╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[naive snow]

Probably because you didn't set a role in the server

You need to use "!getrole STALKER" in the bots channel over there https://discord.com/channels/456765861953536020/463902518595026964

[grand vigil]

okay thanks

[shadow hull]

Does anyone know if there is a list that has all the firearms that have a tactical kit associated with them?

[naive snow]

Nah you'd have to file search in something like notepad++ for the kits. It's easy enough

[shadow hull]

Anyone know what gun the mauser_kit is used on? I tried with the K98 and k98_mod but it doesn't work on either one.

[cerulean mantle]

What is the difference between these two in terms of when they're played?

Oh, mask breathing sound is disabled nvm.

I'm a noob rofl

[jade oxide]

Hello,
usually for custom weapons sounds I like to put directly all config lines within the main ltx and create custom config path names. This way you are SURE it will be played and will not be overwritten by Dark Signal Audio, or any assertion coming from the top line gun section name.

Just a reminder ;

[wpn_stg44]:wpn_ak47_sounds → means it will use whatever sounds under [wpn_ak47_sounds] which is found in "weapon_sounds.ltx" This same [wpn_ak47_sounds] redirects to 'sub'-config lines such as "snd_draw", "snd_empty"... etc, and most notably "snd_shoot" and "snd_shoot_actor". These last two usually redirects again to sections. Example : snd_shoot = wpn_ak47_snd_shoot (which are usually sorted in corresponding gun type (Ar, SMG, etc).

However, whatever is stored inside the main ltx of the gun will always have top priority (assuming you got an equivalent amount of config variants (if you have 1 reload sound but the top assertion redirects to a set of sounds with 4 sounds, you'll have a conflict. Always get the same amount of sound variants or more.

If you want it "easy", wipe out the top assertion next to [wpn_xxx]:assertion and paste all the needed sound config lines before HUD part. You can even paste the "dark signal audio" shooting layers, but make sure they are placed after* the base sound configs such as reload, holster, etc...
I hope this was helpful.

[cunning haven]

is there a guide on how to turn on dmg number?

[elfin mason]

probable in one of the pinned guides

[fair canopy]

That makes a lot of sense. There are times when I'll try to override sounds via the weapon ltx but get nothing until I remove the assertation, but then I lose other sounds

[vague basin]

Good afternoon! Can anyone tell me where in the weapon files, according to the scale, you can change the rank of the weapon? for example, instead of a B rank, so that the weapon has a D rank?

[fair canopy]

It's the repair kit

[vague basin]

@fair canopy Can you help me ?

[jade oxide]

yeah and implementing new entries in both the main gun ltx, then weapon_sounds, THEN ar_sounds.ltx (and silencer_sounds as well) gets quite a pain in the ass (and increases the likelihood to forget stuff).
I just put everything within the same main gun ltx and that's it ! Just make sure you don't skip sounds that have to run on some animations, and that's it.
Also careful, some mods use scripted sounds, which have a different behavior and can conflict with regular sounds

[narrow stirrup]

hey i want to set the fov at 80 everytime i have to load or change area, is there any way to set fov at 80 at the ui_sr_teleport.script ?
something like "get_console():execute("set FOV 80")

[narrow stirrup]

i've tryed those : actor_on_first_update(get_console():execute("set fov 80"))
actor_on_first_update(get_console():execute("set hud_fov 65")) but doesn't change nothing

[random fulcrum]

but you don't put anything in that callback's params

just do something like

function actor_on_first_update()
  get_console():execute("set fov 80")
  get_console():execute("set hud_fov 65")
end

function on_game_start()
  RegisterScriptCallback("actor_on_first_update", actor_on_first_update)
end

[narrow stirrup]

Thank u i'm gonna try it

[narrow stirrup]

i'm retard seems like the SET was not necesary, just using those lines seems to make the thing, thanks for the help anyway

[shadow hull]

Anyone got an answer for this by chance?

[fair canopy]

Because neither is assigned the kit. But they should be

You can go into the scopes section of the k98 and add the kit there

I also fixed the problem in https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1204330633682493482

[fair inlet]

it is intentional afaik

similarly to deer hunter

[fair canopy]

Wonder why

[fair inlet]

probably considered too big of an upgrade for a buyable kit

[shadow hull]

Oh neat, so this also includes some missing firearms from BaS? Thanks.

Also does anyone happen to know which mechanic this is trade_mechanic_ecolog_garin?

[fair inlet]

must be Jupiter ecologist bunker one

[shadow hull]

Ah, that makes sense, thanks.

[soft plaza]

Is there anyone with coding experience that can help me figure out how to increase the duration of the phantom star perk? Im looking at it and i just don’t know enough to make the change. I know its ruining the balance but i think 1 minute is tiny.

[naive snow]

Just change the line
obj:set_condition(obj:condition() - 0.00108 / artefact_count)

In the gamma artifact reinvented

[soft plaza]

What file?

[naive snow]

G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. Artefacts Reinvention/gamedata/scripts/perk_based_artefacts.script

[soft plaza]

Thanks

[random fulcrum]

why isn't the phantom star tweak moved to another file

[naive snow]

Because I'm not teaching another poor soul how to DLTX on a friday night. Actually it wouldn't even be a dltx since its a script

[shadow hull]

How about this guy? trade_mechanic_yar

[fair inlet]

pripyat laundromat guy

[shadow hull]

That's part of the Loner faction correct?

[fair inlet]

he is a freedomer

[shadow hull]

Oh, interesting.

So if I go there as a Duty bro would he not be cool with me?

[fair inlet]

true

[shadow hull]

Good to know, thanks.

I assumed everyone there was a Loner tbh.

Especially considering part of the main quest with Strelok bunkers up there.

[shadow hull]

Now that I think about it, can't Mercs do the main story? What happens when you meet Strelok there, do you just aggro all the loners?

[fair inlet]

I guess mercs have to disguise. Better ask chat

[shadow hull]

Which one, general chat?

[fair inlet]

newbies or stalker

[elfin mason]

iirc it changes the faction relations before you meet him, so they dont attack

[shadow hull]

Yeah, someone said that Loners will become neutral after brainscorcher assuming your goodwill isn't awful.

[shadow hull]

Who is this? mechanic_stalker_furgon Is this the darkscape mechanic?

[fair inlet]

probably, where do you even get these names?

[shadow hull]

Shop filenames.

Most of them are pretty obvious by faction and some have areas in their name to make it quicker, but there are some names here I absolutely don't recognize from time to time.

Also doesn't help that I don't think I remember all the npcs that are vendors.

[fair inlet]

vks_trade_inject has a list with id

[shadow hull]

That's useful, thanks.

[sudden rune]

What should I do to properly make new text on attachments?
It just doesn't want to appear without some kind of background.

[fair canopy]

Cut out the letters from existing icons and make new labels

[sudden rune]

Well that I did already mutiple times

[fair canopy]

What program did you use? Did you clean up the letters or just copy paste without any further editing?

[sudden rune]

Photoshop, cut them pixel by pixel

[fair canopy]

Photoshop does weird things to transparency. I did them in paint.net and it came out fine. That's how I did the bas icons gamma uses now

[sudden rune]

Thanks, will try now.

[sudden rune]

I doesn't work. But I finally found why - loading that file with alpha channel does some strange things to it. Tried editing others and it works perfectly fine.

[celest forge]

No mipmaps on icon files

[sudden rune]

[celest forge]

Those are my icons too, right

Yeah they are

lol

[sharp mirage]

Happened to me too

I dont have mags redux

Did you manage to fix that

I see this happens to me too

I have your mod enabled

[grim echo]

greetings stalkers, i am a newbie who is trying to use the "draggable hud editor" mod to fix a misaligned weapon. I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF8p9_tyqWo&ab_channel=IdcFrost

However, after doing exactly as the video suggested (including creating my own "mod" folder containing gamedata/configs folders), it ended up repositioning the gun, but still misaligned and not at all looking the way it did when i clicked "apply" to save it in the cache.
Additionally, the weapon is aligned just fine by default, but it becomes misaligned when i attach a specific sight to it. I read somewhere that the game treats guns with attachments as separate from the base gun, so perhaps i didn't properly name the mod_system file?
I can post screenshots if needed

[random fulcrum]

align the sight

[grim echo]

indeed i did, everything was lined up perfectly until i saved the changes and relaunched the game

[celest forge]

Did you actually copy the new reposition lines into the DLTX file or just hit apply

[sudden rune]

You save it not in the cache, but in the file from where you should then copy your stuff and place in that mod folder. Like gamedata\configs\ your file
Also yes, gun with attachment is basically a new gun for hud edditor, so you should do reposition for every attachment if you need that.

[grim echo]

this is what i did, i have the .ltx file and it's labeled with the same gun name that appears in the cache file

[sudden rune]

Drop it here

[naive snow]

Did you drop your mod_system in the right folder and actually enabled that new mod in your MO2?

[slow bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/rafael-nadal-rafa-microscope-tennis-tennisgifs-gif-20844960

[grim echo]

my bad lmao

[slow bolt]

add z 's in front of RD704

mod_system_zzz_rd704_repos.ltx

so it loads after all other DLTX mods

[grim echo]

ok thank you

[soft patio]

Anyone got a more high res version of this? Looking to replace Monolith patch icons to this since this is usually with what they're portrayed with online

[slow bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/google-exists-google-search-it-geekboy-geekboy-cz-gif-25933207

[slow bolt]

This is their big patch. There is also a small patch

1 second of google gave high res pic

https://ams1.startpage.com/av/anon-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F91KkbLizzqL.jpg&sp=1709410886T24102a1c3e7847707fd53c07e984bb439101883bf98bf359c9254834454906a7

[soft patio]

Would this seem like it'd blend better with the other patches ingame?

[slow bolt]

Looks like a kid drew it

[soft patio]

Mainly following off of this

[slow bolt]

Saw that on the wiki. But its kinda low res

[soft patio]

this might look perfect once it gets pixelated from the shrinking like the other icons

no clue how to make it greyed out though

[vale knot]

nah shoc has best monolith patch

but i do like this one too

but shoc better

[rigid sail]

Nope, and I have no idea where to start fixing it. Based on my (somewhat remedial) theoretical understanding of how my mod works, and how the reload animation works in regards to belts, nothing I've done should have broken that. I've been waiting for someone more knowledgeable to come up with a fix. If you happen to, I'll gladly incorporate it.

