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Henning Van Branitz[message #348616]

Wed, 01 February 2017 04:36

Damesh is currently offline

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Location: Florida

I did a site search and nothing came up and I'm assuming this is a bug. I hired Henning and during the course of his activities he was losing points in his marksmanship, leadership and strength. Now this wasn't due to dehydration or hunger, but from usage, i.e. shooting, training militia and moving/running. I did noticed that when I had hired him all his training bars on each attribute were maxed out, which at the time I thought was cool as he would level those soon. Instead, they decreased and, oddly enough, after losing two points of strength that training bar went back to the start point. I ended up dismissing him at that point so I'm not sure if his strength bar would start to increase.

Has anyone else encountered that?

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Corporal

Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348619 is a reply to message #348616]

Wed, 01 February 2017 08:54

Xafloz is currently offline

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Registered:December 2016

I guess he is one of those mercs who loose stats instead of gaining. He is just aging...

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348623 is a reply to message #348619]

Wed, 01 February 2017 13:11

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Registered:May 2009

Evolution is defined in MercProfiles.xml and <bEvolution> can have the following values:

NORMAL_EVOLUTION = 0
NO_EVOLUTION = 1
DEVOLVE = 2
THREEQUARTER_EVOLUTION = 3
HALF_EVOLUTION = 4
ONEQUARTER_EVOLUTION = 5

In default 1.13 this value is set to 1 for Henning so he cannot increase his stats but he also shouldn't lose points.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348633 is a reply to message #348623]

Wed, 01 February 2017 20:34

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Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

While this behavior (mercs losing their stats, or not progressing at all) is vanilla behavior, I'm wondering... why exactly do we keep it? I mean, this is a mechanic that makes no sense (we get worse in stats by training them? wut?) and absolutely sucks ingame, as changing this requires a new game (or changing it via debugger).

Yes, vanilla code is holy etc., but would there actually be any harm in removing this (not making this as option, we have way too many of those)? After all, nobody ever complains that the IMP quiz is gone...

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348635 is a reply to message #348633]

Wed, 01 February 2017 21:39

Gorro der Grüne is currently offline

Gorro der Grüne

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actually there are players (like me) who love it,

and don't You need it for Larry?

[Updated on: Wed, 01 February 2017 21:40]

I don't like users who edit posts after they've gotten an answer.

A lot of people start panicing when told to use their brains

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348636 is a reply to message #348635]

Wed, 01 February 2017 21:43

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This is not related to Larry.

I know now that it could never work between us, as much as we wanted to, it could never be! Not because you're a rabbit, but because you're black.

If you want, you can donate to me. This will not affect how and what I code, and I will not code specific features in return. I will be thankful though.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348638 is a reply to message #348636]

Wed, 01 February 2017 21:50

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Gorro der Grüne

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but to drugged Larry I think

I don't like users who edit posts after they've gotten an answer.

A lot of people start panicing when told to use their brains

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Founder and Leader of the GDTS

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348641 is a reply to message #348633]

Wed, 01 February 2017 22:13

edmortimer is currently offline

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Quote:

Yes, vanilla code is holy etc., but would there actually be any harm in removing this (not making this as option, we have way too many of those)? After all, nobody ever complains that the IMP quiz is gone...

All you have to do is tweak their MercProfiles.xml entry -- change the Evolution tag (which you know already). The Evolution tag is useful for varying the progress of stat and level gain for the older or 'intellectually impaired' Mercs. Both AV & VR have modified the Evolution tag to be used by more Mercs, and to eliminate any Merc losing stats. Mercs like Pops and Moses progress slowly, other Mercs like Henning & Len progress slow but not as slow as Pops & Moses, etc.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348644 is a reply to message #348633]

Wed, 01 February 2017 23:37

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Registered:May 2009

Flugente wrote on Wed, 01 February 2017 19:34

While this behavior (mercs losing their stats, or not progressing at all) is vanilla behavior, I'm wondering... why exactly do we keep it? I mean, this is a mechanic that makes no sense (we get worse in stats by training them? wut?) and absolutely sucks ingame, as changing this requires a new game (or changing it via debugger).

