We haven't edited any of the fighting interactions with Darren and the fighters so not sure what the go is there, will have to investigate.

Hawkeye wrote on Sun, 01 January 2017 04:52

We haven't edited any of the fighting interactions with Darren and the fighters so not sure what the go is there, will have to investigate.

Maybe he is trying to fight with backpack, which prevents mercs from jumping over fence?

The only problem I have is that in spite of 100% loyalty in Oronegro and Drassen I get only 50% of the possible income from the oil rig and mine - but I guess that's just another 1.13 gizmo I don't know about.

az75 wrote on Sun, 01 January 2017 14:24

The only problem I have is that in spite of 100% loyalty in Oronegro and Drassen I get only 50% of the possible income from the oil rig and mine - but I guess that's just another 1.13 gizmo I don't know about.

Noticed the same thing in Drassen, so took a look through ini, seems to be the 50% income penalty for no foreman, as i recruited Fred. That is probably the reason, would have made a quick test save taking Drassen from zero and not recruiting him, but dont feel like doing it without cheats

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anv wrote on Tue, 24 November 2015 23:36

Introducing
Background Mine/Oil Rig Income Modifier and Mining/Drilling Foreman Assignment

New facility assignment
Mining Foreman/Drilling Foreman
Reqs: 70 Wisdom, 70 Leadership, 70 Town Loyalty OR having foreman background (NPC head miners, any non-zero mine income modifier)

Backgrounds.xml new tags:
<mine_income>20</mine_income>
<oil_rig_income>20</oil_rig_income>
If assigned as foreman override normal facility bonus. Added to all miners/rig workers backgrounds.

Exception - Calvin is so incompetent (negative income mod) that with him as a foreman modifier is 70% - recruiting him and replacing him with anyone else INCREASES income. Room for adjustment if you think that's TOO MUCH of hot air.

That should be a good start toward making miners stand out from other RPCs. Now just to make them vary more between each other.

anv wrote on Wed, 25 November 2015 19:56

OK, added to Ja2_Options.ini new setting: Financial Settings > MINE_NO_FOREMAN_PENALTY. Set it to 50, upped foreman assignment bonus to 25 and miners background bonuses to 50. You can now adjust it freely without messing with code. For best effect make sure penalty is close to miners background bonus.
1. Head miner not recruited, alive and well in mine sector = 100% income
2. Head miner recruited/dead, no replacement assigned = 50% income
3. Head miner recruited/dead, replacement assigned = 75% income
4. Head miner recruited, assigned as head miner to facility = 100% income

Also didn't mention clearly enough, oil rig and mines are separate entities with separate bonuses - we have 2 miners and 3 oil rig foremans, you cannot assign miner to rig and vice versa (well, you can, but only as normal merc with high reqs and for 75% income).

Another thing, since Calvin doesn't get bonus you're effectively one foreman short for oil rigs, Player might want to shuffle availablr oil rig foremans/replacement around to maximize income.

@LatZee: Exactly! As you already know in VR the head miners (Fred, Matt) and oil rig workers (Oswald, Carl, Calvin) belong to the list of PCM characters who are recruitable if you want, but recruiting them has consequences (as everything in life) for the mines and oil rigs (income).

Team members Anv and Edmortimer were working on this and implemented/modified a Background Mine/Oil Rig Income Modifier and Mining/Drilling Foreman Assignment to reflect this.

In case you want the surprise and find out yourself I write these internal VR Mod information/settings in a spoiler box.

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The way it seems to work is that if you leave head miner not recruited (tested it just on Drassen with Fred), he takes up a foreman position, so you can't assign someone else, but doesn't do anything, you still get 50% income. If you recruit him and put him to work, it works all right, you get full income. Didn't have anyone with leadership 70 handy to test out what does putting someone else as foreman works

Eh, and one more thing, somewhat related. Drassen mine sector seems to be a magical place where people never get tired. While that kinda helps with mine income as foremans never sleep on the job, it also makes it super efficient place to do repairs, doctoring, training militia or skills and stuff like that, as you can literally do it 24 hours a day with no sleep and still be constantly ready for battle with full energy. Don't know if that is working as intended, or something got screwed in my save or what

<FACILITYTYPE>
<ubIndex>34</ubIndex>
<szFacilityName>Occupied Territory</szFacilityName>
<szFacilityShortName>Occupied</szFacilityShortName>
<ubTotalStaffLimit>32</ubTotalStaffLimit>
<ASSIGNMENT>
<ubAssignmentType>STAFF</ubAssignmentType>
<szTooltipText>The people here overwhelmingly believe you can defeat the Queen. Basic comforts are readily available to you if you spend some time mingling. Eat, sleep, and be merry for tomorrow you may die.</szTooltipText>
<ubStaffLimit>32</ubStaffLimit>
<usFatigue>80</usFatigue>
<usSleep>120</usSleep>
<CONDITIONS>
<ubMinimumLoyaltyHere>86</ubMinimumLoyaltyHere>
</CONDITIONS>
</ASSIGNMENT>
</FACILITYTYPE>

