an modders utility library thing.
have you ever wanted to create a mod, were you had ‘mega salvage rigs’ to perform salvage jobs instead of ‘crew’? have you every wanted to stop using ‘marine’s’ and start using ‘heavy titan walkers’ when raiding a world? have you ever wanted to do away with ‘heavy machinery’ when salvaging, and instead use your newly modded in ‘salvage equipment’? maybe you wanted to create a task in one for your mods, were other modders could set things to be consumed in said task but thought ‘why bother’? maybe you wanted to have an diverse ground army when attacking an world? but could never find a way to mod that into the game easily and quickly?
well now you can. with CREW REPLACER!
what is Crew Replacer?
Crew Replacer is a mod library built with one goal in mind: to make it easy and quick to mod in new items to be used in jobs. crew replacer lets multiple modders modify the same tasks, by adding a system that lets a modder add an ‘crew'(really any type of commodity) to an ‘job’. were said ‘job’s replace all the instances of crew i could find in code.
but what dose that mean? it means that modders now have a system to to change what is used/required when the one tries to ‘salvage’ or ‘survey’ or ‘raid’. it also means that modders have a system to add new jobs into the game, then let other modders change what is used/required in said task.
still dont understand? feel free to ask me questions. and i will do my best to explain.
Compatibility:
SurveyPluginImpl
rules.csv:
sal_showRatingAndCost
sal_optionCheckAccidents
sal_salvageOptionSelected
sal_scavengeDebris
sal_forceRecoveryOptSel
sal_demolishOptionConfirmed
marketHostileRaidSel
marketHostileRaidNonMarket
marketHostileRaidValuableSel
marketHostileRaidDisruptSel
marketHostileRaidConfirmSel
known incompatible mods and there patches (if they have one)
Nexerelin: patch: https://github.com/Alaricdragon/CrewReplacer-Nexerelin-combatability.
-Nexerelin’s MarketCMD effects raiding. everything else works fine.
Download:
https://github.com/Alaricdragon/Crew_Replacer
how to use the mod (for modders.)
for full API, there is an readme in the mod file that i will keep updated.
available ‘basic’ Jobs in the this mod:
(note: an Task is not a Job. only an Job is an Jobs)
Job ID’s are in quotes. example: Job:”this is an job ID”
Task:survey(done)
i reduce the cost of the survey. same effect, but kinda confusing and disorientating. also cant remove crews like i would like.
-admins say that the survey plugin is the only place this can work, as were the crew available is calculated is part of the 'core' of the game, and cannot be changed.
Job:"survey_crew"(done)
Job:"survey_supply"(done)
-crew added to the supply_job are not consumed when they should be.
-the only way i can make then consumed, is if i make it happen every time someone mouses over a planet. and thats a no go for me thanks
-this dose not effect normal supply.
Job:"survey_heavy_machinery"(done)
Task:salvage(done/tested)
Task:raiding(done/tested)
task: steal a starship mission (done/tested)
task: repair Coronal HyperShunt (functional/display not yet working)
for adding crew (basic):
returns: an crewReplacer_Job with the same name. or creates one if none exists.
job: is an ID that you wish for this job to have. most be no other jobs with this ID.
how to add a 'crew' to a 'job':
for adding/running jobs:
Wait... couldn't the mods that introduce these units also have buildings that manufacture/grow/breed them?!
ZERGS! Xenomorphs! Sentinels! Power Armor! Terminators!
I can't wait for modders to go crazy with this library.
Wait wait wait... so are you telling me we can Titanfall some poor hapless farming colony now? Drop pod deadly Elvish Blade Singers upon the annoying pain in the ass Hegemony? Flood a Luddic world with Rabid Furries? Unleash a tide of mechanical horrors that is the Necrons? Deploy an army of clones?! Horatio clones... or maybe Republic clones. I am right to assume this mod enables all this and MORE?!
Wait... couldn't the mods that introduce these units also have buildings that manufacture/grow/breed them?!
ZERGS! Xenomorphs! Sentinels! Power Armor! Terminators!
I can't wait for modders to go crazy with this library.
now you understand. the universe is at our fingertips and we (the modders) shall be the gods of this new world. I hope the modding community enjoy this as well =)
Wait wait wait... so are you telling me we can Titanfall some poor hapless farming colony now? Drop pod deadly Elvish Blade Singers upon the annoying pain in the ass Hegemony? Flood a Luddic world with Rabid Furries? Unleash a tide of mechanical horrors that is the Necrons? Deploy an army of clones?! Horatio clones... or maybe Clone Troopers. I am right to assume this mod enables all this and MORE?!
Wait... couldn't the mods that introduce these units also have buildings that manufacture/grow/breed them?!
Dad i need it
Would it be possible to include the compatibility patch in the main mod, instead of requiring a separate download? Many mods do stuff like this:
if (Global.getSettings().getModManager().isModEnabled("nexerelin")) {
/* your code here */
}For example, could I make a custom Super-Soldier commodity that acts as 10 marines at once?
Does this mod allow the replacement objects to be "better" than the default objects?
For example, could I make a custom Super-Soldier commodity that acts as 10 marines at once?
yes. that is what 'crew power' dose. the default crew power is 1, so if you set your Super-Soldier to have 10 crew power when you make it, it will be worth 10 marines.
Not compatible with Nexerelin? But almost everyone will have it...
Would it be possible to include the compatibility patch in the main mod, instead of requiring a separate download? Many mods do stuff like this:
Codeif (Global.getSettings().getModManager().isModEnabled("nexerelin")) {
/* your code here */
}
I have no idea at all if this will work in this case, as my compatibility patch functions by extending Nexerelin's custom marketCMD that it has, well my mod works by extending the default marketCMD. and I am unsure how to merge the two classes, without having to update every time Nexerline dose. regardless, ill give it a try sometime. but probably not right now.
Does Crew Replacer extend to ships? For example, could the Salvage Rig replace (or be required alongside) Heavy Equipment when salvaging derelict stuff, and can this mod add new requirements to actions that previously did not require them; e.g., requiring Heavy Equipment or Salvage Rigs to recover derelict ships?
yes to your first question. you can make an class that extends crewReplacer_Crew and overwrite the removeCrew, getCrewInFleet, and DisplayedCrewNumbers function. then add that to a crewReplacer_Job. you can then put your custom code into said functions, to make it so a ship can be used. or do anything truely. 'extends' and 'overwrite' is kinda like magic. (just started to learn about them a week ago sorry for nerding out about them)
regarding your second question, no. crew replacer cannot add new requirements. it was never built with such an idea in mind.
it is built with the idea that someone would want to replace its scripts in mind though. so if you are feeling crazy you can always try to make your own mod that changes salvage to have new requirements.
You are a genius, I salute you.
*Salutes you back* just doing my duty for the modding community
(Thanks for the complement though. Complements on my things make me happy 
finally i have a use for this