╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[lilac idol]

did your ltx overwrite the gamma loadouts?

[regal bolt]

it works

i changed it

it works

oh my

i think i took out the entire merc faction

[lilac idol]

you might want to post it in mod posting or something

[regal bolt]

ltx file to allow hk416 to spawn?

[lilac idol]

either that or make it a proper mod you can drop in mo2

[regal bolt]

how would i do that

just like

take the mod and put it inside of the path

[lilac idol]

yeah

basically something like
gamedata>configs>settings>npc_loadouts

or something along those lines I'm not really sure rn

[regal bolt]

done

how would i post it

[lilac idol]

go into #1035807043933720576 and read the pins there

[regal bolt]

@lilac idol what type of mod would it be

[lilac idol]

something like equipment or something like that could do

[regal bolt]

patch maybe?

[lilac idol]

idk let me check the categories rq

yeah patch will do just fine

[regal bolt]

done
https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1277011883236524163

[lilac idol]

I would suggest linking one or two replacements for the vanilla one

[regal bolt]

sure i will link the one i use

@lilac idol like that?

[lilac idol]

yeah that's nice

[regal bolt]

alr

[lilac idol]

I'm actually surprised that it hasn't been taken down from ModDb so far considering that dude literally stole it from both efpwp and Juan lol

[regal bolt]

yeah thats why i was asking

[lilac idol]

there are other replacers anyways so people can always find one

[cerulean mantle]

Hey guys, I have a question. I want repair kits (specific repair kits like Medium Armor repair kits) to be used in the upgrade/replace-part process like vanilla Anomaly. Is there way to do it?

[stone orchid]

Guys, I dont know where to find it, cant find it in pinned comments. How to swap models of armors? I really dislike the visuals of hands on one armor, and I really want to change it. How can I do this?

[wary scroll]

Hello everyone
Got a question
How much height maps can be demanded on FPS ?

I want to add height maps for all the ground textures, anything on the ground

So you can feel the ground is real

[ruby dust]

is it hard to add new armors?

like just new icons, names and stats, but an already existing model?

[untold berry]

script plox 🙏

[marsh steppe]

okay so

i want to make NPCs drop scopes more frequently, especially on higher tiered enemies

do i need to change the loadouts files only or anything else?

and how, exactly, should i tamper with it in order to achieve the desired results?

[inner rose]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1277475283666210837

[naive snow]

Not especially hard. You can create a new dltx that uses an existing armor as a parent and override the settings like icons and stats to your liking

[naive snow]

Ascii for the puddle update SSS (20.0?) shipped with basic height maps for ground textures ADEGA also has a full ground height map texture setup already

[fair inlet]

it's defined in difficulty.ltx
or whatever difficulty config is named

[obsidian flower]

How do I change the sound of the item when it's being used? I'm trying to change the sound of a medkit, but it still uses the one from GAMMA

[uncut plaza]

Hey all, trying to mod the kriss vector "drum" mag to take up a small slot instead of a medium and for some reason when I change it to small it doesnt actually change to small. Also something else I noticed was the 9x19 conversion drum only shows 40 in the mags redux file but in game its 50. Does anyone know of another mod that changes mags? Im using UGP also.

[ruby dust]

i see, thanks for clarifying

also where can i find icons?

[naive snow]

Most of them have the prefix icon or something in the UI folder

[surreal gust]

Content browser is a lifesaver

[wintry rampart]

Guys, is there a mod to make the days longer ?? I remember reading in some forum/mod comments that it can be done by modding some properties, but it messes up all the other things like mutant spawns, AI routes, etc.

Does anyone know of a mod that can effectively double the length of the days and nights !?!?

[naive snow]

None really exist. A lot of mods don't really on the internal time of the engine, but rather have hard coded timers. So you'll still get issues like you've read

[wintry rampart]

Damn that's a bummer ... after a good firefight I end up spending a day or two just in looting and cleaning up the gear 😛 Thanks for replying dude

[naive snow]

You might just want to setup the autolooter mod to your preferences. It shouldn't be taking an hour to clean up a firefight

[celest forge]

@random fulcrum theoretically, if a gun that shoots 357 had perfect accuracy and 1km range, would it shoot straight the same way a gun with the exact same stats but that shoots a bigger caliber?

another way to ask the same question, do calibers themselves have any dispersion penalties compared to others?

Lets say, if you made a sniper that shoots .45, would it be as accurate as a 308 sniper if they had the same accuracy and dispersion stats?

[random fulcrum]

k_disp is the dispersion modifier from ammo

but it's still a multiplication

so a 0 fire_dispersion_base gun should still be perfectly accurate when aimed down sights

if you also made all the pdm_ values 0 then you would also make it perfectly accurate when hip fired

[celest forge]

Interesting

Thanks

I'm making a revolver that can mount sniper scopes and I was struggling with making it not have pistol spread

[random fulcrum]

ye it's super fucking weird

you CAN have a 0 fire_dispersion_base weapon that HAS a godawful spread when hipfired

since the pdm_ values are added to the dispersion

not multiplied with it, because that would make too much sense

there's also gimmicks that come from actor.ltx

there are disp_ values there

those are also considered

and if you aim down sights, only disp_aim gets factored in

so you technically can't get a true perfect accuracy gun ever unless you change that value

as the minimum spread cone will always be 0.05 degrees

[quasi narwhal]

bad development choices in a nutshell

[random fulcrum]

idk honestly i'm on the fence about it

because with it being done that way, you can get some cool gimmick weapons like what juan is trying to do

or make a gun that's less accurate when aimed down sights as a joke thing

or maybe an "anomalous" thing

but it being done that way is also confusing until you actually look into the source code

before doing that changing the pdm_ values is like gambling

[tawny stream]

This isn't where you ask if a mod exists

[cloud pollen]

where is it then, no where im guessing

[tawny stream]

You might get a response in #╟🔰☢newbies-chat and definitely a bigger audience.

[cloud pollen]

ok thanks

[unique rampart]

Is it possible to force an override on DLTX mods when there's a conflicting override somewhere earlier in your load order?

For example, mod 1 is adding a backpack, mod 2 is a DLTX mod with an override to adjust the weight of the bag, the cost, and the weight boost, then mod 3 has a DLTX override for just the cost.

Normally it will always use mod 2's cost override as it's loaded first.

[surreal gust]

Smart terrain test

Added some way points and gave them basic parameters

[violet ginkgo]

what are the LTX files for the FNX45 variants called? cant find them

[surreal gust]

They're probably inside the main file of fnp45

[violet ginkgo]

where do i find that

[surreal gust]

Look inside the .ltx file

[violet ginkgo]

what ltx file

[naive snow]

The ltx of the FNP45 probably

[violet ginkgo]

yeah its called fnp45 in the files, thanks

[cosmic wharf]

Can someone tell me what file(s) I need to edit to change the wish granter's wishes? I have a stupid idea to make a 500 cigarettes wish and I want to make it a reality

[naive snow]

Pretty sure they're all hard coded in the engine, so hardly modifiable

[random fulcrum]

nah it's script side

the file is kinda complicated to understand

but it's all script side

[naive snow]

Where would those even be? I guess you could search within the XML the dialogue lines, then find where that section is called from within the .script files

[fair canopy]

My wish would be that people read the damn install instructions on mods

[random fulcrum]

literally just don't provide support on that

that's what i do

if people fuck up the installation that's on them and i will make fun of them for not being able to read

[naive snow]

So searching for "Rich" leads to the st-dialogs.xml where the string id is St_wish_4, which then is referenced in xr_effects.script under the function make_a_wish(actor,npc,p)

[slow bolt]

#1219433143069708299 is almost there

[random fulcrum]

the stats mod too

and i'd argue the stats mod is easier to install

[slow bolt]

that is yours

you are already there

its called momo's syndrome for a reason

you pioneered it. You were moulded by it

[balmy quiver]

Hi! I have a question about NPC voices. How is it possible that we can hear the NPC voices even though the mod '305- Dux Characters Kit Voices Pack - Demonized' is disabled in MO2? The *.ogg voice files are nowhere to be found except in this mod.

[slow bolt]

you are forgetting about the fact that this all runs on top of a perfectly functional game

[balmy quiver]

They are not found in the Anomaly vanilla directories either.

[fair inlet]

they are packed into .db0

[balmy quiver]

I see.. Thanks C:\Stalker\Anomaly\db\sounds\sounds_voices.db0
So, if I want to modify the NPC voices, I can edit the *.ogg files from mod 305 and activate it in MO2 so that they replace those in sounds_voices.db0?

[slow bolt]

unpack the db files to see them

in anomaly/tools

[balmy quiver]

Wow! This thing is so well done! 👌 🥳

[fathom wagon]

I am honestly getting so close to doing the same exact thing at this point.

Hit the character limit in the main post to cover all my bases, and people still manage to muck it up.

[fair canopy]

Same

[lilac idol]

idk how to import textures into blender

[celest forge]

You should move the gun a bit more I think, not just rotate it

[lilac idol]

yeah I've been thinking about that too

other than that is it fine overall? I want to know in which aspects I should focus on fixing/polishing

[naive snow]

Try to fiddle with animation curves and weights to get more acceleration/deceleration. You could push those "clip in/out" moments when the mag releases or when it hits the feeding chamber.

