Basic Modding with Playable Examples

[TheGreyKnight]

I managed to mod in my mod weapon (which is a standard weapon, so I didn't add it to the unique_weapons.ltx) but when I started a new game, Sid doesn't talk to me. He just sits there staring at me. And the door behind me is locked.

What did I do wrong?

[Savage117]

Hello Everybody,

Im new to this forum and at modding this game, although I did do some modding for CounterStrike which at least gives me an idea on how all this works and I was able to hit the ground running, although I tripped once or twice I was able to get my first mod to work just fine, no crashes.

I put the double barreled shotgun into the pistol slot, I know its an easy mod but it made me happy If you had trouble trying to do this here was my method.

[wpn_bm16_m1]:wpn_bm16
$spawn = "weapons\bm16"
description = enc_weapons1_wpn-bm16
inv_name = wpn-bm16_m1
inv_name_short = wpn-bm16_m1
slot = 1
ammo_class = ammo_12x70_buck, ammo_12x76_zhekan,ammo_12x76_dart
condition_shot_dec = 0.001

Quick and dirty I know, I also added some stuff in there that may not be needed, you also will need to edit the W_bm16.lxt file in Stalker\gamedata\config\weapon folder and change the line that says SLOT = 2 from a 2 to a 1, very simple. Hope some of you like it.

Thank you,
Savage117

[Savage117]

Hello again,

I forgot to ask Niphty something, I want to create a new type of ammo for the shotgun and other weapons but I couldnt find anything on making my own ammo I can try to mod some of the originals but I like the originals as they are and would rather create a whole new type of ammo.

I already saw in one post where a guy created a gun that fired explosive rounds but he modded the gun, not the ammo, I want to try and make a slug into a shotgun fired gernade but keep the original slugs, and by the way if any of you think this is unrealistick these rounds are already in production today for the US and British militaries I think.

I havnt even tried to mess with the ammo yet so I may figure it out before I get your answer, but I may be getting ahead of myself. And for Final Warrior

Re: A hard hitting Spas-12
Does this mean that we now know how to create weapons that fire explosives?

Finally, my rocket-launching pistol of death can be created...

-- Griffinhart

This post gave me a very good idea, after thinking up my shotgun gernade's I thought I could creat some rocket propelled bullets too, if you want to help or just provide the ideas im game.

Thank you,
Savage117

[Final Warrior]

Originally Posted by TheGreyKnight

I managed to mod in my mod weapon (which is a standard weapon, so I didn't add it to the unique_weapons.ltx) but when I started a new game, Sid doesn't talk to me. He just sits there staring at me. And the door behind me is locked.

What did I do wrong?

That means you told him to sell a weapon that doesn't exist.

Also, there is no such file as unique_weapons.ltx. What you're looking for is unique_items.ltx.

-- Griffinhart

[Savage117]

Hello all,

My second attemp at modding has failed :.( I cant seem to get a new type of ammo to work, game crashes immedialey when loading Stalker, I cant even make a new type of ammo at all, even one with only minor changes, still crashes, then when I try to make a unique weapon the game crashes after I try to load a saved game or start a new one, even if I cut and paste Niphty's weapon it still does the same thing.

Im pretty sure this has something to do with a mistake somewhere in the Trader_trader.ltx file, because when I remove the new entry in that file my game works just fine, I just cant buy the weapon, its not in the first traders inventory. I know im doing something wrong, I just dont know what, I just want to put my new weapon on Sid at the very beginning, before saving Nimble if possible, if not, after saving him is fine, id like to test it, but I cant even get that far. Im at work right now so I cant supply the code lines at the moment.

Thanx for the help, and a awsome tutorial,
Savage117

[TheGreyKnight]

Originally Posted by Final Warrior

That means you told him to sell a weapon that doesn't exist.

Also, there is no such file as unique_weapons.ltx. What you're looking for is unique_items.ltx.

-- Griffinhart

Oh, well, that's what it said in Niphty's tutorial.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[Final Warrior]

No, the second paragraph of his first post definitely says unique_items.ltx.

"First, you want to open the unique_items.ltx, and find the start of the weapons section. I prefer to keep things in order, adding my newer creations at the bottom, rather than having them all over the place and hard to find."

-- Griffinhart

EDIT: Ah, I see. He says it later on. Yeah, niphty... might wanna get a mod to fix that, mate.

[TheGreyKnight]

Okay, new problem.

When I get the weapon in-game, it only says for it's name:
wpn-[insert wep name here]_m1

It says the same for the description, too.

[Final Warrior]

You didn't create a description and name for it in string_table_enc_weapons.xml.

-- Griffinhart

[niphty]

1 out of 7.. :P But it's in a bad spot, right after the quote. Can a mod fix that unique_weapons.ltx in the first post to the unique_items.ltx so hopefully no one else will get confused, please?