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| Author: | Insano-Man [ Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
Running With Rifles is a recent purchase for me, but that hasn't stopped me from seeing how far I can get into modding without destroying the game and my sanity in the process. So far, it hasn't been so bad; I've gotten together Strogg, SWAT, and HECU grunts in the voxel tool for some custom character classes me and my friends have been using via campaign save editing. There's a small problem with that, however. It seems from my experience that non-default character classes cannot spawn with or otherwise access unlocked weapons in the campaign. I mean specifically briefcase and delivery unlocks; we can rank up and access rank-restricted weapons just fine, and even see our NPC allies carrying unlocked weapons, but anyone set to a custom class can only pick them up in the field. Is there any way to get weapon unlocks to show up for custom character classes or is this a hardcoded limit? |
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| Author: | The Soldier [ Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
Technically, the AI can spawn with an weapon in the armory that you can see. However, weapons with a spawn_score of "0" in the code, like the SG-553, will never spawn in the hands of the AI. If you bring the required 5 weapons to an armory to unlock that weapon, then the AI will generally spawn with that. For example, you're playing as the Green and you bring in 5 AK-47s (which has a spawn_score of 0.2, same as the other assault rifles), then the AI will spawn with those and use them. |
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| Author: | Insano-Man [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
That wasn't the question I was asking, I'm afraid. My problem is that players who have been set to a character class other than "default" (in this case, a nearly 1:1 copy of the default class with alternate models and a spawn score of 0) are totally unable to access unlocked weapons in the armory or spawn with them. I have no issues with NPCs spawning in with unlocked weapons. I learned about that before I even started modding this game. |
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| Author: | The Soldier [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
The Armory unlocks weapons for usage in the default class - so you can only access weapons that are unlocked in that class. You can change that via the unlock_manage.php under scripts. I understand that much. But what you managed to do was to make the player spawn as a different class - which, as far as I know, is impossible. |
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| Author: | Insano-Man [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
It was simple, really. I read somewhere in a thread - which, I can't remember at this moment - that it was possible to manually edit save files to set the character class of a player, and I believe it was Pasik himself that mentioned this. That's what got me started on my custom model binge. In the header of .person save files, there's soldier_group_name="default". "Default" just needs to be changed to the desired character class and, voila, custom models and loadouts (or so I'm inclined to believe; I haven't tested loadouts yet and want to once I start working on custom weapons). I must be blind, however, as I can't find where unlock_manager specifies the character class. Am I just not looking hard enough or is new code the solution I should be looking for? Edit: Found the thread and I was right about the source. "Model-Specific Vest Models?": http://www.runningwithrifles.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2286#p13928 |
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| Author: | The Soldier [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
Since what you're trying to do involved changing save files and not with overlays, I can't really help you - sorry about that. It's not something that you can do via normal overlay and modding means, both the changing of the player's class and the armory unlocks. The unlock_manager is stored under the scripts folder in the game files. Involves some pretty heavy coding, though. |
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| Author: | pasik [ Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
Code: // -------------------------------------------- public function apply_unlocks() { $command = "<command class='faction_resources' faction_id='" . $this->faction_id . "'>\n"; // enable all unlocked resources for the faction foreach ($this->unlocks as $key => $unlock) { $c = " <" . $unlock->get_resource()->type . " key='" . $unlock->get_resource()->key . "' />\n"; $command .= $c; } $command .= "</command>"; $this->metagame->comms->send($command); } This part would need some sort of change. faction_resources XML command accepts an additional parameter soldier_group_name, which defaults to default. E.g. Code: $command = "<command class='faction_resources' soldier_group_name='custom_group_player' faction_id='" . $this->faction_id . "'>\n"; Similar change for drop_resource function might be in order if you want the unlocked resources to be removed after a time. |
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| Author: | Insano-Man [ Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Campaign Unlocks & Modded Player Classes |
It's always a pleasure to see a developer active on their home turf and a pleasant surprise to see one willing to help the little guy out. Much appreciated! As much as I realize this is a late reply, I'd also like to extend thanks to The Soldier. I realize how specific this question is and getting me on the right track is more than I probably should have expected. Now I just need to see how badly I can mangle PHP code and how much bludgeoning I'll need to do to get it to work for me. Thanks again. |
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