🔧︱dev-tools

[wispy dagger]

is there way to use keyboard for movement

[dense marsh]

@alpine lynx make a tutorial because your knowledge and help will be better than the tutorial Techland has given

[alpine lynx]

Theres waay too much to cover and Im busy making my own stuff
CREX said he make, so he will make

[alpine lynx]

You can use arrow keys in editor. Or you can also press G and it will switch to game like view and you can move with WASD

[deep bronze]

You can change all shortcuts as you want.

[ashen barn]

we need a series like DL1's dev tools got

where you covered everything

[mystic dagger]

um....im trying to post a message but its not allowing me? telling me i cant post same messages in a row. im posting in here a question i asked under the terrain thread because no ones responded to it since i posted it and im wondering if its just because no one saw it where it had been posted

now that im on the subject, can we maybe get a dedicated forum for asking general questions about how things work or how to do things so we dont have to sift through this whole channel? in other words, create a forum channel and have threads for different subjects: general devtool, terrain, entities, logic, spawning, etc

that way it would be easier to find answers to already-asked questions

[mint blade]

How come i cant play my map

no recent invoks?

or it opens my DL2 but then closes right away

[hushed flint]

hey can you add all skills or not?
if anyone have solution please show me how to add all skills

[mystic dagger]

so can we maybe get a thread labeled "Terrain Window Guide" going so we can progressively put together descriptions of all the functions we come across? we can also make guide threads for other features, too

ive already posted a start in the "Terrain" thread, but ideally the guide stuff would be separated from all the discussion

actually, think ill move the post over here so its more visible and can be moved directly to the appropriate thread if one ends up being made

Terrain Window Guide: Brushes
Brush Shape: Brush shapes available (some are hidden by default)
Mode: "Filter" mode for affected terrain

Normal: All terrain within brush area is affected
Minimum: Only affects terrain of at least x elevation
Maximum: Only affects terrain of at most x elevation
Affected Components: The terrain components affected by the "Material Painting" brush
Material: Terrain texture
Vegetation Density: Density of foliage created by Tiny Objects in generation
Biome Density: Unknown
All: All of the above
Size: Size of the brush
Rotation: Brush rotation (in degrees)
To modify brush rotation, click on the number and either:
A) Click the arrows to change rotation by a set increment
B) Type a new number in directly
Rotation Step: Increment by which the arrows modify Rotation
Modified in the same manner as Rotation, but the arrows always change Rotation Step by exactly 1 degree
Power: Brush "strength" -- ie. rate at which terrain is modified
Height: The setting used as "x" when Mode is set to something other than "Normal"
Height Step: The maximum vertical increment (in meters) by which Raise/Lower Terrain (Paint Version) can modify terrain in a single continuous click
So if Height Step is 10 and you left-click and hold on some terrain, the terrain will be raised by at most 10m (but it can be less depending on Power and click duration). You will not be able to raise that section of terrain any further until you release the mouse button and left-click a second time, raising, at most, by another increment of 10m.
Sampling Range: How much of the surrounding area is considered when smoothing terrain
Lower ranges are for finer details, whereas larger ranges smooth broader areas at the risk of losing detail
Sync Changes: When checked, syncs brush settings among all brush types (so long as they also possess those settings)

[shell fjord]

This is a good idea so we can save everyone some time moving forward since there's no official guide or wiki. I have been collecting screenshots from previous conversations. I didn't have much with Terrain but if there are other threads I can post those answers there

[hushed flint]

me to

[mystic dagger]

this is just the description of one section of the terrain window, and it still doesnt go into what each of the brush types do or how heightmaps and a couple other things operate within the section

[hushed flint]

I collecting screenshot

[shell fjord]

I know thread creations take permissions so we probably have to wait for some techland people to help us here

[mystic dagger]

yup

[hushed flint]

someone can show me how to see the build I make in game ?

[mystic dagger]

there should be a "render preview" in one of the dropdowns at the top

[hushed flint]

or a screenshot

[mystic dagger]

ooh, gonna real quick type out a description of the brush types since thats easy

[shell fjord]

you can also press G to see game view, it's helpful to check visual stuff (but I may misunderstand the "build" you mean)

[hushed flint]

can we vc ?

[shell fjord]

I'm gonna have dinner soon so won't make it to vc, but I normally check this channel every day so I can catch up with people or if there's anything I can share

[hushed flint]

okay

[mystic dagger]

Terrain Window Guide: Brush Types
Raise/Lower Terrain: Raise and/or lower terrain within the brush area by dragging the cursor up or down while holding left-click.

Suggested Use: Feathered or textured brush shapes on low power and small size for spot-sculpting or fine-detail terrain sculpting quickly
Raise/Lower Terrain (Paint Version): Raise and/or lower terrain within the brush area in a semi-stepwise fashion (up to an adjustable maximum elevation change per click, but can be less depending upon Power and click duration)
Suggested Use: Feathered brush shape on low power for broader terrain sculpting. Useful for hill, mountain, and lake formation. Solid circle shape is useful for plateau formation alongside Pick/Set Height brush. Larger Height settings result in faster elevation changes. Unlike Raise/Lower Terrain, this brush allows terrain changes to be applied in strokes, rather than to one spot at a time.
To raise height: Hold left-click
To lower height: Hold both Ctrl + left-click
Pick/Set Height: Sets terrain within the brush area to a chosen height.
To pick target height: Left-click while holding Ctrl
To adjust terrain to target height: Hold left-click
Beware: This tool levels affected terrain, unlike the above brush types.
Smooth: Smooths terrain within the brush area by holding down left-click
Ramp: Create a ramp by pressing and holding left-click at the starting point, then dragging the cursor to the ending point and releasing
Especially useful for creating space for streets on sloped terrain
Material Painting: Used to change terrain texture, vegetation density, and biome density
Use the Affected Components option to ensure you're only modifying the features you want to change
Material Stamps: Function unknown.
Remove Vertices: Appears to exclude terrain regions from rendering
Heightmap: Applies a premade height map to selected terrain, or saves existing terrain as one

[foggy lily]

if I made something can someone use it on their map too?

[deep bronze]

Yes. You can send either them prefab you made or share the project through Mod.io and they will be available to download it after approve.

[shell fjord]

Anyone knows how to use Hacth door properly? I found their prefab with a white arrow. But when I use it, the door doesn't play animation, and the collision doesn't go away (ignore the last 10s of the video)?

[deep bronze]

Im afraid it's just a bug, none of Switches have interaction with objects in animations.

[deep bronze]

Could you please send a ticket https://dyinglight2.support.techland.pl/en/support/solutions/folders/15000012814 as issue related to DevTools?

[shell fjord]

I see, thanks @deep bronze will submit a ticket later!

Is the collision staying after opening also part of the bug?

[deep bronze]

Probably.

[shell fjord]

Roger Roger, thanks!

[mystic dagger]

So how bout that guide thread? Could use a separate space for assembling an impromptu user manual

[hollow kraken]

how i can create folders in scene? tnx

and what is satellite texture mean? when i click to generate this, its closed dev tool...

[mystic dagger]

to my knowledge, the satellite texture is the terrain texture

[hollow kraken]

and when i unlock terrain then change it.. after i lock it, dev tool closed too.. so sad

[willow monolith]

Anyone got AI on generate working? My zombies don't spawn for some reason even I followed that tutorial picture.

[winter plaza]

can someone tell me how damage areas work (like you receive damage when you are in that area)

[willow monolith]

Okay. I got the zombies working. Forgot to put the spawner on Level instead of sandbox editor.

[mint blade]

hey when u do play map,does ur game open and then close really fast

[willow monolith]

@mint blade No. You must have something that causes the crash.

[deep bronze]

Damaging_emitter.prefab

[winter plaza]

ok that works thx man

[willow monolith]

How do I set m_dialogEntity for new story? I just shows empty on that slot.

[inland isle]

Are the maps coming to console? Also are mods coming to console?@deep bronze

[shell fjord]

creations from this editor will be available to console, both mods and maps. But not sure the exact timeline

[deep bronze]

@inland isle

[inland isle]

So mods and costom maps are coming to console? That's a w right there

[deep bronze]

FAQ says about custom maps, idk rest.

[deep bronze]

And... do you have dialog to setup?

[brave lynx]

random question, is importing custom models not possible at the moment? Sorry if this has been asked before!

[hushed flint]

custom models not possible I thinks

this is just the asset of dying light 2 , ( not the dlc asset )

[mint blade]

ah

[inland isle]

Btw will costom maps have choices that affect their storys? (Pls say yes pls say yes)

[deep bronze]

I have no idea. Depends on community if they actually will do it. 🙂 Random image for attention.