[lilac idol]

I have to fix the clipping yeah but what are animations curves?

do you mean graph editor

?

[naive snow]

Yeah curve weights

And I didn't mean clipping, I meant when the mag is inserted the "thunk" it does when fully in, the impact in the gun feels off

[lilac idol]

ooh yeah I see what you mean

idk how I can make it look better tho but I guess ill try

[naive snow]

Right now it's more like a hicup than a weight transfer from the mag being pushed in

[lilac idol]

should I just make the "jump" more subtle?

[naive snow]

You could try as you're inserting the mag in to push down the gun slightly on it, once you fully insert the mag, jerk the movement up

[lilac idol]

I can try that and see how it goes

[naive snow]

You basically wanna micmic like a ball hittin the ground but with no squash 'n stretch to it. Small wiggle motion when the mag bottoms out and then upward momentum being transferred

So you want that "stopping" point to be really sharp, almost no anticipation

[lilac idol]

damn thanks for the graphic representation it will make it a lot easier

[copper portal]

is there a mod that makes enemies less bullet spongey without having to reduce difficulty in the game itself? i'd like to reliable one headshot with 5.56 on most things, at least without exos

[slow bolt]

[unreal leaf]

no there isnt, congratulations, now you can make the mod and start using this channels for what its actually for

[copper portal]

i thought this channel was for general mod purposes and what-not since i was guided here

thank you but i have 0 knowledge of the xray engine

but thank you for the information

[copper portal]

alright

i will take it into consideration

[slow bolt]

asking for mods is not this channel

but asking how to make a mod like this is

[copper portal]

alright how do i make a mod that makes enemies not bullet spongey

[copper portal]

also which channel is asking for mods

[slow bolt]

#╓☢stalker-chat #╟🔰☢newbies-chat

[copper portal]

oh alright

[copper portal]

what about this

[slow bolt]

You'd have to work with GBO

[copper portal]

GBO?

[slow bolt]

so not easily

[copper portal]

oh

the most experience i have with programming is a few sololearn python sections and making a simple PPI calculator

so

and xray is written in lua isn't it

[lilac idol]

Grok's Ballistics Overhaul or something along those lines, i imagine you would have to change a lot of numbers

[copper portal]

yeah i got it

[lilac idol]

is this any better?

[tawny stream]

I think that looks good. Some movement, but not like the mag weighs more than the gun.

[copper portal]

what exactly would have to be changed? weapon dmg? hp? something else? cause i'm not really familiar with what gbo does

[celest forge]

I don't think anyone is

[unreal leaf]

I think it feels a little sluggish, if you could increase the speed of some of the movement, or get rid of some of the pauses between movements

[lilac idol]

i might try that, but some pauses are there to not make it feel like the gun is just floating around

[copper portal]

also wouldn't it be possible to just adjust the value of headshot damage multiplication? though i assume it's most likely not just that simple lol

Especially if every weapon has a unique damage multiplier (but i hope not)

[lilac idol]

you might be able to do that but idk, i imagine that you would need to change multipliers for all the ammo and whatever

you could just ask grok

[copper portal]

alright i guess i'll just mess around in files

[copper portal]

@undone lily would this be possible to do with the ballistics overhaul thing? cause i'm not sure how it, or just the damage systems, work

[celest forge]

You could probably increase the head multiplier

[copper portal]

i'll try to look for it in GBO i suppose

there are separate sub-regions for damage? dayum

[tawny stream]

Yep, welcome to X-Ray

[copper portal]

that's kinda cool

unnecessary but cool

[celest forge]

Makes sense for body parts

Doesn't make much sense for eyes

[copper portal]

yeah

it's redundant but oh well

[celest forge]

Eye meta is real 🙏

[copper portal]

exclusively aiming for eyes now

i understand why my shots don't kill now

having a separate fucking area for an eyelid is though

[undone lily]

yes it's easy to do

[copper portal]

i changed all of the damage value multipliers to 2x of their original values gonna test them out rq

[undone lily]

grok_bo.script

[copper portal]

yeah

i used that

[undone lily]

It should be balanced around pistol headshots killing in the head at close range in one bullet

using 9x18

[copper portal]

i see

[undone lily]

at least that's how I tried to balance it

[copper portal]

i'll try experimenting with different values then

thank you grok

[undone lily]

Keep in mind something nasty: difficulty parameter

I don't remember F2 debug maps difficulty by default

safest is to start a new game in the difficulty you want to test

that way everything is properly taken into account

[undone lily]

in gamma there's a bonus yes

also a bonus to penetration when hitting the face compared to hitting the top of the head. But there's a chance to hit the neck, which has reduced damage bonus

[fair canopy]

does npc armor actually break in gamma?

[copper portal]

changing the damage values works nicely to make rifle caliber one tap on headshots 👍

i'll probably try messing around more but right now it works nicely

@undone lily are there specific shotgun damage multipliers? cause i'd like to adjust them as well

also what are the different spine locations?

[lilac idol]

bro why does the transition look so ass

[copper portal]

it looks sorta slow

[lilac idol]

which of these 2 bolt catch transitions do you guys think is better?

[copper portal]

is spine the cervical one, spine1 thoracic and spine2 lumbar? (i assume the other two regions are simply modeled along with pelvis)

@undone lily is there some sort of test map or some way to make npcs stand still so this could be tested?

[undone lily]

Time factor 0.1

[copper portal]

time factor 0.1?

[undone lily]

In the console

time_factor

[copper portal]

ah, i see, thank you then

[undone lily]

Slows down time, lets you aim the way you want easily

[copper portal]

i'll try testing it then

[undone lily]

Just boost buckshots / slugs damage or penetration in the ammo ltx

[copper portal]

i'll check it out

[undone lily]

I think you are over shadowing the importance of armor penetration in the ballistic system

Damage is high enough that everything dies in few rounds

What takes time is armor penetration based on the rounds you use

Making buckshots too strong just makes you use buckshots and that’s it

Because of how pellet works

But yeah anyway

Edit it the way you want

[copper portal]

insightful

i guess you are correct

still it's a bit silly how someone can survive a full shotgun blast up close to the torso from smth like spas-12 lmao

[copper portal]

testing out and damage has been very inconsistent

[pulsar flame]

hey guys

does anyone know what mesh the ak5c uses in BaS?

I'm trying to make a reanimation for it

[copper portal]

i tried shooting ghost in the side from the side, at spine at 1x it took like 3 shots, at 4x and 8x it took 2 shots

[quasi narwhal]

it highly depends on the type of plates the armor has and how much the ammo penetrates @copper portal
just google/youtube "12 ga buckshot vs level III plates" and you'll see

shotguns aren't blasting cannons like hollywood portraits it

especially if you're using shit like magnum buck and such, sure it rips flesh off but ceramic not as much

[copper portal]

i see

thank you for explaining

[quasi narwhal]

that's why it's nice to make arms and legs be affected by that, it's rare to see those parts being covered by something (except for exosuits in Stalker I guess)

[copper portal]

counterpoint: i had to shoot professor sakharov twice in the head with spas-12 to kill him lmao

[quasi narwhal]

yeah, that's the type of shit you can tweak if you want it "more realistic"

[copper portal]

maybe he's got some sort of artefact that makes him skull ultra dense and hard

[copper portal]

i'll try messing around with spine (and maybe some other) values tmrw on the same npcs to see what the results are, it's 3am now so i'll go to sleep

would be nice if someone had some sort of image of a typical stalker skeleton though, would make things much easier

[pulsar flame]

quick question

anyone know where this message comes from

arszy_psy.get_ppe_intensity() was called. It is a local function and should not be used. [2]

[fathom wagon]

Yes it does as you hit a certain bone, but it only breaks for THAT bone. Same in ArtiGrok.

The FONV addon for ArtiGrok has it break only if the hit penetrates and nothing more, but, to mimic FONV, it only stays broken for 10 seconds but boosts damage against the target while armor/DT is broken when hitting parts that aren't broken.

@undone lily Since you are adding mutant parts to artefact recipes, will you be considering adding in the mod I made that lets people adjust their mutant part/loot chances + failsafe to try to always give one piece of loot if none is created?

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[dull dust]

hey, new to modding. how do i locate the name of a weapon in the game files so i can use it in a loadout mod?

i'd like to restore the APS Stechkin to the loadouts I have with this UGP loadout mod, just editing the .ltx.

