╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[deep solar]

#custom-textures first message

[ripe meadow]

ty

[deep solar]

I believe they can still crash the game, don't know if it is because the models are too HD or something to do with how the mod works

hopefully is the first thing and somebody is crazy enough to create a proper optimized HD Models for GAMMA

[shy torrent]

I believe that is one of the original/old upgrade kits, which a script in GAMMA replaces on the fly with the new upgrade kits.
Apparently that script failed for you and you kept the old kit

[paper stirrup]

is there way to fix that? like re-attempting dl of update?

[shy torrent]

Dump it into a stash, exit, try getting it again. If it doesn’t work, just drop it and debug in a Rank 1 weapon upgrade kit

[fathom wagon]

If the new simplified kits aren't present in the debug menu, you may need to re-install GAMMA since the install may have flubbed that particular mod's install. Or you can grab someone's mod file for that mod and use that instead of it.

I'll go ahead and post the working mod file in case that might be the only issue. Make sure to put it in the same place as the original mod (147)

[paper stirrup]

ty both, ill try the latter

[uneven zenith]

Is there any way to alter this model? The mount is really far up towards the front of the receiver and half of it is on the rail/handguard, which bugs me. It should be slid back like 3 or 4 picatinny slots so it's fully on the receiver. The way it's mounted in the model would be ineffective for retaining zero, as the handguard shifts, while the upper receiver does not. It's a small detail but people the people who notice will be annoyed.

[random fulcrum]

move the scope backwards in blender

[uneven zenith]

how do i implement that change after i do that?

Never made a mod for this game before

[random fulcrum]

replace the model????????????

[uneven zenith]

bruh

guess i should've clarified that i'm not really a modder and idk how to do any of that lol i think i'll just watch some tutorials or something

[shy torrent]

Check the Pinned messages. There’s a quick guide on what you’d need to modify gun models for Anomaly

[fathom wagon]

Quick question: for db.actor.bleeding, is the value positive or negative if the player is bleeding?

[sick seal]

hey so i made a bunch of Animation and Model edits today and just am curious what the best way to zero the guns in game is, becuase im not sure if i did something wrong but the guns and hands are never where they should be after the changes i made,

the hands are always holding the guns either too close or too far away and off to one side and not aimed even remotely close to the crosshair

i just really want there to be an easier way then constantly testing and changing the X Y axis of hands and orientation.

also @fair canopy deserves a fuckin medal after how long he spent helping me out with Blender lol.

[fair canopy]

Use the debug hud editor to move the guns in game

Also get yourself the draggable hud mod

[still meteor]

hello teacher where are your guides

[sick seal]

yeah i was desperately hoping to not have to do that, took me an hour to get 1 gun setup last night lol

LOOK HOW PERFECT IT FITS!!! @fair canopy

the rd_Akm_isg i put a foregrip on and changed it to the AK-104 alpha anims. its flawless.

the anims i mean, i could move the foregrip back like 2 inches so it fits better in the hand.

[fair canopy]

that looks good! the draggable hud editor makes that process a lot faster

[sick seal]

theres a dragable hud editor? cuz everytime i use the debug to change the gun hud and hit "apply" then "resume" it never sticks and always reverts back to being all fucked up. so i was about to just take pictures with my phone of the settings and input them in the ltx file. but if theres an easier way that would make my night lol

[wanton knot]

can you use the draggable hud to edit laser/sights?

[sick seal]

also, if im reassinging vertex groups and armature, and the upper reciever of the AK contains the Bolt and Bolt Handle as well as the Trigger, i have no idea what vertex group to assign. if anyone can explain id be super apprecaitive, ill even give a high five to whoever it is so long as its not Hero since i feel guilty pestering him as much as i have haha.

[wanton knot]

should probably be wpn_body right? since there's no moving parts

in theory bc I never actually rigged for anomaly yet XD

[sick seal]

i couldve sworn the bolt handle moves when firing, in know irl it does on AK's but not sure in game, it definatley moves when reloading tho

and i doubt the trigger moves because you dont see it.

[wanton knot]

wait, the bolt handle doesn't seem to be the same mesh looking at your screenshot

[fair canopy]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/draggable-hud-editor

[sick seal]

the angle and highlighting is weird but its in the same mesh.

[sick seal]

same mesh. with the BAS guns alot of the parts are included in the same mesh that i rlly wish werent, like for example the ISG AKM, the Stock, Pistol Grip and Trigger and Magazine are all the same mesh. i wish i knew how to split them apart, but thats for another day, if its even possible.

[wanton knot]

Oh you will have to select the movable parts and assign vertex grp that way

[sick seal]

thanks dude. i apprecaite the help. be lyin if i said i didnt feel guilty or like a nuisance, youve spent so much time helping me with this stuff.

[wanton knot]

tweak the weight the skin

[fair canopy]

you have to go into modeling and delete the vertex points to extract the parts you want

[wanton knot]

@fair canopy a legend

[fair canopy]

[sick seal]

lol im just tryna get the bolt handle to move when firing. thats all lol

it moves during the reload, just not when firing

[fair canopy]

theres two way to do that depending on how much you plan on doing with it

[wanton knot]

I don't know how to do that in blender but you don't have to separate the mesh, just select the areas you want to move and assign that to the moving joint

[sick seal]

BAS will be the death of me...

[vale pelican]

what mods you guys recommend for higher fidelity, higher res textures
i have a beast pc, i just want maximum

[fair canopy]

first is to go into modeling and select all the vertex points to correlate to the bolt. second is to use the vertex grouping and select each individual point in the mash for the bolt

[wanton knot]

#🔨modded-gamma-support

[fair canopy]

some bas models have the receiver, dust cover, and bolt separate. I guess it just depends on if they got the model from tarkov or elsewhere

that's the most tedious part of getting animations to work correclty lol

[sick seal]

im pretty sure the bolt has its own vertex group "lock" its called. but when assigning, i can only chose one, and theres like 4 options, Trigger, Lock, Wpn_Body and Magazine. (this is the upper reciever has nothing to do with the mag.

[wanton knot]

Dude the fal even have the bolt spring model haha

[sick seal]

yeah those are tarkov models

[fair canopy]

yeah you would use those to assign specific vertex points in the mesh to those groups

then blender uses those groups for animations

yeah the fa 58 is absolutely the meta tarkov fal

[sick seal]

"juice cannon"

was my buddy's Labs gun lol

tho my AK-74n build was truly something to behold.

through a bunch of korean mods and asset rips i was able to build it in Fallout

i have the tools to rip tarkov assets i was thinking of trying to implement it into Stalker

[fair canopy]

Lol I've seen a bunch of tarkov parts in fallout 4

My yeah its only a matter of importing the mesh into blender then you export it as an ogf

Setting up textures is another fun part lol

[sick seal]

then finding fitting anims. but half of BAS is tarkov anims so....

[fair canopy]

Yeah nothing crazy exotic

[sick seal]

but textures is something i have literally less than 0 experience with lol

just realised ive spent all day in blender, its 11pm and i have yet to even play more than 5 minutes of stalker today.

[fair canopy]

They aren't too hard. It's easy to assign them in blender since it's already mapprd

[wanton knot]

Most of BaS weapons are from tarkov right?

[fair canopy]

Yup that's how it goes lol

[fair canopy]

Not all of them are but a good portion are

[sick seal]

maybe like half

i havent played Tarkov since 2020 tho, but i think maybe half or even less.

[wanton knot]

I just found out about the CW pack, really exciting.

It's going to have some really neat attachment system

[fair canopy]

Yeah it's gonna be fun porting over all the old lasers to thst system

I'm assuming it's going to have engine edits for that

[wanton knot]

Yeah I guess so, the new laser looks awesome, excited to see the flashlight

[random fulcrum]

but qatapro and his fellow lunatics already implemented lasers

dynamic lasers

[wanton knot]

They also have a new camo system for the weapons, fucking awesome

[wanton knot]

yeah that's CW right?

[random fulcrum]

yeah?

[wanton knot]

Yeah, that's the pack they are working on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxip0Y8PXh8

[pulsar cape]

that could be easy to impplement on gamma because thats mostly code than animations

is the same system as the scopes and silencers.

if lasers are added as independent detachable items then the code is an easy part to implement, but you need an animator that desing all the laser mounts and systems for it to work properly

and all the weapons that had the laser integrated need to be removed if you dont want any code issues

@wanton knot

you can even desing a system better than tarkov on gamma to replace weapon parts, like a weapon attachment overhaul

but for that you need to create that system from scratch or know the bas code from 0 so could be easily implemented

[wanton knot]

Yeah, that's what they are doing with the Contract Wars Pack, it's going to be the whole thing

[random fulcrum]

make a quick patch to add attachable lasers

[wanton knot]

How do I "leave my body" in debug mode to view the position of the arms?

[pulsar cape]

is not like a quick patch, is a whole system

because for making lasers attachables you have to edit all the weapons that have laser integrated and make them removable

obviusly is more easier if you took a system already done and just make a patch for it, but then it comes the part that you have to add ui fixes and other stuff

[vapid valley]

demo_record 1 in console

and ESC to return back to normal

[wanton knot]

thank you

[native wadi]

does anyone have any plans to make a compatibility patch for Simple Weapons Pack and GAMMA by any chance?

[sick seal]

hey so in the debugger when i zero and line up the hud of a weapon i press apply and resume, and it reverts back to being fucked, then i get a text popup saying "Settings Saved In "cache_dbg.ltx" but when i go to open that file its completely blank. how can i get my desired weapon hud settings to stick? i looked in the weapons Ltx folder but i dont see all of the axises that show in the debugger.

[wanton knot]

that's weird, it should be saving the info

worst case you can take a screenshot of the values and input by hand XD

[sick seal]

thats what i just did, well took a pic of the screen with my phone. nothing from the debugger actually saves, it saved a RPM edit for teh ak104 alpha, and then stopped saving whatever edits i made after that, and never saved any edits again.

[wanton knot]

try running the game as admin?

not sure if that makes any difference but

Btw, did you edit any anim in your mods?

[sick seal]

so for the AKM_ISG i added a foregrip to it, and gave it AK104alpha animations, it couldnt have turned out more perfect, in the Ltx i changed the sounds so you get AK104alpha gunfire and supressor sounds as well as reloads, it plays the firing and supressor sounds but not the reload sounds, so the reload anims dont match the reload audio. i am trying to fix it but idk what the problem could be

i went to Boomsticks, Boomsticks Patch, EFT Reposition BAS - Sneaky and EFT Reposition BAS - JSRS and copied the same LTX file into each mod and overwriting patch, theres no reason this issue should keep happening. its thrown me for quiite a loop

[wanton knot]

there's no gamma fixes mod tweaking those?

[fathom wagon]

I have a version that I edited for GAMMA. Would you like me to send it to you?

[random fulcrum]

save them into your own .ltx as you edit

and always dltx

those 3 axis are maybe item_rotation and item_position

[tired magnet]

is there a way to replace the blood screen texture whenever you bleed

[severe gale]

Hey Can I edit number color in weapon/armor parts ?

[spare gale]

There is an issue with the SR-2M that if you sprint with a detector or RF Receiver out, the gun clips into the object you are holding.

However with the MP7 it does not, the character holds the gun upwards vs side ways.

