╙🖇mods-making-discussion

[agile mountain]

Can you tell me please what else channel I can post mine request?

So it wouldnt be offtop or rude

[lilac idol]

for mod recommendations i think it's newbies and stalker chat

[green root]

so copied 1:1, values are loaded. For some reason gun is in my chest, can't even see it. When I aim you can see the barrel in the bottom left. 🤔

everything else works though, and the bullet still hits center of screen 😆

[lilac idol]

yeah but like a comparison of the viewmodels from both

[agile mountain]

Stalker chat XP requirment is crazy lol

I still need send here like 150 msgs to get access

[crisp scarab]

You have my overhaul?? That’s awesome!

[agile mountain]

Sorry, cant remember, what mod is yours exactly?

[crisp scarab]

I fully overhauled painter of the zone. I am not the original author but I picked up the torch and have been updating it the last few months

[agile mountain]

Its very cool mod btw

[green root]

outside pictures are newest gamma, inside pictures are the older one with it working. I figure it has to be a conflict of some base values or something but it's just weird to me that the weapon hud editor shows the same values for all stats.

[lilac idol]

is the model using the same anims as before?

can't think of anything else

[green root]

Now that’s a good question, i genuinely don’t know how to tell. I’ll have to figure that out when i get done with work 😅

[gleaming kernel]

If I want to increase population/spawns specifically for regular (melee) zombies, how would I do so

[naive snow]

Change the sim squads in every map to have more zombies, add in more sim squads to the smart terrain spots

Look in #📢development how grok added more dogs to the north and use that as a guide to add more zombies

[silver panther]

is rotten life 3 not available anymore? I can't find a download link.

[naive snow]

It's been taken down

[silver panther]

is there a recommended alternative?

or a way to find it still lol.

[naive snow]

Any other texture pack still available, ask in the proper channels like #╟🔰☢newbies-chat or #╓☢stalker-chat
There's ZTR that still has a github floating I believe

[warm forum]

does anyone have a Tutorial on how to create a FOMOD ?

[naive snow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr79YmimJW0

[warm forum]

i need creation kit for it ?

[naive snow]

If you don't want to make it from scratch, then yeah

[gleaming kernel]

You don’t need Bethesda Creation Kit, you’ll need the tool listed in video (FOMOD Creation Tool)

[weary root]

[agile mountain]

send u a dm

[hoary cipher]

i have modular attachment nvgs that use the same nvg shaders and i also changed actor_effects so that my faceshields also use the basic helmet overlay

[lilac ibex]

[twilit plover]

Sorry to bother just quick question: I've never made a mod before but am just looking for where to start. I have an idea for an anomaly mod but again, not sure where to start. Any advice is helpful such as what programming language to learn, what programs to use, etc.

[green root]

Hey, so you were right the animations were the issue. I moved the animation block in the original mod hud base over to my ltx. All animations are good now aside from the shooting one, when I shoot the gun jumps to the bottom left of the screen each shot but then returns. I assume the animation for shooting is the anm_shot_1, and anm_shots, and those match what the original one has. I thought maybe the right file was missing or something, but I can't find any animation files when I search in MO2.

[misty mulch]

Lua for scripts, but you can do a shitload purely through config editing if you learn what a DLTX is (fancy text-based config file). Guides and information are all pinned

[balmy idol]

Pls share?

I'll see what I can do. Though I haven't noticed any lighting issues so far.

[lilac ibex]

most of the code is in linked presentation

[balmy idol]

I don't know where to put the code though 🥺

[lilac ibex]

you run it in your beloved post process pass.

[mortal flint]

did someone work with substance painter here

[hoary cipher]

I think reshade has adaptive lighting to simulate eyes but a mod or add-on to SSS that did that would be very cool

[naive snow]

Sure, what's up?

[lilac ibex]

https://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/gazehdr/gazehdr.pdf another pretty cool paper

[mortal flint]

hi, im a little confused how to import meshes there

someone says to convert it to obj, someone says to fbx

the fbx doesnt even work for me for any fucking reason?

like whats the easiest way

[naive snow]

You can import both formats. Usually a .fbx is used

[naive snow]

That doesn't tell much of your issue. Did you check the console/log for an error message?

[mortal flint]

nvm, fixed it, blender issue

but substance painter wants .ssp format only

oh i figured it out

[naive snow]

That's for opening a project

[mortal flint]

yeah

i worked in gimp for textures, working directly on mesh is confusing lol

thanks

[naive snow]

Might be worth looking into a tutorial or something, especially since painter is a very different workflow than traditional texture painting

Make sure you use the proper project template or at the very least setup your project as directX if it's not already the case

[mortal flint]

😔

[silver panther]

how do I load LUTs? I saw you just install it in mo2 then how do I access forester lut in game?

[hoary cipher]

Whatever he had the cfg_load name for it to be, you should ask in his thread not here tho also it probably says in the pins

[silver panther]

thank you.

[balmy idol]

I have a beloved post process pass?
Or do you mean reshade
Writing a reshade shader could be fun. Never tried that before.

[lilac ibex]

I have a beloved post process pass?
combine2naa

[balmy idol]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-thank-you-bow-steve-carell-gif-5009516783019270794

[lilac ibex]

assuming non-dogshit pipeline:

color = t_color[pix]; //fetch your linear hdr buffer;
color = shift(color); //purkinje shift <---
color = some_other_stuff; //eg white balance
color = tonemap(color); //your tonemapping op 
color = linear_to_srgb(color); //transform it back to srgb
return color; //display allat

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:24136/FULLTEXT01.pdf <-- iirc it was pretty popular in mc shaderpacks. a good start tbh

[naive snow]

If you plan on going this route, I'd advise reading on this #╙🖇mods-making-discussion message
for the extraction of channels for the bump and bump#. To avoid skewing data even more

[balmy idol]

Nah since you said it's negligible difference at best, I'm not going to make extra work for myself

[naive snow]

Hey Lvutner, would you know what the reference plane for the height texture read is? Is the reference plane 0, 0.5 or 1? For a neutral no height bump#

[lilac ibex]

i have no idea, sorry

[naive snow]

Worth a shot, thanks

[balmy idol]

This is really cool

[hoary cipher]

Has anyone tried making 3d NVGs? Like 3dss but for NVGs?

[lilac ibex]

no

[hoary cipher]

All powerful shader man do you think that A making NVGs be 3dss would be hard and B that you could make 3dss NVG scopes take normal NVG/beefnvg shaders?

[lilac ibex]

A) so you want beefs in 3dss scopes? its doable.
i thought the whole point of 3dss was to save perf you would lose with pip scopes, beef does a couple of not so cheap things in the code (eg. that 'golden angle bokeh')

B) 💵 makes everything possible

[balmy idol]

@lilac ibex would you know what shader params I have free after Beef's and SSS? I'm trying to make that purkinje shift mod but I think I'm running into conflicts trying to make an MCM menu.
Also, where is the vanilla adaptation and how can I turn it off / tweak it to make the purkinje work as it should?

[balmy idol]

@last swallow maybe you know?

[lilac ibex]

maybe _7 / 8.

to disable adaptation you can type r2_tonemap off in console.
Or hardcode "scale" to 1.0 in tonemap function.

adaptation files/code: phase_luminance (engine) bloom_xxx.ps...

i dont quite understand why do you need any mcm menu for it

[balmy idol]

I wanted to be able to toggle the effect to see if it's even working 🤔

[lilac ibex]

ah

[balmy idol]

Where do these files live? So I can hardcore scale=1.0 and such

I don't have the entire Anomaly folder unpacked so I can't search the files

I'm on Linux, so

[lilac ibex]

gamedata\shaders\r3

common_functions.h - tonemap() function

[balmy idol]

Awshum, MO2 should let me find that

[novel ruin]

https://youtu.be/EvP9NxyTMec

[foggy marlin]

How do I create scripted mercenaries at the "Mercenary Base" in the Dead City, rated Master or Legend?
Help pls

[rough lion]

What do you mean "scripted"

[foggy marlin]

I found an ltx where I think you can do this, I deleted everything except sim_default_killer 4, but for some reason they spawn with the rank of Professional or Veteran

[foggy marlin]

I don't know how to say who they are, but they always spawn together with important traders, mechanics, guides, in the amount of 5 or 6 people, and they sit at the base "guarding", something like that

[rough lion]

They aren't given high enough rank points in "character_desc_killer_4.xml" probably

[rough lion]

Are you trying to edit an existing squad or add custom one?

[foggy marlin]

Edit this so they spawn at master or legend rank, but not newbie, experienced, professional, etc.

[rough lion]

.

Master rank starts at 34999, Legend rank starts at 49999

[queen pine]

      ^^^^^^
role is a required argument that is missing.```

[foggy marlin]

Ok, I'll try

[hot token]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497456558566014986/1476887561447411782/-.gif

[warm forum]

what do these exclamation marks mean ?

[rough lion]

https://github.com/veerserif/gamma-dashboard/blob/main/dltx_guide.md

[warm forum]

thanks

[agile mountain]

Does somebody knows a mod, that makes your weapon stay in lowered position after sprint, if you manually lowered it before sprint?

[agile mountain]

@crisp oxide Hey man! Downloaded today yours Random Pile of Addons (which is should be named more like Goldmine of Addons, cause they really cool). But I found a bug, that makes Road to Vostok Mouse Weapon Control module incompatible with base GAMMA mod 41- LowerSprintAnimaiton - Skieppy.

So, there is bug report: If I lower weapon by mouse wheel and then sprint, after I stop sprinting weapon will glitch out and make rambling sound until I manually raise it up.

Would be very glad if you can make this 2 mods compatible.

[naive snow]

It should already be part of the lower_weapon_sprint script

[agile mountain]

Yes, found it, here is bug report above that makes me wonder about that problem

[naive snow]

Ask in their respective threads, this isn't the place to ask for compatibility patches

[agile mountain]

Im sorry, what channel should I use? There is no thread for this mod on server, but modmaker is here.

[naive snow]

Ask on their Mod DB comment page. If you're looking to make the patch yourself, you can ask in here, but this isn't the place for mods support or feature requests

[woven plover]

@cinder bramble dm me pls (about quests)

[fair inlet]

I think disabling spring rattle in weapon sounds mcm is the only realistic solution here

[agile mountain]

I hope its possible to make a compatability patch for both mods, loosing rattle sounds is sad

[naive snow]

You just need to point the functions of the rtv_weapon_control.script to trigger the functions of lower_weapon-sprint instead.
Right now the RTV one just calls the game.actor_lower_weapon which bypasses the whole lower_weapon_sprint script

[agile mountain]

If only I was able to code

[agile mountain]

Maybe you can do this? 👉 👈
I will forward this fix to mod author, so he can include this into his mod

[naive snow]

No better time than now to start learning and fucking around

[naive snow]

Nah. Not interested. You want this? At least try.