[storm basin]

boys is it possible to make sounds play randomly in a config?

so for example I want to add shell sounds to a config, but I want them to play in a random order/based on how many shots were taken

pls tell me that's doable ty

[undone lily]

Yes why not

[fathom wagon]

Just wondering since I saw in the Development channel that you got the artefact rework closer to completion

[undone lily]

Yep

[dry maple]

I've sort of got HDR output to work in engine. The color/brightness of everything is out of wack because it needs tonemapping from linear float16 to HDR10 (especially the UI needs corrections). Base Anomaly seems to work correctly (world, pda, ui etc render), but GAMMA has issues, probably texture format related and/or due to an interaction with SSFX. Unfortunately the DX SDK that comes with the xray-monolith repo is old and can't be used to build a DX11 renderer that supports IDXGIFactory2, to work around that temporarily I just replaced all the d3d library files with the ones in the windows sdk, but it probably breaks DX8/9 (also breaks random GUID shit, that was fun). DX10 doesn't compile but I think most of the issues are that it needs separate code paths. There's probably a better way to remedy the library issue by changing the R4 renderer's library search path in the project config. BUT, it works and better than I was able to get with ReShade's AutoHDR plugin (PDA broken due to texture format mismatch, didn't really look right either) or SpecialK (issues with ReShade, freezing or broken depth buffer).

[swift gull]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/blindsides-custom-ragdolls-for-modders

https://streamable.com/i2ufw2

Out of curiosity does anyone know if an addon with this has been made thus far?. I remember being hyped seeing the videos of it years ago.

[celest forge]

It was released like a week ago

[coral brook]

man, I have figured out how to do this
actually I haven't figured out myself but someone told me

the problem is, I am not able to do that myself which was expected

so just in case, if you're interested in proper nade fuse sfx.. plz lemme know
well can't be sure if this would be something worth trying
but it seems like an improvement so..

[lilac idol]

does anyone know how many animations i have to do for a weapon with magcheck, jammed and empty variants?? the reanimation for the vector in gamma has all these lines but idk which ones are needed or which ones i'd be missing

[surreal gust]

Nope

I can make an addon that does this

Gonna take me a few hours if I'm only going to do the conversion for vanilla anomaly models, which I'll do.

For mods that add 58483 variants in the game, nah

[wary scroll]

Hello everyone
I had a question and it would be really good if I get the answer in detail.
If someone wants to lower the textures Res or let's say detail in game, is mipmaps getting lower ?

[surreal gust]

Mipmaps are just a lower resolution of the base texture

No mipmaps on textures would mean in distance, that texture will be oversharpened af

[wary scroll]

I see
So this is how mip maps work, something like a control for textures to not getting over sharp

Okay now let's say if I make all the textures in double the size of vanilla, is that possible to lower it in game ?
Like 4k to 2k with in game settings

[copper portal]

so far i don't think spine is the cervical one cause i set bip_spine damage to like 10 million and it still takes two side neck shots to kill ghost, that or the neck is absorbing the damage

[surreal gust]

The game doesn't reduce texture resolution when you decrease the texture quality from in-game settings

It basically works like an LOD system, but for textures. 0 has the highest detail, while 4 has the lowest detail

[wary scroll]

So it's also basically helping vram usage too right?

[surreal gust]

I think so

[wary scroll]

Thanks man, much appreciated

[fair inlet]

I'd like to take a look

[coral brook]

sure, this one!
https://github.com/themrdemonized/Molotov-Cocktails-STALKER-ANOMALY/blob/main/gamedata/scripts/demonized_molotov_binder.script
Raven says this molotov binder script can be used for tracking nades, got permission from Demonized too

[copper portal]

need this

looks cool as hell

[pure owl]

Question, any good Kiparis, Kedr type of gun mod with no folding stock animation ? would love to see a remodel/reanim of it especially good to use early and mid game

[golden gull]

Anyone knows what is the part of ZCP that sets respawning times for scattered loot in Gamma?

[dull dust]

Yeah really annoys me when I oneshot someone and go to inspect the kill and they're in that weird position with their legs under their back

LOL

Don't think I've ever seen someone land that way IRL

[copper portal]

It also generally makes ragdolls feel more responsive

[dull dust]

Which sounds really good

[copper portal]

like peter griffin death pose?

[dull dust]

I'm no modder, but how simple/complex would this to be to apply to the KVMAS/Azetrix models pack?

[dull dust]

Basically lol

[copper portal]

i've seen it online

(picture is obviously nsfl though)

[dull dust]

Idk for me, ragdolls and enemy reaction/deaths etc. are pretty important for a shooter, it's the responsiveness

[copper portal]

yeah

[dull dust]

Seeing enemies/teammates all busted up and strewn about is pretty tight

Especially when they end up like leaning over a railing or falling into the water or some shit

James Bond type stuff

Bro what? His model presets have different presets for different types of armor

This is pretty much a perfect mod template. I'd really like to see this implemented

[tawdry vector]

heyy guys, where is the guide again for making mods?

ah in the pins

[celest forge]

The BaS skorpions don't do that iirc

[fluid wharf]

How can I disable the Saigas running animation? It has a custom anim that moves the weapon to the far left side of the screen.

• Also, when you stop moving, the weapon does a weird jank shake camera animation. Maybe that can be sped up or straight up removed?
  I tried Syn's saiga reanim but it does the same thing

[celest forge]

Those are transition animations

start sprint, sprint, stop sprint

but gamma uses a script that makes it so all guns lower when you sprint

but the transition animations still play

[fluid wharf]

Gotcha, so I'd have to remove the transition animations from the gun, right?

[celest forge]

Yeah

[fluid wharf]

What about the ones when you move slightly?same thing i guess with another name

Thanks Juan

[celest forge]

Not the same gun but just as an example

the anm_walk2sprint and anm_sprint2walk

find the gun you want to edit and delete to comment out those lines from the LTX

[fluid wharf]

I see now, thank you

• On another note, regarding weather mods. ~ is it possible to DLTX inject new weather cycles into dynamic_weather_graphs.ltx?

Like adding a

w_clear3

![cycle_partly]
w_partly3```

so if it's possible... just write that into, let's say, `mod_system_example_weathers`...?

[celest forge]

Sounds about right

[fair inlet]

not sure if weathers are included in system

[fluid wharf]

could it be done via script?

[fair inlet]

I mean it's still possible but you have to change the file name

[fluid wharf]

could you explain further? sorry

[fair inlet]

if it's not included then use mod_dynamic_weather_graphs

check dltx documentation

[fluid wharf]

Huh, interesting! Will do, thanks Oleh

[simple scaffold]

no. weathers are not part of system and the weathers ltx folder is managed in a way that is incompatible with dltx mod_ files. maybe if you put your changes in a file zzz_wetherchange.ltx in the weathers folder it might work. no promises.

[fluid wharf]

Copy that

[lapis panther]

Guys is there any mod to add a common stash like true stalker?

I am tired of carrying my loot. I always get my inventory full

[copper portal]

is there a way to make companion npcs have no collision?

absolutely annoying trying to aim from a corner and npcs constantly pushing you around

[copper portal]

@undone lily also, i was wondering what's the value for npc armor?

[dry maple]

Got HDR tonemapping working (mostly) and fixed compatiblity issues with SSS/SSFX so GAMMA renders correctly. I still need to figure out how to apply tonemapping to the HUD and UI since the combine shader doesn't seem to apply to those, but otherwise I think most rendering issues are resolved. Here are some HDR screenshots, they don't render in the right colorspace on my monitor so they look more white/blownout than the game looks, and they probably don't look like much on an SDR monitor. This is with ReShade on so that's working as well. One weird thing is I have to set the r__gamma to 1/2.2 (so the gamma correction shader is linearizing color I think) to get it to look correct even with the correct whitepoint parameter for my monitor, I'm guessing the game by default renders in 2.2 gamma or something since I normally can keep the r__gamma at 1 and it looks correct on my monitor, whereas in most games would be set to 2.2 or 2.4

[lilac idol]

i need someone to test if the new animations look right rq

[deep ginkgo]

Anyone here have the mod in Gamma where all the NPCs are willing to talk to you?

[undone lily]

Interesting, not sure many people have HDR compatible screens though

What we need is the temporal AA from LVutner working for SSS

[tall badger]

That's awesome, I'd love to get HDR working in GAMMA. I really tried using Special K to inject it but I couldn't get it to work

[dry maple]

True, most screens that have HDR compatibility don't display it very well either. You either need an OLED or an IPS with a ton of dimming zones to get a good image.

[dry maple]

I spent ~6 hours fiddling with SpecialK before I figured it would be less frustrating to just add it to the engine lol

[tall badger]

how did you do that lol

that's way above my pay grade

[dry maple]

Google and reading MSDN DX11 docs. I've written a renderer before in OpenGL so some of the concepts are the same too. Also digging through a lot of shitty old x-ray code, it's a mystery this shit works

[fair pollen]

As Lvutner said himself, he understood some cons of TAA,he will most likely need to write a new shader for anomaly and better integrate it. He also mentioned, that perhaps Ascii will make his own TAA, since he is halfway done with porting motion vectors.

[restive cradle]

just look at this. If this ever happens in Anomaly / GAMMA with good implementation it will get crazy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CJh_cErbEI

[fair pollen]

P!ew

[tardy vale]

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[fair pollen]

Why ew? Because the code of dlls and fsr is stolen from other engines. Not to mention, that ogsr authors before said that they don't see the point of dlls/fsr, and yet, they have stolen it

[restive cradle]

Ok, i didnt know that.

[fair pollen]

IXray engine has implemented dlls and fsr before ogsr.

Also it was in hype engine, but afaik it's not as good implemented as in IXray.

