🔧︱dev-tools

[raven lava]

Extract them to a zip?

Using rar

[terse sparrow]

yeah you could do that

[raven lava]

Can I make a zip in the dl2 source folder

[terse sparrow]

wdym

[raven lava]

Send the mod to that

[terse sparrow]

my guy

yeah

and then rename it to .pak

because the game won't read .rar or .zip

[raven lava]

Making sure, I don’t want to reinstall this mod again it takes like 2 hours

[terse sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/935989994735169546/1181791090249044059/rapidly_declining_mental_function.gif

[raven lava]

Just making 120% sure, I send it to this zip, it’s empty

[terse sparrow]

wtf

okay I try to be more clear

where are the .scr files which you have changed

first

[raven lava]

In the right tab

[terse sparrow]

no, show me the .scr files you have changed

that is a data.pak inside a rar 😭

[raven lava]

Player variables

[terse sparrow]

okay , make a copy of that .scr file outside of the rar

doesn't matter where, it should be in a plain folder

[raven lava]

Ok

In a folder

[terse sparrow]

now send that folder to a rar or zip

doesn't matter what it is

[raven lava]

Right click<send to< compressed(zipped) folder?

[terse sparrow]

yep

[raven lava]

Ok, then add that in source?

[terse sparrow]

no

first

rename it to data4.pak

then put it into the source folder

[raven lava]

Ok

Looks wrong so making sure

[terse sparrow]

no

first you have to enable so that you can change file extension names

which you can do

fuck my windows is in hungarian

so

then on show

and it will show, file extension

enable it

le hybrid system

[raven lava]

Enabled

I enabled it now I mean

[terse sparrow]

new change the name to data4.pak

it should be data4.pak nothing else

show a ss when done

[raven lava]

It worked

Looks like the rest

Now I have to test in game, ty

[terse sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1174510817316708372/1356059356226912376/attachment.gif

gg

[raven lava]

Ty again I know that was pure aids for you

[terse sparrow]

there is always a lurning curve

but the modding wiki will come and less problem for us

[raven lava]

I know how to delete hud mostly, but adding stuff is new

It worked

[terse sparrow]

welp this is how you add stuff mostly

[raven lava]

You’re the messiah

[terse sparrow]

you seperate it

put it into a pak and put that pak in

[raven lava]

I’m showing you the funny run

[terse sparrow]

that way the game can update and not fuck over your mod

[raven lava]

I disabled updates

Since I have to be on version 1.12.1

[terse sparrow]

better be safe than sorry

a wise man once said

[raven lava]

https://youtu.be/X8F4dQ_QF48?si=U1CcaJ-DpH9nl2uw

I did this

[terse sparrow]

I mean

you could just rename the dl2 folder

to dl2 e3 def mod

and steam won't be able to update it

🗿

[raven lava]

I’ll do that too, also

It’s beautiful

Penguin run works

[terse sparrow]

welp gl and hf with modding

[raven lava]

Ty again it’s almost flawless

[terse sparrow]

don't thank me, thank the guys who made the mod

[raven lava]

The animation is bugged after 8 seconds but that’s not fixable issue that’s since it’s old

[terse sparrow]

it's just a bad anim

tl was cutting corners for the trailer

[raven lava]

It was from the 2019 gameplay demo yeah, corners

[karmic brook]

whats the stash called in DL1 devtools

[pallid jacinth]

good morning, can someone help me with dl2 dev tools please? i wanna make a char mod,but cant figure out how to even spawn someone

[alpine lynx]

https://mod.io/g/dying-light-2/r/how-to-create-visual-mods

[alpine lynx]

Change mesh class to DepotContainer

[pallid jacinth]

yeah i struggle already with it,where do i find the char meshes and textures? i want to change aidens skin texture for some tattoos and overhaul some of the clothing pieces

[alpine lynx]

From asset browsers mesh tab, as shown in the video

[pallid jacinth]

where exactly?

[alpine lynx]

huh, elaborate

[pallid jacinth]

i dont know where to find aidens mesh

the video covers the how to extract textures, but not where i can find aiden and his textures

i checked characters, i checked player in the prefab browser and i didnt find anything

[alpine lynx]

In the video I select mesh from asset browsers mesh tab. Do the same, but select different mesh

[pallid jacinth]

so i can just take any asset? like a trash can and turn that into a aiden mesh? im a bit confused, sorry for being dumb here

[alpine lynx]

No, you select mesh you want to retexture. Once its been selected you can extract its textures

[pallid jacinth]

and how am i supposed to select aiden then.....?

hes nowhere to see

[alpine lynx]

Search aiden or player

[pallid jacinth]

care to join me in voice perhaps? that makes things easier

[alpine lynx]

Nope

[pallid jacinth]

in which search bar,exactly?

[alpine lynx]

Watch the tutorial please. It shows the process step by step

You replace any mesh texture just like that

doesnt matter is it aiden or cargo container

[pallid jacinth]

look,i watched the video already this is why im asking

i cant find any search bar i cant find aiden and the video covers almost nothing i need to know

id like to send a screen rn,but my prefab browser is empty

when i look for aiden,there is nothing shown,the same with player.

[alpine lynx]

Okay this is basic tutorial how to navigate in DL2DT https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LSz6XRW4gWk&list=PLSjLjgn6LsguLRhmCKNvZLmus8VDm62Y7&index=4&pp=iAQB

[pallid jacinth]

ahhh okay,this helped, finally found aiden,or his parts at least.
do you happen to know which parts cover the skin? there is like a tpp and a fpp model

there are multiple meshes that are naked,are all of these useable technically or does it have to be a specific one?
i tried the tattoos v3 mod, and this applied to every outfit,so i want my tats to apply to every outfit as well

right now i found stuff named berserker,does that work?

[alpine lynx]

Edit fpp for now. That one is visible from players pov

[pallid jacinth]

got it,thank you 🙂

[alpine lynx]

Dunno. You can open their project in Devtools and check what mesh textures they have edited

[pallid jacinth]

is there a way to include multiple textures? it seems like there is only one arm in the berserker tex which seems to apply to both arms,but i want different tattoos on both arms if that is possible

[pallid jacinth]

oh,how?

[alpine lynx]

Subscribe their project and it will appear on Devtool startup window

In that window wheres list of all projects

Click install -> open

[alpine lynx]

If textures have been mirrored then theres no way to do that

[pallid jacinth]

got it

[pallid jacinth]

okay apparently the player hands of that mod have a A and a A_B diff,so it might work

[boreal willow]

Perfect)

[pallid jacinth]

@alpine lynxmanged to upload it, thank you for your help! 😄

how long does it usually take til a mod gets approved by moderators?

[alpine lynx]

Sweet

usually 1-24 hours

[pallid jacinth]

https://mod.io/g/dying-light-2/m/customtattoos?preview=6d62078cdb05d9c6659d53e4ce21b92c if anyone wants to test it so it gets approved faster, here

[raven lava]

Anyone know what these grapple enemy prompts are called in Data0.pak\Gui\Hud_pc ?

[pallid jacinth]

https://mod.io/g/dying-light-2/m/caligulasbotique?preview=81f518d0e2923e6f9e6c32eae35d2eb8 new clothing retexture i made if anyone wants a preview

[uncut bobcat]

hello does anyone have Dying Light 2 on Steam? I need the datapl.pak file

[past canopy]

Why, do you got the game on epic or steam?

or for free cracked somewhere, we need more information to help you

[uncut bobcat]

crack

@past canopy

[potent holly]

i have some suggestions for dl the beast

[hazy depot]

how does 1 get dev tools on dl2

[hazy depot]

i have figured it out...

[wanton onyx]

Hey does anyone have the doom shotgun that they can give me or something

[surreal egret]

anyone have a save editor here thats working? my save got bugged and i dont wanna do everything all over again.

[pallid jacinth]

you wanna try getting a mesh in? or do you mean dl2´s doom shotgun?

[runic bridge]

Are you able to extract assets from DL2 using the dev tools?

I've never really played around with the tools, so I figured it would be worth asking about it here.

[leaden rock]

can someone make the dl beats crane outfit?

[raven lava]

Anyone know what the names for the grapple enemy hud is called? I’m guessing it’s in Datapak0<GUI<Hud_Pc but I can’t find it

[runic bridge]

Does anyone really know about this, or nah?

[past canopy]

No, only textures

[runic bridge]

Thanks.

[karmic brook]

Guess who got on a official dying light vid

[stiff kestrel]

You made that?

It’s peak

[karmic brook]

No it was made by bub

Epic guy

[karmic brook]

It was made by bub who is basically the god of devtools

[past canopy]

You forgot the second "o" in "god"

[alpine lynx]

desert furry lets go

[alpine lynx]

good of devtools

shut up C.R.A.P

[past canopy]

[tender plinth]

¿Does someone have an explanation as to why on console you can only have 5 Visual Mods enabled?

[torn trout]

So random question, but can the ui be changed?