[agile mountain]

Understandable, have a nice day

[lilac ibex]

ebic

[scenic tendon]

I don't know if this is the right place to suggest ideas for mods but the idea is:
Make it so a companions can travel to Rostok(for example)and buy things from traders, he can die on the way there and back, if he dies you can find him with RF receiver and get the stuff back anyways but some can be looted, maybe you can use RF receiver to find who looted him and take it back.

This is to prevent you to always have the workbench/hideout next to the trader and have more freedom and less planing of what you need, should you have a base outside of main base.

I don't know if this is possible, I know nothing about modding.

[misty mulch]

nah this is the place to Do It Yourself

ideas are... very easy to come by. doing them is what sets ppl apart

now of course if you'd like to try it yourself we're happy to help, there are many good resources pinned

[scenic tendon]

Okay yeah I can see that.
I might do that sometime 😊

[drifting moat]

We are easily baited into creating 90% of the scripts don't worry

[misty mulch]

speaking of i think the only new major bug for tougher gun repair is that it allegedly makes guns jam less frequently than in vanilla gamma 0.9.4

[gleaming kernel]

https://klipy.com/gifs/senator-palpatine-anakin-skywalker

[summer stream]

https://tenor.com/view/jetstream-sam-rus-russian-mgr-metal-gear-metal-gear-rising-sam-gif-8507399818614154465

i wonder if there's a possibility that you can ACTUALLY remove the patch from the suit and install any patch you have on u rn

[hoary cipher]

like turn any suit you have on into the faction you put the patch onto? yea sure ill do that i was actually going to remove faction specific armor mostly and just have that type of armor so this works well

[summer stream]

hell yeah

[gleaming kernel]

show up to Rostok with a full green camo suit but with Duty patch on

[hoary cipher]

Precisely

Also it still kinda fits since duty is supposed to all be military surplus anyway

Also I will do dynamic NPC and character customization to properly show what gear you and NPC's have equipped that is happening

[drifting moat]

That sounds counter intuitive. I don't even remember why I touched the jam chance code.

I mean it was for a good reason, but I don't remember it.

[coral saffron]

Howdy, sorry to be a bother with such a simple question but I am getting into modding and I'm wanting some values from a base Anomaly guns .ltx but can't seem to find it. I was told gamedate/configs/items. but there is no items folder in configs.

[tame steppe]

“unpack the Anomaly config and script files by running Anomaly/tools/db_unpacker.bat (pretend the _unpacked folder is called gamedata and you'll understand all of the file structures)” straight from #╙🖇mods-making-discussion message dltx guide

you’ll find the weapon ltx there if it’s a vanilla gun

[coral saffron]

I guess I overlooked that when I was looking at that guide. Thank you.

[trim jungle]

Hey guys, I'm adding armor attachments but wanted to make the mod compatible with other attachment mods like anomaly armor attachments. I'm obviously able to use DLTX on the config file for attachments, but how do I go about making the text file for the descriptions/names compatible? Seems like DLTX isn't able to merge non-ltx files and I didn't see anything on the modding book

I'm an idiot, i realized I can just make a new text file

[naive snow]

Or use DXML, which is like DlTX but for XML files

[trim jungle]

ooh thank you so much

I didn't know that existed, that’ll be useful

[worn ice]

Guys what would I need to do to create an addon that makes the RF Receiver give directional feedback?

I’m trying to make a simple UI indicator kind of thing

Does GAMMA has any addon that I could modified to make this feature possible ?

[naive snow]

Try and strip out part of the Stalker 2 UI compass mod I guess. Then apply the rotation tracking to whatever UI you want to make for the RF

[worn ice]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/dynahud-dynamic-compass-addon This one ?

or this one ? https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/stalker-2-style-ui

Also where exactly is the RF quest logic located in GAMMA?

I’m trying to find where the active RF signal position is stored so I can read that vector for a directional UI indicator.

[tacit wind]

How can I speed up firemode switch animations?

For example the one from vityaz

[tame steppe]

you can speed it up in the config, but that will make it not sync with the sound if you’re okay with that

[tacit wind]

ok thanks! And could I use the fire mode switcher generic sound instead? that would make it instant no?

[tame steppe]

yes that would make it instant I believe

[crisp burrow]

Ни у кого случайно DECALmachine нету? Нихуа не грузит(

[summer stream]

@crisp burrow кинь ссылку в лс

[crisp burrow]

как всегда спасаешь

[sudden inlet]

I would start from here https://github.com/Grokitach/Stalker_GAMMA/blob/main/G.A.M.M.A/modpack_addons/G.A.M.M.A. Economy (don't disable%2C turn on Black Market to buy gear)/gamedata/scripts/TB_RF_Receiver_Packages.script#L1314

[pastel hornet]

Guys, please tell me about a mod that limits the time it takes to complete a quest and makes NPCs steal caches

[naive snow]

You want to know how to make such a mod?

[pastel hornet]

no. I remember that there were such addons, but I can't find them

maybe it was in other modpacks and I'm just confused

[naive snow]

Ask in the relevant channels, #╟🔰☢newbies-chat or #╓☢stalker-chat , this isn't the place.
There's a mod for task timers that will add a time limit for task. Google it

[dire rain]

Post Process Editor
https://ap-pro.ru/forums/topic/14205-xrppeditor/

[nocturne kestrel]

weather expansion load

[crimson nebula]

Do any of you know how to get replace the new weapon animations for the old ones?

[tame steppe]

It’s a really complicated process unless the two animations have the same bones, if they do however you can simply direct the correct omf reference in the ogf and change the configs to use the right anims

[keen vector]

would it theoretically be possible to make a gun fire two different bullets at once?

for example, shotgun shell that has a central slug with buck surrounding it

slug would have properties of a slug, buck of buck.

[small thistle]

Hello. I'm trying to create a repo for the M4 tactical, but the game can't find the file in the \Anomaly\gamedata\configs folder.

[tame steppe]

are you making your own mod in MO2 or putting it directly into the anomaly folder?

[tame steppe]

so no then? because thats the wrong way

[small thistle]

As far as I remember, the config folder has the highest priority.

[tame steppe]

create a mod and place this file in the gamedata\configs\

actually you didnt z stack this so its probably getting overwritten

[tame steppe]

priority is based off of alphabetical load order for dltx anyway

[tame steppe]

https://discordapp.com/channels/912320241713958912/967696698065436682/1332731727637909505

[small thistle]

holy cow its worked

just zzz

[tame steppe]

yeah lmao i love z stacking, but fr dont put your mods there make your own mod in mo2

[small thistle]

hellyea

and aim pos remained untouched

[cinder bough]

i heard i can change the buy price of the blackmarket mod in the configs but can't find anything relating to price in the configs, anyone know where it's located specifically?

[cinder bough]

nvm found it, i simply miss read something

[ancient bridge]

@steady apex Привет, я пытаюсь настроить и подружить твой мод Artefact Variationizer. Сделал все что хотел на данный момент, но баг busy hands стал просто невыносим, появляется по кд. Вычитал что частой виной помимо анимаций еще могут быть действия в actor_update и TimeEvent. У тебя как раз в actor_update есть CreateTimeEvent для рандомизации артефактов из списка с задержкой 0.08. Я совсем не кодер и lua не владею, так хобби ковыряться. Хочу вот понять зачем сделал с задержкой, нельзя ли сразу обработать артефакты из списка? Или это типо защита чтобы они были гарантированно прогружены на уровне.

[steady apex]

наверное можно, не помню зачем сделал

[trail sundial]

any blender nerds know what ove done wrong? Trying to convert a nif to ogf. Exported the nif as obj, then imported that obj. i gave the obj an armature and gave them all wpn_body vertex group. When I try to export it says I have vertices with no group.

[tame steppe]

did you assign the vertices to the group or just made the group?

[trail sundial]

I think that's it, thank you

[tame steppe]

no problem

[bright pendant]

Is there a mod that removes the hostility trigger when entering a locked room at the freedom base in army warehouses?

I would like to remove this script myself, but I don't know what to look for

[trail sundial]

anyone know a good tutorial for bumpmaps?

[summer stream]

lunatic has a 2 hour guide that covers the basics of making a gun
i think he touched bump maps so u can look in there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTYYH5zLjo
which is this

[naive snow]

Just get your normal map, specular and height map saved as a compression less format (png, bmp, tga, etc) and use this
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/stalker-bump-gen-tool

[narrow stirrup]

hi, guys, lately I saw the GAMMA walkthrough vid of one guy and he was using some mod for more accurate stats of the weapon/armor modifications and etc. Can you please tell me the name of this mod? Sorry if I'm using a wrong chat.

[gleaming kernel]

wrong channel, also how is anyone supposed to tell without any visual reference

[naive snow]

#1035807043933720576 look for accurate stats. Tho I don't believe it works with the rework of resistances for armor

[blissful tartan]

@faint sable u ever ripped rd704 from tarkov ?

[tame steppe]

#1277740537344168016 message I know I’m not frosty but fwp does have an rd704, dunno what it looks like though

[tawny stream]

It's likely from Tarkov, just tweaked for Stalker.

[naive snow]

Hey Lvtuner, have you ever played around or looked at how the hierarchical occlusion mapping works for the engine? I'm trying to author .hom files for some of the maps and I'm not really seeing a difference except increasing HOM render stat. Render doc seems to show roughly the same amount of draw calls and the engine is still rendering stuff that should be hidden behind HOM meshes

[deep cedar]

hello good people is there any way to chnage minimap/pda icons cuz original ones look very dated and unclear

[gleaming kernel]

Check #1035807043933720576

[deep cedar]

is the a mod there or what im confused

[gleaming kernel]

That’s a channel, where mods are posted. Search in there for something you like

Otherwise, search ModDB

[deep cedar]

ok got it

[summer stream]

alright question for the smart people related to shaders(lvunter plz see )

how do you make a new shader that let's you add something like an outline for specific model?

[turbid lily]

you are wanting to do either a fresenl or a sobel shader

lvunter will suggest fresenl

[summer stream]

ill probably look into some tuts on yt or just try to understand the existing shaders that are already made

[turbid lily]

good luck lmao

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/32a985509b2d6abc652d1571fe50de5a84c52dd4/gamedata/shaders/r2/water.ps#L48

[summer stream]

so i can implement it and hopefully i won't break my game apart

mmm...