[tall badger]

Is there a better engine anomaly could use for more multithreading performance? game gets CPU bound really easily

[fair pollen]

No.

Anomaly was, is and will be suffering

[tall badger]

its ogre

guess i just gotta upgrade my CPU lol

as if I wasnt already gonna do that

[dry maple]

I fixed the UI in HDR, but it turns out that the engine does some weird stuff selecting shaders. The UI is rendered using the stub_default.ps shader and I'm not sure if I broke anything by applying HDR tonemapping to its output (nothing is obviously broken at least). Fixing that would require changing some of the code that selects what shader to use and it's not obvious to me how best to do that. Also to avoid double tonemapping the PDA (since it renders as UI but then gets drawn in the world as a texture) I used a pretty gross hack to avoid tonemapping any UI elements when drawing the PDA's UI. I think there might be another shader for animated textures so e.g. the GAMMA main menu doesn't seem right, TVs in the world might be okay depending on how their rendering works. The other thing that seems broken is the stuff that I think is forward rendered (e.g. transparent materials). I'm not entirely sure but they look too dark (see screenshot). Otherwise HDR (functionality wise) is playable and mostly complete. The more tedious part will be fixing all the shit I broke in the process (DX8/9/10 are broken for various reasons) and making the DX11 renderer able to switch HDR on/off. Here's more screenshots, turns out they are correct but you need an HDR image viewer to display them and I didn't realize IrfanView doesn't have HDR display capabilities.

[sharp acorn]

I'm trying to use DLTX to make the AN-94 do the proper fire rate, as well as a bunch of other weapons with different RPM. None of them are applying. Anyone know why?

[quasi narwhal]

where did you put the ltx files and did you remember to load the mod that does the dltx overwriting? lol

[sharp acorn]

ltx files are in gamedata\configs\items\weapons, I have the modded .exes

[quasi narwhal]

try this, make a folder with a random name inside MO2/mods, create a gamedata\configs path inside this new folder, put the ltx files inside the gamedata\configs and load this as your last mod on MO2

[sharp acorn]

that's basically what I've been doing. Full directory is D:\MO2\mods\AN-94 fire rate fix and more\gamedata\configs\items\weapons

[quasi narwhal]

try moving from items\weapons to just configs and see if it works

[random fulcrum]

you're not doing what the guy told you

quite literally

[sharp acorn]

oh shit, just gamedata\configs

my bad

[quasi narwhal]

yeah, this is how my repos look like

[random fulcrum]

god fucking damn that looks beyond cringe

also the 2 unobtainable an94s already have cycle_down

the only one that doesn't is the one from bas

[sharp acorn]

same result :C

MO2 looks correct

[sharp acorn]

could it be each of my ltx files should have a different modname like yours? like _zzzz_abnsprep_fnp45 and _zzzz_abnsprep_m4a1

[random fulcrum]

you set the filename wrong

you're overriding the system ltx

not the "w" ltx

which doesn't even exist

[sharp acorn]

w_abakan.ltx? I'm not overwriting that?

[random fulcrum]

the filename should be mod_system_

not mod_w

[quasi narwhal]

abnsprep just stands for abnormally spring reposition, it's my own custom name
you might name it whatever, i just put the zzzzzzz to make sure it's loaded last
and yeah, as @random fulcrum said, the namespace is mod_system not mod_w I guess

[sharp acorn]

interesting ok, so that would also mean I should combine all these files

that worked, based! Thank you both 😄

[wintry rampart]

Guys !! Are there any mods that add inventory sorting bags for QOL purposes??

I recently stumbled upon the Box Loot Mod -- #🤖new-anomaly-mods-on-moddb message

I absolutely LOOVEE this; can somebody tell me if there are any more like this?

OR (and I'm just that desperate to sort out the inventory)

could someone point to any mod-making resources where one can create these types of bags specifically ?

[random fulcrum]

use that mod itself as a resource

study it and try to reproduce

[loud spruce]

tell me how to turn on the weapon magazines. And I've seen a perk mod somewhere, but I can't find it.

[celest forge]

Mags Redux on MO2

[misty mulch]

!mags // next time ask #╟🔰☢newbies-chat or #╓☢stalker-chat, this room is for talking about how to make mods

[queen pine]

@loud spruce
How to properly enable and disable Mags Redux (adds magazine management): #╭📖faq message

[simple scaffold]

back up your save often. if that works the way i think it does mods like that have historically developed problems like crashing on level transitions or loosing all the stuff in the boxes.

it does work the way i thought. Not only that it saves data to the object packet which is know to corrupt saves. (referance https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/v1.5.2/gamedata/scripts/alife_storage_manager.script#L4)

[fluid wharf]

Godamn! thanks for the headsup, I was gonna try it when it released but was skeptic it'd break something longterm

[simple scaffold]

i have not found a safe way to access a box on another map. and i have been told stashes don't teleport well either.

an invisible army of NPCs carrying your stuff has other problems.

[fluid wharf]

Raven, excuse the annoyance, but I have a quick question, you might know about this: do you know why NPC's like Owl talk more than others? Like Sidorovich who greets you everytime you come down his bunker? I'm trying to make Aslan, in this case, do that. Have more greet and approach dialogues, also when opening or closing his inventory or interacting with him, I already populated all of the ogg's for his respective snd_config but all he does is greet once. Is there any file that defines this?

I've been told to look at CoP modding and I'll do that but figured I'd ask you in case it already came up before

[simple scaffold]

Sid and forester are not NPCs, they are furniture that talks. i wouldn't look at them as an example. at least not at first.

is there another NPC that does what you want?

[celest forge]

Any reason why Sid and Forester are that way?

Always struck me as odd

MAybe because they're stationary?

[fluid wharf]

Interesting. Okay, well, any random merc uses jokes/intro/idle soundfiles, compared to aslan who seems to only be using greet soundfiles.

I'm trying to do this so that aslan, dushman and hog have unique snd configs. I already was able to give them unique separate snd configs but they only use greet lines and then stay quiet

[simple scaffold]

I suspect that Sid was hard coded first, as a vendor and quest giver before the mobile NPCs were more than just mutants with human bodies for you to shoot.

I have been told that in ShoC modding trying to remove Sid will break the game.
Forester might have been a sid stand when clear sky didn't include cordon.

I do not know what changed in CoP.

but they are both not proper NPCs and you have to code around that alot

[fluid wharf]

Is it because they ones i talked about are not part of killer xmls configs and instead of deadcity xmls?

[celest forge]

GSC dev at it's finest

[simple scaffold]

did you say owl does what you want? (i havn't played the game in nearly 2 years)

[pulsar flame]

hey guys

anyone here that could teach me how to animate on blender?

[celest forge]

https://youtu.be/IV6XP-EDzw8?si=g2IdTxiST4b4u2ls

[lilac idol]

i have a fuckton of yt tutorials saved, if you want i can send them to you

[pulsar flame]

alr sounds good

I'm just looking for someone to help me with any questions i might have as I do it

as for right now, I did something with the gun structure but idk what I did XD

i think i might have hidden the gun bone structure but I can't find it

do you know which asset it is?

[fluid wharf]

I tested Sakharov, Voronin, Owl, Beard, Fanatic, etc and they all at least have "greet" and "goodbye" files playing somewhat often (or at least it seems like it resets when you go out of their view radius), compared to Aslan, Dushman, Hog who seem to barely talk or not at all

I'll look into cop modding, and see why NPCs like CoP Owl are super interactive in this regard... maybe something was tweaked in anomaly so they were less "annoying", but they sadly removed the sell/buy / don't buy comments aswell as "use" triggers

[simple scaffold]

hmmm. then there should be something in their xmls that set that. if you can't find the differance i may have time to look at some point.

(there is always cheating by adding code to play sounds whent he player enters an area around the NPCs, but if there is a proper system it would be better to use that. less over head if the engine does it)

[fluid wharf]

Yeah, that would be great. I'm researching, I want to make npcs like dushman and aslan have unique and new voicelines but my only roadblock so far is the fact that they simply do not use those folders for interacting

Alright, so it seems like his trigger radius is huge. You gotta get half a block away and then it triggers again. Well, I'll have to keep looking at the xml files and at cop modding and see what's up. Thanks for your time, though, I appreciate it.