Would anyone be clever enough to swap out the sprint animation so it would not clip into held objects anymore? Its a minor annoyance 😄

Example pics below

[random fulcrum]

edit the lowered positions

[spare gale]

i will look into it... it never crossed my mind that sprint / lowered positions share the same lines

[native wadi]

if you'd be willing to, sure

thank you

[agile glade]

Hey if I wanted to have the player character use the non english voicelines what should I edit. I found the script that calls for language in the voiced actor addon but changing that does not seem to bring about the desired effect so I am sure I am missing something someplace.

Nvm Fixed it. All ya gotta do is ask for help and the answer comes to you I guess lol

[lunar nimbus]

this is how i fix things

[sick seal]

Hey i still havent been able to figure out the Reload sounds edits i made, i have all 3 of my desired weapons remodeled and animating perfectly, but the desired sounds arent playing, 2 guns play the correct firing sounds but not the reload sounds, and 1 gun just doesnt play the correct sounds at all. i edited the Boomsticks Main File, Boomsticks Patch , EFT BAS Reposition - Sneaky, and EFT Reposition JSRS files. am i missing an overwriting file or something?

[fallow parcel]

Has anyone removed darkscape from the random package drops mod?

Every single package there has been cancer to find

[sick seal]

edited SR-25. like 4 different weapons cobbled together lol

[sick seal]

i wish there were 2 inch picatinny rails individually modeled. the Peq15 and Forgrip are just clipped through the heat shield? idk but im calling it a heat shield.

now i just gotta learn how to inject weapons into the game, my goal is to make a bunch of weapon upgrade kits to make guns more kitted out like this SR-25, but idk how to inject into the game yet, just replace.

[wanton knot]

if you didn't, you should really do a DLTX edit for those

[sick seal]

i dont have a clue what dltx even is, ive done an Ltx edit, in the configs folder of Boomsticks and overwriting patches, whats a Dltx edit?

[sick seal]

^^^^

[wanton knot]

https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/addons/dltx.html

In your case lets you edit specifically only the weapon attribute you want to edit, so you don't have to replace the whole thing

way less headache in the short run because if any mod that touches those attributes gets updated you're fucked

also easier and cleaner to keep track of

I only used for basic edits so I'm not sure of it's limitations. Someone else here can tell you more

you can also edit various weapons in one .ltx for instance

this for example, It's part of a dltx that I was making to tweak silencer and attachments icon position. Bunch of weapons in one file

[sick seal]

dude that sounds so sick, cuz im so new to this with Stalker and the way Xray does things i feel like im putting in 100x the effort for 10x the payoff. so anythign to help balance that out i def wanna use.

[vapid valley]

upgrade kit?

[wanton knot]

Yeah, I'm brand new too so I'm making sure I learn the cleanest way possible to work, it really pays off. I'm pretty sure you can add brand new weapons using DLTX, you should check to see how Andtheherois mods works

[sick seal]

thats the goal, but rn its just a replacer for the SR_25_specter lol. i dont know how to inject into Anomaly yet so im kinda limited into the changes i make and how i get them into the game.

[sick seal]

looks sick tho huh? lol

[vapid valley]

yeah well i’m a sucker for tacticool ARs so I think it looks cool

[sick seal]

when i get it all straightened out and tossed into an upgrade kit ill post the file and ping you. i expect to be done by tmrw night.

SR-25_Reaper its called, "Reaper from afar" - turn the kewl up to 11, putting the kewl in Tactikewl lmfao...knights armament need to hire me.

[burnt sage]

This looks amazing. You should totally post this in #1035807043933720576 when it's finished

[sick seal]

yeah i plan on it. it works rn as a replacer, it was kinda complicated getting it to work tho since its different gun parts from different mods, different sounds from 2 different mods. but its works now as a Replacer, the last steps are getting the config file right, learning how to inject into Anomaly, and making the UI. the first two i think will be easy, but when it comes to making images and ui....oof.

quesiton tho, can you take a gun sound from a Semi Auto gun and use it on a Full Auto? i wanted to use Mosin or SVD Gunshot and K_98 suppressed gunshot sounds for the SR-25 , but am unsure how it would pan out

idk how Anomaly does full auto gun sounds, does it take a singular gunshot and just loop it per shot fired, or does it have a 10 sec clip of full auto and play that so long as one is firing.

i feel like its the first one because if it was the ladder the gunsound wouldnt be so choppy and skippy. but idk for certain.

[wanton knot]

it's the same sound as far I'm aware of

there's no single and auto sound file

[pulsar cape]

either of you guys know how to edit and make weapons @wanton knot or @sick seal ?

[wanton knot]

I mean, as far as the 3d part I know, but still learning xray stuff so yeah there's that lol

[pulsar cape]

i wanna learn

were i can get some documentation

?

[wanton knot]

this rear sight is cancer, 5k triangles, the spring is fucking modeled

[wanton knot]

https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/index.html good starting point

[sick seal]

the last 2 days of this chatroom should be a goldmine of info, i had a couple people teach me, and now look at me!

if i can do it, i know you can because....

https://tenor.com/view/alex-jones-gif-14367651

[sick seal]

thats ridiculous lol what model is that for? Anomaly???!

[wanton knot]

It's from BaS, and a lot of weapons usse those sights. I'm definitely deleting that from my mods XD

[regal bolt]

somebody felt the need to flex when modeling
and everyone pays for that flex with their performance

[restive portal]

i need a jet pack for my stalker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvJ91D-N29g

pretty accurate

oops wrong channel

[fathom wagon]

Good looking guns... but at what cost?

[vapid valley]

having to use 1k res performance textures

[nova girder]

How complicated would be enabling optics on a weapon? As in:
Weapon A has ris on model, optics A1 can be mounted on it
Optics A2 cant be mounted on it

Would it require model changes or how does it work in Stalker?

[tribal mural]

hey guys, idk if this is the right adress, I added a mod that added this flare munitions, but the mod causes other problems (its for anomaly usually) and now when I disable it it says the ammo is not defined, I am wondering if the ammo is now integrated into other files or if the savegame is calling for it, the search can't find this xr_ini.cpp in anomaly or gamma folder

[fluid idol]

It requires a new model for each equipped optic. I mean, it could probably just use an existing model if it's a 2D scope but it wouldn't match up

[fluid idol]

Yeah new ammo/items are baked into the save. It might work if you remove the ammo from all inventories

[tribal mural]

do you know a Gamma mod that declares ammo where I can shove this definition in from that flare mod so I can disable the mod but the game knows it so it stops jammering?

[fluid idol]

Just load a save before you added it

[tribal mural]

That is too far back, it only causes a problem with a weapon I added, if it happens again I can remove the weapon from that mod so it doesn't use it, it screws up the ammo wheel and only shows grenades no matter which weapon mode I am in. I wish it were compatible with Gamma, the dev of that mod didn't care about compability and just threw stuff on top.

Rather than looking what guns are added to the game and which use a certain ammo type and make a script that can figure that out he just defined his own stuffs

[fading nest]

How do I connect the hotkey I set in a mcm script to connect to another script that's related to a UI element showing? The hotkey is to hide/show a UI element. I don't remember. =_=

[azure tundra]

Does anyone know how to find out which material ID belongs to what? I've seen people refer to certain groups of materials in code like this:

[fluid idol]

Keep frequent saves especially if testing mods in a pack like GAMMA

[tribal mural]

I was trusting him, he said its compatible regardless if only there is DLTX, he was lying

[fluid idol]

though I think the grenade ammo wheel is a actually normal bug?

Like I've had it happen in ordinary GAMMA but I haven't used a GL recently

[tribal mural]

no the wheel works fine, the game knows when its in regular ammo or grenade mode even with a GL

at least with the m203 underbarrel on an M4 I was using

I could test to see if the same bug happens with any of the weapons he declared, if it works I must have forgotten something, if it don't hes a doofus

I tried to get rid of the ammotype by commenting out the section in his mod where he tells the game which traders sell the ammo, but evidently the game has it somewhere else still lol

[fluid idol]

Yeah, it exists even if traders can't sell it

[lunar nimbus]

gamemtl.xr maybe
strength of material is there, maybe ID too... maybe ID is the name xd

where did u get the material_id variable?

i assume its some .exe addon and probably the one from demonized, i see the GetMaterialByIdx(id) function but cant find a list, think u can ask him directly

[nova girder]

Is there any solid tutorial how to do it? I can do art np just need to prepare tools

I've seen a Reddit post earlier, someone said to come to anomaly server and they can help, guess I can do that as well

[fading nest]

Never mind. I figured it out. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[unique crane]

Is there a portuguese translation for gamma?

[glass wharf]

Hey need some help here, I'm trying to make a custom RPK-74 with fixed PS0-1 scope but for some reason there's no dynamics\weapons\wpn_rpk\wpn_rpk74_ps01.ogf, or anomaly_weapons\wpn_rpk\wpn_rpk74_ps01_hud.ogf, where there is a kobra.ogf/ogf_hud and 1p29, can't seem to figure out how the fuck to make this work

[glass wharf]

wrong place to ask, no idea, this is for making mods and patches and whatnot

[regal bolt]

hi, is there any knowledge base or docs on monolith64 engine?

[random fulcrum]

ir is compatible you just messed up

[meager dawn]

New to modding this game and all. I'm looking into resizing some HUD elements since my eyesight sucks. Is that possible within the XRay Engine, or is it bound to screen region sizes?

I meant mod making, not adding existing mods. Bad english, lol

[tribal mural]

its not though, I didn't mess up

[random fulcrum]

well uh you installed a mod that adds non scripted stuff and then removed it

what did you expect really

[tribal mural]

it stops variable zoom scope on the weapon I added (like he described) to work and it breaks the ammo selection on that weapon

yes the flare works, it shoots it does light etc, but the other stuff that breaks make it incompatible

[lean berry]

hello, anyone knows how to change the SVT_40 so it needs historic instead advanced kit?

[random fulcrum]

but there isn't anything in the flare mod that'd break compatibility

like, literally

[random fulcrum]

get a mosin

[lean berry]

thanks for the suggestion, i want to change that thing still, do you know how to change it?

so far in the ITX file, it says "repair_type" rifle_7, the same as SKS and sks needs historic

[random fulcrum]

ltx not itx

also maybe you're looking at the original file

[lean berry]

its the last loaded ltx file

from EFT reposition BWRR

[random fulcrum]

yeah it's not the last

[lean berry]

thats what MO says :S

[random fulcrum]

sks uses shotgun

[lean berry]

where are you seeing it?

[random fulcrum]

in the last loaded ltx

gamma item parts fixer

[lean berry]

oh

i see it now

i see know why it doesnt show up correctly in MO

thanks a lot

[random fulcrum]

because it's dltx

it's not overwriting anything

[lean berry]

yes, i now understood that

really you helped me a lot

understanding the modpack

[random fulcrum]

understand dltx

[sick seal]

hey are there any other canted sights other than the Aimpoint and RMR? the Aimpoint is fine but the RMR offers horrible visibility so if i can change it to something other that'd be great.

canted Doctor sight would be sick.

[vapid valley]

iirc no there are no other canted sights other than the ones you mentioned above

[sick seal]

that sucks, but on the other hand....

FOUND A PICATINNY RAIL I CAN USE!

rn the laser and foregrip are just clipped through the heatshield

[random fulcrum]

heh for the 416 i ripped the side rails from the ru556

[vapid valley]

looking good

[vapid valley]

is there an hk416 mod i’m not aware of? O_o

[sick seal]

yeah, not sure what mod its in tho.

also there is a 3rd but its on the Tan Modernized version of the m700 i think its a Gamma Weapon Pack gun.

