Creating Mods in Banished

[ScoutAE4 25]

That's so funny!!

I have this little tutorial bookmarked that might help...?

 

[catty-cb 4,413]

Thanks I'll watch it tonight as my last attempt at flipping it the right way round is now causing a fatal compile error .... just heading out for the afternoon or I'd watch it now 

[catty-cb 4,413]

Haven't had a chance to do anything with this as I'm rapidly running out xmas holidays and having a last minute dash trying to get some gardening jobs done before its too late

[ScoutAE4 25]

That's the way of it! I have two little designs going but it's going to have to be a hard pause since I picked up a couple of contracts that I expect to kick off soon. Hopefully I won't have to relearn too much when I get back to it!

[catty-cb 4,413]

So a bit of recap as to where we had got to in our attempts at adding a turbosquid model into banished, so taking a look at the apiary model available in the modkit using blender, in game the apiary is built in a series of stages all of which is included in the FBX model

build01

build02

and finally the mesh or in-game model

You can also see the FBX model has a number of points which tell the game where bannies are to stand when they are building it, placing materials or are assigned to work there, there is also a smoke point to tell the game where to generate the chimney smoke

You also have to include this information in the code

and there are a number of small pointer programs that link the FBX model to the code and also tell it which graphics file to use

Get any of this wrong and your program won't compile.

So to build a blacksmith which is what I was attempting to do, you first need a toolmaker template file which you will find under Resource in the modkit

As I was using a turbosquid model I didn't have to worry about build(s) in the FBX model and having to reference that information thru out the program, I also currently don't have any footprint graphics/programs so when it snows, it snows inside the building, which is something I will have to sort out at a later date

Also haven't got the chimney smoke in the right location as its coming thru the roof and am still not quite sure about the size, but it works in-game and makes tools

I also got sidetracked at one point by creating my own banished toolbar, to do this you need to download some program code from the WoB site, which is attached to a forum post in this topic

https://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=1467.0

you then need to set up how you want your toolbar to look and how many menus you want it to have

Lastly I wouldn't have got to where I am if @kid1293 hadn't uploaded some of his source code files into the club

https://community.simtropolis.com/files/category/158-modding-files/

as its helped enormously while working out various parts of the programing code.

A final note we still have a steam gift card for banished, so if anyone wants to give banished modding a go, then let me know and I'll PM you the gift card

[catty-cb 4,413]

I finally settled on model size and ran a compile

Spoiler

Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialTool.rsc:work'
  --> Compiled WorkDescription 'Template\RawMaterialTool.rsc:work'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialTool.rsc:rawmaterial'
  --> Compiled RawMaterialDescription 'Template\RawMaterialTool.rsc:rawmaterial'

  --> Compiled ComponentDescription 'Template\RawMaterialTool.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:value'
  --> Compiled ValueDescription 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:value'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:map'
  --> Compiled MapDescription 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:map'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:model'
  --> Compiled ModelDescription 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:model'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:work'
  --> Compiled WorkDescription 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:work'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:rawmaterial'
  --> Compiled RawMaterialDescription 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:rawmaterial'

  --> Compiled ComponentDescription 'Template\RawMaterialCoal.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:value'
  --> Compiled ValueDescription 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:value'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:map'
  --> Compiled MapDescription 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:map'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:model'
  --> Compiled ModelDescription 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:model'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:work'
  --> Compiled WorkDescription 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:work'
Compiling 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:rawmaterial'
  --> Compiled RawMaterialDescription 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:rawmate
rial'
  --> Compiled ComponentDescription 'Template\RawMaterialSteelTool.rsc:resource'

Compiling 'Dialog\ConsumeProduce.rsc:progressRemaining'
Compiling 'Dialog\ConsumeProduce.rsc:textProgress'
  --> Compiled TextDescription 'Dialog\ConsumeProduce.rsc:textProgress'
  --> Compiled ProgressDescription 'Dialog\ConsumeProduce.rsc:progressRemaining'

