I just want to thank you for this mod. It's the only one I am using, but it makes the game so much more challenging. Thanks man, looking forward for the patch.
This seems like a neat idea. The only notes I have are that the sheds/artifacts are so rare that I think their value should be increased pretty substantially. Yes, if you know EXACTLY where to find them, then it's easy money in your model, but I've found the collectibles in the game to be lackluster to begin with. Giving some actual incentive or excitement in finding a new one would be pretty cool.
Other than that, any idea when you'll be updating for the new reserve? I'm looking forward to trying out this new mode.
So I did some bug testing with the crash that happens. It seems you need make sure your bag limit is under 8kg before you add the mod. If not you will hit the main menu and a crash will occur. Not sure if this is related to the bug posted in the description for sure or not. However this is confirmed to happen (3 different players/rigs all tested with full and empty bags) if you have a full backpack when adding this mod. Other then that 3 of us are are using this daily with no issues. Great work Akoniis! Looking forward to the progress with the mod(s)!
Thanks a lot for digging deeper!! I made some test again, and that's right... As I drop the carry capacity from 20 to 8, an issue can happen because of the weight... But it's still strange as the optional loadout make you start the game overloaded by 690g without any crash....
As it is a GAME+ mod, It's recommended to use a new save file... As I said in the description, I experimented crash with some different save files, but none with new save !!
What you can do also, is launching the game before installing this mod, put all your stuff in the storage, exit, delete the save folder but keep the "thp_player_profile_adf" file (somewhere else)... Launch the game (that will create a new save folder), exit and put back your "player profile" file back in the save folder.. With this method, you will get a new save (codex, trophy and missions reset...etc) but with all your equipment, XP and Money from your older save !! (you can keep "worlditemsdata_adf" file too, this one is all the tents, blinds and decoys you put on the map.)
OH and as this mod include the EES mod, I guess some people can have issue with the ammo files too !! Like one dude who use EES and who get crash with the .22lr ammo file... (check EES users posts)
Ok! After some test again, I start to think that's a bit random... I played an hour without any issue on a fresh save (I got a small bag). Than I exit the game, start it again like 30 min later and crash!!! I was under the weight limit and didn't touch any file, so I guessed that was coming from a ammo file again... I took out the editor folder from dropzone, start the game, no crash anymore... I go in storage take everything out, exit the game, put back the editor folder into dropzone, start the game, no crash anymore...
Don't expect too much... Modding that game make me tired ^^! It's too much bugged and unstable to be modded !! Now if I leave the game with ammo on me, I can't launch the game without crash... I have to always put all ammo in storage before exit !! (That is new, I don't have to do that before, and I didn't change anything in between)...
So, as I written a tuto to mod that game, I think I will not keep going myself... At least not before the Fix that will come after the new reserve !! lol^^
(For now I will concentrate my effort on the lures.. To boost them a bit)
I agree the game has its own issues the devs seem to neglect. (no blood or tracks in multiplayer! A GAME BREAKING BUG!) As for your work! It has been great! Your mods are the ones I fetch first! (current mods used 123456) I myself am just getting into the game and love to tinker with mods, if I start modding myself, I would like to start with yours as my "baseline"! (credits will be given (if I even do a mod! ;P)) That said I will follow your tuto? and try to carry on the work you have started while you take a break! However I too will NOT start until the new map and hopefully a bug fix or two get tossed in from the dev team as you have said as well! Till then Akoniss thank you for the great work and nJoy your break!