3rd canted sight i mean

so i just got to the final version of my SR-25_Reaper upgrade kit, installed the picatinny and used the svd foregrip instead of the M4_tac's, but im having an issue with the Aimpoint canted sight that wont let me export if anyone can help.

"mesh object has verticies that arent tied to any exportable bones" its the mounting bracket for the Aimpoint canted sight.

[fair canopy]

You can always use the delta point the canted rail is a separate mesh so you can remove the rmr. I never use the rmr for any gun I make

[sick seal]

yeah im using Delta off the m700 upgrade it. i just pickd it off the gun and saved it. was able to export no problem

new goal for today tho is to learn how to try and break apart meshes/models, the sr25 uses a heatshield that id like to swap out with something else, but its tied to the upper and lower reciever, but im having a ton of fun learning Blender and what not so it shouldnt be too bad a time.

[vapid valley]

good luck

[fair canopy]

The easiest way I've found to do it is just to delete every vertex around the part that I want and then clean up any stragglers thst are left. It's easier than trying to cut out the part from the model and trying to follow the shape imo

Also, be sure to use the button that let's you see through the model. Some of them have hidden points that may get left behind

[terse idol]

What in this would I edit if I wanted to allow all faction (Not just monolith) to join Sin if they are at peace

[wanton knot]

Try to select all points in blender to see if there's any loose vertices around the model. @sick seal

Upgrade for the m4 tac, sponsored by magpul XD

I'm going to put together a couple more m4 with more modernish things, I was thinking it would be cool to have unisg carry them

[sick seal]

idk what that means or how to do that lol, only on day 3 of blender.

[random fulcrum]

looks cool

[sick seal]

think i figured it out lol.

[grave glade]

OGM video - main menu background
Is there any info on what parameters should be used to create .ogm videos with ffmpeg2theora-0.16.exe ?
And/or what avi compression should be used?
I foolishly tried to play with the STALKER 2 teaser but the avi to ogm conversion keeps farting on the loop.
https://streamable.com/d8qoko
This should be a smooth loop.
Not the best bg anyway but it's annoying ^^

[wanton knot]

If you get away with the quick cam move I think it looks great,

[grave glade]

It's quite distracting I agree. But that's from the teaser. It's possible to smooth it out using interpolation and counter-editing ^^ but not worth the effort imo.

Those file formats are antediluvian

[wanton knot]

Oh don't get me started with this shit

All I want is to mod using a modernish engine, just let me make my pretty pbr textures in peace

take a look at https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/index.html maybe there's some info there. If not asking around anomaly discord might be good too

[grave glade]

PBR would be so sweeeeet (and a huge amount of work )

[grave glade]

Also thanks for that link - I totally forgot where it was…

[random fulcrum]

but uhh

we have pbr

[grave glade]

Crazy amount of work for sure. I can understand why it's not been converted to use pbr. And ideally it requires unified material definition/models and not all over the place, so a type of metal looks like metal, plastics as plastics, etc.

Un-farted my issue with ogm file and video loop.
I didn't find the correct ffmpeg2theora version (found 0.30 instead of 0.16).
https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg2theora

Nothing fancy. But seamless.
https://streamable.com/8b83yw

[fair canopy]

God damn to I cringe hard every time someone mentions "realistic" in terms of graphics

[sick seal]

thought i figured it out but am so lost lol, im suprised there isnt a video or guide out there for dealing with this. i wouldve thought it'd be a not uncommon problem.

[wanton knot]

Considering most mods are ripping new games, I have to call bullshit on that one

We are all adapting pbr assets to old ass xray textures

there is HQ texture out there

not shitting on xray/anomaly obviously

Also on another note, I bought this sweet new docter sight and I want to do this trickery here, just need to model the sight base for the specter.

[still meteor]

dunno i know nothing about this lol

just searched lvutner chat about pbr

[wanton knot]

He does have a good point tho when you consider base anomaly. XD

@still meteor btw, I'm sure you've seen the latest shit azetrix is working on? can't wait for his new pack

[civic sluice]

Hey, is there mod that turns the rest of the player model's body to the direction you were using free look?

[random fulcrum]

???

[wanton knot]

I think the way freelook is supposed to work is to only turn your head. To turn the body just use the mouse normally?

[sick seal]

dude, sick doctor sight, you actually bought it to use on ur guns? lemme know how it pans out.

also anyone wanna finish my SR-25 Blender work for me? im stuck lol

[sick seal]

fixed the bone vertex issue! fuck yes!

[wanton knot]

Yeah, I got some cheapish models that I'm using, got some cool handguards and shit. I need to tweak the textures and optimize some parts of the model but yeah, definitely sharing those with the community when I'm done. 🙂

[wanton knot]

Nice!

Did you figure the audio issue?

the sight I got compared to the one we have in game now. Similar polycount too but I want to clean the model I bought a bit more

[fair canopy]

Why not use the bas mount?

[wanton knot]

the bas mount is modeled with the sight

[sick seal]

yeah dude i love the one you bought, so sick. but i alos like how the ingame one is like a mini xps3 with the housing.

the one u got is perfect for pistols.

like to bolt on the back of a slide

[sick seal]

never figured out the audio problems, but got the vertex and bone issues solved.

[fallow parcel]

Has anyone got experience working with mags? Theres something thats really confusing me. Im trying to change the MP7 back to use 4.6mm. I have created a 4.6mm magazine as i want to still be able to switch between 5.7 and 4.6. So looking at the definitions in the configs/magazines/weapons directory it appears that to make a weapon use a specific mag you need to create a ltx for the weapon here and specify its default magazine shown in the picture.

However what i find confusing is, why do they set the ammunition type equal to the magazine definition? Ive tried to copy this in my own way but it still spawns the weapon with the old 5.7mm magazine and will not accept EITHER of them.

This is what my MP7 definition looks like:

I have defined the magazine correctly and can spawn it in debug and load the correct ammunition into it. Ive even tried the z spam DLTX trick to try and set the default mag and base type ammunition as well but it has no effect.

As you can see here:

This is in the config folder at the top level.

Last but not least: the top level ltx hack, the weapon one. I have to do this to change the weapons caliber but it still does not affect the default magazine. Ive tried putting in fn57 magazines here to see if it would kick one of those out but still kicks out the default 57 MP7 magaine.

The only other ltx that seems to be affecting the mp7 is mod_system_GAMMA_mp7_tweak.ltx but is loaded before my weapons_jamoy.ltx is....

[fair canopy]

I'm pretty sure the rmr mount isn't modeled to the sight but it should be easy enough to delete the sight off the mount

[wanton knot]

I'll take a look but what I need to model is a specific mount that is used on the specter, it's not picatinny

[fallow parcel]

What is even more annoying is the debug message i get in the console too. I appears to suggest that my ltx's arent having an effect on the base type of the weapon:

[fair canopy]

You could see if the different parts are just stuck together. If you're lucky the mount may be textures separately from the hooks

[fallow parcel]

Last part i swear 😅 The Browning Hi Power shows a base type here, the only thing i could think it could be is a load order issue:

[red crescent]

has anyone here tried to port weapons from a game to stalker?

[still meteor]

isnt mos weapon pack those

bas guns

[red crescent]

well, true

but i thought somebody did it on a more personal level so i maybe i could get some advice from whoever did it

already found a guide on how to port models and animations to cop so perhaps that might be of help

[wanton knot]

I actually had a specterdr model that I had here (it's too high poly) that had the mount included

[random fulcrum]

but you could decimate geometry

i guess

[wanton knot]

Yeah, I'm cleaning up the mount model now, it's not that crazy.

I need to figure out how to make all this shit work in game now

[red crescent]

just put it in the game's folder and it should work right away

[wanton knot]

[fathom wagon]

Mind sharing the link to that guide? Gonna want to dive into it once I get on winter break

[red crescent]

most are links posted in the anomaly discord server but these are the ones i took from there:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-chernobyl/tutorials/sdk-and-3d-modelinganimation-tutorials
https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker/tutorials/stalker-shoc-sdk-04-win-10-fix
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-wormwood/tutorials/a-guide-to-the-call-of-pripyat-sdk

[wanton knot]

Thanks for sharing! I'm def looking at those too!

[red crescent]

theres one that is currently dead but the op moved his guides to a polish webpage (obviously written in polish), use archive.org and google translate to translate the contents of the whole webpage because it doesnt even link directly to the guide itself: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-two-k/tutorials/basic-of-importing-and-exporting-stalker-ogf-files-using-blender

[sick seal]

does the UH-1 + Magnifier have an alt firing hud? like does the magnifier flip down allowing the UH-1 to be a red dot?

[random fulcrum]

the fuck is that

[sick seal]

me? lol

its on the Scar siber m2 custom

[still meteor]

no

it's only a visual included in the model

[sick seal]

so the UH-1 isnt a function red dot either i assume?

[still meteor]

nop, just a pip scope

i don't remember if it has a alt view, if it does is probably flipping the weapon and aiming by the sides

[sick seal]

prob with the laser if anything, huge bummer. uh-1 is such a great sight.

[random fulcrum]

but what the fuck are you talking about

[sick seal]

^^^^ up ? lol

[arctic timber]

How would I go about changing some weapon sounds, I wanted to change the AS VAL/VSS firing sounds to something with just a tad more oomph, or even just make them a bit louder

[arctic timber]

I already have some sound files I could use

or could I just edit one of the .ltx files so all the 9x39mm weapons would use a different set of sounds?

[solemn oak]

Does anyone know the best DDS format for saving a custom texture made for STALKER?

I have a made a quick edit of one of the sky boxes just to see if could help me fix the whole sky box issue. I've even found a passable texture in EFP 3.0, sadly for the most part, all the other night sky textures look like old torn, used toilet paper and they have been driving me insane!

GIMP can no longer open this one, just Paint Net.

I need something that will not change my file in to unusable garbage, a DDS format that can retain the quality. After I have tried using quality settings below DX11, like BC3 (sRGB, DX 10+) the whole image became pixelated, the same way a lot of the other night sky boxes are pixelated.

Just in case I'll also upload that one night sky box from EFP 3.0, the one that's passable, it's not totally perfect but it is 6MB large and has the same size 1024 x 1024 as opposed to the GAMMA sky boxes, which only use 3MB, have the same resolution and are wayyyy more messed up, making the sky look all crappy.

[wanton knot]

I think gimp dds compression is shit, I've been using intel one in photoshop but someone mentioned amd tools that are prob the best?

[random fulcrum]

yeah compression on gimp fucking sucks

i was blinded by the open source fantasy

[wanton knot]

nvidia also have standalone app so you can work in png/targa and convert after

[wanton knot]

Yeah I was happy when I tried because gimp has that handy "Save dds with same settings"... the little I knew

[random fulcrum]

i don't want to go back to closed source programs

[wanton knot]

Sooo, need you guys opinion. I'm starting to work on a unisg western ar pack (2 or 3 pimped out rifles). I was going to use good ol m4 but, would make more sense to use hk416 instead? I don't even have the hk416 but I can look around

[still meteor]

efp weapon pack has a hk416

[arctic timber]

There was this cool bullpup rifle in Ghost Recon Breakpoint that I think would fit well with the UNISG aesthetic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HS_Produkt_VHS#VHS-K

specificlaly that VHS-2 variant

[vapid valley]

looks a lot like the famas

or is it the famas?🤨

[arctic timber]

yea the regular one does

[wanton knot]

Oh I'm sure but my plan is more like a reskin and repurpose of what we already have since I can use all anims and stuff. I'm just going to get shit together, make some camo variants and call it a day XD

[arctic timber]

the variant looks a bit more different

[arctic timber]

Ohhh gotcha

in that case maybe an F2000 variant?

always loved that gun

[wanton knot]

that looks cool tho and yeah I think there's a f200 in gamma, right

[arctic timber]

is the XM-8 enabled in GAMMA? Might be cool making an ISG variant for that

[vapid valley]

it’s not

no good anims for it too as far as i’m aware

[arctic timber]

ah ok

[fair canopy]

My sig is originally from fo4

[vapid valley]

how do I port animations from other games?

