╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[naive snow]

Yeah that's what I figured from a couple of nsight captures last time

[summer stream]

ill just bombard him with the activision files

instead of telling anything

imagine it as a cake but instead of a firecracker inside of it
there's a tsar bomb inside

[lilac ibex]

there's a problem - not enough ppl to work on renderer

[summer stream]

i wonder why

[lilac ibex]

cuz yall lazy af ||/s, #acab #say_no_to_r1||

[summer stream]

we ain't lazy
we just know nothing about yo god damn renderer

i call testicular torsion upon ye

[naive snow]

Y'a just learn, you're not born with the knowledge

[lilac ibex]

^

[summer stream]

true

and i wouldn't like to overload myself even more after

like over a shit ton stuff i got in blender

[naive snow]

Do worst: Make it your job

[summer stream]

if i will somehow end up learning it

i will use it as a pillow

[lilac ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/james-doakes-doakes-curious-suspicious-questioning-gif-14390669560130901665

[summer stream]

he has a job
i just can't prove it

[naive snow]

If you like rendering shit, just become a 3D graphix prog, I did

[summer stream]

i dont like no render shit

let me enjoy making stuff in peace

or else i end up like kmack

[naive snow]

Do it right, make that bump#

[summer stream]

doing textures or even worse

[naive snow]

Do it

[summer stream]

i don't want to

let me be free

[celest forge]

I really like rendering icons, that's why I make them so good

🥵

[naive snow]

The price of wisdom is eternal vigilance, now that you now, you must do it

[naive snow]

Emerald man! Long time no see

[celest forge]

[summer stream]

i no wanna

i wanna give my knowledge to other person and leave

[naive snow]

Pull an MFB

[summer stream]

oh god damn it

[naive snow]

Really interesting read on the texture packer of cod. They fused together some of the texture information

[summer stream]

dang

[naive snow]

and they're able to derived a bunch of data from reserving certain color ranges of certain channels

I might just throw this at my boss tomorrow

[summer stream]

and what

[naive snow]

We've been looking at trying to reduce memory footprint of the game, brainstorming ideas

[summer stream]

uh huh

[naive snow]

~11-20% memory saving doesn't sound horrible

[lilac ibex]

there's this funny 'labpbr' thing
https://shaderlabs.org/wiki/LabPBR_Material_Standard

[naive snow]

making the packer is going to be a pain, but there's a bit of pseudo code

[summer stream]

aw hell na

[naive snow]

Hmmm perceptual smoothness, reflectance and porosity, doesn't sound like the worst packing idea

[wanton topaz]

Hey up. I've got an idea for a Mod if anyone's interested in making it. Basically a Sound Mod but with a bit of nuance. In general, a stream of background military radio chatter that plays constantly BUT fades in and out for varying and random periods of time. I'll post a link if I can after this description. So it could have an adjustable volume via MCM so people can adjust to their liking, plus maybe settings for amount of random silences and durartions etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9IFMfDOO6k

Something SIMILLAR to this- but you get the idea. I've no idea of what they're talking about but even if it was indistinct chatter it'd still work. I think it'd add a lot of immersion- esp when there's periods of quiet and suddenly you get a burst of static and chatter come thru, only to fade away again. Wether it's Ukrainian or Russian I don't know but it's just to explain the idea of this. I'm assuming this is Russian?

Anyway- just an idea- would love to see someone pick it up..!

Some good breaks/static/sqeulches in this one too, although NOT the chatter language itself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWyXjVcZ170

And in general less background noises like rain/wind etc- more just the chatter and maybe some gunfire/explosions in the distance at times?

[summer stream]

ayyy
looks fire

[south mason]

can someone send me the m_zombie.ltx file from Gamma mutants overhaul? i messed up mine and now they are walking in slowmo. C:\Gamma\mods\G.A.M.M.A. Mutants Overhaul\gamedata\configs\creatures

[misty mulch]

get it yourself, look in your GAMMA folder\.Grok's Modpack Installer\G.A.M.M.A\modpack_addons\G.A.M.M.A. Mutants Overhaul

[south mason]

didnt know they were in there ty <3

[misty mulch]

np, that modpack_addons folder basically contains a copy of every mod that's hosted on the github gamma, which are generally the mods that are specific to the modpack

very useful to use as a backup or a reference

(editing them will not have any effect on the mods, though, the "live" copies are in GAMMA/mods as you know)

[south mason]

very good to know. now it makes sense i couldnt find them on moddb😅

[misty mulch]

yeah at this point a solid half of the modpack is on github

[misty mulch]

ok. the entire difficulty in this situation is coming up with the audio files

how to resolve it = figure out a way to hire a bunch of voice actors or get your hands on some audio files and start editing

[wanton topaz]

ah- could maybe contact some Youtubers about access?

[misty mulch]

as for "how to put it in the game", you can and should look at other "chatter" mods like Better Merc Voices that is included in GAMMA, but arguably that's the easy part

[misty mulch]

yes, i wish you luck

[wanton topaz]

Yeah, I get you man. I'm an artist in the games indus so know about all these problems. I've even tried making my own game. I love the idea of a mod like this though haha

[dry willow]

HELLO, is there a mod that adds trader or technician to agroprom clearsky/loner base?

i cant find anything

[verbal siren]

There's this, but they don't list Agroprom: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/not-enough-people-018pre

[dry willow]

ty will check it out

[south steeple]

Do any of you xray experts know how I might correctly check if a given NPC is one of the actor's companions? I am mostly fumbling my way through this and I am fairly certain I am going in completely the wrong direction about it:

            local function actor_companion(id)
                local st = db.storage[db.actor:id()]
                if st and st.companions then
                    for _, comp_id in ipairs(st.companions) do
                        if id == comp_id then
                            return true 
                        end
                    end
                end
                return false
            end

[dawn holly]

Could anyone direct me to a guide or information on editing maps? I'm wanting to do something with the stash room on the Jupiter Quarry mining machine.

[brisk crown]

hello, does print or printf actually sends the message to the console, if not, where does it send?

[south steeple]

printf sends to your console.

printf("This is an example, this is an example value: %s", example_value)

[south steeple]

You probably need the xray SDK to do this.

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

[undone spruce]

this hoe down

6 more to go

but first ill have to remesh and retexture the 38]

[brave kernel]

Question from someone who's never once made a mod before: How hard would it be to make a mod that adds some tasks and spawns drivable vehicles in certain areas as well as enemy patrols?

[celest forge]

Veeeeeeeeeeeeeery

[teal compass]

no modding experience makes it pretty hard

you can start look at the anomaly modding book

it might give you some clue

[brave kernel]

I see
I may check it out then, but in the meantime, anyone know of any modders who take requests/mod ideas?

[celest forge]

Pretty much none

Everyone is too busy with their own ideas to be taking in new ones that they aren't particularly passionate about

[brave kernel]

Rip, that's fair
Maybe one day then I'll figure out how to do it 🤞

[cyan beacon]

do u guys have any recommended fake start levels apart from the one with the grassy fields?

[summer stream]

there's the default one and one in custom, but it's probably only in test builds?

[verbal siren]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/alternate-fake-start-testing-map

There was also a shooting range, but I can't find it.

[simple scaffold]

spawning a car isn't hard, bit of lua code, or maybe inserting some new spawn logic into a smart terrain.

New tasks and new NPC with custom job logic (using existing behaviors like patrol) are up there in the difficulty for a new person because you need to learn lua, and the basics of how objects and NPC are manipulated via lua, condlist(a stalker macro language), the dialog xml data format, npc logic data format, and at least one task data format (some tasks share data formats, some don't), posibly smart terrain logic as well. not to mention the data needed to define a custom NPC (its spread across several files/systems) and any custom items (much simpler)

once you know that you that have to implement your task and job logic via those systems which can vary in complexity based on the type of tasks and jobs and how they interact.

its like building a house. it isn't a single skill, there is cement work, plumbing, framing, electrical , roofing all of which are full professions in and of themselves you must learn first and then the actual work for you house may be harder or easier based on the design of the house.

