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Horde Gamemode: Creating Custom Subclass Addons
By Gorlami
A full tutorial on how to make a custom subclass addon for HORDE gamemode!
   
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Category: Co-op, Game Modes, Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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1 Aug, 2022 @ 6:57pm
2 Aug, 2022 @ 12:19pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Preface 
1. Create Subclass Addon Folders 
2. Add Materials 
3. Add Subclass Lua File 
4. View Your Subclass In-game! 
5. (Optional) Creating a Base Perk 
6. Misc 
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1. Create Subclass Addon Folders
What it should look like:
my_subclass/
--lua/horde/gamemode/
----perks/
----subclasses/

--materials/
----subclasses/

Enter your addons/ folder, and make those directories. You can name your addon whatever you want, I'm using my_subclass for now.

Create those directories as well.
2. Add Materials
Put your subclass icon in the materials/ folder. I choose to put it in materials/subclass/.
3. Add Subclass Lua File
Create your subclass lua file here.

Add the following code. Switch out some sections as you like.
SUBCLASS.PrintName = "CEO" -- Required SUBCLASS.UnlockCost = 0 -- How many skull tokens are required to unlock this class SUBCLASS.ParentClass = HORDE.Class_Assault -- Required for any new classes SUBCLASS.Icon = "subclasses/ceo.png" -- Required, Subclass Icon SUBCLASS.Description = [[ CEO Mindset.]] -- Required SUBCLASS.BasePerk = "specops_base" SUBCLASS.Perks = { [1] = {title = "1", choices = {"assault_drain", "assault_drain"}}, [2] = {title = "2", choices = {"assault_drain", "assault_drain"}}, [3] = {title = "3", choices = {"assault_drain", "assault_drain"}}, [4] = {title = "4", choices = {"assault_drain", "assault_drain"}}, } -- Required

We don't have any custom perks for now, so we can just use the
assault_drain
perk as an example.
4. View Your Subclass In-game!
5. (Optional) Creating a Base Perk
Goto the perks/ folder and create your base perk. I call it ceo_base.lua.

Open it and use the following code for reference:
PERK.PrintName = "CEO Base" PERK.Description = [[ I am the CEO. {1} increased damage. ({2} + {3} per level, up to {4})]] -- These are used to fill out the {1}, {2}, {3}, {4} above. -- Mainly useful for translation, it is optional. PERK.Params = { [1] = {percent = true, base = 0.5, level = 0.01, max = 1.0, classname = "CEO"}, [2] = {value = 0.5, percent = true}, [3] = {value = 0.01, percent = true}, [4] = {value = 1.0, percent = true}, } PERK.Hooks = {} -- This is a required function if you are planning to use bonuses based on levels. PERK.Hooks.Horde_PrecomputePerkLevelBonus = function (ply) if SERVER then ply:Horde_SetPerkLevelBonus("ceo_base", 0.5 + math.min(1, 0.01 * ply:Horde_GetLevel("CEO"))) end end -- Apply the dammage bonus. PERK.Hooks.Horde_OnPlayerDamage = function (ply, npc, bonus, hitgroup, dmginfo) if ply:Horde_GetPerk("ceo_base") then bonus.increase = bonus.increase + ply:Horde_GetPerkLevelBonus("ceo_base") end end

Then go back to ceo.lua and change the base perk:
SUBCLASS.BasePerk = "ceo_base"

Then we're done!
6. Misc
1. You can upload your subclass addon to the workshop! I recommend using the Crowbar tool.
2. To see more sample perks you can check them out in the github files: https://github.com/tpan496/Horde/tree/main/gamemode/perks
2 Comments
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The1337Gh0st 5 Aug, 2022 @ 10:51pm 
Good guide, but I think it would help to explain better how to use parameters and how level bonuses are calculated. In the future, it would also be nice to explain how to set up custom buffs / debuffs.
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