╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[slow bolt]

.ogg version

[dusk orbit]

Anyone know if the Reputation Editor mod is updated? Wanted to use it to adjust my goodwill since when I do it via debug mode; the game takes a shit.

[sudden inlet]

Is there such mod?

[dusk orbit]

I'm fixing to test the old one and see if it works, apparently it does.

[dusk orbit]

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

Just plop it at the bottom of the 'End of list' seperator in MO2.

[sudden inlet]

Hm, interesting, thanks

[sudden inlet]

There an ImGui feature available nowadays in moddedexes, maybe it would be easier to use it for the UI instead of MCM.
Let me know if you need any references or API

[fair canopy]

@dreamy spindle is there a way to adjust the rotation of bullet travel?

[main plover]

https://tenor.com/view/wanted-bullet-curve-procurado-bala-em-curva-gif-15174966468079051273

[fair canopy]

I wish professor x was here

[ember condor]

These icons look awesome (LA EE)

[gritty lynx]

Sweet graphics. Icons seems to jump around and firerate icon is confusing

[sudden inlet]

It's actually interesting is there any noticeable difference in file size if we increased their quality by this degree

[simple scaffold]

Probably but not worth redoing the entire thing. Heck I'm too lazy to fix the name

[sudden inlet]

It looks so good, god damn, I'm already downloading LA and hoping it's possible to rip these icons

[novel ruin]

Maybe a grid inv system in the future?

[dreamy spindle]

gotta rotate the bone i think, unless one of the existing reposition editor params handles it

[sudden inlet]

Wait, isn't it a grid already?

[novel ruin]

Not really, there only a grid texture, item size still bound to px afaik, what i mean is like tarkov inv thingy

[fair canopy]

Ah, there's no ltx config for that? I was trying to fix the bas fals but I guess 3db really just hates any bone position that's not parallel

[novel ruin]

And yes i like that inv, not because of tarkov, i just like playing tetris while getting shot at. I even write one in godot

[fair canopy]

I got iron sights aligned but scopes just don't work

[dreamy spindle]

aye, trying to work with a wonky model will yield wonky results at some level

[fair canopy]

Though I wonder if that's a 3db thing or s3ds thing

[dreamy spindle]

it's not a 3DSS thing; i designed around it

still need to go back and finish applying all the hud_to_world magic in shader land at some point...

but for center-screen stuff, it's accurate

my tinkering was primarily around introducing GoldenEye-style free aim

[sudden inlet]

Now write one in lua

[balmy quiver]

'lo! What's going on with FOMOD Creation Kit? This is my first time using this software, and it's not working. Am I missing something?

[orchid plank]

278 (Kar 98 Remodel and Reanimation - JadeyMoyaison) - all the .ogg sound are classified as weapons_shooting . even inspect and reload animations.

is this intentional?

[main plover]

Link?\

[sudden inlet]

Last Alpha Enhance Edition, that should be it, I saw it only on russian ap-pro

[main plover]

So it's stand alone lost alpha as the ones couple years ago right?

[sudden inlet]

Yea

[main plover]

Let's see what we can unpack from that

[novel ruin]

without a proper ui setup, gonna be hard

[narrow coyote]

what function returns active tasks or quest list

is it true what chatgpt says?

[novel ruin]

difference in gamma

wtf is the difference

gamma isnt rebuild anomaly script you know

[narrow coyote]

I do something wrong then, For me
task_manager.tasks db.actor:get_active_task()

• do not work

[novel ruin]

dont follow ai for stalker coding

read the anomaly book, or the lua_help.script thingy

search up task and you will find some function for it

i would say these

    function set_active_task(CGameTask*)
    function give_task(CGameTask*, number, boolean, number)
    function get_task_state(string)
    function get_task(string, boolean)

db.actor:[function you like]

[novel ruin]

and also lua_help_ex.script inside modded exe repo

[sudden inlet]

Or this chat bot https://deepwiki.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata

[novel ruin]

if the name is right then its only contain func from 1.5.2 and not 1.5.3 (it add a few things) and no custom modded func

maybe someone will make one repo for that

[narrow coyote]

damn, thank you so much, it really helped me.

[sudden inlet]

You can add grok repo there

[olive pendant]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[crisp burrow]

Hey everyone!
Does anyone know the name of the animation string for the easy throw? There's an animation called "anm_throw, anm_throw_idle, anm_throw_begin," but they're specific to the left-click throw. Is there a similar animation for the right-click throw?

[slow bolt]

it's not a different animation

it's the same left click animation

that just pauses at a certain point

[crisp burrow]

The mod for the bolt from Stalker II specifically implements a light right-click throw animation. It's in the preview and in the OMF file's animation list, but it's not specified in the config
Here's a preview of that mod; at the end, you can see that they somehow implemented it, but it's not in the published version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLsVDnGhrzs

[slow bolt]

you need to showcase both left and right click anims

what am i seeing

[slow bolt]

it is a scripted system then if it is different

so no config, naturally

[crisp burrow]

I thought so too, but there is no script folder in the mod)😅

[slow bolt]

uuuh

[crisp burrow]

I'll try to reimplement this somehow, since the author is offline
If it works, I'll definitely let you know, in case it helps someone else

[willow flame]

does anyone know how I can see which mods overwrite the OKP-7 reticle, since it just doesnt have a reticle on any gun that I use and every other sight works fine

sorry if its a stupid question, but i truly have no idea

[final nebula]

Having the same issue

[ashen hatch]

which lines should I modify to make mercs friendly and freedom enemies for cs?

[novel ruin]

pretty sure you have to put all of those number in a grid

[ashen hatch]

Through a different app?

[lost berry]

from what i saw its just left to right same as the ingame one

[ashen hatch]

The thing is that this is less than half of the numbers

[lost berry]

so if you were to match those to the values in PDA it would be the same

[ashen hatch]

I tried that and it didn't work

[novel ruin]

there are more faction like actor or trader

[lost berry]

which line did you try it on?

[lost berry]

csky or csky_actor?

[ashen hatch]

cs and cs actor

[lost berry]

hmm

[ashen hatch]

made both neutral to merc

still -2000

[lost berry]

interesting

[novel ruin]

do you try to make a new save to test it

[ashen hatch]

yep

[lost berry]

yeah i mean, this mod would be better if it was structured better in the ltx

easier to read/decipher

[ashen hatch]

I guess Ill just grind -2000 rep with mercs

[novel ruin]

if i have to guess then line for csky is 4 and freedom is 11, so you change the number in the coordinate 4,11 and 11,4

[lost berry]

yeah that checks out

[novel ruin]

use this, https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/reputation-editor for personal use

i thought you were making a mod

[ashen hatch]

Fair enough, I probably used the wrong thread

[ashen hatch]

Thank you for this

[lost berry]

theres no right thread from what im seeing

also what mod?

did you use

[ashen hatch]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1379205885381054605

I guess I should've asked there

[lost berry]

maybe

idk

[novel ruin]

yea thats true, if someone get slightly technical (edit file and stuff) they will send to here

[lost berry]

there is a mod thread, but even then since its not a mod thats modular/meant to be edited its not the best place either

because like, the creator just made it for an express purpose

[final nebula]

does anyone know how I can see which mods overwrite the OKP-7 reticle, since it just doesnt have a reticle on any gun that I use and every other sight works fine

[lost berry]

what mods have you added?

actually, im too tired for helping people, sorry man, its late

[final nebula]

all good

[peak quest]

how do i change the camera recoil for a gun?

[simple scaffold]

Dispersion

[peak quest]

cam dispersion, fac or inc or all

theres also fire dispersion

im just gonna half fire_dispersion_base on this hk from fwp

see what that does

[peak quest]

Yea tried changing all the different dispersion values, no difference

[sturdy plaza]

Grok_bo_recoil_enchanment.ltx

I think it was named like that.

