╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[jolly hawk]

mcm doesnt have a slider for artifacts sadly

[rough lion]

What's the name of the icon editor used for modding stalker anomaly icons?

[drifting moat]

You have to somehow query the stalkers that are X feet from you and get their state.
Pseudo-code incoming:

`local stalkers_near = something.GetLocalStalkers

foreach stalker in stalkers_near
{
if (stalker.state == "guitar")
{
db.Actor.healorsomething()
}
}
`

[simple scaffold]

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[rough lion]

Thank you

[dense hollow]

Hey, so I was reading older chats about adding weapons to npc loadouts and I was wonddering if anyone could help me clarify. I'm trying to add an anomaly weapon to Gamma's NPC loadout pool. So for example if I was adding the Sig MCX mod it would look like, "D:\GAMMA\mods\SIG MCX\gamedata\configs\items\settings\npc_loadouts\mod_npc_loadouts_mcx.ltx". The author has this by default for various faction's veteran and master npcs:
![freedom_veteran_primary]
wpn_mcx
wpn_mcx:r:r
wpn_mcx:0:r

![freedom_master_primary]
wpn_mcx_tac
wpn_mcx_tac:r:r
wpn_mcx_tac:0:r
Would I need to change anything to make it compatitble? What if I wanted to add it to stash drops? What would I change in Groks Stash Overhaul?

[simple scaffold]

loadout looks right. treasure_manager.ltx is the vanilla file, althou vanilla anomaly doesn't put weapons in stashes. Grok may use the same ltx, if it uses another one i don't know what it is called.

[random fulcrum]

engine, you're fucked

[celest forge]

Have you even done engine edits?

[random fulcrum]

yeah

[teal compass]

so thats why lmgs are in assault rifle section?

[celest forge]

Could you atleast point me in the right direction to see if maybe I can figure it out myself

[misty mulch]

stash drops uses grok_treasure_manager.ltx and there's another stash tiers ltx, don't recall the exact name but both files are provided by the same mod

mo2 file search is your friend

and yes you can dltx those files too

[random fulcrum]

creating weapon classes is above my pay grade

i have like skimmed over the revolver class

as a "wow it's a thing" thing

[celest forge]

Would be more editing the existing ones rather than creating a new one

[covert pivot]

https://github.com/themrdemonized/xray-monolith/blob/f5f1da70dcd540fd100f30f5742b3fd9deaba1ab/src/xrGame/WeaponMagazinedWGrenade.cpp

Basically all the Weapon*.cpp files.

You can look into class_registrator.script to see what class in w_*.ltx file corresponds to what engine class

[celest forge]

I don't know what i'm doing, i'm trying to get the fork open in vs2022 and compile the engine

[covert pivot]

Example class = WP_AK74

From the script:
cs_register (object_factory, "CWeaponAK74", "se_item.se_weapon_magazined_w_gl", "WP_AK74", "wpn_ak74_s")

CWeaponAK74 you find in WeaponAK74.h
class CWeaponAK74 : public CWeaponMagazinedWGrenade

So you can look into WeaponAK74.cpp to see about the class. But you can see also that it inherits CWeaponMagazinedWGrenade etc

[covert pivot]

idk either, ive done nothing with the engine, but thats probably the direction you have to start digging in for what weapon classes are

[celest forge]

I can't even open the fork in vs2022

So

Off to a rocky start

[covert pivot]

all i can say is good luck

[drifting moat]

How come?

Does it throw an error or something?

[celest forge]

I've never used this

I don't know what any of it means

[fair canopy]

@simple scaffold what could be the cause of axr_options getting nuked by mcm? Most mcm based mods seemed to work fine until recently

[simple scaffold]

define nuked?

[fair canopy]

Like deleting it completely. The file reads 0kb and is blank when I open it

[simple scaffold]

interesting. thats new.

enable logging in the MCM settings and send me the logs/mcm/ui_mcmxxx.log and the xray log after it happens next time. if you have a backup axr_options from just before this started that might be useful as well. atleast it will save me from having to build all of it by hand from the logs.

[fair canopy]

Yeah I've been keeping backups of it because it happens so often

I'll see if I can get it to happens next time I play

[simple scaffold]

if you know what mcm mods you recently added that would be useful as well.

current theories:
mcm settings paths from some mod have chars that are freaking the ini save out.

mcm section is just too big and messing up the ini save

you recently updated windows 11 and the MO2 UVFS bug is involved somehow.

recently* meaning the last month and a half, windows rolled this update out slowly aprently.

[drifting moat]

I'm talking bout some important sfutt with GF. I will help you after

Wanted to check out the engine code anyways

[fair canopy]

So I did upgrade and update win11 but I've been having this mcm nuking issue while I was on win10 as well

[fair canopy]

Is there a limit to how big the mcm section can be? Most mcm mods I have are from more seasoned modder's. granted I know that doesn't mean they won't make mistakes

Also if it's of any help for general information, it happens pretty much any time it wants; before anomaly loads, midway through loading a save, on transitions, sometimes on changing one or two mcm settings

It's also inconsistent. Changing the same mcm setting could nuke axr_options once or twice but work the third time

[simple scaffold]

idk. MCM makes axr_options the largest ltx that is not read only. i don't think anything else would have ever come close to testing the limits of the ini save code.

capital letters in MCM paths can cause issues but typically only with reading that one setting.

IDK what non latin chars or wierd punctuation may do.

[drifting moat]

Maybe deep nesting of files can fck it up too? We had such problem at work a few months ago. Our repo was in the typical (so user/name/source/repos) place but had some long named projects and I don't exactly remember what fucked up, but something stopped working for a few ppl.

The solution was to put the repos folder to the root of the drive

[simple scaffold]

axr_options is in the root of the configs path. assuming ppl do the smart thing and run anomaly once directly before setting up MCM it should be in the actual gamedata/configs folder even

[simple scaffold]

MCM can tell axr_options to save to disk at any of those times and probably a few others. Something is making the engine code that saves ini files break.

your hardrive isn't stupidly full, fragement or otherwise corrupted?

[drifting moat]

Or maybe the RAM?

[simple scaffold]

i would assume gamma would be falking out over way bigger things than a text file first.

[fair canopy]

Not AFAIK. I generally keep my hard drive clean and I've got a separate one for games

Ssd*

Oddly enough, nuked axr_options is my number one crash

[fair canopy]

I've got 32gb of ram + 30gb page

Totally unnecessary I'm sure

[drifting moat]

You could try de-fragmenting the SSD

[simple scaffold]

spitballing probably won't come up with anything you didn't think of already.
the detailed mcm log, and the pre breaking axr_options file will show what mcm is trying to save. Ultimately the engine ini file code is failing maybe it writes to the xray log.

[fair canopy]

True. Once I get a crash again I'll let you know and send the necessary files

[simple scaffold]

if you can character count your current axr_options real quick i might have an answer.

[fair canopy]

Sure I'll be home from work in about an hour

[teal compass]

oh my

this prob will not work for world model

[lilac idol]

what the actual fuck

where did that model come from

[teal compass]

TCO's qbz191

I think it's org quality let me find the source

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/54600

this

[random fulcrum]

simply apply a couple of decimate modifiers

[teal compass]

which I just did

[random fulcrum]

a couple thousand

[teal compass]

now its like 70k faces

[lilac idol]

yeah well

world models should be around 20k or less

so good luck

[teal compass]

😭 the tco kriss vector I did has like a 70k wm and went fine

sorry 50k

I'll just decimate it more

[lilac idol]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/890951998642487296/930856106031456317/image0-15-3-2.gif

[random fulcrum]

probably also look into straight up deleting parts of the model that aren't at all visible

[teal compass]

true

[lilac idol]

yeah also that

you can also delete stuff that won't be visible like triggers and pistol grips

[teal compass]

hmm

wtf the pistol grip has 20k faces?!

[lilac idol]

yeah kill it

[random fulcrum]

frankenstein the world model using parts that are lower poly

like idk grab a pistol grip from vanilla anomaly world models

and paste it into the model

[teal compass]

that could work too

[simple scaffold]

hmm actually it is the individual lines that have a length limit of 4k characters not the entire file. the entire file is limited to 4million ish characters. well u32 bytes which is roughly the size of a DVR or about 4 gigs. so probably not hitting htat.

[raven needle]

hey guys, so here is the deal, I want to add more tasks to ISG pool so I created my own versions of the following files:

gamedata\configs\text\eng\st_quests_general.xml took original from G.A.M.M.A. Massive Text Overhaul Project - SageDaHerb and Dr.Pr1nkos

gamedata\configs\misc\task\tm_dynamic.txt took original from G.A.M.M.A. Dynamic Tasks Balance

gamedata\configs\items\settings\fetch_list.ltx took original from G.A.M.M.A. Dynamic Tasks Balance

made a dedicated mod with my edits and placed it almost at the bottom so that there is no overrides. The game boots successfully and I started a new game just in case but the taskboard uses old quests like my mod doesn't exist.
Any idea what I might have missed?

[brave jackal]

Is there a way to get all available weapon id's? I mean the id like wpn_p90

[misty mulch]

in gamma?

or like generally

[brave jackal]

I want a printout on startup for easy reference

[misty mulch]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-uQhAhds1beLtSAdaO-eUdXqnvriIwfNjXrKbiWmklM/edit?gid=1574159706#gid=1574159706 you're in luck then

[simple scaffold]

that would be a "section".

are you talking from a script? or something with a lower skill floor?