[solemn oak]

Wait, wait, wait, I just had to finish doing some stuff so I wasn't online.

There's a few setting for compressing a DDS but you suggest using some type of Nvidia software? Will it be compatible with STALKER? When I have tried a few of the available DDS formats my game would crash.

[solemn oak]

Do you use something specific for your DDS files?

This is what I get in Paint N, so I guess it is not suitable?

[sick seal]

is there an easier way to split meshes apart that doesnt involve meticulously selecting the thousand of lines and dots? lol

[wanton knot]

you still need to use the compression compatible with xray engine but there's difference each software does the same compression

[solemn oak]

Which compression is the best one?

[wanton knot]

https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/main-folders-and-files/file-formats/index.html

dxt1 for diff and dxt3 or 5 for bump/normal, I don't rememmber

[solemn oak]

Huh, so it can only use DXT1?

[wanton knot]

depending on the compression the game will crash

at least it did for me when I was saving with a different compression

[solemn oak]

I'm not gonna lie, DXT1 kinda... sucks.

This is literally the only option for compression, unless maybe GAMMA adds something?

[wanton knot]

yeah it does, the compression of darker color is awful

[sick seal]

is GIMP decent for DDS editing? i gotta make the images for the weapon kits ive made

well GIMP with the DDS plugin

[solemn oak]

GIMP is good but I haven't used such a terrible setting for it, even in my worst nightmares.

[solemn oak]

I take it I should try DXT1 with that Nvidia tool for a better result?

[wanton knot]

someone suggested me to use kaiser filter for the mipmaps\

[sick seal]

i dont know what you just said lol. but ill see how it pans out, i also download the Nvidia DDS developer tool thingy, but lost track of where i put it lol

[solemn oak]

Never heard of it, I'll check it out.

[wanton knot]

yup, there's one from amd too but I'm don't know the name

[solemn oak]

Is this it? DDS Utilities ?

[wanton knot]

Oh I think so, from amd/intel right?

[solemn oak]

Hmmm, no idea what it does, doesn't seem to be working.

[solemn oak]

Ah, those must have been some Photoshop files.

[wanton knot]

You can use GIMP or whatever just don't export dds out of it, work as png/tga, use the nvidia standalone tool or this amd one that I don't remember the name

[sick seal]

why not export DDS from GIMP?

[wanton knot]

the compression quality sucks

[sick seal]

so much of a problem it would impact even the Images of the weapon kits? like the inventory images

[wanton knot]

I've been using this for photoshop
https://github.com/GameTechDev/Intel-Texture-Works-Plugin
There's also the Nvidia tool, both ps plugin and standalone.
https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-exporter

I mean, you do you but you would want your texture to have the highest quality possible within limitations right?

Grok posted a comparison between a gimp dds and another one using the amd tool I think, same compression type. There's definitely differences

gimp one was more blocky

Mmmm, maybe this is the amd one they mentioned.
https://gpuopen.com/compressonator/

[solemn oak]

Ye, I'm looking in to it right now.

I'll be back when I fond something.

Been reading about the compression on here:

https://w3dhub.com/forum/topic/417101-dds-files-and-dxt-compression/

I'm really curious about one thing in all of this, would a higher resolution be better? Let's say, twice what we have now?

From what I can tell Paint N. is doing rather okish, I don't see any major differences.

[sick seal]

dude trying to get the Non-Legacry Nvidia Texture Tools Extractor was a pain in the ass.

i had to sign up for their Developer Program, thank god i decided to go to college for something Computer relevant lol

[solemn oak]

Well, you can apparently download some of the old stuff from the links but I see some differences in how everything is structured, I wonder if my exported file will work right.

[sick seal]

i tried downloading without applying for the Developer thingy and kept getting Access Denied....i dont get why they make software to give away for free but you have to apply to that dev thing which will let in people apperantly as clueless as myself lol.

[solemn oak]

Because if they could, they would put a camera in your bathroom. Companies love to know everything about people.

[sick seal]

true. i wonder if i couldve just lied on the application, idky i told the truth right off the bat lol

[solemn oak]

Pretty sure someone would notice but would they do anything about it? Who knows.

Anyway, some minor progress, the game did not crash but I certainly have to use something else for exporting, the sky box is a sort of cube but when it started reading my texture it was 100% black.

[solemn oak]

It works and at the same time it doesn't work. The sky is dark but the stars look all messed up and blocky.

It must be because the quality dropped even more after decompressing the original file and later exporting it as DDS DXT1, might as well replace all of the night skies with just that one from EFP 3.0 so that I won't have to look at all those damn ugly smudges on the night sky.

A real professional would have to take care of this issue, someone who already has all of the tools.

[red crescent]

what did you do to port animations?

thats my biggest issue rn

[bold glen]

out of interest, did you work on any more 21:9 hud stuff? I noticed the chat messages kinda overlaps the psy bar slightly

also thanks for posting this

[undone lily]

I think so yes

[undone lily]

You can’t

[vapid valley]

damn, thank you

[queen yoke]

i think i might have made it slightly thinner? i havent actually tried anything else but if you drop the corresponding axis by a digit or two you should be able to move the bar slightly lower from the chat box

ill have a play around and see if i can find some good numbers for 21:9 and if i do ill ping ya bud

[queen yoke]

yeah raise the y axis to lower the bar, so this on line 208:

<progress_bar_psy x="12" y="640" width="75" height="7" horz="1" min="0" max="100" pos="0">

displays this hud:

[bold glen]

Thanks!

[queen yoke]

all good pal, us longbois need to stick together lmao

[desert olive]

my mo2 launcher doesnt start

after using ccleaner

[still meteor]

Probably deleted some files

Try not to use those apps or make an exclusion for mo2/stalker content

[still meteor]

[fallow parcel]

I remember playing gunslinger when it was released after playing Anomaly for a while. It was underwhelming.

[fair canopy]

this is for making mods, not adding them. go to #🔨modded-gamma-support

[fallow parcel]

Honestly, i dont get this one bit... Copied the exact same method Mags redux uses to change weapons to use specific magazines and I get an error....

But what i dont get is its okay for redux to do it for every single weapon except my one?

Basically:

Even if i do an override. It still doesn't work so 🤷‍♂️ It still claims the weapon base type is null. Even though Mags redux appears to set base type by original ammo type which is extremely bizarre... Has anyone got any idea what's going on here?

[fair canopy]

So what are you trying to do?

[fallow parcel]

Im trying to change the mp7 to correctly use my new magazine which uses 4.6mm ammunition

[fallow parcel]

Here actually 😛

The idea was to use the current default ones (5.7mm ones) as ones when the caliber is changed.

Hence why im not just modifying the existing ones

[fair canopy]

You defined mp7 incorrectly.

It's wpn_mp7, not w_mp7

[fallow parcel]

Yes, ive realised this.

And the error i posted just a moment ago was my realisation of this

This is where it complains that im not overriding.

But even if i override with ! it still does not make the base type = mp7_4.6x30

[fair canopy]

Did you set a blank dltx override for the dltx file in gamma?

[fallow parcel]

I actually deleted it last night to see if that was causing issues. It didnt make a difference

[fair canopy]

Use the base w_9x19 file and override it in your mod

[fallow parcel]

Okay, il try to override this file and see how it goes.

[fair canopy]

Actually if you're just using the regular 4.6 ammo then mags already has that override

Just set the base type to a blank file in your mod

[fallow parcel]

Ive added Hp and AP 4.6mm

[fair canopy]

Yeah then make a blank file for mod_base_mp7_57

And then set yours as normal

[fallow parcel]

just stick that in the root config folder?

[fair canopy]

No, it has to be in the base types folder

[fallow parcel]

I dont know if im just going full retard here, but there is no base_mp7_57 ltx i can see?

[fair canopy]

Ah nevermind thst must have been my own file then. I have a different mag setup that I take care of myself instead of using gamma's, so I had to set my own stuff to use the mp7 with 5.7

[fallow parcel]

would i not have to !![wpn_mp7] in here?

Its a bit jank the way this one was set up. It just hijacked the 9x19 mags and made em 5.7

i guess, i could hijack them again and just make 5.7 mags?

[fair canopy]

Yeah

That's what you have to do

Unfortunately every time gamma updates you'll get the file back so you have to override it

[fallow parcel]

Ahh

[fair canopy]

these are the two files you have to modify and override

[fallow parcel]

Brilliant, Il go nose about then. Thanks

[quick island]

How hard would it be to add a suppressor to the m98 bravo? Even from the base game when you add the suppressor, it doesn’t put it on. Appreciate any info 🙂

[fair canopy]

you have to add it to the model

[fallow parcel]

And thats with the default 9x19 mags that came with the gun

Going to try and make another gun use the magazines to see whats going on i think

Okay something tells me that my base types are not being recognised when i attempt to change them.

Even though i have, and it spat out the versek magazine too even though i overridden it

The ammo class change worked at least 😛

[fair canopy]

i honestly wouldnt dltx mags. it doesnt seem to work all the time

overriding the file is the only things ive found that works

[fallow parcel]

So i will have to hard copy the whole 9x19 ltx?

then modify the bit i want?

A bit peanut brain tier but if its what i gotta do then its what i gotta do

The thing that continues to puzzle me is why is the base type set in such a weird way?

ammo_5.7x28_ss190 = mp7_9x19 Like as a software engineer this makes absolutely no sense to me

why couldnt they put a variable like base_type = mp7_9x19 ?

ammo_5.7x28_ss190 = mp7_9x19 makes as much sense as 39 = 42

[fair canopy]

Because Grok changed it

[fallow parcel]

Its this line here that causes the mp7 base type to become null. For some reason. This is how i modify all weapons ammo types. This happens very last in the load order.

[fair canopy]

Have you tried with just the base 4.6?

[fallow parcel]

I will need to try that. The base 4.6 mags always worked. It was just trying to get the damn weapon to accept them

[fallow parcel]

Okay ive even tried creating a new weapon wpn_mp7_46 and straight up extending from mp7. I think there may be some sort of conflict with my new ammunition types as even then when i change the ammo type to 4.6 it shits the bed :/

[grave glade]

Guys, is there a simple way to increase the reloads animation speed so it reloads faster?

My stalker looks like a granpa at the range.

[still meteor]

im sure skills expansion had something like that

obv the sound won't match

[grave glade]

Yes it implies a few changes and ideally it would be linked to skill progression that'd be dope

[grave glade]

I can see the animation setting in the SDK/modding doc but not sure how to tweak it.

[grave glade]

Fantastic! Thank you! I'll see how it looks.