[slow bolt]

link a pic

[vale knot]

its the angel wing one

the one anomaly uses

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stalker/images/9/91/Monolith_Patch_Build_1935.webp/revision/latest?cb=20230227144701

awesome link

[slow bolt]

The small one then

[soft patio]

Shoc has patches?

Oh

[vale knot]

i dont actually know if these are shoc

[soft patio]

Eh personally i have the other logo burned into my memory

[vale knot]

but i know clear sky uses the blue ones

[soft patio]

still no clue how to make the greyed out version

[vale knot]

Saturation?

[soft patio]

hmm

[soft patio]

I guess this'll do

[slow bolt]

Looks squished

[soft patio]

nah it looks fine imo

[random fulcrum]

it's squashed to hell

[slow bolt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/852660568389451808.webp?size=48&quality=lossless&name=2Head

literally

[soft patio]

Looks acceptable to me

[soft patio]

I could probably post this in the mod thread but these are for simplified vision UI and Maid's HD icons so not sure how to implement it for GAMMA players

[naive snow]

That is squished and looks out of place vs the rest of the patches. You could have a least used the actual one made of cloth to keep in line with everything else

[soft patio]

It's the best i can personally make so far, If i can make it better I'll try

that being said if anyone here would like to give it a shot i've nothing against it

I've gotta do some other stuff now

Doesn't look very out of place to me here

[slow bolt]

still squished

[soft patio]

if i squeeze the sides to make it look less squished it gets more pixelated than the other patches

like i said if you're able to do it without making it more pixelated than the rest, I'm all for it

[naive snow]

Here

[soft patio]

thanks for that

if you think it's interesting you could make a version for gamma

[naive snow]

What do you mean a version for gamma?

the original icon works best in my mind

[soft patio]

Understandable but you can still publish it in the mod thread in case some people would like it

[naive snow]

I'm not doing a dltx just for this when I don't care about it

[soft patio]

fair enough

I'd do it but i'm not familiar with Gamma files

[naive snow]

It's as simple as scrapping out what you don't want from Maids, it's already a dltx

[soft patio]

does GAMMA come with its own UI editor for Crooks identification?

[naive snow]

I have no idea

If you mean crosshair highlight identification, then yeah it does

[vale knot]

I love how the bandit patch is identical to greyed out one

[random fulcrum]

isg too

[fierce aurora]

Anyone tel me what i need to change here to make the daddy save bound to right control?

function on_key_release(key)
if key == DIK_keys.DIK_F5 then
token_redeemed = redeem_token(silent and campfire_saving)

[naive snow]

chaneg the if key ==
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/DIK_KeyCodes

DIK_F5 is the main saving key.
There's also this part where it checks that you're holding down LShift

[fierce aurora]

Possible to disable the entire left shift portion?

I imagine simply deleting it won't lead to good things

[naive snow]

remove the "AND (key...." in the condition keeping the the then after

That means whenever you have the token it will return true

[fierce aurora]

Excuse the picture but this one?

[naive snow]

basically, just keep the "if has_token then"

[fierce aurora]

Oh so you mean get rid of this entire line

[naive snow]

yeah but keep the "Then" at the end

[fierce aurora]

Got it

[surreal gust]

bro uses default notepad just like me

[sacred token]

[broken flint]

Your vscode salvation is only ever one click away

There's even an extension for LTX files these days

[surreal gust]

this is what i deal with every day

[sacred token]

Please use at least notepad++

[surreal gust]

No.

if normal notepad works, it works

[sacred token]

[sudden rune]

[celest forge]

It works but ++ is so much better

And it saves you time

[snow marsh]

someone should do a mod whereas you could respond to npcs talking in the pda, like a AI or something

it seems pretty funny to just answer a bandit after saying some dumb shit in the area with a (hey fuckhead, i'm coming for you) and he answers back with more trash talk

[atomic roost]

Open Letter to the GSC Game World Team

Dear GSC Game World Team,
We, the representatives of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe modding community, express our gratitude for creating a unique series of games that has become a source of inspiration for us. Aiming for further development and enrichment of this universe, we would like to draw your attention to the importance of supporting and clarifying the legal and technical aspects of creating and distributing modifications.

Currently, our community faces constant uncertainty, where every step in the development of modifications is associated with the risk of legal consequences. Years of hard work and passion put into modifications can suddenly be deemed illegal and subjected to legal prosecution. This uncertainty significantly hinders development and demotivates many talented creators who strive to contribute to the development of the universe.

In light of the above, we approach you with the following questions and suggestions:

Legal and Technical Foundations

1. Game Engine Modifications:
   • We ask to define specific terms and limitations regarding the modification and use of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game engine (X-Ray Engine), including changes to the code and adding new features. This is critically important for us to have a clear understanding of the permitted boundaries.
2. Modifications of the Original SDK:
   • A clear explanation of the conditions regulating the modification and use of the official Software Development Kit (SDK) provided by GSC Game World for the purpose of creating and distributing modifications is necessary.
3. Opening the Source Code of X-Ray Engine:
   • We strongly request considering the possibility of officially opening the source code of the X-Ray game engine under a license that facilitates legal access and modification, to resolve the legal uncertainties associated with the current use of the code.
4. Amendments to the SDK License Agreement:
   • The current SDK license agreement, which requires complete transfer of rights to GSC, is questionable for the entire mod development community. We strongly request a review of these terms so that developers can retain certain rights to their works within non-commercial distribution.

Creation and Distribution of Modifications

5. Working with Original and Modified Content:
   • We ask for a detailed guide that will help us correctly work with content from the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games as well as modifications made to the game engine. It is important for us to know how we can innovatively approach modifications without infringing on your rights.
6. Projects on Third-Party Engines:
   • Clear conditions for development on third-party engines will provide legal certainty and protection for our projects, which is especially important for significant modifications of the original engine.

Publication and Rights

7. Conditions for Publishing Modifications:
   • We need a clear list of requirements and steps for publishing our modifications. This will make it easier for us to share our work with the community, confident that we are following all necessary standards.
8. Mutual Rights and Responsibilities:
   • A detailed clarification of the rights and responsibilities of mod developers is necessary, including issues of copyright and the rights retained by GSC Game World, as well as the designation of mutual obligations for the maintenance and distribution of modifications.

We are confident that transparent and respectful interaction will open new horizons for the development of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe and benefit both developers and fans around the world. We hope for your understanding and willingness to dialogue.

Sincerely,
The STALKER on UE Development Team!

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1b5klaj/open_letter_to_the_gsc_game_world_team/

[simple scaffold]

I am going to point out that GSC said the dcma on open X-ray was not them.

This means they are aware of open X-ray. If the licence on open X-ray was fabricated they probably would have said something.

Also I doubt Serge would be publicly involved with a project if the licence didn't check out.

[surreal gust]

yet these people don't care

[simple scaffold]

Tldr the guy that posted this hasn't done any research.

[atomic roost]

OpenXRay have stated that there is no license and it is not formed by GSC.

[simple scaffold]

The bigger issue isnt the engine anyway. It's the art and story.

[simple scaffold]

https://github.com/OpenXRay/xray-16/blob/dev/License.txt

[atomic roost]

It's an illegal license. That's what Xottab (the developer OpenXRay) keeps saying.

He published this open letter on his Discord server for a reason.

[simple scaffold]

Not formed by GCS is not relevant. They have not acquired a licence from GSC, but you don't do that for open source.

That licence is makes it unnecessary to get a licence from them for the engines.

My point is that if that lince was fradualant gs. Would have said something.

[simple scaffold]

That is new context for me.

[atomic roost]

It's not coordinated with the GSC.

[simple scaffold]

That is not relevant.

Only the validity of the licence matters

If that licence isn't the words of GCS then we are all breaking a bunch of copyright laws

If it is real then GSC not being involved is established by the licence and is half the point of it.

[atomic roost]

It's invalid. X-Ray is not licensed in any way. The license in that repository refers only to edits made by the OpenXRay team.

I will remind you that the source code of X-Ray was published by a leak, since illegally.

[simple scaffold]

That doesn't preclude GSC response the that leak being to slap a lince on it to let ppl use as a way to maintain some control while acknowledging what was going to happen anyway.

Which is what I understood to be the case.

But if the open X-ray lead says that isn't the case then

it probably isn't.

That is the only relevant point.

[atomic roost]

It is for this reason that we requested documents from the GSC by the entire community.

[simple scaffold]

Yeah because publicly striping them of plausible deniability is good plan.

It isn't. Not of you don't want a bunch of DMCAs

[atomic roost]

Xottab - OpenXRay developer

[surreal gust]

I was talking about the reactions

[simple scaffold]

I guess if you would consider it a waste of your time if the project gets DMCA'd and are too weak willed to just walk away on your own forcing GSCs hand might seem like a good idea.

My thoughts will be that it was fun while it lasted. But I'd also prefer it to last as long as possible so I object to someone poking the dragon and inviting prompt DCMAs.

Because of he thought their official response was going to be anything else he wouldn't be "nervous"

But hey if open X-ray fabricated that licence (because you can't attach a licence to someone else work, the implication of that licence is that it was written by the copyright holder. that licence is either written by GSC or it is fraud committed by open xray) then his team brought this up on themselves

[celest forge]

GSC probably wouldn't care, Microsoft might tho

[simple scaffold]

You can't licence your illegal modifications of someone else code. Which is why anyone reading it would assume it was GSCs words.

[patent yarrow]

what are the good modpacks out there currently that install on top of gamma?

[celest forge]

GAMMA is already a modpack

There's no modpacks for a modpack

[surreal gust]

Why would michaelsoft care?

[celest forge]

Closest thing I can of is UGP i guess

[celest forge]

Because they're the publishing and parent company now

It's like the gamefreak nintendo thing

[tawny stream]

Nintendo will sue you if you name your child Mario.

[surreal gust]

I don't know why gsc wouldn't release the source code for a dead and mid engine anyway

[celest forge]

If a company can profit off of something they will never do it for free

[surreal gust]

We will see if they get a response agreeing to this or a nice "no fuck you" response

[atomic roost]

GSC are self-published. And the current owner of the company "Maxim Krippa" - who owns the NAVI team and casinos in Ukraine.

[surreal gust]

As soon as I heard casinos, yeah I ain't trusting him

[atomic roost]

According to the investigation, Maxim Krippa is associated not only with NAVI, Vulkan Casino, and Maincast, but also with the game studio GSC GameWorld, which he purchased. Additionally, the owner of NAVI owns the news site Cover.gg, where advertisements for a Russian casino were placed. Maincast, in turn, promoted this site.