[misty mulch]

i mean it depends why you want it too, if you want just a reference use my spreadsheet, but if you're checking if something is/isn't spawning (in a specific area) you prob want what raven's cooking

[brave jackal]

Basically wanna play around with the loadouts of factions, the spreadsheet is nice already for that thanks but the case of the scripts I am also interested in since I wanna play around with mods myself a little

[simple scaffold]

debug item spawner.

[misty mulch]

my sheet does already list off every weapon that should show up in the debug item spawner, minus melee weapons

doesn't say which factions equip it tho cos i never did get around to writing that script

i fed all the weapon configs in GAMMA + as many overwrites affecting weapon stats as i could find, into a python script to generate that csv

[brave jackal]

Aight, thanks both 🙂 Appreciate the information 🙂

[teal compass]

made the w model 60k, should be fine and game not going crazy

[simple scaffold]

the funny thing is that there is a function that lists almost every item. but it only has meele weapons. guns are not in it. no idea why.

you'd have to parse every section in ini_sys and check if it had an ammo list and wasn't in the fake ammo weapon list.

[teal compass]

thanks for the help tho @lilac idol @random fulcrum

[lilac idol]

np

although world models with high poly counts will potentionally lower performance

and higher poly counts is like 30k-ish

[random fulcrum]

yeah you can't gauge the performance of a world model while in the debug map

if you load into that map the game is completely empty of everything so it's only you yourself that's ticking stuff

what happens if you come across a squad of goons that have the gun equipped

[teal compass]

😭well I guess I have to test more for that thing

[random fulcrum]

make a dltx patch to clear a loadout section

and then make it have only that particular gun

then start spawning squads that can use that loadout

[summer stream]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-patrick-bateman-talking-gif-25364693

[teal compass]

cool I'll try

[simple scaffold]

why is batman talking to the green goblin?

[teal compass]

is it more dependent on engine or computer spec tho

[summer stream]

yeah

[summer stream]

engine

one threaded

[teal compass]

alright

[fair canopy]

one thread one love

as bob marley used to say

[dense hollow]

Thank yall for your help. Looks like the Sig MCX was spawning properly. Now to test for the MDR and Sig Spear lol

[normal grail]

Greetings people, very unrelated but is there any way i can make tracers visible again when using a suppressor? I cant seem to find the file responsible for that and im starting to think that its an engine thingy

[random fulcrum]

allow_silencer_tracers 1

or something like that in console

also in the modded exes settings in the main menu settings menu

if none are true then update modded exes

[teal compass]

excuse me but how do I clear a section

do I put a ! in the section or something

idk if this counts but I tried to spawn many worldmodel and it seems no gamebreaking

[random fulcrum]

!![killer_master_primary]

@[killer_master_primary]
your_gun:r:r

[teal compass]

ah this way

I'll try

wait is there even a @ for dltx

 
[error]Expression    : <no expression>
[error]Function      : CInifile::r_section
[error]File          : D:\a\xray-monolith\xray-monolith\src\xrCore\Xr_ini.cpp
[error]Line          : 1214
[error]Description   : fatal error
[error]Arguments     : Can't open section 'isg_master_primary'. Please attach [*.ini_log] file to your bug report
 

stack trace:

! [LUA]  0 : [C  ] line_count
! [LUA]  1 : [Lua] ...omaly/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\xrs_rnd_npc_loadout.script(111) : init_settings
! [LUA]  2 : [Lua] ...y/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\remove_gun_from_loadout.script(14) : init_settings
! [LUA]  3 : [Lua] ...omaly/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\xrs_rnd_npc_loadout.script(31) : on_game_start
! [LUA]  4 : [Lua] d:/anomaly/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\axr_main.script(325) : on_game_start
! [LUA]  5 : [Lua] d:/anomaly/bin/..\gamedata\scripts\_g.script(82) : 

it just throws me a crash

[random fulcrum]

read the argument

[teal compass]

well I'm overriding it like you posted

and I cant find the ini_log whatsoever

I'll do it later have stuff to do

[forest remnant]

in the ammo itx for gbo, why are there often 2 values for a single variable separated by a semicolen?

like k_hit often has 2

[random fulcrum]

it's a comment

[forest remnant]

so which one is the value actually used?

[random fulcrum]

take a wild guess

[forest remnant]

id assume the one before the semicolon but im not knowladgeable enough to say for sure

[vital dock]

wish there were a shorter handguard of some kind to fit onto the mk47 isg im working on

[lilac idol]

mk47 assets are from tarkov so just port another handguard if you'd like

[vital dock]

all i know is some ogf-bashing with blender and a little bit of dltx so

[summer stream]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-patrick-bateman-talking-gif-25364693

[gleaming tide]

You can't move stuff via gizmo? Okay..

[steady apex]

That won't work

There is no easy way to clear a section

[dry willow]

im trying to make this mod https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/winchester-1886-and-marlin-dark-tracker-lever-action-rifles to work with more optics. i want to put for instance a SwampFox Trihawk Prism Scope 3x30 in the config file of the gun but nothing is happening. i see the status with this exact scope has changed to compatible but when i try to put the scope on the gun, nothing happens. i just hear the sound of me adding the scope. + when i open details of the gun, the scope is newly in there with all the other scopes

[next zinc]

Is there a tutorial showing how to addapt other games models into stalker, what I want to do is take a gun from Squad and get it into Anomaly/gamma

[teal compass]

so that's why I'm just crashing

[teal compass]

thats not how it works, you have to make a new model with that scope and also put the scope model related lines in ltx, its not just add a scope attachment

[naive snow]

There's a full gun porting video from Lun4t1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTYYH5zLjo

[tender pawn]

Probably won't need the back part of that bolt

Today I'll work on the slide thingy

[sharp nimbus]

Imagine GAMMA in CO-OP. This would be huge worldwide 🔥

[simple scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/dumpster-fire-trash-rolling-garbage-hot-gif-17435185

imagining making the gamma code work in coop. it would be a dumpsre fire

evrything that makes gamma gamma is a client side script. even the damage calculations.

[fair canopy]

[drifting moat]

Ah so .ltx files need a game restart to work.
It's easier to debug now

[teal compass]

they are loaded on game start iirc

[tall mirage]

which channel can i get specific parts of gamma im looking for the weapons/weapon reanim pack

[verbal siren]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1035807043933720576

[tall mirage]

thx now i gotta look forever to find a non dltx weapon pack

[rough lion]

Is someone willing to finish this guy's addon? This would replace the portraits with "Fixed Vanilla Models" stalkers but it seems abandoned and only half done. Don't know how tedious that would be. https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/dltx-enhanced-portraits-addon-test-update
https://www.moddb.com/members/flowertucci1978/images

[tall mirage]

anyone know why dltx just completely breaks my game on 1.5.3

[verbal siren]

how so?

[tall mirage]

shader compilation failed which is weird because i got it to work even with enhanced shades and sss but i changed my grass setting and it broke it all

[verbal siren]

and you think this was caused by a dltx weapon mod?

[tall mirage]

yeah the weapon mod only works with dltx8 and dtlx exes but still crashes every now and then mainly when tabbing out

btw its called ultimate weapon overhaul i got it on a reddit thread

[verbal siren]

so this outdated mod breaks your game, not dltx
why use it? its old

[tall mirage]

gimme a sec im checking the reddit thread

[tall mirage]

the mods only like a year old

[fair canopy]

A year is a long time for thighs to change

[verbal siren]

Is it the provak's one?

[fair canopy]

And if soemthing is changing a lot of things, it's got a lot of places things can go wrong

Are you sure its ultimate weapon overhaul and not ultimate gun pack?

[tall mirage]

no im sure thats what its called anyway

[tall mirage]

dont think so

[verbal siren]

reddit link?

[tall mirage]

i dont mind changing out the mod would you know any other mods that attempt to full replace as many guns as possible?

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/16n2r1i/reanimation_mods_for_anomaly_that_work_well_with/

[verbal siren]

yeah, Stalker GAMMA

[fair canopy]

Provaks is the only mod that I can find with that title

[tall mirage]

i cant really run gamma that well i run like 30fps

[fair canopy]

And provaks is old, and buggy to being with

Not to mention it assumes you've got nothing else installed cause it overwrites a bunch of shit

[verbal siren]

yeah, it's provak's

[tall mirage]

mb lol i couldve researched it myself

i might just get gamma but idk if i cba to wait that long

is gamme on 1.5.3 yet?

[verbal siren]

yeah

[tall mirage]

im just gonna get that then thanks for the help anyway lol

[verbal siren]

30 fps in GAMMA or Anomaly vanilla?

[tall mirage]

nah gamma i run like 240 in vanilla

[verbal siren]

there's a lot of helpers here to make your GAMMA experience smoother than 30 fps, lots of possible tweaks

[tall mirage]

what are the base pc reccomendations for gamme anyway im curious

[verbal siren]

no idea, but people play on real potatos (dx9 though)

[tall mirage]

its not to much effort to switch it to dx9 is it if it is id rather play on 20fps lol

[verbal siren]

not much effort but you lose a lot of cool views

[tall mirage]

fair enough cant you just crank down the graphics on dx11 though or does that not change much>

[verbal siren]

crank down grass and shadows, should be enough

[tall mirage]

and if i turn off reshade i should be running fine thanks for the help im gonna go download gamma for like the third time lol

[verbal siren]

reshade is off by default

[tall mirage]

is it i never knew lol

[simple scaffold]

depends on which ltx

some only require a save reload. those read only by scripts
others, all those imported into system.ltx, can be reload from the debug menu.
weathers might actually need a game restart. fonts. but not many tbh

[drifting moat]

Thanks! Yeah in my case the debug reload is enough.

