Creating a module

2009-11-07T17:20:44Z

ArnX: corrected spelling "separate"

To create and modify [[module]]s, select "Manage Modules" from the File menu. This will bring up a list of existing modules, with a "New" button for creating new modules and a "Properties" button for editing the properties of existing modules. You can only edit the properties of the module that's currently open.

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| [[Image:Module menu command.png|frame|Select "Manage Modules"]]
| [[Image:Module manage module window.png|frame|Then click the "New" button to create a new module.]]
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When you create a new module the properties window will open. Edit the "Name" field to name the new module, add a unique identifier string to the UID field, and then click "OK"; the other properties can be changed later on once you have some content to set them to.

Currently there is no way to delete a module within the toolset once it's been created.

To select which module you're working with, select the module in the Manage Modules list and click the "Open" button. Only resources that are available to the open module will be visible.

To open a module's object inspector window to modify its properties, open "manage modules", select the module, and click the "properties" button.

A module with no event script will start the player without going through character generation, which will leave the player with an almost unusable character to play with. See [[character generation]] for some simple character generation code you can use.

== Extending the game - Addins vs. Modules ==

Add-ins are meant to extend an existing module or provide resources for (potentially) multiple modules, whereas modules are stand-alone units, which can be extended or draw on additional resources, but don't need to).

Addins can be enabled and disabled. Addins not only extend a module but add onto a module as well. Modules can't interact with other Modules in the game. An Addin that extends a module will always have its core resources loaded when the module is loaded regardless of whether the Addin is disabled. An Addin that adds onto a module will only have it's core resources loaded when it is enabled.

To create an addin that extends another module:

# Open File/Manage Modules
# Add a new Module
# Click on the “Hierarchy” button
# Select the parent module

Remember also to set the Extended Module property.

Core resources:

Any item that the player can use or that a creatures drops for the player, needs to be a core resource. To create a core resource:
# Right click on properties for the resource in the Palette Window
# Change Module to: Core Game Resources
# Change Owner Module to: New Module Name
Be aware of dependencies between core and non-core resources; especially around scripts.

There will be a separate tlk table created for the Addin in its directories. When the game loads it will combine all the tlk tables across all the addins that it knows about.

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Creating a module