To believe or not is for you to decide.

[random fulcrum]

https://tenor.com/view/mineberry-staff-explaining-adi-kan-gif-22342744

[surreal gust]

Ok I'm playing a match with NAVI

[atomic roost]

Original post
https://blackboxosint.com/en/maksym-krippas-vulkan-how-russian-oligarchs-partner-buys-up-ukrainian-media/

[simple scaffold]

yeah i got the reddit notificaton since that is a reply to a comment of mine. thaknks

[simple scaffold]

what he calls "unacceptable" is literally the current legal status. Formalizing that status is a reasonable starting point, from which GSC could then grant more rights to the open xray project allowing them to continue thier work.

Or GSC could just calim it all as thier own without open xray projects agreement, but sice they would have to defend that position in court (they would win, but it would still cost money) andf have no intentions to make money off of further xray develemnt it is far more likley they will simply demand it be deleted from github and other places.

[patent yarrow]

any recommended or decent mod packs that are more recent for anomaly outside of gamma?

just trying to see options

[simple scaffold]

EFP https://discord.gg/FGD27k7PMN

otherwise no

[potent delta]

Real quick question; what lines would I add to the cozy campfire mod to make it heal limb health as well?

[simple scaffold]

a function call to the part of the BHS script that does limb healing

[potent delta]

Okie dokie.
Now let's assume for a sec that I'm an absolute moron and complete script newbie...
What would the exact line I'd have to paste into the .ltx be?

[simple scaffold]

not ltx. script.

and that is not a quick question. that is basically asking someone to make a mod.

[potent delta]

I just remember seeing someone in passing mention they tweaked the mod to heal limbs as well, and I know the 'Realistic BHO' mod that does the Tarkov surgery stuff makes campfires heal limbs as well. I just dunno what I'd have to do in either cozy campfire or BHO itself to make that happen without needing the whole RBHO shebang.

I only just barely was able to figure out through trial and error how to add item categories to The Collector mod to be tagged for collection.
I am not a smart man.

[stable vault]

I think that mod already exists https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1118027225225240646

[potent delta]

Ay, you the real MVP. Thanks!

[lethal garden]

Can anyone tell me why the textures for the Armsel Protectas look like such shit for me?

[celest forge]

They're from an old mod

[soft plaza]

Is there a way to add more scopes to the ISG vintorez without creating new a new model. I hate that they are all sniper scopes and i want some red dots. I played around a bit and Frankensteined some files and ended up with the gun having the correct scope but it looking like the VSS “venal”.

[random fulcrum]

no

[soft plaza]

Fuck alright ty

[vale knot]

Isg vintorez cant take one red dot?

[fair inlet]

they added all remaining sights options in bas 2022

[soft plaza]

Not normally no.

[vale knot]

common Bas L

[fair canopy]

doesnt the isg vintorez have a canted sight though?

[soft plaza]

Not in gamma only in normal BAS

[soft plaza]

Doesn’t have anything for the ISG Vintorez

[fair inlet]

[soft plaza]

Huh idk i didn’t see anything lemme check again maybe i missed something or i am looking in the wrong place

[soft plaza]

Do you know where the file is?

[fair inlet]

meshes\dynamics\weapons\wpn_vintorez_isg\

[soft plaza]

Huh ok give me like 20 minutes to mess around

[soft plaza]

Acts like it isn’t there but i may be stupid so give me a few more minutes

[fair inlet]

you also need to get the weapon .ltx

w_vintorez_isg

[soft plaza]

Man im gonna be honest this is too much effort for a single gun imma just use something else

[simple scaffold]

an-94 is the only gun you need

[soft plaza]

Ignore this im to stubborn and stupid

[soft plaza]

Where is that, what is that, and what do i do with it

Is it this? Cause this is what I was messing with in the first place

[fair inlet]

replace it with the one from bas 2022

[soft plaza]

Ah ok

[soft plaza]

Did that what next?

[fair inlet]

if you already added the models test it in game

[soft plaza]

I didn’t yet. I know where they are but where do they go?

And from what im seeing the only meshes there are the ones already on the gun.

Wait hold on

[soft plaza]

Well whatever i did to the game fucked it. Im too tired for this im just gonna reinstall gamma and continue on with the ISG Vintorez being sucky

[fair inlet]

I believe your gamma was broken to start with

[soft plaza]

Ah

[soft plaza]

Well good thing im reinstalling it then

[shadow hull]

Yo, anyone know what file determines what the weapon kit addons work for what weapons?

[celest forge]

The weapon's LTX

[shadow hull]

The one that is used with the kit or the resulting product of the combination?

[celest forge]

wdym

[shadow hull]

Sorry, I might need to wait for a response from the mod maker instead.

[fair inlet]

it's assigned in the scopes parameter of the weapon ltx

[celest forge]

I literally don't understand what you mean by the resulting product of the combination

Just the gun with the kit? Yeah that's in the gun's ltx

it's defined what kits it uses and how

Reminder that "kits" are not a separate object or class of item, it's a fancy way of putting a scope

[bronze linden]

What defines whether a stalker death will use one of these entries over the other in st_dynamic_news.xml?
<!-- Response - death by stalker -->
<!-- Response fake - death by stalker -->

[shadow hull]

Thank you, this is what I was looking for.

[shadow hull]

I apologize, I just realized the case I was working with was abnormal. I was messing with the k98 from another mod pack and there were two weapon ltx. One for the original gun another for the resulting one, but they had an added mod file that added scope parameters.

[shadow hull]

@fair inlet Do silencers work in a similar way?

[fair inlet]

it's simpler because a weapon can attach only one silencer option

So it doesn't change the section name when attached, unlike scopes

[shadow hull]

So I am considering trying to replace the silen98 mod kit for the k98 mod with the wpn_sil_forester. If I wanted to do that should I just remove silen98 from the scopes and add the wpn_sil_forester to the silencers?

[fair inlet]

yes, also set silencer_status to 2

[shadow hull]

I would assume a k98 mod with the wpn_sil_forester would be functionally the same as the k98 mod silen98.

[bronze linden]

Is this the right format to adding more death responses? Do they have to be defined somewhere outside of st_dynamic_news.xml to show up, or is it enough to just give them a unique number in the row? I'm working on the ones that seem neutral/negative right now

    <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_116">
        <text>Another day, another corpse...</text>
    </string>
    <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_117">
        <text>That guy deserved worse.</text>
    </string>
    <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_118">
        <text>I'm sick of this shit, how do I make my PDA stop pinging me whenever some bastard dies!?</text>
    </string>
    <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_119">
        <text>I heard that guy asked for it.</text>
    </string>
            <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_120">
        <text>The bounty was cancelled and someone still took him out.</text>
    </string>
    <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_121">
        <text>Guy kept calling the zone 'his bitch,' you know?</text>
    </string>
    <string id="st_dyn_news_res_fake_death_stalker_122">
        <text>The only lesson he ever learned was that bullets hurt.</text>
# so on and so forth...

I added about 30 before I realized that it might be good to actually know that :V

[fair inlet]

sort of

[shadow hull]

I mean, it would be integrated vs removable, right?

[fair inlet]

silencer would be detachable

[shadow hull]

Right, but they are effectively the same correct?

[bronze linden]

From a gameplay perspective, I think the main difference is that the integrally silenced weapons use specific suppressed barrels as parts for the repair system?

[shadow hull]

I think disassembling those guns provides it as a part but I dont' think it has a condition assigned to it. I'm not aware of integrated scopes or silencers needing repairs but I could be wrong.

[bronze linden]

Oh, I could be misremembering but I ended up collecting half a dozen "integrally suppressed barrels" for the VSS and VAL rifles due to people bringing a lot of those in the Red Forest
Not sure if they're also shared with the OTs-14 Groza and just written that way, though

(In the sense that I had to repair and switch them out I mean)

[fair inlet]

I mean, it changes sound as well. this is almost as much as silencer can possibly do in gamma

[shadow hull]

They use different sound files?

[fair inlet]

silenced weapons use sounds different from not silenced, duh

[shadow hull]

But, the k98_mod_silen98 has an integrated silencer. If I made it so the k98_mod can use the wpn_sil_forester then they should both be silenced, right?

[fair inlet]

yes. Detachable silencer would also have the damage bonus

[shadow hull]

There's a damage bonus for that?

[naive snow]

!silencer // There is and you'll need to add the proper weapon ID to the ballistic script so it receives the stats (and the messed up mutant damage )

[queen pine]

• +7% damage
• +7% ammo penetration power
• +10% impulse
• +3% muzzle velocity
• -10% spread
• -18% recoil (doesn't affect camera movement, only camera climb)
• +25% weapon degradation
• No more accuracy debuff when moving and shooting with a silencer

[naive snow]

My man finding out just how deep the rabbit hole is for weapon modding

[fair inlet]

not the case if the silencer is not integrated though

[naive snow]

Yeah if the silencer isn't integrated that's 'nother thing

[fair inlet]

@naive snow btw what about those dispositioned weapon models for NPCs? is this the issue only with the mod version gamma currently uses?

[naive snow]

You mean like the messed up arm position and sling values for the ump45 and such?

[fair inlet]

yes

[shadow hull]

Is.... it possible for me to give a weapon more than one scope?

[naive snow]

My guess is that some weapons had their ltx modified to use their hud files as the world models and the hud models sometimes aren't centered at 0,0,0. I honestly haven't checked if it was something introduced by the reduced world model optimization. I faintly recall something about the ump45 was pointing to the same black model regardless of it was the custom (model is green) or the other one

[fair inlet]

most weapon have more than one. But if you don't have the models it won't be as simple as editing ltx

[shadow hull]

More specifically it has to do with the kits.

If the kits use a scope slot.

[fair inlet]

I don't think there's a workaround in case of kits

[shadow hull]

Like, I want to go from k98 to k98 mod to k98 mod silen98.

But the mauser_kit is already in place for the k98 in the first scenario.

Which is why I contemplated the idea of throwing away the silen98 kit and trying to assign the silencer to the k98 mod as a work around.

But I guess there is a stat difference between integrated silencers and non integrated ones.

[naive snow]

Not really. (Well there is one, the increased damage won't work on mutants with the integrated silencer). Otherwise, the stats are identical really

You could simply assign the k98 mod a new upgrade tree and lock the silencer behind an upgrade

You should even be able to assign a new description, name and whatever else behind said upgrade

[fair inlet]

locking silencer behind an upgrade doesn't allow the use of dedicated sounds for actor. 🤓

[shadow hull]

Actually I think I might have found a way to get it working. The only drawback is that the resulting combination does give birth to an extra rifle but I can just trash that lol.

