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Adding a hobby

Worked example: COOKING.

1. The enum​

Hobby is nested inside NPCPreferences, despite being written at zero indentation. Import it as:

import com.cookieukw.SimTale.core.NPCPreferences.Hobby;

Add the value:

COOKING("Culinária"),

2. Translation​

# en-US/ui.lang
hobby.cooking = Cooking

# pt-BR/ui.lang
hobby.cooking = Culinária

3. Where the NPC goes​

NPCLeisureHelper maps a hobby to a target in the world — water for fishing, stone for mining, crops for gardening. Reading and sleeping fall back home.

Add your case. If there is no scenery to find, fall back to relaxing at home with a slower fun recovery. Never leave a hobby that can search forever: a fisherman spawned in a desert must give up, not freeze.

4. Hobby items​

NPCLeisureHelper.isHobbyItem decides whether a gift is hobby-related, which is worth a large affinity bonus and the gift.hobby line.

5. Showcase icon​

NPCShowcaseItems.forHobby:

case COOKING -> "Food_Pie_Meat";

The switch has no default, so the compiler will tell you when a new value is unhandled. Keep it that way.

6. Work synergy (optional)​

A farmer whose hobby is gardening gains fun from harvesting. If your hobby lines up with a job, wire the same connection.

Checklist​

  • Enum value
  • hobby.<name> in both language files
  • Target in NPCLeisureHelper, with a fallback
  • Hobby items for the gift bonus
  • Showcase icon, id verified