[past canopy]

Yes it can get changed

But only what's available in devtools

[terse sparrow]

probably some freaky shit with how they load mods, if you mod the fuck out of the game on pc, the game can get stuck on a loading screen, idk if that happens with multiple texture mods, probably not, but if so that is the problem

[past canopy]

actually why even adding a limitation? if i want 10 weapon skins, i need 10 visual mods

creators wont put 20 skins into a single mod otherwise people must watch out what is already used and what not

literally stupid

[terse sparrow]

we got png replacements after 3 years idk my man

but I know for a fact the game hogs more ram then ever before

base game is running around 7 gigs of ram

[remote zodiac]

That's not even that bad

[torn trout]

So, theoretically, could someone change the ui and environment to look like e3

[tight reef]

im hoping that too

and hope for some optimization on console, because jesus its hard

[leaden veldt]

I'm trying to figure this out too, maybe a kind soul could make a visual mod for consoles that only changes the textures, and the filter, so it looks like in E3

[past canopy]

That is not possible since most UI elements are in rpacks which i dont think are supported by the texture override system

[leaden veldt]

ah yes, I'm not really talking about UI elements, but rather textures like those of buildings, roads, windows, ropes... those things

or maybe I misunderstood what you meant

[past canopy]

Well, what do you mean?

Player HUD elements?

[leaden veldt]

no, nothing to do with the interface, I'm talking about the game itself, I was asking if it was possible to have this kind of graphics and textures on console now that the visual mods are available, buildings that are gray, quite yellow vegetation, just like the E3 2019 graphics!

like this

[past canopy]

Yes, thats possible

But can take alot of time

[leaden veldt]

okay, I wanted to be sure it was possible, hope is important, thank you very much for the answer! good day

[jagged orbit]

If I wanted to make a mod that replaces the music in the tower raid mode, is that even possible?

[pallid jacinth]

actually,i do 😅
but i feel like if people get more of a bigger package in terms of visuals,that leaves more options for customization= happy players 😄

guys,whats ur opinion on my botique mods anyway? any room for improvement? any wishes? 😄

[lone dirge]

Mod support for console?

[leaden veldt]

only visual mods for now, and only for next gen consoles from what I've heard

[tepid moss]

Yep. Only next gen.

[leaden veldt]

Thanks for the confirmation!

[lone dirge]

Bruh what the heck

[pallid jacinth]

https://mod.io/g/dying-light-2/m/caligulasbotiquevolume3?preview=36cdb29da466e64e3567bc85e944a3fe can a mod please check and approve this mod? its not getting accepted since almost 3 days by now

[waxen wyvern]

Everyone wanted the old DL2 so... it would be very good for ppl

[past canopy]

Why no preview images and some screenshots, people mostly dont know what you did

Its like i give my teacher back a blank piece of paper and telling him "now its your time to figure it out"

[pallid jacinth]

true,but will dev tool screens do so too?

since i cant do ig screens bc i cant even test it myself

nvm,its online now,will get screens asap 😄

[past canopy]

devtools has a screenshot tool

where you can put up to 8k i think

[steel ember]

Please tell me your a modder

[leaden veldt]

nope sorry

[past canopy]

Everything that you can edit can get placed into devtools as a mesh

[steel ember]

I have no hope

[tepid moss]

3 days? Ahah. My mods are reviewed by week. So you're not that bad.

[pallid jacinth]

are custom meshes possible perhaps?

there is a gun and a outfit id like to get ingame,but idk if that works

[past canopy]

@alpine lynx

[alpine lynx]

Custom meshes in maps are possible but not officially supported

@past canopy #🔧︱dev-tools message

[past canopy]

It's live

[steel ember]

Anyone doing mods to remodel bandits and renegades?

[tepid moss]

Who knows?) Check on the nexus.

[steel ember]

Talking about console side dude

If I had Nexus I'd be on e3 Definitive

[tepid moss]

In any case, you can only install maps and visual mods on the console. Visual mods are just a change of color and pattern. No modification of the model.

[steel ember]

Idk why they went that route

Hopefully they expand mod tools for consoles. Until then I'm stuck waiting

[tepid moss]

It was the fastest option to promote visual mods. Let's hope that in the future there will be mods that change models and provide more functionality to create your own visual.

For example, I would like to be able to make a night version on any model. But this feature is available only for models that have this feature.

[alpine lynx]

just contact your local modder

if you see cool mod on Nexus (that is based on texture swap, not .model swap) you can ask author to port it on consoles

its very easy process for them

[steel ember]

I feel like I'm bothering you guys and that's not it. I'm just trying to enjoy all these mods you boys made

I will take that advice though bub

[torn trout]

So out of curiosity, if you guys don’t mind, do you know if the ui could be changed to look like e3

[past canopy]

I tried editing several UI meshes which are for the menu/inventory background and it always failed with misaligned textures or breaking them, so no

[steel ember]

Don't think it's possible for mod io tho

[echo harness]

How to get a key for Dying Light The Beast to test the game and give feedback before it is released and Xbox and Playstation

[torn trout]

Could the e3 outfit be made to actually look like the e3 outfit

Like with the glove and the mark on the back

And the mask

[steel ember]

Possibly

[alpine grove]

how do i select the items the player can start with?

[elder ravine]

is there any way to edit the dying light 2 main map on dev tools?

the main map with no missions just the map

[alpine lynx]

You gotta do it in story editor with SetPlayerPreset or GiveItem nodes

check pinned messages for tutorials

[elder ravine]

thanks

[turbid hemlock]

Am I here right for modding help?

[terse sparrow]

what you need help with

[turbid hemlock]

nvm i gave up,
you add one mod, you insta die
you add a mod, you have no gear at the beginning
next one deletes your whole gear from the save file.

reinstalled game, just one mod which adds items to stash.
you di and have no gear....

[glass pewter]

Scam^

[hoary topaz]

Cheers

[terse sparrow]

outdated mods do be like that

[turbid hemlock]

Somehow there are no up to date mods...

The game is dead

[elfin whale]

I don’t mod myself but for any modders who are listening could we get a mod to give base aiden the zombie appearance from the zombie rahim skin and if so could you also port it to consoles please

[turbid hemlock]

is there a mod where a vendor sells all items?

[hollow oak]

is anyone have this player or only me? the 3 map game said for event all of them are broken especially fury the car doesn't exist and my bounty didn't count

[wicked marsh]

How do i upload my dying light 1 custom map?

[leaden rock]

making it now

well just uploadint it someone else made it

[torn trout]

You uploaded it?

[fathom osprey]

Would you guys say modding DL2 is easier than 1? I haven't started googling that question, but AFAIK DL1 was really difficult and there wasn't much that was able to be done. Should I still expect the same for DL2 as I get started on these tools?

[twin falcon]

the download depots for dl2 v12.1 (i think) is taking so long

i feel like ts ain’t actually downloading

[fathom osprey]

Does anyone know how to change the player's stats/skills in your level?

[serene wharf]

can someone please add a hair mod to mod.io consoles that gives aiden long/medium length hair it would be cool to be able to customize ur character with different hairstyles

[leaden rock]

We only have texture support hair is another mesh it impossible officially for consoles

[leaden rock]

if anyone wants to make a project together that restores e3 textures dm me

[hollow plume]

anyone willing to help me learn dev tools dl1 i know a okay amount the now but dnno how to work dialogue trees n such as i can only follow guides that are available

[unborn flare]

Is the Console Modding going to go further than only Visuals?

Like changing code, lighting, animations, models, adding things, etc

and will the max mod limit of 5 change?

all I'm looking for is Yes or No

[unborn flare]

<@&496201383524171776> Most likely in every channel too 👆

ty

[lament spindle]

thx

[void agate]

[unborn flare]

[leaden rock]

New overhaul mod on modio by me

[slow iris]

[lapis swallow]

Just found out i have the most visual mods downloads out of anyone else's visual mod portfolio. im sitting at 68k unique downloads, 17k ahead of hackerstalker who is in second place. Thank you everyone who is enjoying my mods. I feel so amazed!

i should note that CREX and Bub would beat me but in terms of visual mods downloads, i am highest right now. im in shock lol

[past canopy]

We can change that real quick

[past canopy]

Well, nobody ever is going to be run boy run

[lapis swallow]

I didn't mean to sound competitive, I just wanted to show my appreciation.

[past canopy]

I was joking too, of course you can be proud of it

[green citrus]

You dropping

[lapis swallow]

What do you mean

[green citrus]

Nvm mind

[hollow schooner]

guys, i try opening the dev tools and it loads the game but not the tools

any way to fix this?

[lapis swallow]

If you are on steam, click settings > general > launch options.

Set selected launch option to ask when starting game.

[hollow schooner]

what do i type?i havent used steam before

[slow portal]

Whenever I open up community maps and mods it keeps saying
“The network connection to mod.io services has been lost.”

[white veldt]

Is there a way to play the two maps for the challenges on xbox? They don’t seem to be downloading for me

[lapis swallow]

Should be a drop down menu

[lunar current]

Tryna open up dev tools and download a community map but won’t download when I double click it or right click it for options

[leaden rock]

since my devtools dont work if anyone can test stuff for me ill credit you

[elder ravine]

I'm having trouble with the Fish Hunt ugc quest. I'm subscribed in game, and I have all my mod.io accounts linked. I can FIND it in the dev tools menu, but can't DO anything with it. Anyone else having issues?

