Treat all API mods as a "layer", and use the new
nc_api_all registration to indicate that a mod depends
on the NC API (which ALL NC mods assume they do).
This means that each non-API mod does not need to
worry about which API mods it really needs and which
it does not, nor will they need to be updated for any
internal API restructures.
This is a game, not a modpack, so all mods will be
loaded anyway, and we only care about order. That
means that we don't really need to worry about
having excess dependencies because any mod we
don't actually need will be needed by something that's
loaded anyway. If somebody wants to reuse a
component elsewhere, they're likely to need to do
some work to untangle it anyway, because of the
amount that NodeCore mechanics interact and
interdepend.
This created a ton of dependency inversions, which
necessitated moving a number of API functions up into
higher layers, and restructuring dependency lists for
a number of mods.
BOLO: non-deterministic load errors due to missed
dependencies.
- Unbake the scaling tweak from models, apply it
using mesh scaling in MT instead.
- Standardize ratio definition in one place.
- Default all nodeboxes to winning z-fights.
- Collapse all nodecore "core" mods in the /mods listing, so it's
easier to find the actual add-on mods.
- Parameterize in-game branding to make renaming derivatives just
a little easier.
Translations are currently by holistic strings, i.e.
no parameterization. This may create some busy
work for translators, but gives them more freedom
to account for differences between languages.
A translation template file is written out to the world
path on game start, so translators have a seed to
work from.
When picked up, it carries up to 8 surrounding shelves with it,
allowing significant inventory compression into one slot. Needs
to be placed somewhere everything fits to access the inventory
again.