[hushed flint]

wtf ahahahah

[mystic dagger]

My hope is to do something like that, but first things first for me is to create the map at all, and with what I’m looking to do, that’s all I can hope to get done by the deadline, if that. A realistic aim would be a rough layout that I add detail to until I run out of time

I’ll probably have to start by placing landmarks then building around them. Judging distance is also hard in the editor without actually simulating the game

[winter plaza]

[winter plaza]

you writing a book or smth you type so long xD

[mystic dagger]

Well, the basic premise of the map I want to make is that the whole city has a ton of verticality to it for one reason or another, to the point that sunlight almost never reaches the ground level except in certain spots at certain times of day, forming beautiful shafts of light on the dead, ashen ground below the city that’s pretty much suspended in the air. The city is divided into three vertical regions: the “overworld” where all the people live, the “twilight” zone where night runners and foolhardy adventurers roam (mostly during the day), and the hadal zone in the lowest levels, where special zombies roam in large numbers at all times and normal zombies conserve energy by remaining dormant at most times, pursuing any life they can eat that approaches, or gathering at the hadal shafts that form around midday, which is when a zombie-worshiping group I have yet to name tosses live human sacrifices down to them, claiming they’ll return alive and immortal

I’ve already thought up a lot of the lore for the map

Including an ultra powerful zombie the locals call Gilgamesh that’s virtually unbeatable until the final chapters of the story

And some really compelling secrets held by certain characters/groups in the story

And a funny side quest that begins with an encounter with an eccentric local survivor and his pet “salmon jaguar” that lawan (ideally the player character for this map) points out is actually a mountain lion (ie. Panther) painted pink

[shell fjord]

Anyone knows how to make a radio dialog? (dialog triggers at anywhere without npcs) Like those in DL2 campaign

[deep bronze]

@shell fjord

[shell fjord]

OMG thanks Aciek, you are god sent Angel! 🙏

[deep bronze]

nah im just a random

[mystic dagger]

aciek, can we maybe get a thread to post guides in? ive already made two whole posts detailing what all the brush types do and all the settings for the brush types do and would like to have them set aside somewhere so others can look back at them

[mystic dagger]

.

[mystic dagger]

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or mods, whoever has power over that sort of thing

[deep bronze]

I don't know who's running channel or what form that kind of support forum suppose to be. I'm here on my free time (privately) to answer some in-engine how-to, you have to ask someone else. Maybe Uncy?
Don't get me wrong, I just don't use discord much and idk what would be best.

[oak crest]

hi there team, I was hoping someone could spare 5 min to have a quick vc with me I just have a couple quick questions about the new dev tool

[shell fjord]

Ok I'm rewatching the 15mins dev tool tutorial and just notice that if you turn on captions there are a lot of explanations...In case anyone missed that 😂

[shell fjord]

not sure if it's a bug, but be careful with the Start Game button in the Story Editor. It always shuts down the DL2 editor for me after starting the game. Doesn't feel like a crash, but it's annoying to test the quest then reopening the whole thing again

[shell fjord]

What's the correct way to do a timed objective? So if the timer is up the side quest fails, but you can restart it at the NPC

I have tried three ways but none of them worked for me:

1. the wallet quest just disappeared, the UI doesn't say anything about the failure
2. it doesn't compile, there's an error says "The FailMission node must be placed in Mission node". I don't understand what it means
3. It doesn't fail the quest, it just complete it straightly, even I have the FailObjective node there

And I don't know how to make the quest can be restarted when it fails, in option 1 the quest just goes away and in option 3 the quest just complete

[versed dust]

Hi everybody! I have one request - we want to test performance of mod.io etc. Please submit you current maps to platform - but without "Test" in name etc. Our hub is sill empty and we are starting to panic little bit 😄 You can always delete those maps and upload newer version later. Let's share your project and let us see what problem you have with your projects. Also this will encourage more people to share projects.

[winter plaza]

Is there any way to increase the render distance in the editor?

[versed dust]

Environment -> Dissolve - turn this off

[willow monolith]

@deep bronze I made the same quest that was in Town tutorial map but what do I but here, it gives this error? Oh, I can't upload the image to show you. m.DialogEntity - what I put in here? It says no dialog entity specified.

[willow monolith]

Also, since I started my project with the Town map included, how do I delete it, it's stories, dialogues? Is it safe to delete the files from explorer or could that cause issues?

[winter plaza]

In general it should be safe to delete the map

Unless you are using prefabs that are from that map only

[brave lynx]

Any people or devs know of a workaround for the editor crashing during building? I'd love to play test what i have so far

[winter plaza]

does anybody know how to change the name of prefabs?

[versed dust]

Are you building map with terrain?

[brave lynx]

Yea, i am!

[versed dust]

We are trying to fix bugs with terrain - update for DevTools is coming probably this week.

[hoary topaz]

Any idea on how to flip prefabs?

[sage elk]

Anyone know how to fix everything being locked. It won't let me edit the prefabs that I have already built, so I can't move them or rotate them.

or edit there attributes

[hoary topaz]

Right click, click on open

[hoary topaz]

So, is there a way I can dictate what outfit I want the player to wear? For my map I feel the Urban Hunter outfit would fit best the purpose and atmosphere of the map

[shell fjord]

In Story, you can use GiveItem to give player specific armor piece, and if that gear slot is empty, it will equip the armor automatically. But if the gear slot is occupied, it just gives the armor to your inventory.

I can't find a way to force players to wear what they just got, so your glove and torsoaddon need to be manually equipped. And I found this E3Demo node, but it doesn't do anything. I guess they have disabled the function behind that node?

If you don't want the item receive notification, check m_Silent so it just goes into your inventory, or wear it if the gear slot is open

Anyone know what does the Validator error "The node must be placed in Mission node" mean? I'm already in the wallet mission node, why is it still giving me errors? Do I need to create another mission inside this wallet mission to use the node?

[shell fjord]

I think a lot of us are still in the exploration phase that tries to figure out how to do basic stuff. People probably don't have concrete things to show until later. It will be nice if we could get some devtool support to speed up this exploration phase so people can feel more comfortable showing stuff.

Wish we could have one dedicated hour of dev-answer-posted-question every day so people don't have to try random stuff to learn from errors. It takes a long time to make one small thing work, yet tool devs could point the right direction in like 5mins.

[hushed flint]

@shell fjord do you saw how to add long grass ?

[mystic dagger]

or have devs doing guided builds that we follow along with so we figure out how things work

gotta admit that the time frame for this build contest is exceedingly short, even more so given the timing of it

[shell fjord]

last thing I remember Aciek talked about serach "nat" in prefab and scale some grass. Maybe that will suit your need?

[hushed flint]

okay i'm gonna test this

[mystic dagger]

were the tools well established and well understood, a month-long build contest would be fine, but this is our first time seeing these tools, which are still in development

[hushed flint]

but is really easy when you have the experience

[shell fjord]

Yeah @deep bronze is the champion here and Aciek is not even on DL2 tool team. Imagine if we get one hour from a dedicated tool dev, that'd be amazing

[mystic dagger]

and even then, in a one-month time frame, doing a detailed build is difficult so youd mostly see draft builds that are a lot rougher around the edges

[hushed flint]

i'm creating now a forest

[worthy shuttle]

@hoary topaz got 🎁 Present!

[mystic dagger]

id say instead of one hour we get a three hour block 2-3 times a week where one or two devs go over one or a few related things with us, followed by an open q&a, all of which is recorded and posted to youtube

like devote a session to terrain, a session to building things, a session to making template builds, etc

[hushed flint]

first do the map don't do the quest and all of that

[shell fjord]

yeah that also works, I don't think that will be a big ask for editor team. I understand this is kind like extra work from their daily jobs. But it's necessary to build and guide community with some effort. Plus I think taking them out of their weekly work to do devtool q&a shouldn't really impact DL2 future development

[mystic dagger]

the contest could be broken up into stages, too. start the contest with a dev community session going over something, like how to do terrain, and then follow with a terrain making contest where the community makes their own terrains and posts them

now you have a bunch of terrain templates people can choose from to build maps on top of

[shell fjord]

I think even a simple dedicated Q&A forum (or just use the Devtools-support channel) with dev check-ins could help a ton. RIght now we just post questions in chat and hope they don't get washed away before someone could answer them.

