Need help with adding tileset from another mod to ultica

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sorry iam new here, just recently create an account to ask not sure is this the correct place or not.

since i like the ultica aesthetic but it dont have the dino art yet in it.

so i want to add dino tileset from chibi ultica to ultica by simply copy paste the tile config of the dino tileset i want to it and tweak the number a bit, but i got a crash instead so i want to know what i do wrong or what i need to do to make it work.

here the code

     "file": "ChibiHuge.png",
      "//": "range 10510 to 10541",
      "sprite_width": 128,
      "sprite_height": 128,
      "sprite_offset_x": -64,
      "sprite_offset_y": -96,
      "tiles": [
        {
          "id": "mon_tankbot",
          "fg": [ { "weight": 10, "sprite": 10512 }, { "weight": 1, "sprite": 10513 }, { "weight": 3, "sprite": 10514 } ],
          "rotates": false
        },
        { "id": "bot_tankbot", "fg": 10510 },
        { "id": "broken_tankbot", "fg": 10511 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_acrocanthosaurus", "fg": 10515 },
        { "id": "mon_acrocanthosaurus", "fg": 10516 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_siats", "fg": 10517 },
        { "id": "mon_siats", "fg": 10518 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_allosaurus", "fg": 10517 },
        { "id": "mon_allosaurus", "fg": 10518 }
        { "id": "corpse_mon_spinosaurus", "fg": 10519 },
        { "id": "mon_spinosaurus", "fg": 10520 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_torvosaurus", "fg": 10521 },
        { "id": "mon_torvosaurus", "fg": 10522 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_tyrannosaurus", "fg": 10523 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_zyrannosaurus", "fg": 10524 },
        { "id": "mon_tyrannosaurus", "fg": 10525 },
        { "id": "mon_zyrannosaurus", "fg": 10526 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_yulecat", "fg": 10527 },
        { "id": "mon_yulecat", "fg": 10528 },
        { "id": "corpse_mon_kraken_guard", "fg": 10529 },
        { "id": "mon_kraken_guard", "fg": 10530 }

and thanks

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This might be a month late, so maybe you have finished this (or dropped it), but still.
after my own recent shenanigans with tilesets these few days, I would ask first if you have copied the actual png image from Chibi to the the Ultica folder. Otherwise there would be no chance it would work.

Secondly, since I’m a noob myself, I’m not sure this would work either.
the most closely working method seems to be creating a mod for the Ultica tileset.

For example in Cata++ mod:

{
“type”: “mod_tileset”,
“compatibility”: [ “UNDEAD_PEOPLE_BASE”, “UNDEAD_PEOPLE”, “MshockXottoplus” ],
“tiles-new”: [

This used, then the new tiles are typed from 0 onwards.

[
{
“type”: “mod_tileset”,
“compatibility”: [
“Chibi_Ultica”,
“UltimateCataclysm”
],
“tile_info”: [
{
“pixelscale”: 1,
“width”: 32,
“height”: 32,
“zlevel_height”: 0,
“iso”: false,
“retract_dist_min”: -1.0,
“retract_dist_max”: 1.0
}
],
“tiles-new”: [
{
“file”: “mod_tileset/Eldritch_BioArmor_normal.png”,
“//”: “range 0 to 12”,
“sprite_width”: 36,
“sprite_height”: 38,
“sprite_offset_x”: -2,
“sprite_offset_y”: -10,
“tiles”: [
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_ELDRITCH_EXTRA_CLAWS”, “fg”: 0 },
{ “id”: “overlay_male_mutation_ELDRITCH_EXTRA_CLAWS”, “fg”: 1 },
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_ELDRITCH_EYE”, “fg”: 2 },
{ “id”: “overlay_male_mutation_ELDRITCH_EYE”, “fg”: 3 },
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_ELDRITCH_MAW”, “fg”: 4 },
{ “id”: “overlay_male_mutation_ELDRITCH_MAW”, “fg”: 5 },
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_ELDRITCH_SCALES”, “fg”: 6 },
{ “id”: “overlay_male_mutation_ELDRITCH_SCALES”, “fg”: 7 },
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_WINGS_ELDRITCH”, “fg”: 8 },
{ “id”: “overlay_male_mutation_WINGS_ELDRITCH”, “fg”: 9 },
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_ELDRITCH_BIOARMOR”, “fg”: 10 },
{ “id”: “overlay_male_mutation_ELDRITCH_BIOARMOR”, “fg”: 11 },
{ “id”: “overlay_female_mutation_long_over_eye_var_purple_pink”, “fg”: 12 }
]
}
]
}
]

This is what I did for my mod. And make sure to name the json “mod_tileset.json”, cuz otherwise it didnt work for me.

Hopefully this is of some help.

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File structure

  • CDDA \ Mods \ DinoChibiHugeToUltiCa \
    • modinfo.json
    • mod_tileset.json
    • ChibiHuge.png

modinfo.json

[
  {
    "type": "MOD_INFO",
    "id": "DTCUTOUC",
    "name": "Dino tileset ChibiUltica to UltiCa",
    "authors": [ "A survivor" ],
    "description": "https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/need-help-with-adding-tileset-from-another-mod-to-ultica",
    "category": "graphical",
    "dependencies": [ "dda" ]
  }
]

mod_tileset.json

[
  {
    "type": "mod_tileset",
    "compatibility": [ "UltimateCataclysm" ],
    "tiles-new": [
      {
        "file": "ChibiHuge.png",
		"//": "range 3120 to 3151 -> range 0 to 22",
        "sprite_width": 128,
        "sprite_height": 128,
        "sprite_offset_x": -64,
        "sprite_offset_y": -96,
        "tiles": [
			{
			  "id": "mon_tankbot",
			  "fg": [ { "weight": 10, "sprite": 2 }, { "weight": 1, "sprite": 3 }, { "weight": 3, "sprite": 4 } ],
			  "rotates": false
			},
			{ "id": "bot_tankbot", "fg": 0 },
			{ "id": "broken_tankbot", "fg": 1 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_acrocanthosaurus", "fg": 5 },
			{ "id": "mon_acrocanthosaurus", "fg": 6 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_siats", "fg": 7 },
			{ "id": "mon_siats", "fg": 8 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_spinosaurus", "fg": 9 },
			{ "id": "mon_spinosaurus", "fg": 10 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_torvosaurus", "fg": 11 },
			{ "id": "mon_torvosaurus", "fg": 12 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_tyrannosaurus", "fg": 13 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_zyrannosaurus", "fg": 14 },
			{ "id": "mon_tyrannosaurus", "fg": 15 },
			{ "id": "mon_zyrannosaurus", "fg": 16 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_yulecat", "fg": 17 },
			{ "id": "mon_yulecat", "fg": 18 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_kraken_guard", "fg": 19 },
			{ "id": "mon_kraken_guard", "fg": 20 },
			{ "id": "corpse_mon_kraken_queen", "fg": 21 },
			{ "id": "mon_kraken_queen", "fg": 22 }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]

A simple demonstration, in addition to the dinosaur sprites are distributed in :ChibiLarge.png and other PNGS

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