The saber-through-the-back problem

[JavaGuy]

Can anyone explain how to solve this in terms a relative newbie can understand? It's discussed in the adding-NPCs thread, but I really don't get it.

 

(I've created a new NPC by reskinning a Reborn, but he holds his gun in his crotch, a most uncomfortable way to fire a weapon, and his lightsaber comes out of, well, someplace any doctor will tell you never to stick a lightsaber.)

[WhiteShdw]

make sure his spawnname is something like "reborn....". That should fix it. And don't change the enemy/player teams on the characters, that doesn't work either.

[JavaGuy]

Here's what I have in my .npc file:

 

RebornJawa

{

playerModel RebornJawa

saberColor red

rank lt

reactions 3

aim 3

move 5

aggression 4

evasion 3

intelligence 5

hfov 160

vfov 160

playerTeam enemy

enemyTeam player

// race human

class Reborn

snd RebornJawa

sndcombat RebornJawa

sndjedi RebornJawa

yawSpeed 140

walkSpeed 55

runSpeed 200

health 75

scale 60

dismemberProbHead 5

dismemberProbArms 20

dismemberProbLegs 5

dismemberProbHands 30

dismemberProbWaist 5

}

 

Yes, I have changed all the folder names appropriately.

 

The saber still comes out his back, and he still holds his rifle in his crotch.

[WhiteShdw]

the entry looks fine.

 

All i can think of then is that the model directory isn't right.

[JavaGuy]

Another mystery solved. It turns out it's case-sensitive. A RebornJawa is not the same thing as a rebornjawa. The later works!

[WhiteShdw]

LOL, I never realised that. I always typed lowercase because everthing in the pk3's were lowercase. I guess you really do learn something new every day.