[simple scaffold]

All of them contribute. But maybe gamma is overriding that. I don't play gamma and I figured you wouldn't have asked if there was an obvious recoil mod in gamma

[stoic prawn]

guys is there a way to change the model of your legs in first person

or rather the textures

[slow bolt]

yes

[stoic prawn]

do you know how

[summer stream]

reverse engineering or well uhh

you look into SWM

or the GAMMA Legs and Hands Swap

they decide the models for em

you look at the way it uses

then go down that path and change it

[proven stratus]

Does anyone know how to edit quest rewards?
Random bonus rewards like Items, or Stash Cordinates

[misty mulch]

alter the quest config reward switch conditions

[crisp burrow]

Hello, mates!
Are there any options for changing LTX parameters directly from the game, like if I connect MCM? Or is that impossible? Right now, even with the LTX loader, it won't change until I restart the game

Здравствуйте, товарищи!
Есть ли возможность менять параметры LTX прямо из игры, например если я это в МСМ подключу? Или это невозможно? Сейчас, даже с загрузчиком LTX, они не меняются до перезапуска

[proven stratus]

I looked into some files from mod GAMMA quests rebalance,
I saw quest reward sections and reward_stash things I guess this is the one giving you Stash Cordinates upon completing quests
I thought at first random stash cords given is related with some random chance but it seems its just binary of true of false
thanks for the answer

[misty mulch]

the functions for where the stash generates are in a completely different place and altering them affects EVERY action that gives you stash coordinates

and yes, it means if you want to make a task that has a "50%" chance of giving you stash coords, you make two identical copies of it, one that gives you a stash and one that doesn't

[misty mulch]

you have to refresh the game for it to reread from configs anyway, there's no "live" changing. turn on debug mode, f7 -> f5

or just reload a save

all that does is drop a save and instantly load it

[crisp burrow]

Yes, I was thinking about setting this action after applying the settings in MСM. I hope this will be feasible
Thanks for the reply!

[primal rover]

hey anyone made the mp7 custom kit already?

[proven stratus]

thanks , I got one more question if okay, I am looking into on_complete section of quests but I dont seem to find about part giving you random items upon completing , do I have to look into other files/mods?

[misty mulch]

unpack the base game files using Anomaly/tools/db_unpacker.bat and look at the quest configs for some vanilla quests to get an idea for how it works

[proven stratus]

thanks for the guidance

[celest forge]

Depends on the mod

[fickle cargo]

Coding mod.

[lilac ibex]

if its shaders - send me a dm

[celest forge]

Probably the modding book server

That's were most of knowledgeable coders for Anomaly are

Although most of them don't take comms

[lilac ibex]

details:

[brisk crown]

is it hard to make the outfit remember the equiped mags? i mean everytime i switch outfits, i've to add every mag again to the outfit slot

[hushed drum]

i have an idea for a mod that would be cool, i wanna make it myself as im a programmer for profession and have experience modding other games, never touched the modding in this game, whats the process? any good guides?

[lilac ibex]

anomaly modding book.

[hushed drum]

where can i find it

[lilac ibex]

google

[fair pollen]

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

[gritty lynx]

https://anomaly-modding-book.netlify.app/

[hushed drum]

https://tenor.com/view/jerry-meme-tom-and-jerry-meme-jerry-points-get-a-load-of-this-guy-this-guy-gif-11384860625931393733

get a load of these guys

thanks tho

[south steeple]

does anyone here know where the Eviction Notice task is scripted out? It's the one that gives you 3 companions to clear out the farmhouse in darkvalley. I want to adjust how many companions it hands you but I'm having a hard time actually finding the script. Is it just an assult task in disguise?

[main plover]

it's bandit quest?

[south steeple]

yeah

[peak quest]

trying to alleviate the camera recoil for the hk416 in FWP but it seems to be baked in to the animations

uses RWAP animations

so ive been told

[proven stratus]

tm_darkvalley.ltx

;-- Sultan (Bandit Honcho) Unwelcome in the Hood Lost to the Zone Task 1-
[zat_b7_bandit_boss_sultan_task_5]

is eviction notice quest

on_init = %=create_squad(boss_sultan_task_5_stalkers:val_smart_terrain_4_0) =setup_companion_task(boss_sultan_task_5_bandits:val_smart_terrain_7_4)%

dunno how to do with this part though

[south steeple]

thank you!

[sudden inlet]

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/32a985509b2d6abc652d1571fe50de5a84c52dd4/gamedata/configs/misc/squad_descr/squad_descr_lostzone.ltx#L47

[south steeple]

ily

[rough lion]

Is it better to only compress textures, mesh and audio files into a .db file while leaving configs and scripts untouched when adding mods?

[lilac ibex]

no difference. i pack shit into .dbs because i don't use mo2

[rough lion]

Would dltx-ified files work fine in db files, still?

[lilac ibex]

[gritty raptor]

hello, how can i find my mods in #1035807043933720576 that i was created back in the day?

[slow bolt]

use search

[gritty raptor]

i mean if i don't remember their names? it was kinda 2-3 years ago

[weary root]

from:x in:channel

[cyan beacon]

hello, what's the basic difference between OGF editor and Blender?

[fair pollen]

Plus, it ain't that hard keeping the scroll at the bottom and just let it do its job

[balmy quiver]

I've tried everything. FOMOD Creation Tool 1.7-6821-1-7 just won't work! 🙁

[simple scaffold]

Generally it is easier for ppl to deal with conflicts when mods do not put text files in db

[rough lion]

That's what I was thinking

[primal rover]

anyone made a mp7 custom kit

[cyan beacon]

i finally got this fucking model to work in game....

[summer stream]

i think you should adjust bump a bit

[next zinc]

Finally a SR25 replacer

[summer stream]

it's literally the same work as i did

but instead of being shit
it's just shiny

[fair canopy]

It looks like the same model on outdated anims

Except with a bipod

[cyan beacon]

yuh, all i did was take the wpn_sr25new model and added the M98B bipod to it

ive been stressing out on why it wasn't working for 2 days so im just glad i found out why it wasn't working...

[fair canopy]

Parenting issue?

[cyan beacon]

yep

i have never modded nor used blender before so ive have little to no experience in these kinds of things

[fair canopy]

Makes sense. That's how I started

[brave tartan]

New levels mod, those new maps we can enter and roam without turning off brain scoarcher, but if fair fast travel (or fast travel over all) turned on whole maps are marked as not available, can it somehow be changed, I gues somewhere in the files its marked as an north map or smth

[cyan beacon]

do the bump maps have to be specifically green-ish?

[lilac ibex]

eh

red - specular
green - normal z
blue - normal y
alpha - normal x

[summer stream]

to explain it normally

you turn on alpha channel

and adjust red channel

it should have green and yellow spots

why?

green - not reflective
yellow - reflective

[next zinc]

Bipod makes it extra cool lol

I wish there were working bipods on this game

But either its impossible or will requires a tremendous amount of working on the engine that will take like 5 years and theres probably someone trying to do this right now and shitting themselves in anger dealing with the engine

[fair canopy]

Pissing and shitting in anger

[verbal siren]

Well, there are no working bipods, but one mod makes it so you can use any solid object in front of you as a gun rest to minimize scope sway. I've no idea why Grok didn't add it to GAMMA.
https://www.moddb.com/addons/weapon-sway

[next zinc]

Oh really

?

[next zinc]

Wow

Thats enough

[next zinc]

Theres a even a coment from the green man himself at the post

[next zinc]

@verbal siren have u tested weapon sway with the true pip ?

[fair canopy]

It works well

[slow bolt]

kitten

[crude bramble]

If anyome has the ability to make mods based off of some things from dayz, for example, the old school gun rattle sounds when running. Or really anything from guns, attachments… I am not a modder so I don’t know if it is even possible but could be something really cool if the right person knows how to do it.

[main plover]

ready x-ray bump map is green/yellow
Green parts are matte, yellow are reflective
but final outcome will not give you good bump map if you messed up something during process of putting togheter all channels

[hushed drum]

Just finished the getting started section of the anomaly modding book, whats next?

I wanna make a little addon that allows for easier attachment swapping, i have no clue how to properly setup my mod zip file, where to add or edit scripts (to my knowledge im supposed to add callbacks or function pointers but im not sure in which files to add them)

Anyone got any good tips to start?

[fair canopy]

Well, what do you mean by easier?

[sudden inlet]

Find an addon that does something similar to what you want to do and start to learn how it does it's thing.
And ask meaningful questions here and in the anomaly discord to learn more details.

[rough lion]

Idk what I did or even install to constantly get this random error message

[shadow egret]

yall know how to increase player protection? like just change it and stuff

[gloomy sluice]

i'd like to ask about which xml file responsible for the psy & rad bar that i could modify to adjust its position?
oh also ammo count/firemode i forgot

[tacit sentinel]

try the 78th one i heard its pretty good

[summer girder]

Actor Damage Balancer stuff, probably

[hushed drum]

I wanna make a sort of UI overlay that u can open that displays the attachments available for ur gun similar to games like unturned or bf 2042so you can hotswap attachments without opening ur inventory,

From what i understand (correct me if im wrong) mods are just a mixture of gamedata/\* edits and additions no? And i suppose i need to use the ImGUI thing for the ui?