[gusty jackal]

Where do i put extra gamedata edits i want to make, like disable ads sway while strafing for example? Into anomaly's gamedata or somewhere else?

[summer stream]

MO2 as another mod
AT the bottom of the list

[regal bolt]

lets say I spent an hour with freedom and now i want actual recreational drug use to be accurate, is it possible to request a mod to be made that makes you realistically high depending on the drug you use?

[summer stream]

yes

[regal bolt]

how would i go about doing that?

just a channel or nah

[summer stream]

you just
put out a commission somewhere

[weary crystal]

@ruby plinth What DDS edit tool did you use to edit the "Photo of a Loved One"?

[summer stream]

paint.net, gimp, photoshop

[south steeple]

seconding paint.net

[weary crystal]

Ty (:

[ruby plinth]

Paint net is free

[ruby plinth]

I think photoshop not work with dds anymore i think

[summer stream]

nvidia plugin :

photoshop is the best software to edit stuff

but paint net has the same stuff and it's also pretty useful

since different compression n stuff

[next zinc]

Ok guys

I did work on editing a model, changed the suppressor and added a bipod, rendered the hud model and world model, but it crashes when I put it on the inventory

What I did wrong ?

[misty mulch]

well what's the crash message

[next zinc]

its saying it cant find textures

funny

because it has textures

its an already existing model

how do I specify the textures folder

[crimson salmon]

go to where you activated the addon

for blender

find the xray addon

show more

youll find it there

[next zinc]

ok

could load it into inventory

but when I equip

it crahses

[teal compass]

could you just show the error

[next zinc]

I cant find it XD

really

[teal compass]

ok there is no error

wtf

😭

[next zinc]

damn

[misty mulch]

not that rare

i mean, unfortunately for all of us

[next zinc]

next step ?

[teal compass]

does that happen everytime?

like can you load into fake start and try

[next zinc]

how to fake start ?

you mean the test map ?

[teal compass]

debug mode f2

yeah

or you are already there

[teal compass]

can you check your ogf

[next zinc]

with ogf editor ?

[teal compass]

yeah this thing

check if the path matches with where you put the texture

I remember I onced crashed the game without errors too but I forget why

it's something related to the animations

[next zinc]

hmm

ye]

it doesnt

[teal compass]

oh yeah I think I was doing 3dss patch and added a lens bone to the game but assign the ogf to the original animation without the lens bone, which crash the game with the memory crash thing lol

[teal compass]

then probably change it to whatever your path is

[next zinc]

now it mtches

[teal compass]

then it should load the texture

[next zinc]

ok

still crashing

no error

thats it for today

thanks guys !

[teal compass]

😭

better look in your animations

omf path too

[misty yarrow]

Is there any mod that adds new mutants besides re:spawn?

[fair canopy]

nope

[paper mango]

anyone know if there's a mod or a way to change human enemy strafe speed?

that shit is so wack

nvm found it 👍

[misty yarrow]

Bummer

I wish somebody makes a mod that introduces the Blind Ones from Metro Exodus. Would be really cool to see that accomplished

[sonic bolt]

Pretty sure that's already a thing somewhere

I think they even used to be in Gamma (citation required)

[buoyant dragon]

How'd you figure it out? I'd like to know too

[brave kernel]

Go into

MCM Settings > ZCP > Mutants

They're called Biblio-somethings. However, they are TANKY. Like near immune to bullets. Apparently they heal faster than most damage you can dish out unless you have a heavy hitting, fast firing gun with plenty of HP rounds

[brisk crown]

i think i like modding now

if you run with both legs broken, you can "ragdoll" your canteen to the ground

[paper mango]

#1262972102890360993 message

You can also then change the values yourself which is what i ended up doing

[buoyant dragon]

Legend!

[brave tartan]

anyone knows which mod changed icon of picture of beloved one to sidorovich? inside inventory ?

[brave tartan]

smth changes it to sidor picture and I cant find what

found it... sneaky one

[orchid agate]

Chat i have a question
how can I put a custom image in the "photo of a loved one"
so that it shows in game I wanna put some girl with fat jugs

[hot salmon]

Find and replace texture

[orchid agate]

would be easier to know if the texture for the picture is in a specific folder or has a specific suffix to it so I can find it a bit easier mate

nvm i found it

I think I did it I wanna try and see if the game will load and display the thing

[simple scaffold]

set it up as an item to be used with the addon Pinup Collector.

just need to add a use functor to the photo item to activate the pinup mod(this needs to be dltx'd into the [picture_woman] section:

use1_functor                                 = item_pinup_collect.menu_pinup
use1_action_functor                          = item_pinup_collect.func_pinup
use1_allow_db                                        =true

and then add a file to the pinup mods settings telling it what picture to open, and of course the picture. this goes in a new file in gamedata/configs/plugins/pinup/ with a name that stats with pinup_

[pinup_photo_love] ; section name can be anything but try and be unique.
item     = picture_woman ; the section of the itme that will be opening pinup collect.
path    = pinup_collect\photo_love\ ;the path starting in the texture folder of the file named on the next line. a unique path here can let the file names be generic. 
texture    = somegirl.dds 
artist     = missing_artist; will be transalted if posible, can't be blank. 
desc     = some_description ; will be transalted if posible, cant be blank.

add the dds of the picture you want show with the name and path

you could add a whole collection of diff photos by defining alot of these sections.

[orchid agate]

what the fuck

can't I just backup the original texture and then replace it with whatever I want?

paint.net saves it as dds anyway

[simple scaffold]

gamma already has some mod making the picture show something? silly thing to have a dedicated mod for when there is an entire framework for adding picures to things.

[orchid agate]

it worked

[simple scaffold]

i didn't realize gamma already had a thing to show a picture. I was answering how to do it in base anomaly. + one mod.

[orchid agate]

I will NOT show the bottom of the picture

for certain reasons

@obtuse isle

this newfound ability brings many opportunities @simple scaffold

Niiice

@simple scaffold

[simple scaffold]

you could still tie pinup collect to that item. pinup collect does delete the items that trigger it. I need to add a way to make that optional.

Pinup collect has built in support for adding more magazines in a way that doesn't mess with item spawns or trade profiles, but any item can be used to trigger pinup collects system. I thought about adding a picture of Sid to the dirty underwear trash item as an easter egg.

and pinup collect can be any kind of picture. i also thought about doing baseball cards for famous stalkers at one point.

i just like to plug my framework mods so that creative ppl will expand on them.

[orchid agate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/931627162124050442/1423307958032535734/Anomaly_2025.10.02_-_16.57.08.03.mp4?ex=68dfd654&is=68de84d4&hm=fc56992f8106a5268c832dc167c5c7c55b6226d4b4f38b4c102b8bae04544782&

[patent dune]

Hi, i dont know where should i ask this so im gonna ask it here, did any of you know where i can find the repo for the xray monolith engine source code? Im a beginner graphics programmer and i would like to take a look at the source code and study it

[slow bolt]

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

[misty yarrow]

Thanks, but I already had them on, although instead of having the bibliotekar model from Metro, they look like white pseudogiants with a jump attack. Don't know why.

[olive pendant]

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[teal compass]

I think they are controlled in "274- Dark Signal Audio Pack - Shrike"

I might be wrong but afaik that changes weapon firing sounds

[olive pendant]

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[teal compass]

if you mean gun firing sounds, I think its drak signal

other sound effects like reload is in oleh

at least for ak5c and m4 protector I found them in dark signal

[olive pendant]

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[teal compass]

oh I didnt update for month maybe it has been changed

well you can also just change the snd_shoot in the oleh one

[olive pendant]

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[teal compass]

yeah idk man, I would just search for anywhere that has ![wpn_m4_tac] until you see one with snd_shoot lol

or you could just create a new dltx that has so many z to override all other one lol

[fair inlet]

yes there is
it's inherited from weapon_sounds.ltx, m4 section

[celest forge]

time to mod_system_zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzm4sound

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[primal magnet]

Can someone point me to the SDK? I want to edit map files but every link for the SDK is removed. What gives???

[orchid agate]

interesting thing I've noticed while browsing the SoC ogg files

they have individual files for left and right

at least it appears that this is L and R

was it done like so to save on space? compared to stereo ogg files or for ease of use when developing?
Does anyone know?

