Replacing starting equipment?

[DakHam]

Rather than spend the time going from town to town looking for that reinforced coat of plates, I'd like to replace the starting clothes with a reinforced coat of plates. The same thing with the others. How would I go about doing this?

 

[Seff]

I'd simply add anything you want to the chest in the Happy Boar inn, when the uinofficial editor works again...

 

[DakHam]

Hmm, seems simple enough. Hopefully the Unofficial Editor will be ready by the time winter break starts for me (Dec 16)

 

[Fujiwara]

Or...you could going into the official mod tools, in module_game_menus.py, and change the starting equipment there.

 

[DakHam]

Seff, I added the items into the chest, but I cannot change the quality of them. I'm stuck with them being of "normal" quality.
Effidian, how do I change the quality of the items that I add into the Zendar chest?

 

[Effidian]

I don't think there is a way to explicitly set the quality.

 

[Khalid ibn Walid]

In the python files, the easiest way is to just copy & paste the black_armor line in the module_items.py file:

["black_armor", "black_armor", [("black_armor",0)], itp_merchandise| itp_type_body_armor |itp_covers_legs ,0, 1496 , weight( 20 )|abundance( 100 )|head_armor( 0 )|body_armor( 26 )|leg_armor( 9 )|difficulty( 10 ) ,imodbits_plate ],

rename it to something else (e.g. "super_armor", although keep the materials entry intact) and change the final part ("imodbits_plate" to "imodbits_none"), then jack up the value of body_armor & leg_armor to what it would be with reinforced black armor.

(and you might as well eliminate the "itp_merchandise" tag, or else it will show up at vendors).

Should look something like this:

["super_armor", "superl_armor", [("black_armor",0)], itp_type_body_armor |itp_covers_legs ,0, 1496 , weight( 20 )|abundance( 100 )|head_armor( 0 )|body_armor( 29 )|leg_armor( 11 )|difficulty( 10 ) ,imodbits_none ],

Then stick itm_super_armor in the chest.

 

[DakHam]

Hmm... well damn =(

I'll have to live with normal quality items until I can buy the reinforced/balanced/spirited versions. Thanks though.

I'm too lazy to tamper with any python scripts. Thanks, though Khalid ibn Walid.

 

[Effidian]

DakHam, if you want to add a new item it is easy enough through the editor. That is what Khalid is suggesting.