Dumb questions from a would-be modder

[Quinch]

Question the first - is there a FAQ for creating and changing rulesets, especially following the mod reorganization following TFTD going live?

What folder do I put the files in?
What's required for a workable mod?
Is there a way to selectively delete/override vanilla rules, such as research or ufopaedia entries?

More newbie questions to come.

[hellrazor]

Useful Information for Modding:

Ruleset Reference

Ruleset List Order

FloorOb Vanilla

HandOb Vanilla

There are couple more for sounds etc..

[Quinch]

Those are useful - a lot of it I already know from picking over Solarius' FMP mod - but it doesn't really answer my questions about the fundamentals.

[hellrazor]

Those are useful - a lot of it I already know from picking over Solarius' FMP mod - but it doesn't really answer my questions about the fundamentals.

You can overwrite vanilla definitions.
You just need to use the same name.
You can also delete vanilla definitions with "   - delete: STR_EXAMPLE_STRING"

On further notice:

Case Sensitivity and Naming

Introduction to the new Mod structure

Hope this helps.

[hellrazor]

You might also wann read Thread here

It should cover most of your questions i presume.

[Quinch]

Yep, that helped!

Another question - is there a way to edit the UFOpaedia categories? Not the articles themselves, that's pretty well documented, but adding, removing or editing the "Aquatic Artifacts" button, for example?

[Hobbes]

Not the articles themselves, that's pretty well documented, but adding, removing or editing the "Aquatic Artifacts" button, for example?

You can rename the categories through the language files, you can reassign the vanilla articles to different categories but you cannot add new categories (and possibly not remove then also).

[chaosshade]

I think Shoes was renaming things in his medals and honours mod, give that a look.

[Quinch]

That..... might work. Any guides to messing with translation strings for mods? I see there's a whole lot of yaml files for the vanilla game, but how to you define and reference overriding ones?

[Hobbes]

That..... might work. Any guides to messing with translation strings for mods? I see there's a whole lot of yaml files for the vanilla game, but how to you define and reference overriding ones?

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      STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT: COUNCIL REPORTS
      STR_HEAVY_WEAPONS_PLATFORMS: XCOM CRAFT & ARMAMENT & HWPs
      STR_UFOS: MISCELLANEOUS
      STR_UFO_COMPONENTS: UFOs & UFO COMPONENTS

[Quinch]

Can I just throw that in the ruleset? Or do I need to create a separate yml file in the mod folder? If it's the latter, I tried creating a en.yml file in the mod folder that says

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en:
  STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT: "X-Com Operations"
But that does not seem to have any effect.

[AndO3131]

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en:
  STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT: "X-Com Operations"

Maybe it should be

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en-GB:
  STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT: "X-Com Operations"

[Quinch]

Like this?

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ufopaedia:
#cleanup
  - delete: STR_CRAFT_GAS_CANNON_UC
  - delete: STR_DUP_HEAD
en-US:
  STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT: "X-Com Operations"
Doesn't seem to work, I'm afraid.
{I have it as en-US because my localization is set to that}

[Hobbes]

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extraStrings:
  - type: en-US
    strings:
      STR_XCOM_CRAFT_ARMAMENT: "X-Com Operations"


[Quinch]

Yay! That works!