[fallow parcel]

You could always modify the sounds if the sync issue annoys you

[grave glade]

Indeed - it could be tweaked in Audacity and similar.

Skilled weapon handling would be natural after killing so many things!

[fallow parcel]

Okay, so if i change ANY weapons ammo type it causes the weapon base type to become null.

Unless that weapon supports that ammo type

[fair canopy]

Gamma mp7 has a dltx thst changes the ammo type

[fallow parcel]

Yea, im aware. Thats the one i mentioned that i deleted XP

I think i may be close. I got the mp7 to work with the skorpion magazines

[fair canopy]

Just use that as your ammo override file

[fallow parcel]

Hmm, it only seemed to change the caliber of the actual weapon... Il need to have a look see again.

I will need to replace this file, could you kindly send it over / tell me hat zip its in? it was the only mod file in the configs root with mp7 in it.

[fallow parcel]

Okay, i have literally copied the grok Mp7 replacer. Changed all ammo types in there to a pre existing one and its still scuffed.

I have absolutely no idea, would you be willing to have a look at it if i zip it up @fair canopy ?

[fair canopy]

Sure. I won't be able to get to it for a while though. I'm still working on a thing for someone else

[fallow parcel]

No problem, il just move on to something else

Il send you a DM with it

[grave glade]

Thanks again!
I managed to find the files and modified the reload speed for the Aug Commando I've been using Now that's marksmanship
I didn't capture the original version but here's how it looks now:

• reload speed x1.5
• tactical reload (not empty mag) and dry reload (empty mag)
  https://streamable.com/59oqk7

(meh ShadowPlay started a bit too late and missed the beginning of the first reload ^^ sorry)

SFX is synchronized. Happy

[still meteor]

ah yes the bas aug was very slow

[grave glade]

so frustrating during heated combat yeah ^^

[fallow parcel]

Okay, does anyone know where the definitions are for ammunition drops?

Or is the game smart and use the weapons loadable ammo types to drop on death? If this is the case ive not seen any of my custom ammo types drop yet.

[regal bolt]

if i want to change the color of my bhs hud, how would i go about doing it

[wanton knot]

Hey guys, If I want to quickly mix some weapons anims to test, can I just replace the .anm file?

[sick seal]

hey so, the UH-1 + Magnifier i was able to render and animate to where you can flip up and down the magnifier, allowing the UH-1 to ac as a red dot when not being magnified, but i want to make those animations play as the Alt Aim for that sight, how would i do that? getting Alt Aim to call for a different animation than is already set?\

[fallow parcel]

Where are the body health system values stored for post heals? Just spent 20 mins looking and cant find the definitions for fentanyl and morphine healing stuff.

I assumed they would be included in the Body Health System Mod but its purely HUD stuff in there.

[wanton knot]

Is there even a weapon anim state for that? When you press alt aim it plays the flip anim, that's what you're trying to do right?

[sick seal]

trying to do literally anything to get it to work, i have hand anims for it ripped from a Fallout 4 mod, i just need to get the game to play the animation when trying to Alt Aim when a weapon has this sight attached.

[regal bolt]

how do i make them match each other

[wanton knot]

So from the very little I know, xray has the anim "slots" that you can set, reload, idle, show, etc. I think you would have to create a new slot that is activated by the alt aim action

[sick seal]

@wanton knot ^^^

[wanton knot]

If I'm not mistaken BaS created new slots, I'm not sure if you would have to fuck with .exes at that point

Just theory here btw, I'm not versed with xray at all XD

[wanton knot]

That looks really cool and I would love to see that shit in game

[sick seal]

lmao, well anythings worth a try i suppose. and right!!!! im amazing it wasnt already

(and yet to be)

[wanton knot]

take a look at BaS files and configs

[sick seal]

yeah im taking a look rn

[wanton knot]

having more "slots" would be fucking amazing. For alt aim, laser on/off

[sick seal]

its a 3.5x magnifier on one of the best sights ever. it would be the best thing if i could get it working.

is it possible to make more slots if none are available? or too much effort?

i mean i guess too much effort never stopped me, only reason im this far was wanting to put a foregrip on the ISD AK's lmao

[fair canopy]

You'd need to edit the engine for slots

[grave glade]

I'd love to have a switch to illuminate some reticles instead of just one texture (usually black or red/green)

[wanton knot]

yeah that's what I figured, bas did that for the new anims right?

[fair canopy]

Yeah but they did that for bone support, not slots

[grave glade]

The Dushman's Saiga granpa reload speed was also bothering me. Fixed it ^^
https://streamable.com/pqzwdf

It doesn't feel superhuman at all imo.

(1.5x speed)

[wanton knot]

Oh I see

[still meteor]

mmm too quick at least for me

looks like a cod match lol

[wanton knot]

yeah imho reload speeds are already juiced in gamma. I would slow things down lol

[fair canopy]

The magazine also looks unnatural as it flies into the void at warp speed

[grave glade]

Yeah not sure I'll keep it. And afaik the real Saiga can be a pain to reload due to its design and bulkiness…

[sick seal]

i was hoping truthfully i could write the scopes own config file and replacing the bits where it calls for Canted Sight Use and assign my anims there. but this sounds like it will be alot bigger deal than that.

[regal bolt]

can someone please tell me which file do i have to mess around with to match them

[grave glade]

I didn't test this, sorry.
Did you edit them from the Body Health System icons by Grok?

There are two textures there. Did you edit both?

[regal bolt]

yes both ui and ui3 dds

[wanton knot]

Oh boy I just saw that the new BAS adds the hk g28

[grave glade]

Same file format, no mipmapping or different sizes?
I can't see why they wouldn't match if similar 😐

[regal bolt]

my dumbass didnt notice the background was in 512

thank you so much

[sick seal]

what mod contains the Sig p320??? thats on my list of weapons to mod and wanna get the files ready

[random fulcrum]

iirc there is one already ingame

if not there are these
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sig-p320-m18-643cf5792c8e4ce5954d7929543857d3
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sig-sauer-m17-p320-e0c9faadfa3843ac8ecfd92b12b90e31
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sig-sauer-handgun-60a8cea2656640f3b4e0968650a2167b
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sig-sauer-p320-compact-ipsc-tuning-8c1597687ece4a5e830e3dc4ffc22ac6

since all semiautomatic pistols work basically the exact same as each other you can just reuse another pistol's anim set

all of those models look good

and the fourth one looks so ridiculous, i love it

[sick seal]

awesome thanks!

also decided to make a 100% custom gun mod entirely from top to bottom, MG42

already have the anims from an older attempt in Fallout, figured i can just port everything to Stalker.

[random fulcrum]

based

maybe post it to moddb eventually

also don't use gimp to compress textures

don't make the same mistake i did

[fair canopy]

protip: work in gimp for nice controls, copy the canvas and paste it into paint.net and export to dds from there

[random fulcrum]

based

[bronze thistle]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this question but if I'm searching for game events based on strings in the game (specifically trying to find how armor trading works internally), I can search for the game text in the mods folder but that only returns the strings used in game for those dialogs like in the image provided

Is there a way to use this information to find the actual game events associated with these dialogs? I've tried searching for just armor_exchange and not finding anything but the .xml file

[random fulcrum]

maybe check the folder outside of that

[wanton knot]

Hey guys, I'm purposely trying to set a different anim on a weapon to test some things but it's not working. Do I need to do anything else other than setting the anm to use on the weapon.ltx file?

[fair canopy]

It needs to have the same bones as the gun you're using the anims from

[wanton knot]

okay, that's probably it then

[deep solar]

check either gamedata\scripts or gamedata\configs. it's gotta be an script or a ltx that references those strings, the script file most likely.

[wanton knot]

I tried mixing anims with a similar weapon and it worked, thank you

[bronze thistle]

Thank you, I've been digging into the files already to find out how the files are interconnected but I appreciate the response 🙂

[deep solar]

[solemn oak]

I've been reading up on DDS files lately and someone mentioned that the files can be uncompressed? Even if that impacts performance, an uncompressed file should still retain all details, right?

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-misery/forum/thread/texture-compression-request

But how can someone make a DDS file without any type of compression? Does anyone know? This could fix all of the sky boxes! A little bit of a performance dip is surely worth it!

[sick seal]

need a way to take Hkx files and turn them into Xray animation files. my friend of mine is letting me use her animations she made for a gun she made a while ago, and i need to use parts of them for my Magnifier on/off ... apperantly its possible and only takes an ltx edit of whatever weapon mounts the sight. no coding needing thank god.

but yeah Hkx > Omf or whatever the Xray anim files are

[solemn oak]

Woho! I've actually done it! You can import a DDS file in to STALKER without using all that shitty compression! And it worked! Here's what I used.

After saving, nothing seems more blocky / pixelated, it's like the image retained everything!

I checked it twice now, it's perfect! Nothing got changed, it's pretty much a perfect image! Ye, it went up in size from 3 - 6 MB to 24 MB but this is worth it! I didn't see any impact on my system at all!

[sick seal]

hey how do i get .omf files to show in Blender everytime it tells me "blah blah weapon does not have the required bones" when im going through ltx config files and looking at say ak104 uses only AK-Tact anims, so i try to import the AK Tact omf file and i get that error. idk what to do

i need to get 1. hands hud displayed and i need to get animations working in Blender. anyone familiar with this?

also since when does BAS have a Bravo sight? lol

[wanton knot]

I'm that adds up but it's nice that you can actually use that. Prob good for ui/icons

[solemn oak]

I'm no artist but I did actually manage to clean up the night sky a little bit. If I could get in touch with the people who made the sky box mods, they could upload something that retains all the quality. No more shitty skies, just perfect looking, atmospheric textures.

[wanton knot]

I was going to send you this last night but forgot. Since you're deep into this, wanna check it out and see what you find?
https://github.com/BinomialLLC/crunch
https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/crunch/tree/unity

[wanton knot]

oh yeah, for the sky boxes that would be cool, night is indeed terrible

[solemn oak]

Sorry but I don't know much about coding, modding etc. etc. I just got really pissed at the night skies in STALKER, I thought that if I research enough, someone might notice and upload something good that won't look broken. The people who made their very own night sky box textures might still have the original files somewhere, before they were obliterated by the compression. No compression, no problem, I just hope I can find someone who can find this info useful and just play the game.

[wanton knot]

Yeah sometimes it's even compression on top of compression, since we usually rip assets from other games

[solemn oak]

I can say that I have no idea how to work with textures all that much either, there must be some methods involved in making a good cube, mine are a bit on the blurry side, so I probably use the wrong tools but even when they are really stretched and blurry, I didn't see any clusters of cubes, discoloring or anything like that.

I just need to get in touch with someone who knows how to make this stuff, let them know how to save these files.

[quick island]

So long story short I’ve been trying to get the Remington 700 aics from the new bas to work on current gamma. I’ve ported all the files necessary over into its own stand alone file. I can spawn the weapon and suppressor for the gun in the game as well as throw them on the ground and the models show up just fine for both. But when I equipped the gun it will instantly crash my game. I’ve never really done anything like this before so I’m a bit stuck on what might be the issue. I would appreciate any help!

