Describe vehicle parts Part 1a

data/json/vehicleparts/alternator.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "symbol": "*",
     "color": "yellow",
     "broken_color": "red",
+    "description": "An alternator.  When mounted on a gasoline or diesel engine and the engine is on, will produce electrical power that can be stored in a battery.",
     "flags": [ "ALTERNATOR" ]
   },
   {

data/json/vehicleparts/battery.json

@@ -9,18 +9,14 @@
     "color": "yellow",
     "broken_color": "red",
     "durability": 120,
+    "description": "A battery for storing electrical power, and discharing it to power electrical devices built into the vehicle.",
     "folded_volume": 25,
     "breaks_into": [
       { "item": "steel_lump", "count": [ 6, 9 ] },
       { "item": "steel_chunk", "count": [ 6, 9 ] },
       { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 6, 9 ] }
     ],
-    "requirements": {
-      "install": {
-        "time": 5000,
-        "qualities": [ { "id": "WRENCH", "level": 1 } ]
-      }
-    },
+    "requirements": { "install": { "time": 5000, "qualities": [ { "id": "WRENCH", "level": 1 } ] } },
     "flags": [ "FOLDABLE", "REVERSIBLE" ]
   },
   {
@@ -46,10 +42,7 @@
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 250,
     "folded_volume": 10,
-    "breaks_into": [
-      { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 1, 4 ] },
-      { "item": "small_storage_battery", "count": [ 0, 4 ] }
-    ],
+    "breaks_into": [ { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "item": "small_storage_battery", "count": [ 0, 4 ] } ],
     "requirements": { "install": { "time": 20000 } },
     "extend": { "flags": [ "TOOL_SCREWDRIVER", "FOLDABLE" ] }
   },

data/json/vehicleparts/boards.json

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "location": "center",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 240,
+    "description": "A metal wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehicle and prevents people from seeing through it.",
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_sheet_metal",
     "flags": [ "OPAQUE", "OBSTACLE" ]
   },
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
     "broken_color": "dark_gray",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 15,
+    "description": "A cloth wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehicle and prevents people from seeing through it.",
     "folded_volume": 15,
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_cloth",
     "flags": [ "OPAQUE", "OBSTACLE", "FOLDABLE", "NAILABLE" ]
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
     "copy-from": "clothboard",
     "type": "vehicle_part",
     "name": "cloth quarterpanel",
+    "description": "A half-height cloth wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehiclebut allows people to see over it.",
     "proportional": { "durability": 0.8 },
     "delete": { "flags": [ "OPAQUE" ] }
   },
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@
     "copy-from": "board",
     "type": "vehicle_part",
     "name": "quarterpanel",
+    "description": "A half-height metal wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehiclebut allows people to see over it.",
     "proportional": { "durability": 0.8 },
     "delete": { "flags": [ "OPAQUE" ] }
   },
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@
     "broken_color": "light_gray",
     "difficulty": 2,
     "durability": 200,
+    "description": "A metal wall with a storage locker.  Keeps zombies outside the vehicle and prevents people from seeing through it.  Can also be used to store items.",
     "size": 250,
     "flags": [ "OBSTACLE", "OPAQUE", "CARGO", "COVERED" ]
   },
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@
     "color": "dark_gray",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 1000,
+    "description": "A strong metal wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehicle and prevents people from seeing through it.",
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_steel_plate",
     "flags": [ "OPAQUE", "OBSTACLE" ]
   },
@@ -81,6 +87,7 @@
     "copy-from": "hdboard",
     "type": "vehicle_part",
     "name": "heavy duty quarterpanel",
+    "description": "A half-height strong metal wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehiclebut allows people to see over it.",
     "proportional": { "durability": 0.8 },
     "delete": { "flags": [ "OPAQUE" ] }
   },
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@
     "broken_color": "brown",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 300,
+    "description": "A wooden wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehicle and prevents people from seeing through it.",
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_wood_plate",
     "flags": [ "OPAQUE", "OBSTACLE", "NAILABLE" ]
   },
@@ -102,6 +110,7 @@
     "copy-from": "woodboard",
     "type": "vehicle_part",
     "name": "wooden quarterpanel",
+    "description": "A half-height wooden wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehiclebut allows people to see over it.",
     "proportional": { "durability": 0.8 },
     "delete": { "flags": [ "OPAQUE" ] }
   },
@@ -113,6 +122,7 @@
     "location": "center",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 100,
+    "description": "A half-height thin metal wall.  Keeps zombies outside the vehiclebut allows people to see over it.",
     "breaks_into": [ { "item": "pipe", "prob": 50 } ],
     "flags": [ "OBSTACLE" ]
   },