[slow portal]

In general modio is being weird on my end mods and maps only load if I’m signed out

[elder ravine]

Weird. Yeah. I had to authenticate like three times, but it finally started working. Entirely unclear why.

[slow portal]

Mane I’m just trying to play with some sick ass mods😭

[elder ravine]

Did you ever get your thing tested?

[leaden rock]

Nope

[crude python]

Hello guys, we have troubles playin fish hunt for the UGC fest. Does anybody have a solution?

[past canopy]

@alpine lynx

[alpine lynx]

[slow portal]

Aries let me install mods and maps and my soul is yours

Is there a way to try and fix the connection issues on console because I’m now starting to lose mods that I’ve already had installed

[crude python]

You are god Bub

Language switching helped

[crude python]

Thanks for the help, appreciate it

[unborn flare]

Is the Console Modding going to go further than only Visuals?
Like changing code, lighting, animations, models, adding things, etc.

I see huge potential but if they implement it right

This amount of potential if they do it right...
https://youtu.be/98oJYDRblLI?si=RwnGUv0k7c8T7U3s
or
https://youtu.be/QR4tJDcYCTY?si=XRaEivOX6H6txhUo

[past canopy]

We got visual texture override after 3 years, i doubt the rest is coming soon

[unborn flare]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-mario-phone-check-walk-gif-15818126186478764678

[lapis swallow]

all i want at this point is Normal maps to be exported

instead of having to dig through game files

[past canopy]

Hm?

[lapis swallow]

In the Dev Tools, when you export texture files it doesn't export normals maps.

[past canopy]

DDS or PNG

[lapis swallow]

PNG

[past canopy]

Do DDS

fuck png

[lapis swallow]

PNG is the only one I can use with my art software 😭

[past canopy]

DDS plugin

https://www.freeconvert.com/dds-to-png

[past canopy]

Write a email to your manufactor making a dds support update

[lapis swallow]

Thanks for the heads up.

[quaint socket]

Having issue with setting up simple waypoint with indicator where to go. Any advice on how to setup pojnt_marker to make it happen?

[thorn yew]

Yeah
It will have to wait till it fixed soon

[quaint socket]

There is a global issue with setting up waypoints?

[thorn yew]

Way point is ok for now

[alpine lynx]

You must define distance in the GoTo node

otherwise it wont be completed

point_marker should work

I think I've only used area.prefabs w/ goto

If you just want to marker that disappears exactly when you want it to disappear, you can use ShowIndicator & HideIndicator nodes hooked to point_marker

[past canopy]

Start ->
-in

m_Entity Bub
m_distance 999.0
m_IndicatorType "None"
m_IndicatorObjective "Stay way"

-out
-> End
m_IsFinnishing "True"

[slow portal]

None of the maps I need for the event are downloading literally only one has been able to download is there a fix to this I’m on console?

[alpine lynx]

[lapis swallow]

it just works, huh?

[inland halo]

does anyone know how to disable moon light in DL1? I've been looking around with agent ransack but cant figure it out

[alpine lynx]

weather.scr -> sun_brightness_night_weight and maybe f_pp_moon_opacity

[inland halo]

thanks, i couldn't find sun_brightness_night_weight but i did find vec3 shading_sun_color_night = [0.075, 0.075, 0.075] * weight_night; and changed all the values to [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] and it worked turning off the moon light completely

[leaden rock]

how can i edit the motion when running in dl1 like the motion sickness to make it more un steady

[wicked marsh]

How do i fix "FATAL ERROR No chunk object's class name!" i dont want to lose my map pls

[thorn yew]

Greetings everybody.
I missed dying light 2 e3 2019 skins mod when it's on pc.
Not on consoles now.

[neon spoke]

Hello everyone, i have an issue. The enemy's weapon position is way off, i tried different enemies/behaviors and but all the same, is there any solution for this?
I followed these steps: I created humanai and behaviorplace. I copied and pasted their location, then In behaviorplace i chose the behavior then in humanai i chose the difficulty tier, preset and lastly i chose initial set up-behaviorplace that i created.

[past canopy]

If the weapon starts glitching out of their hand or is visible through walls that means techland didnt cared fixing this issue since launch for the past 3 years

[neon spoke]

I see, thank you for your answer! Yeaah sad, nothing i can do i guess

[wicked marsh]

How do i fix "FATAL ERROR No chunk object's class name!"

[elder ravine]

i doubt it

[unreal olive]

Hi all. First of all, is there any official DL2 Dev Tools documentation? I had tried searching for one but did not manage to find any mention of it. Also, is there any way of adding stairs so that the mesh skin can be changed? So far I've only managed to do it by adding a simple mesh, not prefab etc. and still I only have 5 skins available there. When adding from prefabs or presets I can see there are a lot more options available but it doesn't allow me to change it. The droplist itself just as any other fields are greyed out but I can open it if I'm persistent enough and keep clicking on it.

[past canopy]

https://dyinglight.wiki.gg/wiki/Developer_Tools

I created the entire wiki and bub rephrased/added/edited most of the stuff

[unreal olive]

Oh, this one actually did come up but I assumed it was for DL1 only. Thanks, maybe I'll find something of use there.

[alpine lynx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anMDEMV0-o0&list=PLSjLjgn6LsguLRhmCKNvZLmus8VDm62Y7
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSjLjgn6LsgsOk1uRvFcVs0Eykq7373Bo
Also check pinned messages in this channel.

If you use prefabs you gotta right click it in Scene -> Save as & Replace
Now you can open the prefab with right click and edit its contents

often times its easier to just work with meshes

[unreal olive]

I've seen all of those but didn't know there was a yt playlist for the unofficial ones, thanks. In my original message I meant any official documentation apart from those video tutorials. I was unclear, my bad.

[patent cosmos]

Someone knows why i can't find dying light 1 in the ps store ?

[wicked marsh]

Does anyone know how to fix "FATAL ERROR No chunk objects's class name!" it wont let me continue creating my map

[past canopy]

What was the last thing you did on your map?

[eager smelt]

U should be able to everyone else can

[patent cosmos]

But I can't its only showing me dl2 and the beast

[latent stream]

My map keeps crashing every time I try to load it in the editor after I clicked on something called load from level source or something. Checking the crash logs the only thing I find is that it failed loading libxess_dx11.dll

[raven flint]

Anyone have any idea what's happening to the mod support on PS5? Been down now for a few days and yet to hear anything about it from Techland... unless I have missed something lol

[latent stream]

I just downloaded it again on consoles so I thought it just wasn’t on there. Damn they can’t stop breaking things..

[alpine lynx]

Try recover latest backup from data\maps\mapname\mapname.exp.ba1
rename it to mapname.exp

[alpine lynx]

Do you have story set up

[latent stream]

Yeah I do

[alpine lynx]

Try load the source level if you havent already

right click level in scene window -> load source

[latent stream]

Alright I’ll try that

Oh shit wait like, I can’t even open the scene window or anything. Basically the moment I open the level and it loads up, it crashes.

[alpine lynx]

Okay, well go to DevTools\projects\local\AxeAndMachete\source\data\Maps\MAPNAME

1. Remove mapname.prefab
2. Rename mapname_nonflt.prefab to mapname.prefab
3. Launch editor
   also make backup of your project before doing this

[eager smelt]

Contact Sony support ig then

[latent stream]

Alright, I’ll go try this

[latent stream]

It Didn’t seem to work 😭

[alpine lynx]

Try replace that yourmapname.prefab with this one

just rename it

if that results in crash on map load, try recovering one of the backups in same folder

[latent stream]

Alright

Oop that worked

It didn’t crash this time

[alpine lynx]

After replacing prefab?

or recovering backup

[latent stream]

Yep

I replaced prefab

[alpine lynx]

okay your mapname.prefab is broken then. You can send me both mapname.prefab and mapname_nonflt.prefabs and I'll take a look

right now your map shows assets I have placed

[latent stream]

Alright one sec

oh I have to dm them

[latent stream]

Sent you them

[alpine lynx]

gotcha ty, looks like both of these files are exactly the same and they shouldn't be

[latent stream]

Oh oof 😭

[wicked marsh]

Where do i find those files?

[latent stream]

I have no idea how that happened 😭

[alpine lynx]

project folder

C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dying Light\DevTools\workshop

or were you talking about DL2

[latent stream]

Is it possible to fix it?

[wicked marsh]

I cant find the devtools folder

[past canopy]

steamapps\common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\

[wicked marsh]

I dont have dying light 2 devtools only dying light 1

[past canopy]

Huh

Which developer tools do you use then

#1 or #2?

[alpine lynx]

I managed to recover some but I'm not sure what the original looked like. This one got all spawners and other logic assets

[wicked marsh]

Dying light 1

[latent stream]

Tysm! I’ll try it out!

[alpine lynx]

I think the actual map is gone unless you manage to find backups of that mapname.prefab somewhere

you need non-flattened version of it. It can be opened and inspected in notepad, unlike the flt one

[latent stream]

Ooh alright

[latent stream]

Also do I rename it back to my map name?

[alpine lynx]

yup correct

[latent stream]

Alrighty,

[latent stream]

Also I found one that I could open in notepad

[alpine lynx]

From Maps/mapname folder?