[turbid lily]

if you do end up doing it implementing it could you ping me pretty pls

[summer stream]

what do you need it for

just a small question

since my reason is the dumbest you'll hear

but yeah i'll try to finally understand something

[turbid lily]

https://youtu.be/tD36J7Foxlo my explantion got automodded for markdown ffs

[summer stream]

lmao

thank god i have my proxy on

but i HOPE it fucking loads
ffs

[turbid lily]

tldr, it would make this system look prettier (the highlighting the parts when looking at them)

thank god for lucy and her script attachments

[summer stream]

interesting

[turbid lily]

whats ur reason then

[summer stream]

anime hands

still i think it can be used in other stuff that's considered non-stupid

@sudden inlet ti to tyt ne pizdi
ia ix yzhe pizdil s gmod
tol'ko nado bylo dymat' po chasti sheiderov
seichas kak raz ymeu dymat'

[naive snow]

You might want to look at flattened lighting or stepped lighting models.
You could also probably get a posterize + specular look going in-shader

[summer stream]

[naive snow]

Fresnel, even with a high exponent, tends to be too smooth, you need to clamp it or step it

[summer stream]

so i basically need to mix fresnel with clamp, then also make flattened lighting or stepped

jesus

https://tenor.com/view/takasu-toradora-gif-27699180

[dire rain]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1390428689661038744/1390436612537712661/lvut.gif

[summer stream]

i think it's bad that i kinda skipped math
but ig we try it

[summer stream]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1390152356976656424/1474919835044417684/silence-sub5.gif

[naive snow]

Well you want your fresnel either a ceil or floor it.
Depends on how you're doing it. Usually toon shading is a Dot product of the sun vector, then you either remap it to 0-1 and step it or you can flat it with a ceil or floor

[summer stream]

i think it will turn out shit for first time, but i really don't want to use AI for this kind of stuff
only incase i will need to do some stuff about vectors but it's unlikely to happen

i really hope my ass won't break it

[naive snow]

There's a whole lot of basic shader tutorial for toon-shading, so you can inspire yourself.
The engine probably already has the code to get the sun vector direction

[summer stream]

so the question raises,

how do i form it

[naive snow]

It would have been easier to do if the engine was a forward renderer, but you might still be able to manually feed in the sun vector via script

[summer stream]

since i sat there trying to understand the .s part

and .vs with .ps is something else

[naive snow]

.vs is the vertex shader, .ps is the pixel shader

[summer stream]

ah

do i use both for this kind of shading

or it's more simple to implement it into .s?

[naive snow]

You always need both

[summer stream]

aw fuck

[naive snow]

The .vs you can probably take from the basic default shader model

Since it only needs to pass on the UVs and whatever else

the .ps is where you want to do your custom lighting

But don't quote me on any of this, I haven't written shaders in 10 years

[summer stream]

ot ti kurwa blyat-
ahem

[naive snow]

You can try and break down the Default shader to see what is happening where

Like everything else in this engine, FAFO

[turbid lily]

if you need help with sourcing examples in engine, bit of explanation and how to structure it, i'm willing to help

[summer stream]

yeah examples with somewhat explanation and structures would be nice

i know basically zero

[turbid lily]

okay, i'm doing like 3 things atm but can i dm you about this sometime later?

[summer stream]

yeah sure go on

im on hand side anyways

[lilac ibex]

i'm not big on sdk/homs (meatchunk can give you some hints i think)
i think sectors were responsible for culling

[lilac ibex]

"For specific model" - this will require some masking / stencil marks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acn79E8CYew - GS can be slow, but it's pretty cool and easy to set up

[simple scaffold]

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/v1.5.2/gamedata%2Fconfigs%2Fscripts%2Fmilitary%2Fmil_freedom_if_actor_steal.ltx

[quasi narwhal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1195906932880441364/1389115930415595591/attachment.gif

(sorry burn just bumping this)

[bright pendant]

Wow, thanks a lot

[floral cave]

Hi, just asking a question how do I solve my issue regarding the missing texture, for more context currently I dont .htm file for that models

[simple scaffold]

NP. if you didn't know that logic ltx could do that it would be hell to find. it should be enough to just delete the part between the % then put the file in your gamedata in the same path as it is on github: gamedata/configs/scripts/military/

if you want to DLTX the change keep in mind that this file IS NOT part of system. you would need to make a mod_mil_freedom_if_actor_steal_disable.ltx and put it in the same folder: gamedata/configs/scripts/military/

one change you could do instead of removing it is drop it down from 5000 to 1250 enough that they will attack a true neutral but anyone with a moderate amount of goodwill just gets knocked back barely neutral and an ally just looses their discount at the store.

[naive snow]

Find the .ogf of the current arms, either use an .ogf editor or blender and check that the file paths point to an actual texture.

[simple scaffold]

disclaimer: all of this is base anomaly, IDK if something in gamma has messed with any of this, so i could be wrong for gamma.

the sum of the player-faction relation (which is what this changes) and the faction-faction relation between freedom and the players faction being less than -1000 triggers hostility.

without dynamic faction relations enabled faction-faction is going to be 0 for all non hostile players except freedom players which will be 300
this particular thing is one of the few things that can make negative player-faction relation, so in most cases it is positive based on quests which is why i would suggest a penalty value above 1000, how much is a matter of balance. 1250 will not make them hostile to freedom players even with 0 quest goodwill. 1350 will while still being something that can be over come via questing for other factions like loners. 2250 will make it so a max rep freedom player will just avoid hostility.

this addon can make testing this kind of thing easier https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/reputation-editor

[misty mulch]

gamma doesn't fuck around with that relation system fyi

so stuff that is true for basegame, applies for gamma

[bright pendant]

Yea, got it. Thanks again for such a detailed answer

[simple scaffold]

NP, thanks for acepting it in the spirit it was given 🙂
i can't resist falling into teacher mode, I want to nudge as amny ppl as posible down the path of making mods.
(And i'm partly talking to the room, the amount of reply pings i get from person Y to something i said to person A several months ago asking for claification on a point... )

[velvet warren]

Okay, at first it was funny, but it loses its seriousness every time I light a bonfire and the music starts playing while it lights up in all colors... The worst part is that I don't even know which mod does that, because I don't remember installing anything that changes the bonfires. Can anyone guide me on how to remove it?

[misty mulch]

you want to ask #🔨modded-gamma-support not here - this is the room for making mods. fyi it's because you installed Arrival and picked one of the "joke" options

[velvet warren]

My bad, I'll make sure to use the correct channel next time; I figured it must have been because of the arrival feature, I installed it half asleep at the time and I vaguely remember seeing an option like that.

[fair canopy]

Just clicking through installs and not reading

[sage mirage]

Hey guys i've a question

I'd like to change bullet hit power factor, but the game says it is overriden by grok's ballistics overhaul

I disabled it from the mod manager [Ballistics Overhaul (GBOOBS) - Grokitech), but the game still shows the advice saying that the changes to that configuration is still ineffective

Even if the advice was just a visual thing, I still do not feel any difference in gameplay

is there something I can do?

[sage mirage]

please

[hoary cipher]

Don't disable Gboobs many things touch and rely on it it's a main pillar of gamma

[sage mirage]

Ok.. so what are my options? I've been changing k_hit and k_ap values in GBOOBS...

tbh I have no idea what I'm doing, I never modded a game

just testing but if you can give me a hint it would be really helpful

any tips?

[hoary cipher]

K_hit and k_ap is for bullets not guns....you should be changing the values in guns you want to make better not the script for Gboobs also don't change it directly change it with dltx overright

[sage mirage]

so how do I do that? where are the values for guns located?

[hoary cipher]

In their configs but like I said it's best to do a dltx overright, in the pins for this chat has the guide on dltx you should read that, a dltx overshoes like in gamedata/configs/ then you make a new ltx called mod_system_ whatever you name it then put in your new numbers with a ! Before the name

[sage mirage]

ok, gonna try

ty

[lone thorn]

working on a mod for GAMMA / Anomaly that introduces some Stalker 2 factions to the game world. First up, the Corps

Can someone kindly point me in the direction for rigging / implemting actor models for Anomaly? I haven't modded Stalker since 2012 so I suspect that it's not done via the CoP SDK anymore?

[dire rain]

Some people uses IX-Ray SDK

[lone thorn]

My man. Thx! I'll check it out

[sage mirage]

another question

how do I make a ltx file that applies to every gun in the game? I want to change every "hit_power" value for the guns from all the mods

[naive snow]

You can't.
Do you just want to inflict more damage overall?

[sage mirage]

I want to adjust it to be a little higher

[naive snow]

Modify the Difficulty_multiplier table found in grok_bo.script.
It's a modifier of your damage based on the difficulty

    [1]  = 1.3,
    [2]  = 1.05,
    [3]  = 0.90,
    [4]  = 0.80,
}

So 130% damage on easy, 105% on medium, 90% on hard, etc

Either make a copy of this file and make your own mod override in your load order or modify the original, be aware that any update will lose your change if you modify the original

This applies to any and ALL damage you inflict

[sage mirage]

but what other aspects of the game does difficulty affect?

I want to change ONLY the damage weapons inflict

[naive snow]

If you change the damage of weapons you'll also get damaged more. Is that what you want?

NPCs use the same damage numbers as what's on the gun x bullet

[sage mirage]

Yes. More damage for me, more damage for enemies

[naive snow]

Then change the difficulty multiplier accordingly and change the grok_actor_damage_balancer.script and modify the table in there

    [1]  = 0.65,
    [2]  = 0.8,
    [3]  = 1.0,
    [4]  = 1.2,
}```
This is the damage reduction based on the difficulty

So you take 65% of the damage on easy, 80% on medium, 100% on hard, etc

[sage mirage]

But that just makes the game easier

[naive snow]

Just increase the value to your liking

[sage mirage]

I want to get more damage, and also deal more damage

[naive snow]

And this is how to do it

What do you not understand?

If you're playing on medium, increase the number from 0.8 to 0.85 for receiving 5% more damage. Use whatever value you want/fine tune

[sage mirage]

I understand that higher values for difficulty_multiplier make me deal more damage, but it algo makes me stronger

[naive snow]

You have to increase both values, they are two different files and systems

The value found in grok_bo.script is the damage you inflict, the value found in grok_actor_damage_balancer.script is the damage you receive.
Increase both values

[sage mirage]

ohhhhhh I get it now

thank you so much!

sorry for the misunderstanding

where are the scritps located?

[naive snow]

Don't forget to make your own mod for your files

[naive snow]

!mo2search

[queen pine]

@sage mirage Use the mod name search bar to find mods in MO2, and use the mod files search bar to find which files are from which mods.⠀

[sage mirage]

ty

[weak flame]

Is there a mod out that adds a safety to firearms and/or one with misfires/accidental discharges for damaged weapons?

I’m out here trying to make my game even more complicated with mods that prob don’t even exist…

[random fulcrum]

if you want safety, add 0 to fire_modes in any given weapon's ltx definition

[wooden patrol]

WTB Mod that rechambers sr1m, and sr2m into 9mm 🙂

[lilac ibex]

that's just a simple ltx edit, you can do it

[forest remnant]

im trying to go north on a new save w/ debug but the psy field is killing me and spawning in a psy helmet isnt helping. anyone know how to do this?

[lilac ibex]

g_god on

[forest remnant]

that doesnt change anything, the psy field still kills you

[tawny stream]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1233646399611207700 will do it if you want to work for it.