[naive snow]

Can't you override all sections since upgrades are declared similarly to dltx?

[fair inlet]

I couldn't make it work

[naive snow]

Ay fair enough

[shadow hull]

Yeah, I got it set up so I can use the mauser_kit on k98. And if I use silen98 on the resulting k98_mauser_kit which points to k98_mod, I can then get the k98_mod_silen98 like I want, but it dumps another k98_mod into my inventory as a result.

[surreal gust]

Bro they look worse than the original textures from cop

[atomic roost]

@simple scaffold Who the hell are your "Game World" and "Transavision Ltd."?)

[simple scaffold]

CSG Game World? The ppl that make stalker, it's at the bottom of the screen.

And some publisher they use in the UK.

[atomic roost]

Game World, not GSC)

[simple scaffold]

GSC's full name is GSC Game World

They don't have to use all of it everywhere.

I am not sure what point you are trying to make?

Based on the wording in the first post of the day I assume you are trying for some sort of "own".

Well you got an own goal, so congrats 🎉

[atomic roost]

In legal documents, they are required to include their full name.

[atomic roost]

I want to say that based on the text of the license agreement we transfer all the rights not to "GSC", and a certain "Transavision Ltd", because they are the copyright holder based on the text of the license agreement to the official SDK.

[simple scaffold]

It might tho. It is common to have a section at the top of such documents with words like : GSG Game World her after Game World.

[atomic roost]

And it even says "Game World" at the very top.

[simple scaffold]

We don't transfer any thing. We surrender certain rights to sue and receive a limited license to use the product. Of course the publisher is listed, they want to be protected by the "provided as is" clause as much as the developer. Even if they didn't also likely own some percentage of the game which would require them to grant licence

And again I'm not sure what your point or apparent hostility is about.

[atomic roost]

Property rights on any program (“MOD”) as result which will be got after modification, alteration, amendment, change, variation, overpatch of the Game Software by you are the rights of PARTY. PARTY has exclusive rights of commercial use, distribution by the way of selling, alienation by any means, property lease or rent of the MOD. MOD becomes a property of PARTY free of charge. PARTY is not obligated to pay any license payments for MOD. License territory of the MOD is all over the world. PARTY can use MOD in any form and by any possible means. Installing GAME Software you agree that after creation of the MOD all rights on MOD are granted (alienateed) to PARTY.

[atomic roost]

There's no animosity. We want to get to the bottom of this issue and put a stop to it.

We want specifics and will continue to look into all of these issues.

Original text

[simple scaffold]

They updated the licence on the official SDK?

That is pretty standard wording these days. Blizzard has been using since DOTA

all of my mods are dependent on an illegally modified and distributed version of the game engine.

Even before i knew for a fact that the "licence" on open xray was fraud. I knew it didn't cover use of the game assests, art, story or IP.

I have pretty much always known I couldn't exert any leagal ownership of them.

Nothing has changed except that a bunch of squatters are demanding that the owner mow the lawn for them.

If you think any of us have any rights here enforceable or otherwise here you are wrong. More like we have civil and criminal liability

[simple scaffold]

You have no feet to stand on. No rights, no leverage and no position.

This whole things smells more like an attempt to generate negative PR to damage Stalker 2 sales and GSC.

Something we have already seen happen to them for political reasons.

[simple scaffold]

Where did you get this installer? URL please?

TBH the mistakes in it, like the installer application saying CoP while the license says shadow of Chernobyl and the name thing you mentioned make me think mostly that it is fake.

[atomic roost]

https://www.moddb.com/games/stalker-call-of-pripyat/downloads/x-ray-16-engine-sdk-v07

http://stalkerin.gameru.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewtheoned&lid=440

The original source was stalkerin. I would also like to point out that this installer has a code sign certificate of authenticity from GSC.

[atomic roost]

Why would a request to resolve paperwork issues damage sales in any way?

[simple scaffold]

because you ask these question now about a licence in a file that was uploaded 13 years ago? Timing my friend.

The "open letter" is an outrage generator. it is ment to create bad PR.

[atomic roost]

That is why we are asking for these documents to be changed and the current problems to be closed. We want to understand what the company's policy is today.

[atomic roost]

The open letter was created because the company is deliberately ignoring developers. We have written to them many times over several years. There is no response.

[simple scaffold]

Whats_his_name_duty claims to have gotten a response and then proceeded to piss on it which is probably why they stopped responding. But again this was years ago. Why now?

You are not a developer. Anyone working with the xray engine source is doing so illegally, there is a word for that, it is not developer and it starts with a p.

I am sorry, you are either a victium or partcipant in some sort of disinformation campaign.

@undone lily @ionic zenith I request you ban this topic. even if it isn't malisious it cannot be disccused without violating your rule 4.

[ionic zenith]

what's going on?

[restive sigil]

A shit-stirrer doing his thing.

[undone lily]

No you have written it because original games ported to UE5 got striked by GSC

If you do your own thing with XRay engine, you will likely not have any issue. You don't sell anything, you don't make it so people can play the base game without paying anything, and GSC is fine with it. It has always been like this.

Sure GSC, can tell me in the next morning that Anomaly, GAMMA, and everything must be removed from moddb and github. Welp, everything will be packed and uploaded on piratebay and everywhere on the net because it's already well known, AND it will destroy GSC image that seemingly supported modding for all these years, which could have a negative impact on STALKER 2 sales.

That's exactly why GSC already answered you that all the mods that already published won't be taken down

and also that porting their original games to another engine, especially UE5, is stepping too much on their toes, simply because they can make money out of an UE5-based remade Stalker of Chernobyl game for instance

and that's mainly because if you do so, you use GSC IP on something they have no rights on, which is infringing their IP rights

everything that is done on XRay engine is still GSC's property

Moving GSC's property to another engine is basically going against the law and their IP ownership and associated rights

As long as you are under the XRay engine, you are under the GSC's umbrella because they basically own it, and because they own the stuff you made for XRay engine.

Honestly, I don't care. GSC could sell GAMMA tomorrow on Steam for 20€, all the better, my modding and the work of the entire community would be even more recognized.

So imo your motives are to try to understand why GSC striked down SoC UE5, but you don't need a PhD to understand that they simply protect their IP by doing so.

[atomic roost]

How does the STALKER on UE ban hinder our development and further work?

[undone lily]

And imo the letter can be a detriment to the entire modding community

I already expressed my concerns in Private Messages to you, so now I'm explaining it more bluntly and publicly so that everyone can get my point.

[undone lily]

please define "our"

[atomic roost]

In the context of "STALKER on UE"

[undone lily]

You mean, how does GSC striking STALKER on UE "modding" project puts that project in a bad situation?

Welp because you can't develop it since GSC will strike it down over and over

[atomic roost]

We've been successfully circumventing this for half a year now.

Many say that this letter was written due to the "STALKER on UE" ban. But no one has asked why this letter received support from a large number of developers? And why did we decide to write this letter only after six months, instead of immediately, despite the hype surrounding this topic?

[undone lily]

Imo the developpers supporting it aren't seeing the big picture and the hidden motives behind it

which is exactly why I didn't support it

Because imo it could backfire to everyone because of a minority of mod developpers

[atomic roost]

There are no hidden motives here. We also understand that if GSC does respond, they will clearly not allow the development of mods on Unreal Engine. I'll ask again, what does "STALKER on UE" have to do with this?

[slow bolt]

Trying to force a decision ain't a good thing

[undone lily]

Modding a game with a leaked engine is a benevolent work. Everyone knows that.

[undone lily]

Simply because the "clarification" is unnecessary if you work with XRay engine, you know very well that everything that you do on it, GSC owns it

[atomic roost]

Then why is this clarification necessary for "STALKER on UE"?

[undone lily]

Because you are using GSC's IP on something that will be yours instead of GSC

[simple scaffold]

You posted the reason earlier. X-ray mods use the X-ray SDK which already says they own all mods. The xraysdo would be unnecessary on the UE

[atomic roost]

And why would it be owned by us and not GSC? Even if we add something from GSC, it still belongs to GSC.

[undone lily]

That part* belongs to GSC

that's the big difference

say, you put a STALKER model in any UE5 game, that's GSC property you are using, and they could sue you for doing so

[atomic roost]

This license message is not in any SDK that the community uses. Many people don't even know about this license agreement.

[undone lily]

you could say "it's GSC property" but they didn't give you any rights to use, and they can bring your project down because you used something that isn't yours

[atomic roost]

Well, let them sue us already. We're ready. But what does a public letter have to do with STALKER on UE?

[simple scaffold]

Yeah because they use a pirateed SDK that had the licence removed. That doesn't make it less binding, just us more thieves

[undone lily]

Ok, circular thinking. Have fun.

[atomic roost]

Okay, no problem. Let them block and delete. But what does "STALKER on UE" have to do with a public letter?

[undone lily]

STALKER on UE is not written on the public letter itself

but imo if you work on XRay Engine doing stalker mods, no clarification whatsoever is needed: you own nothing, everything is GSC's property

GSC could even use portions of Anomaly mods and addons in Stalker 2, we won't be able to do anything

[simple scaffold]

It is the only thing that happened recently. Every other complaint ppl have is ancient news.

It's the only counter any has to the observation that GSC has been and is benignly ignoring the stalker modding community

[undone lily]

On the contrary, GSC supported OpenXRay by declining the false copyright claim that was aimed at bringing down the OpenXray github

[atomic roost]

We have the XRay Engine used in a separate module, which by the way is not blocked. They blocked only that code, where there is not a single line from GSC.

[undone lily]

So imo GSC is already showing official and clear support to leaked XRay engine development

[atomic roost]

They were supportive, but ignored the request for a license.

[undone lily]

"request for a license"

aka make XRay Engine officially open source instead of being GSC property

[atomic roost]

Cool! All that's left to do is document it.

[undone lily]

Why would they even do that

We work for free for GSC, they have an advantage, why would they abandon it

[atomic roost]

It could be opened offcially and still have GSC retain ownership.

[undone lily]

Then instead of this letter, make a petition to ask for A SPECIFIC LICENSE that you would like slapped onto XRay engine and its derivatives

[atomic roost]

And why did they blame "Russian hackers" for the leak when they themselves "leaked" their game build. And even put the key in the package?