[latent stream]

Yeah

[alpine lynx]

does it have suffix _nonflt..?

or just mapname.prefab

File itself should look something like this

[latent stream]

It’s just mapname.prefab theres also one with the suffix but the text is messed up in notepad

[latent stream]

Yeah

[alpine lynx]

not this

[latent stream]

It looks like that

[alpine lynx]

Delete that messed up file and rename that readable file to mapname.prefab and try load map again

so theres only one prefab in mapname folder

the_store.prefab

[latent stream]

The readable file is already named that though, the unreadable one is the nonflt

I’ll try it out though

[alpine lynx]

okay, if that doesn't work, send me the readable file in dms. Maybe it got some corrupted asset or some shit

[latent stream]

Alr

Okay it crashed again, sending you the file

[boreal willow]

hello chat! Is there any way how to make smooth transition between two varlists? Or transition from varlist to normal view?

[unreal olive]

When modelling interiors, what am I supposed to be using in the place where there are windows on the other side? I tried using the same mesh but there are curtains visible "outside". Also, no sunlight comes in.

The windows covered with shutters do not look half bad but I also have some partially or not covered at all.

[boreal willow]

Do you use envprobes?

[unreal olive]

I meant to add them after I'm completely done with the building. Should I add a regular window mesh and then envprobes?

[boreal willow]

i think it doesn't matter.. but not sure

[unreal olive]

That wouldn't make the windows transparent though, would it?

[boreal willow]

who knows

i tried both ways

and haven't seen the difference

[unreal olive]

Okay, gonna continue with the building and after I'm done I will copy and paste 180 rotated window meshes and add envprobes.

[boreal willow]

holy moly

good luck with that

[unreal olive]

I don't have a ceiling yet so wouldn't tell a difference anyway.

[bleak jacinth]

Hi, I want to ask?

[alpine lynx]

Varlist_blend_area.prefab got blend time in its attributes

unit is milliseconds

[boreal willow]

I've got it some hours ago, thx)
Just didn't know it was in milliseconds xD

[boreal willow]

What's the max size of DL2 maps?

[thorn yew]

It shows empty on cosmetic mods in dying light 2.
No idea what happened.

[latent stream]

So spawn points randomly stopped working. I have them connected to spawn number.prefab and everything like my other spawns but it just won’t spawn anything.

[thorn yew]

Sorry to hear that

[latent stream]

I have no idea whats wrong with it lol

[latent stream]

Are env probes even necessary or do you just need to use room boxes?

[boreal willow]

i think room boxes are already using envprobes

[latent stream]

Ohh lol, I wasn’t sure cuz in the tutorial videos they used both a roombox and env probe together and idk if that’s necessary or not

[boreal willow]

I'm using both too on my map, so.. your choice

[alpine lynx]

Envprobes can be used for blending transition outiside roombox, e.g. in doorways. Thats how it was probably used in tut

[alpine lynx]

try rebuild navmesh and move spawnpoints in some open area temporarily

[latent stream]

Oooh, I’m not too sure if I need them for my map or not because it looks pretty good without them right now.

[latent stream]

Also I’ll try that, I managed to get them to work by turning on always spawned in attributes but I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t have to do that.

[alpine lynx]

Well, if it works 👍 I remember having to play around with alwayspawned, force xform and move to dynamic root too

specifically with spawners that were not placed in level root

[latent stream]

Oof alright, I’ll try that next time I place spawners, I think turning on always spawns automatically places it in root level

[boreal willow]

Guys, does anyone know why does my rock_shelf models suddenly became non-collision? (But it's turned on in settings)

[unreal olive]

Does anyone know what is the purpose of occluder_eraser? I stumbled upon it in an atlas where it was fit into void window frame along with the envprobe but I don't know what it's supposed to be doing.

[slow portal]

I just want mods to work for longer than a month 💔

All jokes aside try deleting the game

Cuz that’s what ima do

I’m not on pc so that’s my only option

[latent stream]

So I guess there’s no fix for the weird weapon texture bugs?

[boreal willow]

Wdym?

[latent stream]

Well for some reason you can see weapons through certain textures in the custom maps, including on human enemy textures so it looks really weird and messed up.

[boreal willow]

Aaah, that issue.. understand

Still dk why they can't fix that

[latent stream]

same omfg

[latent stream]

What does generate hq reflections do? Its an option for room boxes and also env probes I believe

[latent stream]

Oh also how do I blend two different room boxes, for example theres another room inside a large room?

Everything I do looks like crap, it leaves this weird lighting anomaly in the form of just a straight line where you can see a a difference in lighting change on either side. I’ve tried using env probes but it just makes things look even worse lmfao.

[boreal willow]

That's good question, I also don't like that light anomaly, when you exactly see where the env probes ends

If I make stuff like that I'm just using env probes. One in first room, second in another. Just slowly scaling them to be against each other.

But if using env probes makes things worse in your game - idk what to do

[alpine lynx]

Scale room_boxes as close together as possible without any overlap.
Add envprobe between robos, enable blending and change blend direction from attributes (or just rotate the envprobe)

adjust envprobe with scale

also in scale tool, press Q to enable face select mode. It helps with room box fine adjustments

[unreal olive]

Since we're talking about this, every room needs its seperate roombox or can I place one, containing entirety of a house?

Also, I used itemspawner to spawn a hook. When I pick it up in the game though, it reappears immediately after picking it up and does not end up in my inventory. I wanted to have players pick up a hook and a rope, detect both are present in the inventory at the same time, consume them and unlock a grappling hook. Is that feasible?

[boreal willow]

Does anyone knows how to make npc patrol certain area? I mean, i tried to use NPC + patrol_bp but it doesn't works. And when i'm trying to use NPC GOTO node = he just stand at the last point (despite the fact that bps are connected)

[alpine lynx]

Heres one example patrol setup

[alpine lynx]

I dont see why not. If it looks good, go for it

[alpine lynx]

Hook is not normal item and probably not intended to be spawned with itemspawner.
Idk is it possible to do the thing you described locally, but you can do it in story editor. TakeItem -> quest_object.prefab (rope) -> TakeItem -> quest_object.prefab (hook) -> GiveSkill (grapple skill)

[unreal olive]

Great, I'll experiment with that. Thanks.

[boreal willow]

thx!

[boreal willow]

can't i make it by myself with bps?

[alpine lynx]

ofc, that is just one working example

[boreal willow]

So what i need to do is just place npc (for example volatile), then patrol_bp or bp with patrol type.. but what next? The npc still just standing on his place

[alpine lynx]

I mean, place this prefab in your project folder and add that prefab in your level

inspect how its done and compare it to your own setup

or use that as a template

[boreal willow]

okay, thx a lot!

[latent stream]

Oh damn ty

[latent stream]

Ooo would this work for screamer? I want them to actually move around lol

[alpine lynx]

maybe, though I'm not sure do they have any roam behaviour

[latent stream]

Oof that sucks. They would be a much bigger threat if they actually roamed around.

Anyways I managed to get the lightning looking good thanks to your advice, tysm!

[boreal willow]

Yooo that looks insane!

How did you make it?

Using room boxes?

[latent stream]

Ty!

[latent stream]

Yeah, two different room boxes and several env probes. Honestly it was kind of a pain in the ass to get it looking just right

[boreal willow]

env probes working strange, ngl

[unreal olive]

I managed to get it done, although with books as pickups for the time being - even with this method the hook kept reappearing and did not go into my inventory. It simply does not register as being picked up for the purpose of the quest. But, I also had to make it a separate quest, otherwise the grappling hook became the reward for the main one. I've hooked up (pun not intended) the hook side-quest to the start node in the story root but I don't want the quest to begin at the start of the level. Is it possible to start a quest from within a different one? I seem to have found a node just for that but it doesn't let me set up anything.

[alpine lynx]

So players objectives are:

1. find rope
2. find hook
   -> player will get functional grappling hook as a reward
   -> quest ends

[unreal olive]

Actually, I wanted it to be more like:

1. Find either rope or hook (as they are in different parts of the map)
2. Find the other one
3. Quest ends with a hook as a reward

I think I got it to work, but it's still not perfect.

Output of TakeItem node with both of the items as entities in the main quest sends a Signal outside of the quest, which becomes the start of the subquest.

The only thing I don't like is that the Objective for step 2. do not show up properly.