This may be related to ambient facilities modifying need to sleep/fatigue counters.
For Drassen, we have hidden facility 34

That's not an ambient facility -- that has an Assignment. It is Hidden only as long as you never enter the sector.

ubHidden = Does this facility appear in the sector info popup?
0 = Yes, always.
1 = Yes, but only once the sector's been explored.
2 = No, never.

<FACILITY>
<SectorGrid>B13</SectorGrid>
<FacilityType>34</FacilityType>
<ubHidden>2</ubHidden>
</FACILITY>

<FACILITY>
<SectorGrid>C13</SectorGrid>
<FacilityType>34</FacilityType>
<ubHidden>2</ubHidden>
</FACILITY>

<FACILITY>
<SectorGrid>D13</SectorGrid>
<FacilityType>34</FacilityType>
<ubHidden>2</ubHidden>
</FACILITY>

edmortimer wrote on Tue, 03 January 2017 10:51

That's not an ambient facility -- that has an Assignment. It is Hidden only as long as you never enter the sector.

According to Facilities.xml
Quote:

ubHidden = Does this facility appear in the sector info popup?
0 = Yes, always.
1 = Yes, but only once the sector's been explored.
2 = No, never.

Quote:

<FACILITY>
<SectorGrid>B13</SectorGrid>
<FacilityType>34</FacilityType>
<ubHidden>2</ubHidden>
</FACILITY>

<FACILITY>
<SectorGrid>C13</SectorGrid>
<FacilityType>34</FacilityType>
<ubHidden>2</ubHidden>
</FACILITY>

<FACILITY>
<SectorGrid>D13</SectorGrid>
<FacilityType>34</FacilityType>
<ubHidden>2</ubHidden>
</FACILITY>

Wow! Just want to say I love all the changes ;) Unfortunately I've found a problem playing at the 1920x 1080 resolution. It seems to squish all the statistics in the bottom right-hand side of the screen.

Damn, is there any way to fix that ourselves in the meantime?

Cerhio wrote on Tue, 03 January 2017 20:22

Damn, is there any way to fix that ourselves in the meantime?

Yes, but unfortunately this requires a new game, because Miguel's Sector Coordinates in MercProfiles.xml in \Data-Vengeance\TableData needs to be changed to this:

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<uiIndex>57</uiIndex>
<Type>3</Type>
<zName>Miguel Cordona</zName>
<zNickname>Miguel</zNickname>
...
<sSectorX>11</sSectorX>
<sSectorY>11</sSectorY>
<sSectorZ>0</sSectorZ>

Not sure if it is a bug. I cannot find "improve gear" function. Very useful one, but it seems to be missing.

3.
While I'm at it, I was wondering if the OCTH in this mod may not be affected by the NCTH in a way?
I'm getting a lot of point-blank misses with the CTH bar Full, like my merc ADJACENT to knocked-out soldier; I miss my aimed shot.. or ..Soldier appears from corner next to me, takes a full burst at me and doesn't hit me once. The CTH seems to act a lot more like the NCTH since 7609 or newer unstable versions. Firefights take MUCH MUCH longer than I'm used to with the OCTH. The are like the NCTH, require lot's of spray & pray.

I am using your full download link that includes stable 7609; on top of a fresh JA2 install. Using win8 fix as usual. I have not changed anything in any .ini apart from change MERC website availability to False.

1.
I have Barry as my tech and to open locks. Atm, I don't have a lockpick yet, so I use crowbars and feet
Crowbars seem to be practically useless. Kicking opens everything within 2-3 kicks (Barry has 80 Strength), but with the crowbar, I can completely deplete his stamina 3 times before the same locks open. I have only been able to see this in Omerta sectors and Drassen so far (because that's as far as I got... slow player, I like to check every little detail ).

2.
Also, the Drassen Airport sector; when "attacking" from the Northern sector, I feel it is unfair that I get to 'spawn' within the Airports fences. (A little bit like Alma in basic Vanilla or 1.13, you cannot spawn within the protected fenced area unless you manually change maps from within the fenced area in Tactical). Not a bug really, more a suggestion.


But where are my manners? I am really enjoying this new experience. It is extremely "atmospheric".. the music, sounds, etc.. really have my attention! Thank you for the awesome work!