[simple scaffold]

there is a line in the xmls snd_config

fanatic is stalker1 it has a folder https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/tree/v1.5.2/gamedata/sounds/characters_voice/human/stalker_1/states/meet

that has way more stuff in it than
dustmans killer3

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/tree/v1.5.2/gamedata/sounds/characters_voice/human/killer_3/states/meet

that would be my first guess. i'd just change dustman to stalker1 and see if he gets more talkitive as a first step

[fluid wharf]

I made it so that dushman uses a new snd_config folder, "killer_dush" .
Same as Aslan, he uses a new folder "killer_aslan" and it works, like here it's using killer_aslan, but the thing is i filled the idle, joke, intro_joke and other folders with sound files yet he only uses meet files, never the ones from other paths
This is killer_aslan\states\meet\meet_hello_2.ogg playing

I'm looking at a mod that makes npcs less chatty in battle and traced it backwards, this is where the specific paths for each sound type are defined, but I'm comparing it to another file, m_person.ltx (the one for trader npcs) and seems like this one has less sound_ items defined inside of the file. I'll compare these with the respective CoP files and see if there's more sound_ items inside m_person.ltx that aren't being used in anomaly

[lilac idol]

i'm almost done, just have to adjust positions, sounds, give it scopes and slightly fix some of the anims

[slow bolt]

Not bad

slowing down a bit and adding curves would do wonders

[lilac idol]

yeah that's what i mean by slightly fix the anims

[slow bolt]

I'd say its not slight

[lilac idol]

i also need to give it more camera movement

[lilac idol]

yeah you could say that slight isn't the most accurate word lmao

[fair canopy]

folding stock anime

[slow bolt]

Best anims out there

[fair canopy]

at yeah that inspect needs a bit of shake

[lilac idol]

[fair canopy]

looks robotic right now

[slow bolt]

they all do

[random fulcrum]

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

i would actually donate coin to a fella if he adds the gif animation to a pistol

[lilac idol]

hi

[unreal leaf]

#📢announcements message I do wonder what could be causing this

looking at the stuff added by SSS21, the only thing I can really notice is the new hud mask it generates

To be fair this does mean the hud renders twice, once for hte mask rt but Why would that cause performance issus only when SSS21 is not running

the rt and the whole implementation is very standard, looks the same as any other rt SSS adds

[slow bolt]

18.08 exes also have that

[unreal leaf]

hmm

[slow bolt]

But it could be a mistake on someone's part

others have no problems with 18.08

[unreal leaf]

Whats the steps for replicating this issue? Just runinng new exes on DX9 with no SSS, thats it?

[slow bolt]

dont need dx9

[unreal leaf]

I'll take a render doc snaphot to see if any part takes a stupid amount of time compute

[slow bolt]

this happens on vanilla as well

just with modded exes

[unreal leaf]

alright

[broken abyss]

Hi guys, anyone know the OGG file requirements or instructions for sound mods to work? Im currently trying to replace weapon sounds for several guns, Ive correctly dltxify the files, however its not working, not sure if the bitrate needs to be specific, or if the ogg files have to be processed. not sure what im doing wrong

what I have basically

[unreal leaf]

cant seem to replicate the issue

[slow bolt]

Then it is finally settled

because i had conflicting reports

[unreal leaf]

and it happening on 18.8 exes also makes no sense since those exes only included Ashes edits. Which do nothing with redenring

[slow bolt]

It made sense since his edits were around guns

and issues happened with guns out

either way it is settled

which is good

[unreal leaf]

is it?

[celest forge]

44.1k bit rate, mono and needs the proper savandt comments

[unreal leaf]

I mean if some people are reporting issues thats still a problem

[slow bolt]

you know people

[broken abyss]

the world just hates 48k users

[slow bolt]

that is what engine works in

[tawny stream]

Bitrate is 100% specific

Looks like I got treed.

[ruby dust]

is it possible to remove this blurred effect that NVGs have?

like is it part of a script that i can edit? or is it not changable?

[broken abyss]

you are asking in the wrong location

[ruby dust]

where else should i ask

[quasi narwhal]

what if they want to make a mod that removes it?

[ruby dust]

oh wait

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1133074169723101214

it exists

[broken abyss]

alteranitively just do this. i said you ask in wrong location because nvgs are part of an already made mod with options to disable

[ruby dust]

none of those do what i wanted

i dont mean the outline

i meant the blur on the visuals themselves, for example how the pistol sights cant be seen due to blur

[merry silo]

Is there an easy way to make guns fit into the vision/knife slot? I'm super new to tinkering with the game's files

[lilac idol]

I think you would have to edit the shader

[ruby dust]

no not really

i just installed a mod

[lilac idol]

mmh and what does it technically do?

[ruby dust]

edit files?

idk

i didn't look inside it

anyhow

is it possible to add lasers to gun that don't have it?

[lilac idol]

yeah you would have to add the laser mesh from another gun

using blender ofc

[ruby dust]

god damn it

[lilac idol]

nah but it's stupidly easy

[ruby dust]

wait

the laser light and dot are also a mesh?

[lilac idol]

yeah

that's what gets hidden by the bone depending on the laser status

[ruby dust]

porbably either juan or frosty know how to add lasers to guns

[celest forge]

It is a mesh

both the laser and dot

[ruby dust]

okay

how do I add it?

[celest forge]

That get hidden with a script based on the shader they use

[ruby dust]

add*

do I just copy the mesh from a gun like how one would add a silencer?

[tawny stream]

#🔨modded-gamma-support

[ruby dust]

anyone?

[broken abyss]

so there is multiple snd_shoot exist in variable, is there any reason why for multiple to exist? the game only seems to use one file only, i thought they were for variation in gun sounds while shooting which i guess is not a thing

[random fulcrum]

random

ah wait wdym multiple snd_shoot exist in variable

[broken abyss]

so there is like snd_shoot and snd_shoot1 and snd_shoot2

[random fulcrum]

ah ye it's for randomized sounds

[broken abyss]

ok thank you, 1 last question, the ogg file must be in mono right? however i believe i saw snd_shoot_actor using a stereo file in another weapon pack

[random fulcrum]

mono can have sound attenuation

stereo can't

so you use stereo for sounds emitted exclusively from the player

[broken abyss]

ohh i see, afaik snd_shoot is used by npcs right? so you would make a snd_shoot_actor for stereo, if so is there anyway to have random sounds for snd_shoot_actor? i dont see any multiple varibles for that one

or maybe that is not possible

not sure xD

[random fulcrum]

yeah it's possible

snd_shoot will be used for the player too unless snd_shoot_actor is also definedf

[broken abyss]

ok so lets say i want to use the snd_shoot_actor variable for stereo sounds, would i just do snd_shoot_actor1 and snd_shoot_actor2?

for the random variation?

[random fulcrum]

you can try

[broken abyss]

i may aswell, thanks for the info

[naive snow]

Copy it over from another gun, position it, apply the transforms, join it to the gun object, add the right weight painting with the right bones. Hopefully your model already has the right bone otherwise you'll have to rebake all of the animations of that weapon. Look at the guns that already have a laser to see the right bone hierarchy and weight painting

[random fulcrum]

i mean not all of those are necessary

when adding the laser to that one 416 mod i just parented it to wpn_body

the m4 tactical anims don't have a laser bone

nor did i do any weight painting

[celest forge]

The laser is not attached to a bone, but it has a specific shader which is how it gets shown or hidden by the engine, it's quite ingenious and way better than how the suppressor is handled

[ruby dust]

I'm a bit confused now

so I just load a gun up, copy the laser, go to another gun, paste it, parent or join it to the gun object?

thats all?

[jade oxide]

just use layering system for snd_shoot_actor and make a config
eg : snd_shoot_actor = wpn_snd_shoot_gun_player

[wpn_snd_shoot_gun_player]
snd_1_layer = path_to_snd1
snd_1_layer1 = path_to_snd2
snd_2_layer = any_other_sound
snd_2_layer1 = any_other_sound_variant1

etc...

random sounds are played within one type of sound each time (snd_1, snd_2, ...) and you can even add some mech sound or anything particular playing on anm_shots and bind a scripted_snd_shots to it, that will not play on last shoot if there is an animation bound to anm_shots_last.

[ruby dust]

sorry for pinging
but do i just copy these two over to another gun? or is there something that im missing

[ruby dust]

okay i added the laser to the weapon

but when i hold L nothing happens

oh wait

im stoobid

i forgor to edit the ltx

[unreal leaf]

sir thats a laser, not a silencer

[ruby dust]

I never said a silencer

[ruby dust]

oh

m bad

[unreal leaf]

:D

[ruby dust]

aw man

what does this mean??

ive never seen this error before

i added a fucking laser. what does that have to do with damage

[ruby dust]

sorry for ping, but do you have any idea?

[unreal leaf]

nope

[ruby dust]

[lilac idol]

I had that ctd yesterday when testing my anims after exporting, I think it's an animation issue or at least something related

[ruby dust]

animation?

but why tho?

[lilac idol]

yeah maybe you messed with the animations

[ruby dust]

mine should just overrite the already existing ppp

which it does

[ruby dust]

it worked fine when the new file was in the ppp itself, but when i moved it over to an separate folder and turned into a mod, it got broken

[lilac idol]

have you made your new ogf use the ppp motions?

[ruby dust]

hmm

let me try something

[lilac idol]

idk if you had to do that I'm just trying to guess

[ruby dust]

i think i know what caused it

i just have to test it

yup

[ruby dust]

found the problem

my own fucking incompetence

turns out the override mod i made was made wrong

now there is a problem

i can press the L button, and the laser shows up

but not on the screen, just from the laser itself

have to redo it

[ruby dust]

yay, i finally did it. i have lasers now

now i know how, i can make more

[lilac idol]

does anyone know who made the RAPTR fo4 port?

[remote venture]

When making animations, does the issue with busy hands come from the engine itself, creating the animation, or packaging it into a mod file.

How does the bug manifest basically. Chance to happen due to the engine or operator error when creating?

[misty mulch]

busyhands is not strictly speaking about animations.

