╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[random fulcrum]

all i see is random dudes doxxing dark's discord

[bold gyro]

?

[random fulcrum]

hopefully it's fixed now

haven't actually played the game in a while

[bold gyro]

Oh, lol.

[random fulcrum]

been trying to expose the most i can of gboobs into something like mcm

but as real feedback

talk seems nice overall

i would like to see more accentuated faction lingo

like mercs talking in cryptic tacticool slang

or bandits treating everything as trash

and sometimes text is way too long

[bold gyro]

I'm planning to eventually make templates that will apply to companions from different factions as development continues. I've been noting down ideas for Monolith. Duty, Mercs, and Military will be getting a more tactical dialog set. I'm eventually planning for Ecos, and Bandits to have their own unique dialog set at some point.

The length of the dialog was something that I was a little worried about throughout the process. I wasn't exactly sure how certain things would look, since a lot of it is comprised randomly from tables and circumstances. I've ideas for how we could minimize the issue moving forward.

Part of the plan was to see what people liked/hated and then move from there. Quality of the lines was also a concern and I'll probably edit them or change stuff at some point because I feel like I could do better.

The slang bit is particularly tricky, the reason being that I don't want it to come off as cheesy.

[random fulcrum]

imo it could be cheesy

it just has to be some heavy slang that isn't cheesy if you just LOOK at it

y'know

that you have to read it carefully to get the cheese

only thing gun nuts will notice wrong is bad use of the tacticool alphabet

[remote pewter]

Just wanted to say good shit @woven mountain @bold gyro

[narrow stirrup]

Anyone knows is there is any posibility to add an audio modifyer when you use the gasmask to sound more like gasmask should sound?

[regal bolt]

something im thinking of working on (not my model btw i just found one on sketchfab and downloaded it)

[fair canopy]

that's ugly as sin and i cant decide if i like it or hate it

[random fulcrum]

too blocky

[fair canopy]

does the model look ok with textures on? I was looking through sf but anything free was roblox level

[regal bolt]

ill check

[random fulcrum]

and good look doing anims for it

[regal bolt]

eh im not too bothered by the model atm this is gonna be the first animation ive ever done

[random fulcrum]

based

[regal bolt]

here it is rendered

camo gun

also this animation is gonna be a assignment for my digital technology class

[fair canopy]

if you can animate it i'd be more worried about how it looks in game, regardless it'll be a good intro to porting stuff into the game if you can get it to work

animations for that will be extremely unique

[regal bolt]

i mean reload animations would be fairly simple im assuming

heres the charging handle side of it

im thinking for the reload (Its gonna be right handed) the left arm keeps its grip on the front grip and uses the hand on the trigger to reload and use the charging handle

this is gonna be a hell of a experience cause if i do decide to make this a weapon mod im also gonna have to learn to code

whatever you do dont choose ADHD as a trait in the character creation menu worst mistake of my life

[cloud glade]

Holy hell it’s an Owen Gun

[regal bolt]

yep

[cloud glade]

It would sure be a shame if Activision got their hands on it

One drum mag later…

[steady apex]

You can ping jurkonov, he loves this stuff

[random fulcrum]

truly an australian cunt

[regal bolt]

the best part of all of this? i have no fucking clue how to use blender or any animation software so prepare to see some weird shit

all i know is the basic movement keys thats about it

[woven mountain]

But we already have way too many 9x19 smg's

[regal bolt]

thats why im gonna make it 9X19 but have a unique .45 variant or maybe 9X18 idk yet

or maybe 5.56

[woven mountain]

9x39

[regal bolt]

done

[random fulcrum]

make it shoot tokarevs

the gun

not the ammo

[regal bolt]

alright i got it ill make 4 variants
9X18
9X19 (default)
.45
and make a 9X39 variant as a lottery prize i guess

it would somewhat make sense since the owen is pretty much a sten but less horizontally long and since both the owen and sten are fairly cheap to make and to maintain it would make sense that people over the years have made different caliber versions of it

the owen was literally made by a teenager in his shed

oh fuck i just realized something

the model is a left handed one not a right handed

looks like im gonna have to get a different model then

im looking and all the models ive seen so far are either left handed or dont have iron sights at all

looks like im using a different gun then

[narrow stirrup]

@undone lily Excuse me , is there any plans to update https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/100-groks-doom-like-weapons-inspection ?, i like this addon but seems like some guns are bugged and you can hear the sound but the animation doesn't work, and other pistols dosn't work neither i love this adon and i was just wondering if you have consider to update

[undone lily]

I fixed what could be fixed in gamma

this is mostly a gun dependent thing

[narrow stirrup]

oh i see, well thanks anyway the mod is awesome

[undone lily]

if you have issues with specific guns, please tell me

[narrow stirrup]

yea sure i will try and tell you

[narrow stirrup]

The major issue are with the shotguns, i've tested alot of guns and when they not work its just dont do nothing but shotgun make the load sounds or magazine change sound without doing anithing

[undone lily]

this I fixed

did you try it in gamma ?

[narrow stirrup]

no i just downloaded on the modb page

is it outdated?

[undone lily]

that addon is already in gamma and I patched some gun files so it works better in gamma

[narrow stirrup]

oh i see thanks i will check it

[regal bolt]

alright nevermind i just remembered i can just do what CS 1.6 did and mirror the animations

[narrow stirrup]

Sorry for bother youy again but im wondering if i can make it work with only the mod from the modpack or should i patch the weapons 1 by 1?

[undone lily]

you mean extracting the changes I made for gamma to apply it outside of gamma ?

[narrow stirrup]

yea the mod file itself

or did you change each weapon on gamma?

[undone lily]

the changes aren't necessarily in the addon files

iirc it's part of the fixes from GAMMA Weapons Pack

check the mod_system ltx from there

[narrow stirrup]

thank u!

[lilac compass]

I have edited the ak 12 2016 to have a 2 round burst mode as it does in real life I could post this if anyone is interested

[undone lily]

oh it has a 2 rounds burst ?

I'll edit it then

[lilac compass]

the final production model yes

[lilac compass]

ok thank you yours will probably be better than my edit as I had to guess

[undone lily]

well it's just fire_modes = 1, 2, -1

will be added to next patch as DLTX format

[lilac compass]

well the ak 12 2016 fires at 1000 rpm with its 2 round burst mode in real life I added a line to reflect this like the an 94

[undone lily]

well I want to keep that feature to the AN94

made it relatively rare because AN94 is so good

[lilac compass]

the an94 is 1800 its faster

well I'm experimenting with the 1000 rpm but I'm not sure if something else needs to be added to make it somewhat accurate

650 rpm is probably good enough anyway I just wanted the 2 round burst

I edited this file:78- EFT Reposition BAS JSRS patch - sneaky as this file overwrites the bas file

I don't know if anyone mentioned this but the fn57 pistol is being changed by both bas and ppp I fixed it to use bas only sometime ago I could also post this with your permission

[lethal jolt]

You could just mirror it, but seeing as it was originally made in Google SketchUp where 'round' & 'smooth' do not exist, you're better off finding a real model.

[woven mountain]

@regal bolt You might want to take a look at the Rising Storm Vietnam animations for the owen

[thick loom]

Any tips? Basically the weapon is stuck. as far as i remember this has something to do with "the game not finding the motion" but i have the OMF files from MP40

In both directories

[fair canopy]

so im using the svu file as the base for my new gun but i'm not getting any recoil strength appearing in the tool tip. all my other guns had a recoil strength appear so i'm not sure whats going on here

[quick galleon]

Idk if this is the right channel but why can i use any of the custom sights for guns

[regal bolt]

which custom sights for which guns?

also no, #🔨modded-gamma-support or #🔨base-gamma-support / #old-bugs

[quick galleon]

Like the Aimpoints sights and spectre wont go on any rifle

[fair canopy]

Certain guns only take certain sights. You can see what attachments a gun can take it it's details window

[quick galleon]

Yeah I saw that

I got the M4 with the 40 rounder to work right

[fair canopy]

Nvm I figured it out

[bold mural]

Sights don't just work on guns by default, modders need to create combined models and code the gun sighting to work properly

So if that hasn't been done, then they don't work

[calm kernel]

Hey, can u give a link for downloading this UI thing with HPs of ur limbs when ur inventory is open? Thanks

[fair canopy]

You can change it in mcm

It won't be the same as mine though, I edited mine to look a bit different

[calm kernel]

I cant change it in MCM 😦

Oh, or maybe i can...

Yeah, i had to reboot game

[undone lily]

edit the enhanced recoil LTX ?

[fair canopy]

Yup lol. I hadn't noticed it before so I was Confused when it was missing

Didn't realize it doesn't appear without enhanced recoil ltx

[simple scaffold]

@undone lily
DXML is aggravating a bug in BHS.

local function HUDUpdate()
    if showtexthud>=1 then --text
        local staticname="body_health_system_text"
        if showtexthud==1 then
            staticname="body_health_system_text"
        elseif showtexthud==2 then
            staticname="cop_debug"
        end
        local hud = get_hud()
        local hud_d = hud:GetCustomStatic(staticname)
        local wnd
        