[chrome comet]

I was wondering what is the actual cause of stuttering in the inventory? Is it because some items like gun powder reaches 5000 item count especially late game? Or is it the collective amount of items in the stash? If its because the items reach such a high number, wouldn’t it be simple to make a cap on the amount of times an item can stack? Then after it reaches the cap the item just starts a new stack. Any thoughts? Im not an expert but I just thought of this as I experienced stutters in the inventory last night

[fathom wagon]

So I posted my "Better Armed Zombies" mod to ModDB and apparently people are having crashes due to it not able to load "isg_primary" from the way I have the zombie loadouts inheriting other factions' loadouts. I checked base Anomaly's ISG loadouts file and it has that section. Someone said it was BaS but (at least from the BaS version we have for GAMMA) it has it too. Someone also said they have hte crash and AREN'T using BaS. What could it be? Do these people have something that is causing the ISG loadouts to not load or block them?

I mean easiest fix ofc is removing ISG from the the inheritance lines, but I am genuinely curious why it is causing crashes.

[solemn oak]

I have sent a message to the Anomaly devs in hopes they will notice that they can export the night skybox textures without compressing them but I don't know who else to contact, any suggestions? Maybe someone working on EFP?

[sick seal]

hey is there an easier way to convert .Nif files to OGF? ive been using Nifscope to convert Nif to Obj then use Blender to convert Obj to Ogf ... im starting an actual mod tomorrow, an AK pack. i just spent the last 5 hours converting tarkov assets and have nearly all the useful tarkov AK and VSS and Val assets and textures and tarkov animations. but spent most the time converting files. is there an easier way? (im aware its 2am but figured id ask regardless)

[grave glade]

DDS compression formats (DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5, in general) are all about performance, memory bandwidth and size (the textures are stored in their compressed state in the GPU memory). That's why they're preferred globally so it allows more textures and overall size.
AFAIK, STALKER and the X-Ray engine uses 8-bit RGBA uncompressed for the UI so each pixel is preserved (without mipmapping as it has no use for the UI elements).

So it's mostly just a matter of performance. Sometimes also storage size (on disk/SSD).

[solemn oak]

But if B8G8R8A8 (Linear, A8R8G8B8) looks better and retains the quality of skyboxes without making them look like crap, why not use it?

It could be used to fix all night skies.

[grave glade]

Performance I guess. Simple skyboxes are old tech so with current gen GPUs it shouldn't affect performance that much I think.

[solemn oak]

That's what I mean, I can't make a cube sky texture on my own but people already made those but exporting them in DXT1 destroyed them utterly.

[grave glade]

Indeed. I've never been a fan of visible compression either.

[solemn oak]

That is why I need to get in touch with someone who works on this stuff. It's frustrating to look at any night sky.

[grave glade]

About the visible color seams on skyboxes and other surfaces with similar tones, it partially has to do with the way colors are coded (32-bit aka 8-bit per channel).
Even ages ago John Carmack thought 32bit was not enough and asked for 64bit colordepth.

(better gradients between similar colors+luminosity, smoother)

That's still an issue to this day imo.

(the visible seams are called "banding")

[solemn oak]

I don't know much about that but I was able to edit DDS files and copy / paste parts of some night skies I found via google image search, it did work, the image turned out blurry in game, so I'm using some wrong software for creating a perfect cube but there was 0 or almost 0 quality loss. It was the same as on the png file.

This could be a permanent fix for all night time skyboxes, so I really, really want someone to try using none compressed DDS, a few extra MB is a small price to pay for such a huge difference.

[vapid valley]

you can join the official Anomaly discord

[solemn oak]

I had no idea there was one, can you link it?

[vapid valley]

https://discord.gg/c4RuJNs

[grave glade]

That's worth testing.

[vapid valley]

idk if this is allowed here but if not then i’ll delete this

[grave glade]

I don't see why it wouldn't be allowed, it's the base for GAMMA anyway.

[solemn oak]

Huh, the server needs some type of number verification.

Not really possible for me but I already asked on EFP.

[grave glade]

If you want to see semi-old school and badass skyboxes, check out Destiny 2. Their work is stunning (and I'm running it in 4k so many pixels ^^).

[solemn oak]

Never played that game, not big on the live service stuff. I'll be fully satisfied when STALKER gets 3 maybe 4 good night time skyboxes which it can use all the time.

[steady apex]

uncompressed skyboxes will have quite a big size, not many gpus will have enough ram to use them

[solemn oak]

I'm aware of that, mine so far isn't really affected but how bad can it be? An extra 100MB? 200?

[steady apex]

take compressed and uncompressed file, compare sizes, do the math for every single file

[solemn oak]

Doesn't have to be every single file, just the night ones.

[queen yoke]

playing around with redesigning some hud elements to be angled/a spooky skellertan. this is the first edit to the hud but everything works. needs a squishing for 21:9 tho

[regal bolt]

does anyone know where the weapon ltx information is for the bm16_full_alt_23 "chimera hunter"?

[solemn oak]

Let's say the game would have maybe a maximum of hmmm 12 night time skyboxes, that's around 24MB each x 12, 288MB of space in total.

A small price to pay for a sky that doesn't look like used toilet paper.

[grave glade]

It looks like it's embedded in the w_bm16.ltx

[regal bolt]

ah, GAMMA weapon pack. thank you very much for that, i was overlooking it and focusing on the EFT Reposition ltx's instead

im working on trying to finish adding increased functionality for machine pistols and sawnoffs so that its easier to implement a part of one of my suggestions, if its accepted in the end, but i kept overriding something on the bm16 file

[grave glade]

Sounds nice. What functionalities?

[regal bolt]

the ability to use handheld devices with the Kiparis, Cz61, and the Toz66 sawn-offs, it would also allow those weapons to be placed within the bino/melee slot. im still up in the air on if the Toz34 should be added to said list, considering its far more accurate and could be a bit broken... i may still make the file and just keep that separate

[grave glade]

It would be nice to be able to use the Scorpion and Toz66 with a device indeed.

Kiparis is a SMG though, wouldn't that be too much?

[regal bolt]

i mainly want it there so we can maybe have a lighting progression rework done, also the kiparis is a machine pistol in technicality

[grave glade]

It would be interesting to get an severe accuracy loss when those bigger weapons are one-handed.

[solemn oak]

I've been trying to come up with some alternative to those night skies.

Has someone maybe tried to make the days a lot longer?

[regal bolt]

thats unfortunately outside of what i would know how to do, id probably end up breaking a ton of things if i tried.

[brave prism]

the anomaly server is fine i guess. its literally what this pack is based on and the links in #old-how-to-install take you to their web page which includes an invite
otherwise dont post any server invites

[solemn oak]

Hmmm, if only there was some way to make a 12 hour long day.

[sick seal]

can anyone tell me why my DDS textures are turning bright purple? lol theyre loaded in, just discolored. and idky. i was hoping to get this mp9_n done tn. but this issue is stumping me.

[red crescent]

you can increase the scale of the time dilation in the game but that will also make nights longer

[sick seal]

^its supposed to be FDE/Olive colored....idk what happened

[vapid valley]

[solemn oak]

Would this be compatible with GAMMA?

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/real-timescale1

[vapid valley]

full immersion? Oo

[solemn oak]

Just thinking of way to avoid the night sky as much as possible, the immersion is a bonus.

[grave glade]

sleeping pills ^^

[solemn oak]

I used those but I would still often come back from all my STALKER adventures long after nightfall, having to look at that terribly stained and torn up sky. Took the immersion right out of me. The very fact I try to fix the sky textures themselves is because one look at them and all of my immersion is gone. Normally, I'm so immersed that when a mutant cat jumps me out of nowhere I actually get a bit of a jump scare, except at night... that one ruins everything but it should be the opposite!

[grave glade]

sweet

[solemn oak]

I'm just worried that messing with the the time scale could come in conflict with all the other mods.

Did anyone here try to mess with timescales before?

[regal bolt]

it could be an issue with your gamma settings, they may be too set to high along with brightness

[grave glade]

and yeah going through the zone at night is addictive

[solemn oak]

Nope, just a broken texture.

[grave glade]

first time in the Red Forest was during night time ^^ so much fun

[deep solar]

Gotta finish adding the props to traders, make some stuff to be crafteable/dissemblable and setting proper weight/price to most of the furniture. And then continue my save

I had tons of more stuff and ideas like a fridge/stove combo that would work like the crafting bench but for cooking but if I keep adding stuff I'll never continue playing. I'll try to release this soon™️ and then update from there.

[solemn oak]

Well, I should have said, a lot of broken textures.

[grave glade]

Did you test an uncompressed night skybox?

I keep thinking the banding is part of the 32bit colodepth.

[solemn oak]

You mean removing the compression from a DDS?

When you remove the compression, you just increase the size of the file, it won't affect the quality.

Give me a sec I'll show you a file that's uncompressed.

[vapid valley]

more hideout furniture?

[deep solar]

yeah I took the mod from Maid (EFP) and expanded from there. Made the beds actually usable, remade all of the collision

[solemn oak]

This is the uncompressed texture but I'm using Paint Net, so it seems to screw some things up.

[deep solar]

If you save multiple times over a file it ends up screwing the compression I believe

[vapid valley]

sick, can’t wait for it to go public 😄

[solemn oak]

This one actually doesn't affect the texture itself.

[deep solar]

I'll try to release as soon as possible, hopefully it's not so buggy. I suck at maintaining public mods

[regal bolt]

i released it under mods posting, it should be working as intended now, and an optional file for the toz34 is included

[solemn oak]

Take a look

[deep solar]

Yeah I switched to that method as soon as you mentioned that it doesn't compress textures. I had some white pixels come up near the border of some of my icons, I don't know if it was the transparency of the icon borders or if saving the image a bunch of times made the issue come up.

[solemn oak]

So the game reds it but in some weird way?

[deep solar]

yeah it seems that either the game or paint.net can't read the transparency values correctly sometimes, but this might have nothing to do with the issue you're having

does the skybox come with a .thm? try taking that file out and check in-game real quick

[solemn oak]

Maybe use the same method with different software?

.thm file? Don't think so.

[deep solar]

Photoshop could be another option, from what I've seen Gimp is not that great

[solemn oak]

Fixed it!

[deep solar]

You can set information in those files about the texture compression type, that could be the reason to the issue you're having nvm lmao

what was it?

[solemn oak]

I used a different none compression method

[deep solar]

do share

[solemn oak]

sec

[solemn oak]

Works pretty well, doesn't it?

[deep solar]

I believe it doesn't support transparency, but any other method will work for icons in my case

it does help me spot which parts will probably cause issues

[solemn oak]

But it should be good to make some proper night skies, right?

[deep solar]

If it fixes the issue you're having then you should be good

I haven't looked that much at the skies in game to notice the compression

hopefully its not one of those "once you see it you cannot unsee it"

[solemn oak]

Well, I can edit everything but... it won't look perfect, this stuff requires the touch of an artist.

Sadly, once you see it, you can't unsee it.

[deep solar]

actually this might help with some of the flag textures I have, any shade of black gets compressed to hell. Hopefully this does the trick

[solemn oak]

Yes, it does!

This is some of the most perfect black you'll ever see, that's why I searched so long.

[deep solar]

I tried DX 11+ but that one was causing crashes, didn't bothered to try the other options

[solemn oak]

I have done the same, it's never gonna work, which is kinda sad...

[deep solar]

I assume if it works for the sky it should work for the textures of props

[solemn oak]

Apparently, anything that does not involve transparency. Maybe Photoshop could do better?

[deep solar]

I mean Paint.net does the trick for now, it just sometimes I gotta select everything around the icon and delete it or use an AA plugin to get rid of weird gray/white pixels

[solemn oak]

That's good to hear! Please, spread the word around if you can, the less issues with textures people have the better!