From what I have seen mercs with the "devolve" stat do not lose points for training but they will lose points over time.
Anyway I agree that this sucks because our little war doesn't last several years where the merc just sits around which could explain him getting older and losing some abilities.

However, it's only Larry (drunk) and Moses that have "devolve" set so I don't consider it a big problem. If a merc with NO_EVOLUTION loses points for no reason then this is a bug.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348647 is a reply to message #348644]

Thu, 02 February 2017 00:03

Damesh is currently offline

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Registered:January 2001
Location: Florida

I looked in the mercprofiles.xlm and it shows him as 2 for evolution. So, he's supposed to devolve statwise. Bummer, I had never used him and was looking forward to trying him out...heavy weapons, teacher with high leadership and marksmanship seemed like a good combo.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348649 is a reply to message #348647]

Thu, 02 February 2017 01:13

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Registered:May 2009

Which mod are you using? Default 1.13 has him set to 1.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348650 is a reply to message #348649]

Thu, 02 February 2017 01:19

Damesh is currently offline

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Registered:January 2001
Location: Florida

Version 1.13.7609 and it says release 14.10.24

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348651 is a reply to message #348650]

Thu, 02 February 2017 02:57

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Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

I am fully aware that once can simply set this behavior off in MercProfiles.xml. But no new player is going to check that meaning, so at some point they will discover this and learn that the merc they hired is very useless without the game giving them any indication of this, and there being no fix apart from starting a new campaign.

I know now that it could never work between us, as much as we wanted to, it could never be! Not because you're a rabbit, but because you're black.

If you want, you can donate to me. This will not affect how and what I code, and I will not code specific features in return. I will be thankful though.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348655 is a reply to message #348651]

Thu, 02 February 2017 08:21

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Quote:

I am fully aware that once can simply set this behavior off in MercProfiles.xml. But no new player is going to check that meaning, so at some point they will discover this and learn that the merc they hired is very useless without the game giving them any indication of this, and there being no fix apart from starting a new campaign.

True, true. I didn't mean that -- I meant why not just change the official, up-to-date, latest-release, v1.13 MercProfiles.xml so no Merc devolves?

EDIT: It doesn't matter to AV or VR if the code is changed or not, as both are based on 7609. I'm just thinking 'wouldn't it be easier to just change 2 numbers in an xml file'?

[Updated on: Thu, 02 February 2017 08:24]

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348656 is a reply to message #348655]

Thu, 02 February 2017 09:09

Xafloz is currently offline

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Quote:

I'm just thinking 'wouldn't it be easier to just change 2 numbers in an xml file'?

The simplest and the most effective approch imho.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348660 is a reply to message #348650]

Thu, 02 February 2017 10:54

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Registered:May 2009

Damesh wrote on Thu, 02 February 2017 00:19

Version 1.13.7609 and it says release 14.10.24

This is the old stable version and even there Henning is set to 1 on the SVN server. Strange...
Anyway, if you don't plan to use mods that are based on version 7609 you might as well try the current development build. A single click installer for that can be found here.

edmortimer wrote on Thu, 02 February 2017 07:21

I'm just thinking 'wouldn't it be easier to just change 2 numbers in an xml file'?

Actually no. If at all only Moses should be adjusted. Drunken Larry should stay as it is because the decline of his stats is a feature not a bug.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #348661 is a reply to message #348635]

Thu, 02 February 2017 11:03

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Gorro der Grüne wrote on Thu, 02 February 2017 06:39

actually there are players (like me) who love it,

Me too, in life there's some people you just can't help. I think it adds more diversity in the character pool, and not every merc is a bushy-tailed pillar of learning.

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #351976 is a reply to message #348661]

Wed, 10 January 2018 03:50

Colt .45 Peacemaker is currently offline

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Registered:June 2016
Location: Norway

Where is the MercProfiles.xml located exactly ? I would like to make some old dogs advance in stats and some that are devolving maybe happy

happy

Can someone please point me to the right path ?

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Re: Henning Van Branitz[message #352000 is a reply to message #351976]

Fri, 12 January 2018 09:47

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Registered:May 2009

Unless you use a mod the file is located in Data-1.13\TableData. A search in Windows Explorer or other file manager will point you to it as well.

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