        if not healthstatus or show_hud_type~=2 then --not show
            if (hud_d ~= nil) then
                hud:RemoveCustomStatic(staticname)
                hud_d = nil
            end
            return
        end
        ```
every update it adds a static and then removes it.

```lua
local function HUDUpdate()
    if showtexthud>=1 then --text
        local staticname="body_health_system_text"
        if showtexthud==1 then
            staticname="body_health_system_text"
        elseif showtexthud==2 then
            staticname="cop_debug"
        end
        local hud = get_hud()
        local hud_d
        local wnd
        
        if not healthstatus or show_hud_type~=2 then --not show
            if (hud_d ~= nil) then
                hud:RemoveCustomStatic(staticname)
                hud_d = nil
            end
            return
        end
                hud_d = hud:GetCustomStatic(staticname)
        ```

there "fixed"  not that that function isn't still broken, but it won't be trying to read an xml every frame when hidden. That UI code needs to be replaced, custom statics are for things like scope vinyets and quick save messages. Simple fast short lived things, not a constantly updating UI.

[stoic zephyr]

ayayay i smell troubles in paraguay

[tidal elbow]

I bet this stuff is what kills FPS when you check your inventory

Shit goes from 60 to 40, it's not even a stable framerate

[undone lily]

Thanks I will check it out and make a lighter version

Moving the whole BHS UI to something else would be a major pain I'm not ready to take

And it would most likely disappear in the event of inventory being opened

[tidal elbow]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-breaking-bad-phone-no-gif-18261966

[stoic zephyr]

The mod is far beyond being broken and can't be fixed

why not trying to make vanilla system more challenging

so we can get rid of meme tarkov like health system

[random fulcrum]

based

still bhs is kinda synonimous with anomaly at this point

you can't just get rid of it

[stoic zephyr]

what about no

lots of people don't use it

[random fulcrum]

i'm sure people will still have a hard time understanding that you double click a medkit to regain health

[stoic zephyr]

because they find it a meme

i just use it out of desperation

[random fulcrum]

i don't like it either

[stoic zephyr]

because vanilla system is too easy

for a game like anomaly

for vanilla games, okay

[undone lily]

please enlighten me on how making medic items interesting and health system interesting

other than "oh my health > medkit"

[stoic zephyr]

i don't fucking know

you're the balance expert not me

[undone lily]

then don't suggest dumb shit

It's like "how about making graphics better eh"

"make AI better"

[lunar nimbus]

just make multithreading

[undone lily]

I'm all hears to modify stuff

[stoic zephyr]

here it is

[undone lily]

in fact I already changed the BHS system a lot so it's more streamlined and less an excel spreadsheet with tons of items

[random fulcrum]

make multithreading and solve anomaly

the real anomaly is the friends we made along the way

[simple scaffold]

you controle that with a proper hud class. i'd hide it, then reshow if inventory mode is backpack.

[undone lily]

But yeah proper UI class would be grand, but I don't have time for this currently 😢

also, i'm not like an expert in UI, more like a damn UI hacker

[lunar nimbus]

wasnt arti doing it

[stoic zephyr]

hoping and waiting someone makes Arti's BHS

or Demonized's BHS

or whatever fucking else's BHS

[random fulcrum]

🌺 arti's and demonized's and grok's and cr3pis' best body health system mod for anomaly 1.5.2 🌺

[lunar nimbus]

which will basically be the same because u cant change core aspects of the game (like hitbox)

[undone lily]

the limb stuff makes sense in such a game

now it can take many forms and balancing

[lunar nimbus]

if someone change player's hitbox from a pixel to full body model that'd be great

[random fulcrum]

what about gross hacking coordinate ranges for hitboxes

instead of bone positions

[lunar nimbus]

how

[random fulcrum]

uhhhhh

i don't know

[stoic zephyr]

new health system 0.1. xd

[vague sphinx]

Simple, god mode for everyone, no need for any medicine and health system

[narrow stirrup]

Anyone knows is there is a way to edit the vfx https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/cinemavfx3-7, i want to get the vanilla fire but idk how to do it, anyone can give me some advice pls

[simple scaffold]

there are a handful, maybe a dozzen now, of us that could redo that UI as a proper hud, you included. it's just anoying to try and convert it. might be easier to start from scratch, recycling the art.

[undone lily]

use SDK and edit particles.xr

[lunar nimbus]

you included
you mean you?

[simple scaffold]

i've never actually made an interactive GUI from scratch. just huds. My GUI's are all rip offs of game UIs. So you have that on me.

[lunar nimbus]

feels like u did this one ;p

[undone lily]

same for me, copy pasted existing UIs and frankensteined them

[azure basin]

@tidal elbow Does that description make more sense for how to pick it up, any changes?

[simple scaffold]

I could do the code, i am confident of that, but custom UI requires custom art and i am not good at art and havn't had an idea worth asking to colab.

too busy fixing keybindings

[random fulcrum]

put the game related text in its own line

like warning

but not in the same paragraph as in the "in universe" flavor text

[azure basin]

Can do, I left it there because it was replacing the original, but you are correct that actually makes more sense.

[tidal elbow]

Looks good

[azure basin]

@random fulcrum like this?

[random fulcrum]

what about properties

it looks good tho

[azure basin]

Ill do it as a property real quick and then let me know which looks better

[narrow stirrup]

thanks

[random fulcrum]

since 1.5.2 particles can be edited outside particles.xr

i don't know how i just know you can

[azure basin]

@random fulcrum This or the one before?

[fair canopy]

@azure basin what program are you using to edit xmls? Notepad++ keeps corrupting bullet points for me

[azure basin]

Notepad++ because im lazy, just do a find/replace of : • • all

once you do that once per xml its fine.

[tidal elbow]

I feel the pick up thing should be highlighted

[random fulcrum]

bullet points get messed up when creating files in notepad++

god knows why

it just happens

[undone lily]

save in the correct format

encoding sorry

[random fulcrum]

why is that a thing

[azure basin]

So you want the pickup line brighter?

[lunar nimbus]

better make an xml node with a circle and link from script

[narrow stirrup]

Hey Grok excuse me i’ve try to remove the fireplace effect with the sdk of the particle.xr and i’m getting a crash maybe there is a merge calling thoose particles i wonder if there is any posibility to make that particle look as vanilla without deleting, like some default option or something like that on sdk particles editor

[still meteor]

mm, you could try loading the particles.xr vanilla of anomaly

then extract the effects in a folder, search for the vanilla effects group/particles and load only those folders in MO2 as a mod, since 1.5.2 can load particles effect/group outside of .xr

[undone lily]

Just reduce the effect

Or remove particles from the particle group

Keep the group though

[normal eagle]

Does anyone know if GAR only available now by a torrent?

[narrow stirrup]

Mmmmm i would try that

[narrow stirrup]

I would try that too

[fair canopy]

How do I save as the correct encoding?

[narrow stirrup]

Hope it works

[still meteor]

gar?

[simple scaffold]

because this game is old and unicode is new. need to change the encoding to windows-1251 the text encoding MS created cyrillic before unicode was a thing.

[simple scaffold]

using notepad++ set to windows-1251 encoding.

always use windows-1251 encoding and you have no problems.

[azure basin]

Yup, or just be too lazy to click 2 buttons and instead fix the errors manually, which is frankly more work. But what can I say 😄

[simple scaffold]

not reliable. not every charecter plays that nice. better to just use the correct format

[lunar nimbus]

xml is still the best, notepad likes to change encoding by itself (still not sure what it depends on)

[simple scaffold]

you still need to have the xml in the right encoding. of course if you start by copying an existing one then it should be fine.

i just check. at least for any script manipulating text

[lunar nimbus]

ye i mean u set encoding in xml by writing it down ;p
notepad to me always says its 1251 even after saving, then i reopen and ... its utf8 again (in script i mean) xd

[simple scaffold]

not all editors respect that line. there can be a miss match.

notepad++ has never randomly changed an encoding on me

[azure basin]

I have Raven's experience, I set encoding in notepad++ and its fine.

[lunar nimbus]

technology doesnt like me

[azure basin]

Never have I related to you more, than this moment.

Anyone by chance understand how horizontal recoil is induced? I understand how vertical works. But for instance an akm_isg has only vertical recoil, where as an akm has both horizontal and vertical dispersion. Is this solely based off step horizontal and base dispersion, or other factors?

[random fulcrum]

only step horizontal

_inc and _frac

i usually make them super high values

90+

anything less is BARELY noticeable

then there's gbo's enhanced recoil

[azure basin]

Thank you. I will do some testing with that then. Most likely why I noticed no change as I was going too light with them. I dont want the gun just being worthless, but if all recoil is straight vertical I can just pull down and mag dump at range with anything that is low base disp.

[random fulcrum]

_inc should be pretty low as it's seemingly a flat amount added after every shot

_frac i don't have no clue what it does but it's there

and i also keep it kinda low

[azure basin]

Yeah frac I didnt touch because I have literally no idea what that does XD

[random fulcrum]

you could try bumping it to sky high values to see how it affects the gun

[azure basin]

Yeah I probably will when testing. At the least I got the guns that had no recoil whatsoever fixed via dltx, and now I can experiment and work on the ones that have recoil, just not horizontally.

[random fulcrum]

i was thinking of doing more enhanced recoil profiles

since as of now there are like 15

give or take

like, most 5.56 guns use the aug profile

[azure basin]

That would be cool actually.

Thats more effort than I honestly have time for, but I will happily test for you and provide feedback if you want.

[random fulcrum]

did that for my hk416

initially made it kick like a mule because it felt powerful

[undone lily]

Yes more nuance would be interesting for sure

[normal eagle]

Golden Autumn Redux 🙂

[random fulcrum]

goofy ass retexture

[tidal elbow]

IMHO it should be brighter, yes

Brighter, highlighted, bold, whatever you want, as long as it catches the eye

Something like "oh this looks important let me read it"

[azure basin]

They still wont read it. But I did check it and it does draw attention, but it makes the rest look weird honestly.

[tidal elbow]

Even caps would be good

[normal eagle]

gigachad anomaly retext

[narrow stirrup]

Is there any way to import particles from one particles.xr to another particles.xr? i'm triying to import fireplaces particles but i dont know how to do it

[still meteor]

when you load the .xr file in sdk, click on file

then 'save .xr' or smt like that

then go to your current sdk folder and search for one called 'rawdata', inside that you will find the various particles group/effect with their folders

[narrow stirrup]

i just save the vanilla particles as you say but this folder looks empty maybe should i save on specific folder? or with specific name¿? i name it particles.xr

[still meteor]

What sdk you using

gimme a second i have a link for another sdk, i had the same problem as you using the one from cop sdk moddb

[still meteor]

https://mega.nz/folder/zFBiWSAJ#5_MSuGpVPb7QqcPH00nC7w

download the full one

[worthy mortar]

Gonna post one more mod in a sec, I need to unpack Shadow of Chernobyl and copy it's head bob values 😎

[narrow stirrup]

thank u so much i will try with this!

[dull zodiac]

A patch is required for the Kar 98. When modded to accept Nato 7.62 or Russian 7.62, then the mod kit is attached to it, the gun becomes unusable if using MAGS REDUX. The game inserts a 7.92 mag into it, and the mag type cannot be retooled.

[random fulcrum]

mags being mags

[azure basin]

Honest question has anyone reported that to mags?

[unborn sorrel]

we just found out, so not from our end

[dull zodiac]

Its a very specific uh... Conflict? In the modpack. So its not a suprise it was overlooked.

[azure basin]

I meant the users. Thats not just a conflict with GAMMA though the k98 is a BAS weapon. So its a conflict for any BAS and MAGS together

I mean people here can fix it but it would be good to report it to mags in case

[dull zodiac]

No actually its a conflict involving all three. I explained it in general I'll explain it again here. First there is BaS. This introduces the Kar 98 Forrester, which in is natural state cannot be modded to accept 7.62. Then you put in Mags Redux. This adds mags that fit its natural caliber of 7.92. Finally Grok's modifications turns the Kar 98 Forrester into a Modkit. This modkit can be applied to a Kar 98 that has been modded to take 7.62. This results in a Kar 98 Forrester that is in 7.62 but only can accept 7.92 mags.

Its a bit of a thing to wrap your head around.

[azure basin]

Nah its not that bad. I am just so used to BaS upgrades changing things that I honestly assumed that was where caliber changed.

Carry on then.

[dull zodiac]

I would but my gun broke :V

[still meteor]

don't use mags redux

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[dull zodiac]

But I like mags redux. It means I might actually have to use my melee or find cover and reload my magazines.

[faint sable]

Just get rpg

[azure basin]

Again apologies @dull zodiac hadn't seen your other posts. And often I see there is a problem with x mod. Great have you told the author before you ask someone else to change their work is often my first thought. I'm all for fixing stuff but I don't want to just change someone else's work without reason.

[dull zodiac]

Sorry I was told to post here first.

[azure basin]

No you're good

[simple scaffold]

that is wrong.
fix is move

                    xml:ParseFile("ui_body_health.xml")
``` to above the function they are in, not in a funciton just the body of the script

[simple scaffold]

but i have to to find bugs to fix

[still meteor]

[undone lily]

Gamma introduced the upgrade kit

[azure basin]

So I learned

[undone lily]

Wait what ?