[lilac ibex]

maybe soc doesnt support stereo files for ambient, idk

[orchid agate]

ah

could be

Could be a limitation of the original engine

@lilac ibex @slow bolt

What the fuck

[slow bolt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/889271932443320350.webp?size=48&name=kek~3

Amazing

[orchid agate]

gamedata db4 btw

peak

this is fascinatiing stuff

Ooo I found the map files

ooo map that isn't in the game

[rough lion]

This map was part of "True Stalker"
North of Novoshepelychi

[orchid agate]

oh?

I found it in the gamedata files for SoC

[rough lion]

Yeah, one of the many cut features

[orchid agate]

Cool...and fascinating

finding the car ogg files was cool too

there were also quite a few other unused maps I found

[orchid agate]

reminds me of rookie village + meadow in a way

[rough lion]

A lot of cool maps that could be part of Anomaly but modding it is an absolute pain in the ass due to how Level IDs work

Anthology comes close

[orchid agate]

why so?

[rough lion]

You add more levels, Level and Game vertex IDs change across the whole game, and cause huge compatibility issues

[orchid agate]

For the record I got completely bored and downloaded SoC cuz I wanted to rip the ambient tracks straight from there

[orchid agate]

I see.

[rough lion]

Anthology adds a bunch of maps including from other popular story mods like Spatial Anomaly, even some of the storylines from SoC and CoP

as far as i heard

I havent tried it out yet

But it looks like a huge breath of fresh air from other Anomaly modpacks

[rough lion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dutVdDmyjoA Go to 8:58 to see how that place looks like

[orchid agate]

tbh this isn't much for mod making discussion but I share anyway

[jade pulsar]

Has anyone had experience with MtacwPack mod? Is it safe to use or are there any issues? I've linked the mod below

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/dltx-mtacwpack-0-97

[fair canopy]

Try it and see

[jade pulsar]

game doesn't want to start with the weapon pack mod activated

starts normally without it. I wonder what could be causing that, since no error message appears

[misty mulch]

fyi you are in the "i am making a mod and need help" channel. you probably want to be asking #🔨modded-gamma-support

[naive plaza]

How can we change reload speed of weapons?
Like, say that I want gun X to have a faster reload speed and gun Y to have a slower reload speed.
Is there a multiplier we can change somewhere?

[fair canopy]

You can change the animation speed but you also have to adjust the sound file manually to match, unless you don't care

[naive plaza]

I assume it's these?

anm_reload                               = mp9_j_reload, reload, 1.18
anm_reload_empty                         = mp9_j_reload_empty, reload_empty, 1.18

where the value is the speed modifier?
And the sound files themselves can't be dynamically scaled using the modifier?

[fair canopy]

The number at the end is the speed modifier for the anim. Sound speed can't be changed dynamically

[naive plaza]

I see.
And does this affect shot guns or guns that load round by round?
For instance, I want to tweak the reload of the w_marlin_tracker, Is the reload sound played once per round or is it a full sound clip for all of them?
Also where is the animation speed refrence for it?

[fair canopy]

Tbh I'm not sure. I think you have to speed all the animations in the chain for a tri state reload gun

It's always at the end. Its (hand anim), (gun anim), (anim speed)

If there is no set speed then it's played at 1:1 speed

[dire rain]

Is one of the Multiplayer maps lol

[rough lion]

I've never seen this map in multiplayer

then again, i barely played multiplayer because the netcode is ass

[dire rain]

I played the vanilla multiplayer without others players than me🤧 , some maps are really cool.

That village it's used on two maps by AMK Team, Predbannik and Derevnya.

[teal compass]

I think many cut contents of soc are in lost Oblivion or something

and they made maps playable including the mp maps iirc lol

[dire rain]

Oblivion Lost and Shadow of Chernobyl are different thingis.

[teal compass]

yeah ik its totally different

[dire rain]

Hi-Flyer (the author of OLR) didn't made playable none level, but... u can see every actual Oblivion Lost level in Oblivion Lost Remake.
Dezowawe Team restored a few levels but are very different to the thingis that was supposed to be.

[teal compass]

I see

oh yeah I think I messed up the maps

I remember watching a vid talking about soc development history

and it talked about those stuff together

[dire rain]

And others modders restored/recreated:
Level 12.
Cartographer Place.
Bridge of Pripyat River.
Black digger stash.
CoP Dead City.
Deadmil.
Milrad.

[daring barn]

is it possible to create recipe that produces more than one box of ammo?

[honest shoal]

Is it possible to make ur own npc model

[summer stream]

Yes, it is.

There is a lot of "if" and "how".

Since most of the bones AND weights are pretty hard to get.

[honest shoal]

Any tutorial?

Just wanna try it out

[celest forge]

Depends on what you mean "make your own NPC model"

Make the actual mesh?
Import an existing model into the game?
Make a new NPC?
Replace an existing NPC?

[honest shoal]

Like putting Batman in the game

Like that

Anyone know?

[simple scaffold]

this is what we got: https://anomaly-modding-book.netlify.app/docs/tutorials/models/binding-model-in-blender

idk how useful those guides are. i am not art person

[honest shoal]

Much appreciated

Hope this works

Some pages are deleted

Aw man

[simple scaffold]

the book recently migrated from a different host. report the issues

[honest shoal]

alright

[simple scaffold]

maybe the links broke and can be fixed quickly

[regal bolt]

WHERE DO I GET THE ID FOR GAUSS BATTERIES AND BATTERIES? CREATE A MOD FOR CRAFTING ITEMS SUCH AS SHARPENING STONES AND SO ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF GAUSS BATTERIES IS JUST THE ITEM IN ENGLISH LIKE SHARPENING_STONES.

[quartz hill]

if you hover over it in the debug spawner it'll show the section name too

[shut elm]

Please make a mod for knife inspection animations

I really miss this feature in the game

[flat phoenix]

im changing this gun with scope in blender but in game it looks the same, anyone know why? for gun with no sscope it works just fine

this one works in game, is there something weird about guns with a scope on it

[teal compass]

what are you changing exactly

also in order to export the model with whatever you changed has to be in the parent to the weapon ogf in relations

[flat phoenix]

im just trying to add a mesh using part of the original mesh. i duplicated a part of the model for both gun models and only the non scope version worked.

also where is relations?

o you mean this right

[teal compass]

yeah and seems you parented it right

what bone is the stock on

[flat phoenix]

do you mean this, sorry idk

also im just doing this as proof of concept because what i was trying to do was not working

so i just duplicated a random part of the mesh

[teal compass]

well it seems like you did the right thing

ok holdon I think I know something

where did you put this changed ogf

I am afraid its benn overriden by 3dss ogfs

since 3dss doesnt touch base ogfs that doesnt get overriden

[flat phoenix]

i knew it omg

[teal compass]

yeah so 3dss changes the scope meshes

[flat phoenix]

i thought it was that but i didnt know what could be overwriting it

[teal compass]

so you have to change the 3dss ogf one to make it apply

or just dont use 3dss

[flat phoenix]

is there even a way to check this kind of thing or

[teal compass]

yes

[flat phoenix]

o how?

[teal compass]

in mo2 go to the right box

where it say data

u can search the file name in there

and it clearly shows what's the last file that's going to be in the game

and also shows what it overriden

so u just put the ogf name into that search box and find it

[flat phoenix]

thats amazing ty

[teal compass]

yep, so you want to replace that one

also since 3dss mesh and the org mesh is different, you want to edit upon the 3dss one

[flat phoenix]

yes

i tried replacing a sound file once without knowing this

pain

good to know now

[teal compass]

yeah we have many mods here overriding each other so it might be a pain to find the right one

but at least I showed u a way to find it

[wraith willow]

does anyone have the original gamma MCM values folder? I need it since I don't wanna have to reinstall to refresh the mcm and mods being cached in my game.