[verbal siren]

Is there a way to make some icons not stretch when playing on higher resolutions? On 1080p they look perfect, but any higher and they get blurry.

[celest forge]

I mean

Isn't that what increasing the resolution does

Stretching all the textures to your desired resolution

[verbal siren]

You know like sometimes people complain that they can't read the small text in 4k? I'd like the icons to do the same, be small, not resize. But I guess it would break the inventory layout.

[celest forge]

Yeah they don't do that

Icons operate in a 50x50px grid system

[simple scaffold]

try making this 20 or 10

edit: won't help with detail, just make the icons smaller relitive to the rest of the UI, which isn't the problem.

[simple scaffold]

except when they don't. default inventory ui icons are scaled to 41 in the 1024x768 UI space. and that can be changed. but there are limitations related to the way the UI space gets streched. you start loosing detail fast as you scale things.

edit: this value makes them change size relitive to the rest of the UI, but the whole UI is scalled together up if the player has a 4k monitor. detail will be shit.

[celest forge]

I mean they're still generally small tho right

If you stretch them they will look like ass

[simple scaffold]

yes.~~ if you have a 4k screen and set the icon size to 10 from 40 the icon will be roughly the same size as the icon on a 1080p screen, but it will have lost a bunch of detail.~~

[celest forge]

Or use Utjan's HD icons framework, remake all the icons to be like 5x the size and have that mod be the same size as anomaly

ez

[drifting moat]

For that to properly work I think you would need vector graphics

[marsh roost]

Ok who can make us a mod with full frontal nudity

So if you take armor off a dead guy there will be their sausage right there hanging out

Or you can choose to walk around wearing only pelts and then your swinging cod will be on display if you're in 3rd person mode preferably it has some kind of ragdoll physics too thx

[fair canopy]

Might be better off asking for that in a skyrim or Sims forum

Not to mention changing armor on npcs and whatnot is difficult/buggy

[simple scaffold]

still going to have it look like crap. he doesn't do anything to change how the 1024x768 UI space is handled on hihger resolutions.

[simple scaffold]

DNPCAV, but you need to make a custom version of DPCAV Variety that has nude model. (dynamic npc armor visuals)

[marsh roost]

Will it have tesselation for all the little details

[simple scaffold]

the models i used all have clothes on. you have to find someone else to make them nude. but dnpcav can make an NPC look like you took their armor off.

[random fulcrum]

you could just use the default naked player model

maybe that's the one used in dnpcav idr

but there's that model

[simple scaffold]

dude in a sweater is what the player looks like with no armro and is what dnpcav uses by default. the variety addon adds faction colors to the sweaters.

[late ravine]

anyone know if can be added more that 12 sound file to a material on "material_pairs_footsteps"?

[marsh roost]

I don't want to put the cart before the horse so to speak but let's say we get that full frontal nudity mod is it theoretically possible for both circumcised and uncircumcised variations also with a length/girth adjustment slider in MCM

[drifting moat]

Everything is possible theoritically. The boundaries of a game engine/game is largely defined by the capabilities of those who develop it. There are exceptions of course.

[marsh roost]

Lets put the XXX back in X-Ray

[fair canopy]

have fun with that

[marsh roost]

Can make a red light district near the warehouses outside of Rostok maybe

We already have cocaine in the game why are they hesitating to finish the formula

[novel ruin]

What can be edited with sounds? Like change reverb, eco and stuff

[random fulcrum]

there was a guy with a dragon pfp that was working on fixing eax for anomaly

had the fork hosted on his github but i don't remember the name

other than that nah you can't add reverb or echo in ways other than baking it directly to the sound file itself

[quasi narwhal]

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[fair inlet]

I tried, even with 13 I got crash on launch with wierd log

I thought it could be a string length limit but apparently it's not

but maybe it was a skill issue on my end

btw I just named the file like that, pretty sure it applies to any mat pairs

[calm geyser]

does any one know where the names of the quest icons can be found? I found the one I want in ui_icons_mlr.dds but I can't seem to figure out where to find what it's called

[fair canopy]

do a search using notepad++ for a file referencing that texture

[calm geyser]

if i click cancel after getting a hit will it still show me what that was?

I'm tired so i just did the entirety of gamedata

[fair inlet]

yeah there's a limit defined in engine

#define GAMEMTL_SUBITEM_COUNT 10```

[spark totem]

anyone know how to edit thirst or sleep?

Scratch that I messed it up Does anyone have a copy of gamma medical balance?

[spark totem]

nvm fixd it

[vast plaza]

I have a problem with my mod. It's about ammo maker. I have added a new gunpowder to the game. Basically copied exactly as it says in the original file (other three gunpowders), except that I added an @ sign to add the section. (see file). Everything works perfectly in the game, but some dealers have 1 to 2 9x19 ammo boxes flying around / float in the air. This is just visual. It's probably because of the file, because when I take it out there's nothing visual to see. What's wrong here?

Filename: mod_system_gunpowder_4_havoc.ltx
Path: gamedata/configs

@[powder_4]:weapon_ammo_parts
icons_texture = ui\ammo_parts_havoc
inv_name = st_powder_r7
inv_name_short = st_powder_r7
description = st_powder_r7_desc
inv_grid_x = 5
inv_grid_y = 2
inv_grid_width = 1
inv_grid_height = 2

[late ravine]

Stupid question, but can be change?

[fair inlet]

looks possible, but I never did engine edits

maybe you can ask demonized

[late ravine]

where i can contact him?

[fair inlet]

he is on this server

[late ravine]

btw thank for you answers

[late ravine]

What state i can use if i want to make an addon to play a rattle sfx when have a weapon equiped? but just when i have the weapon equiped on my fov and i can shoot and reload

[wintry rampart]

Can we edit the anomalies ? Like their properties, damage dealt, effects, etc ??

[fair inlet]

wpn = db.actor:active_item()
state = wpn and IsWeapon(wpn) and wpn:get_state()
if state == 0 or state == 5 then
    snd_obj:play(db.actor, 0, sound_object.s2d)
end

probably something like this

[late ravine]

Thank you Oleh, you are a god send, it works!

Just one more things, there is any info if the weapon are diferent? like smg, rifles, shotguns etc? that way I could make each gun sound different when the player runs.

[fair inlet]

all guns have a class param in configs

you can copy how debug menu spawner separates guns for example

[late ravine]

this?

[fair inlet]

yes

[wintry rampart]

Anybody ?

[late ravine]

i think yes, you can ask on arrival channel maybe

[pine hatch]

Hello gentlemen, I'm in the middle of something interesting and I have a question:
I want to make that at a new game the player has no choice of difficulty level (i.e. only one difficulty level), how would I realize it?

[drifting moat]

Not sure if it's engine limited or not, but a good start would be to look at what files the soulslike mod modifies (or any mod that has a checkbox on new game screen)

My question is mainly aimed at ppl who add new items/guns through mods. How do you test if the given rarity of an item is balanced? Do you just go by already existing stuff, or is there a way to simulate? Or can I simulate this by just spawnimg in faction members and checking what they spawn with

[misty mulch]

it's bold of you to assume they're tested for balance no seriously most of the time they just get slapped in the faction+rank loadout that seems to make sense

given the ability of individual users to customize spawn rates for stalkers by rank (via ZCP) plus general ability for squads to move around, PLUS the inherent randomness of spawning, you have basically very little guarantee for probability, unless you want to invest way, way, WAY more effort than it's worth in mapping it out

and don't forget that completing certain ingame quests, like Brain Scorcher, change spawns again

it's all vibes

[drifting moat]

Not tryin to do anything actually. I just wanna see a specific weapon actually getting spawned on an enemy because I've never seen the damn gun and it's supposed to be kinda common. And I just can't get over the fact I haven't got my hands on it yet.

Plus if it's for some reason bugged then other stuff might be too. That's a bigger concern of mine

[misty mulch]

you should be able to spawn in squads by faction/rank using debug

object spawner

[fair canopy]

What gun?

[drifting moat]

Thompson Model 1921

[misty mulch]

both wpn_thompson_m1a1 and wpn_thompson_1921 are present in csky, freedom, merc, zombified loadouts in vanilla gamma

Freedom loadouts seem as good a chance as any of them, guns are in sections [freedom_novice_primary]and [freedom_experienced_primary]

that's probably your best bet

[fair canopy]

Guns sometimes depend on your faction. If you're loaner then no wonder you haven't seen one

[drifting moat]

Yeah I know who at what level is supposed to drop it. Thanks still. Found a couple m1a1, but never a 1921. It's kinda a unicorn for me. Don't wanna modify drop rates. It just feels weird. I have almost 200 hours ig

[drifting moat]

First playthrough was. Now I'm a Merc with around 5 ig days

[drifting moat]

You mean that my faction affrcts what other factions drop??

