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[jesternario]

Hi. I'm not a modder and I don't have a clue on how to even get started, but an idea hit me for a mod I'd like to see. I searched and haven't found anything, so I thought I'd ask to see what kind of answers I'd get. So here it goes?

What about a mod where you're making a space colony? You would start with a small one-room "building" in the middle of a black void. The void would kill you if breached without proper equipment (space suits and the like), but would have things like meteors and small planetoids that could be mined for mineral resources.

You would spend time, building onto the space station, adding areas such as hydroponic gardens, bars, residential areas and the like. You'd have to make room to accomodate refugees coming in by ship and would have to contend with space pirates coming to attack you and things like meteor storms, comets, horrible alien monstrosities and the like.

So what do you think? again, I wouldn't know where to begin, so I'm giving the idea away for someone to try and have fun with.

[Quietust]

Sounds to me like you're trying to replicate "Spacebase DF-9", which is something that's mostly impossible to do by modding DF.

[Orange Wizard]

I'm π*π^π% sure that this impossible, and at least π^ππ% sure it would be awesome.

[jesternario]

well, like I said, I was throwing the idea out there. I've never heard of df-9, so I was unaware that I wasn't being original.

[rsgm123]

You can check out aurora 4x. It is not quite the same in terms of gameplay as df, but it is more complex and has imo a worse GUI. You will love it.

[Spiderking50]

The closest you could get is a space colonization sort of mod:

You're migrants would be new space colonists. You'd start on an alien, but habitable planet with just a advance team of space-dorfs, your trusty space ship The WAGON, a few earth creatures and some supplies. From there you'd have to tame the wilds of the alien world, its Flora, Fauna, and minerals. With earth materials and creates coming from your new colonists and a few traders from earth (trade caravans) All the while competing against the indigenous civilizations of the planet.

What I just described: Possible.
What you described: Impossible.

[Orange Wizard]

What I just described: Exactly what DF is already.

FTFY

Okay, maybe DF isn't space exploration, but all it needs is a re-fluff to fit your description. As in, just say "we're on an alien planet" and you're done. It doesn't effect gameplay at all, which is (presumably) what this thread is asking about.

[Roses]

Well you could remove all vanilla workshops and reactions, rename all stones and animals to be alien, create all new weapons and reactions and such. I think that is what he was describing.

[scamtank]

Yeah, that first bit is the problem.

[Teneb]

Well you could remove all vanilla workshops and reactions

This you cannot. With a few exceptions, most workshops are hard-coded.

[Hugo_The_Dwarf]

this mod idea sounds like it would rely heavy on DFHack

[Roses]

Well you could remove all vanilla workshops and reactions

This you cannot. With a few exceptions, most workshops are hard-coded.

You can modify even vanilla features with DFHack

[Quietust]

Well you could remove all vanilla workshops and reactions

This you cannot. With a few exceptions, most workshops are hard-coded.

You can modify even vanilla features with DFHack

No, you cannot. In most cases, DFHack can only add new functionality to the game; it cannot remove it. Any functionality located in virtual class methods can be overridden, but other stuff can only be removed by adding extra logic to undo them.

For example, you can use it to modify the "Add new task" list for a Carpenter's Workshop or a Craftsdwarf's Workshop, but you cannot do the same to a Farmer's Workshop or Loom. The former two workshops generate their job lists dynamically (because they're based on your raws) into a place DFHack can mess with, but the latter two are completely hardcoded.

[Icefire2314]

You could always just settle in a Terrifying biome. I'm pretty sure what you would find there is the same. 

[Roses]

Well you could remove all vanilla workshops and reactions

This you cannot. With a few exceptions, most workshops are hard-coded.

You can modify even vanilla features with DFHack

No, you cannot. In most cases, DFHack can only add new functionality to the game; it cannot remove it. Any functionality located in virtual class methods can be overridden, but other stuff can only be removed by adding extra logic to undo them.

For example, you can use it to modify the "Add new task" list for a Carpenter's Workshop or a Craftsdwarf's Workshop, but you cannot do the same to a Farmer's Workshop or Loom. The former two workshops generate their job lists dynamically (because they're based on your raws) into a place DFHack can mess with, but the latter two are completely hardcoded.

Hmm, for some reason I thought you could remove vanilla buildings with DFHack. I stand corrected, sorry for spreading false information.