Despite clearing shader cache, some mods are 'active' despite clearing it, and i'm thinking they're locked to mcm values as well, so if anyone can link me that zip, i'd appreciate it

[wraith willow]

nvm I fixed it

[frail totem]

Is there some forum/discord for Anomaly modding in EN? Cause I feel that I need some more guidance on best practices than just green field approach based on https://anomaly-modding-book.netlify.app/
Or some example of good mod with source code open and some good Readme how to have testing and such setup.

[simple scaffold]

This is going to be a shocker. Maybe try anomalies own discord?

[stoic prawn]

does anyone know where the PDAs are located?

like the files for them

textures models etc

[next zinc]

M4 tac rework ? Awasome !

[next zinc]

It used to work in the UGP times

Man I really miss ultimate gun pack

[next zinc]

Currently it works on the 2d scope packs such as anthology

And that infamous russian modpack

[simple scaffold]

base anomaly db files.

in the tools folder there is a bat file called unpacker_all it will decompress the base anomaly game files and make a reference copy of them. It will take up a few gigs of space.

there is a repo on gitbhub that has the anomaly 1.5.2 files. for the PDA they are probably the same as the 1.5.3 ones.

here is the item definiton

The visual in the primary section is the world model

the hud section contains the model you see in your hands

using the ogf editor you can get the texture path for the models out of the model files, they are not listed anywhere else. at a guess i'd say this goes with the hud model linked above but i'm guessing.

PDA functionality is spread across base anomaly scripts, mod scripts and the engine its self. I don't have time to list that. the base game scripts all have PDA in their name. some, like pda.script itself, are replaced by scripts from mods so check mo2 data tab to see if that is the case.

and ofcourse look in the mod list for mods that say PDA like Milspec PDA or the taskbaord

[stoic prawn]

thank you!

[simple scaffold]

all those are for the basic PDA you start with. the other tiers of PDA are listed lower in the file.

also note that mods can edit item definitions via dltx. you may need to do a file contents search of your mo2 mods folder to find those. use notepad++ hit control F and then change to search in files and put device_pda_1 and set it to search in the mo2 mods folder. that should find any dltx files that are modifying that section in the base game files, need to do this for every section you are interested in changing or the other mod may undo your changes, can be frustrating.

gamma is a bit of a soup so finding exactly what changes something can be hard. to the point where i don't bother. I only make mods for base anomaly. (many work with gamma fine, some are part of gamma and have been since day 1, but i made them for base anomaly)

[solemn marlin]

Guys, which file I should modify if I want to edit Individual Mutants stats? stuff like their health, damage, and stuff. I plan to buff them a bit

[misty mulch]

gamedata/configs/creatures/m_*.ltx note that changing the offline alife stuff will do jack for actually fighting them

check anomaly modding book to see if there's a guide on the params

[solemn marlin]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do

[summer stream]

Question.

How do you make some parts of the gun EMMISIVE using ONLY the texture?
Like, without separating it using different shaders and etc.

[crimson salmon]

i dont think thats possible

[lilac ibex]

definitely possible. i've explained allat on anomaly discord

requires basic c++/hlsl skillz

[crimson salmon]

yeah i mean with editing the engine/shaders most likely possible

[lilac ibex]

#883097205710389288 message <- emissive textures n xray

[crimson salmon]

w lvutner

[summer stream]

W

thanks lvunter

ill try implementing it later

[lilac ibex]

[last canyon]

Hi everyone, I would like to start making mods, but I don't know where to start or what to install. Is there a list of apps and literature or videos to start learning how to make mods?

[rotund lotus]

Go to lunatics moddb page he has tutorials there on how to begin modding

[loud bone]

Today marks the start of a journey, I’m going to port X-Ray Monolith into UE5.

[azure bluff]

The Unreal Monolith Engine X will have all the bugs of X-ray AND all the problems of UE5.

[lilac otter]

Hello! I'm creating a mod for Stalker featuring the Mosin Nagant. I need the vanilla gamma Mosin Nagant shooting sound with all its sound layers. How can I implement that in my .ltx file, and what structure do I need to use?

[loud bone]

UE5 is only a problem when developers don’t OPTIMIZE.

However I appreciate the fat gotenks.

[celest forge]

What do you mean "porting X-Ray monolith to UE5"

You mean port Anomaly to UE5?

[summer stream]

https://tenor.com/view/хрущёв-дед-дорогиедрузья-gif-25590074

[lilac ibex]

[lilac ibex]

I want to see you optimizing UE5 codebase.

before you waste decades of your life: https://github.com/RedPandaProjects/STALKERonUE

[brave tartan]

Anyone might know how are maps being assigned as a northern map? So its marked as map accessible before BS or after it?

[teal compass]

the locked areas by BS is north

so beyond BS

[brave tartan]

I didnt ask which ones xD asked how are they being assigned it via script or config if so mby someone knows which one

[quartz hill]

should be in the "psy fields in the north" mod

[brave tartan]

Will check that one thanks

[teal compass]

oh I thought u ask what it means lol, but yeah follow what noot said

[quartz hill]

there's just a table of maps inaccessible before bs

[teal compass]

    ["l10_limansk"] = true,
    ["l10_red_forest"] = true,
    ["l10_radar"] = false,
    ["zaton"] = true,
    ["jupiter"] = true,
    ["pripyat"] = true,
    ["l11_hospital"] = true,
    ["l11_pripyat"] = true,
    ["l12_stancia"] = true,
    ["l12_stancia_2"] = true,
    ["l13_generators"] = true,
    ["jupiter_underground"] = true,
    ["l12u_sarcofag"] = true,
    ["l12u_control_monolith"] = true,
    ["l13u_warlab"] = true,
}```

[brave tartan]

Thing is New Levels mod maps u can run before BS but teleportation blocked in them as if they are northern maps

[teal compass]

in grok_psy_fields_in_the_north.script

[quartz hill]

you might need to look into fair fast travel mod

[teal compass]

yeah that one too if u mean fast travel

[brave tartan]

Yeah also thought about it as there are an option to tp to northern maps before bs and it unlocks them

Its just bothering me as inconsistent thing and want to fix that 🤣

[quartz hill]

teleporting to a northern map before bs just means you will die after teleporting

[brave tartan]

They are accessible before bs

Just tp part is locked

[teal compass]

I just disabled the fft

[brave tartan]

And tp for free? Yee nah I then never walk and only to 🤣 this one at least give me an option if I want but prevents me to do it constantly coz of price xD

[teal compass]

its personal preference but I'm not sure which script controls the fast travel maps in fft

[brave tartan]

Tee Ill check on it coz smth definitely doing that for those maps

[teal compass]

so I found ```function scorcher_blocks_travel(start_map, end_map)
if monolith_science_toys_off() then return false end
--vl("scorcher_blocks_travel: %s -> %s | start_map north %s | end_map north %s",start_map,end_map,northern_maps[start_map],northern_maps[end_map])
return gate_northern_travel and (northern_maps[start_map] ~= northern_maps[end_map])
end

pretty much means if bs is not turned off, northern maps travel are blocked

idk where to identify that northern_maps but its some clue

[quartz hill]

is in travel_destinations.ltx

[teal compass]

cool

which is a anomaly file I guess?

