Mods / Compass2

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Category: #Crafting
Author: JapanHasRice
Side: Both
Created: Jan 26th at 11:56 PM
Last modified: Feb 5th at 3:03 PM
Downloads: 350
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Latest file:
Compass2_v1.1.0.zip


Compass2

A continuation of the original compass mod by Goxmeor.

Latest Changes (v1.1.0):

  • Active temporal storms interfere with compasses, rendering them useless during the storm. Configurable.
  • Approaching temporal storms interfere with compasses, rendering them useless as the storm nears. Disabled by default. Configurable.
  • The Relative Compass can only be crafted and attuned to areas of low stability, as measured at sea level. Configurable.

Features

Compasses!

  • Magnetic Compass
    • Points north.
    • Crafted with 1 fired clay bowl, 1 stick, and either 1 magnetite nugget or 1 metal scraps.
  • Origin Compass
    • Points to the world's default spawn at time of its creation.
      • If world spawn is later changed, the compass will not point at the new location.
      • If world spawn has a radius, it points to the center of it.
    • Crafted with 1 Magnetic Compass and 2 Temporal Gears.
  • Relative Compass
    • Points to the location where it was created.
    • **NEW** Can only be crafted in low stability areas.
    • Crafted with 1 Origin Compass and 2 Temporal Gears.
  • Seraph Compass
    • Points to the player who first picks it up (usually the one who crafted it).
    • Does not track an offline player.
    • No crafting recipe yet. Feel free to add your own!

**NEW** Mechanics

  • Active temporal storms interfere with compasses
  • Approaching temporal storms interfere with compasses

Storage

  • Compasses can be held in your offhand.
  • Compasses can be placed on the ground with other ground-storables.
  • Compasses can be placed on shelves.
  • Compasses can be placed in display cases.

Visuals

  • New animations
  • Compasses will point the correct direction in first person, third person, on other players, or on the ground
  • Animated in ground storage, display cases, and shelves

Commands

  • /compass
    • Requires "commandplayer" permissions.
    • Only function on the compass held in the active hotbar slot
    • /compass show
      • Displays the compass's internal data: creator and target position.
    • /compass set target <X> <Y> <Z>
      • Changes the compass's target position to the provided position.
      • Supports flexible pos inputs, i.e. ~10 ~0 ~-15 denotes a position relative to the player, =512000 =120 =512000 denotes an absolute position, and 0 120 0 denotes a map coordinate.
    • /compass set craftedBy [<player_name>|<player_uid>|<any_string>]
      • Changes who the compass was created by (currently only matters for the Seraph Compass).
      • Can be a player's Name, a player's UID, or an unrelated string.
    • /compass reset
      • Causes the compass to act as though it had just been crafted.
    • /compass remove target
      • Deletes the compass's saved target position.
    • /compass remove craftedBy
      • Deletes the compass's saved creator.
      • Currently, this will cause the compass to act as though it had just been crafted
    • /compass for [<player_name>|<player_uid>] [show|set|reset]
      • Performs the given command on behalf of the specified player, as if that player had run the command themselves.
      • Example: ServerAdmin runs the command /compass for OtherPlayer set target 10000 120 10000. If OtherPlayer is holding a compass in their active hotbar slot, its target will be set to 10000, 120, 10000.

Configuration

The below configuration options are applied before Vintage Story's JSON patching system. Changes made through JSON patching take priority over the changes made in the provided configuration file and should be safe from conflicts.

If a config file is not found in the ModConfig folder, it will be created with default values when the world is loaded.

If an individual setting is deleted from a config file, it will be added back in with its default value next time a world is loaded.

