Start game in a cave?

[_Q_]

Any way to force game to start in a cave type level?

I changed level type of survial and it skipped to use plus preset instead of generating cave level.

I did something like:

AddLevel(LEVELTYPE.CAVE, { 
		id="SURVIVAL_DEFAULT",
		name=STRINGS.UI.CUSTOMIZATIONSCREEN.PRESETLEVELS[1],
		desc=STRINGS.UI.CUSTOMIZATIONSCREEN.PRESETLEVELDESC[1],
		overrides={
				{"start_setpeice", 	"DefaultStart"},		
				{"start_node",		"Clearing"},
				{"location",		"cave"},
		},
		tasks = {
				"Make a pick",
				"Dig that rock",
				"Great Plains",
				"Squeltch",
				"Beeeees!",
				"Speak to the king",
				"Forest hunters",
		},
		numoptionaltasks = 4,
		optionaltasks = {
				"Befriend the pigs",
				"For a nice walk",
				"Kill the spiders",
				"Killer bees!",
				"Make a Beehat",
				"The hunters",
				"Magic meadow",
				"Frogs and bugs",
		},
		set_pieces = {
			["ResurrectionStone"] = { count=2, tasks={"Make a pick", "Dig that rock", "Great Plains", "Squeltch", "Beeeees!", "Speak to the king", "Forest hunters" } },
			["WormholeGrass"] = { count=8, tasks={"Make a pick", "Dig that rock", "Great Plains", "Squeltch", "Beeeees!", "Speak to the king", "Forest hunters", "Befriend the pigs", "For a nice walk", "Kill the spiders", "Killer bees!", "Make a Beehat", "The hunters", "Magic meadow", "Frogs and bugs"} },
		},
		ordered_story_setpieces = {
			"TeleportatoRingLayout",
			"TeleportatoBoxLayout",
			"TeleportatoCrankLayout",
			"TeleportatoPotatoLayout",
			"AdventurePortalLayout",
			"TeleportatoBaseLayout",
		},
		required_prefabs = {
			"teleportato_ring",  "teleportato_box",  "teleportato_crank", "teleportato_potato", "teleportato_base", "chester_eyebone", "adventure_portal", "pigking"
		},
	})

Game generated SURVIVAL_DEFAULT_PLUS level instead.

I want just put normal world into cave and make the game start there.

@PeterA

[PeterA]

@_Q_ I don't know off the top off my head unfortuantely. I'll leave this thread open on my pc so I can take a look into it when I get a chance!

[Arkathorn]

AddGlobalClassPostConstruct("saveindex", "SaveIndex", function(inst)
	local fn_startsurvivalmode = inst.StartSurvivalMode
	inst.StartSurvivalMode = function(self, saveslot, character, customoptions, onsavedcb, dlc, startmode)
		fn_startsurvivalmode(self, saveslot, character, customoptions, onsavedcb, dlc, "cave")
	end
end)

This should do it. It might interfere with other worldgen, so be forewarned.

[_Q_]

4 hours ago, Arkathorn said:

AddGlobalClassPostConstruct("saveindex", "SaveIndex", function(inst)
	local fn_startsurvivalmode = inst.StartSurvivalMode
	inst.StartSurvivalMode = function(self, saveslot, character, customoptions, onsavedcb, dlc, startmode)
		fn_startsurvivalmode(self, saveslot, character, customoptions, onsavedcb, dlc, "cave")
	end
end)

This should do it. It might interfere with other worldgen, so be forewarned.

The edited level is still ignored and it generates normal cave level instead.

So now I could just edit the cave world instead, but that would be minus 1 caves level so this would make the level I want + ruins only.

I just want world like the first floor of caves be the starting, dark but still with some kind of day and night cycle and ray oflights here and there.

[Mobbstar]

@_Q_ so do you want the world to START in your level or add a cave layer that can be accessed AFTER starting a new world?

If it helps, here's a sketch on how I start a new level using a custom prefab (this is probably mixed up with my.... "uncompromising" doing)

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This would be attached to the cave entrance I guess:

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local function onsaved()
    GLOBAL.StartNextInstance({reset_action=GLOBAL.RESET_ACTION.LOAD_SLOT, save_slot = GLOBAL.SaveGameIndex:GetCurrentSaveSlot()}, true)
end
GLOBAL.TheFrontEnd:PopScreen()
GLOBAL.SetPause(false)
GetPlayer().sg:GoToState("teleportato_teleport")
GetPlayer():DoTaskInTime(5, function()
    GLOBAL.SaveGameIndex:StartCustomLevel(onsaved)
end)

You will need to edit the savegame index:

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AddGlobalClassPostConstruct("saveindex", "SaveIndex", function(self)
    function self:StartCustomLevel(cb)
        local function ongamesaved()
            self.data.slots[self.current_slot].current_mode = "bossfight" --default from lost fragment, replace
            self.data.slots[self.current_slot].modes.bossfight= {world = 1}

            -- Hunt through the modded levels and find ours, then save its index.
            local Levels = require("map/levels")
            for i,level in ipairs(Levels.custom_levels) do --I suppose you added yours to cave levels, so select it there
                if level.id == "CAVE_CUSTOM" then
                    self.data.slots[self.current_slot].modes.bossfight.options = {
                        level_id = i,
                    }
                    print("Found a custom level:",i,level.name)
                    break
                end
            end
            self:Save(cb)
        end

        --self:SaveCurrent(ongamesaved)
        local current_mode = self.data.slots[self.current_slot].current_mode
        local data = self:GetModeData(self.current_slot, current_mode) --calls the data table
        local file = data.file
        data.file = nil
        GLOBAL.EraseFiles( ongamesaved, { file } ) --WARNING: THIS ERASES THE CURRENT LEVEL BEFORE TAKING YOU TO THE CUSTOM ONE
    end
end)

 

This is bodged together using the "lost fragment" mod, some source code and a jar of luck. No warranty!

 

[_Q_]

I want the game to start in custom made new world.

But can't make it dark world without setting night only, but caves are dark and still have day/night cycle, wondering what removes the sun.

If that LEVELTYPE.CAVE variable or something else...

 

[Mobbstar]

@_Q_ this is just a suspicion, but I think it works like this:

In clock.lua, day-, dusk- and night-colour are defined. You will find that night is 0/0/0 (i.e. black), but also that there's a second black colour called "cave". The clock always uses cave-colour when the world is a cave. The light from the holes comes from "cavelight" prefab, which is the sunrays marking said holes.

So, to answer your question, I suggest you try to override the day- and dusk-colours with 0/0/0 and see how it goes.