This will be my first mod so i just wanna get accustomed to the workflow and such, or should i preferably go to the anomaly discord for this kinds of questions?

[verbal siren]

How well do you know LUA? Because this thing won't work without scripts.

[regal bolt]

Rn trying to create modular system like in tarkov, just wait several months or a year, maybe I could do it (or someone)
Redux already have it: https://youtu.be/T9F6lq1lNj0?t=669

[hushed drum]

Professional programmer and gamedeveloper myself so any language is a go, used lua alot as a scripting language in my own projects and at work too

[hushed drum]

Dopeeee yeah i was hoping someone would make something like this (or ground branch) keep us posted man

[hushed drum]

But even with that i still wanna try my own attempt

Just at the simple ui part, without all the modular stuff

Also a good way to learn the modding

Whats the best approach to starting something like this? Do i just begin with latching keybinds in a script and trying to display an imgui ui or something?

[regal bolt]

ye, btw I'm not going to create similar animations like in redux or like on your posted image with selection view, I want to creat a interface window where you can view and rotate weapon (or any object) and put attachments there

[hushed drum]

Ah like the gunsmith, sick

Yeah for me i just wanna make a hotswapling system similar to unturned so u dont have to open ur UI or use quick wheel to swap ur attached

[regal bolt]

also want to add ability to paint guns, but, idk how to do it, maybe I won't do it, but I like the idea when you can put any image from pc on your gun without opening blender (like in forza horizon)

[hushed drum]

Decal system would be dope yeah

How did u start with it? Did u just compare other mods and figure shit out or is there aome good guideline on how to start a mod project

[regal bolt]

I came up with the modular system idea on my own, before seeing any videos about it in stalker games, then I saw redux's implementation of it

[hushed drum]

Yeah but i mean specifically the actual making of the mod

Or did u already have experience modding stalker

Cuz for me this will be a first on stalker and even with the anomaly modding book im struggling to find out how to start

[regal bolt]

ye, with lua, here you can find mods made by me in mods-positng

[hushed drum]

So when u wanna make a mod like this is it just adding .script files to gamedata/scripts or is there more steps?

If i want to do nothing more than check if a keybind (lets say V) is pressed do i just add a script to the scripts folder and go ham?

[regal bolt]

modular system requires engine modification and creating configs with lua for attachment placements, scripting for drawing and showing objects, etc.

[hushed drum]

Cuz i can figure out the scripting itself but the setup around that qirh configs is where im kinda stuck

[hushed drum]

And just the scripting? Do i just place extra scripts or do i modify ones already there?

[regal bolt]

I guess with this modular system you can attach anything to everything, just create a config for needed items, you can put vodka as a suppressor for example

[lilac ibex]

there is scripted attachments in modded exes. don't try to reinvent the wheel.
write some fancy UI for allat.

[regal bolt]

idk how it will look like, But rn there's should be configs for attachment placements, which attachments you can attach, also what stats they will give for gun

[hushed drum]

Which modded exes? And where can i find them?

[lilac ibex]

https://github.com/themrdemonized/xray-monolith

[hushed drum]

For my mod i need nothing else then making a uo when a button is pressed, showing the Attachments available for the gun and allowing u to hotswap em

[lilac ibex]

scripted attachemnts should be described somewhere in anomaly modding book

[hushed drum]

I have been searching but im struggling to find my way around the book as theres random empty pages and not a (imo) clear flow to follow

[hushed drum]

Also i have modded exes for modular attachment system for gamma installed on my pc, does that clash with installing other ones?

Or should i just make a second install of gamma somewhere on my pc just for modding?

[lilac ibex]

i dont know anything about gamma/modpacks/moddb addons

[cyan beacon]

gonna try getting this baby into the game

[next zinc]

Uuuh lalaaaa

Hell yeah brother

Keep going

Bring more DMRs to us

Fuck what everyone else says

[next zinc]

I would finally be able to make my autistic builds in game

[brave tartan]

alphalion new player arrow (green) stretches to look like a square on 21:9 even with DARTUI (because that one I think fixing it if its from player.dds not custom alphalion one)

I tried editing script to

        local res = xml_obj:query("actor_level_spot_p")
        if res[1] then
            local el = res[1]
            local aspect_fix = 21/16
            xml_obj:setElementAttr(el, {width=14 / aspect_fix, height=14, location_level=-10})
        end

        local res = xml_obj:query("actor_level_spot_p > texture")
        if res[1] then
            local el = res[1]
            xml_obj:setText(el, "ui_AlphaLion_PlayerPDAtip")
        end

added aspect_fix into it, do u think it can be done like that or that potentially can cause some other problems?

[novel ruin]

You dont need scripted attachment, just make a ui, on click, the attachment is added to the gun

You can try to use base anomaly ui and preferably, the new imgui system

Can you update the anomaly modding book link: https://anomaly-modding-book.netlify.app/

[novel ruin]

2 mod you should look into for this is: Simple Task manager (for imgui implementation) and quick action wheel (for putting attachment, it has nearly the system like you, and for base anonaly ui)

[novel ruin]

@sudden inlet is on the track to make the most boring thumbnail ever (no offends, i like your work). Your add-on is good but come on man, you gonna make a good preview for it instead of that thing . I know its kinda boring compare to coding, and its hard to make a good thumbnail.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/achievement-manager

[brave tartan]

idk if that was correct way but it worked arrow looks like an arrow, I checked this part of the code was identical in all files so he did not counted in stretched icons just made sure it works

[sudden inlet]

You should have seen my Minecraft mods icons
Jokes aside, isn't this a best thumbnail for a tool like this? It feels too abstract to me to have some specific image

[undone lily]

Done , thanks 💚

[novel ruin]

a pretty picture of stalker and the title text slapped on it should be fine

[novel ruin]

veteran

[summer stream]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/974942653076615178/1387535823527870514/IMG_20250625_234853.gif

[sudden inlet]

How did I fumble with that joke, lol )
Just really in love with wrenches

[hushed drum]

I asked in the anomly dc and they told me that imgui is more for debuggign and to use the engine ui, and scan for attachments by checking if the weapon_attachment name format exists for that weapon

Havent attempted it yet but we will see

My endgoal is to replace the Y menu for ammo with my custom menu that allows swapping ammo, scopes and taking on/off supressor

Bare minimum

[fair canopy]

You can do all of that with qaw though

[brave tartan]

local res = xml_obj:query("actor_level_spot_p")
if res[1] then
local el = res[1]
local aspect_fix = 21/16
xml_obj:setElementAttr(el, {width=14 / aspect_fix, height=14, location_level=-10})
end

        local res = xml_obj:query("actor_level_spot_p > texture")
        if res[1] then
            local el = res[1]
            xml_obj:setText(el, "ui_AlphaLion_PlayerPDAtip")
        end

still doesnt seem to work, idk how and why it worked for one time but next game launch arrow is again stretched on the pick its pointing to the left but I barely can notice difference

[simple scaffold]

still a way to learn. and gives ppl options. how many UI reworks are ther now? 50? 100?

[fair canopy]

True

[hushed drum]

qaw?

[misty mulch]

Quick Action Wheel, mod that is already in GAMMA 0.9.4 by default, it's the thing that brings up the radial menu when you hold F

[fair canopy]

It's better if yo remove the grok balance mod too

[brisk crown]

the rf receiver mod gives packages, sometimes these packages gives repair tools, imo when they do this, they kinda break the economy for me, i tried to look for the table of in the file: TB_RF_Receiver_Packages.script

but i didn't find anything related to repair stuff or ammo

this function in itms_manager.script was the closest i've got into trying to find how the loop iterate in the creation of the itens in the content of the package, but still my rookie knowledge don't get it from wich array or object it's using to pick the items from

function use_package_random(obj)
    local sec = obj:section()
    local content = ini_manager:r_string_ex("package_content",sec)
    if not content then return end

    local t = str_explode(content,",")
    local pick = {}
    for i=1,#t do
        if (#pick < 6) and (math.random(100) < 50) then
            pick[#pick+1] = t[i]
        end
    end
    pick = #pick > 1 and pick or {t[1],t[2],t[3],t[4]}
    
    utils_item.delay_event(pick, {obj:id()}, "package_content", true, 5)
end

i suspect it's something here

local content = ini_manager:r_string_ex("package_content",sec)

[quartz hill]

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/32a985509b2d6abc652d1571fe50de5a84c52dd4/gamedata/configs/items/settings/itms_manager.ltx#L79

[brisk crown]

hmm so it's something deep in stalker anomaly and not a mod on top of it, i forgot there was packages in stalker anomaly

[quartz hill]

well they're for the delivery tasks

[low nest]

Hey guys, I'll write here, since I was referred here from newbies chat, sorry if it doesn't fit.

