I'd like to ask, Can the part of Clara in this mod be separated and released as an independent mod? Or, can the content of different NPCs in this mod be split up and released as separate mods?
For example: The parts of Clara, Anomen, and Bodhi could be released as the same mod.
After all, the mod is named "All things Mazzy," but it has now become "some things Mazzy, Clara, Anomen & many others."
At least, it might be better to split it into different components?
I think it may not have to be a separate mod; there are add-ons that allow the user to pick xyz, such as the tweak mods. May be a little bit cumbersome (I haven't found out yet whether we can use a text-file to automatically answer all such questions, such as in the tweak mod, or not) but it may be simpler than to maintain separate mods. Best would be to really fine-tune all components without depending on upstream code. There was at the least one mod that makes it possible to install and manage mods, but it did not work well for me, and I consistently also have had horrible results with weidu re-installing everything (even if that problem lies with flawed mods, I always end up having had horrible issues doing so, so I stopped allowing weidu doing any re-installation of any mod, ever).
I'd like to ask, Can the part of Clara in this mod be separated and released as an independent mod? Or, can the content of different NPCs in this mod be split up and released as separate mods?
For example: The parts of Clara, Anomen, and Bodhi could be released as the same mod.
After all, the mod is named "All things Mazzy," but it has now become "some things Mazzy, Clara, Anomen & many others."
At least, it might be better to split it into different components?
It would be possible, but it would take a lot of work. The mod started out as a Mazzy mod, and then when we wanted to add in other projects we had to decide how we were going to do that. The reason we decided to make everything as one installable mod (with different parts that can be turned off in in-game dialogues) is that it saved us hours upon hours during the coding and testing phases, and made it much easier to reduce and eliminate bugs.
I think it'd be easier for testing purposes to make separate mods then it would be to make one mod with a bunch of different installed components. But we're not going to do either one because we're both working on other projects.
However, if someone else who knows the basics of coding wanted to go in and pull out everything related to Clara or Bodhi or whatever and make it it's own mod, that'd be fine. We can even upload it here so people can download it. We just don't have the time on inclination to do that.
Yeah, if someone pulled out the relevant parts of our code to create separate mods, I'd be happy to add those to the first page. However, it's not realistically something we're ever going to do ourselves.
Also, if anyone does decide to do that, be aware that it won't be as easy as simply pulling out the Clara folder and Clara section of the setup file. You'd need to grab every piece of Clara related code in the other script files/dialogue/etc as well and make sure all of that gets copied/installed. Because we knew she'd always be installed, we didn't separate that out when we coded everything.
Yeah, if someone pulled out the relevant parts of our code to create separate mods, I'd be happy to add those to the first page. However, it's not realistically something we're ever going to do ourselves.
Also, if anyone does decide to do that, be aware that it won't be as easy as simply pulling out the Clara folder and Clara section of the setup file. You'd need to grab every piece of Clara related code in the other script files/dialogue/etc as well and make sure all of that gets copied/installed. Because we knew she'd always be installed, we didn't separate that out when we coded everything.
But on the upside, we labeled everything really, really well. So this is probably one of the easiest mods out there in and muck around with (and I say this having poked through a lot of mods' files while trying to learn how to code). So feel free to go nuts. As Ratatoskr said though, you will need to at least skim probably every file to find everything.
But you don't need Clara's dialogue if it's just interjections into other mod dialogue that you're not copying over from the mod.
Could we possibly use this mod as a base to remove adult content and create a general audience or teen-friendly mod?
We're talking about the same teens who look at porn videos whenever their parents aren't around? Seems somewhat pointless to edit the sex out of written work for them, but if you want to, go for it.
Seriously though, yes, mods are fan fiction, and while we're happy with the final result we're not particularly attached to it. If you want to make any variation of this mod go right ahead. We'll be happy to post it.
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For example: The parts of Clara, Anomen, and Bodhi could be released as the same mod.
After all, the mod is named "All things Mazzy," but it has now become "some things Mazzy, Clara, Anomen & many others."
At least, it might be better to split it into different components?
It would be possible, but it would take a lot of work. The mod started out as a Mazzy mod, and then when we wanted to add in other projects we had to decide how we were going to do that. The reason we decided to make everything as one installable mod (with different parts that can be turned off in in-game dialogues) is that it saved us hours upon hours during the coding and testing phases, and made it much easier to reduce and eliminate bugs.
I think it'd be easier for testing purposes to make separate mods then it would be to make one mod with a bunch of different installed components. But we're not going to do either one because we're both working on other projects.
However, if someone else who knows the basics of coding wanted to go in and pull out everything related to Clara or Bodhi or whatever and make it it's own mod, that'd be fine. We can even upload it here so people can download it. We just don't have the time on inclination to do that.
Also, if anyone does decide to do that, be aware that it won't be as easy as simply pulling out the Clara folder and Clara section of the setup file. You'd need to grab every piece of Clara related code in the other script files/dialogue/etc as well and make sure all of that gets copied/installed. Because we knew she'd always be installed, we didn't separate that out when we coded everything.
But you don't need Clara's dialogue if it's just interjections into other mod dialogue that you're not copying over from the mod.
We're talking about the same teens who look at porn videos whenever their parents aren't around? Seems somewhat pointless to edit the sex out of written work for them, but if you want to, go for it.
Seriously though, yes, mods are fan fiction, and while we're happy with the final result we're not particularly attached to it. If you want to make any variation of this mod go right ahead. We'll be happy to post it.
But yeah, I'll post a PG version here too if someone makes one. It's pretty much all fine with us.
Thank you.