And the questions we posted in the devtools-support channel rarely get dev attentions

[mystic dagger]

fair point, no need for audio or video, just a notification from devs "hey well be on at this time answering questions, come stop by" would be enough

[hushed flint]

I hate the slow mode in the devtools support channel, it should be shorter because 6h is too long

[mystic dagger]

^^^^^^

[hushed flint]

someone saw how to make shorter grass ?

because when I scale the bush

its like

really big

[shell fjord]

I'm gonna stop here and get back to trial and errors in editor, since I'm getting closer to venting mode hahaha.

I truly believe this editor could be a great tool in the future (even among all games), and I appreciate all the work to make it happen from techland. Nowadays, It's rare that companies are willing to make a editor for players. I just hope I can travel in time to a stage there're plenty of guides and updates/patches so we are not limited by the knowledge or tech but by our own creativity 😆

[mystic dagger]

there should be a taller grass asset

this is a beta version after all

were meant to be giving feedback on how to improve

[hushed flint]

yeah youre right

[shell fjord]

this grass works for you ?

but if you are making forest not sure how easy to use it

hiding_spot_2_grass

[mystic dagger]

those are cattails

[hushed flint]

nonono its easy after all , just creativity

[shell fjord]

lol that's true

[mystic dagger]

technically a grass (i think)

but would look weird in a forest

[hushed flint]

the small grass

[mystic dagger]

wish there was a way to designate other grasses as hiding spots

[hushed flint]

like behind the things

my pc gona crash if I set 1000 time the bush lmao

[mystic dagger]

btw, if people want, i can do a video tutorial on how to make hills and mountains in the terrain tools. texturing may be a challenge for me, but i have experience in terraforming from cities skylines

may struggle to do that before the new year, though

[shell fjord]

I scaled this one too, foliage_grass_a

[mystic dagger]

oooh, that looks nice scaled up

could also scale down shrubs

[hushed flint]

I don't find it in prefab

[shell fjord]

yeah the axis scale actually work pretty well on some of the veggies, but need to play more

try this

[mystic dagger]

go to all assets and search

[hushed flint]

ooohhh

OIOOOHhh

[shell fjord]

yeah make sure the path is All, and click through each category

[hushed flint]

Thanks

[mystic dagger]

the clock is also for finding previously used assets

if you find the asset already in the map, click on it and find it in the asset hierarchy if it selects more than just the thing

then you can place once and undo, putting it in your history

ive discovered its a convenient way to create a palette

temporarily at least

[hushed flint]

are you guys available in vc now

I can show you what I do with the tools

[mystic dagger]

possibly? you may hear a stream i have open in the background

and i may be interrupted

[hushed flint]

a stream ?

[shell fjord]

I need to go to work, but have fun making stuff yall!

[mystic dagger]

yeah, watching a youtube live

[hushed flint]

oh don't worry abt it

[mystic dagger]

i might not be too much help on my own, though

[hushed flint]

me to

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[hushed flint]

join i'm in #2 xxvalou77_

[worthy shuttle]

Aciek#6340

WORKAROUND IF YOU HAVE ONLY DEFAULT TEXTURE IN TERRAIN BRUSHES ON NEW MAP.
-- REMEMBER TO HAVE BACKUP OF YOUR PROJECT OR AT LEAST PREFABS! --

1. Close the Editor.
2. Go to SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\YOUR_PROJECT\source\data\Maps\YOUR_MAP_NAME
3. Open YourMapName_t2mat.scr with Notepad++ so you can edit and save it.
4. Remove everything from inside and paste this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10E3_GyX9SPCKaqVL4Hs8mdxYkjXM-GBD/view?usp=sharing
5. Launch editor and check it now.

Quoted by HikariFaith#1436 · Dec 15, 2022, 8:44 PM

Aciek#6340

**HUNGRY FOR FOLIAGE ON PAINTED TEXTURE? HERE'S THE WAY. **
-- REMEBER TO HAVE BACKUP OF YOUR PROJECT OR AT LEAST PREFABS! --

1. Close the Editor.
2. Go to SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\YOUR_PROJECT\source\data\Maps\YOUR_MAP_NAME
3. Open YourMapName_foliage.scr with Notepad++ so you can edit and save it.
4. Remove everything from inside and paste this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JGUxf31VlBOy7Myr0JxwdPP4cNZpnBqx/view?usp=sharing
5. Launch editor and check it now. Painted terrain should have foliage.

Do you want add Tiny Objects/Foliage on roof or anywhere? Use tiny_object_helper.prefab area is editable with Universal Shape.

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Quoted by HikariFaith#1436 · Dec 15, 2022, 8:45 PM

[sage elk]

Anyone know how to see the npc's in editor mode?

nvm

[mystic dagger]

can a dev help out with making generated foliage show up in the terrain? weve gotten to the point of adding the materials and adding the foliage presets through the above instructions (NOTE: you dont need to close the editor. instead, Refresh > Refresh File System, then for the mat presets Terrain Window > Brushes > Material Painting > Refresh (in right of material preset window), but we still havent been able to make the foliage actually show once weve painted the material, biome, and foliage on

[oak crest]

Hi there guys, Under the Scene menu, the Mech is locked, how do i unlock the mesh. PS under story mode i cant add SetPlayerPercent.

when placing a Ladder or a rope, how would you go about making it possible for the Player to interact with it?

[mystic dagger]

ive discovered also how to edit parts of prefabs, but for some reason it affects all prefabs of the same name. basically, you go to the parent prefab, say its a building, and you right click then select "Open" that lets you edit the things one step below it in the hierarchy (so the top, middle, and bottom). using clone hierarchy, which is effectively the same as copy-paste, you can duplicate those segments and move them individually, adding a second middle prefab for example. when youre done, just save the prefab

TO CLARIFY, IN "Tools > Shortcuts > Scene" YOU CAN SET A SHORTCUT FOR CLONE HIERARCHY. IF YOU SET THAT SHORTCUT, AS "Ctrl+V" FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ARE IN EFFECT GAINING A SHORTCUT FOR DUPLICATING SELECTED PREFABS

F. i found a flaw in the prefab editing thing i discovered: it edits the prefab template, too

ALSO, BEWARE!!!! THE COPY-PASTE FUNCTION WILL ALSO COPY THE ITEM IN PREFAB SEARCH

just now discovered

[winter plaza]

i wonder if the steam deck would be able to run devtools because it would be a funny idea to edit the map outside your workspace

also is it possible to change aidens appearance to his E3 look?

[oak crest]

When trying to "Build" my edit it keeps crashing

[shell fjord]

anyone knows the difference between Play vs Quick Play? It seems sometimes the Quick Play doesn't have your latest change (maybe I forgot to save it) and it's not really faster than Play

also we have accumulated some question posts in the devtool-support channel, it'd be nice if someone on the DL2 team or editor team could take a look and provide some quick guidance~

[winter plaza]

Just don't use quick play

[deep bronze]

When you have bigger map, "Play" itself building all processess through the launching, e.g. icon for detectables etc. QuickPlay skipping all those processess, it's helpfull when you have to test some kind of logic on map.
Since maps are small now, just use "Play" to be ensure you have everything like Y1llalonk said

[deep bronze]

Use LadderDI.prefab for ladder and Cable.prefab for rope. Cable is invisible in editor, just change it's m_EditorHookPoint 0, -X, 0 - where X for e.g "-5" from this point rope will have it lenght for 5m.

[plucky nexus]

guys i want to upload my map

how do i do it

[versed dust]

https://youtu.be/IgPfNpyjHWI?t=230 @plucky nexus

[winter plaza]

^^

[wet jasper]

Can I use this devtool to fix my "broken" save file in the "real" game? Only thing I have to modify to get it fixed is skip one little part of a quest line.

I've been completely unable to play the game since early November due to this, and no fix seems to be coming out anytime soon for this issue. Even after 2 tickets to the support & conversations with devs/employees.

[elfin nimbus]

Mad respect to the lad that did this

[dusk dagger]

E3 E3 E3 E3 E3

[sage elk]

Is there a way to change the name for a boss npc, so that the boss bar comes up with a different title?

[hushed flint]

create a devtools support Post and Aciek or member gonna tell you how , me personally I don't want to touch this

[sage elk]

ok

[spice karma]

can you please put the name of the server of reddit

[willow monolith]

just submitted my map. what this means "Level Visibility:
Not Accepted"?

[hushed flint]

show me

vc you can ?

@willow monolith

hey bro ?

are you there ?

Level of visibility like you make to much smoke in youre game ?

or effect

[willow monolith]

@hushed flint what? I think it means my map has to be approved by devs before its visible.

[hushed flint]

sure

is have to be approved

like this one

[willow monolith]

yep

[hushed flint]

@willow monolith are you available for a vc?

help me with 2 things

[willow monolith]

vc? like voicechat?

