╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[random fulcrum]

ideas on a better name than durability?

it's too broad

wear resistance?

[tidal elbow]

Speaking of armor or guns?

[random fulcrum]

guns

i could add that stat for armors too

[unborn sorrel]

"MomoStats"

.. idk I'm bad with names

[random fulcrum]

nah but i mean for the stats names ingame

max range and muzzle velocity are super self explanatory

but durability is just too broad of a term

[unborn sorrel]

what does the stat exactly show? sry I'm out of the loop because work is busy af

[random fulcrum]

the condition_shot_dec stat of a gun

basically how much the gun degrades after each shot

i did it like 1.0 - condition_shot_dec - 0.99 so that it shows as some kind of reliability stat

but then again, reliability is too broad of a term too

you read reliability and think about the chance of a misfire

[calm pivot]

death_generic is what the npc drops when dead right?

[fluid wharf]

Spitballing here :

Fragility, ruggedness, coarseness, dependability, maintenance-bias, residual build-up

[unborn sorrel]

Shot Degradation is pree spot on then, no?

at least, i would roughly understand that on a quick glance

[random fulcrum]

then i would need to display the raw value

instead of the funky formula just display the stat

[shy torrent]

Reliability is the term utilized by the game when upgrading Durability, iirc, so it would fit, despite being rather broad

[random fulcrum]

so instead of a 92% gun it would be 8%

[random fulcrum]

you got a point there

[shy torrent]

While it doesn't really decrease the % chance to jam, etc, a better durability means you can go longer between maintenances, so a longer Time to Jam (TtJ)

[unborn sorrel]

Reliability is good then ya, now that I have the context

TtJ

[random fulcrum]

titty

[shy torrent]

Btw Momopate, your latest version seems to take into account upgrades

Had a weapon at 71% accuracy, upgraded, it's now showing 80%

[random fulcrum]

accuracy is a vanilla stat

look at the ones below mag size

those are the ones i added

[shy torrent]

Oh right, your mod only added the extra stats, the rest remains the same

[random fulcrum]

muzzle velocity should scale with flatness

and durability should scale with reliability

max range should be static

[shy torrent]

Did RPM scale before? I just upgraded Fire Rate and RPM remained the same

[random fulcrum]

rpm is weird

sometimes it updates instantly

sometimes you have to save and reload

or change map

[shy torrent]

Ah, gotcha. It's very minor, I seldom go auto on anything anyways

[random fulcrum]

it's been like that since vanilla

[maiden dune]

lifetime, measured in shots before breakage

[random fulcrum]

holy christ almighty i got the values to update

now i just need to find a way to display decimals

[regal bolt]

is there a mod about other factions being able to do the main story line

[random fulcrum]

cs eden is working on properly implementing lttz for everyone

golden deagle base vs upgraded

[tidal elbow]

So reliability is about...?

[unborn sorrel]

this is good - i want it meow

[regal bolt]

can renegades do the storyline

[random fulcrum]

these upgrades

that's reliability

i just don't know what to call it anymore

figured reliability is nice since it's in the upgrade trees

[tidal elbow]

Okay but what's that about

Like what does it do

[random fulcrum]

how much the gun resists wear when shooting

[tidal elbow]

Why it's important to have reliability

[random fulcrum]

higher reliability means a more durable gun

[tidal elbow]

Okay okay

[random fulcrum]

turns out max range wasn't static

there were upgrades that affected it

[regal bolt]

can renegades do main storyline with LTTZ

[random fulcrum]

lttz is the main storyline

and no, by default they can't

[regal bolt]

what about questlines for all faction why was it deeleted

[random fulcrum]

nothing about questlines has been deleted

wdym

also this shouldn't be in this channel

[regal bolt]

imma ask you in stalker general

[twin turret]

I actually love you momo

no homo momo

[shy torrent]

Momo satisfying that information craving

I also never noticed that Flatness also increased Accuracy, even if ever so slightly

[random fulcrum]

yeah some guns get a small acc boost from flatness

[regal bolt]

how do I add this song to PDA radio im not even joking

[edgy tendon]

you can't, that's not allowed on this discord!

any hamburger song will automatically get you banned from Gamma, hence the name: Grok's 'Automated' Modular Modpack for Anomaly.

[tidal elbow]

Try to search for "radio"

Someone in the server asked about it

[undone lily]

@random fulcrum parse the enhanced recoil ltx and generate recoil stats for guns automatically

That would be awesome

Getting back to IRL for few days

What you did is awesome

[random fulcrum]

oh that's a nice idea

just woke up, will see what i can do

[random fulcrum]

yo @undone lily how do i even read the recoil parameters

like this one e = 0.8 ,0.25 ,0.4:1 ,1.8:0 ,1.1:0 ,0.1

from the stechkin

[undone lily]

Use S and first E Parameter

This should give an Approximation.

Like s * e[1] * 100

Low recoil 5.56 guns will be about 22 Recoil if I'm not mistaking. Big snipers will be about 300 something ?

The best would be to also use values from the gun ltx itself

zoom_cam_dispersion * s * e[1] * 100

Ash12: 2.25 * 1 * 0.7 * 100 = 158 (it will be rounded in inventory)

Ar15: 0.4 * 1 * 0.1 * 100 = 4

(the gun as almost no recoil so I think it's fine )

If you need help I'm here @random fulcrum

[south remnant]

anyone able to help me out here, I wanted to modify the gunslinger addon

so I extracted the game files, but I can't open the OGFs for the weapon meshes

gives me an 'incorrect file format' error

[undone lily]

Can't use gunslinger assets in Anomaly

The shit is encoded and it uses different arm rigs for guns and animations

[south remnant]

is there any way to open them in blender without it crashing

[shy torrent]

@thin kelp Found a Monolith with a spaghetti leg. Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but here's the data

[thin kelp]

thanks

i think ive "fixed" this model about 5 times now, i think im going to nuke it and make it from scratch again

[shy torrent]

On the positive side, it's not freaking out the physics engine and become a deadly slenderman

[brave prism]

that was possible in vanilla anomaly if i recall

[shy torrent]

Still possible with a few models. Had a fracture go nuclear between 2 trees

Also the tent you can deploy, that thing is deadly

[undone lily]

Did you try opening classic OGFs ?

Usually you need to convert them to .object with AXRtoolset

[south remnant]

When I try to convert them it fails silently, and opening the OGF in blender just causes a hang

gives me an 'incorrect file format error' actually

when trying to convert ogf -> object

I can open regular COP OGFs though

its specifically the viewmodel files from gunslinger that hang

[random fulcrum]

get the blender-xray plugin dude

that way you can import models without issues

[south remnant]

thats what I've been using

[random fulcrum]

huh

really weird

i've never get blender to crash when importing an ogf

[south remnant]

I can import most ogfs fine, but the gunslinger view models are scuffed for me

[random fulcrum]

maybe it's gunslinger being gunslinger

but it's nice knowing now, i wanted to port the laser deagle to anomaly

[south remnant]

i'm hoping someone knows a fix cause I really wanted to use the viewmodels

pretty easy to replicate as well - install gunslinger -> unpack it -> import any weapon viewmodel OGF

[undone lily]

That's because they are encrypted

[south remnant]

well damn

i even emailed the gunslinger creator for permission and he said sure

i take it there's no way around the encryption

[undone lily]

Welp. Try asking Anomaly mod making discord channels

I know gunslinger models are "special"

I never worked with them so I can't help

[woven mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-pc-meme-matrix-codes-gif-16730883

Hacking time for the encryption

[random fulcrum]

@undone lily can you dltx files in the plugins\ folder?

i got the recoil display to show me some nice numbers but it crashes with weapons that don't have a set of effects defined in the recoil ltx

or i don't know, a way to redirect based on caliber

wait i'm dumb i answered myself

oh but wait they still aren't defined

[undone lily]

Ah ! Use the grok_enhanced_recoil.ltx

It has every gun

[random fulcrum]

it lacks some guns even included in gamma

[undone lily]

Uh ?

