The Library — in-game reading

The Library tab is one shelf that several things can put a book on. LegendaryMissions contributes its galactic helpfile, Open Universe contributes its codex, and your mission contributes its own — each becomes a chapter of one document rather than a tab of its own.

Adding your lore

Write an .amd file the way you would any document — link-form headings, prose bodies:

# [The Kessel Papers](kessel_papers)

## [The Belt](belt)

### [Ore Haulers](haulers)

They run silent through the rocks, and the clans do not.

Then register it once, at the top level of your mission or addon:

lore_register("kessel", "The Kessel Papers", "kessel_papers.amd")

That is the whole integration. lore_register(key, display, file) takes the name the chapter is filed under, the title a reader sees, and the file to read.

What follows from registering

Registering is what makes the Library exist. There is no separate "add the tab" step, and no flag to turn it on. A mission that registers nothing has no Library tab at all — so loading an addon for its machinery never leaves you with an empty shelf.

A source that resolves to nothing is skipped. Register a file you have not written yet and nothing appears; write it and the chapter shows up. Nothing errors either way.

Files are found in your mission first. The order is your mission folder, then the addon the registration came from, then any other addon your story.json declares. So a mission can supply its own library_docs.amd and have it used instead of the one a library ships.

Registering a key twice replaces it. That is how you substitute somebody else's chapter for your own:

lore_register("lm", "Our Own Records", "our_records.amd")

Not wanting somebody else's lore

Content lives in its own addon so you can decline it. LegendaryMissions keeps its fiction in lm_lore, separate from the documents addon that provides the reader and the quest log. Omit lm_lore from your story.json and you keep the screens without the Zunok helpfile.

That is the general rule for building on a library: an addon that holds content is one you opt into, while an addon that holds machinery is one you depend on.

Help is not lore

The Help tab is separate on purpose. "How do I use the Weapons console" is instructions, and filing it inside the fiction would make both harder to read.