In GAMMA, I encountered some very strange NPC behavior: they very rarely speak to each other using voice dialogue. In the regular Anomaly, everything seems to work as in the original, but in GAMMA, I often see lone stalkers by the campfire talking to themselves, while large groups of stalkers sit in silence. The bar is very quiet, with the exception of the newbie village, but even there it can be quite quiet. Does anyone know what exactly is responsible for the trigger? Grok's AI mods?

[brave tartan]

anyone might know anything I could look into for possible fix os stretched icon.

[cyan beacon]

i should probably ask this now since i have no idea, but is giving a gun 3DSS support complicated?

[verbal siren]

For the first time, yeah, quite. But after that you turn into Athi or never try again.

I think Frosty made a video. Athi made another.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVD8MbSgwbDlqpuezz6pZw8E22q8VdvLI&si=KTm8f9hK9TDvDYdS

https://www.youtube.com/@ATHI_gamma

[cyan beacon]

holy shit ty for this link i didnt even know this existed

[fair canopy]

No one has turned into me

I have a sickness

[verbal siren]

Yet

[fair canopy]

[verbal siren]

Pizza kind of did. I mean in the way of taking on a lot of tedious work.

[fair canopy]

Kinda, but I also had to show her a lot of my homework

[verbal siren]

Must've caught the bug right then and there.

[fair canopy]

Tedious is the name of the game

[slow bolt]

You could say.. he is down with a sickness

[fair canopy]

[next zinc]

Is anybody working on new scopes ?

Specially nightforce ones

[undone spruce]

slowly going insane

[verbal siren]

Do you have the models?

[teal mauve]

how many mods have been made so far that take advantage of IMGUI?

[slow bolt]

A couple for sure

[fair canopy]

3 so far i think?

[slow bolt]

3 for sure

most likely more

[celest forge]

Can someone do me a solid and send me the files that modify the ammo values for GAMMA?

[brisk crown]

recording 2 hours straight of droping a water bottle in the ground to make the sound for redux refillable canteen mod (this audio is when you rng and spill the water)

the older one, lmao the new one it's a lot better

now i'm making the gunshot hit the canteen ooh noo canteen is dead oooh noo no more water

[brisk crown]

question is there a way to know each exactly bone? i mean bip01_spine, bip01_spine1, bip01_spine2, etc?

i have no idea where exactly are those bones

for actor

[fair sail]

@cursive charm I want to try out DLAA FSR features in Beta but paypal is banned in my country. Is there another way for me to make the payment?

Also I want to support your work

[cunning wigeon]

Hey how do I remove the gray boxes when I zoom in on a scope?

[cunning wigeon]

Never mind I know what the problem is, so how do I fix the scopes brightness, it’s to dark

[brave tartan]

is that radiation icon at the top is indicator for radaition field? if so can it be turned off? as idk why but I Stood in it without items equipped and no radiation/damage received

[verbal siren]

Show a screenshot.

[cunning wigeon]

Basically the gray the background when you zoom in on a scope, I want it translucent

[cunning wigeon]

These gray boxes, I want them to be translucent

[next zinc]

Go to ur DMs

[verbal siren]

This is some weird resolution. Dx11 or lower? Anyway, go to https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/928715640968212582

[blissful parrot]

Is anyone aware if there is a mod that adds more scope options to the default mosin? I looked around and only found something from 2022

[fair canopy]

None afaik

[simple scaffold]

They are a texture that is named in scope.xml

[simple scaffold]

Main_game_16.xml it is one of the indicators. Give it a negative x cord to put it off screen.

[brave tartan]

thanks, but kind of had to go bac kto using bhs again as was getting crash because of timer script on top of radiation icon (the one at the bottom near where bhs is), apparently timer placement or existence was only inside files of gamma HUD and we msut turn it off while removing bhs sooooo instructions not clear how to play without bhs xD

[uneven prawn]

does anybody know how tweak 3d ballistics for specific weapons? want to make some patches for old weapon mods like uzi and beretta 70 so that i don't shoot into the floor
cuz on moddb there isn't really any info what needs and how stuff needs to be with weapon model

[simple scaffold]

copy file from base game. unpacker in tools folder

[regal bolt]

hey guys
just wondering
how do I adjust the zoom levels for this gun?
I'm looking to make it go from 1x to 8x zoom since that's what the real one does

[fair canopy]

Scope zoom factor to 15

[regal bolt]

thanks
that's it?

[fair canopy]

Yeah. It already has dynamic zoom

[regal bolt]

ah alright
if you don't mind, what does each of the values mean?

or like

what scale are they on?

[fair canopy]

Remove min scope zoom line

Values are based on a hudfov formula

[regal bolt]

ah
alr then
so does increasing the scope zoom factor reduce or increase the zoom?

does it work like
15 = 8x zoom, 30 = 4x zoom, and so on?

[fair canopy]

Yeah exactly

As far as vanilla gamma is concerned

[regal bolt]

huh
so 120 is the default value for minimum zoom?

[fair canopy]

No, no value

120 should not be used tor represent 1x

[regal bolt]

ah
I'm just wondering why it was there

[fair canopy]

Hud fov is weird. But to get your gamma correct zoom you use 120/zoom to get your scope zoom factor number

[regal bolt]

alr
thanks

[regal bolt]

so now it works, but the zoom factor setting in MCM makes the 1x zoom into 1.5
but whenever I use the CQBSS scope with other guns, it only shows up as 1x

is there any way to fix that?

[verbal siren]

s3ds and 3ds -- both work the same?

[regal bolt]

wdym?

3DSS for GAMMA is an adaptation for GAMMA
S3DS is the original mod

Shader 3D Scopes

[verbal siren]

Open the mod_system_3dss_gamma_scopes.ltx
You have explanations there

[regal bolt]

ah

I'll check that out

[verbal siren]

s3ds_reticle_size

[regal bolt]

thanks

[verbal siren]

You have 3ds

[regal bolt]

yeah
I'm using 3DSS for GAMMA

oh wait

[verbal siren]

But it's based on S3DS for Anomaly

[regal bolt]

nevermind
I get what you mean

just misunderstood what you said

[verbal siren]

s3ds_min_zoom_1x - at minimal FOV magnification, disable image scale up inside scope. Needed for 1x optic sights and 1-Nx LPVO scopes. Can be 0 or 1 (default 0)

[regal bolt]

you're saying that s3ds in the GAMMA scripts are the same as 3ds for this script right?

[verbal siren]

I mean that 3ds probably does nothing

It's not recognized by the scripts

[regal bolt]

i mean
it's doing something

when I adjusted the values, the scope did change

or rather
the zoom of the scope

[verbal siren]

That was zoom_factor, not 3ds or s3ds

[regal bolt]

ah
so I should just add the line then?

for s3ds_min_zoom_1x?

[verbal siren]

If you want the 3ds parameters to work, type s3ds instead
s3ds_min_zoom_1x = 1 is for LPVOs, so they won't be 1,5x at minimum zoom

This tool makes it all easier: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/shader-3d-scopes-editor-v10-153

[balmy gate]

how can i add more weapons at the menu select choice?

[regal bolt]

huh
I'll definitely check that out then
Thanks

[regal bolt]

create a copy of and edit the new_game_loadouts.ltx file

[fair canopy]

BTW I don't use min zoom

Except for the pka

[verbal siren]

I know, I had to edit all of them myself

[fair canopy]

There's a reason why I don't

Other than liking the lensing effect

[verbal siren]

Well? Don't keep me waiting.

[fair canopy]

Because gammas 3dss enables true zoom to gets real 1x hud fov, but if you have that enabled then the 1x lensing is in effect until hud fov reaches the original "1x" value

Meaning you have a larger dead zone between where the lensing starts than you would normally

Without the true zoom option enabled, all sights are closer to 2.5x at the minimum when ads

It's like between 2.5-3x

[regal bolt]

I installed it
but how do I open it?