[random fulcrum]

like bas' stechkin

[undone lily]

[random fulcrum]

there's wpn_aps

but not wpn_aps_bas

[undone lily]

I will fix this

[random fulcrum]

please and thank you

i also didn't find wpn_pb_bas_custom

[undone lily]

What you can do is using or

s_value = r_string(sec, blabla) or 1

That way if the section isn't found in the ltx, it will use the default values

[random fulcrum]

hold on it seems that there aren't that many missing guns

let me get all the riches of the zone and run a script

[random fulcrum]

handguns:
wpn_aps_bas
wpn_aps_bas_apsabigo
wpn_pb_bas_custom
wpn_pl15_pl15_scolaz
wpn_pl15_tan
wpn_pl15_tan_pl15_scolaz
wpn_pm_bas_actor
wpn_pm_bas_custom
wpn_pmm_bas
wpn_sig220_n_u2p2g0r
wpn_sig220_n_upg220
wpn_sig226_226sig_kit
wpn_sr1m_gurza_up
wpn_sr1m_sr1upgr1
wpn_walther_p99_mod9

shotguns:
wpn_toz34_bull

no smgs are missing effects

rifles:
wpn_ak105_shakal
wpn_vintorez_1pn93
wpn_vintorez_alt

snipers:
wpn_gauss_quest

launchers:
wpn_rg-6

those are all the weapons without effects in the ltx file

@undone lily

also, what about giving the wpn_gauss_quest the old og gauss model

so it's unique

and slightly different stats, worse than the normal gauss

[undone lily]

Thanks !

Fixed in next update

[random fulcrum]

let's go dude

[undone lily]

@random fulcrum update is up

Can't wait for your improved guns stats display dude. It's next level shit

[versed niche]

UPDATE ON THE STALKER TTRPG

Hi guys me again so its slowing down a little reason why me and my friend who are working on the project are having life issues atm however this does not mean we are stopping it for now only slowing it down alot until we can get life back on track and cleared up a little

so far we are working on the map territories custom areas and how environments will be affected by the REDACTED until then we will keep diligently working on the lore and fleshing it out

and tieing things together but also leaving it open enough so the players may do as they please

[undone lily]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m3UTzZBNaOmU6k6HOA3kfZ9D50YdQzPQOiJ-6xiLwnI/edit

[undone lily]

It's possible to add new light sources to bases now 😄

no more dark merc base

[twin turret]

[vague sphinx]

I've never used the hideaout furnite addon yet, but when I will, it's gonna be so great xD

[grim forge]

So, I duplicated the HF radio item, and gave the radio_2 a radiola mesh (the older bigger radio's) and it works. I kind of think we need to make a list of the meshes plausibly compatible with the function ^^
Would it not also maybe be interesting to try and have a pc mesh display the pda?

(It crashed when I tried to turn car into a radio, I think I need one more 'duplicate layer' (=yes, noobspeak))

Radiola:

[grim forge]

I really hope HF ends up inspiring random "habitant" encounters on the map!

[still meteor]

dynamic objects 2

[grim forge]

Lauta, I would dare saying that the mod you made is close to what dynamic inhabitants could do. Spare for the objects and map randomization part, that is 🧐

hmmmmm🤔

[grim forge]

• https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/dynamic-objects-v1-05
  Dynamic
• https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/151-more-guides-locations
  Inhabitants
• https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hideout-furniture-hf
  With Stuff

Granted a large pool of 'guides' are created with different behaviors (they're basically potentially affiliated civilians, some being guides, some traders, etc) + a list of the places not completely imminently deadly radiation-wise, where one could set a hidden camp on the world map = hearing music through the mist or being randomly attacked from a building's higher floor.
Also = I mean super low spawn chance.

[long spear]

not really sure where to post this, but is there any way to fix the hud editor? i like having my pistols far away from the screen, but with the mod to adjust scope position, it only changes fov rather than position, which makes the arms/hands look weird
it's a minor nitpick and i can live without, but hey, it's worth asking at the v ery least

top image is using the fov adjust, and bottom is with hud editor positional adjust

note the position of the pistol is roughly the same, but you see more of the arm, and the sleeves look like they're actually on the hands properly

[undone lily]

For HUD editor you need to input the values in the gun ltx file manually

[long spear]

well… shit.

alr then

[still meteor]

Or use hud drag editor addon

Then make a dltx file which contains aim positiom, should be quick

[south remnant]

does anyone know if the AXR DDS->TGA converter works?

gets stuck for me

[serene folio]

Anyone know if there’s a way to edit the companion accuracy?

[undone lily]

You can use any image converter

[jaunty nova]

I'm sorry you guys are having issues. Just wondering is there a place where I can keep up with the progress on the project?

[versed niche]

Working on it soon with groks blessing I will leave a link here

[jaunty nova]

Sweet, thanks!

[versed niche]

Np

[thorn pollen]

@fair canopy i really like that idea

its a lot less blocky and intrusive than the standard text-boxes

[fair canopy]

thanks. I'm no expert at making textures so it's a simple copy and paste of the existing UI

i tried to make it look ok lol

[thorn pollen]

i'd say treat is as a proof of concept

experiment a bit with it, i could deffo see myself using it

[shadow glacier]

@undone lily jsrs 5.0 is in a good state, haven't had anyone report any major issues and I played 6+ hours with good results. should be good to add to gamma with that patch I made for you

im gonna do a final update and then push it to the original main moddb page sometime later this week when I get around to it

current 5.0 page is here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/jsrs-sound-mod-50-preview-for-152

and heres the patched gamma files so you dont have to go digging for them again

theres also a bunch of un-used gunshots that I may set up for use with new guns in gamma

[undone lily]

Last time I tried all guns were sounding the same and the volume of gunshots was very low @shadow glacier

[void spoke]

man trackir would be so cool

[grim forge]

Lean, freelook and crouch, then 👌

[grim forge]

update - lean and crouch is possible as is and just requires appropriate tweaking (Vjoy and JoyToKey or JoystickGremlin). Freelook is a bit trickier but could go by the same process.

[grim forge]

Crouch with your abs

it's basically the same movements you'd do in an intense gunfight in front of your screen, but with your torso right away instead of that + q / e / Ctrl

it's pretty neat, I wonder how an intense battle feels now 🧐 (edit: it's good)

[shadow glacier]

the guns are quieter because they aren't blowing out your headphones/speakers at max db anymore, which means they don't cause clipping, we just need to lower the volume of everything else a bit so you can turn up the global volume in windows to get that loud gunfire again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHzTx-rUAok

what would be ideal is having a seperate audio slider in the settings for gunshots

no idea how difficult that would be tho

[fair canopy]

are there any guides to adding different scopes to weapon models?

[undone lily]

Most likely needs engine edits... Currently modifying the volume of all sounds through the ogg comments is delusional

[shadow glacier]

Yeah, aint no way anyone is doing that

[fair canopy]

so i managed to get the mesh working but it's got no textures

nvm i may have figured it out

ayy baby's first mesh edit

[still meteor]

what are you trying to edit

[fair canopy]

adding scopes to weapons

for now i wanted to give the hk417 a bas scope

[undone lily]

Hk417 is bugged anyways ?

Like anims are bad

[fair canopy]

they seem ~alright~

im trying to figure out what controls the red dot that appears when raising weapons with collimator sights

[random fulcrum]

it's a transparent texture you put in front of the lens

and then apply the optics shader

or, i mean, not a transparent texture

but yeah you slap the reticle as a separate layer

and apply the shader so that it moves with the camera

and doesn't stay frozen

[fair canopy]

The little square that's in the scope mesh?

[random fulcrum]

depends on the model

but usually yes

[undone lily]

How did you add the scope ?