[simple scaffold]

I was wrong about the source of the lag.

Those lines get called every update.
they should be a script global

So move them from where they are to the tip of the script

[azure basin]

For my own learning about Lua and Xray: effectively its parsing the xml every tick, which is basically going to massively increase load of that script. Correct?

[simple scaffold]

Yes

Add in dxml which adds a callback to allow editing of the xml at parse time and it gets worse

[azure basin]

Oh. Interesting. My only other question if you know: would it be re allocated to the same memory, or would that memory not release fast enough essentially creating a pseudo memory leak in long playtimes

[simple scaffold]

Idk. Lua has GC but that isn't a pure Lua object so..... 🤷

[azure basin]

Fair. I wasn't sure either tbh. But it's a good opportunity to learn, thanks!

[fluid idol]

How does DLTX deal with conflicts? Say you've got two files that both change the same entry.

[azure basin]

My assumption would be load order. But I'm fairly new.

[fluid idol]

They're all just in one folder, it's probably alphabetical but I guess I should look up the documentation

[fluid idol]

MO is cool

[azure basin]

Lol

[fluid idol]

thought it would make me do the "this package wasn't setup for installation" but it automatically merges their folders into one gamedata.

[undone lily]

name of the file iirc

[undone lily]

it can be tricky when patches need to be installed in a specific order though, it's usually at the author discretion to not do bullshit

[fluid idol]

that makes sense.

[vague sphinx]

For what I can see on the picture, there is the reputation editor on moddb which allows to edit any relation between you and factions or between factions themselves

[fluid idol]

True, I've seen that. This is just a quick enable and it's permanent

[bold mural]

This comment broke my phone discord and now it jumps to it every time i open it

[steep compass]

Is there a mod that adds item names as text over/under the item icons without having to hover?

If you could hold a key, and all item names would show, or something like that. Wasn't there something like that in the original game?

[undone lily]

no

[steep compass]

I can only find a mod that adds an overlay for the item weight, perhaps it could be edited with other values like item name?

Ui_item_count_back is the value for weight?

[undone lily]

most likely will make the whole thing impossible to see

just learn the icons, it's part of the learning curve

[steep compass]

Sure but would be a nice qol add-on

Make the item bloat less intimidating for newcomers I think

[undone lily]

The problem is item size in inventory vs name length

have fun displaying repair parts names in a 1x1 icon

[steep compass]

Yes, indeed. If it could perhaps be truncated to like first few letters

what I use

<weight x="-1" y="-1" width="27" height="11" stretch="1">
<texture a="200">ui_item_count_back</texture>
<text x="0" y="0" width="27" height="11" font="arial_14" color="ui_2" align="c" vert_align="c"/>

it just adds this to inventory_16

[thorn pollen]

how difficult would it be to create a mod that gives the dialogue option on important NPCs to buy a temporary cease fire w/ faction xyz for 123 days for abc money ?

[steep compass]

Check this out maybe
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/bribe-faction-fix

[thorn pollen]

sweet

thanks

would be cooler to have it included in gamma but for the time being i am happy if it does what its supposed to

[narrow stirrup]

Hey, I'm having some troubles with the vanilla m16 animation, i know this is due to ar pack dltx mod and i wonder what kind of file can affect the animation of the m16 vanilla could be the actor effects? or maybe the animations merged? im looking on the conflicts and didn't see any file with this weapon model name, where should i start looking to fix this?

Seems like this issue only happen on idle position, if youre aiming the issue didn't happen

[regal bolt]

that is very odd, but the weapon moving when you're near cover is from the 235- Weapon Cover Tilt - Demonized mod
hope you'll be able to fix that because I'd love a useable M16

[narrow stirrup]

the weapon cover tilt works fine with the m16a2 if i unistall the ar pack weapon mod but i love thoose weapons

it should be some file conflict

[simple scaffold]

interesting idea.

[steep compass]

Would that be doable

[real vine]

Can bed and tent use the placing feature of hideout to place theme where you want and not inside the wall? 😢 I HAVE AN HEART ATTACK EVERY TIME THE TENT CLIP IN THE WALL

[lunar nimbus]

getting out of menu space with all ur requests ;[

[simple scaffold]

might work might break. I can't test it now. it will place a tiny white dot next to the text because i can't remember the name of the empty texture file.

[steep compass]

Sorry but how to load it? Says not valid in mo2. Tried moving the folder manually and enabling it this way, game crashes when I open the inventory

@lunar nimbus love the weapon sway mod. Deserves to be added in the mod pack. But I'm not getting breathe sounds

[lunar nimbus]

look at other addons, already had reports like this

i saw in gamma countless errors with wrong sample rate on ogg files

[steep compass]

Just a thought but map annotations / custom markers would be cool

[lunar nimbus]

i have no idea how to place markers wherever u want, i believe its not even possible

oh u mean a tracker for task specifically that differs from vanilla ones?

[steep compass]

Like being able to write down notes, but on the map

You could mark your stashes (non backpack ones), or areas you would like to explore later, etc

[lunar nimbus]

yeah dont know how to do it distantly

[steep compass]

The campfires visited marked on the map mod adds extra markers

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/displaycampfiresonmap

[lunar nimbus]

coz they objects, i can place tracker if i know an object, not on random map spot (especially through pda)

[simple scaffold]

the log from that would be useful. like i said i didn't test it. i probably missed something trying to whip a script on break.

[undone lily]

Did you find or debug it ?

[azure basin]

Campfires. I found one of those annoying its inside but it still cares that its raining outside fires. From looking at the binder the rain_pass basically checks the rain_factor of the level as a whole. I assumed as some fires do work in rain if inside a building there was in essence an exclusion list of certain campfires, but I do not see a check for that in the binder anywhere, nor is there a base LTX.

Is this actually coded and Im not looking hard enough? Or is this a level editing thing?

tl;dr: Campfires checking if they can ignore rain, is this a level editing thing, or is this coded somewhere?

[narrow stirrup]

Its the weapon from the first loadout of mercs i have

[undone lily]

Awesome !!!!!

[undone lily]

Ah in easy

I guess I need to replace it

[fair canopy]

This would be amazing to fix. I hate wasting matchsticks cause an indoor campfire is just wet according to the game

[narrow stirrup]

no no, is not on your modpack

[narrow stirrup]

and the issue were due to another weapon mod , the ar weapon pack was causing this issue

[azure basin]

Yeah that was kind of the goal, I mean it should work either one way or the other in my opinion. And either is explainable, its not like we can say these buildings are truly weather proofed in most cases lol. But it is frustrating at it works on some and not others. I figured there was either a property or a global table of "weather proof" fires. However I cant find anything that would let a fire ignore rain. Either I am missing it, or its literally a level design thing, where they stop the rain.

[undone lily]

Ah ok

[azure basin]

I have to add in your actor pos capture mod manually correct? Or is it built in now?

[undone lily]

?

[azure basin]

The Left Alt to capture coords

[undone lily]

You need to add it manually to gamma

[lunar nimbus]

do u want to turn them off when raining?

[azure basin]

No, basically just trying to standardize them. Either you can not light any fires in rain, or all the ones in a building are lightable.

[lunar nimbus]

try to check if campfire is inside with this

function campfire_is_inside(obj)
    if (not obj) or (not obj:position()) then return end

    local pick = ray_pick()
    pick:set_position(obj:position())
    pick:set_direction(vector():set(0, 1, 0))
    pick:set_flags(2)
    pick:set_range(200)
    pick:query()

    return pick:get_distance() > 0 and pick:get_distance() < 200
end

function campfire_go_on in bind_campfire is good for calling this one

add some prints maybe it will struck into the model, u will then need to change

pick:set_position(obj:position())

to something like

local pos = obj:position()
pick:set_position(vector():set(pos.x, pos.y + 0.5, pos.z))

[azure basin]

I will give that a shot. Im confused as to how some work like this though if its not built in already XD

[lethal jolt]

Are the first-person arm models part of a mod or vanilla? More importantly does anyone know where the diffuse textures for them are located?

[still meteor]

gamma uses thap rework

[lethal jolt]

That explains why I couldn't find it looking thru the mod list. Thanks

[lethal jolt]

Aw fuck, apparently the exo arm-computer screen is global rather than defined per suit texture. Also the contents of the screen don't seem to match any of the textures in that mod

This in-game:

Vs. this in the files:

[simple scaffold]

yep i'm dumb. and that approach didn't work. i was over thinking things. here see if this is ok

[simple scaffold]

What would you name this addon. i'm boring and come up with boring names.

[steep compass]

just a simple descriptive title idk, 'Inventory Item Names'

it's also compatible with the weight mod

now it's a bit crowded lol but at least I don't need to hover every time when looking for something

[unborn sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/tiny-text-cant-see-ken-jeong-gif-5957945

[simple scaffold]

i use the text slot that the repair system uses to put condition in.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/inventory-item-names

[steep compass]

if I can be more annoying: could it be made toggle? like when you press right ctrl

[simple scaffold]

that would require actual logic not just hitching a ride on a script from another project. maybe in the future.

[steep compass]

thanks!

