Tips for a HighSchooler

[lyth99]

  So i'm in AP Computer Science and with a little extra practice i've become pretty fluent in JAVA (by no means am i a pro i've only done this like 9 months, but i did get 11th in my BPA state JAVA competition i don't like to flatter my self but i want to and that felt really good) so i get the basics programming very well, a few days ago we switched over to python to experience new languages and we just started messing around with GUI and basically all the basics. And now that i know one of my favorite games ever uses python i want to try my hand at modding. So I was wondering if I wanted to get in the Modding state of mind how would i do it, and where do I start. Because Mod Development and Game Development is so much harder than regular programming.


SideNote: PYTHON IS soo much simpler than JAVA can someone tell me why? is it just because python is newer?

 

[kalarhan]

modding is done with MBScript, not Python. Python is just the language for the compiler.

Unless you are creating a new tool or you want to use some shortcuts you will not use it here.

Start here:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,240255.0.html

And there is no such thing as a simpler language. It is all about the paradox, your experience and user case. But that usually takes a few years to learn  . Scripting languages are less burocratic and they may seen easier to use/learn, thats all.

Cheers

 

[Quintillius]

It is even more simple using the ModuleSystem synthax.
You'll find all operations in header_operations.py.

A script is for example:

(eq, ":has_followed_tutorial", 0),   #If local variable ':has_followed_turorial' is equal to 0, it will continue, otherwise it will not.
(tutorial_box, "@Hello, welcome to Nova Aetas. Have a nice stay!", "@Tutorial Title"),  # Makes notification appear with text and title.
(assign, ":has_followed_tutorial", 1),  # This local variale is now set to 1.
(troop_add_gold, "trp_player", 500),  # Add some shiny coins for player.

@ = Tells game to see this as text.
trp_ = refers to module_troops.py where variable "player" is assigned.

That's how it works. Menus are designed in module_menus.py, dialogues in module_dialogs.py and triggers in module_triggers.py.
I hope I could encourage you to start modding soon. I recommend to follow the scripting tutorials.

* Glad to see you have a Nova Aetas banner in your signature!

 

[lyth99]

Thanks for the replies guys!

P.S. Quintillius I love your work and you're an inspiration to me!

It is even more simple using the ModuleSystem synthax.
You'll find all operations in header_operations.py.

A script is for example:

(eq, ":has_followed_tutorial", 0),   #If local variable ':has_followed_turorial' is equal to 0, it will continue, otherwise it will not.
(tutorial_box, "@Hello, welcome to Nova Aetas. Have a nice stay!", "@Tutorial Title"),  # Makes notification appear with text and title.
(assign, ":has_followed_tutorial", 1),  # This local variale is now set to 1.
(troop_add_gold, "trp_player", 500),  # Add some shiny coins for player.

@ = Tells game to see this as text.
trp_ = refers to module_troops.py where variable "player" is assigned.

That's how it works. Menus are designed in module_menus.py, dialogues in module_dialogs.py and triggers in module_triggers.py.
I hope I could encourage you to start modding soon. I recommend to follow the scripting tutorials.

* Glad to see you have a Nova Aetas banner in your signature!