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[Saint]

Organization for the art could be done in 1 folder labled tile sets, and multipul tile set folders in there, they can be chosen from a options menu.

[Deon]

It would be perfect, but even if we had to do it manually it still would be great.

[dbfuru]

I tried using the t4 engine, but I couldn't get it to work. I must have broke it when I as adding an inventory and body slots or something. I made a human race, a class, and had the sexes, but when I go to test it I get to enter a name but then nothing happens at all. I tried following the tutorials on the wiki but still, it won't load.

Are there any complete tutorials floating around?

This should be on the t4 forums but they don't seem especially active.

[Xegeth]

There should be a file called stdout.txt in the same folder as t-engine.exe. If there's an error in your code, it reports it there.

[dbfuru]

Thank you, I'll go have a look. I have got it down to adding the body parts though. I added the ActorInventory to the load file and defined inventory slots, but when I add those slots to my base entity it just hangs when I select the module.

This is what my stdout says:

http://shorttext.com/0o607fhr78dkh

Looks like a lot of lua errors. I followed the tutorials on the wiki, but I most likely have done something wrong somewhere.

I am having trouble understanding the contents of stdout, but I have narrowed it down to adding the body element to my base entity, which is

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newBirthDescriptor{
   type = "base",
   name = "base",
   desc = {
   },
   experience = 1.0,
    body = { INVEN = 1000, MAINHAND = 1, OFFHAND = 1, ARMOR = 1, RING = 2, NECK = 1, ARMS = 1, FEET = 1, HANDS = 1, HEAD = 1, WAIST = 1 },
   copy = {
      max_level = 10,
      lite = 4,
      max_life = 25,
   },
}

And the body parts I defined in load are

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-- Body parts
ActorInventory:defineInventory("MAINHAND", "In main hand", true, "Most weapons are wielded in the main hand.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("OFFHAND", "In off hand", true, "You can use weapons two-handed or a second weapon in your off hand.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("ARMOR", "Main armor", true, "Armor protects your from physical attacks.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("RING", "On fingers", true, "Rings are worn on fingers.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("NECK", "Around neck", true, "Amulets and cloaks are worn around the neck.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("ARMS", "On arms", true, "Bracers or shields are worn on the arms slot.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("FEET", "On feet", true, "Sandals or boots can be worn on your feet.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("HANDS", "On hands", true, "Various gloves can be worn on your hands.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("HEAD", "On head", true, "You can wear helmets or crowns on your head.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("WAIST", "Around waist", true, "You can wear belts around your waist.")
ActorInventory:defineInventory("IMPLEMENT", "On hands", true, "Divine or magic classes often use an implement to assist their attacks.")

Again I apologize for asking here, but the official forums seem rather inactive.

[Sir Pseudonymous]

To me, it looks like a variable named "level" isn't getting declared, causing a type error. Of course, I don't know lua or its error messages, so I'm just going off the "Error: ... attempt to index 'level' (a Nil value)" stuff.

Of course, I don't know why that might be...

[Xegeth]

I don't mind helping. initBody is nil, which means that it's either been removed from ActorInventory.lua, or it's not been added to the actor. If it is in the file, I'd look through http://doku.t-o-m-e.net/t4modules:objects and make sure that all of the needed lines have been added. Have you loaded the file from Actor.lua?

[Soulwynd]

I think this is relevant to this thread:

[rawr359]

If someone needs something to code, I don't think anyones working on a clothing based inventory.

[Lap]

He's apparently very experienced with TE4's engine,

I found the T-Engine one day before posting this thread. Not very experienced at all.

I experimented with automated city generation today and tried some different sizes of how big the street should be. I'll keep experimenting and I'll post some screenshots when I fix a bug in the generation.

After I did that, I wasted a lot of time just exploring the engine and trying out different stuff. I came to the conclusion that it's probably a whole lot easier to use the existing talent system than it is to redo everything based on it. I originally didn't want to use it because there were a couple of quirks I didn't like (example-using the ability "shoot" instead of just hitting f to fire a weapon). However, it looks like it it's better to just use that system and then mod out any quirks.