[undone lily]

And what does it have to do with modding exactly ? (if you are talking about STALKER 2 leaked build)

This, here, GSC hate, that's what is animating you brother

[simple scaffold]

They didn't. They responded. And open X-ray responded to a reasonable acknowledgement of the status quo by making demands.

[atomic roost]

This has to do with the GSC company itself. They can do anything and they do it. We want the company to explicitly describe its position on mods.

[undone lily]

You want to league modders against GSC more like (because they broke your toy btw)

[simple scaffold]

They did. In 2010. In the licence you posted.

[atomic roost]

If I was driven by hatred, I wouldn't try to solve anything "peacefully"

[atomic roost]

I'll note that I wasn't even the one who initiated the "open letter"

[random fulcrum]

port shadow of chernobyl to gzdoom

[simple scaffold]

the problem is manufactured, and the open letter if it got enough press to have impact would be a PR attack.

[undone lily]

Imo the "open letter" will never have any answer simply because it's not clear at all

[simple scaffold]

But you are the one championing it here. So here it is yours.

[undone lily]

it feels like you are trying to circumvent GSC's IP associated rights to do something else with it

[simple scaffold]

which as I recall is a violation of this discord rules to talk about

[undone lily]

Well yes, but we aren't past the "illegal" threshold yet in my opinion, and I know the matter will be discussed, so it's better to discuss it here and now and once and for all

[simple scaffold]

(i will stop talking upon request, i only jumped back in when you started )

[atomic roost]

If we had the resources to do it....

[undone lily]

Just make your own game under UE5

stalker inspired

and sell it

[woeful rain]

If serious, it's a useless argument because none of you here decides anything about it.

[simple scaffold]

like that severt game. or into the radius.

[undone lily]

Definitely, but most arguments on the internet are useless anyway

[atomic roost]

We love STALKER and want to work for the good of the STALKER series

[simple scaffold]

then stop being a foot man in an anti GSC PR atack

[undone lily]

then rather dissect the STALKER 2 leaked build and be the first to make STALKER 2 mods and ask for donations for it

[atomic roost]

https://tenor.com/view/money-gif-16565229595323670098

[woeful rain]

https://tenor.com/view/jinx-the-cat-jinx-jinx-cat-cat-computer-gif-25786466

[undone lily]

I guess I should have added /s

[atomic roost]

When GSC responds, it will stop immediately. If an "anti-GSC PR atack" is created, it is only because of their fault. We are not babysitters to explain them how to build a company.

[undone lily]

But honestly if it's money you are after, that's like the quickest way associated with stalker modding currently. Only a fool won't see it.

[atomic roost]

There is no financial interest and never has been.

[undone lily]

Imo if you want to mod STALKER on UE5, simply wait for STALKER 2 and mod it

[atomic roost]

If we want money, we'll port Anomaly to the Unreal Engine

[woeful rain]

or Gamma

[atomic roost]

Yes

[undone lily]

People seeing 400k people thinking I earn millions already

hilarious

[woeful rain]

[slow bolt]

[simple scaffold]

you want them to modify the legal rights structure surounding thier IP. that is literaly telling them how to run thier company. and since you are so very very very wrong they are right to ignore you.

At this point you don't even have ignorance as an excuse, this is willfull misrepresentaton of the facts in an attempt to smear GSC

[undone lily]

If I had millions I wouldn't be here debating about STALKER Modding

[woeful rain]

https://tenor.com/view/senator-armstrong-math-mgr-metal-gear-rising-gif-25046142

[atomic roost]

The average salary in the CIS is 400$. We'll be happy with 10,000$

[woeful rain]

[simple scaffold]

IDK, i probably would be, it is a fun puzzel and most of the ppl involved are decent.

[undone lily]

10,000 . Yeah I would like to get taht much too

[atomic roost]

We want to whitewash them by asking them for legal documents that will remove the risk of future prosecution from the entire stalker community

[random fulcrum]

whitewashing shocked emoji

[undone lily]

Why would there be prosecution, when everything is owned by GSC

[atomic roost]

Add ads to the launcher.

[undone lily]

But I'm not like this, that's the thing

[slow bolt]

Adblock mod for gamma next then

[atomic roost]

And we're "I'm not like this.", that's the thing

LMAO

[slow bolt]

So explain to me here, you want to push GSC to make a decision and force them out of the current status quo? That is how it reads

[undone lily]

? Tons of people would have tried to monetize the shit out of a project like this, meanwhile there's just a donation link. People aren't forced to give anything and I'm not promoting it either.

[elfin mason]

This is the strangest hill to die on
🍿

[simple scaffold]

Nah, makes perfict sence. it's just another prorussian group attacking a ukraininan company for having the balls to suceede despite the invasion.

[slow bolt]

I strongly disagree with the entire way of thinking about it like this

[undone lily]

https://tenor.com/view/mic-drop-obama-barack-gif-13411519

[woeful rain]

https://tenor.com/view/snail-gif-24022207

[undone lily]

we are getting a bit too political here

[atomic roost]

Our goal is to provide a user-friendly toolkit for developers and provide a future for modding on the original trilogy. Again, if the goal was money, we would just port Anomaly.

[grizzled gorge]

Tbh, I'm kinda missing newcomers asking how to make a DLTX repo mod while momopate sends niko bellic gifs.

[simple scaffold]

I didn't think that until this conversation today. I orginaly just thought it was a group of stupids.

[undone lily]

Then rather work on Anomaly SDK so that we can finally edit something else than the geometry of Anomaly maps

[atomic roost]

I think you're crossing a line right now.

[woeful rain]

[slow bolt]

You shouldn't think that. I think you read too much hostility from the person

[woeful rain]

i can port my sdk in our engine

[slow bolt]

I have seen this happen before when Russians talk in English and don't intend to sound hostile

[woeful rain]

That is sdk 0.8

[slow bolt]

Most of the time hostility is not intentional

[atomic roost]

We just want to make sure we're not breaking any laws. The company can say whatever it wants in words, but a court is unlikely to rely on those words.

[slow bolt]

And they don't realize the problem and it spirals

[slow bolt]

So force everyone out of the status quo for your own safety

[undone lily]

Last time I heard from Meatchunk, if you try to decompile Anomaly maps into SDK versions, tons of things will be bugged and manually edits will be required, for instance most of the AI related info. The SDK version of the levels was lost and hence nobody can decompile Anomaly maps properly and recompile them without breaking everything

[elfin mason]

Grok is 100% correct, forcing an answer from GSC carries a significant risk of a negative outcome for the modding community, the status quo of "keep it inside our engine and we wont notice" is fine

[slow bolt]

Which is obviously not gonna sit well with the rest of the community

[undone lily]

that's why you can edit Anomaly levels geometry, but not the AI paths.

But to actually modify andfix the maps properly, you need to change the AI paths, like the broken NPCs going through walls, grounds, etc.

[slow bolt]

@simple scaffold just consider these 3 messages from me. I did see this happen many times

[simple scaffold]

i woke up to this:

[elfin mason]

The only reason you would want to force a response is because you already know your pushing the boundaries of what they allow nad dont want to risk time/money investment

[simple scaffold]

the hostility is not mine

[undone lily]

"we just want to make sure" > So now it's about STALKER on UE again?

[slow bolt]

Just.. give them a chance. I think you went too far with the assumptions. Treat them as dumb instead. Which could be very true

[undone lily]

but 20min ago it wasn't ?

[atomic roost]

There is a lot of controversy surrounding modding. I was just pointing out that the license agreement of the original SDK looks "weird" too.

[atomic roost]

"We" those who supported our letter

[woeful rain]

[slow bolt]

Yes, a small community

A group. Specific one at that

Don't talk for everyone

And with that message you are doing exactly that

[simple scaffold]

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[atomic roost]

I wouldn't call this group "specific". The letter was supported even by those who spoke negatively about "STALKER on UE"

[elfin mason]

Still doesnt mean its not a small group

[atomic roost]

Developers of modifications on stalker in general is not much

[woeful rain]

[elfin mason]

sample size doesnt effect ratios

[slow bolt]

Who him? I am talking about you as a group. People who support this letter

See this is what I mean Raven

[slow bolt]

Opinions are opinions

[atomic roost]

Fixed)

[slow bolt]

It still doesn't resolve anything. You just say that some people supported it. Point is you are talking for everyone, and risking also everyone, for your own groups benefit

[simple scaffold]

No one is this stupid by accident. at this point it has to be willful misrepresentation of the facts. combined these things are telling.

[slow bolt]

Even if you don't talk for everyone but yourselves. You are still risking everyone in the modding scene

[atomic roost]

What then should call those who supported the letter?

[slow bolt]

It doesn't matter how you call it. Problem doesn't change

[undone lily]

peaks at the total number of modders involved in making anomaly addons

[random fulcrum]

watch as the response to this is "developing just mods isn't real development"

[tawny stream]

As has been said by others up in here, any attention from an IP holder is unwanted attention. Nothing good will come of all this, and hopefully nothing in general does.

[celest forge]

Watch this be the initial incident for gaming companies to finally start striking down modders that use assets from games in unison

[summer girder]

Hi, sorry for the horrible necroposting, but has this been resolved at all?

[grizzled gorge]

fixed in this version : https://github.com/themrdemonized/STALKER-Anomaly-modded-exes/releases/tag/2024.01.27

[summer girder]

Sweet, thank you so much. Where should one drop this in?

[grizzled gorge]

Within the Anomaly folder, you'll find an identical folder architecture.

[summer girder]

Thank you very much

[surreal gust]

Those problems are

no graph points

broken sectors

waypoints i think exist but are bugged

the scene geometry is there but like anything game related is not

so don't decompile anomaly maps

smaller maps can be decompiled with easy and fully working

[surreal gust]

xcvb afaik has the anomaly source files

but even then

you'd have to recompile spawns for every single level

it's only useful if you're making a rework to every level

[surreal gust]

Anomaly sdk doesn't exist (most likely)

Any SDK 0.7 or modified will work for anomaly

it depends on your skill

[surreal gust]

How xray works that's currently impossible

you need to have the source files for spawns and ai map

[celest forge]

If anomaly sdk don't exist then how the fuck did they make it

[surreal gust]

without these you won't be able to do anything else than replace the geometry

[surreal gust]

i said most likely

they probably used sdk 0.7 or modified versions

because i've never seen anomaly sdk

and you don't need it

hybridxray is enough

currently im making a test map for openxray gunslinger

the terrain and terrain textures are my work

[celest forge]

So everytime you want to add something or make a change you need to recompile everything?