[still meteor]

jesus

[simple scaffold]

i'm hijacking part of the existing UI, blame Tronex 😛

[unborn sorrel]

Please no offense, its a great idea but I found it funny nontheless

[simple scaffold]

none taken. 🙂

[steep compass]

would a pure text inventory even be doable with xray?

if the text could be placed under the icon instead of overlaid in the middle, would be clearer. or maybe a silly hackish method could be to make the icons invisible, so only text would show

[simple scaffold]

yes. be a bunch of work. and things like the drag and drop features would be awkward

[light urchin]

this is great of course, but is it possible to make the text smaller or move it?

[undone lily]

Exactly fits my expectations. Props to Raven still

[steep compass]

What ui are you using (thx)

[light urchin]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/simplified-vision

[worthy mortar]

I wonder if one could make the Radiation bar and radiation icons not appear if you don't have a charged dosimeter in your inventory 🤔

Make it an actual silent threat that will kill you if you're not careful.

Also is there a mod that stops the random radiation ticking that happens when you're irradiated? I noticed they appear even when you don't have a dosimeter on you.

[simple scaffold]

You can go into the script and make it fewer letters pretty easy.

As for the font and location that was picked by maid and haru in your case. It is set by the UI not my addon

[simple scaffold]

Like many of my addons this one will likely eventually receive an MCM pass with added user control.

Right now tho it is 9 lines plus a library script I made a year ago. And that is cool in it's own right

[undone lily]

totally. Wrapping a key around it to display the text or not would be awesome because considering the number of smalli cons this can quickly make the inventory hard to read

[simple scaffold]

Yeah. That is just more than goes into a lunch break addon.

I will come back to it. I'm running it myself right now so I will be reminded. Although it is less annoying with the vanilla UI than with some of the modded ones

Cross hairs and cost in tool tip are getting a refinement pass right now. These things come in cycles

[undone lily]

what's planned for cost in tooltip ?

[simple scaffold]

Actual price you will get selling that item to last three vendors you visited.

Maybe a configurable list of I can work some MCM wizardry. Or you know add a new feature to MCM just for my own addons.

[undone lily]

ooooh take care of the performance hit

like, I don't know how will that work for stacks of ammo parts for instance where you can easily reach 1000 items

[simple scaffold]

Oh I'm not showing the stack price.

It will be top of stack item. With individual viewable in the center picker thing

And it will be able to be turned off. Leaving just the very fast and caching current section based behavior it has now

Seems to be quick enough but in the words of BAN I have a "NASA computer"

[undone lily]

hahaha. Well, heavy inventory lags for everyone though

[simple scaffold]

I can't fix that. This won't affect the open inventory lag, this will make the tooltip lag if anything.

And will be fast enough unless someone has it list every trader or something.

[undone lily]

aah true it's only launched on tooltip right ?

should be fine then

[inner ravine]

Are there any mods for Anomaly that add in artifact transmutation/recipes?

Either dropping them in physically or having certain artifacts on belt (sort of like the Knot’s transformation)

[fair canopy]

efp is working on that. nothing for anomaly afaik

[inner ravine]

I had an idea for artifact transmutation with little to no RNG so I was wondering how hard it would be to create

What about the Knot? How does it transform to Lucifer when equipped?

Like is there a specific area to look code/behavior wise? It’s been a really really long time since I worked with X-Ray engine in any capacity

[steady apex]

Look how bat artefact work in pba

Basically it's a fancy way of removing two artefacts and spawning one

[random fulcrum]

the wall of text

[inner ravine]

Alright

[still meteor]

where tf is the radiation grain effet from

https://tenor.com/view/fat-cat-laser-eyes-angry-cat-cyclops-nara-gif-26030753

[fluid idol]

@fair canopy The AK-105 irons are just slightly misaligned in your mod.

[fair canopy]

Well shit

[light urchin]

I have already done this, but how can I move the text?

[fluid idol]

I'm mad that I even noticed, it's so minor

[undone lily]

Gamma does this with the melter through a UI with 0 rng so you know what creates what

[inner ravine]

Yeah I know, what I had in mind was something to work on top of that

The melter is cool but when mentioning artifacts that the melter can't create itself/artifacts that cannot be created in lab conditions due to their rarity and complexity, I had the idea of essentially an extra tier of artifacts

The idea would be that certain combinations of artifacts can be transmuted into a single artifact when under certain conditions (in the Miracle Machine room, in a heat anomaly, etc), but only the rarest ones. Essentially the Artifact Hybridization from SOUP/EFP, but only for the highest tier artifacts (tier 3).

There'd be no extra RNG involved, since the Melter can already work its way up to the 'ingredients'. It would just be a way to add a final 'tier' without it just being an addition in the crafting menu (since it'd also fit with the whole idea of finding the artifacts that the Melter cannot craft directly, but can help in getting to), and the extra bit of actually putting them in a specific anomaly formation or psy region would be cool from a lore perspective due to the aforementioned limitations on the Melter.

tl;dr basically an extra tier of artifacts that the melter can help get to, without using the melter interface for both variety and lore reasons.

Wouldn't even need RNG recipes so no instance of finding it off some dead body randomly. I'd imagine that the scientists would either have dialogue options to tell you the 'theories' they have regarding artifact formation, or (in order to not limit the player if they're playing Monolith or Bandits) just be in a readily accessible document in one of the Labs. The document could be in one of the regular ones, or maybe placed somewhere in Generators, and they could be split up into pieces (although I think one, single document to unlock all of the info would be enough).

Alternatively the info could just be gained immediately after obtaining the Melter, skipping all that. That removes any difficulty in gaining the info, but personally I like the idea of actually finding where they are without having to suffer any RNG in the process. Either works though.

However I don't think something like Knot would work, specifically because it would become a problem if a player has several artifacts equipped and accidentally wears the right combo in an anomaly field

So I'll just see if EFP has anything to read up on how they did it

in anomaly that is, since I doubt Soup will be much help here

[undone lily]

I don’t see the point of making an extra system for a kind of artefact when the player already engages in a specific system. Also, how would you convey what will create what to the player and what are the conditions. Imo this pushes « meta » knowledge of the game, which I don’t like

[inner ravine]

The main reasoning for creating it would be to add a final layer to artifacts. The Melter is cool, but unknown artifacts were already mentioned, and I think having some artifacts that cannot be directly crafted by the Melter, but can have their components crafted, fits with the overall theme of it helping Stalkers hunt after the rarest artifacts

As for conveying the knowledge, it could either be directly told to the player by the scientists after purchasing the Melter, or alternatively the knowledge could be found in the Labs (rediscovering lost Zone knowledge), after being given a tipoff by the scientists upon acquiring the Melter. Either solution doesn't use any RNG, and provides a clear in universe reasoning, with the latter being related to the Document quests that occur already.

Personally I think something like that being in the Generators map would give it some more purpose but I digress

[inner ravine]

I asked in EFP about any info, could not find anything after perusing around initially

The goal wouldn't be a system to replace the melter or add a bunch of useless artifacts. More just an endgame addition to be used in conjunction with the melter, similar to the repair system and attachments and the upgrade system for firearms

However I can't find anything right now for actually 'doing' the transmutation. Not to mention balancing the extra artifacts, as artifacts are already pretty strong endgame and there would have to be some reason to use the new ones without being too OP, beyond the prohibitive cost

Honestly that might be the biggest issue, since it'd be easier to add new artifacts balanced around the tier system, with maybe a few special ones (like how AFAIK the Oasis is not craftable)

nvm I got that mixed up

[undone lily]

Sat 1 hour to fix the craft UI tooltip staying on issue.... It's definitely tied to zz_ui_workshop_keep_crafting_window_open. script ui_workshop.UIWorkshopCraft.Close... and most likely ui_workshop.script UIWorkshop:InitControls() 😦

How to reproduce the bug: open a craft window, move over item, press escape, re-open a craft window

[unique pike]

Someone knows where I can unlock hudfov for knives?

[lilac compass]

That bug has been a thing since anomaly itself

[undone lily]

I know... And it's not fixed by 1.5.2

[lilac compass]

Doesn't surprise me seems like they just wanted to concentrate on making it more stable and fixing crashing issues

[bold wasp]

Where can I find the file responsible for loading menu tips?

[fluid idol]

@fair canopy and weapon tilt does this, depends on armor.

[undone lily]

?

weapon tilt pos depends on armor you wear, what?

[lilac compass]

He's talking about a modded weapon in particular not part of vanilla gamma

[undone lily]

ah

[undone lily]

you need to adjust the parameters for that specific gun in weapon tilt scripts

[fluid idol]

Yeah, it's the latest mod in #🖇old-mods-posting

the new positioning throws off weapon tilt since it's a separate mod. some armors have more sleeve than others

[undone lily]

weapon tilt and armors aren't related

[fluid idol]

I mean it's more noticeable if the first person arm model has less sleeve

I'm not saying they're related

[lethal jolt]

postprocess.ltx IIRC

[simple scaffold]

One of the xmls in your your UI mod. Utils_16.xml I think.

Idk what the node name is tho. Probably has "cell" and "text" or "txt" in it's name

[undone lily]

4 or 5 dds files

[fair canopy]

ah i didnt do a plugin for weapontilt. i dont use it

[lilac compass]

Yeah neither do I don't need more reasons to give the ai advantage 😛

[simple scaffold]

scratch that. in the script you can send more arguments Add_CustomText(txt, align_h, align_v, clr, fnt)
put nil in for align_h to keep it on the left
align_v 0=top 1=center and 2 = bottom

clr needs to be an ARGB so enter GetARGB(255,255,255,255) where the numbers are alpha,red,green,blue

for fnt enter a valid stalker font.

if you don't want to change one of these enter nil

[minor parcel]

are there any stalker model tools for blender around? I want to try and model and texture some new character models

[simple scaffold]

listed in the resources channel on the anomaly discord: #501410797092864020 message
ask questions in the modding-arts channel in that discord would be your best bet.

[minor parcel]

gotcha, thanks

[steep compass]

Where exactly do you add this line, in the script? There's already other stuff in there
Add_customtext(game.translate_string.....)