[fair canopy]

So just keep killing loners

[drifting moat]

Oh no. Just what I can kill

I got you I'm pretty sure

[fair canopy]

Kind of, unless you make it a habit to kill friendly or neutral factions

[drifting moat]

About to do BS. I just need like a little more ammo. So I won't be killing Loners for much longer. But thanks. I'll spawn in some loners and just at least make the game drop one so I don't feel like it's hiding from me

[teal compass]

it's also based on your luck

you are probably just too un lucky

[verbal siren]

I want to use vanilla helmet overlays, but change something in the config actor_effects.ltx:
[settings_helm] helm_tactic = hud_mil , true , 2.5 , true
First parameter is the textures 1-12, depending on condition. The rest I don't get: true, 2.5, true?

[serene kindle]

where can i find the anomaly sdk?

[lilac idol]

you have tools in the pins

there isn't an "official" anomaly sdk

you'd have to use the coc one

and 95% of the time you won't need to use the sdk at all

[serene kindle]

I most likely will, thank you.

[verbal siren]

Where can I find a list of weapon upgrades with their effects? Weapon configs have entries like upgrades = up_gr_firstab_xxx but where to find them? I want to change installed_upgrades = on specific weapons.

[lilac idol]

search for w_something_up

they are in
gamedata\configs\items\weapons\upgrades

[plucky veldt]

really quick question - is there any way to make the mosin/k98 have a zooming ability without a scope? so like ADS down iron sights and then zoom further in, kinda similar to DayZ?

[lilac idol]

that's just free zoom though

[plucky veldt]

i knowww

[lilac idol]

so you want a free zoom over free zoom?

only for snipers?

[plucky veldt]

my problem is, is that the scope that comes with it uses the 3d scope format - and that does not work with the NVGs that I use due to lenses becoming opaque

[verbal siren]

would bringing back 2d scope for these 2 weapons satisfy you?

[plucky veldt]

possibly - but i do like it without the scope personally

[verbal siren]

you could swap the models

[teal compass]

you can turn off the blur scope in mcm settings

unless you don't want to

[plucky veldt]

that doesn't fix the issue - what I am referring to is that rifle scopes specifically are not compatible with these NVGs - turn on NVGs and then ADS - the scope becomes opaque - unless you''re referring to a different issue

[verbal siren]

modded nvg from outside of gamma?

[teal compass]

🤯 what, the mcm setting should work for all 3d scopes tho

[plucky veldt]

Yessir - it is the T-7 Thermals mod, but I am specifically using the infrared version of the set - sorry shoulda specified not normal NVGs my bad

[teal compass]

that's a thermal google, not nvg lol

[plucky veldt]

Yeah yeah i am aware, mixed up

I haven't slept in a day hahah, been doing 3d modelling for some guns all day

[teal compass]

that's a modded vision slot item that's made before 3dss so no wonder it won't work

actually that's how it works irl

[plucky veldt]

Yep I know that's how it works irl

[teal compass]

but regaring your question of freezoom with ironsight

[verbal siren]

you can swap the scopeless model in place of the scoped model

[teal compass]

idk if it's possible

freezoom mod would work

[plucky veldt]

I will need to look into it a bit more then - I am simply curious if it is possible to have a freezoom with no scope

[teal compass]

but I just felt like it has issues and such

• you need to press a key for that

[teal compass]

you can put these lines into weapon ltx and try, I never tried so its up to you

scope_zoom_factor                                  = 25
zoom_rotate_time                                   = 0.25
scope_dynamic_zoom                                 = on```

those are like the scope related lines and idk if it will work for ironsights

[fair canopy]

Freezoom is for unscoped guns...

[plucky veldt]

Look I know, I was just simply curious if something similar was possible. That's it.

[plucky veldt]

This works to roughly what I was both expecting and hoping for - thanks for the help.

I can fine-tune from here.

[teal compass]

good to know, enjoy anyways

[modest sequoia]

where is that weapons.ltx located?

[teal compass]

depend on which weapon you are changing

usually its w_gunname.ltx in configs

[modest sequoia]

so each weapon has it's own?

[teal compass]

yes

[modest sequoia]

gotcha

is there a gamma mod that has priority?

[teal compass]

wdym

[modest sequoia]

do any of the gamma mods get loaded after?

[teal compass]

some do

[modest sequoia]

so with one Anomaly folder and one GAMMA folder - where are those weapon files? 🙂

[teal compass]

usually in folders like gamedata\configs\items\weapons

gamma should have a lot of those

[modest sequoia]

ok that will help thanks YukiZ

so it would be editing each weapon such as w_beretta.ltx? i'm not finding a find called "weapons.ltx"

im not finding a file called..

[teal compass]

yes they are seperate

they dont come into one file or else the ltx file would be large as hell

[drowsy cloud]

does anyone know in which xml I can find artifact names + descriptions in gamma?

or are they using vanilla descriptions

[teal compass]

287- G.A.M.M.A. Massive Text Overhaul Project - SageDaHerb and Dr.Pr1nkos should have all the xmls ingame

try look in there

[drowsy cloud]

you're right, thank you, didn't show up in mo2 search!

doesn't have all of the files (e.g. dark valley sultan dialogue) that's why I was asking 🙂

[teal compass]

so I said "should"

[drowsy cloud]

yes

[teal compass]

if not just unpack the anomaly gamefile using the unpacker and find in that

[fair canopy]

Do a filter search in notepad++ after finding the section you want

[teal compass]

so how do I change one upgrade item in upgrade tree? say like I want to change this caliber change from 556x45 to 762x39? do I make a new upgrade scheme with the changed upgrade in that?

[teal compass]

nvm its acutally simple, just have to change the description

[stray trail]

Is that Juan’s Qbz ?

[fathom wagon]

One thing to keep in mind: if you are changing the ammo class of an upgrade that other guns also share, those upgrades will get that changed ammo class as well. Just be wary of that.

Not all 5.56 upgrades are the same, but some guns use that identical 5.56 upgrade.

[fair canopy]

Changing the description just changes the description. It doesn't change the effect

[teal compass]

the icon is just placeholder

[teal compass]

I made a new name with whatever_qbz191 such

[teal compass]

what about this

cost                                     = 5380
value                                    = "7.62x39"
ammo_class                               = ammo_7.62x39_fmj, ammo_7.62x39_fmj_bad, ammo_7.62x39_fmj_verybad, ammo_7.62x39_ap, ammo_7.62x39_ap_bad, ammo_7.62x39_ap_verybad
condition_queue_shot_dec                 = +0.0001 
condition_shot_dec                       = +0.0001 
misfire_start_prob                       = 0.0005
misfire_end_prob                         = 0.005 
inv_weight                               = +0.15```

[fathom wagon]

That is one you showed in the screenshot, yes? And it works too?

[teal compass]

yeah

I havent try installing it imma do that rn

or probably I can just use galil upgrades idk

[fathom wagon]

I can try and help you out tomorrow if it doesn't work. I'll look back at my Script Caliber Conversions mod to get re-acquainted with the upgrade system.

[teal compass]

I am fixing one of my scope model I will try asap and thank you👍

[stray trail]

Oh

[teal compass]

but yes that icon is juan's qbz95

I used it since they are all qbzs

[teal compass]

yep works properly for me

no crashes or such

[teal compass]

the upgrades is all working, I dont think it will conflict since I just created a new upgrade file for it

[teal compass]

I just realized that I said what I didnt meant lol, I mean I already changed the ammo class in the upgrade, just have to change the description to match the caliber change

[regal bolt]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/temporal-anti-aliasing

can anyone make this compatible with gamma?

[random fulcrum]

ask lvutner for the source code

[pine hatch]

hello, how can I make the script track a certain item in the inventory (similar to the hunting backpack)?

[thin socket]

Uh...regarding mod skill expansion. Does anyone ever tinker with it? I want the max skill level to be just 50 or so. When i installed midgame, my scavenging level got so high the amount of loot is ridiculous

The mod page is dead i think

[drifting moat]

You can tweak the xp gain in MCM settings. Check that out maybe there are level cap settings too

[drifting moat]

You can just try to get it from player backpack when you need to check

[thin socket]

Ive checkedyhe files, theyalways say lv cap is 15, but apparently there must be other dltx file changing that as my scavenging got to lv76

[drifting moat]

I had an almost 20 day playthrough and my scav skills didn't even reach 30. And I'm a loot goblin. Didn't you tinker with the MCM settings?

[thin socket]

2.2 stalker squad size does matter A LOT lol

oh this playthrough is alredy 2 months so...

[drifting moat]

You should tune the xp gain way down

And you will be fine

[thin socket]

i reverted to vanilla gama skills again. its ridiculous i can get 2+ stack of ap ammo and 4artis from a single sin

[drifting moat]

Yeah that sounds way broken

[worn ermine]

Hi All, first time poster. This mod is amazing, thanks for all the hard work.
I'm trying to add some custom behaviour with a script to cancel crouch, low crouch and leaning as soon as the sprint key is pressed.
I've read through the modding guide (https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/scripting/callbacks.html) and it seems fairly straight-forward, however I need some help with the following:

• Is there a callback for "on_sprint_start"? (Couldn't find one in the list)
• Are there functions to call to cancel crouch, low crouch and leaning? I guess in general, it would be great to see a list of available functions on the character.
  Ideally I wouldn't want to mess around with manually adding and removing speed modifiers.

[drifting moat]

You could add an on_key_press listener to shift. Or find a way to read settings and bind it to whatever sprinting is bound to. I'm sure there's a better solution, but I think you can develop everything using this method and then refactor once you found out a better solution

First just create something that works. Then re-iterate and dive into details

[worn ermine]

Hehehe, I have already done that thanks!