And if there's anyone, anyone at all messing with DDS files or knows people who work with them, I beg you, let them know of this method, especially if they are making sky boxes.

[grave glade]

AFAIK XRGB is only used for compatibility concerns when an API does not support 24bit sRGB color without transparency (three channels only, no alpha).
ARGB in comparison is similar (32bit sRGB colorspace), but with data for the alpha channel.
They should look visually similar when rendered by the engine. But I know nothing about the X-Ray engine and how it's been modified for Anomaly.

sRGB in general is a standard in realtime 3D rendering but it's a more limited colorspace than say Adobe RGB which has a wider range of color reproduction. That would offer less color banding in games in general but I don't think it's used, probably for standards and performance reasons. Or who knows what ^^

Regarding textures in STALKER, whatever works is good I guess, as long as it doesn't break compatibility (DirectX versions) and performance.
I'm all for the best graphics possible. I reworked some reticle textures up to 4k ^^ (so you'd need a 4096 vertical pixel count monitor/rendering to push it to its limits 😛 - overkill much…).

[solemn oak]

I see what you mean but this might be the perfect solution for some textures that would look totally messed up without this method, right? Try them yourself if you work on a DDS, I'm trying to gather as much info as possible.

[grave glade]

I'd totally download and enjoy a "4k uncompressed skyboxes for GAMMA" mod

gimme all dem pixels

[solemn oak]

I think we could at least get some better results here and there, that's enough for me, I played STALKER as a kid, forgot most of it, except there Brain Scorcher... never forget the Brain Scorcher...

[clever kelp]

does anyone know if it is possible to enable the sitting animation for player characters? Like around campfires.

[grizzled light]

maybe gonna port this to vanilla anomaly but there's too much ak's there

[regal bolt]

but what if more AKs?
I want to go to Rostok and see every single Dutier with a different AK in hand

Behind every duty is a framerate destroying cluster of equipped kalashnikovs

[vapid valley]

go for it :DD

[grizzled light]

1000 40k tris ak's (BaS)

[grizzled light]

:DD

[vapid valley]

I don’t mind more guns, even if its just another AK variation with slightly different looks

[grizzled light]

romanian dong ak
ak but its german and actually older than german
ak but it becomes an svd

[regal bolt]

ak but its cursed and its now a pistol

ak pistol but now youre dual wielding

ak dual wield but the gun laws left you with 5 round magazines

[vapid valley]

ak but it fires 50bmg

[grave glade]

like there wouldn't be some crazy weaponsmith in the Zone to make a 50BMG AK…

(Brandon Herrera©® AK Guy crazyness)

[random fulcrum]

the ak50 was in my plans already

but the thing became a huge priority

[vapid valley]

yessir I watch his videos

an ak50 would definitely fit stalker

[fair canopy]

@wanton knot dunno if you found your mount but check out the mp412 Rex gamma comes with. The reanimated meshes have a scope mount that you might be able to use

[fair canopy]

updated this thing and got it working with nicer animations so i could use @random fulcrum slugs more

[chrome yacht]

Can anyone point to the stalker anomaly modding tutorial, docs?
I am currently starring at Suns.ltx and can't understand what numbers after ';' for flare_opacity mean:

        flare_opacity = 1, 1 ;                    = 0.340, 0.260, 0.300, 0.420, 0.260, 0.260, 0.300, 0.450, 0.250
        flare_position = 1, 1 ;                   = 1.300, 0.600, 0.500, -0.300, -0.600, -1.000, -1.200, 0.850, 0.770
        flare_radius =  0.35 ;                     = 0.080, 0.120, 0.040, 0.080, 0.120, 0.300, 0.250, 0.020, 0.030
        flare_textures =  anamflares\sun_day_diffuse.tga;                   = fx\fx_flare3.tga, fx\fx_flare2.tga, fx\fx_flare1.tga, fx\fx_flare2.tga, fx\fx_flare3.tga, fx\fx_flare3.tga, fx\fx_flare2.tga, fx\fx_flare2.tga, fx\fx_flare1.tga
        flare_shader                     = effects\flare
        flares = on ;                           = off
        gradient = on ;                        = on
        gradient_opacity = 0.7 ;                 = 0.3
        gradient_radius = 0.85 ;                  = 1.2
        gradient_shader                  = effects\flare
        gradient_texture = anamflares\anam_flare01.tga ;                 = fx\fx_gradient1.tga
        sun                              = on
        sun_radius                       = 0.3
        sun_texture = anamflares\sun_day.tga ;                      = fx\fx_sun_morning.tga
        sun_shader                       = effects\sun
        sun_ignore_color                 = false
        blend_time                         = 10 ;(сек)
        blend_rise_time                     = 30 ;(сек)
        blend_down_time                     = 30 ;(сек)

[fair canopy]

Anything after ; gets commented out

[sick seal]

hey, i need help with texture issues with an MP9_N im making atm.

tell me if you can spot the difference lol

[chrome yacht]

So simple, thanks.

[fair canopy]

Looks the same to me

[sick seal]

lol clearly. ill just export it as is then! thanks for the clarification! haha

i was up til 330am ripping tarkov assets, converting file types, then sorting. this is an issue ill have with every file

[fair canopy]

Where is your texture path set to? I usually don't worry about how it looks in blender since you can always adjust the texture path via an outside program

[sick seal]

lemme open blender and see, one sec

the texturing and shading is the one thing now im clueless about so ive just copied what was there for the AK104 alpha and tried applying it to the MP9

[fair canopy]

Do you have the textures in the same folder structure as the alpha?

[sick seal]

yeah, its no different, in GIMP the colors are right, but in Blender....everythings correct, the right textures show up they are just tinted purple.

[fair canopy]

Ah that's the normal map

[sick seal]

lol which means? if you dont mind elaborating

[fair canopy]

You need to set it so it shows the diff map

[sick seal]

ah gotcha

[fair canopy]

I don't know the technical stuff, but basically your normal map is the one thst sets the heights and stuff for details such as lettering, dents, etc

The diff map is the actual texture

I would convert the textures first to the correct dds compression and then set them in blender

[sick seal]

okay, now i understand. thanks for the help!

[fair canopy]

[wanton knot]

Oh I got the exactly one that I needed but I'll take a look anyway, always good to know what's avaiable XD Thank you

[wanton knot]

Today's homework for ya.
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Normal_Map_Technical_Details#:~:text=Usually the red channel of,outwards away from the surface

[upbeat lion]

has anyone tried to make custom radio stations for Anomaly/GAMMA?
or does anyone know where the tracks are found in the game folders so i can swap them out?

[sick seal]

cant figure it out, u want the mp9 files?

[upbeat lion]

i figured out how to get to the radio files

[fair canopy]

Actually can you out the whole thing on a Google drive?

[sick seal]

yeah, i ended up solving the problem, i bought photoshop and used the Intel Texture Works Plugin. the files were there i just couldnt see or open them. but the mp9 was mostly a test run of my end goal of the AK/VSS Modpack. so im more than happy to send you the MP9 files if you want them. textures, meshes, materials,anims. etc.

[lean berry]

anyone knows where i can check the ammo recipes?

to edit them

[regal bolt]

I didn't know what was the proper channel to discuss this question, is there a command to "refresh" npcs based on my settings?

[upbeat lion]

can anyone translate this for me:
FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : ovi
[error]Function : CSoundRender_Source::LoadWave
[error]File : SoundRender_Source_loader.cpp
[error]Line : 77
[error]Description : Invalid source info:
[error]Arguments : d:/games misc/anomaly1\gamedata\sounds\radio_channel_1\track_1.ogg

stack trace:
i'm trying to change the songs that are played on the radio, but when i put in my custom sounds.db0 file (where i only changed the music) I get that crash log

[fair canopy]

download one of the radio mods and see how they did it

[upbeat lion]

i couldn't find any

[sick seal]

.50 BEOWULF AR15 to go alongside my SR-25

[random fulcrum]

will it shoot 12.7

[rotund peak]

Heyo y'all, is there a way I could manually edit files to make a weapon one-handed? (i.e. the pp2000)

[fair canopy]

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[cedar monolith]

that top sight is

[rotund peak]

Holy shit, thanks

Does that allow them to be used with detectors as well?

[fair canopy]

Yup

You may get clipping though depending on the size of the gun

[rotund peak]

That's amazing, thanks so much

[vapid valley]

so can I one hand an LMG?

[fair canopy]

Probably. Dunno how it'd look

[cedar monolith]

now i'm imagining having 4 lmg's equipped by them being all set to one-handed

[fathom wagon]

Also avoid using scopes on said gun with a detector/device out. Unless it is some type of red dot or holographic sight, your ADS will be blocked by the sight itself. When you put the device away, the ADS works like normal, but having a device in hand can break most if not all scopes when trying to ADS @rotund peak

[fair canopy]

@random fulcrum thing for you

[random fulcrum]

very very based

now i only need to actually figure out how stats bars work

thank you very much

[fair canopy]

[sick seal]

yeah, itll shoot 12.7 unless theres a way to make a custom ammunition for it.

but mag is restricted to 7

but its small and light, the size of a regular AR

i was gunna give it 65 dmg per shot

[rotund peak]

Interestingly enough, did a wee bit o' testing, seems it doesn't work for guns that were spawned before the mod was installed

[fathom wagon]

Yeah that is another quirk of doing that too. X-Ray is strange (albeit to no one's surprise lol)

[astral dome]

Who can help with clearing some stuff from the Army Warehouses in SDK?

For the portfolio with helping to make co-op stalker real

[obsidian void]

I'm going to drop my weapon trading black market economy mod here for anyone who wants to try it. It's still very WIP so I expect I may have left out some things or need to balance it better. But so far it feels really fun to play.

[fathom wagon]

Can you give a quick rundown of what it does? Just so people have a better idea what the mod does.

[obsidian void]

sure give me a sec

there is a readme with that info but I will paste it here

The mod combines aspects of GAMMA economy with Trader Overhaul, with a twist.

1: Weapon traders have been categorized into a tier system. They are organized by WP/NATO preference (in line with GAMMA lore), and then each category is ranked into a 3 tier system based on base weapon price.
The trader tiers roughly coordinate like so-
-Tier 1: ₽0 - ₽39k.
-Tier 2: ₽40k - ₽60k.
-Tier 3: ₽60k +

*Most* traders that have chosen to purchase weapons have a Faction preference AND a Tier preference. Unlawful factions may have traders who will buy any weapon. This is subject to change, although I feel it is somewhat balanced since unlawful playthroughs have additional difficulties like less trader access.

2: Trade with random stalkers is back on the table (if you disabled it in your mod loader).
-Stalkers are willing to buy ANY weapon (assuming they will trade with you at all)
-Random stalker money amounts have been slightly increased.
-The amount of starting money stalkers have available for trading is tied to their rank when spawned (a default feature).
-Random stalker buy coefficient has been slightly lowered. They will offer you the lowest offer for your goods compared to any trader.
In order for the money limit changes to take effect, a new game is required. Unfortunately those numbers are generated when the AI is spawned.

That being said, the mod will STILL WORK on an old save. Random stalkers will just have a little less money on average available to trade.

[cedar monolith]

do the stalkers drop the money they have?

jokes aside, that sounds great for a bandit playthrough

[obsidian void]

stubby that is not connected to the loot so no

[cedar monolith]

I know, just joking, lol.

