveControlForce")

  mcontroller.resetParameters(vehicle.configParameter("movementSettings"))

  self.minWaterFactorToFloat=vehicle.configParameter("minWaterFactorToFloat")
  self.sinkingBuoyancy=vehicle.configParameter("sinkingBuoyancy")
  self.sinkingFriction=vehicle.configParameter("sinkingFriction")

  self.bowWaveParticleNames=vehicle.configParameter("bowWaveParticles")
  self.bowWaveMaxEmissionRate=vehicle.configParameter("bowWaveMaxEmissionRate")

  self.splashParticleNames=vehicle.configParameter("splashParticles")
  self.splashEpsilon=vehicle.configParameter("splashEpsilon")

  self.maxGroundSearchDistance = vehicle.configParameter("maxGroundSearchDistance")

  local bounds = mcontroller.localBoundBox()
  self.frontGroundTestPoint={bounds[1],bounds[2]}
  self.backGroundTestPoint={bounds[3],bounds[2]}

  --setup the store functionality
  self.ownerKey = vehicle.configParameter("ownerKey")
  vehicle.setPersistent(self.ownerKey)

  message.setHandler("store", function(_, _, ownerKey)

                        local animState=animator.animationState("base")

                        if (animState=="idle" or animState=="sinking" or animState=="sunk") then
                          if (self.ownerKey and self.ownerKey == ownerKey) then
                             self.spawnPosition = mcontroller.position()
                            animator.setAnimationState("base", "warpOutPart1")
                            local localStorable = (self.driver ==nil)
                            return {storable = true, healthFactor = storage.health / self.maxHealth}
                          end 
                        end
  end)

--assume maxhealth
  if (storage.health) then
    animator.setAnimationState("base", "idle")   
  else
    local startHealthFactor = vehicle.configParameter("startHealthFactor")

    if (startHealthFactor == nil) then
        storage.health = self.maxHealth
    else
       storage.health = math.min(startHealthFactor * self.maxHealth, self.maxHealth)
    end   
    animator.setAnimationState("base", "warpInPart1") 
  end

  --set up any damage efects we have...
  updateDamageEffects(0, true)


end

function update()
  local sinkAngle=-math.pi*0.4

  local animState=animator.animationState("base")
  local waterFactor = mcontroller.liquidPercentage();


  if (animState=="warpedOut") then
    vehicle.destroy()
  elseif (animState=="warpInPart1" or animState=="warpOutPart2") then
    world.debugText("warping",mcontroller.position(),"red")

    --lock it solid whilst spawning/despawning
    mcontroller.setPosition(self.spawnPosition)
    mcontroller.setVelocity({0,0})
  elseif (animState=="sunk") then
--    world.debugText("sunk",mcontroller.position(),"red")
    -- not much here.
    local targetAngle=calcGroundCollisionAngle(self.maxGroundSearchDistance)
    self.angle = self.angle + (targetAngle - self.angle) * self.angleApproachFactor

  elseif (animState=="sinking") then
    world.debugText("sinking",mcontroller.position(),"red")
    self.angle=updateSinking(waterFactor, self.angle,sinkAngle)

  elseif (animState=="idle") then

    world.debugText("idle",mcontroller.position(),"green")

    local healthFactor = storage.health / self.maxHealth
    local waterSurface = self.maxGroundSearchDistance
    self.waterBounds=mcontroller.localBoundBox()

    --work out water surface
    if (waterFactor>0) then
      waterSurface=(self.waterBounds[4] * waterFactor) + (self.waterBounds[2] * (1.0-waterFactor))
    end

    self.waterBounds[2] = waterSurface +0.25
    self.waterBounds[4] = waterSurface +0.5

    world.debugText(string.format("WaterSurface=%s", self.waterBounds[2]),mcontroller.position(),"yellow")


    local facing
    local moving

    moving,facing = updateDriving()

    --Rocking in the wind, and rotating up when moving
    local floating = updateFloating(waterFactor, moving,facing)
    updateMovingEffects(floating,moving)
    updatePassengers(healthFactor)

    if storage.health<=0 then
      vehicle.setLoungeEnabled("titanicPose",false)
      animator.setAnimationState("base", "sinking")
    end

    self.facingDirection = facing
    self.waterFactor=waterFactor --how deep are we in the water right now ?
  end