Have it bound to if key == DIK_keys.DIK_CAPITAL because my sprint key is CAPS

[drifting moat]

I guess it's a no brainer, but I'll mention it non-the less. Do not leave that hardcoded. Find a way to get the sprint bind dynamically

[worn ermine]

Checking the XRay engine source it doesn't look like there's anything exposed to the scripts for this: https://github.dev/xrLil-Batya/xray-monolith/blob/master/src/xrGame/Actor.h

https://github.com/xrLil-Batya/xray-monolith/blob/master/src/xrGame/script_game_object_script3.cpp

[drifting moat]

Maybe there's code to get the state of any object that implements some contract or derives from a specific base class. So it is possible that there's such thing. Just not inside the actor script

You can try to look for the code that toggles prone. I'm pretty sure it's a lua mod. Unfirtunately I'm at work and can't really help beyond this. Plus you seem capable enough to eventually find it out yourself. So good luck with it mate!

[worn ermine]

Awesome - thanks for all the suggestions, will dig around a bit.

[worn ermine]

I should've just been better at searching online lol: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/sprint-cancel-aim-and-lean-toggle
In any case, perhaps some useful tips for other noobs like me:
There are essentially three codebases to search:

• Engine: https://github.com/xrLil-Batya/xray-monolith/blob/master/src/xrGame/script_game_object_script3.cpp
• Anomaly: Where you installed anomaly, use root/tools/db_unpacker_all.bat to unpack all anomaly scripts
• GAMMA: /mods folder

Learned a lot browsing through all of this as well as https://igigog.github.io/anomaly-modding-book/scripting/codebase_introduction.html

On this specific problem, the interesting bits are:

• dik_to_bind(key) to check key mapping to bind, and
• level.press_action(bind_to_dik(binding)) to perform an action using a bind

I'd vote for this one to be included by default for us lean toggle plebs

[misty mulch]

technically - if you only want to unpack scripts, run db_unpacker.bat. db_unpacker_all.bat also unpacks models and textures, and nearly doubles the size of your anomaly install

whereas scripts + configs are very lightweight by comparison

[drifting moat]

By following veerserif's advice you wouldn't really need to scour the engine code. Or at least you could keep it to a minimum for when you wanna deep dive the inner workings of something (not needed most of the time).

[misty mulch]

i will say in 90% of circumstances, looking through Anomaly scripts + configs and then double checking what's in GAMMA, is enough

it's rare that you need to actively look at the engine

[quasi narwhal]

• there is a actor_on_foot_step callback, it's listed in the link you sent
  • you can check for sprinting with IsMoveState("mcSprint")
• you can grab whatever is bound with bind_to_dik(key_bindings.kCROUCH) (for crouch for example)
• reverse engineer other mods from GAMMA and see how they block actions like you want to do
• search for speed.add_speed calls if you want to mess with the speed modifiers

no need to check engine code for this as veerserif stated, reverse engineering GAMMA mods should be more than enough to achieve what you're trying to do

[dense hollow]

So I'm using the Sig MCX weapon mod by SeDzhiMol and I was wondering if there was anyway to get it to use 3D scopes like the rest of the guns in Gamma?

[misty mulch]

ATHI made a patch for one of the SIG MCX Spear mods but idk which one https://github.com/andtheherois/3DSS-for-SIG-SPEAR/releases/tag/2.3

otherwise ask him for how, i think he has a tutorial on how to add 3DSS support somewhere

[vestal scarab]

#1306026800480256010 message

[azure tiger]

Is there a mod to make the freedom bases more like the duty base (having members of other factions be there). If there is not, how big of a mistake is it to make one my self?

[dense hollow]

Thank yall

[drowsy cloud]

hey, I've been wanting to exclude Limansk & Red Forests Psi Damage for Freedom only, unfortunately I have basically 0 experience on scripting, can you guys tell me if this would work?

oops after psy_better_factions would obviously need to be [faction] in brackets

[fair canopy]

I haven't made a patch for this yet. It's on my list of guns to do but I've got a lot of stuff going on so it'll still be a while longer

[dense hollow]

Oh alright. I appreciate you being willing to patch it!

[drowsy cloud]

okay this actually seems to work, I'm still getting the message about dangerous psy emissions, still getting psy damage, but I'm not getting killed
might be a redone thing tho, because I'm not getting killed with other factions either

[lethal garden]

So im trying to change the hand models of "Specops_Dolg_Outfit" but regardless of what I change the "player_hud_section" to, the hands model doesnt change.

Ive even created my own "mod_system_ZZZZ" ltx changing the "player_hud_section" but still no change.

[drifting moat]

Send the full scope of actor_on_first_update. Or is there just an "end" statement that we can't see on the screenshot?

[drowsy cloud]

beneath that is the function to instakill you after a while and at the bottom is this:

but I don't think I can change much about it rn anyways because apparently ReDone removes the instakill mechanic

[drowsy cloud]

this should be that function

[drifting moat]

Unfortunately his helps not with finding out why you don't get killed even when you're not freedom. By the time this script runs the psy_damage is already determined. So weird that it's not working properly for you

[drifting moat]

I mean I don't see anything wrong with this

You could just pepper the first script with print statements and see what is what

[drowsy cloud]

hmmm okay, then it's probably ReDone changing something in the background in one of their script files, thank you for your help!

[drifting moat]

Is that just a mod? You can see what mods overwrite files in yours by clicking on it once in mo2

But this is not the case probably because your script semi-works

Could this be the result of a monkey patch?

[drowsy cloud]

ReDone Collection is this huge overhaul of the game and unfortunately has a lot of script files that don't really say what they're doing either
changes tons of things so it has to be that 🙂 I tried it again without my changes and I still didn't die so it's definitely that

[drifting moat]

Sorry just shooting in the dark here actually

[drowsy cloud]

nono, you helped me a lot! 🙂 thank you

[pulsar flame]

quick question
where's the hud_animation file for the ak74_n?

[glacial glen]

anyone considering of making a mod to have an option in the hud to quit/abandon quest. I got couple quests stuck that cannot be abandoned and have no map markers, basic Sidorovich get shipment tasks.

[lyric steeple]

What's strange is that you can cancel quests from wanderers, but not from most static/unique NPCs, idk if there's a technical limitation to that

[drifting moat]

@simple scaffold Do you have a minute to spare? I sent you a DM

[opal void]

Guys

Is there a possibility to add either cutscenes (like in SoC after x19, x16 etx), or intro videos to turning on a new save? (Also like the first games)

[cloud bluff]

Im trying to make some weapons and i have this weird behaviour where my gun when aimed and shooting 1-29 bullets is fine but when its empty while aimed it goes back to SoC weapon hud fov. Which numbers do I have to tweak in the config files so that doesnt happen ?

[unkempt trail]

!dll

[shadow mesa]

Hello how do I change a weapons tier ? I want to change a b tier weapon to a d

[teal compass]

repair_type

pistol is a, shotgun is b, rifle_5 is c, and rifle_7 is d

[shadow mesa]

Thanks

[bold sage]

какие моды надо выключить чтобы на 0.9.3 работало hd models

[summer stream]

Не тот канал

Давай ты в #☢чат-сталкеров-ru-ua

[teal compass]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ54rbdLqj8
I guess the ball artifact can get some animations now

[summer stream]

postal 2

[fair canopy]

@steady apex sorry to bother. There are a few guns that draggable hud editor will write more info in cache_dmg for, some of which also tend to crash when trying to save the position

[dry ivy]

how does making patches work?

do I just make a mod that has that exact code in it but different?

[dry ivy]

nevermind, i read the documentation and have hopefully figured it out

[native tree]

Tell us how

[dry ivy]

well I think you find the function name of the code you want to change, then on your patch at the top you do
functionnameofthingyouwanttochange = functionnameofyourpatch

its very possible that im fat or retarded and didnt read it properly

alrighty so i have found out I dont know how to patch! because I slapped my patch into where the code normally is and it worked exactly how i want, so please enlighten me on why i am wrong about patching

[native tree]

Thanks it correct

[dry ivy]

what

that cant be possible

[native tree]

Because you create a file with mod that you want to patch then you add function that you want to replace and your function name and code when you run the game it will search for that function and replace it with new one

[teal compass]

how could this happen😭

[celest forge]

Running anim is not well defined in the LTX and it's taking another gun's running naim

[teal compass]

so I might need some explaination
anm_idle_sprint = uzi_run
the "uzi_run" is basically taken from all the omfs in hud_hands_animation folder, so if another file also has the uzi_run they would conflict?

[lilac idol]

running animation but evil

[teal compass]

which that would make sense since I also get your uzi and this one

oh yeah they use the same line for sprint uzi_run

[celest forge]

My uzi doesn't do that tho does it

[teal compass]

I need to check

[teal compass]

your uzi sprint also uses uzi_run

let me change the name of sprint for the drummag omfs

[dry ivy]

i dont understand what im doing wrong then

[teal compass]

thanks for your reminder I literally just changed the sprint anim name and it works lmao

[dry ivy]

why isnt it working

[teal compass]

still kinda weird that it just find the certain name in all the omfs

[dry ivy]

you know what i dont think i can patch this

it has local at the start of the code i want to patch doesnt that mean i cant?

