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barabbah Ancilla Posts: 250	VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 23, 2024 16:52:49 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barabbah on Nov 23, 2024 16:52:49 GMT Or find items that can be "replaced" Like a diary which could be 'converted' to a PC (since there's no limits to the number of computers)

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 23, 2024 17:02:16 GMT barabbah likes this

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Nov 23, 2024 16:52:49 GMT barabbah said:

Or find items that can be "replaced"
Like a diary which could be 'converted' to a PC (since there's no limits to the number of computers)

A diary could also be replaced by a "note" like Strauss' invitation (prop_sign), or open a popup. Then it can be read but stays in its place and doesn't require an item slot.

Rendara Independent Restoring the Vampire Bloodlines multiplayer Posts: 153	VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 23, 2024 18:42:58 GMT MooCHa likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rendara on Nov 23, 2024 18:42:58 GMT Does anyone know how to use ent_fire and ent_setname commands in this game? I can't seem to get them working with the syntax that the game provides.

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 23, 2024 21:04:47 GMT

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Post by wallit on Nov 23, 2024 21:04:47 GMT

barabbah and malkav I am just curious if it is possible to have generic item that could be used in generic quest.
Something random or generated by scripts, for a "permanent world" for example you have a basic npc that generates quest among a pool of quest with random item on some map made for this.

Not sure that it is clear.

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Nov 23, 2024 21:04:47 GMT wallit said:

barabbah and malkav I am just curious if it is possible to have generic item that could be used in generic quest.
Something random or generated by scripts, for a "permanent world" for example you have a basic npc that generates quest among a pool of quest with random item on some map made for this.

Not sure that it is clear.

No idea, sorry :/

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 24, 2024 21:44:32 GMT wallit likes this

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Post by malkav on Nov 24, 2024 21:44:32 GMT

Nov 23, 2024 21:04:47 GMT wallit said:

barabbah and malkav I am just curious if it is possible to have generic item that could be used in generic quest.
Something random or generated by scripts, for a "permanent world" for example you have a basic npc that generates quest among a pool of quest with random item on some map made for this.

Not sure that it is clear.

I don't see problems there, except for the one I mentioned in a previous post: I think the game loads item data either on startup or when a savegame is loaded.

But if you want to discuss this further, you should create a new topic since it is not related to the multiplayer restoration mod.

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 25, 2024 8:28:02 GMT wallit likes this

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Nov 23, 2024 21:04:47 GMT wallit said:

Something random or generated by scripts, for a "permanent world" for example you have a basic npc that generates quest among a pool of quest with random item on some map made for this.

This could probably be done in the way that The Final Nights and Prelude mods create random loot to find.

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 25, 2024 13:22:54 GMT

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Nov 23, 2024 18:42:58 GMT Rendara said:

Does anyone know how to use ent_fire and ent_setname commands in this game? I can't seem to get them working with the syntax that the game provides.

I've figured it out for ent_fire, this command is half broken and doesn't quite work how you'd expect it to. It doesn't always work with inherited methods. So for example, on a Character derived entity, this would work:

ent_fire mycharacter bloodgain 1

This wouldn't work (necessarily):

ent_fire mycharacter setname "new_name"

There's no feedback unless the method fails because of a bad parameter, so you also need to check for yourself if the method has worked.

Unrelated to this, I have another question. Are there any entities, point or brush, that have string properties that can be changed with native class inputs that also pass parameters as string? Not counting SetParent, SetName, etc since those are inherited input methods. I've looked at most of the point entities but none of them fit this criteria.

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 25, 2024 17:10:04 GMT Rendara likes this

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Post by wallit on Nov 25, 2024 17:10:04 GMT

Nov 25, 2024 13:22:54 GMT Rendara said:

Nov 23, 2024 18:42:58 GMT Rendara said:

Does anyone know how to use ent_fire and ent_setname commands in this game? I can't seem to get them working with the syntax that the game provides.

I've figured it out for ent_fire, this command is half broken and doesn't quite work how you'd expect it to. It doesn't always work with inherited methods. So for example, on a Character derived entity, this would work:

ent_fire mycharacter bloodgain 1

This wouldn't work (necessarily):

ent_fire mycharacter setname "new_name"

There's no feedback unless the method fails because of a bad parameter, so you also need to check for yourself if the method has worked.

Unrelated to this, I have another question. Are there any entities, point or brush, that have string properties that can be changed with native class inputs that also pass parameters as string? Not counting SetParent, SetName, etc since those are inherited input methods. I've looked at most of the point entities but none of them fit this criteria.

Other string that I think but I am not sure if that would work:

Dialog

Team and squad name

And I think that's all I see.

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VTMBMP - Multiplayer restoration Nov 25, 2024 18:22:53 GMT

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Post by Rendara on Nov 25, 2024 18:22:53 GMT

I tried all of those to mixed results. Squadname, I couldn't change at all, even with TweakParam(). Dialog and team can be changed but their behaviour on ent_fire is broken. Sadly it seems this avenue of approach is impossible.

I'm going to see if there are any persistent string properties clientside that can be read on the server. This is how player stats are read but there's no string properties as far as I can tell...

Last Edit: Nov 25, 2024 18:23:14 GMT by Rendara

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