[hushed flint]

yup

[willow monolith]

I was going to end for today, I need to eat something

what problem you have with the map?

[hushed flint]

grass and enlarge a zip line

[willow monolith]

@hushed flint I haven't checked the zip line yet. Do you need to scale it up or what?

[hushed flint]

scale as in distance not in magnitude

[willow monolith]

oh, could there be some property in the prefab or something? I have no idea.

[hushed flint]

Ok and can we have a brush that can put grass all over the field

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[willow monolith]

@hushed flint I think I saw someone mentioning brush for painting on the terrain but also there was currently some kind of issue with the terrain that caused crash when building. I'm not 100 sure but you should check the previous messages about it.

[hushed flint]

yeah okay

[elder ravine]

How does one change the weather?

[hushed flint]

check this guys !

A zipe line

[wispy dagger]

nice now its a loot better 😄
this should be first tutorial about dev tools
go to tools>shortcuts> change shortcuts for camera movement

[elder ravine]

Anyone have problems with not being able to put sandbox items into the actual level?

Nvm fixed

Btw, anyone figured out how to keep dev tools in dx12 when you load up a map?

[hushed flint]

dx12 ?

[elder ravine]

directx12

[hushed flint]

hey bro

go mp

i'm here

[elder ravine]

mp?

[hushed flint]

i don't know

[hushed flint]

message private

[elder ravine]

go mega pizza?

[lavish thorn]

Anyone know how to get airbags working? i know i have to use a prefab but i dont think its actually activated.

[hushed flint]

i'm gonna see for that

[lavish thorn]

cool, thanks.

[hushed flint]

I add tree

but for today

i'm gonna sleep

[elder ravine]

Can't seem to scale by extent no matter what?

Also seems like sometimes fx nodes / ai spawners / music zones have no node and must be accessed through the scene tab?

[shell fjord]

#🔧︱dev-tools message

[elder ravine]

This community is awesome, thank you :)

[winter plaza]

how do i get balance swing plates to work?

[deep bronze]

You'll find them in _atlas_physics_objects. @winter plaza They are locked, so just replace 'em.

[tall dawn]

How does the height maps window work? I've added my own PNG height map and created and selected the landscape but loading the file path and clicking load heightmap does nothing

[winter plaza]

how do i replace them

[deep bronze]

Save as and replace on prefab untill you get prefab you want.

[fair basin]

How do I play custom maps?
its so confusing I cant figure out how to just play the few custom maps that are out right now

[mossy canyon]

Open Dying Light 2 Dev Tools
*"1. You have to go to "options" bar and log in with your actual e-mail.
2. Then go to "Get maps" and download the map by pressing "Install" button, don't forget to subscribe on needed map beforehand.
3. After map downloaded, go to "My maps" bar, press on any map you want and load it by pressing "Open Project" button.
4. In the end you will get into developer mode and the last thing you must do is to press "Play" button." * - krane78

[gilded rapids]

What are you making?

[sage elk]

Pretty sure he is making a parkour adventure map

It looks pretty good so far

[gilded rapids]

It does, but as an Xbox player, I can only follow by the sidelines

[versed dust]

FYI - update for DevTools is live - few fixes for terrain crashes, turned off Dissolve for all amaps, and improvements in mod.io integration

[hushed flint]

the generation of vegetation works or not because the last time I tried it did not work. possible to make a tutorial?

[clear yacht]

bruh am I dumb there is no Install Button

[mossy canyon]

Have you the map in the category "My Maps" ? And are you connected at the bottom to mod.io ?

[clear yacht]

Im connected with mod.io through steam and I subscribed to the website that was it

[mossy canyon]

Mmh that's weird. If you are connected in option category of dying light dev tools, it should download the map and after that, write "unsubscribe" in status at right :/ (And after you can found the maps in "My Maps" and you launch it from here). Idk why it don't work

[silver frigate]

How to play this map?

[versed dust]

try to change the name of projects - there is a many of special characters and than can cause problems

[hushed flint]

rafal I ask you do you have a tutorial the generation of vegetation ?

[versed dust]

We will prepare more tutorials but probably after winter holidays 😦

[hushed flint]

oh no 😕

[versed dust]

yes I know 😦

[winter plaza]

great it worked thx for your help man

[mossy canyon]

wow wtf ^^' I've changed the name, it should work (I hope)

[fair basin]

I’ve tried that but the play button just doesn’t work

[hushed flint]

hey I'm not on steam i'M on epic why this doing that

[hushed flint]

and I don't wanna buy the game on steam , I have already the game on epic please help

[winter plaza]

unluko

i have a question: is it possible to make a 90 degrees zipline to the bottom?

wait nvm

[sage elk]

Maybe restart your pc

[hushed flint]

I did it

dnt work

[sage elk]

How about reloading the previous session

[hushed flint]

no

just no

I did so many things

[sage elk]

You probaly just have to put a ticket in then.

[hushed flint]

where ?

[sage elk]

I can't send links but if you go on to the dl2 support page you can submit a ticket.

To help

[hushed flint]

yeah but aciek here can probably solve the problem so i'm gonna wait for today sadly

[sage elk]

Alr it will probably be fixed within a few days

[hushed flint]

sure

[sage elk]

Have tou tried uninstalling and reinstalling Dl2

[hushed flint]

no and i'm gonna wait , its probably just a bug

[sage elk]

Probably

[hushed flint]

I hate this time limit

[hushed flint]

I'm gonna create 1000 parkour if I saw how to do it

[elder ravine]

How do you add enemies?

AKA Zombinis?

[hushed flint]

I saw

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[elder ravine]

Oh well that's easy

i was just using the wrong prefab lol

there are quite a few ai spawner prefabs

What about music zones?

So ambient sounds/music can play?

[hushed flint]

i don't know sorry

i'm gonna tell you if I saw this

[elder ravine]

Tysm :)

[hushed flint]

no problem 👍

[deep bronze]

They exist and are called audioambientzone.prefab, but currently there is no event you can pick. (Bug)

[deep bronze]

I have no idea about technical stuff between connecting game or editor, sorry. But please put ticket, they'll look on to it: https://dyinglight2.support.techland.pl/en/support/solutions/folders/15000012814

[elder ravine]

Btw ty for releasing this at all

It's just rly cool to finally have all these new assets after using dev tools 1 for so long

[oak radish]

was trying to play a custom map but got this message and dont know what to do?

'invalid - one or more files failed to copy..'

[brave lynx]

I'm still crashing during build or quick build

[versed dust]

Please submit your map to mod.io - I will download this and check on my PC

[hollow kraken]

custom maps from mod.io can playing only in dev tool?

[sage elk]

How do you delete stories, or remove them from your map?

[deep bronze]

Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\Your_Project\source\data\story delete folder of story you want.

[oak radish]

I was wondering the same thing tbh, because ive been wanting to try the custom maps out

[fallen pier]

Hi! Is it possible to add primitive shapes with "dev textures" in the developer tools? I personally like to start with a simple blockout instead of extremely high poly meshes and other assets.

[deep bronze]

@fallen pier

[plucky nexus]

How does one add waterfall?!

[hushed flint]

its a fx

in prefab browser

[hushed flint]

someone know how to set a place where aiden is able to sit down and relax

[deep bronze]

Like under campfires?

Switch.prefab & Select "Style" preset to "SA_GenericSittingPlace".

[hushed flint]

okay i'M gonna add this like a place you can interact and a animation gonna start of aiden sit down

[deep bronze]

Ye, that's it. Switch will do.

[sage elk]

How do you add water?

[hushed flint]

Put waterbox.prefab and select Preset "TYPE".
If you won't set Preset, you can set water as you like (also in Attributes)

[deep bronze]

WaterBox.prefab + Presets. If you don't select preset, you can choose how it should look in Attributes.

[sage elk]

Thank you

[elder ravine]

Is there a simple way of adding grounds like dl1 dev tools? I want to simply put down some sidewalks / concrete tile areas for city sidewalks and pavement, terrain is acting weird and I can't find any premade grounds in meshes

[winter plaza]

me who sets water as a surface to trick the player:

[hushed flint]

https://tenor.com/view/megamind-villain-chair-spin-suave-cool-gif-4559758

[elder ravine]

demon

[sage elk]

Anyone know if you can disable climbing

[elder ravine]

possibly a an invisible barrier on the ledge / surface you don't want climbable

[hushed flint]

how to do a invisible barrier

[sage elk]

I mean no climbing for the entire map

[hushed flint]

for making sur if m_ObjectName is the name gonna give the weapon ?

