mc-even-better-questing

NodeJS CLI tool for modpack makers, who using mod Better Questing for Minecraft 1.12

This tool do two things:

1. Splits DefaultQuests.json into different files for easier version-control managment and diff changes.
2. Generate .lang files instead of static strings in Chapter/Quests names/desctiptions.

Usage

1. Install latest NodeJS for Windows or Unix

2. Open console, navigate to your Minecraft directory

   > cd C:/Instances/MyModpack

3. Run:

   > npx mc-even-better-questing

Program flow:

1. DefaultQuests.json object keys would be sorted.

   This is useful because when working on a modpack, the order of the keys in the .json file can change, which is why simply changing 1 quest in the Better Questing game editor will show 2000 lines of code diff in source control.

2. Edit mode of BQ would be always set to 0.

   Because I always forget to do it in game.

3. Generate .lang files.

   By default, you should store your lang files in directory resources/betterquesting/lang/*.lang. If you need not only en_us, you should create empty files with lang codes, for example zh_cn.lang.
   mc-even-better-questing would find all localizable text in DefaultQuests.json and replace it with lang codes, same time creating respective lang entries in .lang file:

   DefaultQuests.json
   - "desc:8": "Stores up to a 2x2x2 area as a cell."
   + "desc:8": "bq.quest1443.desc",

   en_us.lang
   + bq.quest1443.desc=Stores up to a 2x2x2 area as a cell.

4. Split all quests in different files.

   The tool would create derictory ./betterquesting/ with structure

   - betterquesting
     - Chapters
       - {Name of chapter 1}
         - {Name of quest 1}.json
         - {Name of quest 2}.json
         - {...}
       - {Name of chapter 2}
       - {...}
     __props.json

   This is very useful if this folder is added to version control. Every time a contributor adds changes to the quests, they can be diff-checked in more than just one bulky file.

5. One bonus feature - if any quest called exactly [Complete This Chapter], every quest in this chapter, that has no dependents, would be connected to it.

Options

Option | Description | Type | Default ---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------- -c, --change | Should program preform source changes to DefaultQuests.json. If --no-change is set, only keys sorting would be performed | boolean | true -q, --quests | Path to file DefaultQuests.json, generated by Better Questing mod | string | config/betterquesting/DefaultQuests.json -e, --complete | Name of quest that would require all other quests in this chapter as requirement | string | [Complete This Chapter] -o, --output | Output directory path for splitted JSONs | string | betterquesting -p, --langPath | Directory with lang files, like "en_us.lang" | string | resources/betterquesting/lang/ -x, --langPrefix | Prefix that would be added to lang codes | string | bq

Author

• https://github.com/Krutoy242