Usually you get a gun with the scope, delete all vertices but the scope vertices and lenses (select by vertex groups) then delete vertex groups, then join the donor and receiver gun, then move the scope and all lenses to the correct position on the donor gun on which the scope got joined, export

[fair canopy]

yeah thats basically what i did. i joined after the scope was aligned . sometimes exporting to ogf gives me an error about missing armature

if i export to object, import that object back and then export it to ogf it seems to work

[undone lily]

Tried again to edit how much only the actor gains in terms of rank points when killing stalkers, to no avail

2 hours lost

[random fulcrum]

npcs barely get score from killing stalkers anyways

what i usually do is boost npcs scoring all the way into space

like, across the board

[fair canopy]

so i fixed the protecta thanks to momo

[random fulcrum]

pog

yo @undone lily do you think PBA needs more particles?

i'm currently trying out all sorts of particle effects on many of the artis from that mod

also adding sounds to previously silent artis

i can't gauge how much do particles affect performance

[undone lily]

but the table is for everyone

actor and NPCs

No ?

[random fulcrum]

npcs have a separate table

npc_statistics at line 140

in game_statistics.script

it's not as flexible as the general table which includes different bonuses depending on the victim's rank

but it's at the very least something

i believe a better fix can be done through scripting

[undone lily]

aaaaah thanks

2 things at 2 different places

classic xray

[random fulcrum]

yeah i don't know why are the rank bonuses defined in an ltx file

makes no sense

[fair canopy]

@undone lily how do you align the laser dot with where the bullet hits?

[random fulcrum]

you move the laser dot on the model

until it aligns with the crosshair

that's it

it's tedious as all hell

[fair canopy]

Oh so just checking it in game And adjusting it?

[undone lily]

You change the gun position

In the game HUD editor

Don't fuck with the model

You need to realign all sights

[random fulcrum]

@undone lily about the npc scoring thing

in game_statistics.script

there's increment_npc_rank(npc, value)

at line 284

you could just slap a multiplier on the rank change

[twin turret]

I'd kill for an add-on that allowed the crafting of an expert tool kit, but to make it balanced you'd need an expert kit to craft them (ie. find one in a stash like normal first)

[random fulcrum]

what would be the point then

[twin turret]

so you can craft expert tool kits for technicians

[random fulcrum]

and what would the recipe be?

[tidal elbow]

5 advanced toolkit

[twin turret]

[tidal elbow]

The real question is

(You know I saw that )

How hard is it really to find them?

[twin turret]

took me about 30-40 stashes to find my first one

[deft drift]

i need some help

is there any way to make a mod that adds frag 12?

i intend to make a full auto aa-12 that shoots hesh slugs

[random fulcrum]

i don't know if there's any way at all to get bullet impact

you can on npcs and the player but not on map geometry

afaik

if you find a function like that then the mod is possible

[deft drift]

nvm then i will just edit the aa-12 to shoot grenades then

[shy torrent]

20 stashes in, no Expert

I'd love for a way to craft Expert, even if at considerable expense

[random fulcrum]

10 advanceds and a volat

[twin turret]

ew

[random fulcrum]

then what the fuck 3 wood 4 scrap 5 fastener

and a multitool

[twin turret]

5 advanced tools

lol

just like how advanced needs 5 basic tools

or even add a full use ramrod, file and multitool for the hell of it

[desert walrus]

How do I get started with scripting? I want to learn modding but I have no Lua or any modding experience

want to start with something like making basic scripts and like that

[random fulcrum]

lua is super easy to learn

the method i've been using since i was like 12 is just

steal other people's work IN GOOD FAITH

study it, learn how it works

maybe make your own fork of the thing

and slowly build your way up

[undone lily]

Tried this for actor and it didn't work

But I changed the tables and it works

[desert walrus]

where do i find other people's work to "steal"

[vague sphinx]

Depends on what you want to script specifically

[desert walrus]

i want to start with sounds

[undone lily]

Sounds are like, replace ogg files and don't forget comments using SAVandT tool

[random fulcrum]

yeah

what do you want to do exactly

[undone lily]

Now you can script when to play certain sounds if you want

[desert walrus]

yea this is what i want to do as well

play sounds on specific use cases per se

where do sound files get called from tho?

[random fulcrum]

from their respective folders

[desert walrus]

I have seen there is an interface folder where sounds are stored but i can't find who or what calls it?

[undone lily]

gamedata/sounds

[desert walrus]

like is it called by a .ltx file or something?

[undone lily]

Then it's a bag of folders

Usually to find sounds you want to replace the best is to guess where it could be stored....

[random fulcrum]

the script calls the sounds

[undone lily]

For guns it's called from their ltx by the engine

[random fulcrum]

you can define your sound as a variable like: local snd = xr_sound.get_safe_sound_object(your sound here)

just because it's safer

[desert walrus]

ok lets say the inventory opening and closing sounds, what script calls it?

[desert walrus]

will the (your sound here) have the full path name of the sound file?

[random fulcrum]

ui_inventory.script

yes

with backward slashes

two backwards slashes

like "sounds\\weapons\\[...]"

[desert walrus]

got it thanks

so i can get started for eg with ui_inventory.script then?

[random fulcrum]

depends on what you want to do exactly

[desert walrus]

I want to see if i can edit inventory opening and closing sounds

like there is a zip sound when it opens but its for metal boxes as well

i want to try if i can edit those with real boxes sound

[random fulcrum]

ohhhhh now i don't think that's possible

afaik stashes are baked into the map's geometry

you could do a gross hack and check via coordinates

[desert walrus]

like hardcoded stuff?

[random fulcrum]

hold on lemme check

[desert walrus]

sure thanks

[random fulcrum]

they aren't baked into geometry but they have specific unique names

depending on map and territory

[desert walrus]

Ohh ok

how do i get those?

[random fulcrum]

you could try looking into grok's stash overhaul

mod 60 in gamma's load order

[desert walrus]

Ahh i see thanks man

also is there any thing to keep in mind while modding?

don't wanna brick my game lol

[random fulcrum]

have another save to sandbox and debug your stuff

[desert walrus]

ohh ok

now just have to get started with lua😅

u really helped a noob out here bro thanks

[shy torrent]

Is there a written tutorial on how to make a DLTX mod? I want to change a single thing on a file, so if I can just override that one variable, it'd be great. Tried searching but the only one I found is a video

[random fulcrum]

create a mod_system_[name].ltx in the configs\ folder

inside it do ![the thing you want to edit]

notice the !

that tells the engine that you're overwriting data

[undone lily]

Easier to reverse engineer add-ons Changing these sounds

[random fulcrum]

then below that line you add the lines that you want to edit

[shy torrent]

Based Momo

Much thanks

[random fulcrum]

de nada amigo

[vague sphinx]

I like how we're basically reverse engineering to learn while the first guy to ever do the addons could not do that, big brain people up there xD

[random fulcrum]

haven't even thought about that

it's like the guys who invented math

what was going on inside their heads

[vague sphinx]

Questions that will never be answered possibly x)

[static sundial]

Just use the physic_object_on_use_callback script callback, that's much cleaner

[random fulcrum]

didn't even know this callback existed

@desert walrus

[static sundial]

axr_main.script has a big list with all script callbacks

[random fulcrum]

thanks, this is huge

[static sundial]

but ye I didn't know either until I had to find a way to detect the player opening a stash box

like most of the things I know I learned it from just reading anomawy code

a good editor with fulltext search goes a long way

[desert walrus]

dude much thanks I was just rn going over Grok's stash overhaul script to get the stashes names

[static sundial]

hope its helpful

ZCP uses this in smr_loot.script if you want to see it in action

in that case it's to inject random loot when a stashbox is first opened

[woven mountain]

Why are all the useful lists in separate documents

axr_main.script
lua_help.script
_g.script

[steady apex]

Because

[woven mountain]

Appreciate the insight

[random fulcrum]

how do i get a gun to look shinier and more metallic

editing materials in blender seems to do nothing?

[woven mountain]

There's a separate texture file for shininess I think

[undone lily]

bump texture and thm files

[thorny hornet]

Hello, instead of putting the photos of the levels, could you not add, for example, a patch of any faction that appears randomly and that briefly explains what the faction does, what it did, who they are hostile to and everything like that? Or as for example mutant X and explaining where it appears, if they are weak, strong, etc, do you understand me?

Something like skyrim loadscreens

[undone lily]

That's what the tips are for

It's written below the load screen

[thorny hornet]

But what i say is

instead of a map photo

Put the photo of what the tips are talking about, is that possible?

