Changing existing components?

[Faintly Macabre]

I'm probably getting in over my head here, but I'd like to make a change to an existing game component, and I'm wondering how one goes about that. Are there any good examples of mods out there that do something like this that I might be able to look over? Is it possible to do this without creating a conflict with a similar mod, and if so, what do I need to keep in mind to do so?

[Aquaterion]

22 minutes ago, TheHalcyonOne said:

I'm probably getting in over my head here, but I'd like to make a change to an existing game component, and I'm wondering how one goes about that. Are there any good examples of mods out there that do something like this that I might be able to look over? Is it possible to do this without creating a conflict with a similar mod, and if so, what do I need to keep in mind to do so?

AddComponentPostInit("component",fn) lets u modify components

to not override components you could do
 

AddComponentPostInit("component", function(self)
    local oldfunction = self.Function--a function in the component u want to replace

    function self:Function(arg1, arg2) --overriding that function
        if arg1 == arg2 then--whatever you need to do(this was just an example)
            return oldfunction(self, arg1, arg2) --and calling the oldfunction
        end
    end
end)

 

[Faintly Macabre]

4 minutes ago, Aquaterion said:

AddComponentPostInit("component",fn) lets u modify components

to not override components you could do
 

AddComponentPostInit("component", function(self)
    local oldfunction = self.Function--a function in the component u want to replace

    function self:Function(arg1, arg2) --overriding that function
        if arg1 == arg2 then--whatever you need to do(this was just an example)
            return oldfunction(self, arg1, arg2) --and calling the oldfunction
        end
    end
end)

 

Awesome. Thanks for the quick response!