[celest forge]

So it had the wrong anim path lol

What are you doing to it anyways

[teal compass]

it was its uzi_run conflicting with yours lol

I changed it to uzi_run_drum and it worked

[orchid anvil]

Got no experience modding but I was wondering if there was a way I can edit a specific NPCs attributes. I would like to turn Reefer into a bandit perma companion. Whether by just me accepting expedition with him as a follower or if I learn enough make it to where he's available as a companion after the quest. Any advice on where to start would be great.

[summer stream]

oh fuck its that uzi

are you fixing it up

[thin socket]

Uh.. which file(s) set what came out after disassembling ?

[fair inlet]

parts.ltx

source rate must be 44100 Hz

[teal compass]

nah it's frosty's tco pack it's already fixed lol

[summer stream]

thank god

[misty mulch]

read the first pin in this channel, learn to make a dltx patch

[misty mulch]

ok this isn't even code

[misty mulch]

if you want to fuck around with functions, you are going to have to learn how to write lua

[dry ivy]

ehh im not gonna go to the effort, i was just wanting to make a patch for a thing cuz i found a fix to an annoying bug

dont actually care enough to learn another coding language

[random fulcrum]

winner mindset

[late ravine]

Anyone know where in stalker anomaly folders are defined the materials of the game? like the materials from footsteps

[random fulcrum]

in materials.xr

there's tech to define them as loose text based files

but they come in that bundle

you need the sdk to unpack that

or other programs that i'm clueless to their existence, maybe the axr toolset lets you open them

[drifting moat]

This reminds me of

[barren spruce]

@misty mulch kindly please, could you unlock https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1335993976377053194 I wanted to post a video but i wasnt fast enough

also, i dont even know if i want to keep it locked cause im getting lots of dms with thanks/questions/issues

[misty mulch]

oh my bad lmao

[barren spruce]

[misty mulch]

fixed

[modest sequoia]

is there a mod or setting im missing or a config setting to have artifacts in inventory show their name (so i don't have to hover over each one to see names)

[blissful tartan]

making model changes only available on blender ?

i prob need to add a suppressor to 4 diff models

groza plain- groza scoped- groza grenade launcher - groza scope + grenade launcher

also any ideas on which suppressor model would be suitable for groza ?

just for model not the actual suppressor entry

[simple scaffold]

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

IDK if it conflicts with anything in gamma.

[random fulcrum]

i think utjan's ui improvements does this too?

maybe it's only for ammo

but easily editable to show other items if that's the case

very likely that it wouldn't look good

[quasi narwhal]

actually the code on utjans is pretty straightforward to add new ones

at least i didn't have a hard time when i tried

[brisk dew]

Hello guys. How can i make stamina regen slowly?
I change the param stand_power = -0.0005 from -0.005 in mods\G.A.M.M.A. Artefacts Reinvention\gamedata\configs\creatures\actor.ltx
This doesnt effect at all.

[modest sequoia]

oh look at that it conflicts with sorting plus by RavenAscendant 🙂

i can prob fix it

[simple scaffold]

It doesn't. That is a soft conflict. Both add-ons use a utility script of mine. They are identical

[modest sequoia]

i really wish MO 2 could (when 2 files conflict) open BOTH up in explorer for comarison

gotcha!

the icon layers script?

yup. cool deal.

rax_ in file name references raven ascendant i take it?

it seems to play pretty nicely - thanks RavenAscendant

local bags = {actor_bag = true,actor_trade_bag= true,npc_bag = true,npc_trade_bag= true}

function on_game_start()
rax_icon_layers.register("txt", add_txt)
end

function add_txt(cell)
if bags[cell.container.ID] then
cell:Add_CustomText(game.translate_string(SYS_GetParam(0,cell.section,"inv_name_short","")):sub(1, 10) )

end

end

so could i add a parameter to adjust font size?

[drifting moat]

I highly recommend WinMerge for that purpose.
Although if the files are different length and the same named methods are present in both files but at different lines it will have a harder time detecting stuff. Still this can be plenty useful.

Or a diff tool of you choice. Look some up and decide.

[modest sequoia]

oh i use beyond compare all the time 🙂

its more - i add a mod - see what it conflicts with - open the new mod in explorer- close the error window in mo2 - scroll scroll scroll to find the mod that is overwritten - open THAT mod in explorer... use beyond compare...

it's mostly the scroll scroll scroll part im complaining about lol

[misty mulch]

!lua // discord formatting pro tip

[queen pine]

@modest sequoia You can format code in Discord by doing this.
 
LINES
​​`<Your code here>​`
BLOCKS

`​`​`lua
<Your code here>
`​`​`

[pulsar flame]

Hey guys

for shooting animations

should I animate just a single shot?

or should i animate full auto

[celest forge]

Single shot

There's no anim sections for full auto

[pulsar flame]

alr

[pulsar flame]

so how does it work then?

[drifting moat]

Is this a thing?

[pulsar flame]

i don't think so

I was just asking

[random fulcrum]

the anim plays upon every shot

[pulsar flame]

alr

[random fulcrum]

like how is this a question

[pulsar flame]

what frame should I set the shot to?

[celest forge]

Yeah it just cycles the first few frames of the animation

[random fulcrum]

the first one???

[pulsar flame]

like the actual shot i mean

not the entire anim

but like when the gun actually shoots

[celest forge]

I do it on the 2nd

[pulsar flame]

alr

[celest forge]

And it looks like this

[random fulcrum]

caca will require edits to animations where the gun doesn't move when shooting while ads

mechanics move (i.e the bolt, the finger, etc) but the gun itself remains still

[pulsar flame]

btw how do I do the equip and unequip anims?

anm_show                        = ak74_eft_ins_draw
anm_hide                        = ak74_eft_ins_hide

the code looks like this

so how do I get both the weapon and hand anims in here?

[celest forge]

When there's nothing after the hands animations it just uses the gun's idle for the gun animation

If you wanna be anal about it you could just do

anm_show = ak74_eft_ins_draw, idle
anm_hide = ak74_eft_ins_hide, idle

[pulsar flame]

first parameter is hands, second is the gun, right?

[celest forge]

Yes

[pulsar flame]

alr thanks

[barren spruce]

[plucky veldt]

So I'm currently using the mod: https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1169040306117812234

I'm wanting to wear the "Monolith Exosuit" outfit, and I've noticed in 3rd person the meshes for the harness & plate on the front and back are very shiny/glossy. Like they're made of silver and wet. Anyone run into this, and know the best way to fix this? I've asked in the actual mod chat but it is a very dead chat so thought I'd try in here.

Thank you for any help given. :)

[shadow coral]

Where exactly is the cfg located that will allow me to increase the amouny of damage both the player and the npc take and/or the amount of health they have? I've been looking inside the various files for the mods, but I wanted to make sure I won't accidentally override something I shouldn't. Can I modify the base anomaly file freely, with gamma simply taking on the new values?

[barren spruce]

not likely anybody is going to help you with this mod

[plucky veldt]

thought not, still worth checking to see

[barren spruce]

a better chance to find a solution in https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/922555488665743391 I think

[shadow coral]

hm all right, thanks, I'll ask there

[random fulcrum]

edit grok_bo.script

at the top of the file lies a table with multipliers for the difficulty modes

that script handles your damage against mutants and human mobs

[shadow coral]

I assume it is located in 181 ballistics overhaul?

I saw it, ok, thanks a lot, I'll have a look

[misty mulch]

G.A.M.M.A. Close Quarters Combat

[misty mulch]

!mo2search // best to use the MO2 file searcher to find files in the gamma modpack, since it will show you the version that wins all conflicts

[queen pine]

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[misty mulch]

it's quiet because the mod is super dead + abandoned, you would probably have to learn how to fix those materials/textures???/meshes??? yourself. i don't do models so unfortunately I can't really help you out there, all I've got is "blender plugin for xray is in the pins"

[shadow coral]

thanks for the quick answer, it's much appreciated

[plucky veldt]

O h I didn't realise it was in that state cause it's mostly russian - is there a better/more modern HD player/NPC models mod?

[misty mulch]

re: how much damage the player takes, edit your GAMMA folder\mods\G.A.M.M.A. Actor Damage Balancer\gamedata\scripts\grok_actor_damage_balancer.script, yes, damage dealt to the player and damage dealt by the player operate on entirely separate rules

[random fulcrum]

and nobody that likes hd models is also a modder because the original modders were all on a mafia black list

[misty mulch]

honestly all the hd model mods for gamma are abandoned

[plucky veldt]

this is getting some deep lore

[plucky veldt]

shame :(

[shadow coral]

I figured that's the case, I had a look inside the directories of these mods too, but I didn't know you can manually check which mod takes priority. I'll make sure to do so

[misty mulch]

basically the flow is "use MO2 file searcher, double click on the file that's revealed, it will open the winner of the file conflict"

[worthy mortar]

How would one go about extracting an animation from a gmod weapon pack to apply it onto an existing weapon in stalker?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1z9DapkJZs

Cause I think these TOZ animations are better than the ones currently in gamma

[lilac idol]

you'd need some specific animation tools for blender

you'd also have to probably re-do the entire hands animations

it's honestly better to just reanimate the thing at that point too

[celest forge]

Only like 4 people know how to port anims

And like 3 of them are in the BaS team and are completely secretive with that stuff lmao

[worthy mortar]

heck

If I could animate guns I'd try it but at that point you're better off having the current animations

Honestly my only gripe with TOZ 106 is the fact the entire arm just sticks out like a sore thumb when it could come from under the screen more naturally.

