Modding Help NPC Regenerate health?

Is there a way to make an NPC regenerate health?
I'm digging around in the friendlyguard.npctype file, and at the bottom I see a line saying:
"energyReplenishmentRate" : 10.0

I suppose that is the NPC's Enery regen rate. Is there a way for adding a 'Health Regen'?
I tried adding "healthReplenishmentRate" but the NPC didn't regenerate health after I attacked it. Hmm...

Anyone with any ideas?

 

After some experimentation I found a line in the .npctyp file at the beginning:
"inateStatusEffects" :

I just added this from the 'sitStatusEffects' when using a bed:
{ "kind" : "Health", "amount" : 1.0 }

Now the NPC actully has a HP regen, but it also constantly has the red healing '+' effect around it...
Now to find a healing effect that dosn't have it... hmmm...

 

Really? Hmm...
I could try that.

Can I put this status effect in a mod folder aswell?

 

Should I replace 'health' in the code to something else? As Starbound crashes due to duplicate status effects... But what should I put there? :s

 

Okay, this is what i've done:
I copied the 'health.statuseffect' and put it into a 'statuseffects' folder inside the mod folder.
I renamed the file to 'health1.statuseffect'
and changed the code to just:

Code:

{
  "kind" : "health"
}

and to assign the NPC with the status effect, should it look like this?

Code:

"inateStatusEffects" : [
    {
      "kind" : "Protection",
      "amount" : 1.0
    },
    { "kind" : "health", "amount" : 1 }
  ]

But now I wonder how am I supposed to tell the game to use MY status effect and not the original one. :s

Edit: I tried starting the game, still complains about duplicate statuseffects...

 

I looked at bandage.statuseffect. It has a different code buildup.

Code:

{
  "kind" : "bandage",
  "duration" : 5,
  "primitives" : [
    {
      "name" : "Health",
      "mode" : "max", //don't stack
      "amount" : 0.1450
    }
  ],
  "effectSources" : [ "health" ],
  "mainInterfaceIcon" : "/interface/statuses/heal.png"
}

Heck, even if I made a copy and renamed bandage.statuseffect to something else I think it would still complain about duplicate 'kinds' :/

 

okay this is my folder structure
starbound/mods/betterguards*(modinfo file is here)/statuseffects/regen.statuseffect (i renamed it from health.statuseffect to regen.statuseffect)
(* I did not make this mod, I just wanted to add something to it for personal use.)

and the regen.statuseffect file contains this code:

Code:

{
  "kind" : "health"
}

that should remove the "red cross" particles around the character but still give the healing buff.

and then in the NPC file I put it like this:

Code:

"inateStatusEffects" : [
    {
      "kind" : "Protection",
      "amount" : 1.0
    },
    { "kind" : "statuseffects/regen.statuseffect", "amount" : 1 }
  ],

I have tried just using 'health' and 'statueffects/regen.statuseffect. It still complains about duplicates

 

Code:

Info: Preparing Star::Root...
Info: Loading Star::Configuration from '..\starbound.config'
Info: Done preparing Star::Root.
Info: Client version 'Beta v. Enraged Koala - Update 6' Protocol: 642
Info: Running from : D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound\win32\starbound.exe
Info: Starting from the title screen
Info: Initialized SDL
Info: Initialized SDL Video
Info: Initialized SDL Joystick
Info: Initialized SDL Sound
Info: Opened default audio device with 44khz / 16 bit stereo audio, 2048 sample size buffer
Info: Initializing SDL Window
Info: Loading Star::Root...
Info: Loading Star::Configuration from '..\starbound.config'
Error: Exception raised during Root finishInitialization: StarException: Duplicate status effect asset kind Name health. configfile /statuseffects/regen.statuseffect
  StatusEffectDatabase::load()
  Root::reload()
  _Function_handler<void (), _Bind<ClientApplication::preSplashInitialization()::{lambda()#1} ()> >::(_Any_data)
  ThreadImpl::runThread(void*)
  BaseThreadInitThunk
  RtlInitializeExceptionChain
  RtlInitializeExceptionChain

Info: Created initial window 1016x714
Info: Initializing SDL Window
Info: Re-created window 1016x714
Info: Shutting down Star::Root
Error: StarException: An error occurred during loading: StarException: Duplicate status effect asset kind Name health. configfile /statuseffects/regen.statuseffect
  StatusEffectDatabase::load()
  Root::reload()
  _Function_handler<void (), _Bind<ClientApplication::preSplashInitialization()::{lambda()#1} ()> >::(_Any_data)
  ThreadImpl::runThread(void*)
  BaseThreadInitThunk
  RtlInitializeExceptionChain
  RtlInitializeExceptionChain

  ClientApplication::postSplashInitialization()
  ClientApplication::update()
  StarApplicationBase::run()
  _SDL_main
  _console_main

The thing I noticed it is complaining that there is a duplicate kind name "health". So how do I make my own "kind" that has the same effects as health? '

 

should I add the 'merge' code to the statuseffect file?
and I have made a proper mod folder structure, heck I even triple check that link you gave me... :s


EDIT: Agh, I give up. Thanks for your help though. I'll just give the NPCs the "redstim" effect, basically what mini bosses use.

 

Sorry for the late answer.
Though nowadays for NPCs it's much easier; you can do that by editing the HealthRegen Stat.
{
"op": "replace",
"path": "/statusControllerSettings/stats/healthRegen/baseValue",
"value": 3.0
}

We used this approach for the
Tougher NPCs and Creatures mod:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2887613624