[warm vector]

exist another binds file? i know user.ltx file. i want to change some mod binds like zoom

[mortal flint]

axr_options.ltx

[naive snow]

Binds get configured in the MCM settings too

[warm vector]

i want to bind mouse scroll

[naive snow]

I believe mouse scroll can't be binded. You can bind the mouse scroll click, but that's it. Mods that make use of the mouse scroll are hard scripted for it

[velvet pumice]

Hello everyone, can you tell me how to edit the characteristics of artifacts?

[drifting moat]

I don't know your exact goal, but if you turn off story mode you have access to the entire map from the getgo.

If you want to skip MM and BS I think there's a disabled mod for that. The game sets 1-1 flag on your save file when you complete MM and BS. Without those flags you will keep dying even in god mode.

[summer stream]

!bs

[drifting moat]

!bs

[queen pine]

@forest remnant How to skip Brain Scorcher and Miracle Machine (Access to #1035807043933720576 required, take off your Newcomer role in #⏩start-confirm if necessary)

1. Download the archive https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1153718676592275536
2. Open Mod Organizer 2 and press Ctrl+M
3. Choose the downloaded archive
4. Put the mod at the end of modlist, sorted by priority, and enable it
5. Your run is saved

[drifting moat]

Thanks!

[summer stream]

[forest remnant]

Appreciate it thx, I ended up just temporarily disabling the psy fields in north mod and that did the trick. I was testing performance across different regions starting with a new game

[tepid patrol]

does anomaly 1.5.3 use modded-exes and support dxml etc?

[naive snow]

Yes, Gamma does

[tepid patrol]

gamma does yes, but just base vanilla anomaly does not then? it has to be added manually? sorry I'm just trying to trouble shoot why my task guide spot blue mod isn't working for someone and I figure it's because it uses dxml

[naive snow]

If your question is about vanilla anomaly, ask in the Anomaly discord.
Base Anomaly does not make use of modded exes.

[tepid patrol]

gotcha ty for the reply. I only play/mod gamma so was unsure, my bad. Will do so in the future.

[hoary cipher]

after my dynamic armor i really wanted to play around with scripted attachments even tho i know i shouldnt not important for 0.1 or anything but eh i wanted to try it and no one can say no

anyway dynamic outer armor because

[summer stream]

mm yse

very good

[plain mountain]

has somebody tried the artifact inspection redone mod for anomaly? is it compatible for gamma?

[naive snow]

#╟🔰☢newbies-chat , #╓☢stalker-chat

[weak flame]

Oh sweet, thanks :)

I think misfires and accidental discharges on low maintenance weapons are a fun idea. Having your gun go off in a neutral base and everyone turns on you like “tf?”

[full vessel]

sig p320 mod when?

[weak flame]

This is what I was thinking originally but didn't want to make that point cause it would sound like I'm not being serious lmao

It would be neat to blow your cover in a duty base all cause your poorly fashioned Thompson randomly discharged while holstered

[full vessel]

or be like Receiver and trying to shoot too quickly while pulling a handgun causes you to shoot yourself

[simple scaffold]

modded exe are like combined SKSE and Unofcial patch from skyrim. anomaly is bethesda. would bethesda distribute SKSE and unofccial patch? no. steal from it for thier own updates later? maybe.

[weak flame]

Lots of cool ideas with this. Specific components causing related issues. IE: firing pin and receiver for misfires, trigger and/or firing pin for acc.discharge, etc.

But sadly I'm too smooth brain so I'm just spitballing for the modders who do the real work

[hoary cipher]

cliping was an issue for a bit but some very knowledgeable people gave some insight that helped before and after

[sudden inlet]

Do you think you also would like to write an article about attachments on the anomaly book?

[hoary cipher]

Which one? The other modular attachments or script attachments?

[sudden inlet]

Maybe both

[hoary cipher]

Well script attachments has already been covered very well by Lucy in the book and my modular armor attachments I could write a page on after maybe but I want to keep it till I release it first, however if you need modular attachments look at AAA (newer OAO)

It's not the same but it was my reference

[sudden inlet]

Even a page would be greatly appreciated!
Btw, what's AAA? I afraid I'm out of context here

[hoary cipher]

Anomaly armor attachments? I think I'll see if I can find the GitHub link

[sudden inlet]

Is that it? https://github.com/ahuyn/anomaly-armor-attachments

[hoary cipher]

Yes

[sudden inlet]

Right, now I know how to answer question about "which one".
That one that you are using to add gasmask on the character model. Let me take a look what's in the book about it

[random fulcrum]

how does this interact with modded exes' first person death mechanic

[hoary cipher]

No clue I haven't used it yet but that also dosent appear in first person only 3rd first person needs a different HUD model and has to be set up different

[random fulcrum]

i mentioned cause when you die with that option enabled you can see your current world model

[hoary cipher]

I don't even have it spawning on NPCs yet either pretty much just got the first base working

[random fulcrum]

so i thought maybe there could be issues where you would get a black screen because of the fake head

[random fulcrum]

ah well i mean, food for thought

it's great work tho

fantastic, even

[hoary cipher]

Hmm interesting I'll have to see I suppose I really don't know yet, that's a good concern tho thank you for that

[hoary cipher]

No issue with dying using modded exes first person, I'm not on current I haven't updated since before MT but it should be a huge difference in standard exes

[hoary cipher]

is there a noticable wobble or not really? how is it looking? sorry about low rez

I noticed even the normal head kinda click on back to back strafes like this does too

[naive snow]

3rd person stalker really shows how the run is a fucking goblin animation

[hoary cipher]

😂 fr, ill use the better animations eventually but they are much smoother so its not really a fair test right now

[bright sleet]

Anyone adept in modding, how hard would it be to add or change a weapons suppressor compatibility?

[naive snow]

If the suppressor already exists in-game, not that hard. You can just rip it from another model, transfer the mesh and vertex group, re-export the new hud mesh and change a line or two of the config

[bright sleet]

Hmmm that sounds a little above my paygrade

I just want to make some shotguns take a hex12k instead of salvo12

[naive snow]

Yeah that'd be some slight model editing and a bit of config tweak

[bright sleet]

Okay nvm, i could do it myself if it was just like drag and dropping some files or something 😂 thx

[hoary cipher]

blender is actually kinda fun lol i was only doing this as a test but i might be doing all helmet and masks now

[summer stream]

honestly that adds more immersion to the game, ngl

gj

[hoary cipher]

It's mainly more for NPCs then player but thank you it means a lot

[leaden glade]

hello, is it possible to make a custom magazine for some weapon mod? because i want to change the caliber of mcx spear from rwap

[dark shore]

Thats pretty cool ngl

[dark shore]

Depends on how far you are willing to go

Do you want new icons?

Because if not its pretty much all ltx editing

I cant walk you through it rn cause im not home but its not to hard

[leaden glade]

not really. because the usual mag will ok

[leaden glade]

i've tried modifying the ammo type, and some mag ltx, but i don't know why it can't load the ammo

[turbid lily]

I'd look at Mr (I forget the name)'s 10mm ammo mod, they added a bunch of new ammo types and weapons. a good starting point/reference

[leaden glade]

gonna check it then

thank you

[trail sundial]

Make sure you have the ammo IDs matching on the base type config, the weapon config and the weapon mags config

[leaden glade]

i don't know. i've try changing the type based on ammo i can find in mo2 search bar. it works if i load it into a gun, but i cannot load into the mags

[trail sundial]

Then the issue most likely lies in the basetype config for the mag youre using.

[leaden glade]

i'm using a Leekos and ArtiGrok, are they overwrite or overwritten by the rwap base type?

[trail sundial]

Aren't you creating a new mag? In this case nothing should be overwritten.

Unless your new mag configs has the same file name as an existing ones

[leaden glade]

i mean the base type, i know the mag shouldn't be overwritten

i still confused about this kind of thing. i usually just editing the ltx. but the rwap have all the mag set to use m4

[trail sundial]

I don't see why any mod you mentioned would overwrite any base types.

But if you want a mag to use a new caliber you need to make a new basetype for it, and then make a mag that uses that basetype

Juan's BAR is a good example for adding a new mag, if you want to see all the components of just 1 new mag.

[leaden glade]

ok, i'll look for it then

thank you sir

[trail sundial]

These are the 3 ltx to make a mag and make a weapon use it. the basetype just establishes a type of mag and what ammo it uses, the mags config creates the mags as items and defines ammo, capacity, text descriptions and such, then the weapon mags config defines what mags a gun uses.

[leaden glade]

oh, missing this one then

it should be put on folder named magazines2, right?

[trail sundial]

the config with this info goes in magazines 2

[leaden glade]

i see. looks like i need to make this ltx

missed that one i think

[tardy peak]

Sup everybody!
Can anyone kick me in the general direction of how to make craft output condition rely on input components conditions (like in artifact crafting)?

[naive snow]

You mean how the artifact melter averages the condition of the used artifacts?

[tardy peak]

yup

I took a guess that it could be based on "artifacts" page in craft menu, but alas. Didn't work

[tardy peak]

A bit of context: I'm combining mutant pelts

[naive snow]

The main logic exists in the grok_artefacts_melter.script
The functions are being called in the use1_functor of the itm_artefactskit

[tardy peak]

Thanks a lot! I'l look into it!

[naive snow]

The basic of it, when you're repairing artifacts, is that the other artifact is simply another ''support'' item, same as when you're repairing parts. It just feeds the the item condition as the repair bonus

[tardy peak]

Oh, I think I confused you a bit with my description. I'm combining different pelts into new item. Repairing pelts using pelts of same type is already done.
For example i want to craft example_item using boar and flesh pelts and get the example_item condition as an average of parts.

[naive snow]

Ah

[tardy peak]

I'll take screenshot of what I', doing just to be clear. Just a sec

Here:
Output happens to be always 100% no matter what condition inputs are

[naive snow]

You'd have to look at the code pre-artifact crafting changes, the systems doesn't make use of the part's average now that it includes the new crafting recipes (and mutant parts)

You probably have to intercept the item creation call to force feed it the calculated pelt condition

Otherwise, any items spawned via the basic call just spawns at 100%

You can have a look at how the condition gets set for artifacts and pelts in zz_item_artefact.script

[tardy peak]

I have it open right now, but dont see anything about crafting. Is average condition a base anomaly mechanic?

I can't understand why it works with artifacts but not pelts, since pelts ARE artifacts technically

[naive snow]

They're either blacklisted somewhere in a utility being called or the initial script looks up if it's a i_arty or i_arty-cont

[tardy peak]

Maybe i could swap artifact kind. I'll try that. That's a solid lead

[naive snow]

If you have the old scripts, in the zz_ui_workshop_keep_crafting_window_open.script, you can see that there's a check for if it's a i_arty or a i_arty_junk, which increments the condition and a counter.

Later down the line, there's another check to see if kind == ''i_arty'' or kind == ''i_arty_cont'' then it uses the total_cond / counter and sets the condition to that

You could simply add i_pelt or whatever the class of pelts is to both of these

[tardy peak]

Honestly with script name like this I wouldn't EVER thought that it is the one that governs output condition. Thanks again and again to you kind sir!