[simple scaffold]

the only thing I am passing to that function is the first parameter, the txt. add a , right before the last ) on that line and start listing the other 4

cell:Add_CustomText(game.translate_string(SYS_GetParam(0,cell.section,"inv_name_short","")):sub(1, 9) , nil, 1 ,nil, nil)

like that to make it align_v to 1 center

[steep compass]

Thank you

Still looks weird at 2
Much nicer at 0 except for items with multiple entries (x2, x3...), the x2 pushes the name to the side so only 3 letters show

[brittle vessel]

yall did see this new thing of MWarfare 2?

it's interesting tbh. would be nice if the new Stalker adds this

don't know if it could be made in Anomaly

[brave prism]

[brittle vessel]

it's realistic i guess

i think that's why a lot of guns have straps

[undone lily]

Have fun managing animation transitions with X-ray for that

[brittle vessel]

thought as much

[fair canopy]

just a flat mesh whipping out of my face

[lunar nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/prodeunb-emojwn-eunha-viviz-jung-eunbi-gif-25011573

[lethal jolt]

What's your schedule look like for the next 3 days? I might take you up on this tomorrow/whenever you have time

[fair canopy]

i work until 5 est but i work from home so i'll be available right after work most likely. otherwise im open all weekend

[dusky scarab]

How do you setup a sleep/wait in a .script I thought it was gonna be LUA method but it crashed my game?

[lethal jolt]

Probably won't have time tomorrow night, but I'll be free almost all of Saturday 👍

[fair canopy]

sounds good, just lmk

[lethal jolt]

Can't wait to realize there was some incredibly obvious bit of documentation that I missed

I work four ten hour days per week, so I'll be fucking around with the plugin a bunch tomorrow, but as far as I can tell it's working on the latest Blender release

[fair canopy]

huh i had to downgrade to 2.9.x

couldn't load it on anything higher

[lethal jolt]

All I did was import an .ogf w/out textures, but all the options are present

[fair canopy]

that's all you really need honestly

i havent touched any of the other options. no idea what they do

just i/e lmao

[lethal jolt]

If it ends up breaking downgrading is still an option

[fair canopy]

see if you're able to export

those are the only functions you need from that plugin

[wild wing]

hey @still meteor, really dumb question, how do i install the cvfx/hollywoodfx mods you posted some time ago? like drag and drop? Or do i load via Modloader?

[still meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/wake-up-meme-gif-23690530

just drag the Zip on mo2

and install as a new mod

[wild wing]

sorry for the really early ping, okay, any special loadorder?

[still meteor]

Latest

New mods go latest

[wild wing]

okay, thanks! and sorry for bothering

[regal bolt]

How do you make the pause menu play the menu music?

[random fulcrum]

maybe a script

[still meteor]

#🖇old-mods-posting message

[regal bolt]

Thanks

[undone lily]

Oh nice !!! Would you be so kind and share the script please ? Didn’t know this existed

[still meteor]

im on mybed now xd

[undone lily]

@lunar nimbus -sama

[still meteor]

its from xcvb tho

[fair canopy]

is explosive resistance treated differently than other resistances? I'm trying to add it to the stat bars but i cant seem to get it to work

[fair canopy]

so i'm trying to get explosive resistance to show up on the bars. that's what that empty bar on the right side is. don't mid the texture i have to clean it up, this was just to get alignment right. I added an explosion entry into ui_inventory.script for each setting but it still doesn't want to show me explosion resistance. At least it doesn't crash the game but i'd rather displace that than an endurance level

[lilac compass]

might be nice to see impact resistance as well as that is very important for certain mutants

[fair canopy]

I think that would be the same problem. Either or. I'd just like more useful information.

[lunar nimbus]

what script

i dont even remember doing anything like this

[fair canopy]

Look at this shit. I found this on the anomaly mod channel

[lilac compass]

so this just puts enemy health bars near your gun? I did see there was an option in anomaly to turn enemy health bars on but I never touched it 😛

[fair canopy]

that option wont do this

@undone lily i'm not 100% sure this is working correctly. Outfit stats work fine but im not sure if hunger, thirst, and sleep are going down correctly. I have to play with it some more but it looks like it is. Chowing down on meds didnt bring my stats down fast enough for a real test

Also there's an empty spot for another resistance if I can figure out how to expose it. I didn't want to return endurance since that dealt with editing a lot more files

[brave prism]

air rads / water rads ?

since grok added back water radiation

[fair canopy]

I wanted to put impact or explosive resistance to keep in line with the other suit stats. That would just be covered under radiation resistance I think

[brave prism]

i completely forgot about those 2

[fair canopy]

cause you never see them as bars lmao. not like it really matters with explosive as much but it would look more thematically correct to have that exposed imo

i just cant figure out how to clamp it

i have 0 script knowledge

[random fulcrum]

explosive res is a meme, wouldn't bother with it tbh

[brave prism]

its too specific i guess

[random fulcrum]

you literally can't die to grenades unless you get carpet bombed

and rpg mobs kinda don't exist

[brave prism]

impact is useful since even with high BR but low impact you will take kinetic damage (slugs for example)

[random fulcrum]

impact would be better since it measures fall damage

[fair canopy]

Oh I've got an explosive enhancing mod by grulag so they actually fuck me up, but also work against them

[random fulcrum]

and springboards

burer and polter throws

[fair canopy]

Hmm maybe I'll take a look at trying to expose impact

[lilac compass]

yeah those damn polter and burer barrel throws

[brave prism]

they do... even walls cant stop them

[random fulcrum]

haven't seen one since like late rc1

[brave prism]

barrier defense

[fair canopy]

I see them at the end of mono defense

[brave prism]

and grok gave it to sin

[fair canopy]

Granted I haven't seen a barrier defense in a while

[lilac compass]

yeah I only just recently got a mono barrier defense but im in jupiter

[undone lily]

yes impact is very useful

to resist from thrown objects etc

[undone lily]

These bars are so sexy already. What is the issue with Impact res ? Need some help ?

[lunar nimbus]

theres definitely an issue with genshin impact

[brave prism]

https://tenor.com/view/sarcasm-hahaha-not-funny-lame-i-dont-care-gif-4917610

[fluid idol]

Huh, didn't realize it was so easy to add new magazines to Mags
This .357 Colt needs an extended mag

[fair canopy]

yeah. i tried to setup the strike clamp like the other damage types but it didn't seem to work. i have it setup in ui_inventory_16 and ui_inventory.script. I tried searching other files for something i may have missed but no luck

[fair canopy]

i tried editing the better stat bars script as i'm pretty sure thats where the problem lies but now i'm getting a crash

[undone lily]

Did you edit some scripts ?

[fair canopy]

yeah

[undone lily]

Most likely there's a monkey patch somewhere that you missed

[fair canopy]

better stats and ui_inventory

[undone lily]

look for ui_inventory. in the GAMMA RC3/mods folder

use stuff to search through text files

it should give you the monkey patches scripts

and make your edits there rather than in the base script

[fair canopy]

i didnt find any monkey patches for it but i am working off the gamma ui script

attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'max' (a nil value) is the crash i get

though i set it up like the rest of the stats

[undone lily]

coming from which script ?

[fair canopy]

it says ui_inventory

even though it crashed after i made changes to better bars

[undone lily]

ah yes because it monkey patches the function

send me the better stats bar script I'll take a look (the one you edited)

[fair canopy]

sure give me a minute

[vague sphinx]

@dreamy cliff One is purely autumn settings, so brown colored, right before winter (ASR), while the other is much more colorful (GAR)

[steep compass]

Dynamic 4 seasons mod when

[worthy mortar]

Question

if show_hud_type==0 then show_hud_type=1 show_hud_change_time=time_global()
elseif show_hud_type==1 then show_hud_type=2 show_hud_change_time=time_global()
elseif show_hud_type==2 then show_hud_type=0 show_hud_change_time=time_global() 

Default is type 2 right?

[fair canopy]

@undone lily sorry ended up getting side tracked by the icons. I included two files. one crashes and the other doesn't. the one that doesn't crash doesn't have any modification to better stat bars script

[vague sphinx]

Best you can do is have 4 different seasons to check in MO2 for cycling I guess ?

[fair canopy]

from what i could figure and based on what the hint tip says, rupture resistance includes strike resistance. you might have to remove that from the rupture calculations to make it it's own thing

slightly nicer

[brave prism]

this channel is for discussing making addons for gamma or anomaly not literally every stalker game or similar out there

#╟❓general-offtopic or #╓☢stalker-chat

[regal bolt]

well its TECHNICALLY a mod

since it uses assets from anomaly

😉

[brave prism]

[regal bolt]

and got permission from GSC

[unborn sorrel]

ah yes, arguing with mods

[regal bolt]

ah yes, taking it too serious

its a joke chill xD

[fair canopy]

@undone lily ive been playing with it and it seems hunger is broken with the new mod. I suspect it has something to do with how "hunger" is changed to "power" and the way that's calculated

Oddly enough hunger goes down but eating doesn't increase it

Rads may also be broken?

[undone lily]

https://youtu.be/uMd9c4tdJfA

[glacial canopy]

am looking for the script that enables shift clicking to transfer loot, wanna mod that does alt left click to break down ammo (or any key,) does that exist already?

[random fulcrum]

no

[lethal jolt]

@fair canopy Still a bit trepidatious about being able to properly reinstate the textures, but I've got all the scopes properly positioned on the base model at least

[fair canopy]

Ayy

Use arx toolset to fix the textures

[thick loom]

Hello everyone, someone have any idea wich parameter in the weapon ltx controls this zoom? Tks for future answers

[lunar nimbus]

scope_zoom_factor maybe

[thick loom]

Gonna try here, tks

[fair canopy]

I was going to update this but I wasn't a fan of the animations

The kiparis also had like a really jank recoil animation that made it impossible to aim iirc

[thick loom]

Yeah, im porting a few of them (my favorites or the ones with good animation) to release as a addon here

porting and doing the proccess to make them look good (reposition, retexture sometimes...)

i commonly i don't like bullpull rifles, but this vepr got my attention

[fair canopy]

The psg1 is nice. That's where I got the model for the one I did, and the saiga BP did what I didn't it to do, most of the animations are hidden by eft position

Hmm I didn't look at the veprs, mostly cause I had just done the groza

If I could figure out animations I'd finish my vepr 762x54

[woven mountain]

@tidal elbow @neat stone @cinder ivy @regal bolt @tacit berry @remote pewter

[random fulcrum]

woah 1.0?

[woven mountain]

More like 0.9 but I need to feel progress is being made

[cinder ivy]

Anything of note in terms of changes, or just bug fixes?

[woven mountain]

Companions say stuff when other companions die, companions say stuff when the player dies, companions say stuff when you reload (in progress)

[cinder ivy]

Cheers!

[cinder ivy]

..Crashes on start-up for me, right after the gamma splash screen, not even in to the main menu.

[regal bolt]

oh nice, will test
B1.8.1 had had no bugs on my end, though I did not encounter any poltergeists last I played

yup, same crash on my end, [error]Description : XML file:text\eng\st_darkasleif_messages.xml value: errDescr:Error reading end tag.