Multiplayer and Mods: I am always hosting mutliplayer games on Steam and this has been what i have seen and experienced....Whether I put a normal, a soft cheat or animals MAXED OUT!! on my maps when i host, players there STILL seem to have issues finding animals, and killijng animals, while I am killing a ton of them. I attribute that to my style of play that you can say, yes, its like an arcade type, . I play withe animals timing, i have 16 tents, tripod as the edges of the lakes and i fast travel..... On other ocassions I carry 1 Tripod on me, place it, find the animal, shoot it kill , p/u my tripod again, run 250 meters, place the tripod again, find the animal shoot it, go pick it up and right there again place the tripod and so forth and so forth.........Now mind you, on those multiplayers i am hosting, i put , 3x or even 4x the amount of animals and guess what?.. They still cant find animals, I shoot so many at times i get bored and when they see me racking them score points, 20,30 thousand points , they ask me HOW ARE YOU GETTING SO MANY ANIMALS??.. and they have the same opportunities as I do............What i am trying to say on all of that in my opinion, Mods, cheats as pertain to this particular game, DONT MATTER!! ...That i find that a great majority of gamers dont know how to play this game or take advantage of what it provides them.. .. Also, levels to me dont mean anything but the hours you have in the game, and how much you practice a it.. so for me , its a combination of many factors. I like i said, I am always helping and teaching others about this game, and sometimes i do have to FREEZE an animal to show another gamer what part to shoot the animal,,, I also at times, help lower level players, kids, 13 year olds get their diamonds jsut to make them happy,,, When i know its not you or me, but there are players out there that i know, that have been playing this game ( whether right or wrong ) for 1 or 2 years and have yet killed 1 single Diamond......... So as you see, Some or these hacks I do use, and I also play NORMAL.. it all depends on the purpose i have at that moment and how I am feeling :)
"That i find that a great majority of gamers dont know how to play this game or take advantage of what it provides them."
It's what I think about lures........ Most people think that the callers are weak... But to me it's more about that they don't know how to use callers... I don't play that much with them, but when I do I get what I wanted !!!
Now on December 10, the new NEW ZEALAND map comes out, and of course like it happens always on their new releases, all level 8 animals will be Diamonds!! , glitches will be all over the place so any beginner or low level player reading this now, , now is your chance to get that 1st Diamond reall quick......LOL
Yeap... I don't like cheating. And what the point to do the same as other modder ?? But anyway I don't get your point, what's too soft? For example the carry capacity from 20 to 8kg that's not soft at all...
The other mods I use is the x2 population, an the Forgetful Animals only.. I made my mods to better feet the x2 population (which make things a lot easier) !!! (and I make them first for me....) But to me the game isn't that bad, it just need some tweaks... (well,there are lot to do on the AI but that's another story ^^)
So no I will not made a mod that put rifle scope on a handgun LOL ^^ and no I will not change the 7mm into bolt action LOL ^^ And no I will not make a quad damage type of mod or activate the "Rangefinder" for all scopes and binoculars !! ^^ Sorry
But I write a tuto about making mod for this game... So give it a try !! PS: And know that this game is extremely limited in term of modding !!
I understand you :)...The good thing about this site is that we have a "variety" of modders making all types of mods and we chose the mods and the modders we like and the ones we dont... I do appreciate your input :)
Yeah.. But as you said in your forum post, You love that game!!! I like it too, but when you mod a game, most of the time you don't have time to play it anymore (other than for testing purpose) So, sorry to not always "listen to the needs and wants of this sites members" !!
(But one question, if you really love that game, why do you want break the integrity class for example which is an important part of the gameplay?)
For example, yesterday I play like 3h, I shot only 3 times.. And get 1 Diamond and 2 gold.. Brief, What I mean is that this game is not just about walking and shooting every moving things.... ^^ (I use only rifles and compound bow ^^) I really enjoy the hunting part, I mean hunt, hunt means searching, pursuing to kill not waiting near water or need zone to shoot everything. (of course I don't say that is what you are doing)
PS: yesterday I also get eaten by a wolf pack ^^ I forget to deactivate my pad and shoot in air by accident, because of that a wolf pack nearby get nervous and kill me !! LOL ^^ Welcome to the Yukon he said !! ^^ (I love that reserve)
I play this game in many ways, Normal, Modded, for testing purposes, teaching some lower level players which i help on my multistreams. Many a times I adapt my gameplay as I do when i go hunting in real life, or as close as it can be, thus leading me to your question about Integrity: When I go hunting in real life I only take 1 rifle on my shoulder and only 1 and usually is a bolt action 30-06..... If a rabbit pops up in front of me, and i want rabbit stew off that bat, is shoot it with it.. If a deer crosses my path, i will shoot it ,and if a Black Bear crosses my path i will also shoot it with the 30-06... In other words, on those small to medium animals I wan it to be able to shoot with ONLY 1 caliber, same as in the game,, I carry generally, the 30-06 and the .300 win mag for bigger game ijn the game.....And I use the .223 to shoot down GEESE....... I dont want the game to tell me what caliber i have to choose to shoot what, to get FULL POINTS on that game....They do it for ethical reasons some times and so forth.. on the other hand they allow players to shoot rabbits with the .470 which thats crazy, but they allow it... The issue here is more smaller animals to largeer calihber and that is why they did that update the brought all those smaller anikmals to the larger calibers, becasue it was unrealistic how they had it...........Modding whether simple or abusive to the game is still " Modding" to modify SOMEHTING that either is not well designed by the game or as an add on to the game.....In other words, one is upsetting the originality of how the game was done to ones benefit... So when you say, that , taking off " Integrity" it afects gameplay.. Well, any modding even in its minimal impact, is upsetting the gameplay to a degree or another.... So when i say, or we say the word " cheating" <--- This word could be interpreted in many ways.
