Tutorial MOD-TUTORIAL 3: How to make your own Gun (OUTDATED)

I don't know what I did wrong, i followed the instructions and I can craft the gun and equip it but when I click to fire the game doesn't do anything but every once in a while when I click it closes itself.

 

I did everything like you but I just get a "Perfectly Generic Item" (it looks like a green box...) at my custom crafting table. At least the recipe works :/

 

I've tried dozens of times now, and the game won't even load with this...

{
"itemName" : "gethpulserifle",
"inventoryIcon" : "gethpulserifleicon.png",
"shortdescription" : "Geth Pulse Rifle",
"description" : "Geth Pulse Rifle.",
"dropCollision" : [-8.0, -3.0, 8.0, 3.0],
"maxStack" : 1,
"level" : 40,
"rarity" : "Legendary",
"inspectionKind" : "gun",
"image" : "gethpulserifle.png",
"recoilTime" : 0.1,
"handPosition" : [-2, 0],
"firePosition" : [12, 3],
"fireTime" : 0.20,
"twoHanded" : true,

"projectileType" : "blueplasmabullet",
"projectile" : {
"power" : 100,
"speed" : 60,
},

"muzzleEffect" : {
"animation" : "/GethPulseRifle/muzzleflash/gethmuzzle.animation",
"fireSound" : [ { "file" : "/sfx/gun/plasma_ar2.wav" } ]
}
}

and the recipe

{
"input" : [
{ "item" : "money", "count" : 100 }
],
"output" : {
"item" : "gethpulserifle",
"count" : 1
},
"groups" : [ "craftingtable", "weapons", "all" ]
}


I don't get it, what am I doing wrong? :c
Yes, and I did add the line to player.cfg.

 

The newest patch demolished weapons as it seems. Just wait for the next patch or someone who knows a workaround for this. I am also experiencing this problem with my custom weapon. It worked before "Offended Koala", but right after the update: the weapon cannot be fired. Recipes, producing, etc. works as intended. But the weapon itself does just not work.

 

There shouldn't be a comma after speed. It's the last modifier in the projectile, so it doesn't need one. Everything else looks fine.

 

Come to think of it... could it be the .png of the gun causing it? I think it lost the transparency...

 

No, you can use pngs without transparency, they just look terrible.

 

I really just don't get it.
Other mods I've downloaded work fine. Mine just makes the game load for all eternity.

 

You should check the starbound log file. It will tell you why your game isn't loading. When I get home I'll take a closer look at the code you posted and see if I can get it working for you.

 

Ah, thanks! Got it to work now. c:

 

Where is the section for changing the energy cost?

 

in .projectile:
"energyCostPerDamagePoint" : 15,

and you added it to the player.config?

yea i'll do that today or tomorrow...

no it still works.... look in your log file for errors...

 

Looking forward to updated guide.

My progress, I mirrored what I needed from the assets folder and threw them in the mods folder.

Threw second player.config and .modinfo in there also. Changed some path locations around.

In game I'm able to craft my gun, but it doesn't fire. This is where I'm stuck.

 

Damn, my mod plan is currently on hold then! Back to doing... nothing? :/

 

i just updated my tutorial yay!

 

Thank you so much, saved my day!

EDIT: I had also reinstalled starbound entirely due to the fact that I could not launch the game after removing my mod before the update lol! :c

 

I'm having some troubles with creating custom Bows, everything is working fine; only there is no physical Texture for the bow! (when you hold it) :/

File Structure:

{
"itemName" : "silverbow",
"inventoryIcon" : "silverbowicon.png",
"dropCollision" : [-8.0, -3.0, 8.0, 3.0],
"maxStack" : 1,
"rarity" : "Rare",
"description" : "A silver hunting bow, monsters killed with a bow drop tasty meat. ^green;Mod: Better Bows Mod",
"shortdescription" : "Silver Hunting Bow",
"image" : "silverbowfull.png:<frame>",
"imageFrameSelector" : "bowImageSelector",
"handPosition" : [0, -1],
"firePosition" : [20, 1.5],
"level" : 1,
"fireTime" : 0.70,
"twoHanded" : true,

"fireOnRelease" : true,
"walkWhileFiring" : true,

"projectileType" : "woodenarrow",
"powerProjectileType" : "chargedarrow",
"powerProjectileTime" : [0.9, 1.1],
"projectile" : {
"speed" : 62,
"speedCurve" : "drawTimeMultiplier",
"power" : 5,
"powerCurve" : "drawTimeMultiplier",
"color" : [10, 255, 10]
},

"muzzleEffect" : {
"fireSound" : [ { "file" : "/sfx/gun/bow_loose.wav" } ]
}
}

{
"frameGrid" : {
"size" : [16, 32],
"dimensions" : [5, 1]
}
}

EDIT: Fixed. The .frames file needs to have the same name as the "full" image name!

 

Thanks for the update but now nothing shows up.

No crafting icon, no gun image, still doesn't shoot.

Going to wipe and re-install. Think something got screwed up after the mods I put in plus the patch.

 

Did you add it to your player.config file?

 

Log file is empty, no errors. But I found out why the weapon isn't firing: it just needs to much energy for my lvl 1 guy. After "correcting" this issue, the weapon is now working fine. Thanks for the backup! =)