[naive snow]

My best advise for working in a mod heavy environment is to launch whatever text editor or IDE you use through MO2 and search in your anomaly folder directly with the search in all in files.

So you can see exactly the files and functions that the game sees (since it's virtualized)

[tardy peak]

I'll have to look into that since i understood about half of this message

[naive snow]

Launch your notepad++ or whatever in MO2
then use the Find in FIles
Point it to your anomaly folder and use the filters for the right files

[tardy peak]

Dayum, I can do that? Would have been useful info about 30 hours of blind browsing ago

Last question, is the "or" operand in script language a typical "||" or is it something else? I'm not sure what the language is...

[summer stream]

doesnt stalker anomaly uses modified Lua? like luaGIT or something

[tardy peak]

Well... Off to add LUA to my JS and C# half-assed knowledge stack. Thanks!

[summer stream]

[tardy peak]

Oh, so "or" is literally "or"...

[naive snow]

Yeah LuaJit

[tardy peak]

@naive snow It worked! You're an Absolute Unit of a Chad!

[simple scaffold]

LuaJIT, luabind (prehistoric versions of both) and some odd xray special meta table shinanigans that auto loads scipts and makes them into something that looks like a C namespace

[simple scaffold]

the free lua 5.0 book is close enough to the 5.1 stalker has that none of it is wrong. i think the only 5.1 feature we tend to use is the block quote sytnax.

https://www.lua.org/pil/4.3.4.html

the bigger differances come from stalker using luabind OOP that looks more like C++ opp than traditional lua oop. and xray auto loading scripts into tables that act like C namespaces rather than using lua modules. Both of these will feel more familiar to somone that know JS/C than the way lua is "suposed" to work.

comunity guides: https://anomaly-modding-book.netlify.app/docs/tutorials/scripting

[blazing laurel]

Hey y'all, had some questions. I was using the search function to determine how to change incoming and outbound damage using grok_bo.script in MO2. I noticed that stalker_damage default is set to 0.75. I'm assuming that's probably incoming damage, right? Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, someone asked this same question in November of 2025 and they sent him here but he didn't seem to actually message you guys here.

[random fulcrum]

grok_bo handles outgoing player bullet and melee damage types against mutants and stalkers, the stalker_damage default you see is the failsafe fallback damage multiplier if for some reason the game can't determine where your hit landed on a human mob, for monsters this is handled in the engine

if you want to increase outgoing damage then just change the difficulty modifiers near the top of the file

[coral saffron]

Weapon accuracy would be defined under the cam_ section of .ltx right?

[random fulcrum]

no that's recoil

accuracy is fire_dispersion_base

it's measured in degrees

1.5 is 0% accuracy in the stats screen

[coral saffron]

Thank you.

[trail sundial]

Anyone know where to find Cr3psis textures tutorial? I've seen it referenced in some videos but haven't been able to find it.

[devout fiber]

Can someone confirm if there's anything on mods-posting that let you sleep anytime regardless of sleepiness?

[novel ruin]

!sleep

[queen pine]

@devout fiber
DON'T TOUCH Sleep deprivation IN SETTINGS.

• If you want to sleep WHENEVER you want

Follow this instruction : #╭📖faq message

• If you want to sleep WHEREVER you want

Install this mod (type !ctrlm in #🤖bot-commands to learn how to install mods).

Second method unlocks sleeping whenever you want as well without additional actions.

[tame steppe]

does anyone know how lmgs hide their bullets as they reach the end of the magazine?

[rotund seal]

By hiding

[sudden inlet]

@novel ruin hi! Saw your PR to modded exes and thought if you know about EAX.
Once I saw someone said that nowadays you don't even need their hardware to run it while EAX demos on youtube show there is some difference at least.
Mostly curious, if you know something about that and don't mind doing some explainations of how it works nowadays

[teal compass]

bullet_bones

just check the machin guns config

[tame steppe]

do you know where the script that controls this comes from?

[teal compass]

that I do not

prob just search for any mention of bullet_bones

[tame steppe]

tried that

[teal compass]

idk man

[trail sundial]

If you download an lmg mod, solid chance it's all there for you to discover

[hoary cipher]

able to fix the wobble and clipping from previous versions so now i can have the mask be an overlay on the actual head instead of a fake read and hiding the real head

[red light]

Guys is it very hard to make a mod that adds new weapon?

[hoary cipher]

Very hard? not really but it depends on what your idea of adding new weapons is if you are putting models on animations it can be hard, if you are making fully new animations and models that gets harder, if you are just trying to add already made stuff from moddb to your game not very hard

[red light]

I'm tryna make a new AK that basically reuses all assets from AK-12 but new caliber and whole new gun overall

I'm planning on changing model to AK-308 in future

[hoary cipher]

Well to change the model you need to add the animations to that model in blender then export it, to just change the caliber that is a simple config edit

There is a guide on how to do most gun related stuff in blender

[red light]

I generally had some experience with changing configs in mods and scariest thing that might happen is game not launching while ur mod is active

[trail sundial]

https://youtu.be/mBHNhwuLs3g?si=AAcINZMO4RuwtQas

This vid has most of what you need to know

[trail sundial]

When this happens in anomaly, the log will usually tell you exactly what's wrong

[red light]

Cool where i can find it tho

[trail sundial]

Anomaly\appdata\logs

[red light]

ty

[trail sundial]

Usually the info you need is in the .txt.

If there's no clear issues in the txt and you have an mdump it's often a corrupt file that was exported wrong or something

[fossil ledge]

Hello! I was wonder if there is any existing guide or any standalone mod that I can reverse engineer to add new NPC/Companion to game like Hip?

[restive sigil]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/literally-you-in-drive This addon adds Ryan Gosling as an NPC. Go on a trip with your homie, you both deserved it.

Find him in the Agroprom Institute.

[novel ruin]

No, I don't really know much about EAX. I'm just porting the effect to cmd so I can control it.
Tho I heard there is some kind of software EAX, from my digging, sound systems have moved from hardware to software nowadays (it's used to bake to hardware to run faster, but now CPU is just fast enough), and probably EAX in stalker is software as well. There is some difference between hardware and software EAX; hardware is generally better.

[hoary cipher]

What do people normally use to edit and make textures for ogfs?

[summer stream]

substance painter

[hoary cipher]

Do you have a link to it? Is it free?

[summer stream]

not free.

[hoary cipher]

[summer stream]

it's adobe after all

[hoary cipher]

Any alternatives?....

[summer stream]

not really

BUT

[hoary cipher]

[summer stream]

but.

[hoary cipher]

Butt?

[summer stream]

check ur dms

[dire rain]

https://tenor.com/view/jgmm-cat-meme-ragebait-cat-think-cat-ponder-gif-7034802297606826390

[plain mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosleng-gif-9249395635597248000

[tame steppe]

what did you send him

[hoary cipher]

Crypto miner

[forest remnant]

anyone know if its possible to manipulate the game speed? like make it run slower or faster and what not?

[hoary cipher]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/gotta-go-fast-extended

[forest remnant]

i dont mean change how fast the actor can perform different actions, I mean actually slow down the game so that everything runs as if it were in slow motion

[hoary cipher]

That is walking speed and running speed

....you could have looked at what I sent lol it is literally a mod that changed movment speed

[forest remnant]

i know, I appreciate the help, but im not looking at changing movement speed, im trying to get the entire game to go in slow motion, including other npcs, Alife, weapon firings, etc. I have no idea if any of this is possible, just curious

[hoary cipher]

So bullet time?

[forest remnant]

kinda of yea, wait isnt there a mod that does that? I might look at its code

[hoary cipher]

There is atleast a dozen on moddb yea

[forest remnant]

ok, ill look, thx for the help

[tame steppe]

time_factor 0.9

not sure if it’s debug only

it’ll work but I don’t know why you would want to slow down the whole game…

[forest remnant]

ill test it but thats exactly what I was looking for, thx

[tame steppe]

maybe you could attach it to a script for better implementation

but glad I could help

[forest remnant]

ill try that, im just messing around with an idea

[tame steppe]

what’s the idea?

[forest remnant]

i dont like the experimental exo psu powers so im trying to make them cooler and one idea I had was to replace the flash speed boost with a cyberpunk sandevestan style ability. idk if itll work tho

i gotta speed up the actor after slowing the game down to make that work

[tame steppe]

it’ll probably work using time factor but I don’t know how useful it’ll be since actor doesn’t get sped up

[tame steppe]

I don’t know if that’s possible

[forest remnant]

yea, thats what im afraid of, well see what I can manage tho

[novel ruin]

cmd time_factor [your speed here]

[tame steppe]

is it debug only?

[novel ruin]

probably no, a lot of mod use it

[forest remnant]

I can run it in a script with get_console():execute("time_Factor 1)

[novel ruin]

idk it that the line to exe cmd

its exec_console_cmd("time_factor 2")

to bring your game to 2x speed

[forest remnant]

it works, but if exec_console_cmd is more common I might use that

[novel ruin]

huh, cool

[undone spruce]

im pretty much done with the simple reload, now its reload_empty time

[tame steppe]

would you like feedback?

[undone spruce]

sure

tho im only wrapping it up for now because id never have it perfect

[tame steppe]

I dunno I’m not the best animator but I would personally play around with the easing for certain parts, the animation seems a little floaty atm. Like more ease in ease out kinda thing. Though to be honest it’s perfectly fine. I’m not sure how you did your animation but just a little thing for future. we’re all learning

[undone spruce]

yeah, i will still play a little with the graphs at a later time, but for now ill just try to make the brunt of the work

[native oyster]

There is a mod that makes you use the bolts from Stalker2

[urban sable]

Probably a question that has been asked too many times but here I go. Changing cost values in a ltx file for toxic air economy rebalance didn't change the actual values in-game. What am I missing here? Some dltx shit somewhere is overwriting this?

[red light]

So uhhh i seem to make everything work but i can't get AK-308 model since i can't sign into Sketchfab and i don't have tarkov

[red light]

Make sure it's in correct directory in gamedata folder

[urban sable]

The file I edited is in the folder I found it in. Is one supposed to remove the ltx from the folder first, edit it somewhere else and then put it back in that gamedata folder? Most likely a case of using wordpad? File format is still the same nothing seemed out of place. Editing LTX might be more complex that it seems.

[red light]

Depends in which directory the file originally is located

Cuz it will not work if parent folder (in which the file is) is not in gamedata

[urban sable]

So editing cost values in that ltx file in that directory won't give me the results. That mod overwrites the same ltx file in the toxic air v2 redux as it shows in MO2. The question is what am I supposed to do so the values would get changed in-game too? Is there a tutorial somewhere? Do I have to edit the file before installing that mod in MO2?

Solved. My idiot brain thought the values were one to one to rouble price, truth is those prices are some sort of base prices and I just had to keep adjusting them

Now I just have to figure out how to edit the scripts in a way so NPC have very low drop chance on the gas mask filters and oxygen tanks. Done that too, seems good. Ez pz.