[quartz hill]

nah it's from fft

[teal compass]

oh I see it

ok that make things easy

find the new levels map name

put it as false in [northern_maps] ; Whether or not a map is considered "northern" for the purposes of fast travel logic zaton = true jupiter = true jupiter_underground = true pripyat = true labx8 = true k00_marsh = false k01_darkscape = false k02_trucks_cemetery = false l01_escape = false l02_garbage = false l03_agroprom = false l04_darkvalley = false l05_bar = false l06_rostok = false l07_military = false l08_yantar = false l09_deadcity = false l10_limansk = true l10_radar = true l10_red_forest = true l11_hospital = true l11_pripyat = true l12_stancia = true l12_stancia_2 = true l12u_sarcofag = true l13_generators = true l10u_bunker = true l12u_control_monolith = true l13u_warlab = true y04_pole = false

done

[worthy mortar]

This is kind of illegal tho, no?
GSC officially gave us the go ahead for modding on X-Ray Engine and its forks but said "No" to porting it to other engines :V

[summer stream]

[worthy mortar]

I just saw a video of it in action

Bish this project runs better than stalker 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPSwj2bgsFk

[summer stream]

i wonder why

[worthy mortar]

Probably because it's barebones as fuck, map geometry is 100 times less expensive, no grass

[brave tartan]

They are not even there 🤣

[teal compass]

this

in this ltx

not the script

[brave tartan]

Yes those maps not in the list

[teal compass]

?

what

its clearly in my 2.7+ version

[brave tartan]

Maps from new levels are not in that list

[teal compass]

yes u have to add it

[quartz hill]

then add them

[brave tartan]

Okay that makes sense because ya said edit it xD

[teal compass]

this

when I say find

it means find it in new level and add it here

[brave tartan]

I thought find in the list ahahha xD

[teal compass]

since fft never considered new level ones

maybe my wording is confusing but yeah find it in new level

[brave tartan]

Yeah I got the names from diff mod I did so will add them and see if it works

[teal compass]

should mention it somewhere

great

give it false and it should be able to fast travel

[brave tartan]

Cool

[quartz hill]

i believe the fast travel block is only from south to north and vice versa

[brave tartan]

Still think their placement bit bad in the world but maps are fun

[teal compass]

it just blocks travel to map thats assume to be north before bs

and the default boolean seem to be true for whether north or not

[quartz hill]

this should evaluate to false if both maps are northern no?

i.e. no blocking

[teal compass]

should be

like for monolith gameplay maybe?

yeah so north to north is fine

but crossing is not

[celest forge]

Project made with super early 00 assets runs better than the game with 2022ish assets?

https://tenor.com/view/shock-shocker-shocked-black-guy-gif-27526370

[peak dew]

Anyone one can help me with this? I’m trying to find the default vis_transparency_factor values for bush and bush_sux.
I was having some trouble with NPCs not shooting me through bushes, so I “fixed” it by changing the values in the Tosox "NPCs cannot see through Foliage" mod to this: @[materials\bush]
vis_transparency_factor = 1

@[materials\bush_sux]
vis_transparency_factor = 1

From what I’ve seen, the default values are in gamemtl.xr, but I still haven’t figured out how to access it. Can someone help me with that?

[teal compass]

[slow bolt]

Except it looks better compared to S2 blurry mess

[celest forge]

Haven't played S2, couldn't say

Looks like Anomaly with SSS tho

[teal compass]

the graphic looks glitchy

at least in launch when I played it

[peak dew]

OMG!!!! I can’t believe you have the file, thank you so much. I was looking for this everywhere with no luck. I was having a problem with the vis_transparency_factor values for bush and bush_sux, because NPCs weren’t shooting at me through bushes. You’re really a lifesaver.

[random fulcrum]

?????????

[peak dew]

i was searching for the gamemtl.xr file and looking in previous messages, you have it posted before.

[lilac ibex]

when in doubt - contact GSC

they reply p fast when it comes to legal stuff

[lilac ibex]

SDK

[brave tartan]

wonder if osmeone knows how do I properly check coordinates, guess there an option in debug menu or console command for it?

as well as how to do I get that gvid?

lc_extra_level_transition = true ;; mandatory field
story_id = lc_meadows_to_garbage ;; story_id, without it the item wont be added
pos = -118.3,0.4,114.6 ;; position of item
gvid = 5315 ;; Gvid of item
spot = level_changer_left ;; texture to use for spot on the map
hint = esc_space_restrictor_to_garbage_descr ;; string id for hint description, defined in xml files
to_pos = 164.2,-0.2,-200.2 ;; position where to teleport actor
to_gvid = 748 ;; Gvid where to teleport actor

[rough lion]

Open debug menu, press P to save your position, look for positional_info.txt in your MO2 folder

[brave tartan]

another small question, what determines two things

1. timer over buff icons (RPG system mods XP buff doesnt have that timer wonder how to add it)
2. tooltip information, some potions of RPG system doesnt show their usage info, like how long they last for example, this information only visible in debugmenu spawner

[next zinc]

Tbh its only worth the first playthrough

SOC still has the most playthrough value of all stalker games

S2 really ruins it self in the ending

ITS SO LONG

[celest spire]

The problem with stalker 2 and modern games, is the heavy reliance on DLSS and equivalents to upscale.

I can't play with DLSS I find it hurts my eyes.

[lilac ibex]

💯

[tidal thunder]

are pda emission warnings modded behaviour?

[restive robin]

Hey can anyone point me towards what lines I need to edit in a guns file to change its recoil control ?

[celest forge]

A lot, it's not a single value

Also you can just change the camera climb, not the camera shake and the physical movement of the gun

[restive robin]

Darn, I was hoping it was one value like changing bullet speed

I’m starting to mess around with Draggable hud editor. Are there any tools out there to help keep repositions consistent? Kind of like a crosshair with angles and stuff ?

I guess I’m looking for an overlay with lines and angles to help with the whole repositioning process

[fair canopy]

@naive snow is there a way to copy the same mesh onto multiple armatures?

trying to replace the laser dot for this gun on all the scope ogfs and it takes forever to do them one by one

[brave tartan]

yep it worked, thanks @teal compass you too!!

[teal compass]

awesome

[brave tartan]

another small question for whoever knows by chance, what determines two things

1. timer over buff icons (RPG system mods XP buff doesnt have that timer wonder how to add it)
2. tooltip information, some potions of RPG system doesnt show their usage info, like how long they last for example, this information only visible in debugmenu spawner

[high tinsel]

По какому пути находятся файлы конфигов неписей , хочу использовать их для создания своего

How do I properly create a mod that adds a new NPC to GAMMA 0.9.4? The mod displays as 'incomplete' in MO2 and the NPC doesn't spawn.

Specific clarifications:
1.
What should the folder structure be for a mod with N?

2. "Which folder should NPC configs be located in: character_desc or character_desc_stalker?"
3. "Is a system.ltx file needed in a mod?"
4. "Why does MO2 show the mod as 'incomplete'?"
5. "How do I force GA?"

[dire rain]

Tho, the guys that are porting SoC to UE5 are making 2K/4K assets for it.

[lilac ibex]

💔

[dire rain]

scary fear

[lilac ibex]

isn't that a yakushev's remodels for cop/ixray?

[dire rain]

The dev of A Quiet Place too it's working with the project of Red Panda, he port models, mechanics and more thingis that he did for Тихое место, sooooo is an example

[lilac ibex]

Ah, thats pretty

[naive snow]

I reckon you could probably make a quick python script to automate it all. Depends on the actual steps, but given an active selection (the laser model you want) and a selected array of mesh groups/armatures, you could probably automate a duplication/joining of the models

You got a scene or something concrete you could show me?

[vagrant chasm]

i love you

[fair canopy]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rvt2jzEuEQ-0nd4qVFPZjE7h_oKJFm0G/view?usp=sharing couldnt upload the blend it was a little too big

its basically just the laser dot im resizing and moving to every ogf to make it work with 3d ballistics

[brave tartan]

another small question for whoever knows by chance, what determines two things

1. timer over buff icons (RPG system mods XP buff doesnt have that timer wonder how to add it)
2. tooltip information, some potions of RPG system doesnt show their usage info, like how long they last for example, this information only visible in debugmenu spawner

[orchid agate]

Idk if this is the correct channel to ask
my question is about the way audio functions in the engine.
the other day I was unpacking the shadow of chernobyl files and noticed that nearlyevery file has a left and right preset to them for I believe majority of music and other stuff
ie: ambient 15_L and ambient15_R
other files had this form factor as well
my question is.
is gamma the same in the way it handles anything audio related
it had one mono for left and one mono for right
because that seems incredibly inefficient unless its a limitation of the engine

I'm asking because idk if gamma uses the same audio stuff
or if anomaly or the modded exes changes it so there's native stereo 2.0 support

[high tinsel]

How do I properly create a mod that adds a new NPC to GAMMA 0.9.4? The mod displays as 'incomplete' in MO2 and the NPC doesn't spawn.

Specific clarifications:
1.What should the folder structure be for a mod with Npc?
2. "Which folder should NPC configs be located in: character_desc or character_desc_stalker?"
3. "Is a system.ltx file needed in a mod?"
4. "Why does MO2 show the mod as 'incomplete'?"
5. "How do I force GAMMA?"