  --take care of rotating and flipping
  animator.resetTransformationGroup("flip")
  animator.resetTransformationGroup("rotation")


  if self.facingDirection < 0 then
    animator.scaleTransformationGroup("flip", {-1, 1})
  end

  animator.rotateTransformationGroup("rotation", self.angle)

  mcontroller.setRotation(self.angle)

end



function updateDriving()
  local moving = false
  local facing = self.facingDirection

  local driverThisFrame = vehicle.entityLoungingIn("drivingSeat")
  if (driverThisFrame ~= nil) then
    vehicle.setDamageTeam(world.entityDamageTeam(driverThisFrame))

    if vehicle.controlHeld("drivingSeat", "left") then
      mcontroller.approachXVelocity(-self.targetMoveSpeed, self.moveControlForce)
      moving = true
      facing = -1
    end

    if vehicle.controlHeld("drivingSeat", "right") then
      mcontroller.approachXVelocity(self.targetMoveSpeed, self.moveControlForce)
      moving = true
      facing = 1
    end
  else
    vehicle.setDamageTeam({type = "passive"})
  end

  return moving,facing
end

function updateSinking(waterFactor, currentAngle, sinkAngle)

  if (mcontroller.onGround()) then
    --not floating any more. Must have touched bottom.
    animator.setAnimationState("base", "sunk") 

    animator.setParticleEmitterActive("bubbles", false)
    vehicle.setLoungeEnabled("drivingSeat",false)

    local targetAngle=calcGroundCollisionAngle(self.maxGroundSearchDistance)
    currentAngle = currentAngle + (targetAngle - currentAngle) * self.angleApproachFactor
  else
    if (waterFactor> self.minWaterFactorToFloat) then
      if (currentAngle~=sinkAngle) then

        currentAngle = currentAngle + (sinkAngle - currentAngle) * self.angleApproachFactor

        local lerpFactor=math.cos(currentAngle)
        local finalBuoyancy=(self.maxBuoyancy * lerpFactor) + (self.sinkingBuoyancy* (1.0-lerpFactor))
        mcontroller.applyParameters({ liquidBuoyancy=finalBuoyancy,
                                      liquidFriction=self.sinkingFriction,
                                      frictionEnabled=true})
      end
      animator.setParticleEmitterActive("bubbles", true)
    end
  end

  return currentAngle
end

function updateFloating(waterFactor, moving, facing)
  local floating = waterFactor > self.minWaterFactorToFloat

  local targetAngle=0

  if (floating) then
    self.rockingTimer = self.rockingTimer + script.updateDt()
    if self.rockingTimer > self.rockingInterval then
--      self.rockingTImer = self.rockingTimer - self.rockingInterval
      self.rockingTimer = self.rockingTimer - self.rockingInterval--lpk:bugfix:misCAP TImer->Timer
    end

    local speedAngle = mcontroller.xVelocity() * self.speedRotationMultiplier

    local windPosition = vec2.add(mcontroller.position(), self.windLevelOffset)
    local windLevel = world.windLevel(windPosition)
--    local windMaxAngle = self.rockingWindAngleMultiplier * windLevel
    local windMaxAngle = math.max(self.rockingWindAngleMultiplier * windLevel, self.maxRockingAngle)--lpk:add:gently rock in no wind
    local windAngle= windMaxAngle * (math.sin(self.rockingTimer / self.rockingInterval * (math.pi * 2)))

--    targetAngle = windMaxAngle + speedAngle
    targetAngle = windAngle + speedAngle--lpk:bugfix:wrong wind angle parameter
  else
    targetAngle=calcGroundCollisionAngle(self.waterBounds[2]) --pass in the water surtface
  end

  self.angle = self.angle + (targetAngle - self.angle) * self.angleApproachFactor

  
  if waterFactor > (self.waterFactor + self.splashEpsilon) then
    local floatingLiquid=mcontroller.liquidId()

    if (floatingLiquid>0 and  floatingLiquid<=#self.splashParticleNames) then
      local splashEmitter=self.splashParticleNames[floatingLiquid]

      animator.setParticleEmitterOffsetRegion(splashEmitter,self.waterBounds)

      animator.burstParticleEmitter(splashEmitter)
    end
  end
  return floating
end



function updateMovingEffects(floating,moving)
  if moving then
    animator.setAnimationState("propeller", "turning")

    if floating then
      local floatingLiquid=mcontroller.liquidId()