I don't see anything on debug menu

[celest forge]

ATHI

Can you do me a lil favour

[verbal siren]

Go to MCM to see the keybind or set one yourself

[regal bolt]

ah it's a keybind

alr I'll check it out, thanks

[fair canopy]

What can I do for you?

[main plover]

Is it possible to make crafting recipie require to have two diffrent recipe books

[cunning wigeon]

Oh thanks mate

[simple scaffold]

now that i have time to look: wpn_crosshair_add_r and wpn_crosshair_add_l

which are subsections of the texture file: wpn\wpn_crosshair_class as described here

gamma is messing with them slightly as in base anomaly they are actualy clear. so there is probably a mod that changes either the scopes xmls (there are three), the texture description i linked or the dds itself.

[celest forge]

Do you know the file that changes the values of ammo in gamma?

[sudden inlet]

I thought they are kept as regular configs and just overloaded by different dltxes?
https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/v1.5.2/gamedata/configs/items/weapons/weapon_ammo.ltx

[fair canopy]

im not sure what file it is in gamma specifically, if its just a direct override or an ltx

i know grok's balistic overhaul does some stuff

[celest forge]

Thank you

[tender scaffold]

Does anyone know what controls the behavior of Npc's not looting? It's not the mod that stops Npc's from looting before you give me that suggestion, it actually only works for Stalkers not looting mutants and their equipped gun going into their inventory, i mean Stalkers looting Stalkers

[sudden inlet]

!lootclaim maybe this

[queen pine]

@tender scaffold
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:

1. Disable 311- NPC Stop Looting Dead Bodies - DTTheGunslinger
2. Go to the Mod Configuration Menu - Useful Idiots and disable Only companions can loot or gather items _ _||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​|| _ _ _ _ _ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1036388023903989862/1416835825156489358/IMG_20250914_191912.png?ex=68c84ab0&is=68c6f930&hm=09b2c1f6206a9214506bb9b1acd0b171c2e77b23618920f54555013428c569f5&

[tender scaffold]

Oh wow, it was an mcm option basically

Thanks

[sudden inlet]

Don't sure how it works nowadays, but back then I was researching this as well and made a draft mod that transfers items from victim to the killer when you receive "too far" message (You found nothing useful on this dead body.).
In vanilla gamma it doesn't do that.
Maybe you would find it helpful too - https://github.com/SaloEater/NPC-Claim-Far-Actually-Loot-Corpse/tree/master

[undone spruce]

why'd i ever thought this would work

[celest forge]

The frame is too small for that

Did you look for the RoN reloads for inspo or what

[undone spruce]

no

repositioning helped it a little, but i don think itll fly

so there comes messing with modifiers again

i believe revolver reload should be fiddly

but most reload disciplines doesnt show well on fps

[undone spruce]

ill keep it till the ejection then exhange hands for the speedloader

[crimson salmon]

wait

bruh

i forgot

i exported in 609

60 fps

[cyan beacon]

good news, the gun now appears in the debug menu

bad news, the moment i pull it out, it just ctds

[crimson salmon]

animations

you fucked up something with animations or paths to the model

[cyan beacon]

hmm then i think i might know why

[true otter]

Hey is it possible to completely remove tinnitus sound effects when you get hit?

[fair canopy]

Yup. Check moddb

[lilac idol]

id just make it hang less in the slide realese

also why would you animate in 60 fps when 30 exists

[crimson salmon]

nah i animated in 60

i mean

30

and then exproted in 60 later

cuz i wanted to see what it looks in 60

[lilac idol]

it still hangs for too long

[crimson salmon]

ye ik

ill fix that

[topaz owl]

is it possible to remove the hit red markers and replace them with something more subtle?

[fair canopy]

When the player is hit?

[topaz owl]

yeah man

just those big direction markers are helpful but not the prettiest things to look at. Id even give it a go just playing without it.

[crimson salmon]

more like this?

waut

i didnt evenr ender it

fuck

[fair canopy]

Iirc it's one big texture. I'm pretty sure there are mods on moddb to make it smaller/more subtle

[topaz owl]

cheers man ill have another look for one!

[lilac idol]

i would still make it faster

[crimson salmon]

bro

i dont want it to be too fast

[lilac idol]

you also need an in between pose for the hand to catch onto the slide

[crimson salmon]

yes i know that

[junior rampart]

also when racking the slide it might looks better if the guy pushes the gun a bit further away

[crimson salmon]

maybe

[verbal siren]

What gun is that?

[crimson salmon]

Sig p220

[verbal siren]

Why not use the slide release instead of pulling the slide? Just an idea.

[crimson salmon]

because i dont wanna

[blissful parrot]

I have a silly idea. Does anyone know how the radiation sources in gamma work? I just found a github project with FOSS firmware for common geiger counters, they are cheap, around 60euros. if i could get sievert or anything out of stalker, i could pipe it into a custom firmware so that an IRL geiger counter displays the radiation. anyone knows where to look in the stalker files?

[tender scaffold]

that's really cool, my problem with claim mod is that there is always possibility of not getting the last shot in, so other npc's can steal the kill and essentially the loot

[solar flume]

does anyone know a mod that allows the ks23m to go into the melee slot?

yay i found it!

[gritty lynx]

On other hand, npc can wound each other, and you can claim loot by finishing them 🙂

[azure bluff]

so there's the mod "G.A.M.M.A. NPCs cannot see through foliage - Tosox Version" that decreases NPC sight acuity through bushes. Is there a section like that for "small grass" rather than "bushes" which I imagine means the larger vegetation? I play with somewhat enlarged normal grass and if I fight an NPC on a downward slope they tend to see me before i see them through the grass.

content of the tosox mod:

[tender scaffold]

Does not work for grass

[azure bluff]

do you mean that:

1. this mod as shown on the screenshot does not work for "small grass"
2. or that the general idea of achieving the same for the small grass using dltx will not work in general because there's no susch section for "small grass" or it's an engine limitation?

[verbal siren]

Even now the mod is wonky: NPCs treat bushes as solid walls; can't see through them, can't shoot through them, they even try to take cover behind them. If you apply that to grass (impossible BTW, until proven otherwise), you can get the picture.

[azure bluff]

i think you're mistaking the mods. I think you're talking about

1. G.A.M.M.A. NPCs cannot see through foliage
2. but I'm talking about G.A.M.M.A. NPCs cannot see through foliage - Tosox Version

My understanding is that the first mod does in fact make foliage into solid walls while the second mod just decreases NPC sight acuity through bushes. I'd like to replicate the functionality of the second mod but for grass rather than only bushes as the original mod works right now.

[tender scaffold]

i'm not sure if it's an engine limitation, but i would not be surprised if it was, grass is generalized and not partitioned like bushes, trees etc.

[azure bluff]

i figured since increasing the grass density puts a strain on CPU that at some point the grass is processed the same way other foliage/object in general is, and as such it's possible to achieve the same things for grass as for bushes, but i guess that was a naive hope.

[sudden inlet]

For some reason I think this is it.
Only way to extract that data from the game is to constantly write it to a text file
https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/32a985509b2d6abc652d1571fe50de5a84c52dd4/gamedata/scripts/actor_status.script#L64

[blissful parrot]

@sudden inlet thanks

[celest forge]

ts is great man keep it up 🥀

[crimson salmon]

thahsks

[teal compass]

how do you make several reload sounds like magin magout bolt sound into a single reload sound synced to the animations? I was trying to make reload sounds but found out that the reload uses only one sound file. do you just edit the sounds together based on the animation time or there is some other trick?

[celest forge]

It's tricky

There's a few way to do that

Best way is to record with an old sound, then put that on a editing software, sync the old sound to get the starting point reference, then mute the old sound and sync up your new sounds to the recording and render the new audio with the starting reference of the old one

[teal compass]

so sync based on the old reload sound?

makes sense

[celest forge]

I'm sure there's other methods

But that's what I used myself

Later I just did the sound based on the raw render of the animations I made

But i'm guessing you're remaking sounds for an existing animation, so getting a raw render of it is probably not possible

[teal compass]

yeah but I was also wondering how animators sync the sounds so thats helpful

[tidal thunder]

anybody modded in the ability to turn looted enemy pdas into player pdas?

[hot salmon]

Hmmm...