[verbal siren]

Find a mod that adds new NPCs and do it the same way.

[high tinsel]

In which folder is this mod located, or do you mean a left mod from the Internet?

[verbal siren]

This mod adds new NPCs. Reverse engineer it.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/not-enough-people-018pre

[celest thorn]

Can I alter the speed the player can move/run around while using an item? E.g. I want to limit the movement speed while using certain healing items.

[regal bolt]

Hey. Do you guys think Artifacts Inspection V2 is safe to try and install with Gamma 0.9.3.1?

If no one did it beforehand I'll test it out

[summer stream]

it should be

[regal bolt]

Thanks for the vote of confidence XD

I'mma try it and see if it works

[verbal siren]

FAFO first, ask questions later.

[regal bolt]

COMPASS IS SO FUCKIN' TRIPPY ON DX8 XDDDDD

But yeah. Looks like it works well

[regal bolt]

Hmmmm.

Just got this error. Tho I feel like it's possibly Catspaw's Milspec PDA rather than artifact inspection

[summer stream]

yes it is

it's pda

[teal compass]

[regal bolt]

Will look further into it, but so far the Artifact inspection works without issues. The only Issue I have with it personally is that you cannot move while holding the artefact

[teal compass]

I think s2 did the same lol

[regal bolt]

But otherwise it works. The "gravity waves" around it are also off for whatever reason

Like off center

The only artefact that looks good with those is HotO because of the branch actually putting the artefact in the center of those waves

Otherwise nothing more to say for right now.

I wish I could ask for someone to test it on DX9 and DX11 if possible

But I suppose that is just wishful thinking

Anyway. Time to pester Catspaw! XD

[verbal siren]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/928715640968212582

[naive snow]

So you're adjusting the size and position once, per gun model, than you just want that applied to every scope variant? Is that correct? Do you need some bone assignment too and vertex groups?

[fair canopy]

Vertex group can be wpn body

And pretty much yeah, either mesh copy and paste or information translations to the existing mesh

In this case I've just been copy pasting the mesh

[naive snow]

Do you just want the laser mesh or the whole laser module too (+ the dot plane )?

Oh wait, is it only the small dot plane that you need added?

[fair canopy]

Tbh I just need the dot plane moved

Yeah

I'm just adjusting that on every model that has a laser

If I start from a fresh model I don't have to worry about it

[naive snow]

Is it a static location every time?

[fair canopy]

Yup

[naive snow]

Alright I think I got the jist of it, I'll cook you up a small python script

[summer stream]

[naive snow]

Alright try this on for size, this duplicates whatever is the active selection (the object with the square selection around it, the first element of a selection) and for other element of that selection it joins a copy of that duplicate mesh, adds in it's armature modifier the parent object and tries to assign the vertex group of WPN_Body first, if not fallback to ''body'' and if all fails, leave blank.

So you just pick the laser dot plane first, select all the ogf in the hiearchy you want it duplicated to, hit the script and voila. Do you want a side tool bar button to launch it while at it?

[fair canopy]

that would be great

it'll make the job go a lot easier when i get back into 3dssg to fix all those lasers too

[naive snow]

There, just launch the .py once and it will add the Duplicate/join button to your side-bar

[fair canopy]

[teal compass]

🔥

[orchid agate]

would anyone know where the sounds for the miracle machine are stored at?

[fair canopy]

omg this is great

[naive snow]

Works how you want?

[fair canopy]

yeah perfect

is there any way to batch export?

[naive snow]

Straight from X-ray pavel's probably not

but I reckon it would be possible to automate some of it yeah

[orchid agate]

ngl ripping the anomaly/gamma radio files and putting them into a shuffled radio mix would be a big vibe

[fair canopy]

at the very least the process doesnt take forever anymore

[teal compass]

so this is useful if I want to add any universal accessories on the gun right?

laser, grips, stocks, whatever and more?

[fair canopy]

retroactively, kinda

my reason is to go back and fix the position of a single mesh across multiple ogfs where i dont want to redo all the scope positions and such

but if you start with a fresh gun you shouldnt need to do it

[teal compass]

true but I am think if I want a tac version of an already made gun, it might be also useful

[orchid agate]

wait a minute
the voice where the miracle machine goes "VNIMANIE , VNIMANIE" is that from a seperate mod gamma uses?

yeah it is actually

desmans horror stuff

I guess the alarm sound is layered on top of it

i thought it was one ogg lmao

[teal compass]

oh its seperate? damn

[orchid agate]

yeah

i didnt know that

[teal compass]

I always remember that annoying loud alarm along with that

just the right vibe

[orchid agate]

after the second or third lever the miracle machine turns on the loud alarm and goes AVARIA

i like it as well so i unpscked the anomaly data files but only found the original ones

then i checked in gamma and its actually desmans mod that apparently adds it

"horror overhaul"

[teal compass]

interesting

[orchid agate]

i do think so ye

i do enjoy delving deep into the ogg files from time to time

[teal compass]

yeah I checked it seem like its combined several oggs

[teal compass]

me too

find secrets...

[orchid agate]

which is the alarm one

the loud ass one

[teal compass]

I'm trying to find

[orchid agate]

i did find the crazy frog in the car ogg files from the original SOC

peak

[teal compass]

[orchid agate]

no joke

[teal compass]

oh god I found it

[orchid agate]

klaxon

yeah ok

[orchid agate]

where the fk was this buried

[teal compass]

19- Horror Overhaul - DesmanMetzger\gamedata\sounds\ambient\x16

[orchid agate]

ofc

shouldve known

[teal compass]

I just search x16 and there it is

[orchid agate]

AMBIENT

WDYM AMBIENT

IN WHAT UNIVERSE

[teal compass]

lamo

its uhhhh

ambient compared to emission

[orchid agate]

well true

now i need to find a way to overlay the two

and i have the complete thing

to post and do the funny

[teal compass]

its has 1 2 3

[orchid agate]

oh?

[teal compass]

which I guess its after first lever, second lever, and third lever

[orchid agate]

ah

yes

[teal compass]

each uses a different ogg

well 2 and 3 just combines the previous one and add one more annoying alarm

[orchid agate]

ye true

[teal compass]

so 3 has like 3 alarms lmao

[orchid agate]

they loop s

[teal compass]

yep

the human voice also has 3 based on the number

[orchid agate]

idk this is so fascinating to me

[teal compass]

so its 6 files to replace lmao

yep its indeed intersting to figure out

[orchid agate]

i found the files where stalkers tell jokes

and stories

the one about the bomb artifact is my favorite

[teal compass]

[orchid agate]

it all stemmed from the fact i enjoy digging in game files to find where the soundtrack files are located

[teal compass]

same

[orchid agate]

and it escalated from there

me when avaria

she avaria on my machine untill i miracle

[slow bolt]

@opal void This + a screenshot of Iedy posting gooning material would go wild

"WARNING! GOONING DETECTED!"

[orchid agate]

literally

[teal compass]

I would overlay a tarkov reserve base alarm on top of all that

[orchid agate]

REALLL

[slow bolt]

Anyway, this is the best ambient i have heard

Shit's unironically scary in game

[teal compass]

agree, shit really scary when I hear it for the first time

[slow bolt]

Not first time. Every time

[teal compass]

😭 ture

[slow bolt]

Especially on a blowout

Overlay this on top of it

Perfection

[orchid agate]

ture ture

[opal void]

I have work in the morning mate

Ill do it tomorrow

[slow bolt]

I dont mean it's urgent, bruh

[teal compass]

I'll wait for it...