[alpine lynx]

No its the item ID under ItemSpawner

[hushed flint]

okay

this is normal if I have dlc weapon ?

[plucky nexus]

How to update my map (help)

It's already uploaded

I uploaded new mod data

But it didn't work

Can someone show steps so I can do it right

[elder ravine]

I can't seem to material paint on terrain?

For some reason the terrain blocks are set as read only

[gleaming berry]

open terrain window and unlock it

[elder ravine]

It still is read only after unlocking

[hushed flint]

fish

[shell fjord]

is there a "snap to ground" function in DL2 editor? I watched the DL1 editor tutorials and it was T. But it doesn't work anymore in DL2 editor

[hushed flint]

Honestly your build will already be on the ground, if you don't like it just select the building and move the building a little in the ground

[shell fjord]

yeah but it'd be handy in some other scenarios, like putting small objects on a desk or something. So I wonder if that function still exists

[hushed flint]

oh okay but me I like to place the small obeject in the way I want because this create the creativity in the building of your map

[shell fjord]

yeah, I mostly want to use it to put small stuff, like putting this keycard on the safe took me quite some time to align the Z value lol😂

[hushed flint]

yeah me to lmao

[shell fjord]

lol need to reach that perfect alignment!

[hushed flint]

i'm gonna add grass

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[hushed flint]

I have working on my map for 11h i'm gonna go sleep for today

[elder ravine]

hurry up and make gta 4 map already

i want a map on christmas 😭

[deep bronze]

Put this prefab anywhere in Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\Your_Project\source\data\Prefabs.
In that area you can set what player can do.

You can set also those in Story.

[deep bronze]

#🔧︱dev-tools message

Also when you moving object, and drag blue round sphere, it will automatically align to terrain/objects.

[plucky nexus]

Breakable floors are the best

[hushed flint]

@plucky nexus I send you a mp

[plucky nexus]

mp?

[deep bronze]

Remember that by holding Blue Sphere during moving objects it will automatically snap to objects/terrain also with left CTRL it will align to rotation angle.
https://i.imgur.com/radKSCx.gifv

Also there's 2 additional options:

• Align to objects/terrain with shortcut.
• Place object where I have camera.

[hushed flint]

private message

[plucky nexus]

Ohh

[hushed flint]

interesting

[winter plaza]

is there a way to rename a map?

i tried to rename my test map and now all assets are gone lol it seems that i will have to rename the files that belong to the map right?

[sage elk]

Is there a way to make a npc friendly at first but after talking to them they become aggressive?

Or make them switch into a different npc

[winter plaza]

how do i set dialog entity

[sage elk]

Press on quest in the stories tab, then go to attributes, and assign npc

Idk if it works though

Because when I assign the entity to dialog setup and dialog it won,t let me play the map.

[winter plaza]

you mean the quest giver?

[sage elk]

Yes

[winter plaza]

wait ill show you in dms what i mean

[sage elk]

Ok

[elfin nimbus]

Is anyone working on Elysium?

[shell fjord]

Thanks Aciek!! Merry Christmas!!🎄

[hushed flint]

bruh 💀

[winter plaza]

can someone pls tell me how to set up a GoTo gameplay logic?

[hushed flint]

its good ?

[winter plaza]

what do you set as value for the distance?

[hushed flint]

this ?

[winter plaza]

no the m_distance

[hushed flint]

idk sorry

[winter plaza]

ah ok np and for the m_entity i picked sensorgoto is this ok?

[hushed flint]

I can't help you with this sorry i'M gonna study this

[winter plaza]

ah ok alright

[deep bronze]

Point_Marker.prefab as Point with certain distance set in Node, Box_Marker.prefab as player entering the Area, in this case you don't have to setup value.

[winter plaza]

ah great thx for your help! one more question tho: when i try to validate the story it says: "couldnt automatically deduce objective to bind it with an indicator."

what am i supposed to do at this point?

[deep bronze]

It means one of your node have undefinied what objective it should follow

you can set in that node NONE or select one you want to have

or just leave it that way

[winter plaza]

alright much thx again that warning was bothering me for a while haha

[worthy shuttle]

Aciek#6340

Remember that by holding Blue Sphere during moving objects it will automatically snap to objects/terrain also with left CTRL it will align to rotation angle.
https://i.imgur.com/radKSCx.gifv

Also there's 2 additional options:

• Align to objects/terrain with shortcut.
• Place object where I have camera.

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Quoted by xxvalou77_#1 · Dec 24, 2022, 7:51 AM

[hushed flint]

mmmhhhh

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[winter plaza]

Sus

[winter plaza]

can i set a specific skin for aiden? like E3 outfit

[deep bronze]

You can do it either by set specific preset at the very beginning of the game or via story system "GiveItem", but player will have to set it manually in inventory or add ItemSpawner with certain IDs.

I made an example preset that gives player all skills.

Way to add Preset with all skills.
Create file: "default_player_setup.scr" in \common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\YOUR_PROJECT\source\data
Paste this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HfACYtTgqzUTagXHZOmZkmyYOG2X6V1s/view?usp=sharing
Set Node "SetPlayerNode" in Story with "GIVE ALL" Preset.

If you want set your own items, take ID from ItemSpawner.prefab. You'll find out how to do it.

[small crane]

is there any Assets Window like in Dying Light 1 DevTools?

[dusk dagger]

Prefab browser

[small crane]

Thanks

[sage elk]

Wrong channel

[brittle charm]

pardon

[sage elk]

Wow how do I have more hours on devtools than playing the actual game

[winter plaza]

frfr

what is the E3 2019 preset in player presets?

[winter plaza]

does anyone know the itemID of the E3 outfit? so far i only found the skins for the paraglider

[hushed flint]

skill issue

[dusk dagger]

some skills

[winter plaza]

why does it show a human when i set the actor in dialogue as a chicken

[hushed flint]

💀

[winter plaza]

its the same with dog (buddy)

[hushed flint]

[hushed flint]

my map is getting better and better

[winter plaza]

im still working on my quest

[winter plaza]

can someone tell me how i make an animal as an actor in dialogues?

[shell fjord]

I suspect you can only make the chicken talk since it was implemented in actual DL2 as a secret mission

I have seen dog, horse, etc as characters, but you cannot find them in the dialog Actor field, so you cannot make a conversation out of them

I didn't find an invisible character in the conversation Actor field either, but if we had one, theoretically you can make anything talk (but you actually talking to the invisible character)

[hushed flint]

mmhh interesting

I have a question, can you do a cutscene when you are in your map, like having the cutscene directly when entering the map ?

[shell fjord]

probably yes? But that's for sure an advanced question for Aciek or the dev team 😂

[hushed flint]

yup

[shell fjord]

out of curiosity, anyone figured out why the example town map Dialog has the m_DialogEntity as "~12"?! What's "~12" here...shouldn't that be "Carl" since he was the dialog npc?

And later on it changed to ~13... what are these mysterious numbers

[worthy shuttle]

@shell fjord got 🎁 Present!

[hushed flint]

does this hut seem ''chill''

what should I add like ''poster'' ( shit i'M gonna add this )

[shell fjord]

nice chill hut

[deep bronze]

You can follow this, but just add "Camera" instead of Entitiy, then on "Camera Selection" add Camera you made. Moving timeline won't do, but when you press play you'll see the difference. Also to follow Camera, you need to click on that.

By "Add Camera you made" i mean here you can add it

[hushed flint]

mhhh nice

[worthy shuttle]

Aciek#6340

You can follow this, but just add "Camera" instead of Entitiy, then on "Camera Selection" add Camera you made. Moving timeline won't do, but when you press play you'll see the difference. Also to follow Camera, you need to click on that.

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Quoted by xxvalou77_#1 · Dec 26, 2022, 5:24 AM

Aciek#6340

You can do it either by set specific preset at the very beginning of the game or via story system "GiveItem", but player will have to set it manually in inventory or add ItemSpawner with certain IDs.

I made an example preset that gives player all skills.

Way to add Preset with all skills.
Create file: "default_player_setup.scr" in \common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\YOUR_PROJECT\source\data
Paste this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HfACYtTgqzUTagXHZOmZkmyYOG2X6V1s/view?usp=sharing
Set Node "SetPlayerNode" in Story with "GIVE ALL" Preset.

If you want set your own items, take ID from ItemSpawner.prefab. You'll find out how to do it.

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Quoted by xxvalou77_#1 · Dec 25, 2022, 11:27 AM

[hushed flint]

okay

[hushed flint]

and how I create a new prefab ?
( sorry for the ping )

[deep bronze]

Just put any prefab on the level or mesh and "Create prefab from selected".

