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xander wrote:Knuth famously advised against premature optimization. Same thing here: premature bugfixing is generally counter-productive

As is pre-mature modding. We are in alpha. No need to mod just yet. All anyone has to do is watch the blog video and they will know, this update was all about modding. End of story. To suggest otherwise is just spin.

with this modding system..... can anyone mod the game to be stable and have less then 1000 memory leaks so my prison doesnt lagg that much on my high end computer?

Citizen wrote:

xander wrote:Knuth famously advised against premature optimization. Same thing here: premature bugfixing is generally counter-productive

As is pre-mature modding. We are in alpha. No need to mod just yet. All anyone has to do is watch the blog video and they will know, this update was all about modding. End of story. To suggest otherwise is just spin.

Mods aren't hurting anyone, they give the community a lot of opportunity to keep themselves busy while waiting for the next release. They help to keep the interest up.

NeatNit wrote:

Citizen wrote:

xander wrote:Knuth famously advised against premature optimization. Same thing here: premature bugfixing is generally counter-productive

As is pre-mature modding. We are in alpha. No need to mod just yet. All anyone has to do is watch the blog video and they will know, this update was all about modding. End of story. To suggest otherwise is just spin.

Mods aren't hurting anyone, they give the community a lot of opportunity to keep themselves busy while waiting for the next release. They help to keep the interest up.

Well, I suppose the worries that the folks speaking out against (or at least not in favor) for the modding system that early is that the game itself is still in development, and giving the people similar power to the devs themselves this early (when it comes to content creation, at least) could lead to

1. The devs neglecting a certain feature because "there's already a mod for it" and (part of) the community nagging about that, or
2. The devs implementing a certain feature and (part of) the community nagging that "there's already a mod for it" and that they could/should have spent their time with something else instead.

The problem is that those two instances are complementary and complete under the prerequisite that a mod exists for a certain feature, so no matter wether the devs do or don't, they'd be getting one section of the community riled up. Talk about frying pans and fires.

In the end...it all comes down to the community. As far as I recall, the devs already have a good vision for their game, which they will implement continuously, so the first instance probably won't ever come to pass, and with the second instance, it's all up to us to be calm and reasonable. I personally think we can do it, at least here on the forums (no idea about Steam Community), so I'm not particularly worried about the modding system being implemented this early; in the end, it will never take anything away from the game, only add. But I do understand those that are worried.

I agree with Citizen about you not working on the modding system till after the full release. I also agree that a tablet edition of the game should be saved till later on, unless you have a seperate team to work on the tablet edition like Mojang AB who have two teams, one working on the pc edition and one working on the pocket and console editions.

Is the A24 download on the build list the 24c patch? Data is slow on mobile and I don't really want to download the same version for an hour.

-Edit-
Downloading it now. They really should post notes about these things.

Is there a post somewhere that details all of the objects that are available somewhere for modding.

Also...

• Are there any tutorials on how to set up a new room type?
• Can you affect a prisoners concentration level after they have performed an action in your mod?
• How do you know what ID to give your mod in the manifest file?
• How do you find out what your Steam Author ID is?

Thanks.

dibley1973 wrote:Is there a post somewhere that details all of the objects that are available somewhere for modding.

Also...

• Are there any tutorials on how to set up a new room type?
• Can you affect a prisoners concentration level after they have performed an action in your mod?
• How do you know what ID to give your mod in the manifest file?
• How do you find out what your Steam Author ID is?

Thanks.

Yes to most of your questions, though in various states of completion and detail. Please refer to the Prison Architect modding subforum.

xander

Hi dibley1973,

As xander mentioned, the modding sub-forum is where to go if you have mod related questions.

As for the FILEID and AUTHORID, the Steam Workshop assigns one to you once you upload / publish the file.

Cheers!

Citizen wrote:

xander wrote:Knuth famously advised against premature optimization. Same thing here: premature bugfixing is generally counter-productive

As is pre-mature modding. We are in alpha. No need to mod just yet. All anyone has to do is watch the blog video and they will know, this update was all about modding. End of story. To suggest otherwise is just spin.

It's actually very good that they started working on the modding system this early, it will result in faster development of features in the long run.
They would have to refactor the crap out of the engine in order to move away from the horribly hard coded system, and yes that makes it easy to add a modding system but it also makes development much easier for the programmers.

mazetar wrote:They would have to refactor the crap out of the engine in order to move away from the horribly hard coded system, and yes that makes it easy to add a modding system but it also makes development much easier for the programmers.

Exactly this. It can't be said enough---the really interesting thing is not the addition of modding for players, but the code refactor that will make it simpler for Chris to add new features.

xander

How do I recruit them?
Is it automatic?

totte1015 wrote:How do I recruit them?
Is it automatic?

It is not automatic. Highly suppressed prisoners have a chance of turning CI. If you have a highly suppressed prisoner who is willing to turn pigeon, you can select the prisoner and recruit them.

xander

xander wrote:

totte1015 wrote:How do I recruit them?
Is it automatic?

It is not automatic. Highly suppressed prisoners have a chance of turning CI. If you have a highly suppressed prisoner who is willing to turn pigeon, you can select the prisoner and recruit them.

xander

Thanks alot!
Shortly after posting (of corse) a guy was highlighted and i pressed him, and I could recruit him.

Although, everyone I have as a CI, should I instantly put them as Protective custody?