  --> Compiled Toolbar 'Game\CommonToolbar.rsc:CommonToolbar'
  --> Compiled Toolbar 'Game\CATToolbar.rsc:CATToolbar'
  --> Compiled Toolbar 'Game\CATToolbar.rsc:CATResource'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:ui'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:enableToolMakerWorkButton'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:labelToolMakerWorkUncheck'
  --> Compiled LabelDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:labelToolMakerWorkUnch
eck'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:labelToolMakerWorkCheck'
  --> Compiled LabelDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:labelToolMakerWorkChec
k'
  --> Compiled CheckDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:enableToolMakerWorkBut
ton'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:workButtonConfig'
  --> Compiled ControlUIConfig 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:workButtonConfig'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:inventoryTab2'
  --> Compiled TabDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:inventoryTab2'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:resourceLimit'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:labelLimit'
  --> Compiled LabelDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:labelLimit'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:editLimit'
  --> Compiled SpinnerDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:editLimit'
  --> Compiled RibbonDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:resourceLimit'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:resourceLimitConfig'
  --> Compiled ResourceLimitUIConfig 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:resourceLimitConf
ig'
  --> Compiled UIDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:ui'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:map'
  --> Compiled MapDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:map'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:zone'
  --> Compiled ZoneDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:zone'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:toolbar'
Compiling 'UI\wheelwrightSpriteSheet.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'UI\wheelwrightSpriteSheetMaterial.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'UI\wheelwrightSpriteSheetTexture.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled ImageBuffer 'UI\wheelwrightSpriteSheetTexture.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled MaterialInstance 'UI\wheelwrightSpriteSheetMaterial.rsc:resource'

  --> Compiled SpriteSheet 'UI\wheelwrightSpriteSheet.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'UI\wheelwrightStringTable.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled StringTable 'UI\wheelwrightStringTable.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled ToolbarDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:toolbar'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:createplaced'
  --> Compiled CreatePlacedDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:createplaced'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:decal'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\DummyFootprintMaterial.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\DummyFootprintTexture.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled ImageBuffer 'Models\MaterialInstance\DummyFootprintTexture.rsc:re
source'
  --> Compiled MaterialInstance 'Models\MaterialInstance\DummyFootprintMaterial.
rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\DummyFootprintDamageMaterial.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled MaterialInstance 'Models\MaterialInstance\DummyFootprintDamageMat
erial.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled DecalDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:decal'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:model'
Compiling 'Models\ShroomMesh.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\ShroomAO.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled ImageBuffer 'Models\MaterialInstance\ShroomAO.rsc:resource'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\Shroom.rsc:damage'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\ShroomTexture.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled ImageBuffer 'Models\MaterialInstance\ShroomTexture.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled MaterialInstance 'Models\MaterialInstance\Shroom.rsc:damage'
Compiling 'Models\MaterialInstance\Shroom.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled MaterialInstance 'Models\MaterialInstance\Shroom.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled GraphicsMesh 'Models\ShroomMesh.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled ModelDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:model'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:picking'
Compiling 'Models\ShroomPicking.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled PickingMesh 'Models\ShroomPicking.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled PickingDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:picking'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:highlight'
Compiling '\Models\ShroomMesh.rsc:edge'
  --> Compiled EdgeMesh '\Models\ShroomMesh.rsc:edge'
  --> Compiled HighlightDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:highlight'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:interact'
Compiling '\Models\ShroomPoints.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled PointList '\Models\ShroomPoints.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled InteractDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:interact'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:particle'
  --> Compiled ParticleDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:particle'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:storage'
  --> Compiled StorageDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:storage'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:work'
  --> Compiled WorkDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:work'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:statusicon'
  --> Compiled StatusIconDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:statusicon'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:tracker'
  --> Compiled TrackerDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:tracker'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:ambientemitter'
  --> Compiled AmbientEmitterDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:ambientemitte
r'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:statemachine'
  --> Compiled StateMachineDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:statemachine'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:cleararea'
  --> Compiled ClearAreaDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:cleararea'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:workplace'
  --> Compiled WorkPlaceDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:workplace'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:build'
  --> Compiled BuildDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:build'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:destroy'
  --> Compiled DestroyDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:destroy'
Compiling 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:consumeproduce'
  --> Compiled ConsumeProduceDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:consumeproduc
e'
  --> Compiled ComponentDescription 'Template\wheelwright.rsc:resource'
  --> Compiled Toolbar 'wheelwright.rsc:wheelwright'
  --> Compiled ExternalList 'wheelwrightResources.rsc:resource'

C:\BanishedKit\MyMods\CATWheel>pause
Press any key to continue...

Always a great sense of relief when that actually works .... note as some of this was using one of kid's models for a while some of the code is referring to Shroom which is a mushroom instead of the wheelwright (blacksmith)

[catty-cb 4,413]

so my blacksmith mod was doing some weird things so I booked it into @kid1293 garage to get it looked at

Not quite at the ready to release to banished players as it seems there are a few things left to be done on it, but thanks to kid its a lot closer to a release date 

[ScoutAE4 25]

Amazing work @catty-cb Bravissima!!