[hushed flint]

okay

[hushed flint]

oh..

https://tenor.com/view/dying-light2-friends-reunion-gif-21727150

this is not animation like that I want ,

but I think we don't have that

[winter plaza]

becasue its the dialog

go to your map and select the dialog and then go back to your dialog setup or whatever and then head over to attributes and right click m_Dialog_Entity

then there should be an option of setting the dialog entity

took me a while to get behind this when i started with the dialogs haha

[fervent storm]

hello everyone, do you guys have frame drop issues after the update ?

[winter plaza]

no not really

[fervent storm]

i'm facing it. any idea how do we fix it ?

graphic drivers are updated so i don't think thats the issue. please help

[hushed flint]

what kind of gpu you got ?

[fervent storm]

Nvidia 3080

[hushed flint]

cpu ?

[fervent storm]

I7 10th gen

[hushed flint]

ram ?

[fervent storm]

32

[hushed flint]

okay.. hum I don't see any problem with your performence , did you have backround things running in the back ?

[fervent storm]

Actually I had this issue previously aswell before the bloody ties update and after the update they fixed it

No background running apps either.

[hushed flint]

mh weird , how many frame do you get in editor

[fervent storm]

Posted a message in steam and few others had this issue too

Usually around 90 100 but after sometime frame rate drops to 30 40

[hushed flint]

bro..

its normal

if you adding mesh and things like that

[fervent storm]

30 frames 🙄

[hushed flint]

yeah just save and restart your map

[winter plaza]

ye it needs to process all that stuff

[fervent storm]

So yous have this issue too ? 🙄

[winter plaza]

its not an issue hahaa

its just how it works

[fervent storm]

😂

[worthy shuttle]

@fervent storm got 🎁 Present!

[fervent storm]

Broo.. I was thinking it was some kind of bug 😂😂

[hushed flint]

yeah I have this issue like 1h but this was just a drop 30 fps and I close my app ( not saving ) I fuck top my 3h of working

[winter plaza]

@hushed flint do you know how to replace an humanai skin with an animal skin?

[hushed flint]

👍

[hushed flint]

no and I thinks animal just have no animation

[fervent storm]

Thanks guys 😊

[hushed flint]

( I am on epic )

[winter plaza]

because there is a humanai called chicken but its just some random dude

[hushed flint]

yeah..

but

[winter plaza]

i wonder how they did it with the space chicken mission

[hushed flint]

adding a spot dialogs

and add a chiken

are you on epic Y1ll

?

[winter plaza]

no steam

[hushed flint]

luck

epic user can't test map for 3 days ( like me )

[winter plaza]

rip

[dapper roost]

Its not letting me download maps

I get this same error with all maps

My mod.io account is linked

how do i fix this

[winter plaza]

unluko

[dapper roost]

huh?

[deep bronze]

@hushed flint dm

[dapper roost]

pls help

[mossy canyon]

You need to click on "Get maps" and wait that the download progress is at 100%

And after, you click on Install in "my Maps"

[dapper roost]

it doesnt move

its stuck at 0% and sometimes keep flicking between 0 and the subscribe button again even tho i did nothing

[mossy canyon]

Mh that's weird

Are you connected with you mod.io/steam profile in the "option category" ?

[winter plaza]

are you on steam in the first place or epic

some people cant test their map on epic maybe those issues are somehow connected that you cant play others maps either

[mossy canyon]

Chances are, to test the map, you have to download it as if it were your own map. So it is possible. Anyway, I know that this error code is when the map is not downloaded, but if the thing blocks at 0% and does anything, I've never heard of that. So I couldn't help you more :/ Try to ask to dev or submit a bug to techland, so they can help you or fix the bug 🙂 (unless if someone have an idea of the problem)

[winter plaza]

is it possible to add and change music after an objective starts or ends?

[elder ravine]

hello
i have some questions about this game,
im thinking of buying dying light on nintendo switch to play with friends. but he lives in another continent, do you think the lag caused is still going to be playable?

[winter plaza]

wrong chat my guy

[winter plaza]

anyways it depends on how far you guys you are apart and if your wifi connection is stable. if you have to connect to australia servers from europe for example you would have difficulties lol

[elder ravine]

sorry in advance

[elder ravine]

is it still playable?
i meant how difficult it will be?

[deep bronze]

@plucky nexus

[plucky nexus]

Thanks

[winter plaza]

funny how before the update it barely crashed when i edited my terrain but after the update it does everytime

[trail atlas]

Fun fact we have discovered, you can put prefabs from the game files into the dev tools that otherwise wouldn't normally be there

make a folder titled whatever you want where prefabs are located in your project, then get .prefab files from data0.pak and put them in there. It will allow you to spawn stuff like this E3 prefab for example.

[winter plaza]

how do you open data0.pak

[trail atlas]

7-zip, you can select "open archive"

then drag the .prefab files out that you want

prefabs/city/e3 is the folder I went to for the prefab above

[ashen barn]

how can i edit the snap to grid amount?

[winter plaza]

great thx man

[deep bronze]

@ashen barn 1. Select this icon (right top corner in viewport) 2. Click on arrow and you can change Grid Size.

[ashen barn]

thank you

[ashen barn]

one more question i have is how can i fix the interior lighting

and use probes efficiently

[winter plaza]

[deep bronze]

Place Envprobe.prefab to cover whole interior room (not whole building, just envprobe per room)
Use "Build" -> "Generate Envprobes".

[ashen barn]

WOO getting somewhere now

i see interiors are made up from individual meshes, then assigning a material is simple too

then stamped together to form a prefab, i think

[deep bronze]

Yep.

bld_ce_a_wall_str_mid_1x1h_a_em as example have a lot of Mesh Skins and material can be scaled.

[ashen barn]

same with the call of duty radiant

what is bld short for exactly?

[deep bronze]

building

exterior mostly

int_ce is for interiors

here's simple guide about walls

and grid/snapping

[ashen barn]

Perfecto

[shell fjord]

Man thank you so much, I didn't know Map tab and Story tab could interact like that haha. It worked for me!

Also Aciek replied in a thread related to this, so if you don't give the dialog instance in the game a Name, it's gonna show ~12 or some number, but if you give it a name, it will show the name so it's less confusing

[shell fjord]

I tried that and I thought the Chicken (in Dialog datafield) was the actual chicken but it was just a dude...coudln't change his skin to the animal chicken, and if I put ai.prefab with character set as chicken (the animal), it doesn't show up in the game. Maybe worth a devtools-support thread on how to recreate the space chicken mission?

[shell fjord]

thanks, this is great!

[trail atlas]

yw

[magic zealot]

when is the patch coming to be able to play in co-op between xbox X and Xbox one

[hushed flint]

https://tenor.com/view/dono-wall-talking-wall-bricks-gif-17741481

[hushed flint]

@deep bronze dm

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[hushed flint]

someone know how to make safe here ?

[deep bronze]

In Attributes you can set to False "m_RequireSafeZone" for a bed and it will work.
Or add Sanctuary.prefab + Area_Marker.prefab in m_Area so in that place will be Safe zone.

[hushed flint]

ok

oh and I have some Mesh with no collision

how can I anable the collision ?

[hushed flint]

I don't see m_RequireSafeZone

[deep bronze]

Is this restingplace.prefab?

[deep bronze]

Find in PB with collision, you can click on this entity here in scene and use "Replace" with mesh

[hushed flint]

yeah

[deep bronze]

It's sleeping_place.prefab, rename it to make your own, open prefab and change value inside for restingplace.prefab

[hushed flint]

OOOhh

this work

i'm gonna test ingame

this work

[torpid horizon]

How to paint foliage on rooftops?

[deep bronze]

Manually put meshes ("nat" or "ivy" in prefab browser) or Use tiny_object_helper.prefab area is editable with Universal Shape.
#🔧︱dev-tools message in case if tiny_object_helper didnt generate foliage at all

[winter plaza]

haha no problem man was a pleasure that i could help you

[winter plaza]

ye its alright i finally decided to change my script

[gilded rapids]

What are you guys creating so far?

[ashen barn]

im sure you have answered a million times but once ive built and validated my map, how do i launch it? -.-

[dusk dagger]

with the play button

[ashen barn]

its faded and wont let me

[dusk dagger]

wdym

[ashen barn]

2 sec ill show

now it crashes on build must've added something dodgy

[crystal briar]

Hi!
I downloaded the dev tools on epic platform because I bought dying light 2 there.
When I want to test play the map from dev tools editor, it tell me it needs steam client even though I'm using epic version.
Is anyone know how to fix it so I can test play my maps?
Thanks in advance!