[cinder ivy]

All Some of your new texts seem to have the <text> instead of </text> at the end of 'em, woops.

There, fixed that for ya.

[regal bolt]

was going to do that same thing, but you got done faster
and with that it works, or rather, it now does launch
will test further

[cinder ivy]

Randomly started crashing upon entering Outskirts.

* Register UI: UIInventory
Time continual is:208894
* Unregister UI: UIInventory
! [LUA] CharacterName available only for InventoryOwner
! [LUA]  0 : [C  ] character_name
! [LUA]  1 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script(397) : func_or_userdata
! [LUA]  2 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\axr_main.script(271) : make_callback
! [LUA]  3 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(119) : SendScriptCallback
! [LUA]  4 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(1281) : OG_CZone_Touch
! [LUA]  5 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\ish_geiger_hush.script(27) : 
! [LUA]  0 : [C  ] __concat
! [LUA]  1 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script(397) : func_or_userdata
! [LUA]  2 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\axr_main.script(271) : make_callback
! [LUA]  3 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(119) : SendScriptCallback
! [LUA]  4 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(1281) : OG_CZone_Touch
! [LUA]  5 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\ish_geiger_hush.script(27) : 
! [LUA] SCRIPT RUNTIME ERROR
! [LUA]  0 : [C  ] __concat
! [LUA]  1 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script(397) : func_or_userdata
! [LUA]  2 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\axr_main.script(271) : make_callback
! [LUA]  3 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(119) : SendScriptCallback
! [LUA]  4 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(1281) : OG_CZone_Touch
! [LUA]  5 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\ish_geiger_hush.script(27) : 
! [LUA] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script:397: attempt to concatenate a nil value
! [LUA]  0 : [C  ] __concat
! [LUA]  1 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script(397) : func_or_userdata
! [LUA]  2 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\axr_main.script(271) : make_callback
! [LUA]  3 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(119) : SendScriptCallback
! [LUA]  4 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(1281) : OG_CZone_Touch
! [LUA]  5 : [Lua] c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\ish_geiger_hush.script(27) : 
! [SCRIPT ERROR]: c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script:397: attempt to concatenate a nil value
 
FATAL ERROR
 
[error]Expression    : <no expression>
[error]Function      : CScriptEngine::lua_pcall_failed
[error]File          : ..\xrServerEntities\script_engine.cpp
[error]Line          : 204
[error]Description   : fatal error
[error]Arguments     : LUA error: c:/games/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\chatter.script:397: attempt to concatenate a nil value
 

stack trace:

Crashed once during loading the autosave and twice just roaming around.

[lunar nimbus]

[glad jacinth]

anyone considered making the Kochevnik Zenitco AK Bullpup?

[astral dome]

cursed

[undone lily]

Find a 3D model first

[lilac compass]

I would love the Kord 6P67 to be in gamma but I know it would be too over powered

[lunar nimbus]

what u need is less guns, not more

[lilac compass]

actually if I had this weapon I would be using only this as my 545

[random fulcrum]

imo it's less clones or similars, more unique looking stuff

but still you reach a point of over bloating the loot pool

[lilac compass]

the kord is not a clone it's an updated aek 971

[random fulcrum]

wasn't the kord the laser looking lmg

[lilac compass]

nah that's the cord lightmachine gun a kord 6p67 is an updated aek it would be too op for obvious reasons

[lunar nimbus]

camo ak is also updated ak

coz we painted it... u know

[tidal elbow]

Expression : false
Function : CXml::Load
File : xrXMLParser.cpp
Line : 138
Description : XML file:text\eng\st_darkasleif_messages.xml value: errDescr:Error reading end tag.

stack trace:

@woven mountain

Using the latest release, literally first time, just started the game from MO2, CTD

[azure basin]

Yeah they reported it last night. There is a patch someone made to fix that: #╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[still meteor]

smh bad modmaker

[tidal elbow]

@worthy mortar I'll post the feedback in here since the other channel is "full" and here it's more appropriate
Great mod, I love it, I'm glad Grok will add it "officially" in GAMMA

Unfortunately axes and knives still have the animation problem, are you aware of this?

Fucking Clyde

@woven mountain feedback on the mod now that I have a patch for it

1. You miss one ' in that "Ive" (check pic, thanks Clyde)
2. Hip (because I have Hip) shouldn't tell you to "go look for artifacts" within anomalies that don't have artifacts within them, and I mean anomalies that by default can't spawn artifacts

[worthy mortar]

What problem? :v

[tidal elbow]

The detector that gets too close to your face

The problem you fixed when you use a bolt or a pistol

[worthy mortar]

Oh, lol

[tidal elbow]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-willem-dafoe-duh-duhh-obviously-gif-16794513

[worthy mortar]

That's because of the hud_fov lock. You just have to remove it from the knives file :V
That will let them be affected by hud_fov
I didn't get that issue since I don't use the "SUPER TACTICOOL SPINNY KNIFE" animation.

I use Blindsides. Since it looks like I'm a normal person.

[tidal elbow]

Yeah I need to disable that one

Let me try with Blinside

I use that one as well

The damn super tacticool one is enabled by default

[worthy mortar]

I wonder who asked for it to be default in GAMMA
It completely doesn't fit.

When I pulled it out I felt like someone took that animation from fucking CS GO

[tidal elbow]

I don't know who asked but I know for a fact that Grok made that one enabled by default

[tidal elbow]

The author took inspiration from that

I mean it's obvious

The cool thing of the mod is that the animation is made from scratch

But still

[worthy mortar]

I mean the holster animation is decent.
It's the fucking twirling and flipping the knife all over the place that gets me.

[tidal elbow]

Okay, Blindside knife = works fine

And (for I don't know what reason) axes are good too

So (I guess) the problem is (literally) using the "SUPER TACTICOOL SPINNY KNIFE"

[worthy mortar]

With Blindsides you wont get the axe issues

[tidal elbow]

Yeah now I'm using Blindside, I always use Blindside

[worthy mortar]

Virgin I am a gamer in the Zone knife animations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ9-vbV8WMc

Vs
I am trying to survive in a dangerous exclusion area filled with deadly anomalies and mutants that want to rip my guts out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwmFUX81hs4

[tidal elbow]

Poor Barry

It's an incredible job because (again) it's all made from scratch... but still

[woven mountain]

Tbh I have no idea what caused it. Were you walking near anomalies?

[cinder ivy]

Guess there were a couple-few nearby, yeah.

Springboard was present every time

[worthy mortar]

Vs
Completely Unbiased Pro stalker being in the zone for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRQLnSoFj8

[cinder ivy]

I had to turn the mod off though and didn't crash once afterwards.

[woven mountain]

Please send me crash logs in the future

Like all of them

[cinder ivy]

Will do!

[tidal elbow]

You ping me for feedback, I give you feedback
You ignore me
Do you think this is funny?

https://tenor.com/view/joe-pesci-serious-talk-dialogue-gif-10491629

[woven mountain]

Yes

[tidal elbow]

Smh, uninstalling your mod rn

[tidal elbow]

@woven mountain

I was shooting that black anomaly orb, don't remember the name right now

[woven mountain]

Fixed

[woven mountain]

#1 Fixed
#2 Either no anomalies mention artefacts or they all might. Which do you prefer?

[woven mountain]

Are there any situations you want a comment on that arent already there?

[tidal elbow]

No anomalies mention

[tidal elbow]

It just happened in that situation, for now

I'm pinging you in every problem I'm encountering

[woven mountain]

No I mean do you want any new additions to when comments will trigger

[tidal elbow]

Okay now the question is more clear, yeah

My only nitpick is that there is too much flavour text

For now every situation seems covered

The nitpick in question is that, from my POV

I would prefer something like this:

<enemy> - <flavour text>

Right now is the contrary

[woven mountain]

Like too long, too frequently, or in too many situations

[tidal elbow]

Too long, yes, and it's basically for every battle

If I have to fight, I can't stand there reading "I'm with you my sworn brother I hope my wounds won't stop right now it's a zombie!!! We're outnumbered!!!"

From my POV, it should be like this:

"It's a zombie!!! We're outnumbered!!! I'm with you blablabla my wounds blablabla I can't die here blablabla"

This way you know what you have "in front" of you the instant your companion spot them

See what I mean?

<flavour text> - <actual enemy>

For anomalies is okay, because anomaly can't shoot you

You can take the time to read the thing

But when you have dogs/cats/bullets thrown at you, it's difficult to read all that stuff to finally know that "ah it's Monolith, ah it's a dog, ah it's a Fracture"

[woven mountain]

@bold gyro

I can switch the flavor text and identification text in the code but it might create situations like "Monolith! Guess what I found."

[tidal elbow]

You're the modder, I'm the one who bust your balls, figure it out

In few words, I believe the thing should be shorter and concise

If you want flavour text, it shouldn't be the first thing

I have to know in 0.5 seconds what I'm fighting, otherwise the mod is useless, I can figure it out myself
It shoots? Okay
It doesn't? Fine

Because the moment I can finally read "Monolith", a bullet it's already inside of me

[woven mountain]

You mean you rely on Hip to callout enemies and can't look around yourself?

[tidal elbow]

No I can look around myself

But the mod is useless if I have to read all that flavour text before knowing what's there

[woven mountain]

Fine fine, just busting your balls

[tidal elbow]

This, of course, if the whole point of the mod is knowing what's in front of me

[tidal elbow]

https://tenor.com/view/joe-pesci-i-amuse-you-dinner-gif-14240571

[woven mountain]

Also the point of the mod is to make companions feel more lifelike and interesting. Combat is just a big part of the mod since it's a big part of stalker

[bold gyro]

@tidal elbow @woven mountain I was worried about the dialogue being too long when writing everything out, but I also didn't have any to test the flow of the lines at the time. It's something I knew we would likely address when people started playing. Momo also noted that the text was too long. One of the more glaring problems I could anticipate encountering is the frequency with which the messages occurred, which should happen sparingly imo. Too many messages in a short period of time would be very annoying and it's likely why they don't occur more in the game as is.

As for the text, I'm pretty sure I can rewrite a bunch of the tables to address the enemy first and then apply flavor text. This is good because I've not started working on the faction-specific dialog. We can iron out the main issues to get everything working before adding in more of a mess on top of it.

[woven mountain]

I can reorder the text, just need you to make sure there's nothing like "Monolith! Guess what I found." (Less work for you)

[bold gyro]

Sure. It also gives me a chance to look over the flavor text and adjust it accordingly. Looking back, I cranked out the lines within the span of a few days. Some of the lines make me cringe seeing Falco's screenshot.

