Hey guys, I didn't know wheter to put this in Herofiles of Scripting, so if it's in the wrong place, oops.
I'm working on a character that can turn anything he touches into gold. What I was wondering is if there were:
1.) an attribute I could give the guy that, when he picks up a lamppost, car, boulder, trashcan, or any other wieldable object, the skin is swapped for another, modified (in this case, kitbashed gold- colored) skin; and
2.) a state swap that would give melee hits a % chance of stopping (almost like "freeze" state), and swap for a male_basic or female_basic gold character, probably determined by the use of male_ or female_ at the beginning of the folder name for the mesh.
If anyone has any insight on this, I'd really appreciate the help, and thanks for your time.
1. The closest would be to customize the Transmutator attribute.
2. The Transmute power swap would fit the bill, with minimal customization:
a) Create a male and female-based static objects in FFEdit named "ffx_midas_female" and "ffx_midas_male" (cf. the ffx.elem_metal for example).
b) Add the following (not tested!) function to ffx.py after the "def getTransmutedionysian(target)" block:
#special function for midas touch's transmutations
def getTransmutemidas(target):
gender=getGender(target)
if gender==FFX_GENDER_FEMALE:
return 'ffx_midas_female'
return 'ffx_midas_male' # for simplicity's sake, all non-female voiceID types are going to use the male version of the golden statue.
c) In ffxdefault.py, under the "FFX_COMMON_OBJECTS=[" header, add a line for "midas" after the "dionysian" one:
FFX_COMMON_OBJECTS=[
["ffx_green_barricade"],
["ffx_green_burger"],
["ffx_green_car"],
["ffx_green_streetlight"],
["ffx_iron_barricade"],
["ffx_iron_weight"],
["ffx_titanium_bat"],
["ffx_icepatch"],
["ffx_marbles"],
["elemental"],
["bizarre"],
["urban"],
["dionysian"],
["midas"],
["ffx_elem_stone"],
["ffx_elem_metal"],
["ffx_elem_ice"],
["ffx_elem_wood"],
["ffx_elem_plastic"],
]
d) Run the FFX Control Center to select the "midas" customization option for the character's Transmute type.
Don't forget to backup every file beforehand.
Is transmuter working properly now? I seem to recall several glitches like the target not transmuting or the transmute object appearing but the target not disappearing.
If the Transmutator attribute was buggy, I doubt it has been fixed; personally, I can't remember any report of issues on it. Could you (or someone else) test it so we'll add it to the to-do list? Thanks.