how do i make my own recipes and/or items for the game?
Look in data/raw/recipes.json and data/raw/items/{category}.json
For recipes there is the recipes.json. I will start with that since it is easier. Lets assume that you are making a recipe for something that is already in the game but is not craft able (it is easier, something like military rucksack). An example in the recipes.json is
{
"result": "backpack",
"category": "CC_ARMOR",
"skill_pri": "tailor",
"difficulty": 3,
"time": 50000,
"reversible": false,
"autolearn": true,
"tools": [
[
["needle_bone", 20],
["sewing_kit", 20]
]
],
"components": [
[
["rag", 20],
["fur", 16],
["leather", 12]
]
]
},Might be a bit hard to read because of the formatting but bear with me.
So for the most part it is fairly simple, so I will put my comments after the // on ever other line or so.
{
"result": "backpack",
// This is the name of the item, found in data/raw/items/{category}.json. More on that later.
"category": "CC_ARMOR",
// This is the tab that the recipe falls in. More later.
"skill_pri": "tailor",
// This is the first skill that is used, such as cooking, mechanics, survival, etc.
"skill_sec": "survival",
// This is the secondary skill for the recipe, if there is none than delete that line.
"difficulty": 5,
// This is the difficulty level that the recipe requires to make it, like a minimum skill level to craft. Just type a digit, no ""
"time": 20000,
// This is the time required to make the object, in ticks. There are 1000 ticks in a game minute, plan accordingly. Again, just digit. This is 20 minutes game time.
"reversible": true,
// A true/false option, decides if you can deconstruct it with the disassemble menu. Don't type any "" for this one.
"autolearn": true,
// A true/false option, decides if you can learn it automatically or just through a book. Here it is automatically learnt. No ""
"tools": [
// This opens up the brackets for all tools necessary.
[
// This opens up the bracket for possible tools that do the same thing (rock hammer or regular hammer).
["needle_bone", 20],
["sewing_kit", 20]
// First come the crafting tool needed. Then the number of charges, if no charges (like hammer) type -1.
]
// This closes the bracket for tool variants, if there is another variation place it before this bracket.
] ,
// This closes the bracket for all tools needed, if you need another tool place it before this bracket.
"components": [
// This opens up the things that will be consumed when the recipe is crafted.
[
// This opens up the possible alternative materials usable, such as different fabrics, or different stick-likes or others.
["rag", 20],
// Same as before, it is the name of the object followed by the number needed to craft.
["fur", 16],
// To craft this backpack it will take either 20 rags or 16 fur or 12 leather.
["leather", 12]
]
// This bracket closes the alternative materials usable for the first ingredient.
]
// This bracket closes all of the materials, so if you have any more add them before this bracket.
},
// This squiggly bracket closes off the recipe, so anything added outside of this is irrelevant to the recipe that you made. This is the basics on recipe crafting. I will update this thread with another post on how to work around in the data/raw/items/{category}.json files tomorrow, because where I live it is late at night.
But I suggest taking a peek at the items json files, just by looking at them your brain will absorb some information (hopefully).
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Great explanation, appreciate it.
One thing to be extra-aware of is commas
In the file it’s like:
{
{
<some recipe>
},
{
<some other recipe>
},
{
<the last recipe>
}
}Notice that all of the recipes end with “},” except the last one! All of the lists are like this, it can be really easy (especially if you’re copy/pasting a lot) to misplace a comma.
It’s the same within a recipe, if you have a list of tools for example:
"tools": [
[
["screwdriver", -1],
["cheeseburger", 7],
["happiness", 9]
],
[
["bionic_fingernail", -1]
]
],There’s no comma after the “happiness” entry because it’s the last member of a list, and none after the “bionic_fingernail” entry for the same reason, the only entry in a list is the last entry.
To be clear, this means you have to have a bionic fingernail (but doesn’t use charges from it), and either a screwdriver (no charges used), 7 charges of cheeseburger, or 9 charges of happiness.
i think i see it. i gunna go try to make my own recipe for an item. thanks for the help.
I’m a novice too. Thanks for creating this topic, it helps me a lot and I’m sure many other future modders too.
Try this
http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=2666.0
CataModder - Tool for editing Cataclysm files
By BMacZero
[quote=“stone94, post:7, topic:2234”]Try this
http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=2666.0
CataModder - Tool for editing Cataclysm files
By BMacZero[/quote]
Is this one similar or better to JSONedit?
I’m currently using this one.