Tutorial Guide to Basic Mod Making For Starbound 1.0

TGWabba · Jan 16, 2017

swaug said: ↑

But how do I get the sprites?
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what sprites? you mean the images for the weapons? those should be in the appropriate folder unless they're built dynamically, which have their parts in folders (blade/handle, etc).
Also a number of the crafted items are in the weapons/protectorate folder.

Ndrellik · Jan 18, 2017

agmoyer said: ↑

DISCLAIMER : I am in NO WAY good, I get by with hours of trial and error everytime I try to work on my mods... But from my experiance of trial and error I feel I can give some good up to date guides to the very basics without learning some form of coding language.

Update : Added an armour template to the mod. You can use this as a visual aid to get a better idea of where you are drawing your armour.

Update 1/7/2017 : Fixed the Armour Template in the test_mod.zip

I am not going to tell you go unpack your assets because I am going to provide you with a template you can go through to learn how it works. It is currently what I use for testing any new ideas I have before I work on my own mods.

Before you start you will need...
Notepad++
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Paint.net or any program you can create pixle art with.
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Now the names of folders you make in this mod are NOT important, they only have importance if in a file you edit needs a spacific path to a custom file you made for it to be used in the mod.

Example, you downloaded a sound file from some site and wish to you use it. Well here is the default sound directory for the pickaxe in the mod "/sfx/tools/pickaxe_hit.ogg" it says this because it is going through those folders in the game's packed assets file to use that sound.

You can for convenience create your own sfx folder for your new sound file but really what you can do now so long as your file is named something else say "pick_hit.ogg" or just "pick.ogg" (if it's and ogg file) is type in the line as one or the other without the "/sfx/" and it should find it because it is the only file named that.

Important file you will find is the player.config

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This file is used for adding items and objects into the game. Somehow I manage to add a new pickaxe without putting it in the player.config how not a clue. Maybe something has changed for this config I am unaware of?

View attachment 172723

In the square to the right you see the commas, well that is if you want to add another item but the last one added does not need a comma (Believe forgetting this still causes game to crash). In the square on the left is the brackets that end the lines of code (again something that will break the game if you mess with them).

I labled the folders similar to the assets folders just to keep things organised for myself. That is main point of making the folders is simply to keep things organised for yourself.

I made a simple sword as a test.

View attachment 172724

In there you'll find everything you need for changing the sounds, stats, and position of the blade and the effects it has.

I highly suggest using this...

When it comes to the position of the weapon you can do it a few ways, one is move it around in what ever program you draw it in and the other is using the lines in the file that dictate its position.

Now recipes...

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Here you'll find how you can set the cost to craft each items and how they'll be crafted. You'll need to know the file names of whatever resource you plan to use. In this instance the "test_bench" is crafted with "darkwoodmaterial" which is the basic wood you'll find from any old tree in the game and it requires 10 pieces.

Below the "Item" : "test_bench", you have the "count" how many will be crafted when you used the 10 darkwoodmaterials you have. If you want it to cost the coin you collect then put "money".

Below that is where you craft the "test_table" from and in this case it's the "inventorstable", the nice looking table we have with the blueprint on it to start our crafting andventures.

So if you wanted to add items to be crafted from the "test_table" you would add the name of the item where "test_table" is and put "test_table" where "inventorstable" is.

This is the most basic start to modding in Starbound with ZERO knowledge of coding. Having such knowledge will more than likely be a huge help but not needed (so long we have people that want to help each other..)
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Great for starters/learners...
But I'm not the best reader, but would be stumped without this tutorial!
So I'm a add something that may help people who dont like to read, (eg this post is how to mod, not how to install)

Download test zip file, (up top somewhere)
Unzip,
(for me it puts the unzipped file inside a folder)
Open folder to the a folder named the same...
Cut and paste or copy and paste that folder to your mods folder located in starbound folder. (you know the one)
Launch to test mod

Done! (i havent removed the mod yet to see if i have any issues, but i think as long as i leave no trace of the mod eg. Remove mod objects from my world, i shouldnt have any issues)

