Modding questions/answers

[ZeXLR8er]

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[Grim Reaper]

Could it be possible to make side-view mod of Notrium and make only the upper body turn where the mouse points, and when the view angle of the character is within a certain area (e.g. 0-180 degrees), the character/character's upper body flips (becomes a mirror image of itself)?

Hope someone understood that... (I'm not good at explaining this kind of things )

[Quanrian]

Sure it's possible. You put the torso on the middle layer which is what uses the direction of the mouse. The lower layer uses the direction of the keyboard and the top layer which is where the head usually goes uses none. The middle layer is automatically going to swivel a bit when the player walks. You'll want to line up the bottom of the waist with the top of the hips/legs.

However I have to warn you I tried that setup originally and it does not look good due to the fact the torso will rotate straight down. However if you're going for more of a ragdoll than realism look that shouldn't be a problem.

[Grim Reaper]

Could you make a tutorial about side-view modding things in the FAQ?

[Quanrian]

It's a good possibility. However I'll probably be pointing out things to check in my mod, which of course is not finished yet. There is a small chance by the time I get out a new version of a Modding Faq plenty of other people will have figured out how to do it. I think the main thing is that it's established now that it 'is' possible as opposed to impossible to do different views other than top-down/birds-eye.

[LunaticNeko]

Is there a way to use ragdoll effect for deaths? (like 'Karma' in Unreal Engine) The corpse rolls around and hits the rock or so.

[Quanrian]

I'd say yes it is possible to do some kind of ragdoll effect. A creature's corpse however cannot be moved. I couldn't tell you how to go about it sadly. I'm just fairly sure it could be done to some capacity. It's very doubtful you'll be able to accomplish anything too sophisticated. You may be able to simulate some moderately convincing physics. If you can manage it, I'm sure others will be interested to know how you did it

[Doogsy]

Is it possible to change a terrain tile that an item/object/creature is on during the game. This could make for some cool effects and items I have in mind.

[Casanova]

I dont think that is possible, but you could use a changing plot object that looks like the terrain.

[Idiota]

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1;//identifier
  1;//class
  bullet0.png;//bullet texture
  1;//bullets at one shot
  0;//stop at hit 0=stop where hit, 1=don't stop
  0.000000;//bullet size
  0.100000;//spread
  50.000000;//bullet speed
  50.000000;//time until bullet disappears
  500;//fire rate
  0;//trace 0=no trace, 1=blue beam, 2=bullet trace, 3=red beam, 4=green beam, 5=yellow beam
  -1;//hit visual effect colour, -1=nothing 0=?, 1=red, 2=green, 3=blue
  -1;//hit visual effect particle, -1=nothing, 0=>particle from particles.dat
  none;//hit effect sound
  1.000000;//push target back
  -0.010000;//push shooter back
  groan2.wav;//fire sound
  claws0_hit.wav;//hit sound
  1.000000;//AI hear volume, the amount of anger the AI gets when it hears the weapon
  begin_wield_conditions;
  end_wield_conditions;
  begin_fire_effects;
    4;//effect number
      -2.000000;//parameter1
      1.000000;//parameter2
      1.000000;//parameter3
      0.000000;//parameter4
  end_fire_effects;
  begin_hit_effects;
    4;//effect number
      -2.000000;//parameter1
      1.000000;//parameter2
      0.000000;//parameter3
      0.000000;//parameter4
    23;//effect number
      -1.000000;//parameter1
      0.000000;//parameter2
      0.000000;//parameter3
      500.000000;//parameter4
  end_hit_effects;

I want to make a poison weapon, but it doesn't work, can somebody please tell me why?

[Marevix]

Quote from Map Relocation Modification thread-

Alright, I'm running into a problem testing my battery graphic. I found a Duracell battery graphic online (pm me if you want the url), made it transparent, and resized it to 64x62 (wouldn't resize to 64x64). I replaced the battery's texture in items.dat to the battery graphic. It points to dura_battery.png. In the textures folder, under a subfolder labeled Map Relocation Mod, the graphic is labled dura_battery.png. In-game, the battery graphic displays alphanumeric ASCII. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[Quanrian]

The alpha numeric bit is because you didn't associate your graphic properly. That is the only time that happens is if it can't find the graphic for something. Make sure you named the file exactly as you associated it and your texture subfolder is the exact same name as the one you're using for your mod in the data folder. Basically though it doesn't exist to notrium so it's using a filler graphic.

[Marevix]

I got it to work by removing the .png extension at then end of the graphic- it works now. Thanks, Quanrian.

[Idiota]

How do I delete the AI-mode line in the upperleft corner of the screen?

[ZeXLR8er]

Yes, that would be very handy.