[slow bolt]

Anywhere within a year will do

[opal void]

sure

remind me tomorrow

[orchid agate]

.

literally

[slow bolt]

In my fallout modpack(rip) i had rad storms be almost as dangerous as emissions.
But, not the place

[slow bolt]

I replaced both alarms, psy and blowout, with this

[orchid agate]

we need more horror elements in gamma and less tacticool aks and m4s

[teal compass]

I've fine with both tbh

it can coexist for me

[orchid agate]

both are good but the horror stuff needs to be increased a bit

[rough lion]

gamma players are too concerned about overly bloated loot and tacticool guns instead of making Gamma actually fun and stalker-like

[orchid agate]

that's when stalker is truly peak

[teal compass]

that's true

I'm think of scp5k kinda thing lol

[orchid agate]

its funny how base anomaly and even the og games are spookier than gamba

[rough lion]

gamma is overrated

ban me

[teal compass]

[orchid agate]

i would for the vine

youd understand

anyway

gn

[naive snow]

Here, you can specify an export path and it will batch export a selection (careful it will lag). It uses the object names in the selection and dumps them in the given export folder.

[fair canopy]

[fair canopy]

oh yeah this works perfectly

importing all the models takes a minute but between the first script and this batch export script it takes like 2/3 minutes to do what used to take 30-45 minutes because i'd get bored

https://tenor.com/view/sunnyfication-gif-20299408

[teal compass]

🔥

[naive snow]

Vibe code away all the silly brute force steps away

[fair canopy]

[timid estuary]

i downlaoded this mat49 mod and deleted the trade folder, and I wanted to make sure that the weapon is spawning on npcs

any help?

[teal compass]

it looks like it already does

[timid estuary]

ok just making sure wasnt too sure what the difference between the ones with 0:0:X and with out those meant

[orchid agate]

@teal compass I did a thing @slow bolt

[teal compass]

[orchid agate]

spliced them in 2 audio tracks in audacity

fun fact

the speech one is longer than the alarm

for some fuckign reason...

[teal compass]

huh

so they'd be unsynced or not

[orchid agate]

I think its because the speech is slower

MAYBE

idk

[teal compass]

🤯

[orchid agate]

but if you put the 2 audio tracks its visibly noticable how the avariya is slightly longer however in game that doesn't appear to cause issues

[regal bolt]

Guys. If you need something tested for DX8 specifically do tell. I'd be happy to oblige and provide data to prevent the screw ups for the future mods like the AKs got shafted in 0.9.4.

Just ping me. When needed ^^

Also I see what are you all doing here and I feel proud af for being a part of this community. I can't code for shit, but I'll gladly playtest if possible! ^^

[teal compass]

🫡

[ruby rover]

How would I go about replacing the firing sound for the G43?

I've got a reanimation mod for it but the LTX file doesn't seem to direct to any firing sounds, I can't find anything in GAMMA or Anomaly that refer to a G43/Gewehr firing sound.

[fair inlet]

weapon_sounds.ltx has a g43 section

[ruby rover]

Thx

Checking all the files in GAMMA that match that name and it seems that it just uses the SVT40 fire sound.

I'm fine with replacing that if I need to, I just want to replace the firing sound of the G43.

I can't actually find a file for the SVT40 fire sound.

I'm pretty sure I could change the firing sound of the G43 by editing it's reanimation mod LTX file and adding a line of code to direct it to a new firing sound, but I'm not 100% sure how that works.

Like for the SVT I just don't understand this code path "snd_shoot = wpn_svt40_snd_shoot
snd_shoot_actor = wpn_svt40_snd_shoot_actor"

[fair inlet]

these are sound collections defined in wpn_rifle_sounds

[ruby rover]

Testing if I got it working

I think it does because I now just goddamn deafened myself with it.

10/10

I realised I should've just looked at custom weapons that have their own sounds, and copy how their code works.

Yeah I understand now how it loads sound files.

Still no idea what the shoot actor means really, different impact shot?

Thanks anyways.

[fair inlet]

actor is used by player, regular is used by npcs

[ruby rover]

Ah thanks.

[proper socket]

Do I have to unlocalize this entry if I'm monkey patching the variables?

[sudden inlet]

Yeah, absolutely should

[opal void]

@slow bolt you asked me for the meme yesterday

working on it

[slow bolt]

Kino incoming

[high ginkgo]

Idk where to put this request but is there anyway to download groks version of the free zoom mod?

[proper socket]

Is it this? https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/tree/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. Free Zoom v3

[teal compass]

so for npc firing sound, do they have to be mono? I used stereo before and it seem like when npc shoot anywhere it just sounds its nearby of u

that way its like stereo sound for actor and mono sound for npc?

[fair inlet]

correct

[teal compass]

great, thanks for the info

[high ginkgo]

yessir thank u

[high ginkgo]

I dont know how to use github how do you download it?

[orchid agate]

hooooooly shit there's so many audio files in the anomaly DB

my god

tryna find the "anu cheeeki breeki i v damke" ogg but there's so many to go through lord

[proper socket]

There isn't a download on the link I sent, you might have to manually copy and paste and create new files with the same names

[misty mulch]

to be completely transparent with you: don't use it

[misty mulch]

if you do not know how to use github i would rather tell you to get Kute's Free Zoom rewrite, which has a #1035807043933720576 thread, is therefore easier to download, and is the version of Free Zoom that gamma uses by default anyway

[fringe parrot]

(I think this is more appropriate for here)
Is there a way to rip the fonts and UI elements out of the game? Ive already ended up just remaking most elements here in illustrator cuz i couldnt find them in the DB textures, but I need the font for the text here

Im pulling these out for stalker 2, but I still need to know what font that is called at the least and I can use the binary data from the textures db at least

there are just so many fonts in the db files that I need to know the name before trying to create text with it lol

[dense wadi]

Does anyone know who the original mod author of EFT hands for THAP is? I wanted to ask their permission if I could redistribute the original mod

[summer stream]

[dense wadi]

Was it you?

[summer stream]

no

i tried working with it but
they were mid at the best

[dense wadi]

You put out quality stuff so I'm not surprised. Thought it be a cool option for people that wanted an alternative

Just trying to learn how to make an fomod since I have no experience w/ this stuff besides consuming haha

[summer stream]

i still didnt do any good stuff for a long time

[dense wadi]

Guess you gotta start somewhere 🤷🏾‍♂️

[summer stream]

eh

[orchid agate]

Chat

how can I change the stalker profile picture in the upper right of the inventory

I want to put ironman jarvis meme there

are the files in gamma or anomaly?

[orchid agate]

@misty mulch

[orchid agate]

its weird that all the icons are stored in one file instead of seperate

but I guess its easier this way

[orchid agate]

[misty mulch]

why are you pinging me

[pine echo]

Um... Hello? I need a volunteer to test my small addon for the latest Gamma update; this won't supposed to take much time. Who could help me?

[azure bluff]

So pcall wrapping the original body of the function cuts my GAMMA crashes by at least 50% if not more. Especially the crashes at level transition times are cut by a lot. Game seems to work fine and plying is much more pleasant. What am I breaking by just naively wrapping it in pcall?

The fallback path was there in the original code.

450- Useful Idiots - bellyillish\gamedata\scripts\illish\patches\utils_obj.lua

function utils_obj.safe_bone_pos(obj, bone)
  -- no patch needed
  local status, result_or_error = pcall(function()
    if obj:get_bone_id(bone) ~= 65535 then
      return obj:bone_position(bone)
    end
  
    -- try to match head or spine
    for match, aliases in pairs(PATCH.BONE_ALIASES) do
      if bone:find(match) then
        for i, alias in ipairs(aliases) do
          if obj:get_bone_id(alias) ~= 65535 then
            return obj:bone_position(alias)
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end)

  if status then
    return result_or_error
  else
    -- fallback to generic position
    return vec(obj:position()):add(0, 0.5, 0)
  end
end

[cyan ginkgo]

guys how can i convert an mp4 file to an ogm file

[verbal siren]

http://v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/

Oops, links are dead.

I'm not even sure if that is the required software, or if any converter would work. The Stalker trilogy had specific requirements; it didn't accept OGMs from newer Theora versions. Hopefully xray-monolith isn't as picky.

