Changing the number of Proxmines a given by a pack?

sushi.h.a. · Post by **sushi.h.a.** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:36 pm

I would like to know how to change the number of prox mines given in a pack from 4 to 1. I can’t find the value that determines the amount anywhere. (Specifically, I haven’t yet found it in the game table files, though it might be in there somewhere.) Though it might be in a plain text table, or worse yet, it might be a hard coded value.
If anyone knows how to change this value please let me know.
Thanks. Take care everyone.
- sushi

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:47 am

What game version? 1,2 or 3?

For D1 and D2, you cannot change it. Prox/smart mine powerups always come in packs of 4. The number mines is not coded into some data record describing the powerup, but each powerup has a unique id, and the number of contained items is hard-coded in the program.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:05 am

Judging from this.
I would say Descent 3.

But then again. Playing D3, I don't remember how many proxies you get in a pack.

sushi.h.a. · Post by **sushi.h.a.** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:43 am

Sorry, I forgot to mention which game. Descent 3 in particular. The issue I'm faced with at the moment is that prox mines, betties, chaff, etc come in packs of 4 (or there about). I would like to set each to give only one, so that I can replace the countermeasure with an actual descent 3 robot and not have to worry about the game play being broken by the ability to deploy 4 relatively powerful robots after picking up a single item.
Thanks

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:26 am

I know Otherone has previously altered the number of MD rounds per powerup in Bill the Cat.

Don't know how he did it though; whether tablefiles or via some fancy scripting...

DigiJo · Post by **DigiJo** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:52 am

hmm usually powerups are set in the tablegam, the value \"ammocount\" defines how many you get. for the ProxMinePowerup the value is set to zero, i guess cause of all the mine-types in d3 are robots, as the proxmine is.

maybe the amount you get is hard coded in the modul generic.dll or in the ai-module of the proxmine robot.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:46 am

DigiJo wrote:hmm usually powerups are set in the tablegam, the value "ammocount" defines how many you get. for the ProxMinePowerup the value is set to zero, i guess cause of all the mine-types in d3 are robots, as the proxmine is.

maybe the amount you get is hard coded in the modul generic.dll or in the ai-module of the proxmine robot.

The proxmine AI won't affect the powerup count, as the robot doesn't get instantiated until after you deploy a proxmine. The powerup itself isn't controlled by AI.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:31 am

It could be hard-coded. That would of course mean there is no way of changing it, unless you have some scripting event that pulls out two \"rounds\" whenever someone picks up a proxbomb of course.

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:10 am

Try taking out the tablefile from Bill The Cat and see how he did it?