[misty mulch]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/watch-dog-script read the description:

After significant investigation I was able to confirm that the so called "Busy Hands" bug is actually at least 2 different bugs. Type 1, most often associated with FDDA back pack animation failing, is due to the actor_on_update callback hanging and no longer firing. Type 2, most often associated with MCM keybinds and the headlamp animation failing, is due to the Timed Event Queue hanging and timed events no longer firing.
It should be noted that this is not "the script engine crashing". All of the lua code not initiated by they system that failed continues to work, the inventory and main menu UI's are drawn by scripts after all.

[remote venture]

Thanks

[undone lily]

I don't remember, are the BC7 textures still crashing the game in DX8/9?

[undone lily]

it's not a port, the model was bought. Most of the work was done by Firebreath including the animation. I bought the model from CGtrader

[lilac idol]

mmh i saw someone say it was a port

[undone lily]

Dude.

https://tenor.com/view/max-payne-max-payne3-bruh-gif-22724978

[lilac idol]

i'm not saying youre lying

im saying that someone said that

[undone lily]

Which is bullshit

[lilac idol]

that's why i got confused for a sec

[surreal gust]

Hopefully not monokit

[lilac idol]

btw groc do you like this? (the camera movement has been toned down already)

[undone lily]

it's start but the movements are not natural enough atm 😢

XM4 texture is finally saved (this is DX9, aka the texture is BC3 compressed, but not in a shitty way)

there are still some really minor compression artefacts, but can't do much about it, it's overall much less visible

Ideally the patch should be replaced by a freedom one, but oh well

[lilac idol]

why don't you use juan's xm177 instead, the aesthetics fit the zone a lot better than this one

[celest forge]

Or save the textures with a lesser compression, file size would be larger but there would be no compression artifacts

Atleast none visible to human eye

[fair canopy]

Is it possible to fix a compressed texture?

[celest forge]

Not sure, but the XM4 is a rip from a very popular game so not hard to find an unfucked texture

Unlike what was used for the port

[undone lily]

I have the unfucked textures. But uncompressed are posing issues with DX8 for guns no?

Or is it only BC7 compression?

[celest forge]

I've used this and I don't think it causes issues in DX8

[undone lily]

hum the textures get too big anyway, 21Mb for each texture, meh

[dull dust]

super new to modding, how do i go to the debug level that i often see in screenshots?

[celest forge]

Enable debug mode and press F2 in the main menu

[surreal gust]

AI test on the urban level

[warm tulip]

is it updated mags redux in this modpack?

[tender thorn]

uh.. how to change PDA sound?

[dull dust]

Thanks

[dull dust]

Hey Grok, I want to learn modding for Anomaly. I know some Russian and found a guide or two for making quests in Clear Sky using the X-Ray SDK, but idk where to start finding resources. Where can I find good stuff to learn how to mod Anomaly?

[cold eagle]

Pins #╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[copper lichen]

how do I change the rates of different quests

like if i want more camp assault or bounty quests

[lilac idol]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16PGWuCXv9ag7uqfzmO_-_XpHsxJJ06By/view?usp=drive_link needs people to test it in-game before i attemp to release it, keep in mind that the animations aren't 100% finished yet and they might (will) change in the future.
NOTE: If you're playing gamma you must delete the weapons folder in "gamedata/configs/items/". I made it like this so that people playing vanilla could also give it a try

if you find any issues with it please DM me. now i'm going to sleep, gn chat

[undone lily]

Depends what you want to do.

[undone lily]

https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/blob/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. Dynamic Tasks Balance/gamedata/configs/misc/task/tm_dynamic.ltx

reduce the repeat_timeout of the tasks / create new tasks of a kind you want and give it to other factions perhaps

[grave glade]

Coming back to GAMMA and I was frustrated with the binoculars not having a x10 zoom level (as they depict 10x42 Baigish BPOs)…
Finally to my liking 🙂

(I also changed the mask/reticle texture to fit my 1440p 16:9 resolution, getting rid of the cinematic field of view in the process, and actual Baigish reticle/scale)

(scope_zoom_factor=13 as it's based on FOV, which gives that x10 max zoom, w/ current main FOV set to 83 (graphics settings Visual/Basic))

[ruby dust]

so i made a mod that adds a laser to the mp133. i did one for the 1911 and it works great, but for the mp133 it doesn't override BaS as it should

how can i make it override bas instead of AWAR?

[ruby dust]

here is what its supposed to look like, but in game it just looks like the normal gun

[unreal leaf]

I do find it weird that the rail on top is flat, I dont think Ive seen that on any other gun before. Is that intended?

[ruby dust]

is there something i can do to make sure it overrides correctly?

[lilac idol]

that's how it was before piccatiny rails were a thing

but it doesn't really make sense that you can still attach scopes, but the balance is up to grok

[undone lily]

welp that's how the model is 😦

M16 rail work almost the same way

it's an old gun and picatinny norm wasn't developped yet

[unreal leaf]

right right

[dull dust]

I want to make tasks and "quests" (series of linked subsequent tasks) that are compatible with base anomaly, but also with modpacks in general (if possible). I have a few ideas for how that could work. I've been browsing the anomaly modding book and some Russian vids like I said but the modding book doesn't go very deep talking about task logic

What I'd really like to do is not add storylines per se, but more repeatable and one-time tasks with maybe some unique NPCs and dialogue to make the zone more inhabited and give a sense of plot to the game

Little bit of scripted events perhaps

[fair canopy]

So what you're saying is, it should have attachments

[undone lily]

Then look for itheon new task addon and reverse engineer it @dull dust

[dull dust]

Thanks

[queen sparrow]

hi there, just looking for abit of feedback on rebalancing storage containers (including all the new ones from Even More Hideout Furniture ) as I noticed using that mod that the prices and weight were all over the place when combined with gamma. as well as moving the nicer ones to higher supply level tiers to reward and give players something else to look forward to for higher supply tier unlocks. some made for hideout exclusively while others were made with taking stashes on the go with pros and cons with weight / cost / space they take up.
https://imgur.com/R8iqY6X

[undone lily]

Some items are hella expensive compared to just crafting some workbenches though

Also I think the new weights are too much

[queen sparrow]

okay cool, ill look into cutting them both down, i was just aiming to make some of them incentivised for just hideouts rather than lobbing around higher kg capacity stashes all over the map and making others while less capacity, somewhat light weight

def overdid it abit

[undone lily]

Imo most items should be made craftable.

Instead of buyable and that you then need to haul

[slow bolt]

I think the opposite

we aint the TV guy who makes top tier furniture from bottles

thinking of average hobo you get only simple items craftable

[undone lily]

Hum after all why not

[slow bolt]

In gamma you play as a hobo who can craft experimental medicine

[undone lily]

It’s part of the gameplay logic of being craft heavy

[slow bolt]

Oh i am not arguing. The guy just asked for opinions

you made gamma, so whatever you liked is whatever we got. logical

[topaz estuary]

Does anyone know which file contains the default size of propellant?

[undone lily]

Tbh it doesn’t matter much: I was wondering about when we’ll be able to buy gear from the hideout laptop: being able to buy furnitures from the computer is fine enough imo

[slow bolt]

real tarkov hours

Zone furnishing service

[undone lily]

Imo it can open nice possibilities, but I need to think how to not abuse it

What’s a bit annoying about base building is that you are heavily dependent on the mechanics

[slow bolt]

Money is already worthless in gamma

Lets hope at least you can spend it on furniture

[undone lily]

True true let’s keep it that way

[undone lily]

I was talking about the computer to order stuff btw

[slow bolt]

yep

||(then you make computer craftable only and locked behind a recipe that drops with 1% chance from legends)||

[surreal gust]

the homies are enjoying

[ruby dust]

interactive pda alrady has amazone

does that not count?

[slow bolt]

Interactive pda ui is very bad

Would be good if that Ui actually was inside the pda

[ruby dust]

is it hard to make an addon that adds it as a tab like the tasks tab?

i might just try to reverse engineer the task menu mod and see how they added it

its not easy

anyhow, where can i change the values of gun upgrades?

[undone lily]

Half cooked stuff tbh

[ruby dust]

i like the concept, especially how the quests for it work. but its not perfect either

[undone lily]

It should open a trade window

[ruby dust]

a trade window for ordering stuff?

[random fulcrum]

can't possibly call interactive pda half baked with a straight face

that's just because you don't like xcvb

[fair canopy]

I'm waiting for him to add triple triad to stalker

[ruby dust]

what has he done to not be liked? his mods are awsome

[random fulcrum]

hell if i know

[celest forge]

Bro fell for the fake kpop link and never got over it

[slow bolt]

Not enough K-pop in the mod

[fluid wharf]

pavelblend plugin works properly on 4.x?