[shy torrent]

Possible? Yes, but also boring, imo. Lost Ark had instructive loading screens and they were meh, don't want a tutorial every time I change maps

And all that information is already in the PDA, unlocked as you meet them

Faction lore, intentions, etc

[vague sphinx]

Well, not only would I find it boring, but also against the vanilla spirit

Which I aimed for in a more high definition manner

As well as showing what you're going to actually see, it really is about showing spots, as Grok said, the rest is for the tips

And as my dear Nyamses said here, all of that stuff is in the PDA already

And lastly, I'm pretty sure that there is not 180 tips of the Zone, and that's my number of screens

[fair canopy]

I'm trying to edit the hud of the korth and found that it has item position and item orientation changes so when I go into the hud editor it defaults all the values to 0. Is there any way to edit the hud and keep the item values so that I can properly change the hud?

[random fulcrum]

edit the hud class

not the base weapon class

base weapon position is for npcs and third person

[fair canopy]

you mean this right

?

[random fulcrum]

not item_position

hands_position

that's what you need to edit

[fair canopy]

oh that i know. im saying in game the hud editor acts like the item position is set to 0

hold on

[random fulcrum]

the ingame hud editor barely works

i use it to get quicker feedback

instead of changing a fourth digit decimal and then reloading the hud in debug

[fair canopy]

this is the hud normally

this is it with hud editor turned on

[regal bolt]

Tried Graupel, looks absolutely great. 10/10

not entirely sure if i can live with the random in and out snow 'storms' though

[random fulcrum]

graupel looks gorgeous

i actually love the perma snow storm

[vague sphinx]

Well, if the cold system actually sees the day of light in the future, that will be glorious

[random fulcrum]

it technically does tho?

[vague sphinx]

Does it ?

[shy torrent]

If I want to add adjustable zoom to a scope, is this the variable I need to change/add? scope_dynamic_zoom = on

[random fulcrum]

yes

[shy torrent]

Thanks again, Momo. You da best

[random fulcrum]

it goes from 100.0, which is no zoom at all, up to what you defined as the scope zoom

[shy torrent]

Ah, gotcha. I just want to add it to the Swamp Thing, since it uses a SpecterDR scope but it's fixed zoom for some reason

[random fulcrum]

i don't even know which scopes should have dynamic zoom irl

but for balance reasons i strongly believe that only snipers should have dynamic zoom

and the gauss scope since it's super rare

[shy torrent]

I honestly don't know either, but the SpecterDR has adjustable scope on all other weapons, so I'm just going by the discrepancy

[random fulcrum]

oh really?

i'm sure on some m4's it doesn't have dyn zoom either

you might want to check that out

[shy torrent]

I might come up with a list and show it to Grok then

[random fulcrum]

ok so i tried editing the .thm files of the gun

to no avail too

like, tried boosting everything but still getting the same look ingame

[undone lily]

@random fulcrum bump texture

[woven mountain]

How do I check faction goodwill with a command?

Command doesn't sound like the right word but

[undone lily]

Do you have Something to search through Anomaly extracted scripts and configs ? @woven mountain

search

get_community

Iirc

[woven mountain]

I do but there are like 4 things

community_goodwill
goodwill
general_goodwill
actor_goodwill

[undone lily]

It's community goodwill iirc

Do some printf

And verify jn the console

Trial and error

[woven mountain]

Gonna try to fix the bounty squads spawning and shoving you around when you have 500 goodwill.

[fair canopy]

Would it be possible to create a scrip to turn off toggle weapon aim when you sprint and then turn it back on?

[random fulcrum]

500 goodwill is too low imo

what about making them rarer and rarer the more goodwill you have

and completely disable them once you get to 2000

[fair canopy]

How would I go about making an icon for a weapon?

[random fulcrum]

render the gun with all of its textures in blender

press the x axis

and screenshot

idk

[fair canopy]

Can I edit out lines with dltx?

[random fulcrum]

!! before the line

[fair canopy]

ah thanks!

[bronze cipher]

yo

would it be possible to make an aim assist mod

theoretically

i just worked out a controller layout for the game via steam but its almost impossible to aim at things like cats and dogs etc

[remote pewter]

A small mod idea I'm putting here before I forget it:

Companions should give you a radio message of what they are shooting at when they start to engage in combat.

Too often a companion starts firing at something unidentified in the distance and I have no idea whether I should join in or haul ass and retreat.

[fair canopy]

@undone lily do you know where i could find the function that controls toggling aim and a list of how to bind a function to a specific keypress?

[thick loom]

A mod idea i had, based in hideout furniture, since hideout furniture creates the possibility to drop a 3d object and set it still on the ground, wouldnt it be possible to set props (houses, buildings, structures, trees...) as "items" that spawns is certain empty locations?

Example: Darkscape can be very empty, setting some structures to spawn at certain locations (Like dynamic objects addon did) would create more places to explore

This would allow to change maps and landscapes without having to edit them in SDK

[fair canopy]

I'm trying to create a script that will let me sprint out of toggle aim but i cant seem to get it to work. this is my first time trying to script and i've looked around in the files and other but i don't have enough knowledge to know where to look for what i need. Here is what i have so far
function on_game_start()
RegisterScriptCallback("on_key_press",on_key_press)
RegisterScriptCallback("on_key_release",on_key_release)
end

function on_key_press(key)
if (ui_options.get("control/general/aim_toggle")) then
if (key == bind_to_dik(key_bindings.kWPN_ZOOM)) then
if (key == DIK_keys.["DIK_LSHIFT"]) then
local toggle = get_console():get_bool("wpn_aim_toggle")
local val = toggle and 0
get_console():execute("wpn_aim_toggle" .. val)
end
end
end
end

function on_key_release(key)
if (key == DIK_keys.["DIK_LSHIFT"]) then
local toggle = get_console():get_bool("wpn_aim_toggle")
local val = toggle and 1
get_console():execute("wpn_aim_toggle" .. val)
end
end
what i figure is that the script should check if toggle aim is on, then see if i'm in ADS and if i press the sprint key (in my case left shift) it should turn toggle off. The function below that should act as soon as i let go of shift to turn toggle aim back on

[random fulcrum]

@undone lily #old-feedback-suggestions message
what about this

[random fulcrum]

there with 2 decimals for a more precise stat

[tidal elbow]

@random fulcrum on his way to become an alpha modder

[random fulcrum]

✨

[woven mountain]

No, how dare you suggest he gets the funny red role before I do

[woven mountain]

I will make this

[remote pewter]

That would be amazing!

[woven mountain]

Oh good you're here

How specific should it be?

Mutant and Factions?

Like "Hey boss shooting a mutant"/"Hey boss shooting a freedom member"

[remote pewter]

Yeah I was thinking type of mutant & factions

but I don't know how it would be done, so any level of specific is an improvement

[woven mountain]

When should it trigger? It would be easier to code if it triggers on hit by companion member (More examples)

[remote pewter]

I could write out a bunch of generic radio messages

[woven mountain]

But there is also a npc_on_eval_danger trigger

It is used once in all of anomaly and gamma mods

And not in the context I am looking for

[remote pewter]

yeah so I was thinking it could trigger via a per companion 'in combat' check that runs at an interval, but I don't know the ins & outs of how you would do this

pretty limited experience with modding stalker

[woven mountain]

Let me pull up the list of triggers and you tell me about what's good.

This is a list of every trigger I can use

If it's not on here it's outside of my capabilities

[remote pewter]

lemme get on my computer & dig into what some of these triggers mean

[woven mountain]

That would be cool

[woven mountain]

Anything?

[remote pewter]

so do you know of a place where npc_on_eval_danger = {}, -- Params: (<game_object>,<table>)
is explained?

[woven mountain]

Nope!

[fair canopy]

what's the difference between a world model and a hud model for guns?

[woven mountain]

It's literally used once and not in the right context

[remote pewter]

there's a npc_on_fighting_actor but no general npc_on_fighting 😦

I wonder how the radio system gets messages for stalkers fighting other stalkers

I'm asking the anomaly mod coding thread. maybe some wizard in there can enlighten us

[random fulcrum]

check the xr_* files

those contain ai stuff

maybe xr_combat

there must be something about what is the ai currently targeting

[remote pewter]

noob question, code comments in unpacked scripts are just glyphs, not readable.