[tidal elbow]

And this is a chill one

[tidal elbow]

Did you fixed that other problem?

A dude posted a "patch"

[woven mountain]

Yeah fixed that

[tidal elbow]

Do I need to delete your mod if I need to use this one?

[woven mountain]

Yeah just swap it out

[bold gyro]

It's why testing is extremely valuable, particularly with this mod What seemed like a good idea in my head at the time appears to have not really applied well in-game.

[tidal elbow]

BTW @woven mountain

I've changed my mind

Leave in the "hey, anomaly, watch out"

Remove the "fish artifacts"

[woven mountain]

Forgot to change that, will include in next one

[tidal elbow]

This way the "watch out" thing is still in

And nobody can complain about what anomaly actually can have artifacts or not

[bold gyro]

@woven mountain Do we have any means for people to submit feedback for the mod?

[random fulcrum]

remove rads bubbles from the anomaly detection pool to avoid everyone yapping about running up the cordon highway

[bold gyro]

Other than chatting in here and DMs?

[woven mountain]

Not really

[woven mountain]

Can't

[bold gyro]

Hmm. Well, I'd like to document the feedback so we can address it. It's better than sifting through Discord trying to find things. Especially with how active this server can be.

[bold gyro]

Instead of removing it, is there a way to create a table specifically for radiation?

Could also look into implementing a percentage based system so players' PDAs aren't spammed with messages.

[random fulcrum]

yes you can buddy

[bold gyro]

Not sure how to program it, but the companions could have a 10% chance to "react" to a situation when something relevant occurs (anomalies, enemies, mutants, etc).

[random fulcrum]

math.random your way out of the issue

[woven mountain]

Nvm I'll need to look into it but I may be able to spit out different messages or none at all based on anomaly type

[bold gyro]

That would be legit. Could even be interesting if there was a small chance they spotted a burner before you did.

[woven mountain]

How fun, more work for you

[bold gyro]

Let's be fair. I knew this was going to be a lot of work if we really fleshed it out in its entirety.

[random fulcrum]

yeah, turns out you could indeed

function actor_on_feeling_anomaly(obj, flags)
    if obj and obj:section() and string.find(obj:section(), "_radioactive") then
        return
    end
    
    if actor_on_feeling_anomaly_state then
        local time_current = time_global()
        if not time_previous then
            time_previous = time_global()
        end
        local rnd_k = random_key_table(axr_companions.non_task_companions)
        local rnd_companion = rnd_k and level.object_by_id(rnd_k)
        if rnd_companion and ((time_current >= time_previous + anomaly_timer*1000) or FirstTime) then
            message = clr_g .. rnd_companion:character_name() .. ": " .. clr_w .. gt("st_darkasleif_actor_on_feeling_anomaly" .. math.random(anomaly_part_1_number) .. "_1") .. " " .. gt("st_darkasleif_actor_on_feeling_anomaly" .. math.random(anomaly_part_2_number) .. "_2")
            news_manager.send_tip(db.actor, message, msg_delay*1000, rnd_companion, show_time*1000)
            message = nil
            FirstTime = false
        end
        time_previous = time_global()
    end
end```

and now with the obj thing you can potentially have different messages for different anomalies

with that patch dudes will ignore rads bubbles

[bold gyro]

Also, thanks for the feedback Falco and Momo 👍

[still meteor]

momo deez nuts

[random fulcrum]

https://tenor.com/view/tense-1983-gif-14138208

[remote pewter]

@woven mountain @bold gyro Another option is to have a configurable "concise callouts" option in MCM at some point that draws from a limited pool of curt callouts.

very basic callouts like "Taking on Monolith to the north" or "Taking on a Bloodsucker near the Sawmill"

[bold gyro]

Could you elaborate? I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting.

[remote pewter]

I donno if its a good suggestion tbh, need to think about it. I was thinking of an option that when toggled would change the combat callouts used to very simple curt callouts

[remote pewter]

responding basically to this

The good news is I have more free time!

[bold gyro]

Hmm. That seems a bit odd? But maybe Dark can work something out. Falco's feedback on wanting an immediate identifier (and confirming multiple enemies) before the fluff makes complete sense. It could solve the issue entirely and I can definitely write around it.

[tidal elbow]

Like I said I'm okay with the flavour text but there's simply too much as of now

[bold gyro]

I understand. It's something that I also think is a problem looking at the screenshots. I'm going to work on downsizing the fluff text and making the [stalker/mutant] [multiple] identifiers brief/immediate so everyone can quickly identify the situation and worry about the fluff later (if need be). That way people shouldn't have to worry too much about getting shot or trampled in the middle of reading.

[random fulcrum]

something like [faction]. [squad size] of them, at your [clock based direction]. [some comment about the situation randomly displayed].

"Fanatic: Bandits! A whole zerg of them, at your 3 o' clock. Let's show Sultan's boys what we're made of!"

[bold gyro]

Clock-based direction text seems like something that would be really tricky to implement or confusing for the player.

[random fulcrum]

yeah, very likely

could be replaced by how the task manager gets it's directions

like when you get sent south of the farm

only that instead of looking around the smart in question the scripts looks around you

[bold gyro]

True. That could work. But I'd imagine that most players would just immediately look to see where their companion is facing/aiming their gun.

[random fulcrum]

also true

but i'd imagine (at least i would) people would just look at which faction is aggroed on you, and how many guys are there

or at least an estimate

anything more than that is basically flavor text

[fair canopy]

What does upgrade scheme define?

[random fulcrum]

try changing it to see what's different

[bold gyro]

Oh, mighty @undone lily, I call upon thee for thine infinite wisdom and counsel. I, Hammershaft, and Darkasleif were talking about ideas for how to better execute the chatty companion mod. During the discussion, we had another idea for a mod but Dark suggested I discuss the concept with you.

The gist of it is this: If players crouch near a campfire for a set amount of time, and if there is another NPC stalker at the campfire, they could tell a story that may or may not pertain to their faction. After that, a randomized cooldown timer will be set before they will tell another story. However, the main problem is writing such a sheer number of tales that I had in mind. For a long while, I've had this idea of creating some sort of moddb page where the community could submit stories with a faction tag, which could then be implemented in the game in some form. The stories would have to be screened and edited, but once that was done they could be implemented in the "community-driven" mod - where the writers would be credited as storytellers. It would be a neat little way to kill time while healing at a campfire.

Overall, the focus would be on immersion and world-building. The community could, imho, provide a crazy amount of variety where the perspective of creativity is concerned. I know how passionate the fanbase is and thought of it as a sort of way to really bring them together in the process. What are your thoughts on the matter?

[random fulcrum]

check #931238326172794881

[bold gyro]

Eh, not exactly looking for PDA style entries.

[steep compass]

you can post the mod in mod only posting and start a thread from there? people will feedback in the thread

[steep compass]

could companion also crouch at campfires? they just stand there
the "stories" could also be flavor text from the regular "what's going in the zone" dialogues, since not everyone exhausts all dialogues from all npcs, they're pretty good dialogues but a lot of players might not even see them so that would give them more exposure

[undone lily]

It’s interesting. There was an addon that collected many stories and added them as unique letters items (in their description). It’s removed from moddb but it could be a good start

[steep compass]

letters found on corpses?

[steady apex]

From none other than Levi

[steep compass]

sounds like a neat idea, is there a backup of the file

[undone lily]

Yes

The implementation was horrible

I don’t have that mod downloaded though

[sullen dew]

sounds neat, i always did like SoCs "folklore" section that would get random stories about the zone from people you looted, sorta like if you found a letter or entry on their pda.

[undone lily]

@steady apex There’s an issue with parts in tooltips 4 and WPO. Parts get randomised after every loading. Wasn’t happening with v3:

    item_parts.clear_parts_con(se_obj.id)
    local m_data = alife_storage_manager.get_state()
    if m_data.se_object[se_obj.id] then
        m_data.se_object[se_obj.id].parts = nil
    end
end

function on_game_start()
    RegisterScriptCallback("server_entity_on_register", clear_parts_for_good)
    RegisterScriptCallback("server_entity_on_unregister", clear_parts_for_good)
end```

[steady apex]

i removed this shit in the latest update 5, uploaded now

it was in update 3, in an attempt to fix displaying wrong parts of items or items with parts that shouldnt have them

[steady apex]

@undone lily

[cinder ivy]

Hey, aren't you the person who made Perk based artefacts? I've got a question about it in GAMMA specifically

[steady apex]

yep, im listening

[cinder ivy]

It seems that the Miser's Skull artefact just refuses to work for some reason in GAMMA, I've had someone report that on vanilla Anomaly it works just fine

I only noticed it when I was trying to use it to recharge my Lucifer, and it wasn't doing anything.

[steady apex]

just tested, works fine on my install (not gamma)

[undone lily]

Cool thanks 🙏

[cinder ivy]

Yeah, so it's something in Gamma that interferes with it most likely

[undone lily]

About this I think the easiest is checking items parts when moved to actor bag. If a gun has armor parts, remove it and respawn one with the same condition

That was what you tried to fix right ?

[undone lily]

It’s a gamma thing and I’ll fix it

Because of gbo and actor res modifier scripts, it replaces most calculation and as such some stuff gets broken

[steady apex]

not really, i tried to remove stale data on each server object register and unregister event, unfortunately it fired at the start of the game or on level changing. i think fixing it for good should be a part of other new mod

[lean mural]

Is there a modders resource somewhere with tutorials on adding new items to the game? I'm considering taking a crack at adding a handheld compass as an additional device.

[azure basin]

Actually interestingly his code would work for that, it simply needs to be gated to check the parts against weapon part list or armor part list, and if not correct just clear the obj parts. Because the code he had in practice was actually doing just that. But it was running on every load and every item.

[azure basin]

If you are not working on a mod to fix the armor parts in guns, would you mind if I borrowed that function from version 4 to make one?

[random fulcrum]

ludicrous gibs

[bold gyro]

Awesome 👍 I'm all for finding ways to bring more life into the game. I'll talk to Hammershaft and Darkasleif and work from there.

[fathom dagger]

Question. How hard would it be to make a mask "rain" effect with snow? When using Graupel or other Zone Winterizers the Wipe Mask feature becomes useless. The idea is to have ice or snow build up on the mask when it is snowing so one could wipe it off as if it were rain droplets. Perhaps an ice effect on the mask during the night time to signify a drop in temperature as well? Doesn't have to be tied into Winterizing mods themselves. I assume it may not be as simple as replacing those effects

To my knowledge this hasn't been done

[bold gyro]

Another thing you could consider adding is some sort of heat/steam buildup, where the moisture begins to collect on the visor. Misery kind of had a feature like that.