[fair canopy]

gotta love this approach to modding

[worthy mortar]

It probably would be simple if I had an IK rig but the only one on the internet does not support importing omf's

Like wtf is the point of an ik rig if you can't use it to modify existing animations bro?

[celest forge]

You can't import omf anims to a STALKER rig

[worthy mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/essp-enderblitz-galahad-slumber-party-why-isnt-it-possible-gif-25649259

Me when interacting with the stalker rig and being hit with limitations

[summer stream]

My face when
Gmod rig has almost the same amount of bones
but you need to remake it

[worthy mortar]

This shit is supposed to be from EFT but the idle looks nothing like EFT

[summer stream]

just a fun fact :
wrist and elbow is a different bone
while in stalker rig its connected

[lilac idol]

yup

[worthy mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396

[lilac idol]

my number 4 biggest opp when hand posing

[summer stream]

Because
yes

[worthy mortar]

And then you look at the TOZ 106 animation in Gmod that was ported from EFT and just
I want that.
I want that holding position it just feels SO MUCH MORE NATURAL
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9zovYptLpp033pwWjcS-9I8LxuBPzUxw?si=xIBbEI7jCgoy60iJ

[summer stream]

as a person who personally works with importing them from Gmod on stalker
im officially ending it all

fuck that

[worthy mortar]

The arm doesn't come from the other end of the screen like you have a stiff joint or something

[summer stream]

stalker modding sucks

[lilac idol]

if you really want it reanimated might as well make a commission

[summer stream]

animations sucks
im waiting for bas

[celest forge]

Ah yes

I LOVE not having compatibility with anything

My beloved

[worthy mortar]

BaS more like
Bitch Ass lack of compatiblity with all of the Stalker Anomaly mods.

[summer stream]

eh

it's now going on another engine so womp

[worthy mortar]

Not only a different engine. A whole different armature.

[summer stream]

which is better for your own sanity

[celest forge]

Oh no, something that I wasn't planning on using is going on another engine

[summer stream]

[celest forge]

https://tenor.com/view/bober-pe-persistant-empires-bober-womp-womp-gif-9817047649399473190

[worthy mortar]

I remember what happened when I tried porting bolt animations from Gunslinger to a different stalker mod

Skeleton ahh hands

[summer stream]

just a little problem

my fingers are now bones

[lilac idol]

anomalous hands

[worthy mortar]

I mean I could just
Adjust the hands.

All it would take is a bit of elbow grease and a lot of Forward Kinematics Fuckery

[lilac idol]

yeah I mean it's definitely doable

but not practical at all imo

[worthy mortar]

Like the only full on re-animation I made was done in FK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHmcXrH0mkc

[lilac idol]

[worthy mortar]

I remember when people used to use that mod

Some still are apparently

[summer stream]

main problem on making these hands is rather the fuckery with weight

and Finger.

pinky is death sentence for you if its placed wrong

[worthy mortar]

I remember when someone pointed out my sprinting animations would break the thumb tendon

So I pushed an updated omf with properly posed fingers

[summer stream]

me trying to make the pinky dont detach itself on hand model :

(insanity, absolute insanity)

[simple scaffold]

I don't remember. I'm hijacking some existing text and don't rember exactly how it works. Maybe the mod comments someone else asked the same and I answered...

Sorry been years

[lilac idol]

me when I live in skill issue street🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

[summer stream]

man 🐟 you

[worthy mortar]

Looking through my old posts is something else

[lilac idol]

tf

[worthy mortar]

What happened here? I don't know.
IK rig had a seizure.

Oh hey, yt video showcasing the no longer tendon ripping sprint animations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3GdkUJdZTo

For reference that was the previous version

[lilac idol]

oh yeah that's fucked up lol

thumbs are easily the single thing I hate the most when messing with hands

[summer stream]

oh yes

the most fun part is

fixing the thumbs

you know where they bend on the pistol animations?

[worthy mortar]

Here's a fun one. This is vanilla GSC animation

[summer stream]

[worthy mortar]

The thumb is literally dislocated when you don't have any gloves

[summer stream]

so in a few words
the thumb is either having those weird bumps

[worthy mortar]

Or its not thumbing

[lilac idol]

idk what kind of crack gsc was on when they designed the hand models

[summer stream]

or its like eft hands

that was made thousand years ago

and they just stretch out

mostly its the other thing

[worthy mortar]

Something something
"X-Ray Engine was made in paint on windows bandera"

[lilac idol]

although I have learnt that thumbs are only fucking horrible when they are in idle positions

[summer stream]

basically
wrong weight on l_finger0 or r_finger0
with l_hand or r_hand
makes it looks wrong as fuck

like look here

[lilac idol]

which makes making idle poses on weapons fucking horrible

[summer stream]

the thumb has a bump there like it has a sharp rock under the glove

im definitely having fun

(never in my life im gonna try doing them ever again)

[teal compass]

my thumb feels the pain looking at this

[summer stream]

basically where it bends

[worthy mortar]

That's just the wandering thumb bone, dw about it

[summer stream]

it has like

not HAS

it bends like a TON

[lilac idol]

aren't these thap proportions

[teal compass]

😭

[summer stream]

which has a hole there, rather a normal thumb

[teal compass]

I remember like half of gmod hands are broken too

[summer stream]

have no fucking idea

but these are from old dog

im sure

the weights

[summer stream]

yeah

hate that

[lilac idol]

[summer stream]

womp womp :)

this is lovely stalker modding

[worthy mortar]

Castle
Make TOZ 106 from Gmod to Amomawy

Then you can retire

[lilac idol]

stalker modding is fun until you make anything else outside of LTX edits

[summer stream]

true

[summer stream]

Fuck no

i got GS-45 from BO6

im happy

there is also a lot of side stuff like MW19 things

[worthy mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/xqc-despair-xqcdespair-voidge-troll-gif-24691555

[summer stream]

but right now im doing no stuff

it has taken me away in blender for 600+ hours

[celest forge]

idk what yall on about this shit is mad fun (gonna kms)

[summer stream]

that shit looks like that gun from delta force

[lilac idol]

look at this fucking loser
he chose happiness instead of stalker modding suffering

[worthy mortar]

I can count the polygons

[teal compass]

bocw gun

[summer stream]

prs-32 or what it was

[summer stream]

i am happy

[teal compass]

nah its not ptr32

[summer stream]

Damn

[teal compass]

ptr32 is basically g3 smashed with ak mag

[summer stream]

oh also i tried the qbz-95
fun gun

[lilac idol]

DAMN

[teal compass]

95 have no recoil in df lmao

[summer stream]

spent my time with loved ones

[summer stream]

fr...

i need to see if there is gonna be a port of DF characters in gmod

then ill take their arms and make them my personal ones

[teal compass]

some of my friends already got DF gun models

[summer stream]

shrimple innit bruv

[lilac idol]

what's df

[teal compass]

I dont really prefer much of its model tho

[teal compass]

delta force

[lilac idol]

ah

[teal compass]

its not the old delta force game tho

[lilac idol]

models are kinda mid ngl

[celest forge]

Love it when i'm making a mod and I try to load the debug map and the game just

stack trace:

[summer stream]

i only need the hands

[teal compass]

yeah I dont like some of its designs

[summer stream]

Fr...

[teal compass]

like the vector with a long ass barrel

[summer stream]

silly ass barrel to end my enemies life

[celest forge]

Yuki did anyone experience the same crash with the QBZ or is my PC retarded

[summer stream]

pc

i no har nuthing

[teal compass]

oh yeah @summer stream can you upgrade my qbz fine

[summer stream]

Wait

[summer stream]

how tf

i ain't on pc

also

[teal compass]

when you have time

[summer stream]

did you compress the textures

[teal compass]

😭

[teal compass]

no

[celest forge]

You should

[summer stream]

COMPRESS THEM TO BC3-

[lilac idol]

[summer stream]

YA DUMKOFF

[teal compass]

how do I do that

[celest forge]

I can help you with that if you want

[lilac idol]

them memory leaks bouta go crazy

[summer stream]

GIMP, paint.net or photoshop with Nvidia plugin

as i rember

photopea could work too

since it can save in the BC3 too

[celest forge]

nvm they're already compressed

[teal compass]

🤯

[celest forge]

Except the foregrip and the muzzle break

[summer stream]

oh yeah

[celest forge]

4x size reduction

[summer stream]

i compressed it

[teal compass]

yeah those were left untouched

[summer stream]

bad idea

[summer stream]

with bump made

because before it didn't had one

[celest forge]

4k textures go crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (completely the same as 2k)

[teal compass]

imma look again I might left it😭

[summer stream]

my ass went in Gmod addons to get normals 😭

and i made the bump using tarkov way

which is funny that it worked

[teal compass]

I thought you said you couldnt find those textures

[summer stream]

couldn't

[teal compass]

maybe I just interpreted it wrong

[summer stream]

used mw19 assets

[teal compass]

so you changed the mesh?