[slow bolt]

You already can use them as player pda

[tidal thunder]

by just equipping them? no you cant

..wait a second

[slow bolt]

Worked just fine for me. At some point spent an hour using it till i realised

[tidal thunder]

no youre right, fuck me

ok you cant do everything, cant set waypoints

[slow bolt]

Allat is modded, so idk

idk why you can't. Works like a normal pda

[wintry oracle]

How do I make a loadout injection script, I found a malyuk mod but I doubt theyve made it compatible with gamma

[low ravine]

hey i wanna change the bullet hit factor for stalkers only but i cant anymore in the settings because of groks ballistic changes. is there any way to change them now?

[young acorn]

Does anyone know which config file holds lua_gcstep value?

[cerulean totem]

guys i have a problem everytime i go to a new zone the reload keybind keep changing back to f10 is there a way to fix it?

i do have mag enable

[slow bolt]

!support

[queen pine]

@cerulean totem If you have a question or need help with G.A.M.M.A., please use the correct channel for your problem:

For vanilla G.A.M.M.A. modlist (this means that your modlist is unchanged and untouched): #🔨base-gamma-support

For custom G.A.M.M.A. modlists (this includes mods added by yourself and also mods that are disabled by default in G.A.M.M.A.: #🔨modded-gamma-support

If you are having issues with the installer, or with your G.A.M.M.A. installation: #1026866080347603065

Any other channel ARE NOT support channels. If your question is a support question, you may be asked to go to the proper channel.

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[weary crag]

how do u add certain weapons to loadouts? theres a few high quality weapons that arent utilised in gamma that i'd like to see

[fair canopy]

Make a loadout ltx to dltx the into load outs

Any recent mod gun mod will have an example of how it should be set uo

[celest forge]

Inb4 "this weapon doesn't have 3D Scopes/many attachments for it how fix"

[fair canopy]

[verbal siren]

What? Wrong mag?

[cyan beacon]

oh nothings wrong dw

i just finally got the gun into the game properly sorry mb

[verbal siren]

The mag on the icon is wrong.

And congrats.

[cyan beacon]

sadly the animation i took has a 20 mag so i had to give it one so it looks right

[verbal siren]

Just fix the icon, bro. (vertical grip is missing, too)

[cyan beacon]

oh yeah im def still working on the icon

[teal compass]

funny how there is few mk20

nice one

[cyan beacon]

ikr thats my main reason of trying to get into modding lol

[next zinc]

FUCK YEAH

[teal compass]

I have one but I guess yours looks better lol

[cyan beacon]

i stole the model off of sketchfab (im going to credit it promise frfr)

[teal compass]

[regal bolt]

will someone make famas? not that one from debug

[summer stream]

lewd made one

[teal compass]

lewd famas

if you want 3dss athi made one upon that

[regal bolt]

ty

[rough lion]

What is the name for the original cossacks vodka's world model texture?

[proven plinth]

hey i was wondering how to edit stats for armor belt slots i used to be able in og games to use an fsgame config file to play with the modification tree

wondering if theres a file directory i cant find for a config file

for gamma

[rough lion]

Change "artefact_count" under a specific outfit. Outfit stats are usually found at "configs\items\outfits"

[proven plinth]

would i find the config folder in gamedata like the old games or elsewhere?

[rough lion]

gamma uses custom armor stats iirc so it should be in gamedata

[proven plinth]

i think the filename has changed, possibly the file format, from the first three games sadly not finding it

just went through gamedata configs nothing seems relevant to it oddly enough might be in a new format

[rough lion]

that is where you find outfits stats for default anomaly outfits, though.

[proven plinth]

are you finding these in gamedata configs for gamma or anomaly?

[rough lion]

I think this is the file you're looking for

[proven plinth]

ah i see i was looking through file explorer originally, MO2 helped me find the right directory

i appreciate it a lot i like tinkering with my modpack a bit

[daring barn]

does anyone know how draw order in icon layers work? what exactly determines order in which they will be drawn?

[twin flame]

Someone should make a mod that makes dialogue have audible voices using ai if it's even possible.

[celest forge]

Waiter more AI slop in my mods please

[teal compass]

[fair canopy]

We should really just let AI make all our mods already. It would be so much better

Hey chatgpt make me a mod that adds a sex dungeon to rostock

And make it as good as those Skyrim gooner mods

[undone spruce]

have to start work on the arms

[wintry oracle]

hey, im trying to port a gun into gamma, ive noticed free zoom works funny, works on iron sights but the gun fov is unaffected while ADS, and red dots dont zoom at all, any idea?

[slow bolt]

Remove forced hud fov from the gun

[wintry oracle]

how do I do that, sorry im literally new to all of it

[slow bolt]

In the gun's config, remove hud_fov line

[wintry oracle]

ok, ty appreciate it

[wintry oracle]

ok so its fixed the iron sight issue, still unable to zoom with red dots

[slow bolt]

You need to delete every hud_fov field

all attachments are a separate "gun"

[wintry oracle]

yeah hud_fov was only found in one line, the rest of the attachments dont use hud_fov

maybe scope status being set to 1 is causing it

[wintry oracle]

turns out the mod creator made the red dot sights act like actual scopes, red dots disappeared the moment scope_status was set to 0

[primal steeple]

Good afternoon! Does anyone know if there is a mod for incendiary ammunition?

[sonic bolt]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1065168136577482753 this would be the closest thing, but this also isn't the place to ask

[modest sequoia]

in m_stalker.ltx use_limping_state = off - does this make them limp when wounded or a zombie thing?

[fair canopy]

Because he patented all sights to wpn_scope bone

They should have been wpn_body

You need to go into blender to change it

[azure bluff]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/npc-wound-tweak
this mod tweaks the wounded state of NPCs, look around, see what it does, maybe will answer your questions.

or maybe this one:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/mcm-npcs-limping-and-healing

[modest sequoia]

thx - ive seen the second one. i seem to remb it didnt work during combat.

ill look or just test it :0

[slow bolt]

Damn. So we can't make sights no mo?

shame

[fair canopy]

[slow bolt]

Show this when you are asked why aren't you making more sights

[fair canopy]

fucking nintendo

[cyan beacon]

i can't believe nintendo patented 3d shader based scopes for their brand new pokemon hunting game

[fair canopy]

they basically patented all of video games

cant summon anything to help you anymore

cant have anyone help you attack

cant use scopes on guns

[cyan beacon]

cant wait for them to add an artefact system in pokemon so they can patent artifacts too

[fair canopy]

They already have the stones

[main plover]

Is there a way to change how fast certain weapon wear?

[summer stream]

i think there is a mod in gamma that works like that with suppressors

you can try looking into it

but it's probably just written down in ltx file of the gun

[fair canopy]

there is a wear rate per shot in the ltx iirc

[main plover]

found it

[teal compass]

having real fun modding the unique characters lol

[tawny prawn]

does anybody know which file i need to edit in order to increase the number of cigarretes per pack and make it more realistic?

I cant find the file for hours... its not Asnen's

[sudden inlet]

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/32a985509b2d6abc652d1571fe50de5a84c52dd4/gamedata/configs/items/items/items_drink.ltx#L539

And this thing is actually right too Check out this DeepWiki page https://deepwiki.com/search/which-file-i-need-to-edit-in-o_aced20a8-67ad-4301-b3e7-f46db77773ed

[south steeple]

Here's a more generalized question: Is there a better way of calling a function on a regular interval than this? This is the best I've been able to come up with but obviously it's a little imprecise due to frames not always perfectly lining up with the interval...

`
local function actor_on_first_update()
old_tg = 0
interval = 1000
end

local function actor_on_update()
if(time_global() - old_tg >= interval) then
old_tg = time_global()
example.do_something()
end
end
`

[south steeple]

Also I feel like I might be stupid, but the stamina calculations in this engine seem like they might just be fucked? Because:

The above implies the intention for the values in actor.ltx (like stand_power) is for them to be a function of time (ie. stand_power = 0.1 is 10% of your stamina bar per second), however when you actually test this in-game:

you actually are receiving exactly 6x that value. (in this example I set stand_power to 0.00175, sorry for the weird number)

super weird, I wonder why that is.

[tawny prawn]

thanks so much, I actually found a mod that does exactly what I want + more, its sick
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/dltx-pleasure-of-cigarettes-for-anomaly-152

[tame gyro]

I heard word that there was a mod to craft gunpowder at one point. Anyone got any ideas if that is still a thing?