[alpine lynx]

<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7538873431197105661">
    <Logic type="Story::GiveSkillLogic">
        <Attribute name="m_SkillId" value="GrappleHook"/>
        <Object name="m_ObjectiveData" type="Story::SObjectiveData">
            <Attribute name="show_indicator" value="1"/>
            <Attribute name="indicator_type" value="Default"/>
            <Attribute name="objective" value="Default"/>
        </Object>
    </Logic>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="12" y="-101"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7538873374648274752">
    <Logic type="Actions::AllLogic">
        <Input name="In" count="2"/>
    </Logic>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="-210" y="-90"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7536303562676144112">
    <Logic type="Actions::EndLogic"/>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="300" y="-90"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7538873267057432527">
    <Logic type="Story::TakeItemLogic">
        <Object name="m_ObjectiveData" type="Story::SObjectiveData">
            <Attribute name="show_indicator" value="1"/>
            <Attribute name="indicator_type" value="Default"/>
            <Attribute name="objective" value="Default"/>
        </Object>
        <Output name="Entity" count="0"/>
        <Entities name="m_Entities"/>
    </Logic>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="-585" y="-270"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7538873285258652585">
    <Logic type="Story::TakeItemLogic">
        <Object name="m_ObjectiveData" type="Story::SObjectiveData">
            <Attribute name="show_indicator" value="1"/>
            <Attribute name="indicator_type" value="Default"/>
            <Attribute name="objective" value="Default"/>
        </Object>
        <Output name="Entity" count="0"/>
        <Entities name="m_Entities"/>
    </Logic>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="-585" y="45"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7538873216514979005">
    <Logic type="Story::StartObjectiveLogic">
        <Attribute name="m_ObjectiveId" value="0"/>
        <Object name="m_ObjectiveData" type="Story::SObjectiveData">
            <Attribute name="show_indicator" value="1"/>
            <Attribute name="indicator_type" value="Default"/>
            <Attribute name="objective" value="Default"/>
        </Object>
    </Logic>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="-990" y="-75"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Node type="Actions::Node" uid="7536303563232687435">
    <Logic type="Actions::StartLogic"/>
    <Editor>
        <Position x="-1140" y="-60"/>
    </Editor>
</Node>
<Connect start="7536303563232687435" output="Out" input="In" end="7538873216514979005">
    <Start class="Actions::StartLogic"/>
    <End class="Story::StartObjectiveLogic"/>
</Connect>
<Connect start="7538873216514979005" output="Out" input="In" end="7538873267057432527">
    <Start class="Story::StartObjectiveLogic"/>
    <End class="Story::TakeItemLogic"/>
</Connect>
<Connect start="7538873216514979005" output="Out" input="In" end="7538873285258652585">
    <Start class="Story::StartObjectiveLogic"/>
    <End class="Story::TakeItemLogic"/>
</Connect>
<Connect start="7538873267057432527" output="Out" input="In:0" end="7538873374648274752">
    <Start class="Story::TakeItemLogic"/>
    <End class="Actions::AllLogic"/>
</Connect>
<Connect start="7538873285258652585" output="Out" input="In:1" end="7538873374648274752">
    <Start class="Story::TakeItemLogic"/>
    <End class="Actions::AllLogic"/>
</Connect>
<Connect start="7538873374648274752" output="Out" input="In" end="7538873431197105661">
    <Start class="Actions::AllLogic"/>
    <End class="Story::GiveSkillLogic"/>
</Connect>
<Connect start="7538873431197105661" output="Out" input="In" end="7536303562676144112">
    <Start class="Story::GiveSkillLogic"/>
    <End class="Actions::EndLogic"/>
</Connect>```

copy this text and paste it in Story Editor

I would do it like that

just click empty area anywhere in story editor where you got nodes and hit ctrl+v

So basically player just has to pick up both items in any order before signal gets through All node, giving player Grappling hook

[unreal olive]

That's mostly what I'd come up with, but still learned a thing or two. Thanks a lot.

[unreal olive]

Are there any meshes/prefabs of two lane streets, that would fit into crossroad meshes like ce_crossroad_8_180_8_half_a? I cannot find any but it'd be strange to provide crossroads without any matching roads wouldn't it?

Found it! road_profile_15x30_a

[boreal willow]

Does StoryTextBoard node have a limit of time? Or it's shows forever until the player skip it?

[latent stream]

They really do, I don’t even understand what they’re trying to blend half the time lol

[boreal willow]

Ah ye, the main part of them that I don't understand is that bright part of them (despite the fact that the room is closed by walls and ceiling + shadowcasters outside + dummies)

[latent stream]

SAME IT MAKES NO SENSE 😭

[boreal willow]

because of them, i think that the light will be broken on my map

but.. i've tried my best

[latent stream]

Yeah that’s alright, one thing that I noticed is if you make it long enough sometimes it’ll fix that weird bright lighting, it’s how I got it to stop in that one corner of the store I showed.

[boreal willow]

Ye, I have one place where it is bright because I scale it

Oh, I have a role now

Finally

[alpine lynx]

I usually use varlist_area with e.g. varlist_indoor_a.scr. This blocks all the global lighting and basically gives me a clean slate to start building the lighting

without it global lighting always bleeds from somewhere no matter how many shadowcasters you add and cause issues in bake

[boreal willow]

Oh, okay, will take this advice

[latent stream]

Same omg

Bub you’re awesome

[boreal willow]

Btw if there are people that used devtools music, please tell me What's happening..
I use devtools music in one dialogue (and it's working) like in sound 2D row. Then, in another dialogue I paste the dev music too (it's working in editor), but.. if you're in game - the music is not working.
Plus, If you will click on that dialogue node and "play from here" - in that dialogue the music will work..
What the hell is that?

[past canopy]

Tools that havent been updated regularely without the actual important fixes

[boreal willow]

understand

[past canopy]

how would you define it to be a bug?

[boreal willow]

i mean the music itself is working when i'm using it in the area in game, but in the dialogue - nothing

or wdym?

[leaden rock]

Why is my ps5 modio saying empty list?

[normal crypt]

NAH

[torn trout]

I was thinking, maybe someone could make the Protective Mask, into the white mask seen in old dl2 concept art

[torn trout]

Same for me

[unreal olive]

When one uploads their map to mod.io, do you only need to create the mod profile, followed by clicking "Upload Mod Data..."?

Asking cause it fails at 4% for me.

[past canopy]

Yup, only these 2 steps are required

[past canopy]

Tried restarting?

[unreal olive]

Yup, that happened yesterday. No change today and there even was an update waiting for me when I logged in.

Maybe my pc is too old for this stuff. 😅

The tools crash during the navmesh build 100% of the time as well..

[boreal willow]

how can i fix it? That's the reason why does my dialogues aren't working - just black screen

i'm using the same actor for all these dialogues

[alpine lynx]

Name your assets

if that doesn't help, check that you have right story and map assigned in Campaign Properties

[boreal willow]

i found a way.. i replaced Buddy actor with Nameless 1-4

and that works, they still have Buddy model

but thx

[latent stream]

Mods are still broken on console lmfao

Even after the recent update, whatever that did

[leaden rock]

I just want it to work

[latent stream]

Same

[blazing anchor]

hey so basicly, im making one of the areas shown in one of the dying light the beast trailers but in the dev tools, all my objects are stuck in the sandbox category and i cant take them out so i cant see them in game. Does anyone know how to fix this? please help

[blazing anchor]

nevermind, i just had to restart the dev tools. The app glitched

[boreal willow]

Maybe you made them untouchable (you can make it by clicking on the mouse button near the object name in scene)

[unreal olive]

Does anyone know if there is a mesh for small windows of ce_wt_ext_module_sidetower_btm_1x1h_mid_dr_a? I've tried searching by many different keywords in meshes, prefabs, collections and in atlases but no luck. I've noticed that it's basically wt_ext_windowframe_a without the middle part, so I tried resizing it, but as expected the results are poor.

[blazing anchor]

possibly

[boreal willow]

just try to click that button next time if something like that happens 🙂

[blazing anchor]

ok thanks! i think i did that to thesandbox thing

this is very early on but this is what im working on

[blazing anchor]

does anyone know if theres a model in the game that looked closer to the one shown here.

i couldent find one cuz there is alot of building models

[boreal willow]

What are those particles all over the road?

[boreal willow]

But looks awesome!

[boreal willow]

What exactly do you need?

[past canopy]

GpuFx

Effects

[boreal willow]

I know, I meant which one effect exactly

[blazing anchor]

rain cuz the weather doesent change when i selet rain in invironment it doesent show in game.

[blazing anchor]

a building that looks closer to the one in the 2nd picture cuz the one i have rn is bad

i mean technically someone could recreate dying light the beast completely in the dev tools since its in the same engine as dl2. Just wouldent be able to play as crane but still they could remake the entire map if they added models into game files from dl the beast.

i mean ik there is no point but still it would be fun to do

[blazing anchor]

anyone know how to fix this? im using hideout zones but they show in game.

[boreal willow]

Just use regular hide area, it doesn't appear in game

[boreal willow]

I think you can recreate it using different types of walles/windows, etc. I mean piece by piece

[boreal willow]

do we have steering wheel mesh? Cuz all cars are without it...

[torn trout]

Does anyone need ideas for a cosmetic mod?

[blazing anchor]

i did it still shows, idk unless im just doing the wrong one or smth but...

[blazing anchor]

probably, i tried this before like last year when i was trying to make something but i failed miserably. Could you possibly help me out on a vc or smth?

even if you dont wanna talk i can just screenshare and u can type to me. I have 2 monitors

i just realized that ur timezone is probably super different to mine since you have been mostly talking at 1 AM for me.