[slow bolt]

no

[lilac idol]

works well except for exporting

[fluid wharf]

Ty, just found the compatibility list so i'm gonna stick to 2.79 which i know very well or maybe 3.6 lts

[lilac idol]

if you want to use it you would have to export with 3.6 or earlier

[slow bolt]

IIRC any 3.x version

[faint sable]

I use 3.6

[celest forge]

3.6 works well

[languid grove]

help how to enable lvid gvid display i forgot

[slow bolt]

the what

it sounds like you had a stroke

[languid grove]

actor position in debug

this

[languid grove]

so 2 problems

anyone knows where stored vanilla spawn points?

this dude spawns at default 7_7 point and going inside building from there

and 2 problem i cant put him behind the bars

hes going upstairs even though i told him to stay at -5.71 alt

[mortal cloak]

Not sure where to put this...There's a variable typo in the files for artifact spawns in anomaly zone for af_class_north_all. The definition name for the class is "af_class_north_all" but all the zones that should spawn them all have "af_class_all_north" for the list of possible artifacts. Base Artifact Renovation mod

[random fulcrum]

make a thread about it in suggestions

[ruby dust]

is it possible to make a hotkey for changing helmets?

like for example, I press a button and my helmet gets changed into a gas mask instead of having to do it in the inventory

[lilac idol]

you can use headgear animations addon for the hotkey

[simple scaffold]

Yes. Doing it real lazy where you have to update the script when you change what mask/helmet you are using and a hard coded key bind is probably a couple dozen lines of code tops.

Doing it right with MCM key bind, indicators on the mask/helmet when they are in your inventory a d an r click menu to set the mask and helmet would be be harder.

Although I'd check and see if haru's quick action wheel already has support doing that, first.

[ruby dust]

I wanted to use the quick action wheel, but it doesn't work with helmets

it would be so good if it did

[simple scaffold]

That's a shame.

I have an addon that removes your mask when you sprint.

That has the code for equipping helmets.

If the other guys example is good for how to set up a lazy key bind you should be able to peice together something that works.

Missing part to get a mask in your inventory to give to the equip code:

local helm = db.actor:object(section_name_in_quotes)

I think, that function ignores equiped items so you should be able to ask for the mask and if you don't get an item ask for the helmet so that you can toggle.

If that doesn't work you just need to keep track of what is currently equipped

That could be as simple as a variable

mask = false

That when false you do the equip mask the. Set mask to true and when. True you do the equip helmet. And set mask to false.

If it gets out of sync just press it again.

You could steal the code from my helmet mod to put an indicator on screen for which is currently equipped

[ruby dust]

hm, I could just try to add the helmets to qaw, it already switches between different items that go in the detector slot. maybe I can reverse engineer that for helmets?

[lilac idol]

headgear animations already has a hotkey for helmets

use that as a base

[ruby dust]

headgear animations?

[lilac idol]

yeah

[ruby dust]

that a mod?

[simple scaffold]

Maybe. Qaw is built using dynamic programming concepts and needs some GUI code knowledge. So not the simplest thing to start with

[ruby dust]

gui?

great, as If it wasn't hard enough as is

[lilac idol]

yeah I found it in anomaly discord

[ripe maple]

guys how can i turn off the loot claim mod? i wanna steal some stuff

[misty mulch]

!claim // wrong place. this is the place for making mods.

[queen pine]

@ripe maple

To make NPC's stop claiming loot from dead bodies, disable:

• G.A.M.M.A. NPC Loot Claim Remade

If you want to make NPC's actually loot the dead bodies, disable:

• 311- NPC Stop Looting Dead Bodies - DTTheGunslinger

[ripe maple]

my bad

[warped zinc]

Is there a mod that turns off the laser sight when looking through the scope and then turns it back on?

[lilac idol]

but yeah there's one, you can probably find it in mods posting

[warped zinc]

I'm looking but I can't find anything, can you help me?

[lilac idol]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1203118683422068777 have you tried writing "laser" in the search bar?

[warped zinc]

of course I tried but I haven't searched everything yet. Big thx👍

[neat zenith]

Does anomaly use direct x normal maps?

[fair canopy]

Anomaly uses bump maps

[jagged radish]

Can anyone isolate or pinpoint the fix for when changing the grass settings would result in a CDT? I'm getting it on my non GAMMA modlist

[unreal leaf]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/975788169788268595/1256167679769710602/image.png?ex=66d62311&is=66d4d191&hm=1654fa10a29338efa5dcf5466b6cfbf0bea17c69101856f8d44dc4442f211a84&

Heres the format stalker uses

[unreal leaf]

bump map = normal map

[neat zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-eric-andre-eric-andre-show-nightmare-gif-25187817

[unreal leaf]

Its not bad, but it doesnt really make sense why they didnt use alpha for specular

[neat zenith]

yea

im used to that#

does SSS add any new maps?

[unreal leaf]

height / displacement is the only one it adds I think @trim aspen might know more

[fluid wharf]

Reshade .dlls ?

[jagged radish]

is that what causes it?

[fluid wharf]

I can only change grass 1 time with reshade injected

If i move the dlls so reshade isn't injected then it's not an issue anymore

Its d3d9 and dxgi

[undone stag]

I'm trying to disable the Geiger sound that plays when the actor is contaminated with radiation. I have my difficulty settings configured so that the Geiger counter shouldn't go off unless I actually have one in my inventory, but there seems to be another script/ltx that's allowing the sound to play for when the player is affected regardless. Does anyone have any leads?

[jagged radish]

hmm, thats weird, sI'll have to test that out

[quasi narwhal]

I've had this issue before until I removed everything but AA from my reshade preset
I think it's caused due to some effects crashing during re-compile or something
You could create an empty preset and try that too

[unreal leaf]

Its an issue with the current reshade plugin modded exes incorporate. Its probably not going ot be fixed anytime soon

[jagged radish]

ohhh that makes sense, so just downgrade then

[unreal leaf]

Maybe

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[undone stag]

Found it. It's line 790 in \GAMMA\mods\G.A.M.M.A. 3D PDA and Headlamp Animations\gamedata\scripts\actor_effects.script. Comment out snd:play(actor, 0, sound_object.s2d). This will make it so that you need a Geiger counter to measure your exposure instead of getting the sound without it.

Found this out thanks to the work of this addon: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/no-radiation-indicators

[fluid wharf]

I still crash with 5.7.0 lol

On vid_restart

You'll crash after toggling reshade or on effect recompiation

[digital stream]

does anybody know the name of the mod where you can disable transitions between locations?

[quasi narwhal]

wrong place to ask but here
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/transition-between-locations-without-confirmation

[lilac idol]

ok i think i think i'm finally starting to like this one, but after the mag insertion i feel like it's missing movement, any suggestions?

[quasi narwhal]

it's definitely starting to feel more natural

imho the animation should be playing faster, or at least it feels slower than most of the reload anims

[lilac idol]

that's because the vector's controls are a bit of a pain in the ass

the mag release button is so fucking far away from the mag

[quasi narwhal]

one thing that's nice to keep in mind when doing shit like this is cubic bezier, instead of a linear timing between things

[lilac idol]

what's that?

[quasi narwhal]

so like, instead of playing all the movements/motions in the same speed, make what would be faster actually be faster, so for example
removing/inserting the mag. is usually slower than grabbing the new mag. from the rig, so the grabbing could feel faster than the rest

think of instead of making a linear speed to everything (same speed when removing the mag, grabbing the new one, inserting the new one etc), make it vary so it feels more natural

like, imho the very last motion it does (of adjusting the mag) could be much faster, cause the character would just "punch" the mag. in instead of carefully putting it there etc

dunno if you got the idea

one nice way is to grab some animations that visually represent linear vs cubic vs ease-in etc so it's easier to see it visually applied i guess

[undone stag]

The movement should be more "bouncy" when the magazine insertion pushes the trigger-arm up.

[quasi narwhal]

yeah, this sort of thing is what i'm referring to and what cubic-bezier will smooth down
not that you need to draw the whole cubic curve and do math here, just to be inspired

[slow bolt]

ayo who put math in my discord

[undone stag]

It's all Greek to me.

[lilac idol]

ok thanks for all of this advice guys

[quasi narwhal]

btw i've been seeing the progress on this animation and it's feeling much better than in the beginning, that's always a great sign of progress

[celest forge]

Try doing more positional movement and not just rotations

[quasi narwhal]

☝🏻 this would help as well now that i re-watched, cause the hand just stays in place right

could use some more up/down movement to interact with the mag and what not

[lilac idol]

it does move back and forth but maybe it isn't noticeable because of the rotations

[celest forge]

When taking the mag out and putting it in it should also go up and down

[lilac idol]

yeah I should definitely do that

[celest forge]

Can you send me the blend file

[unreal leaf]

Would someone be able to rip the VSS/VAL 9x39 6L25 20-round magazine from Tarkov for me? I dont have the game installed or the tools to do so, It would mean a lot, textures too if possible

[lilac idol]

you can take the model and textures from frosty's 9x39 pack in moddb

i don't use it so i can't send them to you

[unreal leaf]

its got a 20 rounder? Epic thank you

[lilac idol]

yeah

[lilac idol]

yeah sure ill send it to your dms in a sec

[unreal leaf]

sadly those models are not from tarkov, Seems like they are just the stalker models actually

[lilac idol]

they are from eft though, you can ask frosty for any tarkov models anyway sinve he has a folder with those

[unreal leaf]

@faint sable Could I get a 9x39 20 rounder mag and the textures for it please?