@fair canopy Seems you're the one that made the OG mod

Though after a brief look the file no longer exists

[cyan beacon]

Slim Shady in the zone????

https://tenor.com/view/lan-house-madness-lan-house-sugary-spire-pizza-tower-eminem-gif-18368047136617659625

[teal compass]

lol used some head from kvma for strider

[cyan beacon]

might actually start using hd stalker models mods now since i accidentally deleted my main save file

2 weeks of progress gone because my dumbahh didnt realize i deleted my whole game folder

[teal compass]

lol

I edited it hell a lot since Im not glad with it

[cyan beacon]

they look good tho

idk if this one's from the original kvma mod but he gives me the

Spartan Ranger vibes

[teal compass]

yeah but I hate how the unique character changed

[teal compass]

close

[cyan beacon]

glad you at least kept strelok's norwood 3 hairline

[teal compass]

it's so iconic how can I remove that😭

[cyan beacon]

dawg he ACTUALLY looks like one of the characters from Metro Exodus

[teal compass]

yeah the armor and stuff

[cyan beacon]

chubby face too lol

[cyan beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/i-want-the-zone-to-disappear-strelok-wishing-strelok-facepalm-strelok-cnpp-gif-5127137257313069451

[teal compass]

yeah zulu face is like that lol

[cyan beacon]

makes me want to dream of putting the Metro series into Stalker

i feel like that is entirely possible since im pretty sure the devs of metro were also former GSC devs

[teal compass]

maybe

[teal compass]

it's from one of the duty model I just put zulu's face in lol

[teal compass]

ok so I was annoyed with is how rogue, stitch, and major Degtyarev changed

[cyan beacon]

we just need enough Aderall, then anything is possible (real)

[teal compass]

everyelse was fine

[cyan beacon]

time to start a new save + probably install INERVO

[teal compass]

🔥

[cyan beacon]

but only after i actually complete the SSR so i can be at peace knowing its done lol

[teal compass]

a much organized look

[undone spruce]

this first wrist spasm is a pain

[celest forge]

I'd play with the right elbow a bit more

Make it a bit further in the entire thing and then bring it back in the back 2 idle

This arm should be more like this

[undone spruce]

its 3am i gotta go

but thats it for now

I don't what's next, maybe some rotation jittering

And lag the arms after wrist rotation

[celest forge]

I'd fix that twitch down the right hand does after the cylinder opens

[sonic bolt]

Zamn, that coat on Scar looks sick, wish I could use it for my own mod but I've only used DICK so far, where is it from?

[teal compass]

kvma hd

[sonic bolt]

I dunno if I should dip my toes into using KVMA for my mod now

[teal compass]

idk but I edited the hell out of it to make it like this

[sonic bolt]

The base coats look like ass imo

I just want them to be more open

[teal compass]

yeah I like this hd version

same face but better coat

looked better than him in cs intro imo lol

[wintry oracle]

Thanks for the tips, gonna go ahead and adjust it

[cyan beacon]

this scope i found has some goofy ahh shading to it but thats ok ig

[next zinc]

if u want I have some nightforce atacr models I got from sketch fab

they are free anyway

now I took a closer look on it, I think its the same model lol

[cyan beacon]

i think i know which model ur talking abt lol

[next zinc]

guys, question time, whats the next step after finishing editing an existent model

[cyan beacon]

in blender?

[next zinc]

I just a gun put a wrapped suppressor and a bipod on it on blender, I dont want change animations and anything just edited the model, what is the next step ?

[next zinc]

yep

[cyan beacon]

assign the model's armature to the gun model

[next zinc]

how ?

[cyan beacon]

here's a good video on the blender stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTYYH5zLjo&t=0

[next zinc]

I didnt know how to follow the tutorials for doing since they all talk about making a model from zero and thats not what Im doing

[cyan beacon]

that vid might help

[next zinc]

ok

so

I edited the world model

should I apply the armature to the OGF model ?

the hud model*

[cyan beacon]

yeah

and for the bones, assign the suppressor to wpn_silencer

that way it'll only appear on the gun when you have a suppressor on it

^ What staring at blender models and errors do to a mf

also if u need help with some other stuff, check the channel pins

they might have what you're looking for already

[fair canopy]

The way he did it isn't "broken", it just doesnt work for gammas mods.

It's perfectly fine for vanilla

[wintry oracle]

nvm, disregard my stupidity

so to correct myself, how do I change the vertex group to the wpn_body

[cyan beacon]

you can try renaming it to "wpn_body"

[undone spruce]

Yeah i still have to smooth that transistion

I still have like the other 5 pistols to redo, but the colt should be the hardest one

Also have to remesh it and retexture since i fucked the UV up

[regal bolt]

I'm sorry don't have time making modular weapon system

[celest thorn]

Are there any good tutorials on converting EFT models and animations to Gamma? I would love to get some more healing items and the appropriate animations?

[brisk crown]

https://tenor.com/view/long-tears-gif-11087877242190144149

i guess it's a good oportunity to try trae now

[slow bolt]

[next zinc]

U talking about guns ?

In the best it was simple as dragging and dropping them into gamma folder

[celest thorn]

nope, healing items like the CMS for example

[next zinc]

Oh

Its just a mod

All u have to do is identify the mod and install it on gamma

But deactivate the healing mod in gamma

Its all from BHS if I remenber correctly

[celest thorn]

There are no animations for a CMS for example, that's what I would like to build. I know that there are animations for the survival kit for example, but not for so many other healing items. Like same goes for e.g. a splint, the current mods all use the bandage animation for that.

[lilac idol]

import the animation from eft into blender and using the stalker rig make a retarget

[pure lion]

Does the gamma mod manager work with stalker 2?

[naive snow]

Not the right channel, but there's a rudimentary implementation of MO2 for the game. Vortex might work better

[teal compass]

anyone knows what's this transparent blank texture for? I saw lot of them in rwap which takes a lot of spaces since they are 21mb each

[summer stream]

the bump# is used to correct some of the mistakes made for default bump

we mostly dont use those and just put a small square as the texture so it wont lag out when you take the gun in hands

[teal compass]

huh so can I just use a smaller resoluation transparent texture and replace it

[summer stream]

basically yeah

BUT

also bump# is used for parallax effect

like a height map

i never really tried using it myself

[teal compass]

since tons of 21mb transparent texture are eating my hardrive😭

[summer stream]

since it didnt make sense

[teal compass]

ok then

[summer stream]

just delete them and put small square

OR just scale it down

[teal compass]

i just want to delete it but incase I broke it or not

yeah

[summer stream]

easy to do that tbh

there's like a tool

that will come out soon

which will make the best quality on bump

probably bump# too

like w/out the BC7 format

[teal compass]

🤯

soon

[summer stream]

soon

[teal compass]

I'll just remove them first and see if will brick my game lol

yeah it doesnt look broken or lag at all

idk why its there but lol

[naive snow]

When we generate the bump map, the compression to a game format texture, the .dds, the DXT5, we compress the channels of R, G and B differently. Green is the least compressed channel, followed by Red and finally blue. Because we're storing part of the normal map in the bump and that contains the light information, if we lose part of that data (lets say you lose 10% of the correct value of your green and 20% of your other channel),the engine is able to check the difference with the source file in the SDK (where we generate the Bump# normally) and writes that difference to a texture so it can add it back when rendering the model. It might seem much of a change, but it can change the whole way light hits your weapon or the values you're putting for the specular values

[teal compass]

so I should kept it?

