Need help editing an existing prefab

[Umbranix]

So I am just beginning to play around with editing and mod creation.

 

My current goal is to edit the "pinecone" prefab and the "plantable" component in such a way that planting a pinecone increases sanity by 5 points.

What is the easiest way I could go about accomplishing this? Any help is appreciated!

[orian34]

add a line that gives you 5 sanity when planting pinecone

[Umbranix]

orian34, what should that line look like and where should it be placed in the code is pretty much my question, I've tried multiple separate lines and none have seemed to work yet. I'm very new to LUA right now.

[orian34]

Look at Hero in the Dark mod there is a character that gets sanity when planting plants !

just go to the prefab files and get the druid.lua

[Mobbstar]

Best is to look at other mods/game functions that do similiar stuff, until you understand it enough.

For example: evil flowers have a negative sanity aura, so look for anything that says "sanity" in "flower_evil.lua" and think about whether that could be the wanted piece of code.

If you need more hints:

You are looking to add a sanity-aura to the pine cones.

That is theoretically seen not the best, since you can also look for pine cones around the player and calculate a sanity aura in order to make the mod more compatible with other mods. But that is more difficult, so editing a existing prefab is what you should do for now.

 

EDIT: Actually, this is really late, but I think I missed the point. PM me if you read this!

Edited November 1, 2014 by Mobbstar