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Modding / Red Bulbs: Easy Solution!
« on: May 15, 2010, 07:56:43 am »
Are you annoyed that there is only a limited amount of red bulbs in the game?
Do you find it unreasonable that you can only create a few volcano rolls, or cold borscht?
Well I've got a pretty easy solution for all anal players out there!
Not really a full-on mod, but anyone with a little computer know-how should be able to do this:
1. Open your Aquaria install folder (i.e. C:\Program Files\Aquaria), and find the folder in it labelled "data".
2. Find the text file named "ingredients" and open it. You may want to create a backup copy in case you ruin anything.
3. Find the section headed by "==Recipes==". Insert a new line, with a new and reasonable recipe to create red bulbs. For example, "PlantBulb + RedBerry = RedBulb".
4. Save the file. Edited file must be named "ingredients".
5. Once you start up your game, you should be able to create red bulbs with whatever recipe you added.
Notes:
-I use Windows. I don't really know if it's exactly the same for other operating systems, but it shouldn't be too different.
-I have no idea what happens if you do this and start a save file with a red bulb already in your inventory.
-I have no idea what happens with the discovered recipes in save files when you remove recipes from the game.
-I have no idea what happens if you make a spelling error with a new recipe. Possibly game crash.
-The order of the recipes shown in-game are the reverse of the order in the text file.
-Adding a recipe will also add an empty 14th page in the recipe book. 52 recipes = 13+1 pages.
-Massive recipe spoilers!
I think that about covers it.
Do you find it unreasonable that you can only create a few volcano rolls, or cold borscht?
Well I've got a pretty easy solution for all anal players out there!
Not really a full-on mod, but anyone with a little computer know-how should be able to do this:
1. Open your Aquaria install folder (i.e. C:\Program Files\Aquaria), and find the folder in it labelled "data".
2. Find the text file named "ingredients" and open it. You may want to create a backup copy in case you ruin anything.
3. Find the section headed by "==Recipes==". Insert a new line, with a new and reasonable recipe to create red bulbs. For example, "PlantBulb + RedBerry = RedBulb".
4. Save the file. Edited file must be named "ingredients".
5. Once you start up your game, you should be able to create red bulbs with whatever recipe you added.
Notes:
-I use Windows. I don't really know if it's exactly the same for other operating systems, but it shouldn't be too different.
-I have no idea what happens if you do this and start a save file with a red bulb already in your inventory.
-I have no idea what happens with the discovered recipes in save files when you remove recipes from the game.
-I have no idea what happens if you make a spelling error with a new recipe. Possibly game crash.
-The order of the recipes shown in-game are the reverse of the order in the text file.
-Adding a recipe will also add an empty 14th page in the recipe book. 52 recipes = 13+1 pages.
-Massive recipe spoilers!
I think that about covers it.