[native oyster]

I have an idea for a mod, and the response I got was "Make it yourself" and a link to the Anomaly Modding Book. I am trying to follow the instructions there, but some things are not clear. It tells me to start by installing VSCodium, so I did that, but then I am supposed to modify a "Settings.json" file which does not exist.
Also, I am supposed to install a list of extensions, that do not show up on the VSCodium Extension marketplace, and it gives links to the Visual studio marketplace instead.
What am I doing wrong?

[novel ruin]

Press "edit as json" to open settings.json

[native oyster]

That is part of why I concluded Settings.json doesn't exist. When I did that, it opened a blank file.

[novel ruin]

to install the extension, type the extension name in the extension tab to search it

[novel ruin]

you make 0 changes, thats why its empty, paste the settings into it and youre good

[native oyster]

but the instructions say to find "files.associations" and add the changes there. How do I do that if it just gives me a blank file?

[novel ruin]

"files.associations": { [type in your stuff] }

The guide kinda assumes you know how to write code and set up IDE, so it can be confusing

[novel ruin]

the first bracket (the yellow one) is typed first, then you type "file...

[novel ruin]

no red error, you should be good to go, probably

[native oyster]

Thank you!

Regarding the extensions, I have looked for Audio-Preview, LTX Support, and LUA by Keyring, but it doesn't find any results. Any suggestions there?

Rather, I get lots of results, but not the ones I am looking for

[novel ruin]

Bad luck for you, Vscodium uses a separate marketplace unlike the normal one. And that marketplace doesn't have what you looking for. You will have to download it manually (somehow)

I just switched to the normal vsc instead because i kinda fed up with it tbh

[native oyster]

Ok, super noobie question here. I use Visual Studio for Unity. If I just opened that up, installed the plugins here and added the extensions, would that mess up my Unity stuff? Visual Studio is built to handle multiple flavors of coding at the same time and keep them separate, right?

[drifting moat]

You can set up different profiles (One for anomaly, one for Unity)

That auto toggles extensions on/off

[novel ruin]

anomaly use lua so you should be fine

[native oyster]

Google says yes, but I don't trust the AI responses.

Thank you!

[drifting moat]

VSCode is just a text editor. Shouldn't cause any problemy with any apps whatsoever

[native oyster]

Wait, is VSCode different than Visual Studio?

Ohhhhhh

Why doesn't the book direct you to download that instead of Vscodium?

[native oyster]

ok, now that my IDE is setup. ( :fingers-crossed: ) I need to find a script to reverse-engineer.
My goal is to detect when a player has their Anomalous Measurement Device out and it is pointed at an anomaly, then output text onto the screen. Would that be Monkey Patching?

How do I find scripts to reverse-engineer?

[naive snow]

Use the search in files, look up either the engine's source files with Tosox's repo or any similar mod, like the geiger counter (the rad spots are anomalies in the system files FYI)

[native oyster]

Oh, you mean in Gamma\mods ?

As opposed to Anomaly\_unpacked

[naive snow]

https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/tree/v1.5.2 This is a repo with the unpacked scripts of 1.5.2 if you don't want to unpack your shit.
This will have the base engine stuff.
What you can do is dump the contents into your own Gamma/mods/AnomalyUnpacked, set it as the lowest priority in your mod load order and then add your IDE in MO2 to run it. Your IDE will then see the same file structure and assembled files as in MO2 and in-game. So you can just point your file search in Anomaly/Gamedata

[native oyster]

Maybe I am missing a step in the IDE setup, how do I link my IDE to MO2?

[naive snow]

Add a new entry and just add your IDE exe

[native oyster]

In MO2, not in VSCode.

[naive snow]

That's MO2

[summer stream]

https://tenor.com/view/higuruma-hiromi-hiromi-higuruma-jujutsu-kaisen-jjk-gif-3977056725828219167

[native oyster]

I don't want to clutter this space up with all my questions. Are there any tutorials that maybe go through this from an absolute beginner perspective? Like, how to set up tools correctly, where the relevant files are located, what a mod is and does, etc?

I saw Grok's pinned post about how to start modding, but I am getting the impression that it is assuming a level of familarity with modding and Anomaly that I have not yet acheived.

[naive snow]

No, none

This place is meant to ask question, it also leaves a record for futur user if they use the search function

[summer stream]

Most of the stuff you just find out by reverse engineering

so just check out tosox gamedata repo to see anything related to ur stuff

[native oyster]

OK. I went to \Anomaly\tools and using the db_unpacker_all batch file. That gave me the _unpacked folder and its contents.
What do I do with this folder? Something about MO2? Also what do I do with the Tosox repo? Is that where the Anomaly Measurement Device comes from?

[naive snow]

Okay, lets go about these one by one

Anomaly has archives for its own files, .db archives. The engine is able to load these and they contain textures, scripts, configs, etc. The unpacker simply extracts all these to a dummy folder.

MO2 can't see the file within those archives. Tosox's repo, the git, is a copy of those files, unpacked. You only need one or the other.

MO2 works by virtualization. Every mod you see in your mod list is simply a folder named the same in your Gamma/mods folder. When you launch an application through MO2 it assembles all the files you see on the right panel of MO2 and "virtualizes" them, so files winning conflicts are pointed to. But in essence, the files are still only living in your Mods folder.

The idea to move the content of your _unpacked folder and moving it to its own Mod folder is that now MO2 can see the files that are otherwise in the archives

[native oyster]

ooooh! tasks_measurement.script! That looks promising!

That makes sense why Gamma is so big

So to start a mod, you start by making a folder. Lower folders in MO2 get precedence

[naive snow]

By virtue of launching your IDE, or even Notepad++, through MO2 is that the application sees the same virtualization. So if your application has a file browser and you look in your Anomaly folder with it, you should see the same file structure as what you see in your files panel of MO2, essentially "assembling" the game+mods

By putting your new mod "Unpacked Anomaly" at the top, priority 1, when the file conflict does its resolution, you'll see which file actually wins the conflict. It also allows you to search in your Anomaly folder and see every single script that is in game

[native oyster]

like this?

ah. then I open the folder in VScode, and I see the scripts.

[naive snow]

Bingo, it should be a mirror of what you see in your MO2 file's panel

Now you can look up [sections] and scripts via their namespaces, etc

[native oyster]

What folder do they virtualize in?

Oh. it is in the anomaly folder, not Gamma

[naive snow]

After that you can refer to the modding book for learning about [sections]:parent, scripts, etc.
Anomaly uses a funky old version of luajit #╙🖇mods-making-discussion message

[naive snow]

Gamma is only used to host the mods and the launcher/mo2

Everything is still just anomaly

[native oyster]

I can't open these, it says file was not found?

[naive snow]

That I can't help with, I don't use VS code

I don't have an issue with Notepad++

FYI, that's the task for using a measurement device on an anomaly, not your artifact scanner or anything

[native oyster]

Yeah, that is what I am interested in

I want the measurement device to output the name of the anomaly or mutant that you are pointing it at

maybe even replace the current system of unlocking codex entries. Instead of just being near them, you have to scan them.

that last bit is a stretch goal tho

[native oyster]

Ok, so task_ is the quests. I guess what I really need is something that happens as soon as you take out an equipped item.
This bit is interesting:

        local active_detector = db.actor:active_detector()```
That must be the Measurment Device I want!

[native oyster]

game lists it as detector_anomaly
The Task_Measure.script is a container for the quests, gives rules for taking, generating targets, etc. and defines the stages of the quest.
item_device.script is the container that handles devices, battery consumption, how they behave when battery is drained, etc.
What is in the middle? What is an example of something that fires a script as soon as it is taken out? and where can I find that script?

[native oyster]

Questiion about notepad++
is there a dark mode?

Settings -> Preferences -> Dark Mode.
Oh thank god.

[green root]

Dumb question, how do I get the ability to post in mods-posting?

[native oyster]

I crashed the game! Does that get me an achievment?

[summer stream]

Yes, vasyan.

[native oyster]

Tired of playing for hours before your game finally crashes? Download my mod! it will crash your game IMMEDIATLY! No need to wait!

[native oyster]

Ok, how do I find the model for the Measurement Device?

Looks like it is one of these: Gamedata\meshes\dynamics\devices

[summer stream]

yes, it's the right place

[bright sleet]

anyone help me figure out the actor names for a couple outfits? confused a bit..

[naive snow]

You want to find which ogf uses which textures?

[bright sleet]

yes? i dunno what an ogf is

just tryna swap a hand model rq, can't figure what outfit is what name

[naive snow]

Ogf is the format of the models

Find the armor name, the [section] name for it and then look in all files with that name to see which visual is assigned to it for the hands. In the hand's [section] you'll find the ogf associated. Then any ogf editor will tell you the textures used for it

[bright sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/hodhodaa-gif-21969781

guess the other hand model i swapped was just a fluke i was just able to kinda guess based of these act_arm files and make a copy and rename it

[naive snow]

I mean you could just use a .dds viewer and go off the visual and rough name

[summer stream]

thap rework dltx

[bright sleet]

mhp

[bright sleet]

ya ill try that

[native oyster]

Well, I can make the news feed say "Good Morning Chornobyl!" every time the game starts.
Still have no idea how to detect when a particular item is active.
Does anyone know how this works? If it was unity, the detector would be a gameobject and the script would be attached, but this does not seem to be set up that way...

[naive snow]

Take a look at the flashlight or the artifact detectors, they both can go into the detector slot

[native oyster]

that would be perfect, but I am not sure where to look

[naive snow]

The value of class, DET_SIMP, is what's used to define the script. So item_device_script has the scripting for the device

[native oyster]

in the item_device.script...

There is this, for power consumption:

        if num == 1 then
            local obj = db.actor:active_detector() or db.actor:active_item()
            if obj and obj:id() == id then
                power_loss = power_loss + consumption
                in_hand = true
            end```

but what calls that?

[naive snow]

The function under which it is?

[native oyster]

ideally, I want an event I can hook onto with a callback

function device_binder:process_power(id, section, condition)

[naive snow]

Look in either that item_device.script or item_radio.script to get the registered call back and inspire yourself

the RF receiver is probably the closest thing to what you're trying to achieve

[native oyster]

yeah, looks like actor_on_update is my only choice then... the Modding Book warns that should be avoided...

would be neat if axr_main had a definition for actor_activates_item

[naive snow]

Well that's for continuous calls, it's if you're updating a position relative to yourself

The easiest thing to figure things out is simply to make a dummy script and launch unique print strings on the various callbacks to figure out when each one is called

[native oyster]

IT WORKS!
yeah, next step is I need to know what the detector_anomaly is called.
I know that is what the debug menu calls it, so I will check that next.

[naive snow]

Just get ilrathcxv's section name in tooltip mod, it should be floating around in #1035807043933720576 or on moddb

Then just find the item via debug, the section name is the internal name of the object

[native oyster]

The Debug menu name works! EXCELLENT!

