Tutorial MOD-TUTORIAL 3: How to make your own Gun (OUTDATED)

sounds like there is a problem with your ".gun" file...

 

Please update this tutorial, armor penetration and other crud have been replaced with other confusing values. I can't figure it out, I had a gun that I wanted to do around 10 damage end up doing 63 damage, and a gun with 17 wanted damage to be 227 damage. Heeelp! :c

 

I downloaded your example, after many failed attempts at making my own gun, and can't seem to get it to work. For some reason, every time I fire, the game crashes. What am I doing wrong?

 

it is updated just the .projectile image was an old one but i just updated this too...

i just downloaded and tried it and it worked... maybe other crash reasons?

 

I tried setting my level for my gun to 1 (2 for the copper) and it still did insane amounts of damage. :c

 

Hrm.... re-downloading now, just in case I changed something somewhere.

Edit : And... now it's working. ; Even though I didn't change a thing the first time around. @_@;
Whelp... time to work on my own gun then I suppose.

 

Nevermind, I have fixed my own error.

Edit : And by fixing my own error I mean magic fixed it. Not sure what fixed it, it is downed to about 5 damage now.

 

This isn't working for me! I checked for commas, space...and no dice =(

ON top the download isn't working. Odd didn't in chrome or FF but was able to download in IE (ugh IE)

 

Try the download more times sometimes it seems to error but only sometimes....

what is not working?

 

The gun and than I tried mine own..but after dinking around changing text I finally got it. How do you change the rate of fire/attack speed? Also is it okay to make the gun bigger or longer? I am really new at this.

 

I always get my gun to be about 1-2 damage. How do I make it higher?
.projectile

{
"projectileName" : "copper",
"frames" : "coppergunprojectile.png",
"animationCycle" : 0.25,
"level" : 3,
"energyCostPerDamagePoint" : 10,
"frameNumber" : 1,
"damageKindImage" : "coppergunprojectileicon.png",
"pointLight" : false,
"actionOnReap" : [
{
"action" : "config",
"file" : "/projectiles/explosions/bulletexplosion/bulletexplosion.config"
}
],
"power" : 3,
"damageKind" : "default"
}

.gun

{
"itemName" : "coppergun",
"inventoryIcon" : "coppergunicon.png",
"description" : "A gun made of copper, shined to... look... cool.",
"shortdescription" : "Copper Gun",
"dropCollision" : [-8.0, -3.0, 8.0, 3.0],
"maxStack" : 1,
"level" : 3,
"rarity" : "Common",
"inspectionKind" : "gun",
"image" : "coppergun.png",
"recoilTime" : 0.1,
"handPosition" : [-5.5, -3],
"firePosition" : [12, 3],

"fireTime" : 2.0,
"twoHanded" : false,

"projectileType" : "copper",
"projectile" : {
"power" : 15,
"color" : [10, 255, 10]
},

"muzzleEffect" : {
"animation" : "/craftgun/coppergun/coppergunmf.animation",
"fireSound" : [ { "file" : "/craftgun/coppergun/coppergunsound.wav" } ]
}
}

 

this part in .gun:
"projectileType" : "copper",
"projectile" : {
"power" : 15,
"color" : [10, 255, 10]
},

and dont forget to recraft your gun otherwise it wont change the stats...

 

asdsaf
I'm such a idiot, I didn't recraft it even ONCE

 

Now, upon clicking on the crafting recipe on my gun, it crashes.
This is a different gun than the one you fixed (thank you)
.gun

{
"itemName" : "woodgun",
"inventoryIcon" : "woodgunicon.png",
"description" : "A gun made of wood, reinforced so the gun doesn't break.",
"shortdescription" : "Wooden Gun",
"dropCollision" : [-8.0, -3.0, 8.0, 3.0],
"maxStack" : 1,
"level" : 1,
"rarity" : "Common",
"inspectionKind" : "gun",
"image" : "woodgun.png",
"recoilTime" : 0.1,
"handPosition" : [-5.5, -3],
"firePosition" : [12, 3],

"fireTime" : 2.5,
"twoHanded" : false,

"projectileType" : "wood",
"projectile" : {
"color" : [10, 255, 10]
},

"muzzleEffect" : {
"animation" : "/craftgun/woodgun/woodgunmf.animation",
"fireSound" : [ { "file" : "/craftgun/woodgun/woodgunsound.wav" } ]
}
}

.projectile

{
"projectileName" : "wood",
"frames" : "woodgunprojectile.png",
"animationCycle" : 0.25,
"level" : 1,
"energyCostPerDamagePoint" : 15,
"frameNumber" : 1,
"damageKindImage" : "woodgunprojectileicon.png",
"pointLight" : false,
"actionOnReap" : [
{
"action" : "config",
"file" : "/projectiles/explosions/bulletexplosion/bulletexplosion.config"
}
],
"power" : 2.5,
"damageKind" : "default"
}

 

it sounds like something in the .gun is wrong maybe the path or names of the files...

 

your missing the power and speed in the .gun
"projectileType" : "wood",
"projectile" : {
"power" : <Number you want>,
"speed" : <number you want>,
"color" : [10, 255, 10]
},

 

How do I make my gun do fire damage?

 

I tried downloading your mod but it still doesnt show up on the crafting table
checked for commas and stuff but nothing
i will try redownloading

 

look at the "\Starbound\assets\projectiles\fire\firepart1" as example..

did you add it to the player.config?

 

no but i will try it now
hey, Mind pointing me in the right direction? just where is it, the player.config? (sorry im new to all of this)