[unreal leaf]

well they have had their UVs optimized so the mag shares one texture with the gun, which is nice but not ideal for my usecase

[faint sable]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/escape-from-tarkov-9x39mm-weapon-pack this one uses the tarkov 20 9x39 round mags which I used for the VSK and 9A91

you can put them into blender and path the shader editor paths to the dds for them to show up in blender

[unreal leaf]

ye

You can also just do this and point it to the root folder of your mod, it will find all the textures

[faint sable]

woah I didn't know that wth

[unreal leaf]

yee pretty epic

[faint sable]

I been pathing them individually since forever

[unreal leaf]

paain

[faint sable]

that is a blessing omg thank you

If you need any other tarkov content most I already sent out via mods https://www.moddb.com/members/frostychun/addons

[unreal leaf]

Youre welcome <3 Ive got 5 yyears of blender tips up my sleave so if you have any other things you want to know, just ask

[faint sable]

[unreal leaf]

and thank you for the mag <3

[faint sable]

All good, they use tarkov assets and all

ported straight from the game

I also got all the mags, foregrips, stocks, handguards, everything actually

up to latest patch

[celest forge]

Rough render but i'll do it somewhat like this

[unreal leaf]

hmm, feels wrong.

[lilac idol]

yeah idk how to import textures properly

but that's actually so nice

[unreal leaf]

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[lilac idol]

thank you so much for taking your time to do that

[lilac idol]

oh shit thank you

[faint sable]

Yea the textures are a bit off, in game they seem fine though but in blender they're a bit low, in fact they actually are rendered at 512x512 for every single mag and most parts, only the body and reciever are ever 2048x2048

Most are maybe 1024x1024 and that's only for specific grips or parts

But yea most of tarkov is actually 512x512

[unreal leaf]

that makes sense, texel density wise. But I am just not feeling the color

[unreal leaf]

Maybe I'll just desaturate it

[faint sable]

this is how it looks in tarkovs

yea the color is a bit weird definitely

even when doing my own texture ui for it, the mag color stood out a lot more

[pliant basin]

okay I just want to pop in here because I'm unfamiliar with how Stalker modding works but, how difficult do you think it would be to make the Veles and Svarog detectors beep like the Bear detector does? I've really missed that sound when upgrading the detector and want to see if there's a way I can add it.

[unreal leaf]

I just hate how it clashes with the wooden stock on the vss haha. I might just desaturate it and call it a day

[faint sable]

that works too

[unreal leaf]

better

[fair canopy]

You making guns now too?

[unreal leaf]

nah

just really wanted a 20 round vss

I am not gonna release this

the only problem is that the hand clips trough the mag during the reload, and I cant find the hands animations for hte vss

[lilac idol]

why don't you use the Val animations for it?

[unreal leaf]

that is the plan, but I need to find them first haha

[lilac idol]

you're gonna use firebreath's right?

[unreal leaf]

I dont know, just gonna use whats in gamma already

I dont know how any of this works lol I am just moving files around haha

[lilac idol]

those are the ones that will be added next update

[unreal leaf]

then I am not using those lol

[lilac idol]

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then use the Val reanimation ones

you can find it in mo2 by writing "Val"

of you don't like that one neither, then use the bas ones ig

[unreal leaf]

I need to find the original ones from gamma so I know what to overwrite

[lilac idol]

these are the ones in gamma

[unreal leaf]

vss anims are in the same omf file?

[lilac idol]

vss 10 with rnds use the bas ones

but for 20 rnds it's the reanim

[unreal leaf]

I dont know or care what mod they are from :D I just need to know what the name of the file is so I can overwrite it

[lilac idol]

find it from that mod in mo2

I don't know the names and I'm not on my pc rn

[unreal leaf]

Id need the name for that lol

[lilac idol]

[unreal leaf]

ah right forgot

motion refs

nvm

motion refs wont help me for hands animations

[fair canopy]

Hand animations are annoying

If they're bas hand animations then they might be stuck into a file with 300 other hand animations

[lilac idol]

VSS (10 rnds) -> Boomsticks and Sharpsticks
As Val (20 rnds) -> As Val reanimation

those are the addon names where you'll find those

[unreal leaf]

thats fine

cant find it

cant I just... tell the gun to use the other animation or something trough the config?

[lilac idol]

which animations do you want to use?

[unreal leaf]

20 round val anim

I am hoping the bones are the same and the positions are the same but thats wishful thinking, I dont have time for anything more complex rn

[unreal leaf]

okay youre telling me the path, I dont know what to do with that

[fair canopy]

Load it up in blender

[unreal leaf]

what for lol

[lilac idol]

you have to make the armature match the animation

[slow bolt]

vintorez has a 20rnd mag by default

and its basically the same gun

[unreal leaf]

cool cool but again, I need to know how to tell the gun to use that animation

[lilac idol]

you have to set up the config with the animations you want to use

that's how my vector is set up

you would have to copy the lines from the val reanimation config and paste them

[unreal leaf]

where are these configs? The Vintorez config doesnt define its animations anywhere

[lilac idol]

where's the config you're looking at?

[lilac idol]

so that's your own addon right?

wait

[unreal leaf]

well I mean, its what my addon is overwriting

[lilac idol]

why are you looking at "upgrades"

that doesn't matter

[unreal leaf]

I am not

its in weapons, upgrades is collapsed

[lilac idol]

oh yeah sorry

but again mo2 files conflicts don't really matter when almost everything is done via dltx

[unreal leaf]

I know, but why is that relevant, no one was talking about conflicts

[lilac idol]

then why are you bringing up what your addon overwrites

well it doesn't matter

[unreal leaf]

because you asked if that file is my mod

[lilac idol]

you gotta make a mod_system file with a ton of z's and your weapon id in it

it's easier that way

[unreal leaf]

I am not dealing with dltx rn

I just want to find the original animation definitions for the vss

[lilac idol]

then you aren't gonna overwrite anything

[lilac idol]

it's in the configs

[unreal leaf]

Theres millions of configs man

I know its in the configs, but I cant find it

[lilac idol]

search for any of these lines in the vss config

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

especially the ones at the top

[unreal leaf]

I did, not there

oh this sucks

I found them

it alreadyy shares lots of animations with the val so, skeletons probably match

[lilac idol]

nah it won't, bas models animations are waaay different than vanilla models animations

plus the names won't matter at all

[unreal leaf]

worked :3

just renamed the vss ones to val and its all good

[lilac idol]

well done then

[unreal leaf]

what can I say, stupid people are lucky

think I am missing a specular map or something

ah right yeah its got no bump map cuz new texture path

TRUE

[timber cedar]

the stupid nonsensical solutions are the best solutions

[unreal leaf]

I mean it made sense in my head :D

the guns come from the same mod, and they share animations, the animas are likely interchangable

[slate wren]

How can I make my own mod? I want to make suit stats, I can't find "outfit"

[slate wren]

my mod works strangely, all slots are unlocked, but when I make changes to the suit config, add carry weight, increase durability - the game does not see these edits, where problms?

[lilac idol]

question: should i tilt it more like this so the mag movement and interaction is more visible or should i keep it like this??
and no, i haven't got time to change the issues pointed out yesterday, ill do that after i decide if it should use more tilt or not

[cunning sparrow]

Can anyone help me in making changes to Ammo BR and stopping power values?

[misty mulch]

you'll need to learn to make a dltx override since there's a bunch of those modifying ammos and br, such that you can't/shouldn't just edit the ammo ltx

instructions for that, and a writeup of what all the ammo parameters mean, are in the anomaly modding book in the pins

if that is confusing i suggest you find a mod that does something similar to what you want to do (in this case, "use DLTX to modify an in-game item's values"), crack it open, and copy it to use it as a learning tool

there are plenty of those within gamma already tbh

[slate wren]

I made changes to the suit's characteristics, installed the mod, but the values ​​in the game did not change, where problms ?

thx for help...

[stone orchid]

Can someone explain me how to change arms visuals? I want to replace arms for merc ace suit to bandit skat-9, because bandit hands look way more cooler

[misty mulch]

make a dltx override for it (or piggyback onto the "GAMMA Hands Legs Model Swap" dltx), find the section for the merc ace suit, change the visuals to be the same as bandit skat-9

i am not responsible if you break your game

[hidden badge]

So I have an idea of the player having poltergeist abilites. Would it be possible to make something like how the poltergeist are able to throw objects telekinetically?

[old berry]

there are some sudden movements and it looks like you only animated rotation which makes it look robotic and static

[lilac idol]

i have just added more location movement

like as soon as you sent the message

i still need to readjust the rotations so they fit better now

[lilac idol]

guys is this render fire or nah🔥 🔥

[lilac idol]

hopefully it's the final version for now

[balmy quiver]

Hi
Is it possible to display in real-time which *.ogg sound is being played in the "Debug HUD"? I had the same problem with Half-Life 2's debug mode. It was very complete, but it was impossible to know which sound was being played. Thanks.

[bronze thistle]

Can anyone explain to me what the entry point to scripts is in the /configs/scripts folder? I can't see any call references or functions when I search the entire folder.