Map-specific loadouts

[The_Dan]

I was just wondering if Thievery currently includes the ability to add new(homemade) loadout items to the list, for a usermade level?

My level is coming along nicely and I'd like to experiment with a few ideas I've seen people mention.

By the way, who was the person that suggested being able to buy movable versions of those glowing mushrooms? I want to use that idea in my level (they'll be hidden somewhere in the level), & I want to give them credit.

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Originally posted by The_Dan
I was just wondering if Thievery currently includes the ability to add new(homemade) loadout items to the list, for a usermade level?

My level is coming along nicely and I'd like to experiment with a few ideas I've seen people mention.

By the way, who was the person that suggested being able to buy movable versions of those glowing mushrooms? I want to use that idea in my level (they'll be hidden somewhere in the level), & I want to give them credit.

Perhaps instead of making it a buyable object, you can make it a carryable object (like crates) and apply a texture on them that emits light (I know that can be done with the quake3 engine, not sure about UT though).

[The_Dan]

I'm fairly certain that I know how to create movable light sources. Infact, I should be able to do it just by changing a few of the mushrooms' properties.

But I'd like to know if it would be possible to add custom loadout items to a level to help set the theme.

[Mordengaard]

Yes, it is possible to add/remove items from the thief and guard shops. You have to add an actor for each shop (find them under Actor->Info->ThieveryShop) and then edit the various properties.

[The_Dan]

Originally posted by Mordengaard
Yes, it is possible to add/remove items from the thief and guard shops. You have to add an actor for each shop (find them under Actor->Info->ThieveryShop) and then edit the various properties.

Oooh, Thanx Mordengaard.

I remember a while ago, people mentioned the idea of removing fire arrows from a map & I would say its a good idea for certain maps, but I'm not gonna do it just because it doesn't fit with certain people's playing styles. I'll prolly stick to new items, so that I don't mess anyone's loadouts up.

[TheMachine]

Yeah, perhaps justification could be :-

"Lord Germone doesn't want his house wreaking with you firing parabolts everywhere! and has therefore forbidden their use!"

Could be an objective too, like dont kill any guards, or don't disterb Lord Germone, if the objective is broken, penalise the guards

[The_Dan]

Originally posted by TheMachine
Yeah, perhaps justification could be :-

"Lord Germone doesn't want his house wreaking with you firing parabolts everywhere! and has therefore forbidden their use!"

Could be an objective too, like dont kill any guards, or don't disterb Lord Germone, if the objective is broken, penalise the guards

Or how about:

"Lord Gerome can't afford any decent weaponry & so everyone will be armed with plastic cutlery"

Erm, moving on...

But this has just given me a good idea for a new thread to start.

[Garlisk]

By the way, who was the person that suggested being able to buy movable versions of those glowing mushrooms?

That was me, a long time ago. Glad someone thought it was cool!

To give me credit? Call em Garliskicus Shroomicus.

[The_Dan]

Originally posted by Garlisk

That was me, a long time ago. Glad someone thought it was cool!

To give me credit? Call em Garliskicus Shroomicus.

Sure thing, I'm not sure if I'll make them buyable or you'll have to find them in the level. Probably the latter.

[Garlisk]

Yeah, like...go out into the garden and find some nice glowin shrooms.
Make them so you can eat them if you right click, and its like a crack arrow. But if you hit R you drop them. That'd be cool.

[The_Dan]

ARGH, problem!!!!

I've had to dredge this thread up again, since I've encountered a technical hitch.

OK, so I've got a "Spider egg" inventory item that works perfectly, but when I try to add it to the ThieveryShop, it doesn't show up in the game. I get an extra blank box on the list of "Items" in the shop, but the text inside the box doesn't appear & I can't select it.

I set it up so that the Spider Egg should be in the 11th position (no. 10, since the array starts at no. 0), with all the corresponding fields filled in. I know that its not a problem with the item itself becuase it worked perfectly in an earlier loadout slot (overwriting an existing loadout item , & so not useful in the long term).

Any ideas?

[Stakhanov]

Is it possible to make THcreatures frobbable ? It would be fun to frob tiny spiders roaming around (or even attacking you) and throw them at ennemies later.

[NeoPendragon]

Originally posted by Stakhanov
Is it possible to make THcreatures frobbable ? It would be fun to frob tiny spiders roaming around (or even attacking you) and throw them at ennemies later.

Probobly with UnrealScript.