I remember there was a way to fix this?

[remote pewter]

so under \scripts\ui_pda_npc_tab.script I found:

-- Gather NPC info
local f = faction_expansions.faction[contact.comm]
-- ... lots of message info getting accumulated
info.enemy = get_enemy(contact.comm, info.map)

get_enemy gives us this:

function get_enemy(faction, map)

    -- Collect enemy factions
    local enemy = {}
    for i=1,#faction_lookup do
        if game_relations.is_factions_enemies(faction, faction_lookup[i]) then
            enemy[#enemy + 1] = faction_lookup[i]
        end
    end
    
    -- See map presense with topic's faction
    local lvl_enemy = {}
    local lvl_p = dynamic_news_helper.GetFaction(faction,"level_presence")
    for i=1,#enemy do
        local lvl_pi = dynamic_news_helper.GetFaction(enemy[i],"level_presence")
        for k,_ in pairs(lvl_pi) do
            if lvl_p[k] and (k == map) then
                lvl_enemy[#lvl_enemy + 1] = enemy[i]
                break
            end
        end
    end

    local pick
    if (#lvl_enemy > 0) then
        pick = lvl_enemy[math.random(#lvl_enemy)]
    else
        pick = enemy[math.random(#enemy)]
    end
    
    
    if pick then
        return "st_dyn_news_comm_" .. pick .. "_8"
    end
    return "st_dyn_news_enemy_foces"
end

[remote pewter]

noticed best_enemy() when I found lua_help.script, which exports engine functions

The thing is these methods for if an npc sees a stalker don't account for if a companion is set to fire at will.

So I guess that raises a bigger question:

Should a companion inform the player whenever he sees something hostile, or just when he engages in combat with something?

[undone lily]

?

[woven mountain]

I'm back from my slumber. There are three options. When the npc sees/hears danger. When the NPC is entering into combat mode. And when the NPC hits something.

[regal bolt]

i would say either combat mode or see/hear one

cause we all know npc aim mainly companion aim is completely fucking random so you could get your shit kicked in before they hit anything to tell you what the fuck it is

[woven mountain]

I think combat mode is best. It feels iffy using stealth mechanics like this

[regal bolt]

yea im leaning more towards combat mode

[woven mountain]

Damn that's the most annoying to code

[regal bolt]

although i could see how a mod like this could get annoying especially if you have multiple companions who all at the same time cause that PDA sound to happen

[woven mountain]

So Anomaly has a list of triggers that when they happen, they activate code. They dont offer descriptions in the list. What do you think npc_on_eval_danger would do?

[regal bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/jfk-clone-high-i-like-your-funny-words-magic-man-jack-black-gif-18659433

i have no fucking clue i dont know the slightest thing about coding

[woven mountain]

I'm asking you to read npc_on_eval_danger and tell me whether you think it relates to combat mode

Because your guess is as good as mine

[regal bolt]

yea i think? fuck i dunno

fuck around and find out i guess

fuck i should learn how to code

add a pissing mechanic to the game

[woven mountain]

This isnt too complicated it's When companion is in danger -> Check what made it in danger -> display that

2nd bit is what I have no idea how to do.

[regal bolt]

fuck we gotta combine our collective consciousness to figure this shit out

[woven mountain]

Any ideas Grok? If I could figure this out I could probably get that exit car on level transition for you as well

[woven mountain]

Right now trying to think of mods that have to perform a similar function. (i.e. get an object near the player/companion that meets certain conditions)

[woven mountain]

@regal bolt @remote pewter Alright I think I know which trigger to use. I think I'll use npc_on_weapon_unstrapped since that seems straightforward

And it's used exactly once so I have no context for how to use it sweet

[tidal elbow]

Who pinged me?

[woven mountain]

Wasn't me this time

[remote pewter]

when does npc_on_weapon_unstrapped trigger?

[woven mountain]

I believe it activates when an NPC unholsters their weapon

[vague sphinx]

@steady apex anomaly_radii.zone_mine_darkness.max * 4
I have to avoid touching this line I suppose ? It doesnt make more of them for one spawn but rather extend their radius ?

[remote pewter]

So how do you get the target faction / mutant from there?

[woven mountain]

That's the hard part

[remote pewter]

I was thinking of checking at an interval of updates

[remote pewter]

Using has_enemy() to see if there are any enemies

[woven mountain]

That's doable but not great since too many checks will lag the game and too few won't be responsive enough

[steady apex]

Yea, you can change that if you want

[woven mountain]

Any advice demonized?

[vague sphinx]

Thank you, will try and experiment

[remote pewter]

then if so checking against some data struct of previous enemies and time spotted.

very basic prototypy logic

Lots of problems with it for turning it into a solid mod that would need some elbow grease.

Give me 5 and i'll post some thoughts on it

Problems:

- How to distinguish whether companion is in 'hold fire' or 'fire at will' mode.
- How to prevent spam messages from the same companion?
- How to prevent spam messages when you have multiple companions?
- How to prevent spam messages when you have many of the same type / faction of mutant / stalker?

[remote pewter]

Is this when any npc unholsters? or just specific npcs that are being watched?

[woven mountain]

Hmmm

• I can do a check
• I can do a timer probably?
• Same as before
• Same as before

How long should the timer be? 15 seconds?

[undone lily]

With what, voice lines ?

[remote pewter]

I don't think you'd want to use a flat timer because firefights could last a long time

[undone lily]

Or pda messages ?

[remote pewter]

PDA messages, idea is about a mod where companions tell the player what type of enemy they are engaging when in combat

Similiar to the PDA news messages "We are facing bloodsuckers northeast at the saw mill" except for now a lot more primitive lol

[remote pewter]

I think you would want to do some kind of check that combat has ended against that enemy_type for every companion before starting a timer

[grim forge]

what if throwing a vodka bottle with a bandage on top and with matches spawned a little and temporary fire anomaly on contact

[elder maple]

please tell me how to remove the sound of crickets during the day?

[woven mountain]

How would I teleport the actor slightly upward or leftward of the way the actor is looking?

[woven mountain]

@grim forge Were you planning on posting your progress on your hud mod?

[tidal elbow]

This + what about the new icons for the detector

[random fulcrum]

ok i'll call in just a sec

[gloomy wolf]

there should be a way to trade through pda and attend missions, all stalkers have a pda ._., even completing quests/receive payment, except when they are asking for guns, mutant parts it needs to be face to face for deliveryXD, actually I saw a mod for social media war:v (stalker hunting mod:v), it should be good if you can post via pda that you are looking for some kind of mutants/faction squads or if they have been seen somewhere, what do you think?

[random fulcrum]

too vague

[grim forge]

Plug it to CRCR, connect id of vanilla items for inter-modpack compatibility, and a minimal 'order and contracts' plugin to CRCR, and you have a player to player quest-integrated trade system of sorts

Player 1 = I want ammo - find this ammo and I'll have item 1 or 2
Player 2 = finds ammo in their game - open pda - accept CRCR contract
Profit

Note: CRCR can already check if your dbg mode is on and prevent you from transferring money
Note 2: enter game in dbg mode, f7, get rich, close game, exit debug mode, launch game = mafia

[gloomy wolf]

really?, prevent from walk(I know that walking is good) and get some covid:v
we can use that time instead of walking all rostok for example, we can stay on a campfire and using pda making business while we are being healedXD

[grim forge]

into gamedata\textures\ui

test 1 2

[tidal elbow]

As soon as I'll get back to my PC I'll try it

[grim forge]

If you like pls feedback so we can talk out what works/doesn't

They should be vaguer now but still visible

I'd almost say it's worth reworking the backgrounds too because I like 'devices' in games

[tidal elbow]

What detector do I need to use for it? Veles? Svarog?

[tidal elbow]

Directly into the Anomaly folder?

