Learning how to mod Stonehearth

[neobonde]

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I knwo that stonehearth is not out yet, but i would really like to know how to mod the game, and this requires knowing how to “code” i LUA, JavaScript, Ember and Handlebars(Please tell me if there are any more).
So i thought it would be a nice idea to have a place to go to and find material to learn these languages.

This topic should act like a place to come for tutorial and guides on these languages.
Difficulty throughout:
= easy
= medium
= hard

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• text editor for code, used by Radiant Entertainment

• Sublime Text 2 - Official page and download

• Lua as a build system for Sublime Text 2

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• discourse thread on how to install LUA
• Lua tutorials, surgested by luaforwindows
• LUA’s documentation
• LUA’s Refrence manual
• “Check if file exists” by voxel_pirate voxel_pirate
• “Random numbers” by voxel_pirate
• “Highest (Lowest) Number” by voxel_pirate
• “Modding in Lua - an overview” by colasa
• “A crash course in LUA”, found by SteveAdamo
• A* Pathfinding
• Two-Tiered A* Pathfinding
• Using Binary Heaps in A* Pathfinding
• Toward More Realistic Pathfinding
• Pathfinding Almanac
• The use of Fuzzy Logic for Artificial Intelligence in Games

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• Codecademy.com, a great place to learn, JavaScript and other web languages(HTML, CSS, jQuery)
• w3schools is another great site for learning web languages and if you become good you can get a certificate!

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• Ember’s own API site
• the basics of ember by Ryan Florence
• Let’s Learn Ember

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• There own getting started guide.

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• Qubicle Constructor, download
• Getting Started Videos
• Tutorials from minddesk
• 10 Tips for beginners, By Voxel_Pirate

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• Blender Download
• Guide: “From a picture to an animation”

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I really hope you guys can and will contribute to the lists, so they can become long and meaty.
I know that it seems really empty at the moment but, that is because i have to learn these my self.

[ManOfRet]

You might want to go here.

@SteveAdamo, I request a merger or a thread-locking, please!

[voxel_pirate]

Nice idea, if you continue to keep this post up-to-date . Actually there is a category in this forum called “Scripting & Code” (almost forgot about it). A first step might be to take a look on what is already mentioned there (and in other places of the forum).

@ManOfRet This does not fit completely into the BitCave-Thread, if you ask me. The BitCave is about Lua so far and (at least I see it like that) about exchange of ideas and challenging eachother… more than providing a repository. But this is just my view.

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[SteveAdamo]

nice compilation @neobonde , and fantastic followup @voxel_pirate…

perhaps a merge of sorts is in order though… let me think upon it, while dining on pancakes for dinner!

[neobonde]

I think i will let @SteveAdamo deicide on the future of this thread.

@voxel_pirate Should i snag the links from the discourse topics or should i like to the topics them selfs?

[voxel_pirate]

@neobonde Your thread, your decision… just make it nice .

[ManOfRet]

MERGE EVERYTHING!!! EVERYTHING!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Oh, nice choice, by the way, on the pancakes.

[SteveAdamo]

i think there is enough of a distinction here to warrant its own thread… plus, i can appreciate the effort @neobonde has put into the OP…

keep it up!

[ManOfRet]

Indeed. Anyway, now that I’m done learning Lua, I’ve moved on to HTML, using codeacademy.
Thanks for the help, @neobonde!

[dberkom]

Here’s a great video series on EmberJS from Tuts+ Premium. It’s free:
http://freecourses.tutsplus.com/lets-learn-ember/

[neobonde]

Thought i would revamp the design of this Topic

[SteveAdamo]

you sir, just earned yourself another shiney new “like”… well done…

[Raistlin]

Hi there!! i don’t know if this tpic it’s alive! but the compilation it’s really good and it would be a shame that all of this doesn’t get updated with all the new mod thing that the pople it’s releasing; so… it’s there any chance to see this updated to include some useful things like the info about mixintos, overrides, Manifests and other modding APIs (like Jelly from @RepeatPan for example).

Thanks for the info! i’m sure not many people knows about this

greetings!

[Hiroyugane_DE]

Hello there! I don’t know if this thread should be bumped but… Will there be any updates on the thread? or maybe redone? some of these things are outdated