Feature Request: Support content lookup for popular mods (Magiclysm & Mind Over Matter) #204
Description
Hi! First, thank you for the Hitchhiker’s Guide — it’s an indispensable reference for CDDA players.
Request
Please add support for querying content from two very popular mainline mods:
- Magiclysm — spells, spellbooks, items, classes, monsters
- Mind Over Matter (Psionics) — psionic powers (spells), metaphysics skill, crystals, EoCs, recipes
Why
Both mods ship with the game and have extensive JSON content that the Guide could index:
- Magiclysm lives under
data/mods/Magiclysm/(e.g., spells JSON) - Mind Over Matter lives under
data/mods/MindOverMatter/in the main repo
Proposed scope (MVP)
- Parse and index the above mods’ JSON into the Guide’s database.
- Tag results clearly with a “Mod: Magiclysm / Mind Over Matter” badge.
- Default to vanilla-only; add a simple toggle in the bottom bar (“Mods”) to include/exclude mod content.
- When mods change spawn/obtaining info, show mod-dependent differences in the “Obtaining/Where found” sections.
- Testing strategy: render checks with each single mod enabled (avoid combinatorial explosions).
Related prior discussion
There’s an earlier feature request for mod content (#36). This proposal narrows the scope to two widely-used mainline mods to make an initial implementation tractable.
Links
- Magiclysm (in-repo example file): https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/tree/master/data/mods/Magiclysm
- Mind Over Matter (in-repo evidence & upstream readme): https://github.com/Standing-Storm/MindOverMatter
Happy to help test or provide concrete test cases (e.g., specific spells, items, or powers) once a prototype is available. Thanks for considering!