Preost Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 Hello, forgive me if this is is a stupid question. I've been out of the game for 10+ years and just got back to playing again. If someone could guide me to a step by step of getting custom characters to spawn in single player I would be grateful. I did insert many pk3 files into the game data/base directory. When I try to spawn these characters using command npc spawn "name" it comes back with Error: couldn't spawn npc name. The name I attempt to spawn is identical to the pk3 file name which may be part of the issue. The included read me instructions for these files do not indicate what name should be used for spawning purposes. The only character I was able to get spawned was a Vader that was created for Jedi Academy. In the read me for that file it was specific as to what name to use for spawning which was not the file name. Most of the pk3 files I have downloaded from http://mrwonko.de/jk3files/Jedi%20Outcast/Skins/Star%20Wars/. I spent quite a bit of time researching on the net and have come to you for help. Thanks in advance! Preost
Futuza Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 NPCs should be inside of the pk3 in this directory: ext_data\npcs\nameoffile.npc If you open the npc file with a text editor you should see something like this: vadervm { playerModel vadervm rank commander saber saber_rotj_vader2 saberColor red weapon WP_SABER saberStyle 5 FP_HEAL 0 FP_LEVITATION 3 FP_SPEED 3 FP_PUSH 3 FP_PULL 3 FP_TELEPATHY 0 FP_GRIP 3 FP_LIGHTNING 3 FP_RAGE 3 FP_PROTECT 0 FP_ABSORB 0 FP_DRAIN 3 FP_SEE 3 FP_SABERTHROW 3 FP_SABER_DEFENSE 3 FP_SABER_OFFENSE 3 reactions 5 aim 3 move 5 aggression 3 evasion 5 intelligence 5 hfov 160 vfov 160 scale 120 height 68 crouchheight 39 width 16 playerTeam TEAM_ENEMY enemyTeam TEAM_PLAYER // race human class CLASS_TAVION sex male snd vadervm sndcombat vadervm sndjedi vadervm yawSpeed 120 walkSpeed 55 runSpeed 200 health 550 dismemberProbHead 0 dismemberProbArms 0 dismemberProbLegs 0 dismemberProbHands 0 dismemberProbWaist 0 } In this example vadervm is the name of the npc so use that. eg: /npc spawn vadervm
Preost Posted January 2, 2016 Author Posted January 2, 2016 the only directories im finding is botfiles, models and scripts. Within those folders I cannot discern anything like what you displayed above. Perhaps this is different for Jedi Outcast than it is for JKJA? It seems really difficult to have to go into all of these files anyway in order to simply find out how to get them to spawn. I'd do it if that's what it takes. Is there perhaps a better site you (or anyone) is aware of for downloading JK2JO custom NPC's where the spawn name is clearly marked? All assistance is appreciated Preost
lang_french Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 This is because your character have no NPC support. But you can creating one (only for personal use). If you open a new text editor, you can copy/paste the example of Darth Futuza with the name of your character (instead of vadervm). If this is not a Jedi, there is a little bit different, like that: StormTrooper{ playerModel stormtrooper weapon WP_BLASTER health 30 headPitchRangeDown 30 reactions 3 aim 1 move 3 aggression 3 evasion 1 intelligence 5 rank crewman playerTeam TEAM_ENEMY enemyTeam TEAM_PLAYER// race klingon class CLASS_STORMTROOPER height 64 crouchheight 38 walkSpeed 51 runSpeed 200 snd st1 sndcombat st1 sndextra st1 yawspeed 70 walkSpeed 55 runSpeed 200 dismemberProbHead 0 dismemberProbArms 10 dismemberProbLegs 0 dismemberProbHands 20 dismemberProbWaist 0}Then you save the file into .npc (yourcharacter.npc), and create a folder inside the .pk3 you need like the path Futuza gave to you: ext_data/npcs/yourcharacter.npc. If all has been correct, you can enter the name in the console and see him in the game. I think there is a tutorial here to create NPCs. You can serach if you want.
Preost Posted January 2, 2016 Author Posted January 2, 2016 Thanks for all your help. I figured missing files must be the problem but hoped for another answer. Without me having to do tons of custom work setting these up individually per character I've got to believe others have created npc supported Star Wars Universe characters for this game already, but man, it sure seems to be slim pickins out there. Tons for JKJA, nothing for JK2. If anyone's got a good link to a site I WOULD LOVE IT!
Futuza Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 As I mentioned in the other thead, this is a good tool for making skins into npcs: http://jkhub.org/files/file/2420-npctool/
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