[grim forge]

I tested svarog with the purple ones in rookie village

[grim forge]

if you already have that file there back yours up before replacing it - otherwise yes, add it there

[tidal elbow]

Tell you what, when I'll actually do the thing, I'll ping you, so you can follow me and I don't fuck up anything

[grim forge]

np

given I'm here lol

it's one single texture file, should be 0pb

[woven mountain]

Does anyone here know why there are three numbers for direction when direction should be defined by a single number? Also, how do I teleport the player a distance based on the player's position. The more I look, the more complicated it is

[random fulcrum]

because direction is a vector

[random fulcrum]

dude holy fucking shit i just figured out something huge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hAqAeryYM

i managed to spawn stuff on geometry

[still meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-boom-gif-21571559

[random fulcrum]

the exact feel i was going for

[still meteor]

does anybody have

cinematic vfx 3.5?

[random fulcrum]

it's in the moddb page

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-iDxMFjL-YObN0IvdIUAuG6OP8Gj1w2/view

[still meteor]

thanks

didn't saw it lol

[random fulcrum]

ok so the idea is to also give the item n62 an explosion effect on impact, way less powerful and somewhat smaller

maybe add ludicrous gibs on gauss hit?

maybe even remove the npc on gauss kill, as to make it the literal npc removal gun

except eidolon to get the guaranteed volat and svarog

[steady apex]

That's pretty cool, some sort of thunderbolt or lightning gun from ut2004. the game desperately needs unconventional weapons imo, I have some ideas but they remain ideas for now

[grim forge]

YO, in Gamma, what optional BHS Redux optional files are used by default?

Trying to get the local damage paperdoll working abroad

*The optional files

[random fulcrum]

only way to find out is to install it one by one i guess

[grim forge]

I had hoped I could avoid that part ^^

[undone lily]

https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/blob/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_data/modpack_maker_list.txt

Check it out here

[grim forge]

Merci (sorry for the quite ignorant question) (the answer was = Main + EFT skin)

[regal bolt]

Hello stalkers i have an idea for an mod that yall might consider, So you guys know in COP there is helmet that you get from Snag's container and that helmet has integrated Night Vision, so why don't we bring that back for that helmet alone in gamma and make it an upgrade that can be done with Basic Tools for that helmet, the Night Vision needs to be 2nd generation because if its done with advanced tools you're not gonna upgrade this Helmet and just craft 2nd Gen NVs, the pro will be 2nd Gen NV in early game but horrendous Radiation protection, what do you guys think?

[native shoal]

I like what I see

is the gauss projectile now an explosion with extra effects?

even the frags would make sense, debris from the explosion

[random fulcrum]

the usual projectile is still there

i just figured out how to spawn stuff directly where the player is looking

and since the gauss is basically hitscan

i can disguise it easily

[native shoal]

Impressive!

[edgy tendon]

looks cool with the fragments, but why the electric discharge fx upon impact?

[random fulcrum]

because it looks cool

and it looks over the top

[edgy tendon]

it's sci-fi for sure, but you know a gauss rifle is a real life concept right?

[random fulcrum]

yes i know but i disregard muh realism, besides, the ingame gauss says it's powered by the flash arti

which is electric in nature

[edgy tendon]

yeah i guess it can be interpreted in many ways, i just think a scientist/weapon designer wouldn't want to waste flash artifact particles by launching that through the barrel

other question, where is that gauss rifle sound from?

[knotty prawn]

I think it's super cool to think it's shooting flash fragments so it works I guess

[random fulcrum]

it's the bfg impact sound from doom 2016

[edgy tendon]

ok, i think it would be cool if the gauss made a super- or hypersonic crack when firing the projectile, that's the reason the gun is so powerful

paired with explosion and fragments sound fx hitting it's surroundings, but not sure how that would be programmable.

but to reiterate, i think it's still cool, maybe i'm just getting a different vibe from the different sound of the gauss

maybe if the particles upon impact would strike a bit faster, like lightning; looks a bit like an emp strike to me

[steady apex]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/overpowered-og-gauss-rifle-shoot-sound

Might wanna try thay

[edgy tendon]

fun, but too thunderous for my taste; but the thunder decay file can be deleted i see
thanks, i'll try that now actually

[steady apex]

If you delete it if would be just og gauss sound

[edgy tendon]

lol, i haven't shot a gauss in a while so i wouldn't know if it's boosted or not

[steady apex]

So, if you want something in middle, have to edit the sound in audacity or smth

[grim forge]

up)

[random fulcrum]

how do i merge particle mods?

[still meteor]

what do you wanna merge

[random fulcrum]

the other particlefx with botz

and maybe yawm

like 3.6 + botz + yawm

like the one included in gamma

which is 3.5

[still meteor]

well i used sdk to mess around with some particles, tried to transfer the gauss particles when shooting to the current particles.xr im using (hollywoodfx) and failed, gamma (the user) merged it for me

http://sdk.stalker-game.com/en/index.php?title=Particle_Editor_Basics

[random fulcrum]

that's high key la raja

[steady apex]

i suggest to only leave particles you need in particles folder

1.5.2 and gamma supports loading them from there

to leave only those you need you need to use winmerge, unpack vanilla particles.xr with sdk, then unpack each of those mods' particles.xr, and delete same files through winmerge

[tidal elbow]

You're right, sorry

I can try now if you're available, tell me what I need to do

[grim forge]

1. this file: #╙🖇mods-making-discussion message
2. into gamedata\textures\ui
3. after backing yours up if you have it there
4. test

Also no pressure, I did this half kidding following your comments a week ago or so

[tidal elbow]

"gamedata\textures\ui"

Where exactly?

[grim forge]

Hm?

[tidal elbow]

I don't have anything in Anomaly

I mean I don't have that "textures" folder

So I thought I need to put it inside one mod for GAMMA

[grim forge]

Ok you can make the file structure by hand then (I think)

[tidal elbow]

Ah okay

[grim forge]

Hm.... maybe

[tidal elbow]

E:\Anomaly-1.5.1\gamedata\textures\ui

[grim forge]

Correct

by default it pulls packed resources unless it reads them custom in the gamefiles, afaik

[tidal elbow]

Okay, what detector do I need to try?

[grim forge]

all anomalies are visually redone with the halo instead of the blue icon, including arti's

so, any detector with a visual for anomalies should pull from here (given DAO doesn't customize that from another texture but I don't think so, so far)

you should see purple stuff behind rookie village with a svarog

[tidal elbow]

Since I was in Yantar I did a test there, is this correct? I will also try in Rookie Village

Artefact in the wild

Veles doesn't show anything (but this should be intended)

Going to Rookie Village now

Rookie Village, this anomaly

@grim forge satisfied? I guess it doesn't work

[grim forge]

Ugh yeah indeed!

Looks bypassed by gamma then (is my first guess)

[woven mountain]

Can you send me the zip file you used to put it in MO? NVM

[woven mountain]

@tidal elbow It works

[tidal elbow]

You're the man but I've talked with O_Nyx in private, we found a solution

His thing was replaced by another thing with the same file name

[woven mountain]

Sniff, okay.

[vague sphinx]

So uh, what did this change do specifically ? I haven't followed

[woven mountain]

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[vague sphinx]

But what does it have to do with detector ? x)

[woven mountain]

Changes the icons

in svarog and veles

[vague sphinx]

Hmm... so it's QoL ?

Or rather taste oriented ?

Okay I just reread your link, my bad, my reading capabilities have suffered lately

[tidal elbow]

I'd say more taste oriented

[vague sphinx]

[fair canopy]

@undone lily sorry to bother but do you have a guide to adding bones to guns?

[undone lily]

Nothing comes to mind sorry. Usually I use guns with bone structure that I want and add vertices to the various bone groups

[knotty prawn]

https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/blender/creating-model-in-blender.html?highlight=bone#bone have a look here

[fair canopy]

ah thanks that helps!