[random fulcrum]

just check every handful of frames, you don't need a 1ms poll rate

for the extremely fast actor_on_update s i use every other frame to tick the callback

[coral saffron]

anyone know if there is a Remington MSR mod for anomaly? I ain't seeing one with a google, curious if y'all have a clue.

[random fulcrum]

are you making a mod for it

[native oyster]

Does anyone know what game_difficulties is? I cannot seem to find a definition for it.
I am seeing itused like game_difficulties.get_game_factor and game_difficulties.get_eco_factor

Nevermind. I just figured it out. It is the settings from the Settings menu.

Ok, next question. Sorry if I am asking this badly.
I am in _g.script looking at function CZone_Touch(obj)
What are the parameters (if that is the right word) of obj? Like, what data can I extract from that object-data-type-thing? It is like a class somewhere, yeah? Where can I look it up?

[naive snow]

It's whatever was passed onto the function when it was called

It can be pretty much anything

Find where the function is being called or what the function does with this obj and just go off from there

[native oyster]

I think I found it in lua_help.script
this is getting smoother.

[native oyster]

Ummm, I may have a snag... Is there a list of anomalies somewhere? I see a list in the Class Registrator that does not match the list I see in ui_pda_encyclopedia and neither has the most readable name. I was assuming there was a table or something somewhere...

[naive snow]

DAO might have a list somewhere, best trick is simply to get the name of one of them and search in all file, see if it appears in a table or array already somewhere

[native oyster]

I'm gonna try taking tostring(detected_obj) and see what happens. It is loading now. I am nervous.
Please don't crash...

it didn't crash!
It is saying no gameobject received from ID, but it didn't crash! it ALMOST worked!

printf is supposed to print to the log, right?

[native oyster]

hmmm. it is acting like it is not loading at all. Can I post my code and have you tell me where I went wrong?

[native oyster]

huh. I caught myself adding semi-colons to the end of lines again...

[native oyster]

Ok I have to share becuase this makes no sense.
Why does this run:

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

function actor_on_first_update()
    news_manager.send_tip(db.actor, "Good Morning S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S.!!!", nil, nil, 30000)
end

function actor_on_update()
    printf ("updating fast...")        
--    if frames < 10             
--        frames = frames + 1
--    else
--        frames = 0
--    end
end```