[winter plaza]

welp ive added so much stuff and now my fps is now 20 ish instead of 60+ hahahaahah

[dusk dagger]

thats a bug

restart your client

[deep bronze]

It's a bug, please follow official patches when they fix it or write ticket to support so you'll get reply. https://dyinglight2.support.techland.pl/en/support/tickets/new

[crystal briar]

I have tried restart my client and re install the dev tools and it still ask me steam client.

[crystal briar]

Okay, I will create a ticket for that.
Hopefully it will fix before Jan 20.
Thanks!

[winter plaza]

E

[ashen barn]

<no recent invokes> what does this mean?

also my build gets to 12% then crashes not sure as to why

[deep bronze]

Build terrain? Kinda known bug in community, uncheck Generate Satetile Textures during building. :/

[ashen barn]

yes it was terrain, however painting materials seems rather tedious to set up

[deep bronze]

What do you mean? If you want to set ready-to-go materials, here's guide #🔧︱dev-tools message

[ashen barn]

do i launch my map within the tools or in game?

[deep bronze]

tools

[ashen barn]

says no recent invokes?

[deep bronze]

Just press on icon instead of small arrow

[ashen barn]

nothing occurs

[deep bronze]

Show me what you clicking

screenshot

[ashen barn]

ok

i cant send it in here

[deep bronze]

dm me

[ashen barn]

ok

do heightmaps need to have a specific format when importing, and can we use real world generated ones?

[deep bronze]

Idk, never used.

[torpid horizon]

I have some problem with textures but I can't post a photo here

I Just have some small triangular bumps

Does anyone know how to fix it?

[hollow kraken]

i 30 min trying create devtool-support post.... and its deleted... becose i try add links to images?

[torpid horizon]

can i use c dev c++?

[deep bronze]

I don't really know what you mean, but... no. These are just scripts. Smillar to c++ but still scripts.

[torpid horizon]

can i use dev c++ instead of notapad ++

[deep bronze]

You can use anything to open this file, even regular notepad.

😉

[shell fjord]

Try Ctrl-z, sometimes discord saves drafts

[torpid horizon]

How to unlock an entity?

prefab

[winter plaza]

any ideas on how to fix this?

[deep bronze]

Don't mind it, it's just a warning. And if you want to get rid of it, like validation says: remove this node.

[winter plaza]

ok alright

[deep bronze]

Use Save and Replace option on Prefab in Scene as far it's needed.

[worthy shuttle]

@deep bronze got 🎁 Present!

[torpid horizon]

Thanks

[hushed flint]

hey anyone have the bug to not be able to sit there ? but when you turn in a certain direction this work. do we have an option for like ( interact switch in any direction )

[brittle aurora]

Hey guys! I'm having issue with s1mple quest, validator asks for missing prefab. Maybe I use wrong entity?

[winter plaza]

you shouldnt use the prefab as entity and use that whats inside

you also should use Point_Marker.prefab instead

[shell fjord]

some previous GOTO guide if it helps

[winter plaza]

[brittle aurora]

awesome thx guys ;3

[brittle aurora]

but it's weird I used only logic entity, not inside any prefab and it still gives same error

[winter plaza]

have you tried save and reloading your lvl?

[brittle aurora]

not yet

[winter plaza]

do that

because otherwise it doesnt update

[winter plaza]

Did it work?

[brittle aurora]

Yes it did

but... i have 3 stories and I think only 1 works for this map which is "playerlevel"

and it just all autocomplete, i didnt see the objective

[ashen barn]

my terrain is invisible in game, how do i go about resolving this please

[brittle aurora]

this is how it looks

can we have 2 ends? xD

[hushed flint]

how to create a backup ?

[brittle aurora]

I just copy entire folder of my project in X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects I used to do that in DL1 but here I am not sure if this is the best method and I haven't tested it out yet

[hushed flint]

okay thx

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1055612634742935722/1056903773601153124/image0.gif

[brittle aurora]

haha 😄

So it worked in the end.. we will work this editor out eventually xd

[hushed flint]

Vegetation work for you ?

[torpid horizon]

anyone else ahs thi black line whne painting new material on top of another?

[hushed flint]

no ?..

[torpid horizon]

When I paint layer on top of another it happens

[hushed flint]

can you show a screen ?

of the texture

with layer

[torpid horizon]

i cant post photos

check dm

[hushed flint]

👍

[elder ravine]

i have some barriers and item spawners that are visible from anywhere in the map?

[deep bronze]

After you editing such script, you have to restart editor.

[deep bronze]

If ItemSpawner is a weapon, yes, it's a bug.

[hushed flint]

I restart it

[deep bronze]

Idk, few people followed my steps and everything worked.

[hushed flint]

oh and check on devtools support parkour ect...

[deep bronze]

When I can

🙂

[shell fjord]

Are there some restricted assets and is there a way to access them? I found a radio from the default prefab. I create a new prefab but the sound is not accessible from the picker nor the prefab browser. And if I type the name there, it doesn't work. But if I copy/paste the attribute, it will work.

[mossy canyon]

What prefab did you use to make this possible ?

[winter plaza]

[hidden cedar]

How do I set the Entity for Actor Bindings in the Dialogue prefab?

I have Actor Bindings set to Dialog::ActorBind in the Dialog Properties but can't figure out how to set an Entity

[deep bronze]

I just made simple UNOFFICIAL guide for this, but HD needs time yet. https://youtu.be/2WpXmpA_mfw

[ashen barn]

I understand time is valuable but if you do make anymore guides I’d be super stoked. Some things are better shown in a guide tbh

[torpid horizon]

The final date to send the map is 20th January but can I update it after that?

For example on 25th?

[hidden cedar]

Will check it out tonight, thank you!

[hushed flint]

Wow this feel like Fresh air for me Thx !

[ashen barn]

sorry to be a pain, when i press G my terrain is invisible

im in level mode too not sandbox

[hushed flint]

do you have lock your terrain ?

[ashen barn]

its unlocked

[hushed flint]

lock it

[ashen barn]

crashed the engine lol

[hushed flint]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1055612634742935722/1056903773601153124/image0.gif

[winter plaza]

[ashen barn]

sweet it worked thank you

[hushed flint]

👍

[ashen barn]

couldve sworn it was locked, then i unlocked it again

as it didnt initially work with it locked but ty for teaching me

[hushed flint]

yeah if you want to edit your terrain unlock it

[ashen barn]

makes sense

[hushed flint]

aciek I'm following your tutorial and I wanna change the mesh of the quest_object how can I do it ?

[shell fjord]

This is amazing, thank Saint Aciek 🫶 ❤️

[hushed flint]

I don't have more animation ?

[torpid horizon]

my tiny object helper spawns foliage on the ground and the streets but not on the rooftops

does anyone know why?

[shell fjord]

no idea, haven't tried that, probably an Aciek question lul

[hushed flint]

Frank where the option to see iditor , like dialogs effect area, I thinks I disable it.

@shell fjord

[shell fjord]

Do you mean the Attribute window? I don't know if there's a dialog effect area, I know sound emitters have effect area (radius) on their Attribute panel but seems all sounds are bugged now

[worthy shuttle]

@shell fjord got 🎁 Present!

[hushed flint]

mh

[hushed flint]

omfg , I need you aciek

[hushed flint]

you just need to click on this

[hushed flint]

okay so I correct all

so its should

work

if I play

okay i'm gonna correct this

the error :

okay this error

[torpid horizon]

how to add chemicals that deal damage?

[hushed flint]

what is No rocommended level set in quest definition ?

[hushed flint]

tell me if its work ?

@torpid horizon

now I have this

[torpid horizon]

Does it work for you?

[hushed flint]

I don't try it

[torpid horizon]

Ok

[hushed flint]

now this , bro what the hell i'm doing wrong

@shell fjord can you help me

[shell fjord]

I haven't seen localization error before, what's your dialog graph like?

[hushed flint]

graph properties ?

[hushed flint]

this ?

[shell fjord]

hrm that looks normal to me

what's the property panel like when you click on localplayer and Hakon

[hushed flint]

weird

[shell fjord]

also do you have the dialog entity in the game?

[hushed flint]

aciek should look that

[shell fjord]

did you try Generate Timeline and regenerate prefab?

yeah if those are good then idk what's wrong with yours

[hushed flint]

I do

[shell fjord]

hrm idk then

I can find my dialog and show you those properties if that helps

[hushed flint]

this

now

but no error in that

really weird

[shell fjord]

yeah idk, don't remember I encountered that error

try restart the editor tho

[hushed flint]

okay

[shell fjord]

the dialog editor and story editor sometimes gives false errors, I for sure encountered that

if that's not the fix probably wait for Aciek

[hushed flint]

again

weird

[shell fjord]

is your Quest called "" talk to hakon" ?

that looks like an objective to me

[hushed flint]

wait

[hushed flint]

?