[summer stream]

you can see it here

not changed but removed the previous

and made it this way

not that good but eh

[teal compass]

wait so their uv fits or something

[summer stream]

could've been worse

[summer stream]

No

[worthy mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/so-it-begins-raining-rainy-day-théoden-lord-of-the-rings-gif-16521230

[summer stream]

i removed it

put the mw19 mesh

[summer stream]

Let him cook

[teal compass]

so you put the mw19 mesh on

[summer stream]

yes

same for muzzle brake

[worthy mortar]

Do not let me cook

[teal compass]

then where the fuck can I get the model😭

[summer stream]

LET HIM COOK 🔥

[teal compass]

I was always using the org one

[worthy mortar]

The plan is to partially re-animate the left hand

Just the left hand

[summer stream]

the mw19 meshes?

[teal compass]

yeah

[summer stream]

i have a mega nz where it has tons of stuff

but you have mw19 addons on gmod

[teal compass]

yes but I'll probably leave that behind

[summer stream]

think yuki

[celest forge]

Oh that you can do

[teal compass]

I already made like 10+ meshes of those org models

[worthy mortar]

Issue, the fucking idle animation has 241 frames

[celest forge]

Like just move the elbow and clavicle

And paste that pose on all the animations

[summer stream]

like there is 500+ gb of stuff there

[teal compass]

it probably loops the idle motions

[worthy mortar]

Nope

You see

The thumb twitches

[summer stream]

i use it incase im lazy to get anything else

[summer stream]

ah

lol

[celest forge]

I mean you don't have to edit all the frames

[teal compass]

🤣 yeah and I would probably left it like that but thanks

[celest forge]

That's why key framing exists

[summer stream]

don't worry its separated

[teal compass]

honestly I would just used the gmod stuff that's already ported but yeah

most of time I was messing around with tarkov models tho

[summer stream]

true

tarkov models could work too

[teal compass]

🤣 yeah I was porting tarkov models to gmod and I just have like 10gb of stuff on tarkov attachments

since every gun is piece by piece

[summer stream]

brick by brick 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[worthy mortar]

Theory

[celest forge]

Is it me or

Is that hand like

FUCKING HUGE

[summer stream]

yea

[random fulcrum]

bro is using thap 2

featuring even bigger hands

[summer stream]

[lilac idol]

my personal recommendation is to use old dog tourist hands when working with anims

[summer stream]

thap 3.0

[lilac idol]

either those or the skat9 ones

[summer stream]

(MHP)

[lilac idol]

mhp could have been so fucking good

[celest forge]

Or just vanilla anomaly naked hands

[summer stream]

author has skill issue

[lilac idol]

but it used thap proportions

[summer stream]

i can make it smaller

but eh

not worth of my time

[lilac idol]

those are honestly ass

Especially when talking about idle poses

[summer stream]

broken thumb

[summer stream]

hell yeah

[lilac idol]

this basically sums up why vanilla hands suck imo

[summer stream]

fr..

[worthy mortar]

Challenge one.. Moving

[worthy mortar]

We got equip and holster

I need to remember to run blender 3.6 since latest versions don't support blender-xray

[celest forge]

Make sure those also work with the remingtons btw

[worthy mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/puppets-fml-facepalm-ugh-fuck-gif-4916414

Technically speaking it should work the same with them out of the box as all I'm doing is changing how the left hand is posed

[fair canopy]

tbh just make new named anims to leave the rems with the old ones

[worthy mortar]

I mean if it looks good with the rem I might keep it

@celest forge @fair canopy I'm keeping the remington.

After I finalize all of these I won't mind if someone more experienced comes over and cleans it up a bit

Anyway, night is falling.
Adios.

https://tenor.com/view/a-mimir-gif-26093646

[teal compass]

gn

[storm kindle]

Here I come again to ask if anyone could help me to understand why my Butcher trader from Garbage is restocking base GAMMA stuff and no changes I make to his LTX or trade_presets persist? It seems a injector is controlling the restock. Can someone help me? I've hit a brick wall. My lacking skills stop at LTX files.
I want to control what he buys.

[brisk dew]

PLS help. How can i reduce stamina regen?

[brisk crown]

question, the icons for inventory use this compression on dds?

[lilac idol]

uncompressed and without mipmaps

[minor nimbus]

Hey, does anyone know any good mods for the a-life? I was hoping to see stalker squads actually complete objectives and stuff.

[barren spruce]

but they do

[tender pawn]

I may have gotten sidetracked from my gun modelling by doing this inside joke from a server I’m in and now they all want it done so they can 3D print it

So that’s why I’m not updating ya’ll on that gun yet

[worthy mortar]

Child Of constraint saved the day

I swear making the entire walking motion by hand would've killed me

[lilac idol]

were you NOT using child of contraint?

[worthy mortar]

Somebody once called me a mad man for the way I made my animations

[fair canopy]

He was using adopted child of

[lilac idol]

id go insane without child of constraint lmao

[worthy mortar]

oh god how do you bake this shit

Ah there we go

[lilac idol]

actually
you did watch this vid right?

[worthy mortar]

I didn't actually

[lilac idol]

https://tenor.com/view/kys-kys-meme-spongebob-spongebob-meme-low-tier-god-gif-25378536

[celest forge]

STALKER modding tutorials have any semblance of editing or engaging video making challenge

[lilac idol]

i mean

im pretty sure he did that to show someone how to do it rq

it's private too so

[worthy mortar]

kek

[fair canopy]

Yeah he made it private after grok shared it cause he didn't want to be the source of that technique

[rotund iris]

why are the HD models for gamma abandoned, i assume because they don't fit stalker's style + performance issues?

[summer stream]

it's broken

[worthy mortar]

So funnily enough I was already kind of using that technique

[pallid acorn]

I've been making new reticles for 3DSS for GAMMA.
I just got done with a batch of fifty reticles, 25 FFP and 25 SFP.
These are just a few of them in-game, I just wanted to share what I've been working on.
Yes they scale and illuminate properly provided the config(s) are set correctly.
No none of them are perfectly 1:1 with their real-life counterparts cuz I wasn't about to spend 3 years testing every reticle and comparing to real-life data sheets/measurements.
Happy with how they've been coming out.
Don't let the screenshots fool you, that's just image compression/resolution messing with some of the finer details.
I assure you they're all fully detailed to the best of my ability.
My end goal is to create a mega-pack of reticles for people to freely use as they please, but I want to finish it first before I release anything.
In the meantime I'm trying to recreate as many scope reticles as I can get my hands on.

[fair canopy]

Very nice work. I'm guessing you adjusted the size of the reticle as well?

[pallid acorn]

Where necessary. I do like my reticles nice and thin so some of them definitely straddle the line between being a flickering mess or being not visible at all.
But I did my best to minimize visual artefacts with minimal adjustments to configs.
Also for the record some of these images I just posted are already zoomed in to better show some of the detail, i.e. those are not the default reticle sizes.

The Remington reticle is an SFP so that one doesn't scale with zoom ofc, but I did adjust it so it's still visible at least at its default scale.
The other four are all FFP and scale accordingly but are admittedly a little hard to see sometimes at minimum zoom, doubly-so with image compression/screenshot artefacting.
But it's a fine line between the reticle being too big at maximum zoom or being too small at minimum zoom.
They work though, like they're usable, which is the more important thing for me personally.

This is a quick gif of the reticle I set for the M98B from min zoom to max zoom so you can get a better idea of the way I have these reticles scaled

[pine hatch]

Hi, I'm here to make an addon for a new HUD (not for BHS) with my own custom elements (not just texture replacement)
I have photoshop with a plugin to create and edit dds textures.
Are there any utilities for editing HUD elements?
I quite understand that I need to edit a certain xml file, but I don't know how to set the necessary parameters for each element.
Little preview

[verbal siren]

Use mipmaps if you want to reduce/eliminate flickering

[pallid acorn]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do I do that?

[verbal siren]

In what software do you edit DDS files?

[pallid acorn]

Photoshop with a .dds add-on

[verbal siren]

I use sth else but there should be different options when saving the DDS, like BC5, BC7 formats, error diffusion etc. Is there anything about mipmaps?

[pallid acorn]

Ah, yep, I see it now.
Yeah it's all there when I save the files as a .dds

[verbal siren]

Experiment with it to get the best results

[pallid acorn]

Ough, that's friggin' beautiful.
You're a genius and I love you.
Reticles look a million times better in-game now.
Also thank you, I never would have known this was even an option if you hadn't have said anything.

[fathom wagon]

Is there a way to get all the animation names for a gun? I am trying to fix a Reanimation mod for the TOZ194 but its reload is bugged to use the wrong animation.

[teal compass]

check the omf files related to the hud mesh?

[lilac idol]

check both the omf files for the gun and the hands

and also check the config to see which one is used for what

[plucky veldt]

Just checking when it comes to exporting textures for armors and what not what settings in GIMP does the game prefer? Or, better question what compression should I choose?

[lilac idol]

bc3 is alright

for icons uncompressed without mip maps

[plucky veldt]

Cool, I take you have to extract with mip maps on armors? Jw if its like fallout new vegas modding cause I'm quite familiar with it there

[lilac idol]

mip maps for everything that isn't icons yeah

[brisk crown]

question for the logic of ammo dmg

in st files - ammo-357-hp = 103 dmg,
ammo-357-hp.ltx, k-hit is 2.6

in st files - 12x76-zhekan = 132 dmg,
ammo-12x76-zhekan.ltx, k-hit is 2.7

in st files - ammo-11.43x23-hydro = 82
ammo-11.43x23-hydro.ltx, k-hit is 1.73

how does the math work with these dmg and description?

(been trying to make a new ammo, wanted something between hp and hydro)