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[Foxite]

I'm trying my hand at modding for the first time without any kind of prior knowledge, preparation, or researching, except for the knowledge that raw files are made up of [TAGS]. And that [TAGS:CAN_HAVE_ARGUMENTS].

I'm making a mod that adds a magma cannon. I think I'm making some progress. I got the weapon made, not tested yet, and I'm making the ammo now. But I want to know if I can put multiple [OBJECT] sections in one file, like so:

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[OBJECT:ITEM]

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_LATI_MAGMACANNON]
...
[ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_LATI_MAGMA]
...

[OBJECT:MATERIAL_TEMPLATE]

[MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:LATI_MAGMA_TEMPLATE]
...
Instead of having two files for each object. I want to know this so I can keep my raws centralized in one file, instead of making different custom raw files for each part of the mod. (Of course, I will use seperate files for seperate mods to keep it compatible. Using one file for each mod might decrease the rate of name conflicts.)

Is that possible?

[Illogical_Blox]

I'm trying my hand at modding for the first time without any kind of prior knowledge, preparation, or researching, except for the knowledge that raw files are made up of [TAGS]. And that [TAGS:CAN_HAVE_ARGUMENTS].

I'm making a mod that adds a magma cannon. I think I'm making some progress. I got the weapon made, not tested yet, and I'm making the ammo now. But I want to know if I can put multiple [OBJECT] sections in one file, like so:

Code: [Select]

[OBJECT:ITEM]

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_LATI_MAGMACANNON]
...
[ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_LATI_MAGMA]
...

[OBJECT:MATERIAL_TEMPLATE]

[MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:LATI_MAGMA_TEMPLATE]
...
Instead of having two files for each object. I want to know this so I can keep my raws centralized in one file, instead of making different custom raw files for each part of the mod. (Of course, I will use seperate files for seperate mods to keep it compatible. Using one file for each mod might decrease the rate of name conflicts.)

Is that possible?

Yes, I believe so. Heck, I think its possible to condense every file in the game into one file.

[pisskop]

  You should keep them in separate files, just name them differently.

Here is an example.  I'm pretty positive* I don't even need to keep the naming convention for the file title, I just do for convenience.

item_armor_pisskop.txt - is its name

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item_armor

[OBJECT:ITEM]

[ITEM_ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_FUSED_PLATE]
[NAME:fused plate:fused plates]
[ARMORLEVEL:3]
[UBSTEP:2]
[LBSTEP:1]
[SHAPED]
[LAYER:ARMOR]
[COVERAGE:100]
[LAYER_SIZE:30]
[LAYER_PERMIT:50]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:15]
[HARD]
[METAL]
[BARRED]
[SCALED]

item_armor is required, it would seem, and you need to define the file's contents (i.e. ITEM:OBJECT]) before you define IDs,
  but otherwise you can test it out, using multiple files definitions.  dont think its the best idea.


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Look at masterwork.  I know for a fact those raws are super compressed, text-wise.

[Putnam]

Yes, I believe so. Heck, I think its possible to condense every file in the game into one file.

I greatly doubt it; it's more likely that you'll get an "unknown item token: OBJECT" than anything.