Author Topic: Linking Items to Armor  (Read 2799 times)

Offline Keth01

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Linking Items to Armor
« on: April 20, 2018, 01:41:20 pm »

I noticed a mention on the Piratez board of some items being 'glued' to certain armours? How does that work syntax-wise? (Apologies of this is a dumb question but google wasn't helpful).

Offline bulletdesigner

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Re: Linking Items to Armor
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2018, 02:07:28 pm »
the code is this but it requires extender

armors:
    builtInWeapons:
      - AUX_GLUED
items:
  - type: AUX_GLUED

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Re: Linking Items to Armor
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2018, 04:17:34 pm »

No problem, I'm doing my stuff in OXCE+ now :)

Does the item take up an inventory slot if you apply this?

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Re: Linking Items to Armor
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2018, 05:33:16 pm »
Yes, though you can specify which inventory slot it prefers by putting "defaultInventorySlot: STR_SOME_INVENTORY_SLOT" on the item.  I'm also experimenting with adding a weapon by the "specialWeapon" parameter on a unit's armor, in which case it wouldn't take an inventory slot and would be accessed by either clicking on an empty hand or a special button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

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Re: Linking Items to Armor
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2018, 04:04:19 am »

Nice :)

Since i'm thinking of either a 'dedicated hand' on power armour that is the armour's signature weapon rather than a gauntlet or a belt/backpack shield generator item, taking up inventory isn't an issue :)

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Re: Linking Items to Armor
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2018, 04:19:34 am »
My code to allow weapons to be used that aren't directly in a unit's hands is working pretty well - if Meridian likes it, then the power gauntlet as a melee weapon could be configured to not use up a hand slot at all.

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Re: Linking Items to Armor
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2018, 07:35:23 am »

Sweet. Probably make the 40k modding community happy with that one too.