My style of gaming is totally different from yours, which is the same way I apply it to my real hunting, and that is if i have to set up a blind at a deer crossing ( like many real hunters do) I will do that.... I I know animals are going to be at a lake at a specific drinking time I will be there.. ( One of the reasons this game provides , drinking , feeding, resting times )......I dont run around the map like a chicken without its head, waiting to see what animal presents itself for me to shoot... But, thats my style of play.:)
well, I don't run around the map like a chicken, but I do the mission, which give me general direction, and on the way I hunt. When I don't do missions, I go where I think "animals" should be... Find trail, and follow, find a new fresher trail and follow... ^^ I get what I'm looking for most of the time without much trouble! I use feeding zone and rest zone too, but as I play with the x2 population, I don't like drink zone that much, I mean, in the yukon sometime in the wetland there are like 20 freaking caribous and like 10 more mooses in the same spot !! Most of the time I carry a Mosin, a 30.06 and the Razorback cb.... I don't hunt rabbit and bird that much but when I do it I use the Razorback (a pain ^^) or the Cacciatore (old school ^^). For class 9 I use the Razorback or a 7mm. (I still never arrive at the point where I unlock the 300... ^^ cause modding...)
The parameters of this game believe or not have changed since its inception back in Feb, 2017 many things for the good and at the same time for the bad and every time they bring an update that it seems to affect a section of the game, somehow it messes up the map on another region.. Example: Back then, a regular 12 ga birdshot would bring done goose/geese the same way as ducks, then they began to make it more difficult to the point that now, even using the 10 ga sometimes you have to shoot them 3 times to bring them down. I know that shooting distance from these birds also plays a major role as the same as any other amo in this game. The scopes: When i mentioned the rifle scopes on a handgun, then i thought about it and I was saying to myself?.. Thatsss way off, LOL,, but for me, it would be nice to be able to " interchange" the rifle scopes which each other rifle and particular allow that revolver/pistol scope to be able to go on some of the bolt action rifles because of its clarity and fov 7mm and 338......They are great calibers in " real life" but i would never purchase them as single shots..In the game i would of prefered them as bolt action rifles for tha extra fast second shot and i know that you dont have any interest on that and I respect you for it but i wish someone could compose them as that.. This i would no consider cheating either beause i see it as just another tool to be used in the game.
"The parameters of this game believe or not have changed since its inception back in Feb, 2017"
Well, I can believe it when I see the mess in the files... I guess even them they are lost everytime they check the code... That's my only explanation about releasing new bugged species !! LOL ^^
And for the integrity class, you can use that mod, but change some files in favor of the own from WarbirdRed5.. Like for example, take the 30-06 ammo file from his mod and overwrite mine and you will get a 30-06 that work on all class... (The only issue I can think of is the way it will be displayed in the "menu", my mod change the displayed class in menu, his own don't !!)
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I just want to thank you for this mod. It's the only one I am using, but it makes the game so much more challenging. Thanks man, looking forward for the patch.
Other than that, any idea when you'll be updating for the new reserve? I'm looking forward to trying out this new mode.
