[suggestion]make lootbag configs accept entire loot tables

[Jackiecrazy]

I'm making loot bags for Betweenlands, and I'd like them to essentially be pots of chance. Is there a way to directly use the loot table of the pots of chance, ad verbatim, and apply them only to that specific bag?

[Jackiecrazy]

Addendum: how would I configure it if I want specific types of loot bags to drop from specific monsters? Do I add all their names to $INTERNALNAMES, or should I just disable its spawn and use a mob loot tweaker to individually add the drops?

[Malorolam]

Yes, you can put the pots of chance loot table into a bag's whitelist, you just have to find out it's internal name, /lootbags_identifysources will generate a list of all loot sources that instance knows about, you just have to find the right one (probably potofchance or something like that)

You would have to add the names via the bag config, yes. You can use an external utility for this too, but keep in mind I don't drop items through the same system as everything else so you'd want to make sure you disable drops from lootbags itself.

[Jackiecrazy]

So, after getting the loot table (loottweaker, I thank thee), do I have to manually add each entry to the bag config again, or could I just put the name of the loot table into the bag's whitelist and call it a day? If it's that easy I'll probably make loot bags for all the other dimensions, too, and it would be ideal to supplement a grindy mod like AoA. Dropping all mob drops from a dimension as chance drops from a dimension-specific loot bag would add some thematic consistency and cut down on repetition.

[Malorolam]

You just put the name in the bag's whitelist.

[Jackiecrazy]

hmm, it's not working for me. I put the following in the bag config: $STARTWHITELIST thebetweenlands:loot/common_chest_loot thebetweenlands:loot/common_pot_loot thebetweenlands:loot/dungeon_pot_loot thebetweenlands:entities/frog thebetweenlands:entities/dragonfly thebetweenlands:entities/angler thebetweenlands:entities/blood_snail thebetweenlands:entities/chiromaw thebetweenlands:entities/leech thebetweenlands:entities/lurker thebetweenlands:entities/mire_snail thebetweenlands:entities/pyrad thebetweenlands:entities/root_sprite thebetweenlands:entities/silt_crab thebetweenlands:entities/sludge thebetweenlands:entities/sporeling thebetweenlands:entities/swamp_hag thebetweenlands:entities/wight $ENDWHITELIST And in game it tells me that "bag disabled - loot table is empty. This is not good". What did I do wrong?

[Malorolam]

Something broke internally, that should be correct.

[Jackiecrazy]

Something broke internally? How should I fix that on my end? I am quite sure that the loot tables actually exist.

[Jackiecrazy]

For reference this is the entire file:

$STARTBAG:lootbag_Swamped:5 $BAGCOLOR:148|178|28:0|100|0 $ISSECRET:false $BAGTEXTCOLOR:$DARK_GREEN $BAGTEXTUNOPENED:$DARK_GREEN:Made of some sturdy fabric. $BAGTEXTOPENED:$DARK_GREEN:It disintegrates in front of your eyes. $BAGTEXTSHIFT:$DARK_GREEN:An artifact of the past? $BAGVALUE:16:-1 $PASSIVESPAWNWEIGHT:25 $PLAYERSPAWNWEIGHT:25 $MOBSPAWNWEIGHT:25 $BOSSSPAWNWEIGHT:25 $USEGENERALLOOTSOURCES:false $MAXIMUMITEMS:5 $MINIMUMITEMS:1 $PREVENTITEMREPEATS:item $EXCLUDEENTITIES:true $STARTENTITYLIST $ENDENTITYLIST $STARTWHITELIST thebetweenlands:loot/common_chest_loot thebetweenlands:loot/common_pot_loot thebetweenlands:loot/dungeon_pot_loot thebetweenlands:entities/frog thebetweenlands:entities/dragonfly thebetweenlands:entities/angler thebetweenlands:entities/blood_snail thebetweenlands:entities/chiromaw thebetweenlands:entities/leech thebetweenlands:entities/lurker thebetweenlands:entities/mire_snail thebetweenlands:entities/pyrad thebetweenlands:entities/root_sprite thebetweenlands:entities/silt_crab thebetweenlands:entities/sludge thebetweenlands:entities/sporeling thebetweenlands:entities/swamp_hag thebetweenlands:entities/wight $ENDWHITELIST $STARTBLACKLIST lootbags:itemlootbag:0 $ENDBLACKLIST $ENDBAG:lootbag_Swamped

[Jackiecrazy]

oh... turns out I just had to delete a new line that I put between the bags for organization o.o Thanks! Gotta tweak with loot weight to make sure stuff's balanced now...

[Malorolam]

There's some issue that's causing the betweenlands entries to break, but vanilla ones to work fine with an otherwise identical config.

[Jackiecrazy]

I found the solution. I had a line break before the entry which messed everything up (thank you log file), thanks!