      if (floatingLiquid>0 and  floatingLiquid<=#self.bowWaveParticleNames) then
        local bowWaveEmitter=self.bowWaveParticleNames[floatingLiquid]

        local rateFactor=math.abs(mcontroller.xVelocity())/self.targetMoveSpeed
        rateFactor=rateFactor * self.bowWaveMaxEmissionRate   
        animator.setParticleEmitterEmissionRate(bowWaveEmitter, rateFactor)

        local bowWaveBounds=self.waterBounds
--        bowWaveBounds[3]=bowWaveBounds[1]-0.5
        animator.setParticleEmitterOffsetRegion(bowWaveEmitter,bowWaveBounds)

        animator.setParticleEmitterActive(bowWaveEmitter, true)       
      end
    end

  else
    animator.setAnimationState("propeller", "still")
    for i, emitter in ipairs(self.bowWaveParticleNames) do
       animator.setParticleEmitterActive(emitter, false)
    end
  end
end



--make the driver emote according to the damage state of the vehicle
function updatePassengers(healthFactor)
  if healthFactor >= 0 then
    --if we have a scared face on becasue of taking damage
    if self.damageEmoteTimer > 0 then
      self.damageEmoteTimer = self.damageEmoteTimer - script.updateDt()
      if (self.damageEmoteTimer < 0) then
        maxDamageState = #self.damageStateDriverEmotes
        damageStateIndex = maxDamageState
        damageStateIndex = (maxDamageState - math.ceil(healthFactor * maxDamageState))+1
        vehicle.setLoungeEmote("drivingSeat",self.damageStateDriverEmotes[damageStateIndex])
      end
    end
  end
end


function applyDamage(damageRequest)
  local damage = 0
  if damageRequest.damageType == "Damage" then
    damage = damage + root.evalFunction2("protection", damageRequest.damage, self.protection)
  elseif damageRequest.damageType == "IgnoresDef" then
    damage = damage + damageRequest.damage
  else
    return
  end

  updateDamageEffects(damage, false)
  storage.health = storage.health - damage

  return {{
    sourceEntityId = damageRequest.sourceEntityId,
    targetEntityId = entity.id(),
    position = mcontroller.position(),
    damage = damage,
    hitType = "Hit",
    damageSourceKind = damageRequest.damageSourceKind,
    targetMaterialKind = self.materialKind,
    killed = storage.health <= 0
  }}
end

function setDamageEmotes()
  local damageTakenEmote=vehicle.configParameter("damageTakenEmote")
  self.damageEmoteTimer=vehicle.configParameter("damageEmoteTime")
  vehicle.setLoungeEmote("drivingSeat",damageTakenEmote)
end


function updateDamageEffects(damage, initialise)
  local maxDamageState = #self.damageStateNames
  local healthFactor = (storage.health-damage) / self.maxHealth
  local prevhealthFactor = storage.health / self.maxHealth

  local prevDamageStateIndex =util.clamp( maxDamageState - math.ceil(prevhealthFactor * maxDamageState)+1, 1, maxDamageState)
  self.damageStateIndex =util.clamp( maxDamageState - math.ceil(healthFactor * maxDamageState)+1, 1, maxDamageState)

  if ((self.damageStateIndex > prevDamageStateIndex) or initialise==true) then
    animator.setGlobalTag("damageState", self.damageStateNames[self.damageStateIndex])

    --change the floatation
    local settingsNameList=vehicle.configParameter("damageMovementSettingNames")
    local settingsObject = vehicle.configParameter(settingsNameList[self.damageStateIndex])

    --self.maxBuoyancy =mcontroller.parameters.liquidBuoyancy()
    self.maxBuoyancy = 1

    mcontroller.applyParameters(settingsObject)
  end

  if (self.damageStateIndex > prevDamageStateIndex) then
     --people in the vehicle change thier faces when the vehicle is damaged.
    setDamageEmotes(healthFactor)

    --burstparticles.
    animator.burstParticleEmitter("damageShards")
    animator.playSound("changeDamageState")
  end
end

function calcGroundCollisionAngle(waterSurface)

  local frontDistance = math.min(distanceToGround(self.frontGroundTestPoint),waterSurface)
  local backDistance = math.min(distanceToGround(self.backGroundTestPoint),waterSurface)