[naive snow]

Well empty ones dont give you much other than the fact that the engine doesn't have to throw a warning and fetch its default #bump

Ideally, if you're loading one, at least have something in there. Or do the lazy way and use a 4x4 empty

[teal compass]

I see

I was annoyed that its a 4k empty texture

😭

21mb for each

[naive snow]

You can just find a small one from any other mod and use that

Be careful, just because it visually appears empty, there might still be info encoded in the other 3 channels

You should inspect the other channels to be sure. You could also just reduce the texture resolution to 2k for ¼th the memory cost, or a 1k for a 16th of the cost

[teal compass]

I checked them all gray

[naive snow]

The values shifts will be barely perceivable, you'd have to check them through a histogram

[teal compass]

I see lol

I'd save some space for my drive so that's helpful

[naive snow]

Send one over and I'll show you if there's data in there

[teal compass]

k

like this one

[naive snow]

Empty:

[teal compass]

lol

I'd just change it to 4x4 then

21mb of nothing

[naive snow]

I think the minimum size might be 16x16, but I haven't fucked with that in a while

[teal compass]

I'll just edit around and figure it out

thanks for the info

[naive snow]

A properly made bump# would have some measure of information in there:

[teal compass]

I see

yeah that acutally has stuff in it

[summer stream]

i wonder how do you even make bump# without sdk

since i tried getting ix-ray SDK
and miserably failed
even though that SDK is the best we can use rn

[naive snow]

It's a lost art and unused technique in modern game dev, so aside from the X-ray SDK, I don't believe there another piece of software out there that can micmicry this compression artifact offset texture

[summer stream]

dang

[naive snow]

I mean most ''compressors'' of textures, like crunch bin, have built -in offset that are added back in the texture as it is finalized

Nowadays at least

[summer stream]

me remembering compressor

as someone pointed out

the uh
worst thing that you can use for compression

[naive snow]

I believe I did a full post about crunch compressor on here and how it managed to get rid of that awful green tint/purple splotches on very dark weapons

[summer stream]

we love green tint

oh wait

you cant change the gloves ONLY

you need to modify the model itself

so it will actually have different kind of gloves

[summer stream]

mw19 guns are using DDS too

well, all of the installments after that are using it

main problem?
they are using non-BC7 which resulted in actual hell

[naive snow]

Machines pretty much only read DXT ready textures, so every engine uses the .dds format

[summer stream]

so you mostly need to fix em via manual handling of colors or redoing the texture

[naive snow]

I mean you can use BC1 to some pretty good results if you use the right compressor

[summer stream]

they r probably down in the ltx file for non mod_system file

[summer stream]

yes

that's what im talking about

a lot of stuff isnt up with third person model

no one tried to make it look right with it

why?
no idea

[summer stream]

there's basically a group of people rn

who are trying to achieve best possible quality on BC3 AND BC1

making a whole new different system of compression

specially for this hell of an engine

i can see the gloves

but gamma uses mhp

not thap anymore

[naive snow]

Hold the fucking phone, why are they trying to reinvent the wheel?

[summer stream]

why?
yes

wym

mod_system? maybe

it didn't change anything so much in the system, probably keeping the mod system too

but its written down as

THAP Re-work

idk why

[summer stream]

and as funny as it sounds

it all started because of my ass helping a clueless person with his small project of importing cyberpunk hands in stalker

which ended up in him
thinking about textures n other stuff
god help me

just call it a ltx file

it misses the names cuz they are written down in DIFFERENT ltx

that's deeper in the configs

[naive snow]

Oh god what did you do

[summer stream]

maybe thap has it, and MHP doesn't do anything about them

[summer stream]

i have no idea

[naive snow]

What's the main issue that they're trying to solve?

[summer stream]

the compression itself

they are trying to make it less visible on the bump

while with that they are doing bump#

maybe

no idea if its right

[naive snow]

They simply want to get rid of the bump# ?

[summer stream]

basically you can find the right model
you can get ogf editor from pins here and look at em
then find the right one and then....

use blender, yeah sounds scary but you need to modify the gloves, or remove em and change to something else

[summer stream]

trying to renew it

so people will move to something more innovational and more..idk to call it

better in some ways

sadly no

we dont have a system that could do such stuff

[naive snow]

They want to use it to pack new data for shading?

[summer stream]

it would require more bones for this

[summer stream]

no idea

i ain't no god damn expert, you are

[naive snow]

But you sparked the whole darn thing!

[summer stream]

i never asked them why
but as they briefly explained

[naive snow]

I guess I'm just trying to understand what visual thing they're trying to fix

[summer stream]

they want to make the bump has less visual ERRORS, since they made a comparison tool where they compare the original AND compressed variant in DDS format

it's mostly used for bumps

no idea how it will work for albedo or etc

[naive snow]

Oh if that's the thing they're trying to fix, I've already found a workaround

[summer stream]

what do you mean, smart guy

[naive snow]

There's the ''Crunch'' library that was introduced in 2016 or 17 which is maintained by Binomial, it's been used by a whole slew of company. The catch is that there's no GUI for it and the flags are half documented. When I was trying to fix visual artifacts I fucked around plenty with the options and found a good set of flags.
The settings flag I found to work pretty darn well:
crunch_x64.exe -file T_Gun_BaseColor.png -fileformat dds -dxt5 -Quality 100 -mipmode Generate -mipfilter kaiser -blurriness 0.5 -uniformMetrics
-UniformMetrics removes those dark/green/purple splotches that you often see in black gun textures or models and also removes 98% of the need for bump# corrections, since the compressor doesn't try to prioritize a channel more than the rest

https://github.com/richgel999/crunch-1

[summer stream]

god fucking damn it
some smart nonsense
nurse give me my meds

but anyways yeah i get that

funny how they didnt implement any ui whatsoever

you know im curious

what kind of tool

does cod developers use to compress stuff

but it doesn't really matter since all of it is in BC7

so almost no compression can be seen

[naive snow]

Engines typically introduce the UI, Unity makes uses of it

[summer stream]

unity

[naive snow]

Sure, but it has a shity memory footprint

[summer stream]

hooray

[naive snow]

It's no wonder games are now 100+gig

[summer stream]

oh and yeah

about that

The locations are the problems.

textures aren't that bad

they are mostly in 1k or 2k

4k is almost never seen

cod basically just made itself that big via locations

textures are not the problem here

another problemo if you decided to pay me
my ahh is NOT american not european
so it will be hard to pay me

[naive snow]

Well it's not necessarily the size of the textures, but their usage and quantity.
See it like this, CoD uses a base color, a normal map, a specular/roughness/metallic, a mask map, etc. So for every material definition or weapon you're loading a hecking lot of textures.
Things like normal map, they're compressed in BC3, which is twice the size of a BC1. All those things add up really really fucking quick

[summer stream]

well

only MW19 USES

that technique

why?

MW19 are basically made just like you said

AND THE NEW ONES

are just hell

first we have base color WITH alpha that has metallic

[naive snow]

A fucking slew of blendmaps and whatever else nonesense

[summer stream]

normal map? hell

red channel is roughness

rest is the same

but alpha is red channel

NOW
the funny part

fucking non sense map

[naive snow]

Huh I thought for sure they'd have packed the roughness information into the alpha channel of the base color

[summer stream]

with different metallics?

i don't know what is it used for

[naive snow]

Grunge and dirt maps

[summer stream]

hell.

[naive snow]

For environmental built ups like sand, snow, wet, etc

[summer stream]

snow? in cod?

god damn that sounds silly

[naive snow]

I haven't touched a CoD since the fucking wii era

[summer stream]

MWIII had that

[lilac ibex]

https://www.activision.com/cdn/research/2017_DD_Rendering_of_COD_IW.pdf 103+

[summer stream]

at least one snow mission

[summer stream]

holy fucking shit i am not reading that

na im good
there's price difference too

[lilac ibex]

gamma players can read and other we wuz kangz posts

[naive snow]

Hey they actual explain their texture packer, that's neat!

[summer stream]

i ain't no shader nerd lvunter

[lilac ibex]

yeah i can see that

[naive snow]

I actually coded part of their light influence mesh for lights in unreal not long ago

[summer stream]

what

[naive snow]

based on one of their old sigraph paper

[summer stream]

good

[summer stream]

how old is it

[naive snow]

Let me see if I can dig it up

[summer stream]

aw hell nah

[lilac ibex]

cod papers = gold mine

[naive snow]

Preach

[summer stream]

i literally have no idea how good it is

it's probably good for people who wants to know some of the stuff for engine n other things

but for the games they make
it doesn't really matter anymore

i just remember the time mw19 went live and people were glazing over realistic graphics

[summer stream]

then we got the piss filter cod

[naive snow]

https://www.activision.com/cdn/research/2017_Sig_Improved_Culling_final.pdf
Here this one, from page 59

[summer stream]

holy fucking shit its 2017

[naive snow]

We implemented something similar, light proxy meshes

[summer stream]

there's a lot of people who made stuff like that in here

you can even ask the creator of mhp about that

[summer stream]

what the hell
is a light proxy mesh

[lilac ibex]

drobot

[summer stream]

yea
#1241660171361718375
go on

[lilac ibex]

could be nice to restore DBT in stalkuh. AMD has extensions for DX11

[summer stream]

can we just tell that to demonized or anyone else that works on the anomaly engine

[naive snow]

Are we really GPU bound in most scenarios even?

[summer stream]

so we can have some nice stuff

[lilac ibex]

It quite hard to be GPU bound in vanilla

[summer stream]

ehhh
considering the engine that slightly lets your CPU breathe
especially in gamma
maybe? idk

[lilac ibex]

tell them ig