Originally posted by Madd Mugsy:
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Right now, if you are holding a pistol in one hand and a sniper scope in another, it has the same effect as if the scope was attached to the pistol! Ditto for the laser scope.

This was part of the plan actually: To have them attachable to your helmet. What they could be attached to can be set in the Attachments.xml.

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One solution is to make sure that you never have more than one such item active at any given moment. Another is to change the code so that even if you have more than one, only one will provide a benefit at any given moment. Which should it be?

I don't think this would be a good generic way to handle this. A modder might want to assign the same bonus twice to something. For instance, say a mod has some special ammo that is more aerodynamic and therefore gives a range bonus. Should that bonus be lost due to a barrel extender? Maybe, maybe not. It depends on the mod.

In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, we could probably add an ItemUsage.xml file and provide an enumeration of the possible effects.

Originally posted by Kaiden:
This way like Mugsy pointed out, if someone wants to make a module where holding something in your hand gives you a bonus, they can.

I agree with Khor and Snap above. It would seem that "raise gun" or "look through scope" should have a hotkey, if there are any left.

Originally posted by Kaiden:
But... What you could do, is if you choose the direction that you are already facing, up the AP cost and apply any "Scope" or vision bonuses for items that are attached to your gun, or in your hand.

When do you plan to, if ever, to externalise AIM and MERC members and NPC characters stats and inventories??

Is there a chance to add to IMPItemChoices.xml an array taht gives your IMP a different starting equipment when he/she is expert in skill, from that equipment that he would get if he/she is not expert, ... now it mekes me thinking... also it should be somehow connected to marksmanship equpment lets say for an example: ower 70 marksmanship grants him/her Mini-14, auto weapons gives lets say a G-41 and, if added, auto weapons expert would give a FN Minimi.... now he/she starts with 3 f***ing guns....
Maybe to add an equipment groups: Weapon, secondary weapon, body armor etc. ... and a priorities to them ... now he/she gets a Mini-14 from good marksmanship ... then skill weapon is at higer priority than it, and Mini-14 Would be replaced with G-41, and if he/she happens to be expert... IMP would get a FN Minimi instead... getting only one gun ... wonder if that is possible..
Also I maybe liked to give a Locksmith kit for mechanical ower 80 points or so.. if to choose a LockPicking.. you would get two of them.. and so on...

1. What exactly does the ubImpact stat in weapons.xml do?

2. How do the various ammo types work? Are the damage formulas for AP,HP etc in the old wedit docs still correct?

Thats great. How do you do it? I've tweaked a few weapons, that's it. Isn't the pockets going to be in the next version?

Item #55 and item #65 (the rocket rifles) both share the same BIGITEMS graphic which is weird because they will accept two different Mdguns pictures.
I was wondering if it is possible to change this? If it's not I can just make the two different weapons that look almost identical but it would be better to have the ability to completely mod this item slot.

I was also wondering what the uiIndexes stand for in the Enemy Gun choices .xml? Are they game progression values? If so, do all previous uiIndexes remain available to the enemy till the end of the game or will they only be spawned with weapons from the current index?

Also, do the items with non externalised indexes (gas mask, metal detector etc.) have to remain in thier existing items slots or can you move them around in the items list?

I wonder why you think I should leave the quest itms untouched? Do you say this because you have a hunch it may lead to future problems or is there something specific you've seen in the code?