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K9 - Attack Dog Unit
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affenkonig 18 Feb, 2018 @ 9:45pm
Tweaking discussion
Great job on this entity. You really went to the extra effort with animations, etc. I'm hoping to help you out with some skins soon.

I am working on adding it to my mod and getting it to fit the meta.

The one tweak I need to make that I am getting stuck on is health:

I've taken its health max and current down to 0.1 (was 2500), also reduced volume-body-thickness to 1 (was 5). I don't really know what I am doing, but I am hoping someone can help me out with why this doesn't seem to be working, the dog can absorb about 1 minute of fire from an SMG at point blank before dying. Little OP for my purposes :)

(Originally, he could absorb 20 dynamite direct dynamite explosions, and much much more, with no effect at all, so I seem to be making _some_ progress, but I really feel like I am not doing this the right way)

==== Some things I did accidentally successfully change ====

I did successfully edit the dog_jaws files to tweak its damage down to 1, which is about 1/3rd damage on T2 units. I also added special-throw-off-always so it always knocks enemies unconcious for a few seconds, simlar to HE rounds and shotgun. I am quite happy with these tweaks. Any knocked-down enemies that are attacked before they get up die automatically.

I also nerfed its speed and mobility a bit, and those changes seem to work well too.

If anyone wants any more info/tips/steps on the things I did manage to change successfully, just let me know.
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affenkonig 18 Feb, 2018 @ 10:31pm 
Okay, so I found my issue, and that is that you need to change the values in the entities .def file as well. The changes I made to speed and mobility are also much more apparent.

I also added a health regen of 1 per second, since it can't use bandages or be revived.

Again, if anyone wants more information on how I accomplished the things that I have been successful with, I am more than happy to help you out.

Two more things I've found and need to remedy:
- Invulnerability to explosions, seemingly from any source. This thing is the ultimate mine clearing animal. (This one is a bit of a holdup, as something this effective against mines would definetly be game-breaking in my mod)
- Travelling through water is a bit off. It gets a fairly decent speed penalty, but goes under the water. (this one is really quite minor, mostly cosmetic, but I am hoping that it is an easy fix)
Last edited by affenkonig; 19 Feb, 2018 @ 1:01am
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affenkonig 19 Feb, 2018 @ 9:25pm 
Got it! Changed collider to animal in dog.inc

Doesn't fix the explosion invulnerability, but it does make him not set off mines, which is good enough!
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affenkonig 19 Feb, 2018 @ 9:28pm 
Also changing pather to animal makes him just not want to go through water, which, again, good enough.
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affenkonig 19 Feb, 2018 @ 11:23pm 
Made a skin for him. Just a simple MWD vest with a US flag. Let me know if anyone is interested.
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℧r | Femto 20 Feb, 2018 @ 4:40am 
Hi affenkönig, can you help me implement the dog into robz?
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affenkonig 20 Feb, 2018 @ 2:54pm 
Probably not honestly. That mod changes A LOT of stuff and even how base game mechanics work, and I'm really just not familiar enough with how any of it works to even guess.
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℧r | Femto 23 Feb, 2018 @ 7:08am 
okay thanks anyways
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Rex  [developer] 28 Feb, 2018 @ 9:13am 
Sorry for really late reply, kind a busy with real life issues and some tutorial making.

@affenkonig can you share your updated entity, as it sound really nice to have throw off effects.
@Philipp22 will upload mod for you by tomorrow.
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affenkonig 28 Feb, 2018 @ 12:30pm 
Sure thing, here is my modified jaws_dog file:

{from "jaws pattern"
{desc "(F) Jaw Dog"}
{filling "ammo jaws_dog" 10000}
{fireSound "150"}
{range 3 3}
{recoveryTime 1} ; s
{healthDamage 0.5}
{speed 50}
{special
{throw_off_always}
}
}

I'm sure you know, but for anyone else, the

{special
{throw_off_always}
}

Is what causes a weapon to always knock down human targets. I figured it out when making a less-lethal/non-lethal shotgun.
Last edited by affenkonig; 28 Feb, 2018 @ 12:31pm
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℧r | Femto 3 Mar, 2018 @ 11:29am 
no problem @rex thanks for your engagement
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