11-30-2015, 09:20 AM
Inspired by the mysterious shadow people on Midnight planets (and also because I can't art and it's very easy to shade a shadow), I've started making a test race in Starbound to try and get the hang of modding it, since, well, I have no idea how to mod it.
I'm using the Kineptics as a reference for which files to what and why and stuff, but so far progress is... well... slow.
Woo?
They're called the Schymnil.
(Schim is Dutch for shadow/phantom/etc. according to Google, and Nil of course means "nothing" or "void". Yes that is terrible, but it's better than Starbound's race names (I mean asides from Hylotl, they actually seem to have put thought into that one far as I can tell))
So far I've determined it would be very nice if a tool was made where you could just type in
something
then hit enter then type in
something else
and it would automatically put it in the form of a JSON list. Heck, I could probably make that with Python or something.
Why? FREAKIN' NAMEGEN LISTS.
And I want to go into at least 3-letter combinations in the second section, which means an exponentially larger number of things to type out. ARGHH!
On the plus side, with this as it is I can get such gems as Opme (OP me. It's a Minecraft joke), Ale, and Okno (OK, no.)
I'm unsure - is it possible to have a third section in this? So it could pick like Az from the first section, An from the second, and Or from the third and come out with "Azanor"* or something? Probably not... WHY CAN THERE NOT BE UP-TO-DATE DOCUMENTATION ON THIS STUFF ANYWHERE?
(*Yes, I'm aware that wouldn't work with the current list I have there. I am also aware Azanor is a Minecraft modder. I chose the name because I like his work.)
On an unrelated note, is anyone ever gonna fix the theme so Code Boxes don't look like a derpy grid?
I'm using the Kineptics as a reference for which files to what and why and stuff, but so far progress is... well... slow.
Woo?
They're called the Schymnil.
(Schim is Dutch for shadow/phantom/etc. according to Google, and Nil of course means "nothing" or "void". Yes that is terrible, but it's better than Starbound's race names (I mean asides from Hylotl, they actually seem to have put thought into that one far as I can tell))
So far I've determined it would be very nice if a tool was made where you could just type in
something
then hit enter then type in
something else
and it would automatically put it in the form of a JSON list. Heck, I could probably make that with Python or something.
Why? FREAKIN' NAMEGEN LISTS.
And I want to go into at least 3-letter combinations in the second section, which means an exponentially larger number of things to type out. ARGHH!
On the plus side, with this as it is I can get such gems as Opme (OP me. It's a Minecraft joke), Ale, and Okno (OK, no.)
I'm unsure - is it possible to have a third section in this? So it could pick like Az from the first section, An from the second, and Or from the third and come out with "Azanor"* or something? Probably not... WHY CAN THERE NOT BE UP-TO-DATE DOCUMENTATION ON THIS STUFF ANYWHERE?
(*Yes, I'm aware that wouldn't work with the current list I have there. I am also aware Azanor is a Minecraft modder. I chose the name because I like his work.)
On an unrelated note, is anyone ever gonna fix the theme so Code Boxes don't look like a derpy grid?