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Modding => Help => Topic started by: The Reaver of Darkness on September 05, 2018, 08:02:55 am
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In my mod I have a variant of the Chryssalid which is supposed to turn soldiers into a variant of the zombie which then can be killed to spawn the chryssalid variant. The problem is that the chryssalid variant spawns just a regular zombie.
units:
- type: STR_CHRYSSALID_TERRORIST_C
race: STR_CHRYSSALID
rank: STR_LIVE_TERRORIST
armor: CHRYSSALID_ARMOR_C
livingWeapon: true
- type: STR_ZOMBIE_C
race: STR_ZOMBIE
rank: STR_LIVE_TERRORIST
armor: ZOMBIE_ARMOR_C
spawnUnit: STR_CHRYSSALID_TERRORIST_C
livingWeapon: true
armors:
- type: CHRYSSALID_ARMOR_C
spriteInv: CHRYSSALID_C
spriteSheet: CHRYSSALID_C.PCK
corpseBattle:
- STR_CHRYSSALID_C_CORPSE
- type: ZOMBIE_ARMOR_C
spriteInv: ZOMBIE_C
spriteSheet: ZOMBIE_C.PCK
items:
- type: CHRYSSALID_C_WEAPON
fixedWeapon: true
zombieUnit: STR_ZOMBIE_C
edit: I determined that the STR_CHRYSSALID_C is apparently using STR_CHRYSSALID_WEAPON instead of STR_CHRYSSALID_C_WEAPON, which I tested by trying to change the bullet sprite on a different alien variant. What I don't understand is how the game determines that the alien should use STR_CHRYSSALID_WEAPON, as I have not told it at any point in the ruleset which weapon to use.
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By race?
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That's probably it!
But how do I make new races? There's nothing for that in the completely unrelated alienRaces: section.
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Just use your own descriptor. Like "STR_CUSTOM_CHRYSSIE" :-)
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That will get it to stop using the wrong weapon, but it won't get it using the right weapon.
I figured it out. Well, I checked and found a similar alien in X-Com Files. You can set the weapon with the following command:
livingWeapon: true
builtInWeapons:
- STR_CHRYSSALID_C_WEAPONYou must also change its race.
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Actually the race is irrelevant. You just don't need the "livingWeapon: true" line - then the game won't assign the unit any weapon except what you manually set with builtInWeapons.