Xemiel
Terrarian
I've been thinking about a kind of mod I'd like to see, but it occurs to me that it might not even be possible. Every mod I've seen so far that has added new NPCs to the game still seems to follow the same rules as the base game: you must have a certain size house, a flat surface, a comfort item, and a light source. And, worst of all, you can only have one NPC per valid house {Seriously I hate that one. Best you can do is make a big house with multiple rooms, but somebody invariably ends up living in the living room instead of the actual bedroom.}
But is that hard coded into the game? Is there any way for a modder to bypass that? {I know the Happy Home token exists, but it doesn't let you have small houses nor does it let you have roommates. It just lies to the game and says "Oh yeah, there's totally a light source, flat surface and comfort item here!"}
The reason I'm asking is mostly to think about having pets in the game, but it could extend to children or even homeless characters ^_^ Pets and children tend to live with people, after all. But if you could get around the house requirement, a ton of options open up. Families, for example. {I'd seriously donate to any modder who added the half-goblin child of the Mechanic and the Tinkerer.} Pets are obvious: you could get a puppy or kitten NPC that lives with any other NPC. Or if you could throw out the house rules *altogether*, you could have a village cat, owned by no one but who lives in the area your other NPCs live in. Or, I dunno, a tame unicorn. Or a friendly slime! Or the homeless ex-adventurer murderhobo who rejects society and lives under a tree. I dunno, unless the housing rules are sacrosanct, the possibilities could be endless.
But is that hard coded into the game? Is there any way for a modder to bypass that? {I know the Happy Home token exists, but it doesn't let you have small houses nor does it let you have roommates. It just lies to the game and says "Oh yeah, there's totally a light source, flat surface and comfort item here!"}
The reason I'm asking is mostly to think about having pets in the game, but it could extend to children or even homeless characters ^_^ Pets and children tend to live with people, after all. But if you could get around the house requirement, a ton of options open up. Families, for example. {I'd seriously donate to any modder who added the half-goblin child of the Mechanic and the Tinkerer.} Pets are obvious: you could get a puppy or kitten NPC that lives with any other NPC. Or if you could throw out the house rules *altogether*, you could have a village cat, owned by no one but who lives in the area your other NPCs live in. Or, I dunno, a tame unicorn. Or a friendly slime! Or the homeless ex-adventurer murderhobo who rejects society and lives under a tree. I dunno, unless the housing rules are sacrosanct, the possibilities could be endless.