Making custom character examinations for modded prefabs

[MF99K]

I think this is a fairly simple problem, but the way I thought I could get it to work doesn't seem to work at all so I'm basically wondering

 

how would I get custom canon character examination strings for mod items via modmain?

[DarkXero]

local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.GENERIC.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wilson says this"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WAXWELL.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Maxwell"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WOLFGANG.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wolfgang"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WX78.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "WX78"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WILLOW.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Willow"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WENDY.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wendy"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WOODIE.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Woodie"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WICKERBOTTOM.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wickerbottom"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WATHGRITHR.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wigfrid"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WEBBER.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Webber"

Remember the character prefab has to be uppercase, as well as the name of the prefab.

 

If you want it a bit more clean to avoid all those STRINGS STRINGS STRINGS:

local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS

local descriptions = {
	MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = {
		GENERIC = "Wilson says this.",
		WAXWELL = "Maxwell.",
		WOLFGANG = "Wolfgang.",
		WX78 = "WX78.",
		WILLOW = "Willow.",
		WENDY = "Wendy.",
		WOODIE = "Woodie.",
		WICKERBOTTOM = "Wickerbottom.",
		WATHGRITHR = "Wigfrid.",
		WEBBER = "Webber.",
	},
}

for PREFAB, speeches in pairs(descriptions) do
	for GUY, speechline in pairs(speeches) do
		STRINGS.CHARACTERS[GUY].DESCRIBE[PREFAB] = speechline
	end
end

 

[MF99K]

On 4/15/2016 at 11:44 PM, DarkXero said:

local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.GENERIC.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wilson says this"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WAXWELL.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Maxwell"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WOLFGANG.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wolfgang"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WX78.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "WX78"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WILLOW.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Willow"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WENDY.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wendy"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WOODIE.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Woodie"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WICKERBOTTOM.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wickerbottom"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WATHGRITHR.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Wigfrid"

STRINGS.CHARACTERS.WEBBER.DESCRIBE.MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = "Webber"

Remember the character prefab has to be uppercase, as well as the name of the prefab.

 

If you want it a bit more clean to avoid all those STRINGS STRINGS STRINGS:

local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS

local descriptions = {
	MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = {
		GENERIC = "Wilson says this.",
		WAXWELL = "Maxwell.",
		WOLFGANG = "Wolfgang.",
		WX78 = "WX78.",
		WILLOW = "Willow.",
		WENDY = "Wendy.",
		WOODIE = "Woodie.",
		WICKERBOTTOM = "Wickerbottom.",
		WATHGRITHR = "Wigfrid.",
		WEBBER = "Webber.",
	},
}

for PREFAB, speeches in pairs(descriptions) do
	for GUY, speechline in pairs(speeches) do
		STRINGS.CHARACTERS[GUY].DESCRIBE[PREFAB] = speechline
	end
end

 

thanks.

could I do this with mod characters as well? or only if it's the same mod/both mods are enabled?

[Aquaterion]

You could probably do something like:

if  KnownModIndex:IsModEnabled("workshop-123456789") then
	descriptions.MOD_ITEM_PRFAB[MODCHARACTERNAME] = "Whatever you put here"
end

before the for loop

Edited April 18, 2016 by Aquaterion

[MF99K]

10 minutes ago, Aquaterion said:

You could probably do something like:

if  KnownModIndex:IsModEnabled("workshop-123456789") then
	descriptions.MOD_ITEM_PRFAB[MODCHARACTERNAME] = "Whatever you put here"
end

before the for loop

which loop do you mean?

[Aquaterion]

Just now, mf99k said:

which loop do you mean?

 

local descriptions = {
	MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = {
		GENERIC = "Wilson says this.",
		WAXWELL = "Maxwell.",
		WOLFGANG = "Wolfgang.",
		WX78 = "WX78.",
		WILLOW = "Willow.",
		WENDY = "Wendy.",
		WOODIE = "Woodie.",
		WICKERBOTTOM = "Wickerbottom.",
		WATHGRITHR = "Wigfrid.",
		WEBBER = "Webber.",
	},
}

if  KnownModIndex:IsModEnabled("workshop-123456789") then
	descriptions.MOD_ITEM_PRFAB[MODCHARACTERNAME] = "Whatever you put here"
end

for PREFAB, speeches in pairs(descriptions) do
	for GUY, speechline in pairs(speeches) do
		STRINGS.CHARACTERS[GUY].DESCRIBE[PREFAB] = speechline
	end
end

 

Edited April 18, 2016 by Aquaterion

[MF99K]

Just now, Aquaterion said:

local descriptions = {
	MOD_ITEM_PREFAB = {
		GENERIC = "Wilson says this.",
		WAXWELL = "Maxwell.",
		WOLFGANG = "Wolfgang.",
		WX78 = "WX78.",
		WILLOW = "Willow.",
		WENDY = "Wendy.",
		WOODIE = "Woodie.",
		WICKERBOTTOM = "Wickerbottom.",
		WATHGRITHR = "Wigfrid.",
		WEBBER = "Webber.",
	},
}

if  KnownModIndex:IsModEnabled("workshop-123456789") then
	descriptions.MOD_ITEM_PRFAB[MODCHARACTERNAME] = "Whatever you put here"
end

for PREFAB, speeches in pairs(descriptions) do
	for GUY, speechline in pairs(speeches) do
		STRINGS.CHARACTERS[GUY].DESCRIBE[PREFAB] = speechline
	end
end

 

I was probably going to just do the speech strings without the character table. Would it work the same way or is that code specifically for the table format?

[Aquaterion]

14 minutes ago, mf99k said:

I was probably going to just do the speech strings without the character table. Would it work the same way or is that code specifically for the table format?

the "if" should still work