data/json/vehicleparts/combustion.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "symbol": "*",
     "difficulty": 4,
     "durability": 400,
+    "description": "A diesel engine.  Burns diesel from a tank in the vehicle to move the vehicle if the vehicle has sufficient wheels.  Requires controls to turn on.  Requires a charged battery to start.  An alternator attached to the engine will generate electrical power while the engine is on.",
     "epower": -350,
     "damage_modifier": 80,
     "breaks_into": [
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
     "fuel_type": "gasoline",
     "difficulty": 2,
     "durability": 150,
+    "description": "A gasoline engine.  Burns gasoline from a tank in the vehicle to move the vehicle if the vehicle has sufficient wheels.  Requires controls to turn on.  Requires a charged battery to start.  An alternator attached to the engine will generate electrical power while the engine is on.",
     "epower": 0,
     "damage_modifier": 80,
     "breaks_into": [

data/json/vehicleparts/engineering.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "broken_color": "light_blue",
     "difficulty": 5,
     "durability": 200,
+    "description": "A rigid steel boom crane.  Can be used to jack up another vehicle to change the other vehicle's wheels, or lift a heavy component like an engine from another vehicle.",
     "breaks_into": [ { "item": "pipe", "count": [ 8, 32 ] }, { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 8, 24 ] } ],
     "qualities": [ [ "LIFT", 4 ], [ "JACK", 40 ] ],
     "flags": [ "TOOL_WRENCH", "PROTRUSION" ]
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
     "broken_color": "light_blue",
     "difficulty": 2,
     "durability": 100,
+    "description": "An extendable, cantilever crane.  Can be used to jack up another vehicle to change the other vehicle's wheels, or lift a heavy component like an engine from another vehicle.",
     "folded_volume": 12,
     "breaks_into": [ { "item": "pipe", "count": [ 2, 8 ] }, { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 2, 6 ] } ],
     "qualities": [ [ "LIFT", 1 ], [ "JACK", 7 ] ],
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@
     "broken_color": "light_blue",
     "difficulty": 2,
     "durability": 100,
+    "description": "A small pallet lifter.  Can be used to jack up another vehicle to change the other vehicle's wheels, or lift a heavy component like an engine from another vehicle.",
     "folded_volume": 12,
     "breaks_into": [ { "item": "pipe", "count": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 2, 6 ] } ],
     "qualities": [ [ "LIFT", 1 ], [ "JACK", 1 ] ],
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
     "difficulty": 2,
     "damage_modifier": 200,
     "durability": 300,
+    "description": "A pair of forklift arms.  Can be used to jack up another vehicle to change the other vehicle's wheels, or lift a heavy component like an engine from another vehicle.",
     "size": 50,
     "breaks_into": [
       { "item": "steel_lump", "count": [ 4, 6 ] },