[fathom dagger]

The Long Dark mod pack for Stalker

I really like the added pressure of wiping your mask clear in a fire fight. Only becomes useful during the post emmission/psy storm rain

[fathom dagger]

Maybe instead of creating new particles just have rain droplets appear on the mask as condensation? I haven't worn a gas mask outdoors in the winter yet but I assume some form of foggery would occur

[bold gyro]

Yeah, I very much like the idea of equipment having advantages as well as disadvantages. I'd imagine you could make some sort of overlay and have it gradually fade in/out.

[steady apex]

You can do it

[undone lily]

Add this for the Gauss rifle

FEAR moment

Gauss rifle one shots anything but turns the loot to gibs

[random fulcrum]

oh that would be funny

i just added particles to doing excessive damage

but the gauss always gibs on kill, no matter how much overkill damage it dealt

[azure basin]

Thank you for the go ahead.

[steady apex]

Dragon eye moment

[vague sphinx]

Shotgun with incendiary shells when ?

[undone lily]

Lol yeah exactly

[wild wing]

hey @thorn stratus there is an issue with expedition and the HK USP Match Tactical -> everything is blue, but when i reload the gamma-expedition.ltx it works for a second and then gets blue again

[honest wasp]

just seen the new MW2 gameplay features and it got me thinking

would there be a way to implement pistol quickdraw in Stalker through some deep engine torture

[azure basin]

The answer to can it be done, is almost always yes. The real questions are: Will it work well? Will anyone actually do it? What will the cost be?

[fair canopy]

Tree fiddy

[vague sphinx]

Red Dead Redemption duel Stalker style

[azure basin]

PS not trying to pick on anyone lol, it just gets asked alot can this be done. And its the wrong question lol

[random fulcrum]

mfs complain about performance but want to feature creep everything from the latest shooter

[azure basin]

BUT MUH REALISM

[drifting glade]

by the way, Grok, you remember more or less what the numbers do in gboobs plugin? example:

gonna test anyway plop

[wpn_ash12]
s = 1 ; 1, 1, 2, 2, 3
r = 1
e = 0.7:1, 1.2:1, 0.8:1, 1.3:0 ,2.1:0 ,0.6
p = grey=0.02, duality_v=0.02

[random fulcrum]

plop

[wanton knot]

Hey guys, I want to tweak the compass texture (make it darker). What's the dds export config used in the game?

[lunar nimbus]

they do this

yar welcam

ah u can still understand it from comments

[random fulcrum]

but what does each number in e do

all i see in that function is the string getting split

[lunar nimbus]

plays anim and ppe when weapon shoots

was more of a joke coz nobody understands it xd
but if ur into it actor_effects.shoot_effect is where the table values are being executed

[random fulcrum]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/961738167537512523/1008176301095526450/mw_reload.gif

[drifting glade]

I don't know if this text could be useful for editing damage and bleeding in models, specially taking in account the usage of DICK and models related mods. The text was in the description of WARFIGHTER, add-on in CoC moddb page. https://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-chernobyl/addons/warfighter

The word file is my correction of grammar and redaction of the add-on's description (finally using my university superpowers).

[undone lily]

Welp, I remade damage systems from scratch

It’s an interesting source still

[lilac compass]

if I wanted to change the scope on the aug a3 custom and also have variable zoom what lines would I need to modify?

[azure basin]

As in add a scope that doesn't mount it currently?

[lilac compass]

I would settle for just changing the scope texture and allowing it to zoom it doesn't need to be complicated it's just an edit for myself I had the specter in mind for the scope I have already changed the scope texture just can't get it to zoom

[azure basin]

So for the scope you would have to add models/textures than basically just add a new section in the ltx profile for it, adjust the scopes section in the base profile, if it is a variable zoom scope then you need to add the setup the alt zoom line in the ltx for that particular version. And probably a couple other things I'm forgetting/don't know

[lilac compass]

I believe I know what file to edit just don't know what section I am meant to edit and what infomation I need to put

[azure basin]

Right the sections were: you need to edit the scopes line in the base weapon section, you need to add a new section for that gun/scope and you need to set the alt zoom settings for that scope to use the variable zoom.

[lilac compass]

so you mean the scope zoom factor alt?

[azure basin]

Yes, true, you need to the fov for it as well, which for a specter is 25 iirc

[random fulcrum]

specter is 25

same as the acog

but with dynamic zoom

[azure basin]

Thank you I couldn't remember the exact wording and I kept saying alt zoom

[random fulcrum]

made a thing

[azure basin]

I want the thing. Ohhhhhh interesting.

[lilac compass]

so I put these two under scope zoom factor: zoom_rotate_time=0.25 and scope_dynamic_zoom = on are these two necessary? Or should I remove them?

[random fulcrum]

you can't imagine how surprised i am that the thing actually reads the ltx for displaying particles

so it's stupid easy to add particles to specific characters

without needing to edit grok_bo.script

or adding particles to factions

[lilac compass]

so my scope_zoom_factor_alt is 0 at the moment do I need to change this to 25?

[random fulcrum]

scope_zoom_factor_alt is for the canted sight picture

you want it as 0 unless you have another telescopic sight as the alternate aim

or else focus zoom will not behave

[azure basin]

With xray I can imagine a literal infinite amount of surprise at what it will do occasionally if you perform the right ritual with the knowledge and the stars align

[azure basin]

No I meant dynamic and kept saying alt because it's late. Apologies

[lilac compass]

so I put these two under scope zoom factor: zoom_rotate_time=0.25 and scope_dynamic_zoom = on are these two necessary? Or should I remove them?

[random fulcrum]

lmao

[lilac compass]

I have added the scope_dynamic_zoom = on but it does nothing

[azure basin]

scope_dynamic_zoom = on
scope_zoom_factor = 25
scope_zoom_factor_alt = 0```

That's how it would look if you dltx it

Which section did you put that under?

[lilac compass]

Oh it's literally the text for the dynamic zoom mod

[azure basin]

Yes but only if the weapon + scope exists as a section

[random fulcrum]

nooooo brother

[azure basin]

You have to have the section to edit it

[azure basin]

Me no or him no?

[random fulcrum]

the guy

[lilac compass]

I am in the section that has scope zoom factor alt,use alt aim hud and scope texture

[azure basin]

Ok. That's not a section. That's a line. The sections are the things in the [] so which section

[lilac compass]

is this what you mean? [wpn_aug_a3_custom_bas]

[azure basin]

Yes

That's the base weapon profile. The only thing you do there is add the scope to the scopes list.

Then you need to add a whole new section you write at the bottom of the .ltx file that would be something like wpn_aug_a3_custom_bas_specter

And then you have to fill in all the lines you see in the other ones for other scopes, but it needs to be the data for the scope you want to add

I swear I've said this twice this conversation already.

[lilac compass]

Yes I believe I get it now add scope name to scopes then add this to the bottom of the ltx: ![wpn_aug_a3_custom_bas_specter] and copy the rest of the scope information underneath like the dynamic zoom mod

[azure basin]

Right but you also need all the other stuff. Which scope is it?

And also no exclamation you're changing the ltx not writing a dltx

[lilac compass]

It would would depend on if the aug has an rmr or not

[azure basin]

Are they scopes that have variable zoom already?

Because if not, or if your adding a whole new scope then you need to either edit or add to the scopes ltx, and probably the w_addons ltx and where ever the fuck else that pulls from

[lilac compass]

There are two version of the specter the specter and the scpecter alt one has an rmr one does not

[azure basin]

Ok it is the spectre

Easy. Then what you do, go copy the wpn_whichevergun_specter section from one of the guns, then modify it to match the parameters of the Aug you want to change then boom your done

Other than the texture and model stuff, but you said you got that handled

[random fulcrum]

any commonly used particles mods around here?

i want to add quick compatibility patches for other particle mods before i release the mod

[azure basin]

Idk I'm dumber than the rocks Falco eats for breakfast when it comes to anything visual.

[azure basin]

The aug_modern in gamma mounts a specter you could use that section with minor tweaking needed

[lilac compass]

when you say paramaters you mean this section [wpn_aug_a3_custom_bas_hud]:hud_base and the lines like aim hud offset pos? As for the scope model did I need to change this? I was just going to change the scope reticle

[azure basin]

 [wpn_aug_modern_specter]:wpn_aug_modern 
  
 visual                                   = dynamics\weapons\wpn_aug_modern\wpn_aug_a3_specter.ogf 
  
 hud                                      = wpn_aug_modern_specter_hud 
  
 1icon_layer                              = specter 
 1icon_layer_x                            = 65 
 1icon_layer_y                            = -7 
  
 inv_weight                                         = 3.620 
 scope_status                                       = 1 
 scope_texture                                      = wpn_crosshair_specter 
 scope_zoom_factor                                  = 25 
 zoom_rotate_time                                   = 0.25 
 scope_dynamic_zoom                                 = off 
  
 use_alt_aim_hud                   = true 
  
 [wpn_aug_modern_specter_hud]:wpn_aug_modern_hud 
  
 item_visual                              = anomaly_weapons\wpn_aug_modern\wpn_aug_a3_specter_hud.ogf 
  
 aim_hud_offset_pos                       = -0.0535,-0.024,-0.1 
 aim_hud_offset_pos_16x9                  = -0.060172, 0.021824, -0.015104 
 aim_hud_offset_rot                       = 0.0,0.00,0.001 
 aim_hud_offset_rot_16x9                  = 0.0,0.00,0.001 
  
 aim_hud_offset_alt_pos_16x9                                = -0.060188, -0.008509, -0.015104 
 aim_hud_offset_alt_rot_16x9                                = 0.0024, -0.00032, 0.001 

All of that has to be set to match your gun with you scope

[undone lily]

which gun is that xD ?

[fair canopy]

That's the lewd Thompson

[undone lily]

wait that's in the game as a default ?

oh ok thanks @fair canopy

[lilac compass]

Alright I think I got it thank you very much I understand what I needed to change now hopefully I have done everything correctly sorry if I was a little slow to understand

[random fulcrum]

the lewd thompson

needed a deep mag .45 for testing

[random fulcrum]

no, i made it

[undone lily]

aaah understood

so, extra addon with a ltx to spawn particles on NPC group right ?

[random fulcrum]

the grok_bo patch i'm making

kinda making it more user friendly

[undone lily]

what could be interesting is to edit the base game particles so no blood is spawned at every bullets