[fathom wagon]

Sounds interesting. I know some people were looking for a way to at least sell weapons. I personally saw it as traders trying to get a kickback from the UN for "cleaning up the Zone' by purchasing these weapons then turning them in for a bonus from the UN.

[obsidian void]

yep exactly. that is in my readme as well

but in general the idea here is that traders will buy weapons that they can reasonably sell given their area and faction. So it's like the weaopns are moving around in the economy

keep in mind WPO parts minimums should be turned on and such to prevent the system being too easy

[fathom wagon]

I'll put this in my current run. I lazily allowed traders to buy weapons (plus arti's current version of Weapon Parts Overhaul that ISN'T in GAMMA has an option to have traders buy weapons based on its condition and its parts being higher than 60 condition). I'll have to give this a shot.

[cedar monolith]

what's the min condition they'll buy at? any? or does it base off the default anomaly condition checker?

[obsidian void]

so WPO has a script (and a slider in MCM) that determines they won't buy if any part is at X min condition. The traders themselves have individual condition minimums which apply to the cleanliness of the gun.

[cedar monolith]

gotcha, might take a look after my military playthrough

[obsidian void]

so far in my personal playtest it is pretty good. Not OP at all in fact it takes some work to sell guns since they MUST be repaired. This creates an investment/reward scenario JUST like the artefact melter

[cedar monolith]

Yeah, seems fair on paper. So long as you play on default drop settings. I play on rank-based drops (better rank = better gear) so might be a bit busted on my end

but we'll see when I do a fresh playthrough

[obsidian void]

I do too

[timber swan]

Where do you enable rank based drops?

[fair canopy]

can you dltx some of the files? also what was changed in game relations?

[obsidian void]

ah. so game relations.

[timber swan]

Also just saw the thing about your black market - seems exactly like something I was thinking about - I find GAMMA to be a bit too silly in that weapon trades aren't a thing

[obsidian void]

so I noticed that the GAMMA modpack has mod 161 Improved player and NPC ranks. this file actually restores the changes from that mod to the end of the load order. I compared GAMMA's version and noticed these values where the only changes

so that's actually something of a patch I left in on accident.

[fair canopy]

i think that's modified by a dltx now

[obsidian void]

could be true

[fair canopy]

im not 100% sure. there was a change to player advancement a few weeks ago

[obsidian void]

Hm. I may have an old version. I don't keep gamma up to date much since I'm actively making changes lol

I can remove it

although it shouldn't be an issue if DLTX is grabbing that file anyway

[fathom wagon]

Also don't think you need the gamma_nato_preset.ltx. It is the same as the one in GAMMA Economy

[fair canopy]

I would honestly look through all the trade ltx files and dltx everything you can. it makes it so that it'll still work with any future economy changes

[obsidian void]

you're right that is a remnant from when I copied the gamma files. Can you tell me, what is the dltx pathway to change the trader files?

Like I know system for items what is the parent file for trade

[fathom wagon]

gamedata > configs > items > trade
file prefix is mod_trade_...

[fathom wagon]

For instance, modifying the trade_greh.ltx through DLTX is mod_trade_greh_whatever.ltx

[fair canopy]

that one took me a while to figure out

[obsidian void]

thank you

[fair canopy]

is it necessary to use trader destockifier?

[fathom wagon]

I had to do a lot of them for Momopate's 20x70 Slugs and my own 9x21 FMJ/HP Ammo mod

[obsidian void]

I tried using the DLTXify thing but I only ended up confused

[fathom wagon]

It only DLTXes stuff together into one file as much as possible. And it only takes into account vanilla ltx files.

It isn't refined to split things up as it is mainly a tool to at least get the setup going.

[obsidian void]

I would say yes trade destockifer is neccessary because the traders actually DO stock weapons but the idea is they should only have a few at their disposal. This also allows you to configure how many suits they could have in stock (because why wouldn't they be able to sell armor?) and such

[fair canopy]

im asking for personal preference. I like gamma's no guns for sale but i wouldnt mind a reason to pick up guns

[obsidian void]

It imo creates the illusion that you aren't the only one participating in this weapon trading system but the supply chain is strained due to the new regulations

I will say, I'm currently having a slight issue with the system where trade destockifier doesn't quite limit the weapon stocks correctly? or something. It's like, you'll see mostly pistols stocked and for some reason butcher has a few shotguns for sale

[fathom wagon]

Let me re-phrase: Would it be possible to someone to modify Trade Destockifier to only target weapons and armor?

Just curious since it could be something I look into.

[obsidian void]

still works just not exactly how it's intended. I need to get to the bottom of it. Yes trade destockifier has MCM options for just that

[fair canopy]

hmm

[obsidian void]

you can just set it to 0 to remove a category or -1 to disable a limiter

[fair canopy]

i like the idea of this being like a buy back program. get guns out of our zone, not so much move them around within it

[obsidian void]

but the reality is that they would still move around

[fair canopy]

oh sure

[obsidian void]

buybacks work just not perfectly

[fair canopy]

but i dont care about the reality of it

[obsidian void]

to me it feels authentic, like most traders don't have guns for sale or they might just have one or something.

[fathom wagon]

What would be a fun addition is if the allowing of buying weapons for buybacks from the UN also meant ISG was more prevalent in the Zone as a "police force" of sorts. Have them be mostly neutral (but closer to hated) with most factions and enemies to your typical groups like Bandit, Freedom, Regenades, etc. Just a pipe dream really lol

[obsidian void]

yeah that would be cool to see the enforcement actually happening

[fathom wagon]

That way, only place to buy weapons from traders would be those factions' traders, but they would be dumb expensive to purchase. Like a good pistol being sold at the price of a top-tier AR.

[obsidian void]

that can be done with price tweaks in the trader pools

[fathom wagon]

Would be a nightmare to earn but adds some feeling of reality.

[obsidian void]

I think

it kinda already feels like that with the current trader markup

[timber swan]

Sorry to ask again, but how did you enable rank based drops ?

[sick seal]

hey so im having trouble exporting my 50 BEOWULF into OGF format. it keeps telling me i cant use 3 textures for each peace a Diff map, Bump, and Normal. but without the Bump and Normal the gun looks like dogshit, everything together, the gun looks amazing. is it possible to combine the different maps into the same file? or do i have to scrap this 50 BEOWULF?

[fair canopy]

you have to remove the bump and normal map and define them in a thm file for each texture

leave your diff map in blender

then use the thm editor to create a thm for the diff map, define it's bump map. then create a thm for the bump map and define it's normal

[fathom wagon]

If you are talking about the condition based on rank, check "Drop Condition" in the MCM. If you are talking about Outfit drop rates based on rank, check "Outfit drops" in the MCM

[sick seal]

alright awesome, thanks! been wracking my brain tryna figure out the more graphical side of everything, ive been getting the animating, modeling etc done, but usually give up when i reach texture issues and move to a new weapon.

so now Late War, Last Ditch, Sturmgewehr lol.

shit, forgot the recoil spring and bolt textures lol. but got this model for free off whatever website was recommended to me for the Sig p320 model.

[fathom wagon]

So I am trying to patch EFP's Artefact system for GAMMA as an fun little personal project. So far so good (aka no crashes yet lmao). I even added a small chance for the transmutation recipes to drop from dead enemies.

I really have become a mad scientist of modding

[lean berry]

Anyone knows where I can modify the ammo crafting recipes?

I think I found some bugs, where to make 15 bullets you need 10 casings and etc

[sturdy skiff]

Guys, does anyone know an addon to remove rats from Anomaly? They have no purspose, they only steal A-life resources. Immersion-wise, they don't add anything, it's even worse when NPCs start blasting randomly because there's a rat nearby.

[chrome yacht]

Could you please explain me the models_laserbeam.ps file?

struct     v2p
{
     float2     tc0: TEXCOORD0;    // base
      float4    c0: COLOR0;        // sun
};

float4 shader_param_5;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Pixel
float4 main( v2p I ) : SV_Target
{
    float4 t_base = s_base.Sample(smp_base, I.tc0);

    t_base *= shader_param_5.x; //Only first component is used

    return float4(t_base.xyz, t_base.w * I.c0.w);
}```
What is s_base? 
Where .xyz, .w and I.c0.w come from? O.o

[chrome yacht]

If anyone is curious and clueless like me it is HLSL language syntax

[fallow parcel]

it does look like hlsl

this is what i hate about mathematics programming. The variables are not descriptive enough lol

Its been a while but this looks like its setting the position of the beam texture?

[fallow parcel]

Ive made a mod, 2 secs

[fallow parcel]

These files here determine how much stacks you need of each component

[lean berry]

Stacks, so a stack is 3? 5?

[obsidian void]

@lean berry I also noticed this issue with certain calibers you need WAY more powder than others, like 150 powder for 15 7.62x51 bullets. Would like you to address that too.

[fallow parcel]

Yea

You can reduce the stacks of the components as well.

i dont think that would be a good idea. Im not sure if it accepts floats in that file too

I.e. powder_1 0.25

for 1/4 of a stack

[lean berry]

im fine with stacks

im not fine with needing for example 30 powder for 15 7.62x39 rounds and 15 for 9x39 and 5.45x39

or needing 10 bullets and 10 casings for 15 7.92x57

and suddenly needing more casings than bullets for AP instead FMJ

[fallow parcel]

Its a balancing thing i think.

You can just put em all to 1 for each and it will be 15 bullets, 15 cases and 15 powder for all bullets

I guess you could make stalkers drop more ammo components.

[lean berry]

i dont see much of balance

i see all messed up overall

[random fulcrum]

what the fuck

[fallow parcel]

Well considering AP ammo is meant to be rare and expensive.

[random fulcrum]

it's balanced

7.92 sucks REALLY fucking hard

like, try using it after rostok

also 7.62x39 is the best small rifle bullet

[fallow parcel]

I dome exos with 5.56 ball Takes a few shots mind you

[random fulcrum]

being just short of 7.62x51 in stats

[obsidian void]

He's right though 10 casings to make 15 bullets is just weird

[random fulcrum]

oh ffs

check the lapua recipe

be amazed

[obsidian void]

Where do the extra 5 casing come from? Lol

[lean berry]

for me realism is balanced

[fallow parcel]

He chops a few in half and makes a wish with the wish granter to make 15

[obsidian void]

Haha

[lean berry]

anyways im going to do it for myself and maybe public it if people wants it and thats it

[random fulcrum]

also iirc the .45 box is 14 bullets

[fallow parcel]

The only way to make it "realistically ballanced" would be to make AP components rare af

[random fulcrum]

and it also costs 10 casings

[lean berry]

as i said, its all messed up

[obsidian void]

Right

[lean berry]

you get already a minus when dissasembling bullets

but needing 90 powder for 15 rounds of hp when fmj needs 15 is ridiculous

[random fulcrum]

ok so the idea is making the better ammo way easier to craft and maybe allow 1:1 conversions across the board?

[lean berry]

the balance is already on the profile already

no, the idea is to not be all messed up

and more structured balance

[random fulcrum]

how

[obsidian void]

Not 1:1 necessarily, you still lose our when disassembling like he said

[lean berry]

by not being so agressive and not being triggered by someone other opinion

first

and then by doing math

[obsidian void]

You still need to get more powder somehow but the number of casings and bullets SHOULD be 1:1 with how many rounds you produce

[lean berry]

maybe modify beween calibers

so for example

[random fulcrum]