Location based damage now works for everything, but explosions at the moment. There aren't any effects yet, but parts can be hurt and get healed.

Unless there's a better idea I'm also going to go ahead with slowly implementing skills and skill categories. One thing that absolutely anyone can do if they're bored is make custom locations with ASCII. So something like

#########
W              #
#   C          #
#              W
####D####

# = Wall
W = Window
C = chair
D = door

Anything like that, except you know, not as shitty. You can make up your own key and whatever items and symbols you want. I can easily import any of them.

[DarkGod]

You do not have to have a hotkey for shooting, you can just define a new key and make it call the shoot talent, no problem

[Lap]

That's how I currently have it done, which is why I decided not to abandon the system all together for firing. There will probably end up being a lot of hidden talents. Did you see my post about generator.TileSet?

[Soadreqm]

Map design, eh? I'll give it a shot.

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##==###==###==###==###==###==###==###==#############      Some shitty apartments
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  #$$#    #      (not like badly drawn I know they're
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  #  #    =      great just low-rent and small)
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  ##+#    =     
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  #  +    #      #   wall
####+#+#######+#+#######+#+#######+#+####  +  ######      =   window
#      # $#      # $#      # $#      # $#  #% +    #      +   door
#§§#%  + $#§§#%  + $#§§#%  + $#§§#%  + $#  ## #    =      $   bathroom
#####+#########+#########+#########+#####  #§ #    =      %   coathangers (for coats)
#                                          #§ #    #      §   some kind of tiny kitchen
#                                          #########      ¤   elevator
#####+#########+#########+#########+#####  #$$#    #      <   up stair
#§§#%  + $#§§#%  + $#§§#%  + $#§§#%  + $#  #  #    =      >   down stair
#      # $#      # $#      # $#      # $#  ##+#    =      Did I miss any symbols?
####+#+#######+#+#######+#+#######+#+####  #  +    #
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  +  ######
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  #% +    #   Flip and copy design to continue
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  ## #    =   building into a larger complex?
#    #    #    #    #    #    #    #    #  #§ #    =                     
##==###==###==###==###==###==###==###==##  #§ #    #                     #### ####
                                        #  #########                     ####¤####
 Rooms look kind of bare.               =          #                     #### ####
 They need furniture.                   =          =                     ¤       ¤
 Are they too big?                      ##+#     ###                    ###     ###
 They'll keep looking kind of bare      #¤¤#>>>  #¤#                    ###     ###
 even with furniture.                   #¤¤#<<<  #¤#                    ###     ###
 Multi-tile furniture?                  ####     #+#                    ###     ###
 Do we want to assign a specific width  =          =
 to a tile?                             =          #   Bottom floor should include a door outside somewhere.
                                        ############

EDIT: If linebreaks are messing things up, just copypaste it somewhere. They are on my tiny screen.

[cappstv]

Just thought of something.
You know how DF has legends mode? What if instead of having a separate mode for that, its all in game. For example, searching though old newspapers will tell you when the gangs were born and the obituaries will show you the deaths of the characters.

[Deon]

Here's a flat

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                            .....                                         
                            .   .                                         
                           ###+####=###                                   
                           #n  H#H  hT#                                   
                           #B  T#H    #                                   
                           #   H#n   B#                                   
                           ##+#####+###                                   
                           #    cc   H#                                   
                           #         T=                                   
                           #  HHnnHHHH#                                   
                           ## #########                                   
                           #H  +     R#                                   
                           #  ####   h#                                   
                           #  + t#H hT=                                   
                           #  ##$#H  h=                                   
                           #Y + s#s   #                                   
                           #Y #bb#o  H#                                   
                           ##+######### 

# - wall
+ - door
= - window
. - fence (balcony in this case)

B - bed
cc - coach
n - nighttable/low table
H - cabinet
h - chair
T - table
bb - bathroom
t - toilet
Y - coathanger
s - sink
o - oven