Modding Help Modding in a hat! need help!

Discussion in 'Starbound Modding' started by SolidSnake, Dec 8, 2013.

  1. SolidSnake

    SolidSnake Existential Complex

    okay so ive got all the required files for a new hat i assume, its got a crafting recipe and its got its own file in the hats folder. But when is start up my game i get stuck on the loading screen forever! any idea what could be causing this?
     
  2. MorpH

    MorpH Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Go to your Starbound directory and open Starbound.log when you get stuck and look near the bottom of the .txt file for the error output.
     
  3. SolidSnake

    SolidSnake Existential Complex

    its not saying anything about the hat i was trying to add
     
  4. MorpH

    MorpH Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Well it's not really going to be specific on what you are doing, is there an error? if so, what does it say? Just post your log or something. http://pastebin.com/ use that.
     
  5. probably have a bad JSON table... usually missing a , [ ] or " somewhere.
     
  6. SolidSnake

    SolidSnake Existential Complex

    Alright i deleted all the files and it starbound starts properly so im going to try it again. Ill list what i do here. In the items directory i go into hats, then i place the .head file, the icon and the actual head image. heres the .head filed btw
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    then i make the recipe file, i go into recipes, then into starter, and into plain
    heres the recipe file
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    then i add the recipe into the player.config


    okay so i started up the game and... its working now
    except i cant craft the pighead anywhere... so yeah thats still not a thing
     

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