I have bumped into this problem a few times where two (or more) modders make the same type of weapon with different stats using different clips.
For example just no I fixed MiB sniper rifle and Equal Terms sniper rifle. Both look differrent have different stats and use different clips. To be honest I don't mind the idea of having many types of same weapons with various looks and stats but the problem is same weapon using different clips and sometimes the other weapon is not even in the game due to similar naming.
I noticed if you have two mods using same string for example STR_SNIPE_RIFLE then only one of the sniper rifle is gonna be in the game.
Does anyone know which one ? I assume the one loaded last which is probably also the mod higher in the list. In the above example Equal Terms sniper rifle is in the game but the other one is not. Also if you make ammo strings same name then all similarly named weapons will use one shared ammo.
I recommend making the weapon string like this
STR_<UNIQUE KEY/MOD NAME>_WEAPON_NAME
And for the clip make it like this
STR_WEAPON_NAME_CLIP
This will ensure your unique weapon will be in the game and will share a clip with a similarly named weapon.
STR_EQT_SNIPER_RIFLE
STR_SNIPER_RIFLE_CLIP
STR_MIB_SNIPER_RIFLE
STR_SNIPER_RIFLE_CLIP
since both weapons have their ammo as same string they will share the ammo (and the damage)
Alternatively if you wish to make unique clips for your weapon only usable by aliens then you can add an unique clip with same naming convention.
STR_MIB_SNIPER_RIFLE_CLIP
And add it to the compatible ammo for the weapon you want as well as add the following to the the clip's rulset
require: STR_ALIENS_ONLY
cost : 0
effectively removing it from the game for XCom.
Also last thing. If you want to give the weapon to aliens but not show up in the ufopedia at first but only when found
add this to the weapon
weapons:
- type: STR_MIB_MACHINE_PISTOL
cost: 0
...
lookup: STR_MIB_MACHINE_PISTOL
needItem: true
and add this to the weapon's ufopedia making the ufopedia (weapon) require itself which means this ufopedia is unlocked only if the weapon is found
ufopedia:
- id: STR_MIB_MACHINE_PISTOL
...
section: STR_WEAPONS_AND_EQUIPMENT
requires:
- STR_MIB_MACHINE_PISTOL
In equal terms default game weapons have been removed from the game by making ufopedia not available and weapons belonging to aliens. The problem is MIB early tech use default XCom weapons so you gonna see them in the game but unable to use them. I think is smarted to remove them by making the weapons require themselves that mans if you ever see them their ufopedia is auto unlocked and you will be able to use them unless you specifically want to make something XCom cannot use. You can make clips cost 0 so they cannot be bought in the game but you can add manufacture options for clips once their ufopedia has been unlocked ie you found on weapon so now you can make clips for it. Which is exactly what I did to make MIB and Equal Terms compatible.
There are a couple of laser rifles, sniper rifles, shotguns, machine pistols and many other weapons in various mods floating around. Would be nice to have them all use same ammo and have them unlock themselves if found if not available at start.
What do you think?
