Modding Q&A [For Quick Questions and Answers]

[FrisianDude]

Oh, thanks. Does that add it as a possibility, like adding an item in the module_troops would, or does that give every soldier of that troop that same equipement?

It is a possibility just like any other thing on the equipment list.

Awesome, thanks a lot. That makes this quite easy.

 

[Adonnay]

Hello everyone,

I hope one of the experts here can help me with my issue.

I have a few models I made a year ago for Oblivion and now I wanted to port them to M&B. I know how the porting works, I was just wondering if - and how - I can port a model that consists of more than one material/texture. When I import a model consisting of multiple separate meshes the BRFEditor imports them separately as two (or three, depending on the model) meshes and two materials. Is there a way I can tell the editor (and the game) that these two meshes are actually belonging together?

 

[FrisianDude]

Does anyone know where the hell I can find the little purple cloth bit of this armor;

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I mean, it SHOULD be on costumes_4, and the rest IS there, but I can't find the purple bit.

 

[eyeeatpoopie]

I just cant get this working! I download python but its only a TINY lil window. I tried to write what It said in the post but its not working, someone give me the real Python please.

 

[touareg]

Does anyone know where the hell I can find the little purple cloth bit of this armor;

Spoiler

I mean, it SHOULD be on costumes_4, and the rest IS there, but I can't find the purple bit.

did you find it? the lamellar breast one you mean? it's costumes8 top left.

 

[FrisianDude]

No, I meant the little bit of cloth of the armor I showed. I can't see it on the file.

 

[Sheriff-murder]

How do you remove locations from the map?

 

[FrisianDude]

How do you remove locations from the map?

Wouldn't removing them in module_parties.py work? Try with ## to comment it out first, I'd say.

 

[Sheriff-murder]

Sorry for not updating, figured it out long ago.

 

[Jedediah Q]

The current morale drop when "teamkilling" (friendly kills) is way to small imho, I mean: -1 morale point for beheading one of your own troops during combat, even if it's an accident...

-10 or more makes for a less arcady combat approach.

I like the challenge so i always have full damage on friendly, but now as it seams it doesn't matter that much. Why?
watch the example below:

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Player:
"Errhm...Stanley. Sorry for piercing your lifetime-trusty compadre. He was your nephew, right?"
Hired Blade:
"Well, you know, at first I was furious but then, when we won the battle (your party gains xx morale), I actually felt happier than ever!"
Player:
"Yeah, amazing what a fruit basket and a handful of dead foes can do for morale. As you were, private."

I found the trigger that monitors friendly fire and the script to calculate morale loss, but no matter what I do i'm stuck with the old -1 morale per kill. I'm not at home atm so I can't paste the code...

Any suggestions?

 

[kt0]

Grab a new global and make sure to set it to zero when going into every mission template.  When you off a friendly, add/subtract to/from that value.  Upon mission completion, do a zero check and act accordingly.  I haven't tested it, but it looks like post-fight morale gain is at the end of party_give_xp_and_gold.  The -1 is in check_friendly_kills and can be changed to whatever you like (I tested that one). 

 

[Jedediah Q]

Great, thx. Will check it out. 

 

[Jedediah Q]

It works fine now. The thing is i've already tried what you suggested earlier with bad results.
Always spooky when things just start to work all of a sudden...compile, typo, whatever.

Anyway, for anyone interested in suffering from plummeting morale due to cross-eyed archery, check this out:

(module_scripts.py)

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# script_check_friendly_kills
  # Input: none
  # Output: none (changes the morale of the player's party)
  ("check_friendly_kills",
    [(get_player_agent_own_troop_kill_count, ":count"),
    (try_begin),
      (neq, "$g_player_current_own_troop_kills", ":count"),
      (val_sub, ":count", "$g_player_current_own_troop_kills"),
      (val_add, "$g_player_current_own_troop_kills", ":count"),
      (val_mul, ":count", -25), # default is: -1
      (call_script, "script_change_player_party_morale", ":count"),
    (try_end),
  ]),

yup, it's quiet a nerve-wrecking dive, but fun. I think... 
script_change_player_party_morale will clamp the value to avoid negative numbers...

 

[TalonAquila]

# script_check_friendly_kills

found this just before prisoner ransom got me by the toe-nails... lmao... good thing negative cap is there, my archery sucks.

 

[ShadowofDeath92]

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Initializing...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_global_variables.py", line 11, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Exporting strings...
Exporting skills...
Exporting tracks...
Exporting animations...
Exporting meshes...
Exporting sounds...
Exporting skins...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_map_icons.py", line 6, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Exporting faction data...
Exporting item data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_items.py", line 59, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Exporting scene data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_scenes.py", line 15, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_troops.py", line 4, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Exporting particle data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_scene_props.py", line 7, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_tableau_materials.py", line 8, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_presentations.py", line 8, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Exporting party_template data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_parties.py", line 6, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Exporting quest data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_scripts.py", line 7, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_mission_tmps.py", line 8, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_game_menus.py", line 8, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_simple_triggers.py", line 5, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_dialogs.py", line 9, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_global_variables_unused.py", line 3, in <module>
    from process_operations import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\process_operations
.py", line 14, in <module>
    from module_troops import *
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Darren\Desktop\ModuleSystem\module_troops.py",
line 545, in <module>
    [itm_hatchet,itm_club,itm_flintlock_pistol,itm_cartridges,itm_paddedjacket,i
tm_leatherbootsg,itm_facemask],
NameError: name 'itm_leatherbootsg' is not defined

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Got this problem when trying to give the looters new equipment, any idea what I did wrong?

 

[Iberon]

There is no item by the ID 'itm_leatherbootsg'.

 

[ShadowofDeath92]

But there is, all the items it says dont exist do 

[EDIT] Thanks, that was the problem actually, it exists but it was called itm_leather_bootsg 

 

[miclee1]

Anyone know where(if possible) I can change "X was killed by Y" and "X was knocked unconcious by Y"? Help is appreciated!

 

[kt0]

mount and blade/languages/en/ui.csv

Search for:
  ui_value_killed_by_value|%s killed by %s.

IMO, this looks like a sprintf string so you'd need to keep the order of the two replacement strings the same.  I don't know what the rules are for modding this kind of thing, though.

 

[Jedediah Q]

Let's say i want a unique archer with bonus against shields. Should both the bow and arrows have that bonus flag or is it enough with one of them?