[surreal gust]

if you're adding dynamic objects no

only recompile spawns

adding lights is a dynamic object

so you dont need to waste hours of compiling again

only a FEW SECONDS.

if you're adding fog volumes, hom objects, sound sources, sound environments, static particles you dont have to recompile the spawns

only the files are enough

also you can compile anomaly geometry to use better optimizer such as D3DX instead of NviTriStrip

which will give better performance

you can replace or add more hom objects inside the current levels for more optimization

only static objects from the "Scene Object" need to have geometry recompiled

if you added any new

or deleted some

[austere mesa]

Any of you know offhand where the script for Sakharov's psy helmet quest are so I can delete the timer

[surreal gust]

just why?

[austere mesa]

Annoying to wait around for him to finish when doing ironman runs Apparently already done, rip. Haven't updated in forever

[surreal gust]

bro

you can just sleep

[amber sage]

If I make a change to an .ltx file, what all would I need to do to reflect that change in-game? Just reload the save, or completely relaunch?

[fair canopy]

Depends on what you do to it

[amber sage]

I'm trying to reposition a gun. Is there a better way than by changing the config file and relaunching?

[grizzled gorge]

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

[grizzled gorge]

F7 > 0 numpad > F5

[amber sage]

beautiful tysm

[potent delta]

I will post this here, for anybody who uses the mod "The Collector v1.0" and wishes to have all quest items properly blacklisted from the collection's list, as well as including;
-Exo PSUs
-Backpacks (including the new ones from Backpacks of the Zone)
-Toolkits (Including gunsmithing, med, and artifact melter)
-Faction Patches
-Various bits and bobs (tent, sleeping bag, guitar, harmonica, etc)
-Outfit attachments (includes Mag Pouches, mutant pelts, armor inserts)
-Every gaht dang Juan and/or BaS gun and attachment (You can remove any from spawning/being in the collection manually by removing them from this list as well as from traders/NPC/stash loadouts.)

The file goes into 'The Colector v1.0' in MO2, via right-click -> open in explorer, gamedata\config\plugins\the_collector

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UPx71Q0mvycJFCptu61u2LZM39Cf94QI/view?usp=sharing

[lusty widget]

how do I modify the reflectivity of an object? so far I think its the .thm files but I dont know how to modify it

is it included in the bump map? if so which channel?

[naive snow]

From memory its the red channel of the bump map that acts as the specularity channel

[lusty widget]

is there a smoothness channel?

[naive snow]

What do you think a specularity is?

[lusty widget]

they are different though?

[naive snow]

Yes but xray doesn't use a metallic/smoothness workflow, it's a specular workflow

[lusty widget]

is there no roughness?

how does it differentiate a smooth plastic vs rough plastic

[naive snow]

Via the specularity channel

[lusty widget]

wbout fresnel

[naive snow]

What about it?

Fresnel is handled in a shader, it's not a texture

[lusty widget]

oh so the specularity channel is a smoothness channel and there is no actual fresnel differentiation?

[naive snow]

I have idea what you're talking about. Are talking about different brdf?

[lusty widget]

doesnt a specular texture usually stores fresnel values

how does the shader know if one part is wood and one part is plastic

[naive snow]

The specularity channel defines how reflective the surface is

[lusty widget]

ok i get an idea on how to use it

[naive snow]

Fresnel would be handled by the shader model used, if the model uses per-surface material ID

[lusty widget]

oh interesting

what does alpha store?

actually what do all the channels store

[naive snow]

The rest of the normal map

[lusty widget]

normal map is just 2 channels right what does green store

[naive snow]

Normal map in old engines is 3, since the blue channel, the derived Z is still needed for Xray

[lusty widget]

oh i see

thx

[naive snow]

You can refer to this for more info
https://youtu.be/uD5stu22Wls?si=Pe-5c5l6-Nm7mmuU

Lun4tic also has a full comprehensive video
https://youtu.be/HwTYYH5zLjo?si=h5nm8yESbRuC0wWU

[lusty widget]

thank you

[elfin mason]

Anyone know where your rep value is stored in the save file, i want to bring it back to neutral

[surreal gust]

its probably stored in that save file

idk

game_relations.ltx controls the relations between factions

[elfin mason]

Thanks worked it out, their a debug command for it

[ember kayak]

i have a question regarding character creation
i tried to make the han yue ling from anomaly modding book but i dont know what i have done wrong
considering i literally used and edited the original system.ltx and spawn_sections.ltx with original mod files it should have worked
tested with vanilla anomaly and mo2

FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : no_assert
[error]Function : CXML_IdToIndex<class CCharacterInfo>::GetById
[error]File : D:\a\xray-monolith\xray-monolith\src\xrServerEntities\xml_str_id_loader.h
[error]Line : 114
[error]Description : item not found, id
[error]Arguments : han_yue_ling

stack trace:

! [LUA] 0 : [C ] on_register
! [LUA] 1 : [Lua] c:/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\se_stalker.script(77) :
! [LUA] 2 : [C ] create
! [LUA] 3 : [Lua] c:/anomaly\gamedata\scripts_g.script(2116) : alife_create
! [LUA] 4 : [Lua] c:/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\sim_squad_scripted.script(614) : add_squad_member
! [LUA] 5 : [Lua] c:/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\sim_squad_scripted.script(694) : create_npc
! [LUA] 6 : [Lua] c:/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\ui_debug_launcher.script(2032) : Spawn
! [LUA] 7 : [Lua] c:/anomaly\gamedata\scripts\ui_debug_launcher.script(2157) :

[sudden rune]

Is there a possibility in fomod to create, like, different paths for installation?
I prepared scopes overlays for two different textures of a gun and thought maybe I can make a step with "choose this or that texture" and then all next steps will be for a corresponding texture? Or nope, cope and make two different fomods?

[random fulcrum]

i remember seeing a lot of skyrim mods do this

maybe check those

[sudden rune]

[slow bolt]

yes

[sudden rune]

good to know

[slow bolt]

example. This page will only be available if dynahud flag is on. That flag is set inactive first, then it is set on by this option

Same here for hud textures if dynahud is off

Tool used:

[pine meadow]

I am trying to make WPO barrels visible to be field stripped without tools, I am able to its just that I have to strip all to be able to do it and I would like to be able to click the text

[quartz cedar]

Trying to add the ks-23m drozd into the SMGs in Vision mod. Did I write this right?

[fair canopy]

Looks right. Just check in debug

[quartz cedar]

Forgive me for my dumbassery - modding to me is like calculus to a 5-year old - but... how?

Wdym by "check in debug"?

[fair canopy]

Load the debug level. Enter the game in debug mode by checking the box in the launcher then press f2 to go into the debug level and spawn the ks23

[quartz cedar]

Awesome. Thanks, Herois.

[strange hinge]

hi guys

can i get some help? i just want to change the textures of the mutants i just turned off the alternative mutants but still the original mutants inside

because i just using 5 or 6 different kind of textures like lurker, pseudogiant, pseudodog/cat, etc.

[potent delta]

Is there a simple way to change the brightness/opacity of the laser sight (laser module, the one you activate by holding L) from my gun? I want it to stand out against things a bit more. I have bad eyesight and play with INVERNO so there's a lot of brightness for it to fade into.

[potent delta]

Completely separate idea/question from the last;
What might it take to make it so Looting Takes Time loots faster based on your Scavenging level?

[misty mulch]

crack open scavenging script
crack open Looting Takes Time script to see what affects the time for looting
see if scavenging level is global variable
read a lua tutorial ig

[potent delta]

As far as I can tell, it's got some MCM settings for minimum and maximum time for looting, not sure if I could make that a variable based on 1 - 30 Scav or not. Looking at the script file for LTT is like trying to read a foreign language.

For the time being, I'll just hope that someone in here who is already knowledgeable can help me, or the original mod author on modDB replies to my query I posted on the mod a few minutes ago.

[potent delta]

Would still love an answer for this one, though.

[quasi blaze]

I'm trying to modify the damage of the L96a1 and L96a1 AWSM, but it doesn't change in-game when modifying hit_power in w_l96a1.ltx Everything else works and changes in-game, but not damage.... Any ideas?

[potent delta]

GBO handles damage calculation differently than raw weapon stats, as far as I can tell.

[quasi blaze]

Thing is, some weapons get the hit_power change, but others don't. That also due to GBO?

[potent delta]

Fairly certain it's a part of it, at least. You'd have to talk to someone way more knowledgeable in all of the stuff GBO does than I, though.

[quasi blaze]

Aha ok

Well thanks for the info

[potent delta]

[random fulcrum]

dltx

[quasi blaze]

Could it be that the damage of some weapons are directly linked to the ammo "k_hit" modifier in weapon_ammo.ltx ?

[random fulcrum]

no

but yes

[quasi blaze]

oh?

[random fulcrum]

but not in the way you're worried about

k_hit just multiplies the gun's hit_power

[quasi blaze]

ok?

ah ok so if a gun has 50 hit_power at base and i put it's ammo to k_hit = 2 it does 100 dmg?

50 hit_power as equals to 50 in game dmg i mean

[random fulcrum]

the number in game is (hit_power * k_hit) / 1.5

ah yeah there it is

check gamma weapon pack

gamedata\configs\mod_system_weapons_damage_gamma.ltx

there's the l96 hit_power override

[quasi blaze]

ah ok, that's why it didn't do anything through the normal .ltx

[random fulcrum]

yup

[random fulcrum]

also this is the number you see on the card

[quasi blaze]

thank you bunches eta

[random fulcrum]

your most basic form of raw damage doesn't have the 1.5 division

[quasi blaze]

so that equation is like taking 100 dmg / 1.5 = 66.6 dmg?

[random fulcrum]

also the k_hit

(100 x 0.85) / 1.5

[quasi blaze]

true

[random fulcrum]

that's what you get on the card

[quasi blaze]

alright thanks 👍

[wanton crystal]

how can I disable the mod of only repair in the worktable?

[lethal garden]

Alright, so does anyone know the texture file name for the Armsel Protecta?

[naive snow]

Just check the ogf in any ogf editor, you'll get the relative path and name of the texture

[naive snow]

You could modify the shader script of the laser shader to make it brighter

[potent delta]

I dunno what mod handles that, or what file I'm even looking for.

