Would it be possible to give names to creatures other then pigmen?

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Like mosslings ?

[KitcheVadimas]

I've seen it done to catcoons in <default>'s mod pack, so yeah.

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would anyone know how to add names? because I added 

STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES =
{
    "Lil' Dude",
}

in the strings.lua and I also added 

#. STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES.1
msgctxt "STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES.1"
msgid "Lil' Dude"
msgstr ""

in strings.pot but nothing happens ... I hope somebody can tell me what i'm doing wrong...

[Muche]

Adding new strings into STRINGS table does nothing until they are used somewhere.

Pigman prefab does (apart some tag optimization):

inst:AddComponent("named")
inst.components.named.possiblenames = STRINGS.PIGNAMES
inst.components.named:PickNewName()

Thus, try

inst:AddComponent("named")
inst.components.named.possiblenames = STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES
inst.components.named:PickNewName()

 

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I have this code in my mossling.lua prefab

local function fn()
local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddTag("_named")
if not TheWorld.ismastersim then
return inst
end

inst:RemoveTag("_named")
inst:AddComponent("named")
inst.components.named:PickNewName()
inst.components.named.possiblenames = STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES

And still nothing happens. no crash, no nothing ! Also, I copy and pasted strings.lua & strings.pot and put edited versions in my mod folder. Maybe i'm not supposed to that or I put them in wrong place? I put my strings.lua where my mod main is and I made an "language" folder to put my strings.pot in just like actual Don't Starve Together folder... Really hope this is fixable & thanks for helping !

[Aquaterion]

2 minutes ago, SuperDavid said:

I have this code in my mossling.lua prefab

local function fn()
local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddTag("_named")
if not TheWorld.ismastersim then
return inst
end

inst:RemoveTag("_named")
inst:AddComponent("named")
inst.components.named:PickNewName()
inst.components.named.possiblenames = STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES

And still nothing happens. no crash, no nothing ! Also, I copy and pasted strings.lua & strings.pot and put edited versions in my mod folder. Maybe i'm not supposed to that or I put them in wrong place? I put my strings.lua where my mod main is and I made an "language" folder to put my strings.pot in just like actual Don't Starve Together folder... Really hope this is fixable & thanks for helping !

try putting possiblenames above PickNewName

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4 minutes ago, Aquaterion said:

try putting possiblenames above PickNewName

Still nothing happens , thanks for help .

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I changed inst.components.named.possiblenames = STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES into inst.components.named.possiblenames = STRINGS.PIGNAMES and it immediately works with the pignames but not my custom STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES  names, maybe it's because I have only 1 name I need over 100 like the pigmen?! Dang, i'm so confused ... 

[Muche]

Named:PickNewName() should handle only one name in the table just fine.

Try entering into the debug console: print(tostring(STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES));dumptable(STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES);
Does it print your names table? If it prints nil, then the table was not assigned properly. If it's set directly from modmain, GLOBAL.STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES may be needed.

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When I did  print(tostring(STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES));dumptable(STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES); in game debug console nothing was printed back not even nil & I just added  GLOBAL.STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES  into my modmain and it crashes the game.

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Okay I did  print(tostring(STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES));dumptable(STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES); in game and it returns nil.

[Muche]

Could you attach your whole mod?

[Muche]

Files /strings.lua and /languages/strings.pot are ignored, they are not loaded at all. Only files in scripts folder can override game's lua files (and even then it should be used sparingly, to avoid incompatibilities with future versions of the game and other mods).

Put into modmain (anywhere after local STRINGS = GLOBAL.STRINGS, but not inside of GLOBAL.TheNet:GetIsMasterSimulation() check):

STRINGS.MOSSLINGNAMES =
{
    "Fried Chicken",
    "Lil' Dude",
	-- ...
}

 

Edited May 25, 2016 by Muche

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Do I delete the strings.lua and pot then and also thanks very much it works !