Ideas for a draconic mutation branch [WIP]

joxer · 2015-06-15T03:38:07.000Z

[quote=“Random_dragon, post:29, topic:9588”]Yeah, I’d say draconic speech is a bit…odd idea. And yes, if I trusted myself to muck about with the source code…[/quote] ambition inspires passion, keep it up bruh!
[sup][sup]And just wait until Aavak gets his hands on this ;)[/sup][/sup]

Random_dragon · 2015-06-15T03:42:13.000Z

Maybe. Thing is I’d rather an idea like this be a mod instead of mainline.

joxer · 2015-06-15T04:06:50.000Z

Now that’s more like the Random_ i know.

Random_dragon · 2015-06-15T04:07:53.000Z

Mod all the things? owo

joxer · 2015-06-15T04:11:03.000Z

yaknow you’re trying so hard it’s not always funny

Random_dragon · 2015-06-15T04:14:50.000Z

;w;

In any case, easiest solution is to hope that more mutation properties get jsonized.

TheProfileth · 2015-06-17T07:51:51.000Z

Again I was just listing things I am not beholden to keeping draconic speach into the mod especially if it could be mainlined without it

Random_dragon · 2015-06-17T15:34:21.000Z

Hmm. Woul have to mainline it if any source tweaks were being included, though I was reluctant to do so. >w>

Malkeus · 2016-01-02T06:15:29.000Z

I haven’t playtested it yet, but I had to make some changes to mutations.json to get it to load properly. I just thought I’d share:
Expanded bodyparts, legs became leg_L and leg_R, arms, hands and feet got similar treatment. There was an extraneous “},” on line 552.

[glow=red,2,300]modified mutations.json[/glow]

Random_dragon · 2016-01-02T06:22:44.000Z

Hmm? Ah, neat. Might have to implement them then. owo

Artyom177 · 2016-01-02T20:30:30.000Z

I think that if the mutations get jsonized that there would be a LOT of mutation mods for cataclysm. And would benefit the modding community greatly. Who knows what people might make?

Giant acid spitting unicorn mutants? Yes!

Random_dragon · 2016-01-02T21:13:36.000Z

Yesss. We did get artifact properties JSONized and I was damn near the only person asking for it. o3o

So hopefully more mutation properties will be accessible, since that’s been a more common suggestion. Though complex things like fire breath might not yet be possible to JSONize, unless we added mutations that focus on creating fields through various means.

Etherdreamer · 2016-01-02T21:21:31.000Z

There is not bionics that allow you shoot stuff? ik you want a mutation, but is the only solution I see for now.

Malkeus · 2016-01-02T21:26:27.000Z

I believe there are 2 or 3 that let you shoot stuff. There’s the finger laser, which is intended more for lighting fires than killing monsters. Then at the opposite end of the spectrum we have the fusion blaster megaman shooty arm, which you need to cut off your left arm to install. And then there’s the railgun throwing arm launcher. It does not shoot arms, it merely accelerates the metallic objects that you throw to ludicrous speeds.
Did I miss any?

Artyom177 · 2016-01-02T22:18:28.000Z

Electricity CBM, don’t forget that!

Random_dragon · 2016-01-02T22:24:36.000Z

And mini-flamethrower, which if I recall is literally just a bionic lighter.

However, there are mutations for slime trails and acid secretions of some sort. So adapting those to become more flexible might work.

scorpion451 · 2016-01-02T22:57:38.000Z

I know I’d be making a mutation mod as soon as mutations get properly json-ized.

Already been working on one aiming to make mutations a lot more interesting. Its mostly on paper until the jsonizing happens, but I’m planning:

more mixed-effect mutations with both drawbacks and benefits, and fewer purely bad and purely good mutations.
more low-level “situational benefit” mutations that combo with other mutations and traits (see the pairing of spikes and shell, for instance, or tough feet and toe claws),
more categories and differences between categories, as right now many of them boil down to flavor-text variants of “make you good at fighting and bad at everything else” and “a set of vaguely useful abilities and tiny stat boosts that aren’t really worth the bother of reaching threshold”. I’m aiming to give every category a few signature post-threshold benefits and quirks that make each radically different from any of the rest. For instance, a feline threshold mutation of Very Sleepy called Cat Napper that makes you even sleepier, but lets any time you spend sitting still (say, while, aiming, crafting, or reading) count as half-sleep toward reducing your exhaustion.

Artyom177 · 2016-01-03T02:26:41.000Z

More mutations…

More mods…

YES!

Random_dragon · 2016-01-03T03:45:13.000Z

Yusss. Might be interesting to see how many uses would ensue.

Noctifer · 2016-01-03T04:10:45.000Z

Wait, you can create custom mutation?