[jade tulip]

Not sure if this is the right channel to ask but is the GAMMA Close Quarter mod available for download somewhere? I wanted to use it in vanilla Anomaly

[sudden inlet]

https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/tree/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. Close Quarter Combat

Either download a whole repository and take it from the archive or just grab it from your installed gamma

[orchid agate]

sorry

[sonic bolt]

!portrait

[queen pine]

@orchid agate If you want to create a custom character portrait, follow this guide: #╟🔰☢newbies-chat message

[orchid agate]

??????

bro pinging me nearly an entire day after I was able to do it

[sonic bolt]

Mb

[orchid agate]

forgiven

[orchid agate]

@sonic bolt

I even posted

[jade tulip]

Is there supposed to be a mcm page for the mod?

I dont have it

[sudden inlet]

nope

[jade tulip]

Is the quick melee binded to mouse3, pressing it does nothing, i have it binded to freelook maybe that is the problem?

Actually it isnt binded to anything

[sudden inlet]

I have poor knowledge how hotkeys work, but only thing that stops quick melee from being activated is when you have melee weapon in your hands

[jade tulip]

I have ak

[sudden inlet]

Um, so does it work when you assign a free hotkey to it?

[jade tulip]

I cant rebind the quick melee

I dont have the mcm page and in the controls it doesnt appear

It should be installed correctly

[jade tulip]

No

[sudden inlet]

This is on vanilla anomaly with only close quarter mod enabled.
Hm, maybe you have old moddedexes in your anomaly?

[jade tulip]

I have 28 september modded exes, i have others mods installed, sorry for vanilla anomaly i meant not gamma

But mo2 doesnt show any conflict

[sudden inlet]

Show what mod owns ui_keybinding.xml in your mo2, it should be this mod to see these options

[jade tulip]

How

[sudden inlet]

Put it in the search bar

[jade tulip]

Ok nvm i didnt install this

I dont know how to install reposities so installed each file manual and i thought this was useless as there was written "remove scope" or something like that

[rough lion]

Would this mod work outside GAMMA?

[sudden inlet]

Looks like quickdraw script that is responsible for the quick hit should work, yeah

[teal compass]

try it and see

[rough lion]

One issue, I don't have GAMMA installed right now and i dont want to download 100gb worth of data just to get one mod

[sudden inlet]

@jade tulip actually, Bazinga is right, you might want to remove other scripts except quickdraw.script because they can affect damage calculations

You can always download it file by file manually

[rough lion]

yeah, bit of a hassle, though

[jade tulip]

Thats what i have done, i have rebuild all the folders and paths

Btw the quick melee doesnt work

But now its on the controls tab

[teal compass]

go to github and downloaded whatever folder u want

if u dont want download everything, just use this https://download-directory.github.io/

give a directory and it will pack

[rough lion]

Oh thats really convenient

[teal compass]

yep its really helpful if u just want to download one folder from hundreds of folder lol

[rough lion]

Should have known about this sooner

[teal compass]

🫡

now u know

[sudden inlet]

Huh, right, I can see actor changing his weapon but no animation or damage.
Well, then we can't use it with regular anomaly

[teal compass]

some other script then

😭

[jade tulip]

So no way to make it work? Damn

[sudden inlet]

Well, research is the only way

[teal compass]

you could if u find the script to make it work

which is

hard

[jade tulip]

Why is Grok like Sony?

[sudden inlet]

Wish Grok also had some iconic sound

[teal compass]

[wide canopy]

Здравствуйте кто знает как импортировать анимацию из гаррис мод в гамму?

[summer stream]

1. Можно.
2. Заебёшься.
3. Зачем?

[wide canopy]

Я хочу сделать мод на аптечку гризли из таркова,и вместо делания анимки с нуля я хочу взять готовую,все

[summer stream]

Легче взять сразу из таркова

Только заебешься чинить её

[wide canopy]

1800

Платить

[summer stream]

А другой способ чи не?

[wide canopy]

Не че то не хочу пока

[summer stream]

Не знаешь про такое?

[wide canopy]

Ну так автор афак анимки тоже из гарриса импорт сделал

И что

Все ок

[summer stream]

А я всё сразу из игры беру, чтобы проблем не было

А так автор берёт всё от ДРУГОГО автора с которым я работаю

[wide canopy]

А ты можешь сделать?

Или скинуть?

Анимку гризли

Как бинта так и аптеки

[summer stream]

Нет

Потому что я работаю над колдой

[wide canopy]

.

Скинь

Анимку

Файл

[summer stream]

А сам чи не?

[wide canopy]

А как?1800 платить?

Или качать пиратку

[summer stream]

Ну да

[wide canopy]

Которая может быть с вирусами

[summer stream]

Если ты не качаешь как последний дебил

То всё ок будет

[wide canopy]

Может все таки из гаррис мод импортировать?

[summer stream]

Сам решай

[wide canopy]

Какой сайт?

[wide canopy]

Инструкция есть?

[summer stream]

А я говорить ниче не буду

[summer stream]

Спрашивай у знающих

[wide canopy]

Ластгеймс?

Там норм?

[summer stream]

советую даже не называть сайты подобного рода

а так да

[wide canopy]

Ок

Спасибо

А как модель хип заменить на тун тун тун сахур?

Юмор чтобы

[summer stream]

мне кажется ты странный.
и уже есть такое

[wide canopy]

Скинь

Это где

В дс?

Скидывали

[summer stream]

Нет

В тг

[wide canopy]

Гаммы?

Гаммы?

[summer stream]

1. Нет
2. Задаёшь слишком много тупых вопросов

[wide canopy]

А в каком?

[summer stream]

Смотри на других ретаргетеров

Тот который АФАК портировал в кредитах указывал человека который его учил

[wide canopy]

Оа

Ок

Спасибо ты очень помог

Даже не знаю что сказать

[vagrant chasm]

guys is greh the id for sin? like for example if i wanna change the loadout on legend sin members i should modifiy greh_legend_primary and secondary?

[celest forge]

Yeah

Dolg is for duty, killer for merc

[viral gust]

Парни, а нет вариантов грозы с Нормальным здоровым глушаком? нашел только в ганслингере что то подобное. Тут есть обычная гроза и гроза долга но они все без глушаков, может можно как то на мододела этого пака выйти и его лично попросить им глушаки накрутить я хз

[wintry oracle]

lets say I wanted to change the laser on a gun from green to red, what needs to be changed?

[regal bolt]

Hey guys. How does one make a keybind toggle?

I wanna try to make a mod that uses the "Time factor" command to decrease GPU and CPU load, and since I have no idea how to automate it I wanna make a V.1 as just a toggle

[lilac ibex]

Bruh xd

You wont decrease GPU load this way

[regal bolt]

CPU tho yes

Less scripts at once per frame

[lilac ibex]

Maybe. Is it worth the hassle when AO+E exists?

[regal bolt]

Could you explain?

Or point me to where I can read about it?

[lilac ibex]

See DMs

[regal bolt]

Will do

[verbal siren]

You edit the weapon's OGF file and assign red textures or you swap only the textures: copy the red ones and rename them to green.

[old berry]

anyone knows how to compress textures into bc7 without nvidia texture tools exporter, since when i used that my game would crash

[crimson salmon]

paint.net is the way iirc

[old berry]

do i need a plugin or does it come with dds saving by default

nvm i didnt see the option

thanks

[ashen hatch]

Is it possible to prevent zcp from handling mutant spawns to make it work with RE:Spawn?

[sudden inlet]

Everything is possible, yea. But I don't see how exactly zcp prevents new mutants from spawning.
Looks like it's pretty friendly to other mods https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/blob/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. ZCP 1.4 Balanced Spawns/gamedata/scripts/sim_board.script#L144

[ashen hatch]

I recall seeing on moddb that zcp can interfere with the respawn mutants

Nevermind it conflicts with this one

Do I delete the mutant scrips in the zcp script folder or is it more complicated?

[sudden inlet]

I afraid it's more complicated, yeah. But it would be cool if you invite mod developer here to discuss

[ashen hatch]

Apparently the mod maker tried to make a patch in the past but he wasnt able to succeed

[regal bolt]

Is X24 scope on DX8 renderer possible?

[celest forge]

The zoom on scopes is just FOV decrease so it should be

[orchid agate]

technically yes

start new game debug yourself a gun with rail and the scope and try it out

[regal bolt]

DVL-10 and March-F?