Server Configuration
Setting Default Min Max Description
-Crafting Options- - - - -
EnableMagneticRecipe true     Allow crafting a Magnetic Compass with a Magnetite Nugget.
EnableScrapRecipe true     Allow crafting a Magnetic Compass with a Metal Scraps.
EnableOriginRecipe true     Allow crafting an Origin Compass.
OriginCompassGears 2 1 8 Number of Temporal Gears required to craft an Origin Compass.
EnableRelativeRecipe true     Allow crafting a Relative Compass
RelativeCompassGears 2 1 8 Number of Temporal Gears required to craft a Relative Compass.
**NEW** RestrictRelativeCompassCraftingByStability true     Prevent crafting a Relative Compass based on temporal stability. Must be enabled for AllowRelativeCompassCraftingBelowStability to have any effect.
**NEW** AllowRelativeCompassCraftingBelowStability 0.9 0.1   Temporal stability at or above this value (as measured at sea level) will prevent the crafting of a Relative Compass. NOTES: Vanilla stability values range from 0 to 1.5 (2 if temporal stability is disabled). Stability values below 1 cause a reduction in player stability.
-Gameplay Options- - - - -
**NEW** ActiveTemporalStormsAffectCompasses true     During active temporal storms, compasses will be distorted.
**NEW** ApproachingTemporalStormsAffectCompasses false     When a temporal storm is approaching, compasses will be distorted.
**NEW** ApproachingTemporalStormInterferenceBeginsDays 0.35 0.1   Number of days before a storm that compasses will be affected by an approaching temporal storm.
-Other- - - - -
AllowCompassesInOffhand true     Allow compasses to be placed in the offhand slot.
Client Configuration
Setting Default Min Max Description
MaximumPreGeneratedMeshes 120 8   Maximum number of meshes to use for animating needle movement of held compasses.
ThirdPersonRenderUpdateTickIntervalMs 1 1   Milliseconds between updates to compasses rendered in another player's hand. Only updates on game ticks.
**NEW** PlacedCompassRenderUpdateTickIntervalMs 500 1   Milliseconds between updates to compasses which are placed as blocks or displayed inside another. Only affects compasses with moving targets and only updates on game ticks.

Modding the mod

There are many details of the compasses that can be modified via JSON. Below is a sample asset file with only the relevant properties. Custom properties are all further explained below. Additional information is provided when relevant.

NOTE: Compasses MUST be blocks, not items, due to differences in how Vintage Story handles block and item rendering, and how compass animations were enabled where Vintage Story does not support them.

Sample Asset JSON
{
  "textures": { "shell": { "base": "game:block/clay/ceramic-dark" } },
  "texturesByType": {
    "*-magnetic": { "needle": { "base": "game:item/resource/nugget/magnetite" } },
    "*-relative": { "needle": { "base": "game:block/metal/plate/gold" } },
    "*-origin": { "needle": { "base": "game:block/fire-blue" } },
    "*-player": { "needle": { "base": "game:item/resource/nugget/malachite" } }
  },
  "shape": { "base": "compass2:block/compass/shell" },
  "shapeInventory": { "base": "compass2:block/compass/complete" },
  "attributes": {
    "XZTrackerProps": {
      "needleShapeLocation": "compass2:block/compass/needle",
      "needleGlowLevel": 0,
      "needleGlowLevelByType": {
        "*-origin": 25,
        "*-player": 50
      },
      "distanceMethod": "manhattan",
      "minTrackingDistance": 5
    }
  },
  "vertexFlags": {
    "glowLevelByType": {
      "*-origin": 10,
      "*-player": 20
    }
  }
}

 

Asset Properties Details

shape and shapeInventory: /shape and /shapeInventory

Due to the hackiness used to allow animations for the compasses in inventory, in display cases, on shelves, and on the ground, a compass's shape must be the location of the shape/model asset containing only the non-moving portions, the 'shell' of the compass. shapeInventory must be the location of the complete shape/model asset, containing both the shell and the needle.

XZTrackerProps: /attributes/XZTrackerProps

Contains all the custom properties made for compasses.

needleShapeLocation: /attributes/XZTrackerProps/needleShapeLocation

Similar to shape and shapeInventory, this must be the location of the shape/model asset for the compass's needle. The origin point of the first root element in this shape is used for rotating the needle to point in the right direction. Be sure to set the origin accordingly if you are going to use your own model.

needleGlowLevel: /attributes/XZTrackerProps/needleGlowLevel

[0-255] default: 0

Because the needle model is rendered separately, it's glow must be set separately from the shell.

distanceMethod: /attributes/XZTrackerProps/distanceMethod

["manhattan"|"distancesquared"] default: "manhattan"

The method used to calculate a compass's distance from its target.

minTrackingDistance: /attributes/XZTrackerProps/minTrackingDistance

default: 3

Used with distanceMethod to determine when a compass is too close to its target to point in the proper direction.

 

Collaboration?

If you have any suggestions or requests or would like to contribute, especially for modeling and animation, feel free to contact me on the Vintage Story Discord (JapanHasRice) or submit a pull request on the github repo.

Version For Game version Downloads Release date Changelog Download
v1.1.0
#v1.17.9 #v1.17.10 #v1.17.11
158 Feb 5th at 3:03 PM Show Compass2_v1.1.0.zip
v1.0.0
#v1.17.9 #v1.17.10
192 Jan 26th at 11:59 PM Show Compass2_v1.0.0.zip

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