[torn trout]

I was wondering if it was possible to change the color of the protective mask, to look like the e3 white mask, like the one shown in the concept art. As well as making the color and texture of the pilgrim gear to look like the shirt and stuff under neath the e3 outfit

Well underneath the accurate e3 outfit

[blazing anchor]

if you install the E3 definitive mod than yea

[unreal olive]

Is there a way to permanently increase stamina cap at the start/during the level without using SetPlayerPreset? I'm making a short, more exploration/adventure oriented level and wanted the player character to be as weak as possible so that every enemy encounter and parkour section matters. The level ends with a longer climb though and upon testing, I found out that I'd not have enough stamina to finish the climb. I've managed to find a workaround in the form of ApplyBuff with BuffId of Potion_StaminaUsageReduction but it shows up in the HUD which I'd rather avoid. Not to mention, if the player misses a jump and falls down to their death, the buff is gone and there no longer is any way for them to complete the level. Any suggestions or should I remodel the end of the level or "secretly" buff the player with SetPlayerPreset in the last section?

Also, I've already tried out a stamina boost pickup, but even the level 4 one was not enough. IIrc, there were 3 or 4 levels more to it but even that one was marked as a legendary loot.

[past canopy]

Do you also mind infinite stamina and then later on disabling it?

[unreal olive]

I'd rather not tbh. I wanted players to be able the roof just barely to make it more exciting.

I've already modified the route a bit not to include a ledge jump and to simply scale the wall so if you have no other ideas that's fine as well.

I'll leave it as is.

[past canopy]

You could test how many of these lines to include in player.scr to determine the exact stamina needed for him to finish just barely.

Skill("AntizinCapacityUpgradeStamina");

@alpine lynx no

[alpine lynx]

Healing_zone.prefab can apply any buff when player enters inside its area. This ensures player will always get the buff even if they die.
To hide the buff icon you probably have to make your own buff in buffs.xml

Latest update added infinite parkour stamina, you can probably utilize that. The way its applied in main game is via story variables.
In story editor, open variables window, click small gear icon, close variables window. Now you can add story node SetVariable -> InfiniteParkourStamina = true

Third option is to make your own custom player preset in default_player_setup.scr and apply that with SetPlayerPreset node

[alpine lynx]

facts

[past canopy]

You can also use nodes to give him stamina and remove it afterwards, requires alot of them but you can disable the questlog for collected things and the reaction

Its the same strategy like player.scr but without using player.scr

[alpine lynx]

or you can make movable elevator

even better

[past canopy]

Thats not his idea

[unreal olive]

I see, thanks guys. I'll experiment with that later on.

[past canopy]

You are missing the topic right there

[alpine lynx]

its king idea

[past canopy]

missing the topic..

sequence with cutscene him climbing up

better idea

99% desktop tool

[alpine lynx]

or just TeleportPlayer node ez

[past canopy]

local portal is way easier

What are you even trying to argue

[alpine lynx]

trampoline with custom jump height

[past canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/carl-rat-rats-carl-fighting-fight-gif-19310178

Zipline onesided uphill

[alpine lynx]

localportal is not easier wtf. Teleport node requires basically nothing

[past canopy]

^ brainrot node

[alpine lynx]

[past canopy]

doesnt require any thinking

[alpine lynx]

Just add Start -> Quitwithtitles

5/5 map

[past canopy]

"show" node -> ThrowablePrefab.prefab = doesnt even start the map

6/5

[alpine lynx]

[past canopy]

Shut up now

[alpine lynx]

Upload map as visual mod

thats a winner 7/5

[past canopy]

Create Profile, do not even upload anything

10/5 beyond rating system

unbeatable

[terse sparrow]

leak private modio map names >

[alpine lynx]

[past canopy]

leak irl names from project folders

[terse sparrow]

no way

[past canopy]

you dont know?

[terse sparrow]

that is crazy

[alpine lynx]

who names their pc with their own full name

[past canopy]

[terse sparrow]

user local account = peak

[past canopy]

not only your name

also gpu

in crashlogs

[alpine lynx]

thats highly classified information

[past canopy]

Yea, especially techland screenshotting your system to find out what you use

what rafal showd us

Bub #1 target

[alpine lynx]

imagine if crex had 970gtx and not 4080 and it was exposed via custom map log

biggest anime betrayal

[past canopy]

4090*

@near furnace

[alpine lynx]

ancient technology

5090 is the shit

[past canopy]

50xx rtx is crap series

ANCIENT techology

says the one having golden "brass" pipes

[alpine lynx]

[past canopy]

Seboli

[alpine lynx]

im getting 5090ti when its out so I can run devtools 80fps

biggest flex

[past canopy]

Yea, and it will lag on renaissance map

wise choice for the money

[alpine lynx]

Hes og french dl btz player

[past canopy]

and?

[alpine lynx]

he used that as pfp

seboli lore

[past canopy]

ok

[alpine lynx]

[past canopy]

"ok"

yea.. -> ok

[near furnace]

[boreal willow]

I thought GiveSkill node wasn't working

[past canopy]

What, it doesnt work?

Never used it , so idk

[boreal willow]

700 messages btw lol

[past canopy]

Yea me and bub mainly

https://tenor.com/view/carl-rat-rats-carl-fighting-fight-gif-19310178

[boreal willow]

When I tried to give a player slide skill - it doesn't appear

So I think it doesn't work

Still wondering is there any way how to make restrictions for player like in Tower Raid..

[past canopy]

which restrictions

[boreal willow]

In Tw like: Zombies get 20% less damage, etc

[past canopy]

What has it to do with restrictions?

[boreal willow]

I mean.. that's a restriction, right?

[past canopy]

No

Thats either damage scale with player level

[boreal willow]

Kinda buff for zombies?

[past canopy]

or AI level

[boreal willow]

Understand

[past canopy]

You can set AI level Difficulty from 1-9

[boreal willow]

Tire 1, 2, etc?

[past canopy]

Tire?

[boreal willow]

I think it called like that

In spawner difficulty

[boreal willow]

i meant that

[alpine lynx]

I think you gotta also give player the previous skill in the skill tree

which would be sleek runner

TR gameplay modifiers are basically buffs, they should be available in ApplyBuff node

[boreal willow]

so literally there's no way to make them randomized?

[alpine lynx]

I don't know how they work in TR, but I guess you can use RandomizerStart with multiple output pins to different ApplyBuffs

[unreal olive]

I think you're right. I've been experimenting with giving player different skills myself the last two days and it seems to be the case. Even Fast Climb wouldn't unlock because it requires the very first parkour skill.

[boreal willow]

hm... i think i can try it

thx!

[karmic brook]

how do i make a working UV lamp in dl1 devtools like the one around safezones

[alpine lynx]

Gameplay modifier area

set infection uv zone or uv supplied in gma attributes

[elder ravine]

Ok

[karmic brook]

Hold on can you make a vid for it i cant find it

[boreal willow]

it's in classes folder and in prefabs folder

[karmic brook]

I’m talking about dl1 devtools

[alpine lynx]

welp, I also thought you were talking about DL2

try search safezone or hubzone

[karmic brook]

I have a safe zone set up I just need the uv lights

[alpine lynx]

Add spotlight with blue colour..?

[karmic brook]

I want ones that work on volatiles

[alpine lynx]

Safezone doesnt work?

[karmic brook]

It does I just want some uv lights around it

[alpine lynx]

Is there some downside in adding small safezones front of UV lights

[karmic brook]

Like the uv from the uv traps or the ones around zeras lab

[alpine lynx]

Oh yeah you cant use safezone because it blocks all enemies at all times. Idk, maybe aiescapearea or flashlightarea could work

[karmic brook]

The uv flashlight in the item spawned is called super flashlight so maybe it’ll be called something like super light

Also do you still use dl1 devtools?

[alpine lynx]

sometimes, but mostly for dl2 modding purposes

[blazing anchor]

Hello. I am new to the dev tools and am a bit confused. How do I use grass? I feel like im doing it wrong spwaning a grass strip mesh and pasting it all around. Is there a brush tool for grass?

[blazing anchor]

also how do i fix this?

[alpine lynx]

Generate satellite textures. Its option in terrain editor or build menu

[blazing anchor]

thanks bub

[blazing anchor]

also, how do i use grass for my map? Cant figure it out.

the ground in stuck like this.

[alpine lynx]

Did you try what Rabid suggested

[blazing anchor]

whos rabbid?

oh shoot sorry

i just saw that now

[blazing anchor]

Hey bub, how do i rebuild terrain meshes?

[blazing anchor]

also do you know why enemies that i spawned arent attacking me?

[alpine lynx]

There should be an option in build menu

[alpine lynx]

You need navmesh for your latest geometry. Windows -> navmesh -> build everywhere or just around camera

[blazing anchor]

Ok thanks bub

[blazing anchor]

Idk if anyone knows how to fix this but recently i just tried loading into my project and when it says creating viewport it gets to like 80% and is stuck like that for like 10 seconds and then the dev tools just close. What should I do? is my map broken?

[alpine lynx]

Try open some other project

[blazing anchor]

Ok I will try in a bit when I get on my pc and I’ll tell u what happens

[blazing anchor]

a different project works, mine still doesent tho

then it just closes

[alpine lynx]

okay rip you probably have some corrupted prefab in your project

[unreal olive]

Does anyone know how to make a scripted chase sequence? I wanted to have the player enter a room full of enemies who immediately notice them all at once and begin the chase and surrender once the player leaves the building. I've tried using dynamic spawner ai_spawn_point_init as per tutorial with both StartChase and FakeChaseStart/Stop but no luck. Nothing happens in the first case while the second is only for UI it seems.

