2025-03-04T14:13:39Z

John: Created page with "== Mistakes in existing Translations == If you notice a translation error, please let us know about it on the [http://bugs.introversion.co.uk bug tracker] (bugs.introversion.co.uk). Remember to let us know which language, the incorrect phrase and the correct translation. A screenshot would be really helpful."

Modding

2025-01-24T14:58:40Z

John: Correct typo: spitebank.txt -> spritebank.txt

Mods are packages of files that change The Last Starship in some way. These packages match the <code>[[main.dat]]</code> file structure to overload specific files. Mods can change game textures, default ships, and adjust system interactions.

== Using mods ==

To install a mod, unzip the mod package into the game directory (<code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Last Starship</code> for Steam). If done correctly, you should end up with a <code>data</code> directory containing the mod files.

== Creating mods ==

=== Texture packs ===

:'' The texture files for the game are still changing regularly. Any texture pack mods may need to be updated with each game release.''

To create new textures for the game, it is recommended to create new sprite sheets and only override <code>spritebank.txt</code>. This should allow multiple texture packs to co-exist once stronger mod tooling has been developed.

Sprites define their textures as below:

<nowiki>BEGIN Sprite
Name Engine
Image sprite-bank.png
BEGIN Frames
Size 2
BEGIN "[i 0]" X 2160 Y 300 Width 840 Height 480 ExtendLeft 123 ExtendRight 1 ExtendUp 250 END
BEGIN "[i 1]" X 4140 Y 60 Width 840 Height 480 ExtendLeft 135 ExtendRight 1 ExtendUp 2 END
END
BEGIN Markers
Size 13
BEGIN "[i 0]" Name Activation X 2544 Y 239 Width 198 Height 40 END
BEGIN "[i 1]" Name FuelBuffer X 2544 Y 318 Width 201 Height 36 END
BEGIN "[i 2]" Name Terminal1 X 2963 Y 448 Width 30 Height 92 END
BEGIN "[i 3]" Name Terminal2 X 2969 Y 326 Width 19 Height 98 END
BEGIN "[i 4]" Name GlowOn1 X 2177 Y 575 Width 186 Height 164 END
BEGIN "[i 5]" Name GlowThrust3 X 2097 Y 132 Width 146 Height 356 END
BEGIN "[i 6]" Name GlowThrust1 X 2046 Y 467 Width 90 Height 145 END
BEGIN "[i 7]" Name GlowThrust2 X 2069 Y 612 Width 69 Height 70 END
BEGIN "[i 8]" Name GlowOn3 X 2524 Y 368 Width 244 Height 275 END
BEGIN "[i 9]" Name GlowOn4 X 2627 Y 156 Width 64 Height 64 END
BEGIN "[i 10]" Name GlowOn5 X 2876 Y 312 Width 34 Height 220 END
BEGIN "[i 11]" Name GlowThrust1 X 4083 Y 119 Width 141 Height 360 END
BEGIN "[i 12]" Name GlowOn1 X 4519 Y 162 Width 229 Height 293 END
END
BEGIN State Frames [0] END
BEGIN State Name Exterior Frames [1] END
END</nowiki>

The Name field of the sprite must match the name of the item used in the game. The Image field must be an image inside the <code>sprites</code> data folder. Frames define textures for different rotations and state the item may appear, while Markers define effects on the item.

=== Translations ===

:''An existing [https://github.com/Totengeist/LastStarshipTranslations fan translation project] needs support. Please consider contributing to it instead of creating your own.''

To add a new language, create a new directory in <code>data\language</code> with the name of the language (e.g.: <code>latin</code>). The name of the folder will be used for the selection menu in the game. Inside this folder, create the file <code>language.txt</code> to contain all of the strings for the language.