Can you override existing reform programs in a mod?

[Nomaki]

Hello!

I'm attempting to override the default Workshop Induction Safety course by changing the "Intake" parameter to "Mandatory" as a mod so I can publish it, but after activating the mod in-game and trying it at the top and bottom of the list, it doesn't seem to have any effect, the same thing in the reform_programs.txt in the main.dat works, but not via a mod.

Is it at all possible to alter the core reform programs via the modding system?

Below is my reform_programs.txt for reference.

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BEGIN Program
    Name            WorkshopInduction
    SessionCost     -100
    Places          10
    SessionLength   120
    NumSessions     2
    Difficulty      10
    Research        PrisonLabour
    Room            Workshop
    Teacher         Foreman
    Equipment       WorkshopSaw
    EquipmentAlt    WorkshopPress
    Intake          Mandatory          # Was Voluntary
    Properties      Practical
END

[Brento666]

Hey Nomaki, I think you answered your own question by testing it in the original reform text successfully, and not having the same result in a mod...

Maybe you could create a new type of class and link that to working in the workshop! I'm betting that 'd work...

If your at it; why not add "Properties OutsideOfWork" to your coarse, you are then free to schedule it so it doesn't overlap with all the laboring!

Hope you get it working somehow

[Trixi]

its not possible to run multiple reform programs with the same name.

Also its not possible to have multiply qualification for rooms where prisoners can work,

neither its possible to add Production objects to vanilla rooms.

[Nomaki]

Hey Nomaki, I think you answered your own question by testing it in the original reform text successfully, and not having the same result in a mod...
Maybe you could create a new type of class and link that to working in the workshop! I'm betting that 'd work...
If your at it; why not add "Properties OutsideOfWork" to your coarse, you are then free to schedule it so it doesn't overlap with all the laboring!
Hope you get it working somehow

Thanks for the warm reception and help to a question I figured would be silly to ask!
I wasn't sure if I was missing something which the modding guides I've been sifting through might have missed out; I found that you can override default rooms, so long as you have all the associated language text copy-pasted into your mod (e.g. the saw and press object text for a workshop), but alas this doesn't seem to extend to reform programs.

Also its not possible to have multiply qualification for rooms where prisoners can work,

I was fiddling seeing if I could get multiples, shame you can't, maybe in the future? Thanks for the help though!

I ended up creating a new reform program and changing the workshop to require that qualification instead, which I published over here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =533393158
Despite the various limitations of the modding API, it seems pretty simple and fun to use, and the community both here and on Steam discussions have been helpful, so thanks a lot and I look forward to making some more mods!

[demeggy]

Nice thread, you've also just helped me out with a similar problem Best of luck

[aubergine18]

I found that you can override default rooms, so long as you have all the associated language text copy-pasted into your mod

That's not strictly correct; to override a room simply add a "BEGIN Room" definition in materials.txt that has the same "Name" as the room you want to override; your room definition will completely replace the existing room definition and everything in it. So if you just want a tweak, you have to copy all the other definitions from the original room definition from base games' materials.txt. Sadly, this means that only one mod at a time can override a room from the base game (because it will overwrite any changes made by previous mods).

The only time you need to do anything with language strings in base-language.txt is if you want to add new strings (eg. for custom objects that your mod adds to base game) or change existing strings. You should never normally need to copy chunks of base-language.txt from the base game (unless you plan on changing the text in them). Anything in your base-language.txt will overwrite existing stuff of same locale id's. For example, if there was something in the base game's base-language.txt "foo This is a foo" then if you put in your mods base-language.txt "foo This is my foo" you would overwrite the foo from the base game's base-language.txt.