[unreal olive]

Do I still need that ai_spawn_number zone and assign the point to it or what?

[blazing anchor]

so i have to restart right...

[past canopy]

Place activatorsensor slightly far away or around corner to make enemys spawn on before seen, this way they trigger always at the same moment without using the storynode system,

Activator = m_enable -> aispawnboxnumber can get scaled for making AI spawn at different places within the area [requires "generate" and set 20 infected for example]

Uncheck m_enable at spawner to use the sensor

and build navmesh

[unreal olive]

Thanks a lot, gonna give it a try after I finish the room this is supposed to take place in.

[boreal willow]

I made a chase sequence with chase start/end nodes + spawners like really close to the player, so Ai can see him + night + dark area

[boreal willow]

But that sounds easier i think..

[past canopy]

• You can use the activator sensor with storynode "waitforsensor" to enable any other things

[boreal willow]

Feel dumb now... Didn't know we could make smth like that without scripts

Oh, btw, do we have a limit of Ai in sensor/spawner?

[past canopy]

Devtools 1 had activator as well

64 total for AI

Spawners will clamp or wait once total amount is below 64

[boreal willow]

Huh.. then why does spawner can't spawn sometimes about 15 zombies..? Sometimes I have like 7 zombies instead of 15 (the area is large btw, so it can fit that much infected)

[boreal willow]

is that okay that for some reason my dev tools is laggy? But when i'm setting 7AM FPS became normal? Any ideas how to fix it?

[blazing anchor]

i had to restart cuz my project corrupted but in my new project i can go to any time and it doesent lag anymore

[unreal olive]

Is steamapps\common\Dying Light 2\DevTools\projects\local\PROJECT_NAME the only directory containing all of the work on the project? I'm still getting the error and was considering game reinstall in the hope of fixing it.

[blazing anchor]

if you do reinstall game, backup the project because it deletes the dev tools folder which holds your project.

i learned that the hard way a while back

[unreal olive]

Yeah, that's why I'm asking. I want to backup absolutely everything related to the project.

[blazing anchor]

yes, just go to "dying light 2/ DevTools / projects / local / and copy the folder of your project. Or if you want be even safer just copy the projects folder in the dev tools folder and place it somewhere

also do you know how to make npc's respawn after going a certain distance away from the spawner?

[unreal olive]

Okay, thanks. And sorry I don't - I'm not using any human npc in my project.

Non-enemy ones at least.

Just basic encounters in mine.

[blazing anchor]

oh ok thanks tho

i was just curious cuz i have zombie spawners around and after killing them they never respawn and i want them too

[sleek orbit]

i kind of needs help with this

player_variables.scr doesnt work and only that file doesnt give changes to the game
i want to change the gravity and other stuff since i almost neutralize the air control from jump_parameter but player_varibles.scr doesnt give changes to the game. it was fine but after the 1.24 update it just wont do anything

i already tried to change the one in data0.pak

[alpine lynx]

Try Steam offline mode to disable any possible game events. Those tend to have higher priority than mods

[sleek orbit]

already told by someone else yes thank u
is there any way to make it not taking priority?

also where can i change this height when jumping off a zombies?
tried to change it in jump_parameter looks like doesnt change the height

same with that survivor trampolin jump

[alpine lynx]

custom_moves.scr, search trampolin or airbag
I dont know about that zombie jump
I dont know how to bypass that event other than going offline

[sleek orbit]

tried to change the height of BounceOffHead doesnt do nothing in jump_parameter

[sleek orbit]

how do i multiply speed for normal jump so it still have the same horizontal gap reach while keeping the jump height lower?

[terse sparrow]

there should be a min and maxspeed variable you can change those

jump_params.scr afaik

[sleek orbit]

tried to change the maxspeed and also adding speedmultiplier yet nothing happen other than height

[terse sparrow]

event not fucking around?

let me test it real quick

[sleek orbit]

nope

heres mine

Jump("Normal")
    {
        Height("NormalJumpHeight");
        JumpHoldTime("NormalHoldJumpTime");
        Prepare(0.1);
        BeginAnimation("Jump_Begin");
        LoopAnimation("Jump_Loop");
        AnimationVariants(2, 2.3);
        MinSpeed(0.0);
        MaxSpeed(12.8);
        //MaxSpeedInputInfluence(6.8);
        Acceleration(8.0);
        Deceleration(11.5);
        SpeedMultiplier(3.5);
        LookAngles(180,90,-180,-70);
        LookState("Jump");
        AllowDoubleAndFarJump(false);
        BlockWhenExhausted(false);
        MoveDirChangeTime(0.6);
        AutoStepHeight("JumpAutoStepHeight");
        ClearPhysics(true);
        BeforeHangTime(0.2);
        EnableCameraAnimations(true);
        ProgressionAction("JumpOnLow", 0.8);
        ExtraGravity(8.45);    //2.8
        ExtraGravityDelay(0.0);    //.4
        ExtraGravityOnlyWhenFalling(true);
        SpeedPostProcess(0.2, 1.0);

        AdvancedParkour()
        {
            AllowVelocityMod(true);
            MaxSpeed("MoveSprintSpeed");
            ExtraGravity(-8.55);
            ExtraGravityDelay(0.0);
            ExtraGravityOnlyWhenFalling(false);
            Height("@ClearMapping");
            Height("AdvancedParkourNormalJumpHeight");
            JumpHoldTime("@ClearMapping");
            JumpHoldTime("AdvancedParkourNormalHoldJumpTime");
        }
    }

extra gravity also looks like doesnt even change in this jump

however normalnitro works with speed multiplier and gravity

[terse sparrow]

imma update the game real fast and see it

[terse sparrow]

yep it works

I will send you my jump param.scr take a look at it and well yoink the changes,

"AdvancedParkour" is physical parkour and yeah, everything works, you can even set the minimum speed even when it's not defined just set it to something, if you want speed to carry over from running first you'll have to change player_variables.scr as that contain how fast the player moves

and yeah

[sleek orbit]

oh i thought advanced parkour was that assist type movement

thank u

[sleek orbit]

what "@ClearMapping" does?

[terse sparrow]

based on context 0 clue, probably clears the old value?

just considering they clear the value and set it to another value

[sleek orbit]

what about bounceoffhead?

is there anyway i can change the height?

theres no advancedparkour for it

[terse sparrow]

afaik if there is no advanced parkour it should just use the default values

so if you change those, on paper it has to work

[sleek orbit]

it doesnt for me

[terse sparrow]

try defining advancedparkour then

[sleek orbit]

already put it on 0 still able to gain height

[terse sparrow]

and also are you sure you change the correct skill?

[sleek orbit]

yeah well doesnt see anything relating to the jump on zombie skill since its called bounceoffhead and also the same goes to common_skills

[terse sparrow]

lemme take a look

seems to work

[sleek orbit]

looks like putting speedmultiplier doesnt work for normal jump

i dont wanna increase the speed by using the minspeed as it make the speed so sudden high in a single press without acceleration

[sleek orbit]

yeah it will does that if u put minspeed close to maxspeed

[terse sparrow]

yeah just showing it works

maybe bounceoffhead is not called and it just uses the normal jump

seems like the case

[sleek orbit]

really?

[terse sparrow]

I mean if you take a look at the vid

my jump is the same on top of zombies or no

[sleek orbit]

also are u literally bouncing off head

[terse sparrow]

yeah

[sleek orbit]

i meant the skill when u darting and goes jump on zombie

[terse sparrow]

otherwise the jump would fail

wdym by that

sprint and use the jump button

so the player launches themselves from the zombie

[sleek orbit]

yeah

[terse sparrow]

1 minute

so you want the speed multiplier from that?

[sleek orbit]

no for the bounceoffhead i just want the height lower and as the normal jump i want boosted speed some kind like from half life 2 style where u sprint u jump further

oh wait a minute

i think its working

[terse sparrow]

lemme see what does what

if bounceoffhead is the dash jump I am killingmyself

[sleek orbit]

forget about the normal jump its bounceoffhead issue only now

[terse sparrow]

okay I think tl broke autosprint

[terse sparrow]

okay so the dash jump is called

[sleek orbit]

in jump_parameter?

[sleek orbit]

this is?

[terse sparrow]

here it is I just put a huge as fuck number to test

i do not fucking know what bounceoffhead is then, doesn't seem to be used

[sleek orbit]

oh it uses double jump height

[terse sparrow]

yeah

can you test something for me real quick

[sleek orbit]

common_skills.xml and player_varibles.scr

[terse sparrow]

turn off auto sprint

does the game still auto sprint?

I would guess they tried to make a system where you could bounce between npcs

but yoinked it and used the normal jump values

[sleek orbit]

no

[terse sparrow]

considering this breaks, multiple speed params

could be steam fucking up the update then

[sleek orbit]

tried it before with auto sprint off

no it doesnt make me run when auto sprint off

[terse sparrow]

then it's on my end thanks

[sleek orbit]

where do i change of how many volatiles will chasing me during chase?