data/json/vehicleparts/frames.json

@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
     "symbol": "h",
     "difficulty": 2,
     "durability": 50,
+    "description": "A light metal framework, designed to fold.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it.  If all the frames and components of a vehicle are foldable, the vehicle can be folding into a small package and picked up as a normal item.",
     "folded_volume": 10,
-    "breaks_into": [
-      { "item": "steel_chunk", "count": [ 0, 2 ] },
-      { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 1, 2 ] }
-    ],
+    "breaks_into": [ { "item": "steel_chunk", "count": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "item": "scrap", "count": [ 1, 2 ] } ],
     "flags": [ "INITIAL_PART", "MOUNTABLE", "FOLDABLE" ]
   },
   {
@@ -26,11 +24,9 @@
     "broken_color": "brown",
     "difficulty": 2,
     "durability": 15,
+    "description": "A light wooden framework, designed to fold.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it.  If all the frames and components of a vehicle are foldable, the vehicle can be folding into a small package and picked up as a normal item.",
     "folded_volume": 15,
-    "breaks_into": [
-      { "item": "splinter", "count": [ 0, 6 ] },
-      { "item": "nail", "charges": [ 1, 15 ] }
-    ],
+    "breaks_into": [ { "item": "splinter", "count": [ 0, 6 ] }, { "item": "nail", "charges": [ 1, 15 ] } ],
     "flags": [ "INITIAL_PART", "MOUNTABLE", "FOLDABLE", "NAILABLE" ]
   },
   {
@@ -41,22 +37,12 @@
     "location": "structure",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 400,
+    "description": "A metal framework.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it, and it can be attached to other frames to increase the vehicle's size.",
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_frame",
     "requirements": {
-      "install": {
-        "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ],
-        "time": 120000,
-        "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 10 ] ]
-      },
-      "removal": {
-        "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ],
-        "using": "vehicle_weld_removal"
-      },
-      "repair": {
-        "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ],
-        "time": 30000,
-        "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 5 ] ]
-      }
+      "install": { "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ], "time": 120000, "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 10 ] ] },
+      "removal": { "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ], "using": "vehicle_weld_removal" },
+      "repair": { "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ], "time": 30000, "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 5 ] ] }
     },
     "flags": [ "MOUNTABLE" ]
   },
@@ -70,10 +56,8 @@
     "broken_color": "brown",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 150,
-    "breaks_into": [
-      { "item": "splinter", "count": [ 7, 9 ] },
-      { "item": "nail", "charges": [ 5, 10 ] }
-    ],
+    "description": "A wooden framework.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it, and it can be attached to other frames to increase the vehicle's size.  Wood and nail construction means it can be constructed and added to the vehicle without welding tools.",
+    "breaks_into": [ { "item": "splinter", "count": [ 7, 9 ] }, { "item": "nail", "charges": [ 5, 10 ] } ],
     "flags": [ "NAILABLE" ]
   },
   {
@@ -86,19 +70,11 @@
     "broken_color": "brown",
     "difficulty": 0,
     "durability": 100,
-    "breaks_into": [
-      { "item": "splinter", "count": [ 3, 5 ] },
-      { "item": "string_36", "count": [ 10, 15 ] }
-    ],
+    "description": "A light wooden framework.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it, and it can be attached to other frames to increase the vehicle's size.  Wood and rope constructions means it can be constructed and added to the vehicle without welding tools or nails.",
+    "breaks_into": [ { "item": "splinter", "count": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "item": "string_36", "count": [ 10, 15 ] } ],
     "requirements": {
-      "install": {
-        "time": 60000,
-        "using": [ [ "rope_natural_short", 1 ] ]
-      },
-      "repair": {
-        "time": 30000,
-        "using": [ [ "adhesive", 1 ] ]
-      }
+      "install": { "time": 60000, "using": [ [ "rope_natural_short", 1 ] ] },
+      "repair": { "time": 30000, "using": [ [ "adhesive", 1 ] ] }
     }
   },
   {
@@ -110,22 +86,12 @@
     "color": "dark_gray",
     "difficulty": 3,
     "durability": 1600,
+    "description": "A heavy metal framework.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it, and it can be attached to other frames to increase the vehicle's size.  Increased mass makes it more resistant to damage in collisions.",
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_hdframe",
     "requirements": {
-      "install": {
-        "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 3 ] ],
-        "time": 240000,
-        "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 20 ] ]
-      },
-      "removal": {
-        "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ],
-        "using": "vehicle_weld_removal"
-      },
-      "repair": {
-        "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 3 ] ],
-        "time": 60000,
-        "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 10 ] ]
-      }
+      "install": { "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 3 ] ], "time": 240000, "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 20 ] ] },
+      "removal": { "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 1 ] ], "using": "vehicle_weld_removal" },
+      "repair": { "skills": [ [ "mechanics", 3 ] ], "time": 60000, "using": [ [ "welding_standard", 10 ] ] }
     },
     "flags": [ "MOUNTABLE" ]
   },
@@ -138,6 +104,7 @@
     "color": "light_gray",
     "difficulty": 1,
     "durability": 150,
+    "description": "A light metal framework.  Other vehicle components can be mounted on it, and it can be attached to other frames to increase the vehicle's size.",
     "breaks_into": "ig_vp_xlframe",
     "flags": [ "MOUNTABLE" ]
   },