I started with the basics.... $$$$

Changed the value of the test table and cashed it in

Next i am doing some pixel art, to make some cool objects (lol time consuming)

(starbound 1.2.1)

CaliDraw · Oct 14, 2017

comment on fait les coffres s'il te plait? x'( les stockage S'IL TE PLAIT x'''(((((

XenonPCs · Dec 10, 2017

agmoyer said: ↑

DISCLAIMER : I am in NO WAY good, I get by with hours of trial and error everytime I try to work on my mods... But from my experiance of trial and error I feel I can give some good up to date guides to the very basics without learning some form of coding language.

Update : Added an armour template to the mod. You can use this as a visual aid to get a better idea of where you are drawing your armour.

Update 1/7/2017 : Fixed the Armour Template in the test_mod.zip

I am not going to tell you go unpack your assets because I am going to provide you with a template you can go through to learn how it works. It is currently what I use for testing any new ideas I have before I work on my own mods.

Before you start you will need...
Notepad++
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Paint.net or any program you can create pixle art with.
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Now the names of folders you make in this mod are NOT important, they only have importance if in a file you edit needs a spacific path to a custom file you made for it to be used in the mod.

Example, you downloaded a sound file from some site and wish to you use it. Well here is the default sound directory for the pickaxe in the mod "/sfx/tools/pickaxe_hit.ogg" it says this because it is going through those folders in the game's packed assets file to use that sound.

You can for convenience create your own sfx folder for your new sound file but really what you can do now so long as your file is named something else say "pick_hit.ogg" or just "pick.ogg" (if it's and ogg file) is type in the line as one or the other without the "/sfx/" and it should find it because it is the only file named that.

Important file you will find is the player.config

View attachment 172722

This file is used for adding items and objects into the game. Somehow I manage to add a new pickaxe without putting it in the player.config how not a clue. Maybe something has changed for this config I am unaware of?

View attachment 172723

In the square to the right you see the commas, well that is if you want to add another item but the last one added does not need a comma (Believe forgetting this still causes game to crash). In the square on the left is the brackets that end the lines of code (again something that will break the game if you mess with them).

I labled the folders similar to the assets folders just to keep things organised for myself. That is main point of making the folders is simply to keep things organised for yourself.

I made a simple sword as a test.

View attachment 172724

In there you'll find everything you need for changing the sounds, stats, and position of the blade and the effects it has.

I highly suggest using this...

When it comes to the position of the weapon you can do it a few ways, one is move it around in what ever program you draw it in and the other is using the lines in the file that dictate its position.

Now recipes...

View attachment 172725

View attachment 172726

Here you'll find how you can set the cost to craft each items and how they'll be crafted. You'll need to know the file names of whatever resource you plan to use. In this instance the "test_bench" is crafted with "darkwoodmaterial" which is the basic wood you'll find from any old tree in the game and it requires 10 pieces.

Below the "Item" : "test_bench", you have the "count" how many will be crafted when you used the 10 darkwoodmaterials you have. If you want it to cost the coin you collect then put "money".

Below that is where you craft the "test_table" from and in this case it's the "inventorstable", the nice looking table we have with the blueprint on it to start our crafting andventures.

So if you wanted to add items to be crafted from the "test_table" you would add the name of the item where "test_table" is and put "test_table" where "inventorstable" is.

This is the most basic start to modding in Starbound with ZERO knowledge of coding. Having such knowledge will more than likely be a huge help but not needed (so long we have people that want to help each other..)
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I am having a bit of trouble and want to know how you changed the file type of the text documents to "activeitem" and "recipe"

fedex501 · Feb 20, 2018

Thank you hopefully this will help me with a few ideas in mind to make a fresh new mod.

PsychoZzzorD · Mar 20, 2018

I love you man, I was thinking about starting to mod, and your file is juste perfect to learn. Thx a lot =)

DRF. Terasawa · Jun 24, 2018

Nice Info

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