[knotty prawn]

Nice

[robust sand]

@vague sphinx I answer you here so as not to distort the channel of screenshots
It's probably the mipmap, you're using nvidia texture tool right? set the threshold to a higher value, that should fix it (max is 255)
And if the modification is for any dx use bc3/dxt5 with kaiser filter

[vague sphinx]

So far I've been using paint.net, with a BC7 Linear DX11 conversion format, it was working well, the picture above was green without color swap with this very format, and the only thing I changed was simply the color swap

So I don't know much how to change the threshold

There is improvement

[unborn sorrel]

lovely fields of lavender in summer

[robust sand]

it looks much better. test with a threshold of 245
and yes you can use bc7 but that means it won't work on dx9 or lower

[vague sphinx]

I honestly don't have any threshold option, just super sampling, bilinear, bicubic and stuff

Yeah, I figured out by the title, sad thing actually

[robust sand]

Try to get Nvidia texture tools, it will be very useful

[vague sphinx]

From 2020 ?

[robust sand]

It's not so much if it's updated or not, it just has more options and settings. It's not something you'll use often, but it's useful if you need to compile to a format with specific compression and methods.

[vague sphinx]

So I need to join the developper program and all on their website ?

Also, I wasn't saying, oh it's 2020 looks outdated, but rather, is it the one from 2020 so I can download the right one x)

[vague sphinx]

Oh, alright, thank you ^^

[robust sand]

[vague sphinx]

Hopefully it's easy to use, any recommended parameters ?

[robust sand]

If you press that option, what you need to adjust will appear
For the rest I recommend bc3 and kaiser

[vague sphinx]

Should I extract minimap from atlas ?

[vague sphinx]

Do you think this is what could cause my winter saturation to go brrr when launching a game 50% of the time ?

Picture above : when it's a wrong start, you can see how overly bright & saturated it is at 8AM, now I quit, delete shader cache once again, then reload, if I'm lucky, the picture below is the result, same weather, 8AM as well, but correct this time

It did that to me for Golden Autumn as well, so far I don't know any fix

[robust sand]

Its not a problem of textures, but one of configuration or mods
Are you by any chance using Dynamic Time-Based Tonemap? because it could be because of that
If it's not that, I couldn't tell you, but it's not the textures

[vague sphinx]

I am using it yes, so that blasted mod would be the cause of all my issues since day zero ? xD

[still meteor]

It forces some hemi values

maybe sometimes it wont look good cuz you using custom weathers

[vague sphinx]

It never really bothered me with weathers, but most of the time, I start with an oversaturated, or bright Zone in the morning

If this is because of that Dynamic Tonemap, I'm not enabling it ever again x)

[twin turret]

dynamic tonemap is awful

like i said before, turned it off day 1 haven't looked back

most of the time it just cranks hemi up to ungodly values

[robust sand]

It's not that it's a bad mod, it's just not intended for someone who has almost everything customized

[bold mural]

hi i'm trying to make it so the pp-2000, kiparis, and skorpion are usable 1 handed with a detector in my game. kiparis and skorpion work fine with just changing one handed and slot to 1 in their LTX, but the pp2000 doesn't let me pull out the detector with that, anyone know why?

[random fulcrum]

check if the pp2000 ltx isn't being overwritten by another mod

if you're just editing existing mods in the list and not doing a dltx thing at the end of the load order

which you should do anyways

[bold mural]

this is the only pp2000 ltx in gamma

and when i modified the slots it worked

OOOOH

it's cos i was using a pp-2000 that was on the save already

when i spawned a new one it worked

[regal bolt]

how do I go about changing a specific outfit's first person sleeves to a different one?
just for personal preference reasons

[vague sphinx]

It seems to work after my latest tweaks, making sure Skies Redux, GAMMA Weathers & Dynamic Tonemap are disabled, then replacing the "default weathers" with equivalent from the actual ones, for exemple default_rain with rain1, renamed into default_rain, same for cloudy

[still meteor]

open thap rework folder, in mod_system_THAP_Rework.ltx you will have the name of the outfit inside the brackets and the player_hud_section which is the path for the hands visual

then to find the others visuals, go to T.H.A.P._Rework_2.1\gamedata\configs\creatures\actor_hud_hand_animations.ltx

and you can find the player hud section inside the brackets

[regal bolt]

ah, many thanks
I thought I'd need to mess with outfits.ltx
will try this

[regal bolt]

thanks again, that worked perfectly
and was much easier than the way I expected it to be
now I can enjoy the Nomad outfit without having my wrists awkwardly half-exposed

[shy torrent]

How much of a difference does Dynamic Tonemap cause? Considering disabling it for a more stable visual, but not sure how important it is to the default GAMMA style

[vague sphinx]

Honestly ? No change, except improvements, try to disable it in MCM and see for yourself

And prepare to step into the light

I actually think you can disable it in MO2 but MCM is safer probably

I actually use my own reshade & tonemapper

Results are there

[steady apex]

In the latest update dynamic tonemap received new default values, the amb and hemi don't go as high as used to. To get new defaults, press reset or sth in its mcm (don't know how this button is called in English) . And of course if you have custom weathers, the mod has to be adjusted as well.

[woven mountain]

I can get the x, y, and z components of the position by doing```lua
local dirx = db.actor:direction().x
local diry = db.actor:direction().y
local dirz = db.actor:direction().z

Also, how would I get the level ID and game ID based off of a set of coordinates

[random fulcrum]

wdym a single chunk

oh

dir = vector():set(dirx, diry, dirz)

[woven mountain]

@random fulcrum Any idea about this? I need them to teleport the player

[random fulcrum]

i have code for this that i figured out when making the gauss explosion thing

COULD maybe work for what you're looking for

haven't turn on my lap yet tho

[woven mountain]

Have you taken a look yet?

[random fulcrum]

db.actor:game_vertex_id() and db.actor:level_vertex_id()

[woven mountain]

I have that, I was wondering if I could go from a set of coordinates to lvid and gvid

[random fulcrum]

oh

then i don't know

maybe print out their results and work something out of it?

to see what they're actually doing

[woven mountain]

Question. What does the asterisk mean in lua_help?

[random fulcrum]

maybe a wildcard?

[steady apex]

pointer to an object

[thin kelp]

starting to make a dent in all the renders that were taken

Ive added about 24 so far

[undone lily]

❤️

[edgy tendon]

What kind of integrations are there inside of Anomaly? I thought there was this discord thingy and some other stuff.
Just thought that it would be cool to have a video / yt player or browser on the PDA inside the game. Would something like that be possible to code?

[real latch]

I've got some ideas which are collected in the past and some fresh ones. Will work more on this document. Maybe someone can do something with it.

[still meteor]

pda selfie

lol i just noticed the bloodsucker

[real latch]

lol nice

[undone lily]

Needs engine modifications

[random fulcrum]

how do i make a gun compatible with a suppressor?

i already have the thing attached to the model

and to the wpn_silencer bone

also have the silencer section defined in the weapon file

silencer_status = 2

but still i can't get the suppressor to work?

[fair canopy]

Is it crashing or is the suppressor just now showing up on the gun?

In the anomaly discord I was told that a gun had to have empty key frames in each animation for the suppressor, but I've transplanted some suppressors onto guns which didn't have them without it and it worked. Other times I've added a new bone and the suppressor and it crashes

[random fulcrum]

neither, i just can't get the thing to be mounted

[fair canopy]

In the world model?

Er, hud model

Was the silencer model under the weapon hierarchy when you exported it?

[random fulcrum]

yes

i'm even using the mp7 anims as base so they should have the supposed silencer key frame

[fair canopy]

weird im trying to think of anything you might have missed but it seems youve got everything necessary

only thing i can think is that the weapon ltx is pointing to the world model, not the hud model

[random fulcrum]

silencers are defined in the main weapon definition

the hud definition only handles visuals

it now works

i didn't do shit

i don't understand xray

[fair canopy]

[lethal jolt]

What outfit .ltx file are the Nomad & Wastelander suits in? I'd like to model-swap them with each other

And I guess by that I mean: what the fuck are they called in the outfit .ltx files? A lot of these seem to have little-to-no bearing on the names in the debug menu

[vague sphinx]

@fair canopy
USAS 12 with suppressor ?

Please marry me

[fair canopy]

You got the rings?

