Font Modding

[rxnnxs]

Ok, I will write here how I come along with my own Font Modding Project.

While I am also trying to make the Orbits better and automate via Python the Size of Ships and Weaponeffects (Thank you StoddardOXC!),

right now I found out, how to use Stride to generate a bundle file and how to include this bundle file into a mod.

Right now, I replaced the Fonts just as Elliot Gibbs explained in his nice tutorial here.

But even without the -flag command, it is kind of possible..

but only kind of, because not all fonts are replaced.
if someone can give me a hand in pointing me to the direction where this font is hiding, I would be very grateful..
The fonts I use do not have any special characters, so for instance the german äöü are not implemented - yet.

So, to round this up, here some screenshots with a very ugly font, but nonetheless you can see right away that it is working!

Ah, just to make it complete, the stride settings and mod-file settings are also important.

So: Next post is about the settings, third post is about the actual screenshot about the font.

[rxnnxs]

Project Stride:

projectStride.jpg (164.09 KiB) Viewed 832 times

Here the whole code inside the
file:
MonospaceFont.Windows.sdpkg

Code: Select all

!Package
SerializedVersion: {Assets: 3.1.0.0}
Meta:
    Name: MonospaceFont.Windows
    Version: 1.0.0
    Authors: []
    Owners: []
    Dependencies: null
AssetFolders:
    -   Path: !dir Assets
ResourceFolders:
    - !dir Resources
OutputGroupDirectories: {}
ExplicitFolders: []
Bundles:
    -   Name: fonts
        Selectors:
            - !PathSelector
                Paths:
                    - UserInterface/
        Dependencies: []
TemplateFolders: []
RootAssets:
    - 0126ca8d-7079-4022-9573-429fbebcf4a1:UserInterface/Fonts/Font28Bold
    - 063f712f-b261-4130-aaf6-29f3e4669c15:UserInterface/Fonts/Font46
    - 0f3fd565-3227-41a7-8099-4dd15b142f1a:UserInterface/Fonts/Font48
    - 121cebf6-bc5c-4883-81fa-128fcaa5e3b8:UserInterface/Fonts/Font20Bold
    - 1255a99d-4d20-480d-affa-cd2811977dd6:UserInterface/Fonts/Font36Bold
    - 15dcd7e4-3864-48a3-86ea-c84a57c09fdd:UserInterface/Fonts/Font48Bold
    - 1e7cba2b-4a4c-4455-b8b8-586af9e83a7d:UserInterface/Fonts/Font12
    - 22a13d31-d474-48a2-9ff9-b56d887a721a:UserInterface/Fonts/Font34
    - 260dae03-5aad-47ed-87ff-90e93df7e12a:UserInterface/Fonts/Font16Bold
    - 2a79476b-8a70-4a39-ad80-62a3f17b45f9:UserInterface/Fonts/Font30Bold
    - 2d28919a-b173-446c-9af1-992d377a9eac:UserInterface/Fonts/Font12Bold
    - 394ccae4-35bb-4903-acd4-c643453663ec:UserInterface/Fonts/Font42
    - 3be0b356-b03c-4c71-b069-fe468ddfe040:UserInterface/Fonts/Font42Bold
    - 3d8d18f0-76b5-4f6b-bcdb-20dc4f817c80:UserInterface/Fonts/Font38Bold
    - 3e68fef1-02ea-47fc-9d10-97b634e4248f:UserInterface/Fonts/Font40
    - 4773edfc-7fff-47d8-9bc0-9555db59e820:UserInterface/Fonts/Font46Bold
    - 4aa0631a-2d0f-4373-9805-f79fa769007c:UserInterface/Fonts/Font34Bold
    - 4ffd38ce-fa7c-47ea-addf-b943a6c71f2f:UserInterface/Fonts/Font4
    - 56557f82-843a-4eda-b028-92ed0baa98ee:UserInterface/Fonts/Font18Bold
    - 56ce0272-641b-4c5d-bd2e-f3677060c076:UserInterface/Fonts/Font4Bold
    - 5ab0267a-0122-4247-9f6f-1e5f50079df3:UserInterface/Fonts/Font18
    - 5f618962-68f8-43f9-b1e1-5d9052f1fb56:UserInterface/Fonts/Font14
    - 60a9e51a-56c8-4818-b687-57a053fe9e66:UserInterface/Fonts/Font10
    - 7a33da0d-6e1b-4e31-a40e-aa534213e125:UserInterface/Fonts/Font10Bold
    - 7d7b34d5-4b62-4739-8c54-ceb783045e02:UserInterface/Fonts/Font44Bold
    - 84d6da08-ec8a-4d9d-8fd5-b7526aee2cf9:UserInterface/Fonts/Font6
    - 9361292a-7898-4166-b72a-c1f0f946af69:UserInterface/Fonts/Font26
    - a129aa31-90a1-4d6e-9ef6-e2ee9c78975f:UserInterface/Fonts/Font28
    - a13d08b3-077f-403d-a769-a6a3c0304267:UserInterface/Fonts/Font26Bold
    - a1e7e2fc-981f-49b7-b034-2c84e512cedb:UserInterface/Fonts/Font20
    - a6a3ec30-e874-41a6-9ed9-98d6b7ec53fe:UserInterface/Fonts/Font40Bold
    - a96b5acb-e772-4572-83d8-c678193c9ef6:UserInterface/Fonts/Font38
    - ac92e8be-938d-4a59-a3f4-45a82fbee386:UserInterface/Fonts/Font32Bold
    - b07c2feb-a7a9-40a2-b573-96b2cff6619c:UserInterface/Fonts/Font24
    - b0cd89d8-a6d0-4932-a4a6-d09ec9730bcf:UserInterface/Fonts/Font44
    - b452d540-8617-449f-947a-0f42a95c33f2:UserInterface/Fonts/Font24Bold
    - b49214d2-a937-46cb-ac8b-2a0e67ab1604:UserInterface/Fonts/Font30
    - b525ff55-9fb6-46bc-b221-dcd3f3d8e4fa:UserInterface/Fonts/Font22Bold
    - b8fbbfc5-a8d1-47e0-b1e1-45ef94d2dc0b:UserInterface/Fonts/Font36
    - c3080fac-2f66-42d1-9973-8a8cce99fc94:UserInterface/Fonts/Font8
    - c6a0366c-d19a-4def-9213-03832a881b40:UserInterface/Fonts/Font6Bold
    - cbdbc703-8c9a-4d64-a7cf-8be1c341144c:UserInterface/Fonts/Font16
    - d2628340-d1d6-432f-9d9d-a5d99b46fdf3:UserInterface/Fonts/Font14Bold
    - dd1d6a5d-38f9-40ff-9b4c-fb6fe19d97d1:UserInterface/Fonts/Font8Bold
    - e5f97343-cbf4-4c05-a0f1-792216c74fe8:UserInterface/Fonts/Font32
    - ecabf4cc-60df-4ab6-aaac-42458a539fe0:UserInterface/Fonts/Font22