but this does not:
```local frames = 0

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

function actor_on_first_update()
    news_manager.send_tip(db.actor, "Good Morning S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S.!!!", nil, nil, 30000)
end

function actor_on_update()
    printf ("updating fast...")        
    if frames < 10             
        frames = frames + 1
    else
        frames = 0
    end
end```

[random fulcrum]

doggosapiens "frames" as in 1000/60 as in 1 frame at 60hz, actor_on_update runs on a 1ms poll

also in console type run_script [name of your script]

it'll tell you at the line where the error is

[native oyster]

YASSSS

THAT is what I NEED

[random fulcrum]

also what the fuck does this even accomplish

[lilac ibex]

framegen or smth

[native oyster]

I originally was trying to slow down how fast actor_on_update fires.
I have massivley reduced my code looking for what is preventing it from running at all

run_script right? it is telling me that the command is unknown

I probably need debug. nvm

[native oyster]

My thought was to do something like:

    frames = frames + 1
    return
  else
    frames = 0
end``` 
so it would early-exit the actor_on_update function 9 times out of 10.

ARG!
LUA uses THEN!
I am a moron

Ok. Do not do tostring(obj)... that is bad. Noted.

[random fulcrum]

bro live blogging his every move

[mortal flint]

xd

[native oyster]

It almost works. Now I just need to figure out what fields the anomaly objects have...

[tranquil heron]

S.I.S.K.I. ALIFE and re:done do they work well together

[rough lion]

Re:Done as in south and north collection?

I use both and haven't seen any weird behaviour so far

[tranquil heron]

i meant both

hole collection

[sudden inlet]

They should? Siski only affects what NPC do in the zone and redone decided who spawns where

[tranquil heron]

i see

[red light]

the most fucking random error i have gotten by far

[hoary cipher]

Upgrade error for an outfit it looks like

[red light]

i searched through up_novice_1.ltx yet found nothing

[hoary cipher]

It's probably from a new mod you added best to ask in modded support channel

[red light]

okay so i disabled all mods that probably caused this to happen yet still crashes

[red light]

although is there a file that is responsible for effects that upgrades do?

[hoary cipher]

New game or same save?

[hoary cipher]

Idk

[red light]

both

but i fixed it by brute-force deletion of entire outfits folder from gamedata

istg stalker 2 doesn't have this much errors

[hoary cipher]

Maybe it's best if you do a gamma reinstall so it fixes itself and save your profiles?

[hoary cipher]

Stalker 2 didn't stack 600 mods either

But tru

[red light]

wait so gamma isn't almost the same as anomaly or what

nvm forget it

[hoary cipher]

Uhh not really it's pretty diffrent from anomaly it's about 120gb bigger?

[red light]

makes sense

[native oyster]

does anyone know if Emissions and Psi storms trigger actor_on_feeling_anomaly?

[native oyster]

How can I tell if a player is in range to chop a mutant corpse?

[trail sundial]

it's anomaly with 200% more Wumbo

[native oyster]

Looking into DAO assignments based on map, I found a reference to an anomaly named zone_mine_cdf Does anyone know what this anomaly is called in-game? If it has an encyclopedia entry, I don't know which one it is.

[native oyster]

Actually, I just realized that using the F7 key to unlock all encyclopedia entries doesn't unlock them all. I just tried it and there was no entries for seed anmolays, sloth anomalys, or shatterpoint anomalys, and I know I have gotten those on past games.

[native oyster]

cognitive dissonance field

[ancient gate]

So i have lower my resolution so my game doesnt run like crap but my fonts are alot bigger as a result. This isnt really an issue for the modt part but on tactical compass the font is to big to show 3 digit numbers, does anyone have a list of fonts to try?

Or maybe a fix

Im not very knowledgeable with editing ui files

I have found a solution by setting the font to "medium" instead of "letterica16" but id still like a list or someway to find the fonts to test them out

[native oyster]

Fonts for Anomaly Recreated from Tactical Shooters (F.A.R.T.S.) changes the font, and has multiple sizes.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/font-for-anomaly-recreated-from-tactical-shooters-farts

plus it is a cool name!

[ancient gate]

This is included with gamma(modern fonts 1k 2k and 4k) i think

I tried reinstalling but didnt notice a major difference with the setting I chose so I might try something else

Tactical fonts for anomaly*

308 309 and 310

[native oyster]

I did not realize that was the same thing!

[ancient gate]

I didnt know either till I right clicked and went to the mod db page for it

[native oyster]

Question: why did my script stop working when I wrapped it in a BAIN folder and installed it through MO2?
It was working great, now I get "LUA _thread_main:1: attempt to call field 'main' (a nil value)"

[ancient gate]

I picked tarkov font and ir honestly looks pretty good

[native oyster]

apparently I needed to add:

end```
to the beginning of my script. No idea why it worked before without that.
🤷‍♂️

[native oyster]

Oh I got the fever now! I wonder if I can expand the usefulness of wristwatches?

[summer stream]

you can!

but you need some help of MAS

and script attachments

via adding additional bone where the wrist watch can attach to,
you can expand the usefulness of it

but it's a very tedious work since you need additional animations and etc

if you're really digging for it, you can try it with just animated texture or etc

where it shows time via the texture, not via normal watch(idk how to call it properly)

[native oyster]

I was actually thinking of just adding a UI box to the screen if you have a Wristwatch in your inventory and you favorite it. Or maybe popping up a box with the time written in it if you press a key as dictated by a MCM control.
Actually modeling your character wearing a watch with an animation for checking it on your wrist is a mite to ambitious for me!

[summer stream]

you can always check mods for tarkov to see how is it implemented in there

since i remember a mod that lets you check it

[native oyster]

That is a very fascinating idea. And it would look cool as hell...

[hoary cipher]

Someone makes watch animations I don't mind making it go on a player.....

[summer stream]

this thing has it

[hoary cipher]

Tbh I'm not entirely sure how well scripted attachments would work on hand huds that's a new thing to try lol

[summer stream]

we will see it

[tame steppe]

does anyone know the math behind the barrel condition and the damage calculation?

[tame steppe]

okay nevermind i found why i was confused grok_bo.script gets overwritten by gamma close quarters combat

[misty mulch]

!mo2search // you should only ever look at the winning version of a file, which you can figure out using the file name search from MO2.

[queen pine]

@tame steppe Use the mod name search bar to find mods in MO2, and use the mod files search bar to find which files are from which mods.⠀

[misty mulch]

also, yes, i do, by virtue of spending ~6weeks making a damage simulator. what are you trying to do/figure out?

[tame steppe]

i wanted to make a desmos graph that gives the shit power when giving a barrel_condition_corrected value

so i can better understand the balancing to make my barrel condition accuracy mod make sense

[misty mulch]

https://github.com/veerserif/gamma-dashboard/blob/main/damage-sim/damage_sim.py#L136

or you know, the actual calculator: https://veerserif.pythonanywhere.com/

which is probably easiest

[tame steppe]

thanks

[misty mulch]

oh forgot i actually made a spreadsheet for this too https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h_mwE79WCNNYIMz7J5ql5WdzL85Qjd3gtQH5vaNcZL0/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=100599338026968344549

[tame steppe]

oh lol thats convenient

thank you

[misty mulch]

(that is, fyi, the reason why on the damage simulator, barrel condition is 70% by default. because that's functionally the cutoff point)

[tame steppe]

i mean i already made the graph but thanks

[misty mulch]

yeah it's not a very complicated formula

basically linear until 69% b/c it maxes at a damage mult of 1.0 for obv. reasons

[tame steppe]

[misty mulch]

the difficulty w/ gbo is in the one trillion exceptions and stubbornly different functions to achieve very minimal changes to final damage output

[tame steppe]

yeah it sucks, i dont know what choice i have but to override the whole function just to remove the barrel_condition mulitplier to the final damage output

it would be much nicer if those processes were separated into subset functions

[misty mulch]

you basically don't, it's written on purpose in a way that is designed to limit the ability of other people to monkeypatch the script

[tame steppe]

why was it done that way?

that feels weirdly unjustified

[misty mulch]

that is from Grok, which the forwarding doesn't show

#╙🖇mods-making-discussion message also

I didn't really made these addons to be modular or modified by other scripts sadly enough. Hence why I never made any MCM with it as well to avoid people fucking up the balance without knowing and then complain about how shit the system is

[tame steppe]

i see, its understandable i suppose, thanks for giving me those messages

[misty mulch]

np. always happy to help someone navigate the unwieldy mess of grok_bo.script

[vagrant delta]

how do I edit a certain weapons deffault mag size?

[misty mulch]

use dltx and change the ammo_mag_size parameter. my DLTX guide is here: https://github.com/veerserif/gamma-dashboard/blob/main/dltx_guide.md

[sudden inlet]

Curious if you have ever thought about making imgui version of this

[misty mulch]

I already made a full fledged website using dash for it

and I'm falling out of interest with gamma so unlikely to keep working on it

[nova sundial]

Who understands or has a guide in the channel? How to change the texture of your character to a model like an NPC
1 - character on the left
2- NPC on the right
Since there is no such visual from the armor available in the game, I want to understand how to change such aspects.
Or where can I ask such a question?

[sudden inlet]

I was just about to tag you )
If I were you I would ask this guy https://discord.com/channels/456765861953536020/1424171464613040189
and there were one more thread somewhere where this exact question was discussed but can't find it 💀

[nova sundial]

I have it marked as unknown

[sudden inlet]

https://discord.com/invite/c4RuJNs

[misty mulch]

1. figure out what visual model is used by the NPC on the left
2. figure out the configs that govern visual model distribution for the NPC on the right (as in - is that NPC random spawned, scripted, or a story NPC?)
3. alter the config for the NPC on the right using the info you got from 1

in nearly all cases, such files are provided in NPC model overhaul mods such as KVMA, Dux's, etc. You can start by looking at their configs and scripts, looking for filenames of the models they provide in order to figure out how they're used

[sudden inlet]

Any chance you also know how to apply NPC's model to the actor?

[nova sundial]

tag the same question when you find the information

[misty mulch]

oh to the actor? no idea I don't care usually lmao

cos I operate in a first person view world

[sudden inlet]

Join that anomaly discord and ask xcvb or vodoxleb, they might know or know someone else who might know

[nova sundial]

There aren't many people, but I think there are more experienced people on this channel.

[lilac ibex]

Fr

[nova sundial]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1405382572841635941

this is your answer

@sudden inlet I was directed to this channel

[sudden inlet]

Sounds good, and would appreciate if you share how you did it when you succeed

[nova sundial]

It's good that I've got into this channel, but I don't know what to do next.

[sudden inlet]

Dropping a dm to the Alchem is probably your best bet and research how his mod works

[misty mulch]

(to be clear they were directed here because originally they were trying to ask in the "publishing mods" channel.)

[hoary cipher]

You apply NPC model to the actor through config

You just choose the path for the actor model from the outfit config

[simple scaffold]

db.actor:set_visual_name(npc_visual) where npc_visual is a string similar to: actors\stalker_neutral\stalker_neutral_3.ogf

you can get an exact npc's visual like: npc:get_visual_name()

this probably won't change the arms. just the thirdperson model.

[hoary cipher]

Yea arms are their own special HUD model that has its own path, you set that up in outfit ltx also it's called whatever_hud typically

[sudden inlet]

Sick, thank you very much!
@nova sundial

[sudden inlet]

Some day someone will give up explaining THAP and make a command for it lol

[simple scaffold]

i think get_player_hud():set_hands(section) where section is a valid entry for player_hud_section in an out fit will change the arms. and get_player_hud():reset_hands() should put it back to normal.

i have never tried using these.

[simple scaffold]

i am not 100% on how sticky this is for the actor, it may reset on load or something. i never really tested it for actor.

[hoary cipher]

Wdym make a command for it?

[warm forum]

where can i find out which armor is using which mesh?

the .ogf file

[simple scaffold]

the items ltx example: https://github.com/Tosox/STALKER-Anomaly-gamedata/blob/32a985509b2d6abc652d1571fe50de5a84c52dd4/gamedata/configs/items/outfits/o_csky.ltx
visual is the world model.
the npc_visual and actor_visual are staker models.

[warm forum]

i cant access that link

now it works

[sudden inlet]

Like type !thap and it dumps a wall of text how to change hands for any outfit

[hoary cipher]

Oh lmao, tbh the best way to find that is looking in thap it's just dltx isn't it?

[sudden inlet]

Yea, you are right, but usually this question comes from people not familiar much with modding

[scarlet granite]

I fixed the most annoying part about hideouts

[hoary cipher]

more attachment types and npcs have attachments also now

[lilac ibex]

based

[warm forum]

how can i find out which wpn_hand.ogf a outfit is using

[hoary cipher]

side note faceshields work for npc too and only get used if they have their required helmet so no floating faceshields with wrong helmet

[lilac ibex]

single-handely removing npc mesh bloat
peak

[lilac idol]

damn hd models are that awful

[hoary cipher]

yes i MASed npc lmao but that is what im hoping to get much smaller file sizes

[hoary cipher]

awful? i dont think they look bad what do you mean by awful?

[lilac idol]

yeah I mean I think they do look pretty bad

cool stuff you've got going on tho

[hoary cipher]

i like them more then gfy i like the actual equipment look over stalker 2 and original style imo, not to say i wont have any classic stalker stuff but i mostly prefer this more- and it fits what im going for more too

[sudden inlet]

Hey! Do you have plans to add proximity limit to the laptop trading?
Don't sure if I should make a PR or it's on your to-do list

[lilac ibex]

you need to make a pr with moving fog

[sudden inlet]

If we only had v2v3v4 code llm

[lilac ibex]

skill issue!

[warm forum]

how can i look into the meshes ? .ogf

what software do i need

[scarlet granite]

Thought about it but the idea was to let people build there hideout anywhere without having to do annoying runs for every small thing. Service fee or time for delivery was also a thought but ultimately @undone lily wants it to be just a qol device that also can’t be crafted so I guess it will be obtainable by some task I guess but idk yet.

I could add it via MCM option tho

It only works on a single level tho

[lilac ibex]

blender

[untold moth]

can someone help with this

[sudden inlet]

What I'm concerned about is that, for example take Swamp. The fact that you can trade with their base while being at the north east exit is bad design imo

[sudden inlet]

Yea, I would appreciate very much and I will write a DM to Grok about this too.

[scarlet granite]

Yeah. Delivery fee based on distance (maybe free up to x meters) or a “delivery stash” that drops the bought items after a certain time based on distance could balance that

[sudden inlet]

Any of those would be cool to see
Should I re-read or your laptop can trade with any trader from any level?

[undone lily]

IMO there could be a limit of distance but not too small

[scarlet granite]

It can only trade with traders that are on the current map.

[undone lily]

Like 100m

And yeah the laptop will cost 35k at scientists

Crafting stuff like NVGs is already a bit weird but a laptop lol

[scarlet granite]

Quite realistic price for a laptop nowadays

[scarlet granite]

Well I added a craftable cat

[untold moth]

hello grok

[sudden inlet]

Curious what's your vision on laptop usage. Like, would I build a whole base somewhere at swamp to skip running through the level to buy some nato ammo? Hell no.
I would just put it the floor near the level exit and that's it. With how funny it sounds, it ruins the immersion when is used in such way (imo)

Yet, I would love to use it on existing bases where I have my corner with my boxes and tools just as QoL thing to skip running back and forth between mechanic, medic and trader

[scarlet granite]

I could add a setup time so it only works after being placed down for 24h

[sudden inlet]

It's more the fact that you can just use it in such an un-immersive way. Maybe this can be called something as "QoL boundary" where we make a mod that helps too much
Let's say if you have to build a whole infrastructure for it to work - 10/10, no comments, especially when they release that mod with generators from Anomaly discord.

Anyway, the working radius would be greatly appreciated 🙏

[warm forum]

anyone knows how to use AXRToolset?

[scarlet granite]

100% I don’t like the fact that you have to put batteries in lights for example 😂

[sudden inlet]

What exact tool from it do you need? Usually you just run it and that's it

[warm forum]

i want to look the Arm models .ogf but the hands are completely white, its not showing the textures

[rigid sail]

One thing I would love that would completely sell me on making a home away from a faction base would be a medic replacement.

I'm thinking something kinda large, very heavy and expensive, though potentially craftable. You'd need to supply it with meds, preferably some special item available from medics that costs only a bit more than a medical treatment, but requires the medic furniture item to do anything. Maybe also an anti-rad version, and you'd need both for the full heal.

Effectively, you drop down the furniture, stock it with medical supplies, and you have an only slightly more expensive medic available in whatever base you set up yourself.

[tame steppe]

run blender through MO2 and edit preferences to set the texture path to your anomaly textures folder

[warm forum]

ah, i need to install blender first

[tame steppe]

you can also do that in ogf editor if you just want to view btw

[warm forum]

yea

i just want to view

not change anything

[tame steppe]

download ogf editor, run it through mo2 and set the textures path in the top left and open viewport in the top right

[warm forum]

isnt OGF Viewer enough?

[tame steppe]

not sure never used it ogf editor is very light anyway

if it can view models and set texture paths then sure

[tame steppe]

yeah just set the texture path

[warm forum]

alright it worked 👌

thanks

[tame steppe]

yeah np anytime

[warm forum]

hum

but not all of them showing the textures..

nvm now it does

wierd..

[warm forum]

jesus

i cant find the hands for that one outfit

[old wharf]

Anybody know how to upload a model I have to the game ?

It’s a bsaa soldier from
Re8

[south steeple]

this is probably a dumb question, but can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

this randomly happens to a bunch of models in GAMMA but then random other ones import fine

[naive snow]

Because you're not looking at the actual winning file in the conflicts

[south steeple]

I am tho. I pulled these paths from the search in MO2

[naive snow]

the wpn_toz34_hud.ogf isn't the one from gamma weapon pack, it's the one from 312- gunslinger

[south steeple]

i pulled the filepaths for the ogf and omf's from MO2 running my live GAMMA profile... are these not the correct ones?

[naive snow]

Did you check the ltx or if there was a DLTX that changed which was the hud animation?

[south steeple]

good question, i haven't. i'll take a look

[summer stream]

can't you right click on the ogf so u can find the original animation?

like into 312, where the model is located

then you find the omf in there

[south steeple]

i mean you right, but there isn't a way to know for sure which omf the gun is actually using without checking the ltx, right

you can "assume" but like you could be wasting your time if you end up being wrong

[summer stream]

eh, you can always open the ogf and then look at it

it has path for the anim itself

[south steeple]

what you mean

like in ogf editor?

[summer stream]

yes

[south steeple]

idk how to use this tool at all, where do i see anim path

wait, nvm,

i see now

sick, that's way easier than checking ltx

[summer stream]

[south steeple]

THANK 👍 👍👍

yeah it uses a different omf

welp, the path to redemption is visible now, but it's gonna be like unlimited work to actually do the thing i wanna do. that sucks.

was looking into how bad it would be to fix g_aimpos so it's actually properly useable ingame

since GAMMA's gunplay is like the only thing that's still from 2009

[summer stream]

i wonder tf is g_aimpos

[south steeple]

bullets come out of your gun following the trajectory of your viewmodel's barrel instead of coming from the center of your screen

[summer stream]

there is a mod that does it, no?

[south steeple]

it's already in GAMMA

it just doesn't work that great because most guns are slightly off

[summer stream]

use draggable hud editor