Cataclysm-dda: Dinomod: Obscure Dinos

[Theawesomeboophis]

There are many dinosaurs that I think would be cool to see in Dinomod

Describe the solution you'd like

Add More Obscure dinosaurs such as:
Qianzhousaurus
Nothronychus
Kosmoceratops
Amargasaurus
Bonus Prehistoric Creature: Triadobatrachus( Giant Prehistoric Frog and the first modern frog, just seemed to fit Dinomod)

Describe alternatives you've considered

Not doing this.

[LyleSY]

I'd support addition of any of those (maybe not the frog unless there's a clear connection to dinos). Nothronychus and Kosmoceratops are especially good fits since they are from North America. I wouldn't want the others spawning in the wilderness, but they would fit in fine at most (all?) of the special DinoMod locations. I considered Kosmoceratops for the big ceratops PR, it's a great choice

[Theawesomeboophis]

The frog is from early Triassic, but it isn't a dinosaur, so I see why you don't want that one, thanks for replying and giving feedback.

[Drafting-Goblin]

I'm fairly new to contributing to CDDA, but I would be interested in trying to add one of these to the mod.

[Theawesomeboophis]

I'm considering creating a mod with non-dino Prehistoric creatures, the frog would probably fit that better( if I finish it).

[LyleSY]

@Drafting-Goblin check out https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/mods/DinoMod/DESIGN.md
I made that as clear as I could but I'm neck deep in this stuff so any feedback is helpful. I also try to check in on the various modding Discords on there if you have questions

[Theawesomeboophis]

Is there a monster creation template somewhere, because actually programming the monsters correctly is what I have trouble with.

[LyleSY]

The doc is here https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/doc/MONSTERS.md . That has some example code but I find I learn the most by grabbing pieces from https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/tree/master/data/json/monsters

[Drafting-Goblin]

Thanks! I appreciated the help and I will definitely start there.

[Theawesomeboophis]

Thanks, I'll read it and try to get it to work properly.

[Theawesomeboophis]

Qianzhousaurus is broken, please tell me how I can fix these lines.
"symbol": "D",
"volume": "5000 ml",
},
The : symbol is red and I want to know how to fix it for future reference.

[Theawesomeboophis]

Fork is https://github.com/Theawesomeboophis/Cataclysm-DDA-Boophis

[LyleSY]

@Theawesomeboophis i know that error. You’re using a common text editing app instead of a JSON editor. JSON is really picky about that. There are a few good options depending on what platform you use, I just use a Chrome plugin

[Theawesomeboophis]

Thanks, I'll find a Json editor and try again.
On Oct 31, 2020 2:50 PM, "LyleSY" [e-mail] wrote:

@Theawesomeboophis https://github.com/Theawesomeboophis i know that
error. You’re using a common text editing app instead of a JSON editor.
JSON is really picky about that. There are a few good options depending on
what platform you use, I just use a Chrome plugin

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[Drafting-Goblin]

Notepad++ is pretty good in my experience, and it's free.

[Theawesomeboophis]

Thanks, do you have link for Notepad++?

[Drafting-Goblin]

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

[Theawesomeboophis]

Thanks. I downloaded it.