Here the contents of the mod file:
mod.json

Code: Select all

{
  "displayName": "fonts",
  "shortDescription": "fonttest",
  "version": "1.2.7.9",
  "previewImage": "takeapicture.jpg",
  "bundles": ["fonts.bundle", "flags.bundle"]
} 

Now here you can see that in this way more than one bundle can be loaded.

[rxnnxs]

Who knows where the unchanged font is hidden?
(To watch the pic in 100%, rightclick and open the picture in a new window)

This is how the game looks right now:

fonta.jpg (86.49 KiB) Viewed 833 times

Second pic:

second pic.jpg (188.25 KiB) Viewed 831 times

My biggest wish concerning fonts is to have a monospace font that brings all numbers nice in line in a vertical line.

And exactly this is not happening, because the font controlling this is somewhere else.

wish.jpg (275.04 KiB) Viewed 830 times

[rxnnxs]

The Fonts may be hiding inside this textures.

could be.jpg (143.19 KiB) Viewed 824 times

This would be too much work to test.
I will wait for the next year, when the -font command is implemented.

See here:
Elliot Gibbs explaining new -font switch

[rxnnxs]

YESSSS, now it works:

yes.jpg (247.29 KiB) Viewed 816 times

[rxnnxs]

I am working on the first Mod that I will upload here when its done.

[rxnnxs]

Ok, here it is!

thisd.jpg (260.11 KiB) Viewed 800 times

Version Unispace Regular and Bold

[rxnnxs]

Version Inconsolata:

[rxnnxs]

Ok, I just update this thread to say:
My mod is working, there are no complaints, it is also on steam: Monofont.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3391290041

On steam my name is fred.

[ChrisGb]

Ok, I just update this thread to say:
My mod is working, there are no complaints, it is also on steam: Monofont.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3391290041

On steam my name is fred.

I mean, I admire your persistence in figuring this out. However, its seems to be a lot of effort for a relative small change.
Nonetheless, well done!

[rxnnxs]

Well, if you think this is a small change.. I could not play this game without it.

[ChrisGb]

Well, if you think this is a small change.. I could not play this game without it.

The fonts in the game are a none issue for me because the UI is scalable and Im on a 34`Monitor

[rxnnxs]

Well, if you think this is a small change.. I could not play this game without it.

The fonts in the game are a none issue for me because the UI is scalable and Im on a 34`Monitor

It does not have to do with size..
By the way, your DLC advertizement.., it is also not that helpful, no matter what size your monitor has. or is your monitor 1:1?