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While walking i thought about a little idea, dakka dakka is filled with smart, techy minds, you being one. AND theres no good, deep minecraft 40k mod out there at the moment. so how about I assemble a team and make one,does anyone have an idea how to code a mod in minecraft? if so, we need you! heres some ides for the mod;

basic imperium stuff:
-make promethium for fuel, made with putting lava in a furnace and smelting it
-make a mechancum table, the main tool in this mod, power it with promethium
next:
-find a STC, similar to discoveries in thaumcraft they allow you to make the stuff, find as loot in dungeons
-build power armour and a bolter

intermediate:
-find an ork/enemy fort
-raid fort for more STCs
-arm yourself quite a bit
-find a titan......

a titan is like an abonded on from 40k, they avry in class but the bigger the more loot. they have bosses like chaos lords or ork warbosses.

expert:
-fight through a titan
-loot
-kill boss, take advanced STC, used for VERY high level stuff. like land raiders!
-make mechanicus armour, use this to build bigger stuff like tanks and vehicles. make them by like a coke oven or a blast furnace in railcraft

ENDGAME
-make support signal, it spawns allies
-invade biomes with a conquerer flag
-orbitally bombard areas with a battle barge
-make artifects
-build forts for your allies
-burn the heretics

what else could be endgame in this???

so, what do you think, could we assemble a good enough team? are you in, with enough dedication i truelly believe we could do this!

I'll playtest

your in! any other ideas for it?

Run it with forge, and also, more races

Modloader is easier to program with AFAIK. Anyone able to code in java?

@matapata i know, but the imperium will be the first, then chaos then orks, then tau and so on.

@thenoobbomb agreed we need omeone with java experience, im sure someone on a site with thousands knows advanced java

modloader may be easier, but forge makes it multiplayer

While Im no coding genius, I dont mind testing any weirdo contraptions you lot come up with.

So Id like to put myself down as Playtester, even if the stuff isnt yet complete and you 'just want to see what it does right now'

People do realise, I can't code. I'm looking for a head coder and a few other guys. Playtesters will be needed once we have a form of playable mod. If you know any body that can help call in a favour from them please. On the forge/modloader situation it'll be up to the coder.

I think your best bet to get a coder on board would be to create the pseudo code and maybe even some flowcharts as to how you want everything to work in game. This means you can show them exactly what you want them to do and it will give them a better idea as to what they are letting themselves in for.

 Optio wrote:
I think your best bet to get a coder on board would be to create the pseudo code and maybe even some flowcharts as to how you want everything to work in game. This means you can show them exactly what you want them to do and it will give them a better idea as to what they are letting themselves in for.

Sorry but my English isn't that good, could someone explain?

Write it down on paper, the coder will be able to translate it.

EG, as far as marks on Exam Papers are concerned (within Excel, which I beleive is Java):
If a studet receives more than 90 marks, A*, else if they receive more than 80 marks, A, else if they receive 70 marks, B , else they fail(etc etc, I know I missed a few)

=IF(Mark Received =<90,"A*",IF(Mark Received =<80,"A",IF(Mark Received =<70,"B","C")))

Pseudocode (derived from pseudo and code) is a description
of a computer programming algorithm that uses the structural
conventions of programming languages, but omits detailed
subroutines or language-specific syntax. ( WikipediA )

...written in a pseudo-code that resembles a computer language but
avoids excessive detail by lapsing from time to time into ordinary
English. This lets us specify quite a bit of the program before we
have worked out all aspects of it. On larger programs, it is
valuable to begin with pseudo-code and refine it in stages until
it is all executable. This way you can revise and improve the
design at a high level without writing any executable code, yet
remain close to a form which can be made executable.
(Software Tools, Kernighan, Plauger)

Whatever you created would only need to be basic, merely how each item interacts with each other and what it does and what elements from other game mechanics it needs to draw upon. The coder himself would probably draw up his own final copy of the code to work from but this would give them a basis as to where to start. If your still not sure there is tons of stuff on pseudo code on google.

I don't think I'll be able to do that, could someone volunteer to write the pseudo code, we can talk using PMs about the specifics.

I dont mind trying to...

I can program a bit in java, I could make textures if need be


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when I say a bit I mean I have a ridiculously basic understanding in java, but I could learn how to program with minecraft.

Can we have devastator weaponry? so we can have missile launchers,plasma cannons and lascannons.

Wow, were gaining quite a team on this one!
So heres the list so far

Pseudo coders-ihatenids
-psychadelicmime

Textures-psychadelicmime

Playtesters-matapata98
-noobbomb

So far this seems like it's getting off to a good start!

And yes, there bs devastator weapons among tens of STCs

So the op doesn't have any coding skills, doesn't know how make a mod and is basically just wishlisting features?

I don't mean t sound harsh but isn't this a bit of a strech to ask from dakka community when the only relevent thing is that it has 40k skins?

Why not go for something simple? Like village defence game where you defend villagers from monsters. It would be easier to make (most features are in the game) and you would have something which you can build upon.

Posts like are usually... interesting.

 purplefood wrote:
Posts like are usually... interesting.

Because words.

I do agree with Illuknisaa though. The OP just seems to be wishlisting stuff and adding nothing to the project.

Also, not to piss on your dreams but have you got any idea how much time and effort is involved with making a proper mod?

I've only done a tiny bit of coding for a single game in the past, it was torture. And that was nothing but scripting a few NPC's and quests. Add in texture packs, item models, item skins, item mechanics etc. etc. and you're looking at one giant project that will most likely take years to complete.

A mod is not something you make on a whim.

Yeah, I second that actually. I was working with an epic 40K mod for the game World in Conflict, using terrain deformation and making the maps a lot larger.

A mod is not something that you just do on a whim. My mod went together during the course of 5 months before we even got anywhere near an alpha, with 3 different units for each side. Our goal was something like 30 units, plus titans. The project was shelved as a result of the immense problems with the coding.

I still have the mod, and play it a little from time to time.

This might sound unbeleivable "Please Punch Me in the Face", but we could just come together and complete Death's mod?

Also, TDA, Im also down for Playtester

A mod's gonna take a long time, but I'm willing to put effort into it. I tried programming an iphone app and that took 6 months, so I know how hard it can be.

IHateNids wrote:This might sound unbeleivable "Please Punch Me in the Face", but we could just come together and complete Death's mod?

Also, TDA, Im also down for Playtester

psychadelicmime wrote:A mod's gonna take a long time, but I'm willing to put effort into it. I tried programming an iphone app and that took 6 months, so I know how hard it can be.

agreed, i know this will take ages, but its something i am willing to work hard on. i know how to code, just not in java. im decent in HTML and GML, but thats all

Perhaps start with reskins and custom maps.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
Perhaps start with reskins and custom maps.

Exactly.
A, say, titan or something like that, will be in the final version you told us about. Those need to be build anyways.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
Perhaps start with reskins and custom maps.

reskins? sorry but what are those.

also i think we should start small, and have a base mod we can start off on so thats why i think we should start the easy things first

Reskins =/= texture pack.

Making new textures for existing mobs.

Your orks in the finished mod could simply be vanilla zombies with a new skin and you could use those in conjunction with a custom map (such as the titan) to get a lot of the feel of 40k with far less work than a full mod.

Hell you could just retexture bows to be bolters and the various types of swords to be different weapons.