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The elusive Matter Block, and where it will be found.

Discussion in 'Starbound Discussion' started by Platoonsgt1, Dec 9, 2013.

  1. Platoonsgt1

    Platoonsgt1 Big Damn Hero

    I was looking through the code earlier today (for modding purposes ;)), when I stumbled upon the Apex Dungeon Pod (there is 1 for each species, they should all do the same). The file with the following information is Starbound\assets\objects\generic\apexdungeonpod\apexdungeonpod.object

    Upon activating said dungeon pod, it can be seen in that file that some code is run: \assets\objects\wired\tis1\tis1.lua
    Which then spawns a projectile: \assets\projectiles\matterblockprojectile2\matterblockprojectile2.projectile
    Which then spawns 23 more projectiles: \assets\projectiles\material\matterblockprojectile.projectile
    Which then spawns a tile with the id 174: \assets\items\materials\matterblock.matitem
    Which is the placed form of the elusive matter block: \assets\items\generic\crafting\matteritem.item

    Currently, the Dungeon pods themselves don't spawn in the world, but this seems to be the way that we're going to get them. I'll be making a mod to test this myself (and see how much it doesn't work, as reasoning for why it hasn't been added), and I'll probably show others how to do it themselves.

    Edit: It seems that only 4 pods are named (apex, avian, floran and glitch), there is a nameless one (dungeonpod) and another one (volcanopod). Volcanopod is strange to say the least, it doesn't spawn lava although it does manage to spawn projectiles which in turn spawn water... This is very interesting to say the least.

    Edit2: Attempting to change the liquid spawned to lava, crashed the game right when the liquid should have spawned
     
    Last edited: Dec 9, 2013

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