I'm assuming it's in whatever mod adds the gun that has the laser, or maybe it's BaS itself that handles all lasers and the gun mods just piggyback off of that.

[naive snow]

Pretty sure you can just look in your r3 shader folder for laser

It's either a script file or a .ps

Yep it's the PS

Just add a multiplier in there, clear shader cache and voila

[potent delta]

What would the multiplier look like? I have zero clue how to write functions in lueascript. Or python, for that matter.

Just something I can copy from here and paste right in would be fantastic. 💜

And would I also need to make a similar change to the other 3 files?

[naive snow]

This isn't lua, just fuck around and find out.
Try something like this maybe
t_base *= (shader_param_5.x * 2.0); //Only first component is used

The 2.0f being your multiplier

[naive snow]

It depends on which DX version you're playing

[potent delta]

DX11 Enhanced.

[naive snow]

R3 is DX11

[potent delta]

Doing this has caused me to crash with an error saying it failed to compile the shaders.

common_functions.h(97,49): warning X3206: implicit truncation of vector type
common_functions.h(129,2): warning X3206: implicit truncation of vector type
(17,29): error X3000: syntax error: unexpected float constant```

[naive snow]

Check how other shader files are written, try out stuff. That's the Fuck around, find out part

[naive snow]

Here's a working version you can change the laser multiplier line to whatever you want. The multiplier multiplies the color and the opacity of the laser. If you just want a laser that just stands out without appearing more powerful (pink towards white) just remove the t_base *= laser_multiplier.x ; line
#include "common.h"

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

float4 shader_param_5;
float4 laser_multiplier = 10.0f;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Pixel
float4 main( v2p I ) : SV_Target
{
float laser_multiplier = 10.0f;
float4 t_base = s_base.Sample(smp_base, I.tc0);

t_base *= shader_param_5.x ; //Only first component is used
t_base *= laser_multiplier.x ;
return float4(t_base.xyz, t_base.w * I.c0.w *laser_multiplier.x);

}

Anything more your best bet would be asking on the BaS discord since the shader comes from there

[potent delta]

Assuming the 10.0f there is supposed to be a 10x multiplier? Also it's kinda hard for me to tell from the screenshot but it looks like it's making the beam itself more prevalent but my main thing is I want the actual dot to stand out more. This would do that, too?
Either way I appreciate it.

[naive snow]

Well here's 50 with only the opacity line

I mean you can see the thing on the actual sky

[potent delta]

Alright. Assuming it doesn't give me crashes again for some reason I'll fiddle with the number there until it stands out enough for my blind ass.
Really, I do appreciate it. I had spent the last hour almost trying different ways of putting parenthesis around things, multiplier numbers, etc. I got the game to NOT crash with some things added but it never made a visible difference for me. Hoping this'll do the trick. It's a lot more in-depth than anything I tried.

[naive snow]

Try out values and experiment with different numbers. Like I said tho if you want more help or actual proper answers, go to the BaS discord

[potent delta]

I copied it directly as you pasted it and I'm getting the shader compilation error again.

[random fulcrum]

check the log

[potent delta]

It's late. I should have been in bed 2 hours ago. 💀
I'll try poking the folks at the BaS discord about it tomorrow.

[naive snow]

Did you perfectly copy/paste the thing?

[potent delta]

I did. I even did it twice, just to make sure.

[naive snow]

screen shot it

[potent delta]

I also added a space where it looked like it was missing and that didn't work either.

[potent delta]

This is after copying it again, just now, directly as it is in Discord.

[naive snow]

You did clear shader cache in-between your tries yeah?

[potent delta]

As far as I am aware, yes. Deleted the shaders_cache folder from my anomaly root location.

Not missing a step with that am I?

[naive snow]

Nah that should have worked

I just tried again with :

#include "common.h"

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

float4 shader_param_5;
float4 laser_multiplier = 100.0f;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Pixel
float4 main( v2p I ) : SV_Target
{
float laser_multiplier = 10.0f;
float4 t_base = s_base.Sample(smp_base, I.tc0);

t_base *= shader_param_5.x ; //Only first component is used
//t_base *= laser_multiplier.x ;
return float4(t_base.xyz, t_base.w * I.c0.w *laser_multiplier.x);

}

[potent delta]

Loading up one more time to try, because... Well, sometimes trying five times fixes whatever the issue was.

[naive snow]

Works perfectly on my setup

[potent delta]

Nope, still errored. This is what's at the end of my log;

common_functions.h(97,49): warning X3206: implicit truncation of vector type
common_functions.h(129,2): warning X3206: implicit truncation of vector type
(20,40): error X3000: syntax error: unexpected token 'I'```

That is with the layout I sent the screenshot of.

Okay. That second one you just sent works for me. Now the laser is entirely white though. And is like, SUPER chonky coming from the gun.

[celest forge]

Hey that's mine

[potent delta]

What can I say? I like me a .357 pistol that just so happens to be from the best Halo game (don't @ me)

[naive snow]

That's what will happen when you basically crank the opacity 10 times

[potent delta]

Including the part where it's white?

[naive snow]

The white is unexpected, the modified code I sent last doesn't touch upon the color of the laser

[potent delta]

inb4 it has something to do with I.N.V.E.R.N.O.

[naive snow]

Could be

Don't see why they'd hijack the laser color or whatever

[potent delta]

Unsure. I'm gonna call that somewhat a wash for now though and just go back to the default state for that file.
Once I wake up tomorrow I'll hop into the BaS discord and see if there isn't already some stuff lying around there that does exactly what I'm looking for without being a bunch of trial and error.
I do appreciate your input on this though!

But for now...

[compact cosmos]

@simple scaffold, could you please help me find where in your "Guide Task Fix" script code I can change how long the guide tasks are available?

[stable vault]

Try Olehs crosshair based laser from here, has an MCM option to change size and also dynamically get bigger/smaller based on how far away what you are looking at is. Also fixes the laser to the crosshair so it doesnt sway aroud with the weapon https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1iQPqT0JEmo-OZrsEVBIsAK9-vIRrpeBS

[simple scaffold]

There isn't a limit, or rather there isn't supposed to be.
There is code that is supposed to only allow the task to run every X (i think 3) in game days.
The original version used the function level.get_time_days() and some logic like if currday - lastday > 3 then

the problem was that level.get_time_days() returns the day of the curent in game month. so once the task ran on the 30th level.get_time_days() would never return a day that was more than 3 higher so the task stopped happening.

I tried to fix it. Based on reports all i did was kick the bug out several months. I probably screwed up the date logic a different way. I havn't gone back to look at it again.

Easiest way to find out the relevant code is to diff my version of the script with the one in anomaly: https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/v1.5.2/gamedata/scripts/tasks_guide.script

Dates suck in every system i have ever used. the fact that storing ctime objects in mdata/save_var only sometimes works doesn't make it any easier. there is a function in utils_data to convert ctime to a table and manipulate them that way. The solution is probably to use those tools and store the time the task last happened as one of these time tables. (these tables are structured specifically to be storable in mdata)

If you come up with a solution before i do (this is very likely, i have a back log of mod updates, and now a bunch of new busy hands cases to [help] investigate) I will hapily update my moddb with your fixed version and give you a credit. Or if you'd rather, archive mine and direct them to your moddb page. whichever you prefer.

[potent delta]

[potent delta]

Yeah, that's a pretty good solution. Decently visible at all times. Only downside is it sometimes takes a sec for it to be visible againa fter sprinting but eh, it never seems to be very long.

[simple scaffold]

re reading what i wrote. it might be easier to change the orginal code to detect when the last date is higher than the current date and change last date to be like -1 or something rather than do a bunch of fancy date stuff. the day of month is actuly plenty to manage a 3 day cooldown

[compact cosmos]

My assumption that there is a time limit was an inference I have based on two factors: (1) I received such a message in-game from an NPC looking for a guide but once I reached them, the dialog option was not available and (2) your moddb page mentions that "task will be available for a minimum of 1 in game hour now, up to 6".

This prompted me to go looking for where this duration is defined, as I'd like those tasks to be available for longer. I'm not sure what you're describing connects to my issue, and if it does, how that happens is rather blurry.

While I appreciate your invitation to find a fix to this problem, I'm only literate enough to kinda-understand code enough to figure out the basics. I'm not a coder, but who knows - maybe this will prompt some learning.

[simple scaffold]

that time limit. i forgot about that one. keep in mind this was three years and 40 mods back.

idk. diffing the two scripts would still reveal that is.

ask me at this time of day on staturday or sunday. that increases my likely hood of actualy looking into it, amongst my busy ness

[compact cosmos]

If I don't figure it out on my own by that point, I will. I appreciate the help anyway, thank you!

[vast zodiac]

I've been talking to people about how NVGs start at level 2 brightness when you first put them on which can be annoying, anyone know if it's possible to mod the starting brightness level and if so what hooks that might use? I've only done quest modding before

[graceful sluice]

Cursed L96)

[cerulean mantle]

This is going to do a = a + 1.5t, right?

And not something like a = (a + t) x 1.5...

[random fulcrum]

yes it's the first option

[graceful sluice]

How fix that?

Help pls

[graceful sluice]

[shadow hull]

Anyone know which script runs the time limit on mechanics vices?

[graceful sluice]

Glock 34❌ Shlong 333444✅

[naive snow]

Fix what?

[graceful sluice]

That error message in blender

While exporting to .ogf

[naive snow]

The warnings?

That last line isn't an error it's the actual export line

[graceful sluice]

4 images are not in textures folder

[naive snow]

Are the textures for the model in the folder you set as your texture path in the xray addon?

[graceful sluice]

No, I still can't figure out how make it work, so I searched texture name in MO2, revealed it in explorer and copied exact patch to blender texture selector

It only works with guns that don't need to be unpackaged, like this Glock

[naive snow]

Did you launch blender through MO2. Like how you launch the game,

[graceful sluice]

Yes

I even shortcutted it's icon to desktop

[naive snow]

Did you extract the anomaly archives?

[graceful sluice]

Yes

I have unpackaged folder

[naive snow]

A lot of gun refer to textures in the db archives

Did you make a mod with the content of the unpackaged folder?

[graceful sluice]

Yes

[graceful sluice]

For example, I was trying to make L96 obrez)

[naive snow]

Are all the textures for that model properly loaded? Like if you check the textures path

Do they all display properly in your blender image viewer?

[graceful sluice]

Yes, they exist and work if copy patch from MO2, but blender can't find them on its own

It probably can't access unpacked folder through MO2

[naive snow]

In blender if you use the Open image option, do you see everything assembled in your Anomaly folder?

