I be's a 'Skinnin' Fool'

[Darth Evol Baby]

Okay so now I'm getting the hang of skins. I'm a professional animator/cartoonist and am finding the joy of making skins. I'm making skins of me and my friends who play MP mostly.

 

Yet I'm having the idea that in SP we can hex edit the game files and modify existing character skins? Maybe I'm ahead of myself but it seems feasible.

 

Let's say I made a skin of Saddam Hussein and replaced all my stormtroopers. Then playing in SP all the stormtroopers look like him? Possible?

[Pnut_Man]

Aye, replacing current skins in SP is easily done.

 

Just requires you create a .skin with /models/players/stormtrooper (for stormtrooper to saddam--ex).

 

Do enough fooling around with the system, and you'll get the hang of it in no time

[TK-8252]

Replacements are messy, I find it much better to just edit the NPC file.

 

Using your example, here's what you could do to change Stormtroopers into Saddam Hussein. This is the Stormtrooper's original NPC:

 

StormTrooper
{
[b]playerModel stormtrooper[/b]
weapon		WP_BLASTER
health		30
headPitchRangeDown 30
reactions	3
aim			1
move		3
aggression	3
evasion		1
intelligence	5
rank		crewman
playerTeam	TEAM_ENEMY
enemyTeam	TEAM_PLAYER
//	race		klingon
class		CLASS_STORMTROOPER
height		64
crouchheight 38
walkSpeed	51
runSpeed	200
[b]snd			st1
sndcombat	st1
sndextra	st1[/b]
yawspeed	70
walkSpeed	55
runSpeed	200
dismemberProbHead	0
dismemberProbArms	10
dismemberProbLegs	0
dismemberProbHands	20
dismemberProbWaist	0
}

 

Change the bolded text to the following:

 

StormTrooper
{
[b]playerModel saddam[/b]
weapon		WP_BLASTER
health		30
headPitchRangeDown 30
reactions	3
aim			1
move		3
aggression	3
evasion		1
intelligence	5
rank		crewman
playerTeam	TEAM_ENEMY
enemyTeam	TEAM_PLAYER
//	race		klingon
class		CLASS_STORMTROOPER
height		64
crouchheight 38
walkSpeed	51
runSpeed	200
[b]snd			saddam
sndcombat	saddam
sndextra	saddam[/b]
yawspeed	70
walkSpeed	55
runSpeed	200
dismemberProbHead	0
dismemberProbArms	10
dismemberProbLegs	0
dismemberProbHands	20
dismemberProbWaist	0
}

 

BTW, this isn't the best forum for this. Try the General Editing forum.

[Darth Evol Baby]

Oh I'm in the zone now!

 

You mean I can edit/modify?

 

What if the skins I d/load that only show up in MP? Can I edit my files so that those skins show up in SP?

 

We can also modify dismembered parts?

 

JOY!

 

I'll take the topic to the other forum. Sorry I didn't see it.

[TK-8252]

You can do a whole lot messing around with NPC files. Change their appearance, what they sound like, their combat performance, even how often heads get chopped off.

 

Here's something interesting:

 

For an NPC to use dual blaster pistols like the CultistCommando (see screenshot below), set its class to CLASS_REBORN, weapon to WP_BLASTER_PISTOL, and rank to ltcomm, commander, or captain.

 

 

Here's his NPC file:

 

cultistcommando
{
playerModel	cultist
weapon	WP_BLASTER_PISTOL
FP_LEVITATION	2
rank		ltcomm
reactions	5
aim			5
move		5
aggression	5
evasion		4
intelligence	5
hfov		160
vfov		160
playerTeam	TEAM_ENEMY
enemyTeam	TEAM_PLAYER
//	class		CLASS_COMMANDO
class		CLASS_REBORN
snd		cultist3
sndcombat	cultist3
sndextra	cultist3
yawSpeed	140
walkSpeed	55
runSpeed	200
health		250
dismemberProbHead	0
dismemberProbArms	10
dismemberProbLegs	0
dismemberProbHands	20
dismemberProbWaist	0
}

 

Note that the CLASS_COMMANDO line has those // marks before it. This means that there is no CLASS_COMMANDO, so pay no attention to it.

[Darth Evol Baby]

TK you ROCK!!!

 

I should have figured so. I had been so busy editing my Starfleet Command III game I didn't focus on editing JA.

 

I'm a bit rusty I guess!

 

So now I can go hog wild!

 

So again, the question is if I've d/loaded skins that only show up in MP, can I edit so that the skins show up in SP as either playermodel or other characters? ( I'm figuring yes. )

[TK-8252]

Yes, you can put any multiplayer skin or model into single player by changing the playermodel and snd (sound) lines in an NPC file.

 

I highly recommend this program for NPC mods: http://pcgamemods.com/3648

[Darth Evol Baby]

Originally posted by TK-8252

Yes, you can put any multiplayer skin or model into single player by changing the playermodel and snd (sound) lines in an NPC file.

 

I highly recommend this program for NPC mods: http://pcgamemods.com/3648

 

 

YESSSS!!

 

I'm catching on quick! Thanks to you TK and the rest for rekindling my pc game editing.

 

I'm already designing new skins and models and maps. I'ld like to do a 'Brady Bunch' map with all the mods of the Brady Bunch. Would be a riot to see Alice the maid with a lightsaber.

 

Then it's on to Star Trek characters and maybe even a Bettie Page mod. ( nude at that )

 

My masterpiece will be redoing the mutant rancor with an 'Alien' skin.