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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To get started, navigate to your mod manager and click the ⋮ symbol, then sele
![Select "Show in explorer"]({{ "images/getting_started/mod_manager_show_in_explorer.webp"|static }})
Now, in explorer and create a new folder named "planets". As the name suggests, New Horizons will search the files in this folder for planets to generate.
Now, create a new folder named "planets". As the name suggests, New Horizons will search the files in this folder for planets to generate.
## Making Your First Planet
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## Understanding JSON
All JSON files start out with an `object`, or a set of key value mappings, for example is we represent a person as JSON it might look like:
All JSON files start out with an `object`, or a set of key value mappings, for example if we represent a person as JSON it might look like:
```json
{
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}
```
Those braces (`{}`) denote an object, and by doing `"name": "Jim"` we're saying that the name of this object (in this case person) is Jim
Those braces (`{}`) denote an object, and by doing `"name": "Jim"` we're saying that the name of this person is Jim
`"name"` is the key, and `"Jim"` is the value.
Objects can have multiple keys as well, as long as you separate them by commas:
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}
```
But wait! why is `Jim` in quotation marks while `23` isn't? that's because of a little something called data types.
But wait! why is `Jim` in quotation marks while `23` isn't? that's because of something called data types.
Each value has a datatype, in this case `"Jim"` is a `string`, because it represents a *string* of characters.
Age is a `number`, it represents a numerical value. If we put 23 in quotation marks, its data type switches from a number to a string.
And if we remove the quotation marks from `"Jim"` we get a syntax error. Datatypes are a common source of errors, which is why we recommend using an editor like VSCode.
And if we remove the quotation marks from `"Jim"` we get a syntax error (a red underline). Datatypes are a common source of errors, which is why we recommend using an editor like VSCode.
### JSON Data Types
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#### String
A string of characters surrounded in quotation marks
A set of characters surrounded in quotation marks
```json
"Im a string!"
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#### Boolean
A `true` or `false` value, think of it like an on or off switch
A `true` or `false` value, think of it like an on or off switch, also not surrounded in quotation marks
```json
true
```
```json
false
```
#### Array
A set of values, values can be of any data type. Items are seperated by commas
A set of values, values can be of any data type. Items are seperated by commas.
```json
[23, 45, 56]
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## Modules
Base, Atmosphere, and Orbit are all modules, which define the different aspects of your planet represented by objects
Base, Atmosphere, and Orbit are all modules, which define the different aspects of your planet, modules are represented by JSON objects
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