[graceful sluice]

It saying can't find image

[naive snow]

It should see everything from the unpackaged folder in your anomaly

If you moved the content to a mod

Can you screenshot your MO2 mod for the unpacked folder?

If you double click on it and open the file tree

[graceful sluice]

All guns from unpacked purple bu default

[naive snow]

Are you loading textures manually

[graceful sluice]

There are no such a texture in their folder, it in different place

[graceful sluice]

Yes

[naive snow]

Well you're not loading the right path for the l96

[graceful sluice]

Yes, I understand now

Should I change it in blender?

[naive snow]

Normally, you don,t need to load textures manually in blender

IF everything is setup proper

[graceful sluice]

[naive snow]

Try checking your unpacked mod

[shadow hull]

I disabled free vices because I wanted the old system back but for some reason the duty mechanic will not return to his spot because the time limit doesn't seem to expire.

[graceful sluice]

I don't have unpacked checkbox

[naive snow]

Well the unpacked mod is my own, I made a mod out of the Unpacked folder

[naive snow]

Just create a folder in your Gamma\Mod folder, name it however you want. In my case it's Unpacked Anomaly Models. Create a folder in that new mod, called gamedata. Move the content of your _unpacked folder in there

[graceful sluice]

And all unpacked

[graceful sluice]

In this mods folder?

[naive snow]

No I wrote you the path, where you installed Gamma, there's a folder with Mods

You'll see every single one of the mods in there

Just create a new folder in there

[graceful sluice]

This one then

[naive snow]

Yes

[graceful sluice]

Yep, they all there

[naive snow]

Create a new folder and name it however you want, that will be the name of your mod

then in that new folder, create another folder called Gamedata

Shove everything in there

[graceful sluice]

Everything from unpacked folder?

[naive snow]

When you refresh MO2 you'll see that new mod. If you check in the file tree tab you'll see everything you moved

You only really need meshes and textures

[graceful sluice]

Kinda like this?

[naive snow]

Yep

Now refresh MO2 and search for your Triplex mods

Put it in priority 1 (right click, sent to, lowest priority)

enable it and relaunch blender

[graceful sluice]

Well, now it works)

[naive snow]

[graceful sluice]

For everything except old model which textures I manually set up

And I can't find custom guns

From my mod

[naive snow]

Well yeah becasue you broke the paths by setting them to the unpacked folder

You exported the weapons with most likely broken paths. Open up the ogf with a ogf editor

[graceful sluice]

Thanks bro, this 10 minute fix saved me hours of setting up all those textures manually)

[graceful sluice]

They work in gamma, probably I think they don't show up because I installed this mod after unpacking

[graceful sluice]

Thankfully I packed textures in my previous projects)

Or probably because I edited them outside blender, and those my custom textures, and not gamma ones

[naive snow]

Should be a simple reassignment if you move everything to your own mod/gamedata/textures

[graceful sluice]

🍾

How add laser? Just copy it from another weapon?

[graceful sluice]

It says "skeletal mesh-object has no armature"

But I set is as parent to wpn_body

@naive snow should I add bone to this grip?

[naive snow]

every mesh that is parented under the object root WPN_aps_Hud.ogf needs to have an armature modifier and painted weight

Since you probably moved something from another weapon, you need to make sure the armature modifier has the right Object as it's parent and that you have the weights panted

Painted vertex weights need to have their name the same as the bone they represent

In this exemple, the weight Magazin, is from the Magazin bone and is painted solely on the mag

Moving stuff via the Pose mode will show you if you have stuff that is badly painted or not painted enough

Here, moving the magazin bone moves the mag, so it's proper

[graceful sluice]

How get rid of old vertex groups?

It still have one left from APS

[naive snow]

Just go to the vertex group tab and hit the Remove button with it selected. You can google those things, they're blender questions

[distant plinth]

sorry if this is a nonsensical question, I know next to nothing about this stuff but am slowly learning I wanna change the colour of the text in this script. I can see that the colour is set to "ui_2" which is white, but does anyone know where to find the rest of the colours? I wanna make it blue.

[graceful sluice]

Base: AK-74m
Change log:

PMC handguard
Merk muzzle
PEQ-15 laser
RPK-74 extended heavy barrell
RPK-16 60 round mag
ISG foldable stock
TGP-A suppressor
GP-25 grenade launcher (native AK-74m anims)
Hinged dust cover with pik rail
Magpul grip

[ember niche]

dunno where else to ask. i can't find the answer and I don't know if there is an answer until we play stalker 2

Is Lost Alpha the story between CoP and Stalker 2?
Is Lost Alpha canon considering Stalker 2?
Is Lost Alpha canon from another timeline considering Stalker 2?

I heard one of the original devs worked on Lost Alpha. Are they working on Stalker 2?

[graceful sluice]

Idk, never played it, but try ask in #╟❓general-offtopic

[naive snow]

Text color is done in the XML file itself

[elfin mason]

that is disgusting and i love it 🤣

[simple scaffold]

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/v1.5.2/gamedata%2Fconfigs%2Fui%2Fcolor_defs.xml

Change the ui_2 in your xml to a name of one of those colors that is blue. Don't change the color assigned to ui_2

[simple scaffold]

Text color is handled at least 5 or 6 ways depending on where the text is. Welcome to X-ray

Color can be set by a script for a a script UI. This can be handled a few different ways.

Places without defined color overriding the color can be changed mid string with control codes in the text.

Text xml nodes can have argb values in them or can reference a named color in the above linked xml.

Some text color is just set by the engine because fuck you that's why.

[tawny stream]

Now just replace all loot tables with this thing.

[graceful sluice]

Imagine monolith squad, armed with those

[cerulean mantle]

What kind of DDS should I save textures as?

[celest forge]

For UI stuff you'd want it to be like this

[brave tartan]

for UI no need for mipmap? might that be the reason for textures to blend colors a bit? noticed it on smaller sized UI icons and similar when I changed mipmap to Kaiser noticed 1 red pixel being blend in into grey color around, spreading pink/red around like 2-3 pixesl radius.

[naive snow]

They don't need them no. Reason being is that you'll never move away or see it from further so mipmaping to a lower level is unrequired. UI will always try to display mip0

[brave tartan]

okay makes sense will know. might u know why colors might be blending in a bit?

heres example of what I meant - see hwo those buttons blended in, and even that grey line on another icon on the right now kinda redish

[naive snow]

Could be the compression, try toggling Display compressed and see if changing the compression effort changes anything

[brave tartan]

oh theres such function, let me try

yes indeed

[naive snow]

BC3 shouldn't cause such drastic color change tho

[brave tartan]

as I also re-saved it several time with each save it changed

while writing preview udpated now it looks like this

exactly like mine

[naive snow]

Do you have the original in a no compression format?

Like a TGA or BMP

[brave tartan]

no why would I, I just edit the original anomaly file

or u meant that pda icon

also no

[naive snow]

You're editing the .dds?

[brave tartan]

yes

[naive snow]

Send it over and I'll have a look right quick

[brave tartan]

checking some other icons I see it lowers pixel amount

or might be not pixel amount but gradient flow idk how to call it

I see BC7 looks bit better it does not messing the collors soooo much

still bits redish on teh right

[naive snow]

Yeah but only OpenXray supports it

You can try I believe it's 8.8.8.8 that is supported by Monolith

[brave tartan]

let me see

wow this one seem to be perfect

[naive snow]

It's a no-compression format so colors should be mostly 1:1

[brave tartan]

riiight I see size quadrupled xD

[naive snow]

But I can't remember off the top of my head if it was 8.8.8 or 8.8.8.8 that was supported

[brave tartan]

4 x 8, 3x8 seems to not have alpha

[naive snow]

Yeah you need 8.8.8.8, but I'm not sure if that one is supported or if it was the without alpha one that was handled properly

[brave tartan]

other than that idk what to do, its messing colors alot

if its no supported how will I see it in the game?

[naive snow]

Simple, it will crash

[brave tartan]

okay will test it out quickly

[naive snow]

Or appear blue

From reading a bit it seems that most of the UI is in fact using 8.8.8.8 BGRA so yeah it seems to be all good and supported

[brave tartan]

right cool, thanks for help, will have to redo bunch of textures I made, but its for the best. 🙂

are u knowledgeable about thm maybe ?

[naive snow]

Sure, what's up?

[brave tartan]

one day when I was tought about textures I was told to just drag texture over thm.exe and it creates the thm file. but recently saw some messages between few people, changing thm setting and detail scales etc so I wodner whats the correct procedure

[naive snow]

I personnaly use AXR Toolset to create my THM and edit them, but there's multiple softwares you can use for it

[brave tartan]

thats the one I use. I just wonder if theres better way? like to call more correct one and/or better tool ?

or I should not realyl care too much about it and this one works fine?

[naive snow]

I use the validator and THM editor personnaly

I have no idea that that THM editor is

[brave tartan]

hmmmm, does it make big change? as it looks bit complciated atm not sure if its worth diving into that

[naive snow]

Only for weapons really, because you can specify the material to use for those and the usage of bump maps is required

[brave tartan]

in that editor of mine too. wait Ill gonna check out smth one moment

[naive snow]

Oh you meant if the software made a difference

[brave tartan]

yeah

just dragging it makes this <<

it chooses correct bump

and thats it more or less

so any other settings that are important to change ?

[naive snow]

Well the nice feature of AXR is that you can have an easy list of your THM for mass editing and preview. Other than that, the THM editor you use is interesting for the drop down options instead of punching in the flags manually

[brave tartan]

so all thats needed is for it to select correct bump?

bump mode or material or smth worth changing ?

[naive snow]

Well you need to specify the Bump mode, the bump map and probably something like the game flags

I'll have a look, where did you get that THM editor?

[brave tartan]

I think it was from github somewhere not sure had it for long time used it for past year without knowing I needed to change settings xD was told its not needed xD

w8 ill zip it

[naive snow]

Found it in the pins

[brave tartan]

oh it was here too? nice

[naive snow]

You should update to the 1.1 it has the necessary stuff from what I can see

[brave tartan]

so not as if some kidn of not known tool

[brave tartan]

oh damn there was an update. right

[naive snow]

So specifying the texture width and height might be necessary, the bump height too

[brave tartan]

w8 let me try making one with this version and see what it auto generates

oh look this version does not have that option anymore 😦

it just opens it