[shell fjord]

idk then

[hushed flint]

😦

[shell fjord]

shit, I might know

change this to a real objective @hushed flint

try that

I just had the same error and that fixed it for me

mine was with Use node, but I assume the fix *could *be the same??

[hushed flint]

you can see what we have do me and aciek in error quest and ect.. inspect it

I send my project to him

[deep bronze]

And I know what's wrong.

[hushed flint]

bruh how

oh

I thinks

its because the dev is in epic

and the game in steam

[deep bronze]

Nah.

I'll give you resolve once i check dialog if its working

[hushed flint]

but why the test work for u ?

[deep bronze]

Because i fixed it

xD

[hushed flint]

oh

how

[deep bronze]

Just gonna check dialog and i'll let you know

[hushed flint]

okay 👍

[deep bronze]

yep

Let's go back to thread instead of spamming here.

[hushed flint]

bruh..

[elder ravine]

Does devtool include all enemy textures?

Like a zombie without a leg or a decapitated zombie

Stuff like that

[uncut temple]

I can see the added objects in the editor, but when I start the game, I only see the terrain, anyone know why this is happening?

[hushed flint]

I know what happening

just set as target

or

[uncut temple]

thanks bro

[hushed flint]

your welcome 👍

[winter plaza]

how does waterbox work?

do i need to change attributes or smth?

[elfin nimbus]

Oh no...

[alpine lynx]

It works as it. You dont need but you can

[willow monolith]

is there a fix for the terrain not crashing the editor when hitting "lock"?

[winter plaza]

no its a bug

[willow monolith]

I guess I won't be making more terrain then

[alpine lynx]

Ignore those crashes
Your modified terrain should still be there when you reopen tools

Also iirc Rafal said these crashes may occur if you have slow hard drive

[latent scroll]

devtools are very good but in my opinion the worst thing is to find what assets I need, which can be assembled together etc.

[willow monolith]

yeah. Does anyone know big floor mesh that I could apply terrain material?

[deep bronze]

@willow monolith Not (i dont have editor rn), but if you want most materials that are from Town, you can check it here:
#🔧︱dev-tools message

[willow monolith]

@deep bronze thanks!

[sage elk]

Are you able to change a bosses name, so that when there health bar appears it shows' something else?

[tall dawn]

Thought I'd bump this since I haven't seen a reply. I would like to use height maps if possible.

[ashen barn]

I emailed tech support and they asked for a crash dump which I’ll provide after work, as it’s a common bug but they need more info

[deep bronze]

In Preset you can find 1 line that shows the health bar on HUD, but it requires data mining so I cannot help you. Other way is to use existing bosses now.

[sage elk]

okay thank you

[winter plaza]

[deep bronze]

[latent scroll]

is there a way to paint grass with a brush ?

[deep bronze]

No. Material itself have array with objects. If you want 'base' set, you can find it here:
#🔧︱dev-tools message

[winter plaza]

is there a prefab of vnc tower?

[torpid horizon]

What is the name of thiese stone pathwalks? The one that are attached to the streets

[latent scroll]

It work like a charm thank you! 🙂

[latent scroll]

when you paint terrain with brush some trash on the floor appear transparent gray (without texture) especially for soil, concrete, pavement how do i fix it please ?

[deep bronze]

Wrong channel. Try #1039562481338699906

[outer berry]

My post keep gettin deleting

Mah bad

[deep bronze]

You have to remove them from foliage script.

[latent scroll]

what do you mean by foliage script ? are you talking about the foliage script.src ?

[outer berry]

My post is gettin deleting

[willow monolith]

How I can find street lamps and other lights?

[latent scroll]

you can filter into all mesh by writing lamp and look around to find what are you looking for

[willow monolith]

@latent scroll I know but I can't find the ones that has bulb or is that a separate mesh?

like where the actual light beam is coming from

[latent scroll]

do you want to add a light into your street lamp or did you just looking for the mesh ?

[willow monolith]

light into a street lamp

[latent scroll]

ok idk sorry did you have check into Light category ?

[willow monolith]

@latent scroll I did. There is lights in there but only the lights, not like whole street lamp prefab that also has the light coming from the bulb. I would assume there is ones somewhere.

[latent scroll]

huh wait the streets is illuminated at night in DL2 ?🙄

[latent scroll]

Are you looking for something that just wasn't created?

[willow monolith]

@latent scroll Maybe. I see couple interior lamps that work but I would have assumed there to be street lamps that work.

[hoary topaz]

Is there any reason the arrows are uncentred on my custom prefab?

[deep bronze]

arrows?

Screen, please. Might be on DM.

[hoary topaz]

I deleted the prefab and am trying to rebuild it

Basically, imagine a cube, but instead of the move, rotate, scale arrows being at the centre of the cube, it's like 10 metres away

[deep bronze]

Edit pivot.

Click on opened prefab

copy transform of gizmo where you want it

and paste to pivot

then click on opened prefab, save pivot

but remember to open parent

otherwise after opening parent it will move if you won't open it first.

[worthy shuttle]

@deep bronze got 🎁 Present!

[tall dawn]

so I've been fiddling around with the height map stuff for a while and have gotten nowhere. Has anyone else had any luck loading a Height map into their terrain?

[hoary topaz]

ah, thanks, I'll play around with that, get used to it

[ashen barn]

So to get foliage to spawn on terrain it works fine but if I make a new map under the SAME project, it doesn’t save. So do I have to repeat the process for ALL new maps

[deep bronze]

yep

[ashen barn]

Afaik the developers didn’t use a custom height map texture, but I’d imagine it needs specific requirements and formats to work.

[shell fjord]

ship it, this is perfect

[tall dawn]

that's a bummer that means I'll need to sculpt the terrain myself

[ashen barn]

Once the tools are out of beta we should see more support for that. I remember when Black ops 3 released mod tools and it was incredibly buggy for the first few months. So patience:)))

[elder ravine]

How do I give Aiden starting gear / starting levels aka perks upon starting the map?

rn he just has no perks and the starting pilgrim gear

also any way to give him an outfit like the e3 one?

[ashen barn]

Yeah good question. Is there a way to (for testing purposes) give aiden max level/stats

[winter plaza]

@deep bronze i found you ingame hehe

[hushed flint]

Hello

[winter plaza]

YO

[worthy shuttle]

@hushed flint got 🎁 Present!

[sage elk]

How do I make it so a enemy only spawns at a certain point in a quest?

[winter plaza]

[shell fjord]

probably enable a spawner in Story?

like uncheck SelfActive, and activate the spawner in Story

[hushed flint]

@shell fjord I have somethings weird with the dialogs prefabs.. can you look that in my new post ?

if you have the solution

[shell fjord]

kk I will check

[winter plaza]

fuck i think its time to upgrade my ram

ive reached the point where i only get around 10 fps in my editor lmao

[trail atlas]

[shell fjord]

sometimes restart helps, but yeah always download more ram lol

[hushed flint]

download more ram lol ?

[winter plaza]

xD ye ill try DOWNLOADING more ram haha

[trail atlas]

download ram its totally legit and real

[shell fjord]

[winter plaza]

ye

its going to take ages when building my map

[hushed flint]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1055612634742935722/1056903773601153124/image0.gif

[hushed flint]

i'm not gonna spam Ahaah

[shell fjord]

at this point I'm just learning this dev tool...I have a bunch of shitty experiments instead of a rouge shaped map lol

[hushed flint]

gr8

[winter plaza]

[shell fjord]

oh Aciek opens a youtube channel for small guides, in case you guys didn't know
https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsguide/videos

All praise to the saint Aciek!

[winter plaza]

ye i saw the vid with the washing machine and the zombie inside the canon lol

[shell fjord]

lol yeah that was epic

[shell fjord]

Nice, this gives me the skyrim vibe lol

I just hope there's a conversation option so you retrieve the wallet and kill that poor guy

[worthy shuttle]

@shell fjord got 🎁 Present!

[hushed flint]

I don't know how to set a kill system for him

[shell fjord]

well, Saint APPROVES for the killing!

I know how to do that with a hostile NPC

let me see the old link

[hushed flint]

screen shot ?

[winter plaza]

nahhh why windows 11 on light mode

[shell fjord]

here: #1056145292619153448 message

[hushed flint]

idk

[hushed flint]

okay i'm gonna look that , I just eat my food now