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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Modding''' covers everything you can add to or change in DragonMineZ without writing Java code. Races, transformations, sagas, side quests, wishes, NPC conversations, [[Special:MyLanguage/Space Pod|Space Pod]] destinations, weapon movesets, models and textures are all read from JSON files and resource packs: you edit them with a text editor, reload them and test them in game.<br />
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If this is your first time, start with [[Special:MyLanguage/How to JSON|How to JSON]] and [[Special:MyLanguage/Locating Specific Folders|Locating Specific Folders]]. To write your own Forge mod that hooks into DragonMineZ, see [[Special:MyLanguage/Add-on Development|Add-on Development]] instead.<br />
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== Getting started ==<br />
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{{Card|How to JSON|The JSON rules, the load report and how files are upgraded between versions.}}<br />
{{Card|Locating Specific Folders|Which folder holds which file: config, world save, Dragon Ball packs, datapacks and assets.}}<br />
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== Characters and forms ==<br />
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{{Card|Custom Races|Create a new playable race with its own look, classes and transformations.}}<br />
{{Card|Custom Forms|Every form field, and how to add stack forms that layer on top of race forms.}}<br />
{{Card|Custom Models and Assets|Point races and forms at your own models, body textures and faces.}}<br />
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== Story and NPCs ==<br />
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{{Card|Custom Quests|Write your own sagas, saga quests and side quests.}}<br />
{{Card|Custom Wishes|Change what a dragon grants, or ship a brand-new dragon.}}<br />
{{Card|NPC Placement and Alignment|Move master NPCs, place NPCs inside structures and decide how alignment affects them.}}<br />
{{Card|NPC Dialogue|Give masters branching conversations with conditions and actions.}}<br />
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== Datapacks ==<br />
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{{Card|Space Pod Destinations|Add worlds to the Space Pod menu and decide when they unlock.}}<br />
{{Card|Weapon Attributes|Define how a weapon swings, hits and combos in DragonMineZ combat.}}<br />
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== Data or code ==<br />
There are two ways to extend DragonMineZ. Everything in this section of the wiki is a data add-on; code add-ons are covered in [[Special:MyLanguage/Add-on Development|Add-on Development]].<br />
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! Approach !! What you need !! Where to start<br />
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| '''Data add-ons''': configs, races, forms, quests, wishes, Dragon Ball packs and resource packs || A text editor and a DragonMineZ instance || {{L|How to JSON}}<br />
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| '''Code add-ons''': your own Forge mod that hooks DragonMineZ events and APIs || A Forge 1.20.1 development environment || {{L|Add-on Getting Started}}<br />
|}<br />
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DragonMineZ has no Java API to register new races, forms, skills or techniques: new races and forms are always added through JSON config files.<br />
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== Where each kind of content lives ==<br />
{{Main|Locating Specific Folders}}<br />
* Tuning stats, damage or costs, or adding a race, form, entity or raid: <code>config/dragonminez/</code><br />
* Adding or editing story content, wishes, dialogue or NPC placement for one world: <code><world save>/dragonminez/</code><br />
* Shipping a distributable Dragon Ball pack: <code><game dir>/dragonballs/</code><br />
* Space Pod destinations, weapon attributes and rhythm charts: a datapack<br />
* Adding a model, texture or animation: <code>assets/dragonminez/...</code> in a resource pack<br />
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== Applying your changes ==<br />
{{Main|Reloading and Updating Changes}}<br />
Each kind of file is applied in a different way. <code>/dmzreload</code> with no argument reloads everything it covers.<br />
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! Content !! How to apply it<br />
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| Races, forms, NPC placements and NPC alignment rules || {{Command|/dmzreload config}}<br />
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| Sagas, quests, side quests and NPC dialogue || {{Command|/dmzreload story}}<br />
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| Per-world wish lists || {{Command|/dmzreload wishes}}<br />
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| Space Pod destinations, weapon attributes and structure NPCs || Vanilla <code>/reload</code><br />
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| Wish lists inside Dragon Ball packs || Vanilla <code>/reload</code>, then <code>/dmzreload wishes</code><br />
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| New dragons, ball sets and radars || Restart the game<br />
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| Models, textures and animations || Resource reload ({{Key|F3}} + {{Key|T}}) or restart<br />
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== Translating your content ==<br />
All in-game text uses translation keys. Races, forms, sagas, quests, wishes and dialogue lines take a translation key wherever a name or a text is shown, and each page of this section lists the key pattern it uses. Add your keys to your <code>en_us.json</code> or to your own language file in a resource pack (<code>assets/<namespace>/lang/<locale>.json</code>). You don't need to add translation keys for anything else: DragonMineZ merges the translations already made on Crowdin with your own.<br />
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