--   world.debugText(string.format("front=%s, back=%s",frontDistance,backDistance),mcontroller.position(),"yellow")


  if frontDistance == self.maxGroundSearchDistance and backDistance == self.maxGroundSearchDistance then
      return 0
  else
    local groundAngle=-math.atan(backDistance - frontDistance)

    return groundAngle
  end
end

function distanceToGround(point)
  -- to worldspace
  point = vec2.rotate(point, self.angle)
  point = vec2.add(point, mcontroller.position())

  local endPoint = vec2.add(point, {0, -self.maxGroundSearchDistance})
  local intPoint = world.lineCollision(point, endPoint)

  if intPoint then
    world.debugPoint(intPoint, {255, 255, 0, 255})
    return point[2] - intPoint[2]
  else
    world.debugPoint(endPoint, {255, 0, 0, 255})
    return self.maxGroundSearchDistance
  end

end

 

No, you do not. The simple config tweak I posted should suffice. If you can't get it to work feel free to reply back!

 

The json format that starbound uses for most everything is not "code". It is more like configuration. Not that it doesn't require some thinking to understand, but there are no logic statements or anything like that.

Most things can be worked out just by reverse engineering existing things. That's what I've done for most everything I've done.

 

unfortunately my game has a problem. So I downloaded an auto unpacker from this site. Unpacked it and went straight for the defaultparameters.config. I copied it to the mod folder and proceeded to change the block placement radius and the defaultmax stack . I hit save and it said if I did that it could make the file unusable. So I added to the name after .config ".patch" then it saved without the warning. So I try to boot up the game and it says instead of an error for the money script it now says that the defaultmax stack has an error. So I changed it back to 1000. Well after I did this I saved and tried to run the game and it gave me exactly the same error. So I deleted the file and the game booted up just fine. So I went into the core file in the assests/items folder and found the defaultparamenters.config again and changed it to the new parameters in those two areas. The game booted up but it changed nothing! So next I took that mod I listed above's file and I copy and pasted exactly what was in the defaultparameters.config file into it to redo the coding. Long story short on that it didn't work. Either a money problem or stack problem. So I tried he code that you posted and it did nothing at all. I tried various ways of changing the texts to see if it would work. Nope nothing worked to effect in game. Eventually I accidentally copy saved over the original defaultparameters.config file with the mods file by accident. I then deleted the file and unpacked again. Yet the unpack is giving me only what is in the mod file and not the original. so I deleted it all again and not the unpack won't give me a defaultparameters.config file no matter what I do! SO I need someone with a defaultparameters.config file to post it here so I can remake it for Starbound.

My game still plays perfect. But now hardcore more new characters won't start. They can't boot up the terminal for the first quest (at least for the avian side of hardcore). But my save file for my Apex works fine still. Anyway can I get you to write the entire script out here so I can copy post it into a mod so I can change the block radius? I am not interested in the stack sizes. And I need a new defaultparameters.config file (original unmodded one) too.

 

Unpacking the assets creates copies of everything in the packed file. Altering the unpacked files does not affect the content of the packed assets, so if you're unpacking the assets correctly it will give you a copy of the original file.
If it doesn't, try unpacking the assets to a different location. If this is the case, I'm assuming the unpacker doesn't overwrite files.

What was the error related to the default max stack parameter? Could you do the same thing you did before that caused the error and post your starbound.log after the game crashes?

 

And this is where you learn how to use starbound.log to debug your errors. The starbound.log file found within .../Starbound/giraffe_storage/ logs any errors your last session of the game generated, and is perhaps the modders most important tool. Open it in any text document program (I recommend one with a Reload feature, like Notepad++) and read it. Look out for any errors, as they may include json parsing errors or other issues.

 

its exactly the same as the money one accept with the word changed to defaultstack max

 

The log shows more information than the error pop-up does, and without it you're probably not going to be able to find out what's wrong. Please read Mackinz last reply.

 

well no matter what I do it will not regenerate a defaultparameters.config file. I need someone to post their unedited version from the items folder of the assets and post it here so I can copy it.

 

If you delete your old unpacked assets file and unpack it again, a new one will be generated.

 

already did that and it didn't give me a new one!

 

Do it again, and make sure to let the unpacker finish by itself.

 

I've done it about 10 times already

 

Then you are doing it wrong.

Delete the old unpacked assets and run the unpacker just as you did the first time.