[vague sphinx]

I'll get them xD

[calm pivot]

Outfit_explorer iirc

[lethal jolt]

Yeah, it was late & I read that one as outfit_ecologist for some reason. Woke up this morning & found 'em almost immediately 😅

[sour jewel]

trying to make vanilla Nvg's work with the body health UI for the DX8 bois

getting stumped by the exact cut-outs since re-sizing the image to 1080x1920 to do the cut-out and then reverting it back to 1024x1024 in paint.net breaks it for some reason

managed to get a removed version for those who prefer the style seen in vanilla shoc/clear sky/cop though 🙂

[simple wigeon]

btw if you want to see the bhs ui in dx8 nightvision you just press H and it pops up

[sour jewel]

welp, thats half an hour of my life im not getting back

[fair canopy]

testing the rail with an EOT. I'm very please with how this looks.

[random fulcrum]

suppressed groza sure looks blursed

[floral cypress]

Looks kinda like desolation

Is it a simple addon like recent USAS-12?

Also, that silencer clips with the grenade launcher

[fair canopy]

unfortunately not much i can do about that. I'd have to remodel the trigger and re-animate the whole thing and that's beyond me right now. Ideally I would have done that. It'll be it's own addon once done

[undone lily]

Don't add a suppressor

[slow ether]

Any idea why my custom skybox's horizon is showing through the terrain? Vis distance is maxed out.

[random fulcrum]

weather

it's a trick the weather does to do a smoother transition into the distance fog

which is also defined in the weather

[slow ether]

Gotcha, next I need to figure out why it's happening. I'm using GAMMA weathers as base for the w_clear1.ltx and have only changed paths to point to my custom skybox folder. I've also made the bottom edge of the skyboxes similar to the stock GAMMA ones.

[random fulcrum]

far_plane ?

[slow ether]

Nah, that doesn't seem to do much in the weather editor

[slow ether]

I fixed the issue by blurring the horizon more in the skybox. Strange, since I tried even using those parts of the skybox from similar looking sky textures without success. Anyway, two (maybe) easy questions: Does the sun_elevation and sun_longitude values in the weather files actual do anything? I changed some of them to 0 to see if there's any changes, but didn't see any difference (sun moved like before, as did shadows) Also, what are the smaller skyboxes for (11-00#small.dds for example)? Most of them seem to be blurred a lot as well. Reflections?

[fair canopy]

how do i get textures to load on guns in blender?

[calm pivot]

so what should i do next?

[thin kelp]

could do something like this

[lethal jolt]

Is it possible to change a weapon’s equip animation for that of a different weapon by just editing the config files?

Or are the weapon models baked into the animations themselves?

[random fulcrum]

nah you can point to other anims in the ltx

you just need an anim that has the same rigs and offsets or else it will look wonky

[lethal jolt]

Might fuck around with swapping the Hera & Butcher M4 equips to the M4 Tactical’s. That brass-check every time gets old fast

Actually, shit, the unloaded equip is fine on those guns. I can just re-use those animations instead

[fair canopy]

a few more things to finish up and it'll be done

[shy torrent]

Shameless suggestion here, but if you can also swap the wield/unwield animation of the Saiga variants (Nerd/Dushman) to not flick that goddamn safety every single time, it’d be awesome

[random fulcrum]

but muh immersion dude i don't want to holster the gun of fire

[still meteor]

finally, reachable backpack in agroprom tree

[shy torrent]

You either holster the gun of fire, or that pseudodog is gonna get too close for comfort
That casual flick of the safety made me forego using the Saiga because buttmad

[faint sand]

hey, quick question
would it be possible for a fix that makes weapons, that use the shader scope for the ACOG, use the 3d one instead?
like the L85 A2 for example
would be appreciated, thanks 😄

[thorn pollen]

Is it possible to give the MP7 BaS Scopes somehow?

The Anomaly ACOG is....hideous to say the least

[faint sand]

which scopes are from bas?

[random fulcrum]

the thing i posted the other day in #🖇old-mods-posting does that

it's getting added officially to gamma too

[random fulcrum]

you can but bas acogs are blacked out in the model

[faint sand]

whats the id of the bas acog? i struggle to find it in the item spawner

[thorn pollen]

Ahh okay i thought it was already done

Guess its still in the Pipeline then

Thanks Champ

[random fulcrum]

wdym

there's only one acog in the game

[faint sand]

then why do people talk about bas acog and vanilla acog :?

@tidal elbow @brave prism

[random fulcrum]

because bas and vanilla are different models?

[faint sand]

ah so theres 1 acog ingame but gamma uses bas model or what

[random fulcrum]

no

[faint sand]

??

bruh i dont get anything youre saying

[random fulcrum]

i don't get what you're saying

you know something about the engine?

weapon with scopes are different models

[faint sand]

i hear people talk about bas and vanilla acog

[random fulcrum]

the weapons fron bas use a blacked out acog scope

[faint sand]

is it meant with vanilla and bas gun models with the scope attached?

[random fulcrum]

i'm out this gave me a headache

[faint sand]

okay you explain then

[faint sand]

this is all i can say

[fair canopy]

well fuck me i figured it out

Now the question is do I be lazy and just use the same model for every scope or make 15 different models for each scope

[calm pivot]

Use the same model since imo you are not going to see the world model more than a couple of times

[regal bolt]

both ACOGs are the same exact item in-game, there is no separate item that each weapon use
but every weapon has to have the scopes modeled into them
BaS weapons have a different ACOG model than other Anomaly guns simply because the weapon's been modeled different

[faint sand]

ahhh okay, thanks for info! 😄

[regal bolt]

when you put a scope on a weapon in Anomaly, the weapon swaps to a separate version of the gun with the scope attached, instead of just slapping the scope on top of the model

at least I think it's a separate version, what with the sight nodes changing

[faint sand]

the GSC link for the SDK doesnt work, but i just googled it and downloaded the sdk from moddb, hope itll work

[fair canopy]

you wont need it

[faint sand]

i'm struggling to find the wpn_ak74_custom
not inside base Anomaly, and not is BaS either
anyone knows where that specific AK is?

nvm i think its the same model to the regular AK74N, just a handful of upgrades to ti already

[random fulcrum]

maybe inside the ak74 ltx

[faint sand]

probably

but now i got the regular AK74N model, only gotta figure out how to make a 3d scope

[still meteor]

@fair canopy hi, im trying the new groza addon you posted but some textures? are missing

i think it's due to a wrong path for the textures?

[fair canopy]

Oops!

I see the issue. I'm out now but I'll fix it once I'm home

Thanks for letting me know!

[fair canopy]

alright it should be good now

[still meteor]

hey, tested again and some still have problems

groza aimpoint
groza metro

sorry to bother

[fair canopy]

nah it helps. easy to fix lol

this is why you have someone else proofread your work

[undone lily]

With the new Pavel blend you don't need the sdk for guns. But SDK is good for other stuff like particles

[undone lily]

The mag texture feels out of place

[faint sand]

ah okay, good to know

[still meteor]

also, is the grenade launcher anim broke in purpose? cuz i guess there's no sight to flip

[fair canopy]

on the base gun? it shouldn't be. i removed the flip animation since the new launcher sight doesn't have one

launcher iron sights i stole from the bas akm

[still meteor]

is there any guide you used for adding sights/editing the models?

[fair canopy]

tbh i just kinda figured it mostly out on my own. as far as adding sights goes, it's pretty much a copy and paste from one model to another

[woven mountain]

I'm going to resume work on this

@remote pewter Could you write up some dialogs like "Boss I am engaging " and "a Bandit", "a filthy thief"?

[random fulcrum]

what about monolith referring to everyone as infidels

or non believers

[vague sphinx]

Pretty sure the term profligate works as well

[woven mountain]

Wait actually could you make a list of dialogs like "Boss I think that (mutant) is heading towards us!" or "Boss I think (faction) is shooting at us!". Just dialog before the companion engages

[stark iron]

Is there any way to have hardcore AI aim on/off depending on npc rank? eg. legendary rank npcs having hardcore AI aim On while rookies having it Off

[still meteor]

@signal sequoia yea, it's probably a effect which can be changed easily