[unreal olive]

Does anyone know if there's a way to disable parkour for a specific object? I've tried disabling various Collision Mask and Collision Callback Mask settings but barely any seem to be changing anything. Only "Player" one is doing what I expected of it, which is allowing me to pass through it.

[past canopy]

Disable parkour in which terms?

Climbing, jumping?

[unreal olive]

As in disabling climbing a specific fence for example.

[past canopy]

I dont think that is possible to limit

[past canopy]

In a area or in general?

[unreal olive]

Specific mesh/object, in general.

[past canopy]

You can use collision boxes or barriers to prevent the players going out of bounce

[unreal olive]

I think placing a collision barrier just before it might work.

Yup, that's what I thought.

[sleek orbit]

but i saw a mod there in nexus where it increases volatile spawn or something

[past canopy]

If you try to cover an entire place to bruteforce it, use restricted area

m_disable jump

[past canopy]

Which spawner are you using

[sleek orbit]

none right now

[past canopy]

is it a scripted gameplay or roaming around

Are you talking about custom maps or modded campaign

@unreal olive restricted_area.prefab

Attributes only work being inside the area

[unreal olive]

Oh, nice. Thanks a lot.

[sleek orbit]

this is what i found but not see the files yet https://www.nexusmods.com/dyinglight2/mods/447

[past canopy]

Campaign or custom map

[sleek orbit]

the regular main one? campaign, story idk?

[past canopy]

So campaign, i think trying this mod could work

[sleek orbit]

also i was wondering if theres any way for jump_parameters so that my jump will keep going straight if i move my camera/mouse to the right/left direction

[sleek orbit]

the problem is the mod are not being update or changed for 2 years or something

[unreal olive]

I also have questions regarding this part. I left it for later until after I'm done with the map and build the navmesh. Now I tried placing both sensor and spawner but I cannot see the fields you're talking about. Unless I'm using the wrong prefabs, cause the names slightly differ. It's ai_spawner_number and sensor_activator you're talking about, right?

Also, to give you a better idea of what I'm after: the player's in a room and drops through a hole in the floor to the one below, which is filled with enemies who start chasing him. As I imagine, the spawner should fill the bottom room. Where should the sensor go? In a place the player lands after the fall or upstairs just before this happens?

[blazing anchor]

hey guys, how would i make it so that volatiles roam around my map. When I use a spawner they just sit there till they see me.

[blazing anchor]

in the air while the character would be falling would be best I think

as long as the player cant see them spawning it should be fine

[unreal olive]

So they'll all spawn at once when the player touches the sensor? Wouldn't that cause performance spike drop? Also, how to connect the spawner and sensor? I cannot find an option to do that. There's one field at spawner that could be used for that but I cannot do anything with it.

[past canopy]

They all spawn at once, and there is no performance drop.

only uncheck [ENABLED]

go into activator sensor and look for -> Switch -> m_ControlledObjects "+" (select your renamed Spawner)

[unreal olive]

Man, I already had this menu expanded but wasn't sure if I should risk and add the spawner. Wouldn't need to have bothered you. Thanks, will test it out now.

Works better than expected. Scared the crap out of me.

They do not stop chasing me after the point I wanted to though, since it's not a scripted chase anymore I guess.

They should stop after the player climbs to the rooftop through a hatch though. I'll either try to despawn the enemies after the player goes through the hatch or automatically close it after the climbing animation finishes. This I believe I should manage by myself. Thanks a lot for your help.

[blazing anchor]

^

[past canopy]

generate navmesh

bottom right corner -> redbuild button -> checkmark only "build navmesh"

[unreal olive]

Alternatively Window > NavMesh > Click on "Entire Map" list and change to "100m around" > Build & Save and repeat after moving around the map a bit. Building NavMesh for entire map at once using rebuild method crashes my editor every time. Probably my pc is too old for this...

[ionic sable]

I am looking for a way to disable the mouse sensitivity reduction when using the binoculars. Not sure if this is the right place but i dont really see any other modding related channel in this server. i appreciate any help in this matter

[unreal olive]

How can one make a new checkpoint? As I understand, the method with point of interest from the unofficial tutorials is for making shortcuts for testing? What about official means for actual gameplay? I added MissionCheckpoint node but it requires a respawn point. I tried adding point, point marker and spawnpoint prefabs but each of them is marked as "Invalid group" when added there.

[past canopy]

Use activator to disable and enable new objects, even spawnpoints, you can increase the size of it and cover an entire area

I did this in my harran prison map

And check mark all spawnpoints with _m-respawn but disable all incoming checkpoints after the first one

You can also add area.prefabs to any spawnpoint.
If the player dies inside this area, he then gets respawned with the aligned spawnpoint.prefab

[past canopy]

Do 500m instead always entire map

[unreal olive]

So I can use an activator to disable the default MapStart and enable the next spawnpoint right?

I assigned a checkpoint_marker to the node and it was still marked as "Invalid group" and did not disappear when I approached it but I did respawn there upon dying.

[past canopy]

Yes

you can use activator prefab zones to toggle on and off any spawnpoint, parallel or simultanously

[unreal olive]

Okay, I will experiment with that. Thanks.

[unreal olive]

Are you able to unlock a skill with GiveSkill node, as per official yt tutorials? It worked fine when I wanted to unlock Grapple Hook but no skill from the tree that I've tried unlocks with this method. I originally thought that it didn't work because you need to have the previous ones unlocked but I'm not even able to "Give" the very first one, High Jump.

[summer galleon]

Idk bro

[past canopy]

I don’t think the giveskill nodes ever worked. Instead, place a defaultplayer.scr file with an “unlock all” preset in the project folder

\DevTools\projects\local\PROJECTNAME\source\data

and then select the playerpreset node with "GIVE_ALL"

If you want to remove anything from the Preset, open it with notepad++ and at the very bottom remove any scripts you might not require

[unreal olive]

Ok, thanks will try it out.

[unreal olive]

I've created my own preset in the file and everything works perfectly, thanks once again.

That "give_all" could come in handy some day, preferred not to overwrite it.

[unreal olive]

For some reason, it didn't work. I was sure I hooked up every spawn pawn to a corresponding activator but only the default MapStart and the middle ones worked. I mean apart from MapStart there were 3 more spawn points but only the second one worked and not even upon hitting its activator. When I passed a certain point on the map (not even sure what that was), the respawn point changed from MapStart to spawn point 2 and stayed that way. It happened even before hitting any activators at all, not even the one for spawn point 1. Anyway, I managed to get it working using GoTo prefabs and Enable/Disable nodes.

More importantly, I think I finished the map but I'm still getting the "error accessing file" during upload to mod.io. It happened always on 4%. I reinstalled the game but it only made it stop at 5% instead. Today, I did a clean reinstall instead to no effect. I also compared the contents of source/data with my first project I created to follow the yt tutorials but there were no missing files. Is there anything I could do?

Are there any files responsible for saying what object goes where on the map? I've been thinking about creating a new project, copying those files along with the custom prefabs directory from my original project, effectively recreating it there. Is that possible?

[lapis swallow]

upload keeps stopping at 15 percent with HTTP error

[past canopy]

That's mod.io issue, nothing you can fix on your own

Keep trying it

[past canopy]

Elaborate Objects?

Yes you can copy prefabs to another project

[sleek orbit]

can someone help me to show of where i can change the jump height when jumping over zombie while dash/darting

tried to change the value in jump_parameter seems not work but others like speed can be modified

[unreal olive]

Meshes, prefabs, gfx. lights, any entity really. There needs to be a file saying "this goes to location XYZ and is of rotation XYZ and size XYZ". I want to create a new project, copy my prefabs directory and these files, in order to try recreating the map and uploading it once again.

I've found a file specifically for terrain, so at least that should be copyable.

[terse sparrow]

you sure you do it correctly?

onenemydash uses the doublejump's height

[sleek orbit]

i already fix it

[terse sparrow]

yeah just remove the doublejump and the height var should kick in

[sleek orbit]

used the @clearmapping does make it work

[terse sparrow]

quick tutorial

1. what to do
2. with what height

you can remove the 2. part and code in the height manually

[sleek orbit]

i know about that just want stay with it own parameter itself

because double jump itself already been tweaked

[alpine lynx]

Never had this error. Try run devtool as admin

or contact TL support

[sleek orbit]

is it possible to change the speed of a specific animation?
like vaulting

[blazing anchor]

is it possible to use the monkey bar animation on a branch or something? maybe with custom move object? My map is mostly forest and I want to incorporate parkour into it but is difficult without being able to swing on branches and stuff.

[past canopy]

Try to give the monkebar prefab a invisible mesh and place it inside the branch, create a prefab from both for easier placement

[blazing anchor]

thank you, i will try this out in a few.

also is there a way to get better preformance with so many trees cuz i had to delete alot since I was only getting like 30 fps.

how do i give it a invisible mesh?

[unreal olive]

I think they meant going into "Mesh skin" and picking one that is invisible? I'm not sure it's intended but for me at least there are a lot of those on the objects I'm using.

[past canopy]

^

[past canopy]

Generate LODs or use occluder_planes to hide stuff behind them, should get placed into objects

[blazing anchor]

the only mesh skin there is for monkey bar is "default"

[blazing anchor]

and thank you