# build.ron > The build menu: barricades and what they take. **The build menu: barricades and what they take.** Read by the game's rules: a change here changes how the game plays, and a world remembers the content it was made with. File: `assets/data/build.ron` ## About this file The build menu: what a survivor can build, and on what. Schema: zombye_sim::build::BuildDef (validated on load against items.ron; unknown fields are refused). All builds and numbers are our own. Shift+B opens the build menu; a door or window's right-click menu has its builds too. ```text id lowercase letters, digits and _ (saves, tools and Intent::Build name builds by it) name what it's called in the build menu and in notes description a line for the build menu category the build menu's section: Barricades (more to come: walls, floors, furniture, upgrades) on what it goes on: Window (shut, open or broken) or Door (shut or broken) secs seconds each piece takes (Handiwork makes it faster, as crafting) inputs [(item: "id", count: n)]: used up by each piece (whole items, carried or held) tools [Item("id")] or [Tag("tag")]: needed to hand, kept hp hit points of each piece against zombies battering it (a shut door has 40, glass 6; a zombie does about 1 every 1.6 s) max pieces it stacks up to on one window or door noise metres putting a piece up is heard; break_noise, a piece battered down xp Handiwork XP for each piece remove taking a piece down again: secs, tools, what each piece gives back (returns), noise ``` ## Fields The file is a list of `BuildDef`, each in round brackets. One thing a survivor can build. Seconds of play; counts of whole items; ours. | Field | Type | What it is | |---|---|---| | `id` | `String` | | | `name` | `String` | What it's called in the build menu and in notes ("Board up a window"). | | `description` | `String` | A line for the build menu. | | `category` | `BuildCategory` | | | `on` | `BuildOn` | | | `secs` | `f32` | Seconds a piece takes (Handiwork makes it faster, as crafting). | | `inputs` | `Vec` | Used up by each piece. | | `tools` | `Vec` | Needed to hand, kept. | | `hp` | `f32` | Hit points of each piece, against zombies battering it. | | `max` | `u8` | Pieces it stacks up to (planks on one window). | | `noise` | `f32` | How far putting a piece up is heard (metres). | | `break_noise` | `f32` | How far a piece battered down is heard. | | `xp` | `f32` | Handiwork XP for each piece. | | `remove` | `RemoveDef` | | ### `BuildCategory` Which part of the build menu a build is listed in. | Value | What it means | |---|---| | `Barricades` | Boarding up windows and doors. | ### `BuildOn` What a build is put on. | Value | What it means | |---|---| | `Window` | A ground-floor window, shut, open or broken. | | `Door` | A ground-floor door, shut or broken (an open one is shut first). | ### `RecipeItem` Some of one item a recipe takes or makes. | Field | Type | What it is | |---|---|---| | `item` | `String` | An item id (`items.ron`). | | `count` | `u16` | | ### `Tool` Something a recipe needs to hand but doesn't use up. | Value | What it means | |---|---| | `Item(String)` | This item (an id in `items.ron`). | | `Tag(String)` | Any item with this tag (`cuts`, `fire`, ...). | ### `RemoveDef` How a build comes down again, a piece at a time. | Field | Type | What it is | |---|---|---| | `secs` | `f32` | | | `tools` | `Vec` | | | `returns` | `Vec` | What each piece taken down gives back. | | `noise` | `f32` | How far it's heard (metres). | ## As shipped 2 entries. Columns are the fields short enough for a table; the rest are in the file below. | `id` | `name` | `break_noise` | `category` | `hp` | `max` | `noise` | `on` | `secs` | `tools` | `xp` | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | "board_window" | "Board up a window" | 30 | "Barricades" | 60 | 4 | 22 | "Window" | 5 | [Tag("hammers")] | 4 | | "board_door" | "Board up a door" | 30 | "Barricades" | 60 | 5 | 22 | "Door" | 6 | [Tag("hammers")] | 4 | ## The file
The whole file as shipped ```ron // The build menu: what a survivor can build, and on what. Schema: zombye_sim::build::BuildDef // (validated on load against items.ron; unknown fields are refused). All builds and numbers are // our own. Shift+B opens the build menu; a door or window's right-click menu has its builds too. // // id lowercase letters, digits and _ (saves, tools and Intent::Build name builds by it) // name what it's called in the build menu and in notes // description a line for the build menu // category the build menu's section: Barricades (more to come: walls, floors, furniture, upgrades) // on what it goes on: Window (shut, open or broken) or Door (shut or broken) // secs seconds each piece takes (Handiwork makes it faster, as crafting) // inputs [(item: "id", count: n)]: used up by each piece (whole items, carried or held) // tools [Item("id")] or [Tag("tag")]: needed to hand, kept // hp hit points of each piece against zombies battering it (a shut door has 40, glass 6; a zombie does about 1 every 1.6 s) // max pieces it stacks up to on one window or door // noise metres putting a piece up is heard; break_noise, a piece battered down // xp Handiwork XP for each piece // remove taking a piece down again: secs, tools, what each piece gives back (returns), noise [ // ---- Barricades ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // A plank nailed across a window from the side you stand on. Each one is a door's worth of // battering less than a door, four of them a good deal more; the window stays a window under // them (glass and all) when the last one goes. (id: "board_window", name: "Board up a window", description: "Nail a plank across the window. Up to four; zombies batter them down one by one.", category: Barricades, on: Window, secs: 5.0, inputs: [(item: "wooden_plank"), (item: "nail", count: 4)], tools: [Tag("hammers")], hp: 60.0, max: 4, noise: 22.0, break_noise: 30.0, xp: 4.0, remove: (secs: 4.0, tools: [Tag("pries")], returns: [(item: "wooden_plank")], noise: 12.0)), // The same across a shut or broken door: more planks for the bigger opening. (id: "board_door", name: "Board up a door", description: "Nail a plank across the door. Up to five; the door still has to be battered through once they're down.", category: Barricades, on: Door, secs: 6.0, inputs: [(item: "wooden_plank"), (item: "nail", count: 4)], tools: [Tag("hammers")], hp: 60.0, max: 5, noise: 22.0, break_noise: 30.0, xp: 4.0, remove: (secs: 5.0, tools: [Tag("pries")], returns: [(item: "wooden_plank")], noise: 12.0)), ] ```