I think not before like 2weeks !!
I'm sorry for that !!
It seems you need make sure your bag limit is under 8kg before you add the mod.
If not you will hit the main menu and a crash will occur.
Not sure if this is related to the bug posted in the description for sure or not.
However this is confirmed to happen (3 different players/rigs all tested with full and empty bags) if you have a full backpack when adding this mod.
Other then that 3 of us are are using this daily with no issues.
Great work Akoniis!
Looking forward to the progress with the mod(s)!
As I drop the carry capacity from 20 to 8, an issue can happen because of the weight...
But it's still strange as the optional loadout make you start the game overloaded by 690g without any crash....
As it is a GAME+ mod, It's recommended to use a new save file...
As I said in the description, I experimented crash with some different save files, but none with new save !!
What you can do also, is launching the game before installing this mod, put all your stuff in the storage, exit, delete the save folder but keep the "thp_player_profile_adf" file (somewhere else)... Launch the game (that will create a new save folder), exit and put back your "player profile" file back in the save folder..
With this method, you will get a new save (codex, trophy and missions reset...etc) but with all your equipment, XP and Money from your older save !! (you can keep "worlditemsdata_adf" file too, this one is all the tents, blinds and decoys you put on the map.)
OH and as this mod include the EES mod, I guess some people can have issue with the ammo files too !!
Like one dude who use EES and who get crash with the .22lr ammo file... (check EES users posts)
Ok! After some test again, I start to think that's a bit random...
I played an hour without any issue on a fresh save (I got a small bag). Than I exit the game, start it again like 30 min later and crash!!!
I was under the weight limit and didn't touch any file, so I guessed that was coming from a ammo file again...
I took out the editor folder from dropzone, start the game, no crash anymore... I go in storage take everything out, exit the game, put back the editor folder into dropzone, start the game, no crash anymore...
Modding that game make me tired ^^! It's too much bugged and unstable to be modded !!
Now if I leave the game with ammo on me, I can't launch the game without crash...
I have to always put all ammo in storage before exit !!
(That is new, I don't have to do that before, and I didn't change anything in between)...
So, as I written a tuto to mod that game, I think I will not keep going myself...
At least not before the Fix that will come after the new reserve !! lol^^
(For now I will concentrate my effort on the lures.. To boost them a bit)
As for your work! It has been great! Your mods are the ones I fetch first! (current mods used 1 2 3 4 5 6)
I myself am just getting into the game and love to tinker with mods, if I start modding myself, I would like to start with yours as my "baseline"! (credits will be given (if I even do a mod! ;P))
That said I will follow your tuto? and try to carry on the work you have started while you take a break!
However I too will NOT start until the new map and hopefully a bug fix or two get tossed in from the dev team as you have said as well!
Till then Akoniss thank you for the great work and nJoy your break!
I am always hosting mutliplayer games on Steam and this has been what i have seen and experienced....Whether I put a normal, a soft cheat or animals MAXED OUT!! on my maps when i host, players there STILL seem to have issues finding animals, and killijng animals, while I am killing a ton of them. I attribute that to my style of play that you can say, yes, its like an arcade type, . I play withe animals timing, i have 16 tents, tripod as the edges of the lakes and i fast travel..... On other ocassions I carry 1 Tripod on me, place it, find the animal, shoot it kill , p/u my tripod again, run 250 meters, place the tripod again, find the animal shoot it, go pick it up and right there again place the tripod and so forth and so forth.........Now mind you, on those multiplayers i am hosting, i put , 3x or even 4x the amount of animals and guess what?.. They still cant find animals, I shoot so many at times i get bored and when they see me racking them score points, 20,30 thousand points , they ask me HOW ARE YOU GETTING SO MANY ANIMALS??.. and they have the same opportunities as I do............What i am trying to say on all of that in my opinion, Mods, cheats as pertain to this particular game, DONT MATTER!! ...That i find that a great majority of gamers dont know how to play this game or take advantage of what it provides them.. .. Also, levels to me dont mean anything but the hours you have in the game, and how much you practice a it.. so for me , its a combination of many factors.
I like i said, I am always helping and teaching others about this game, and sometimes i do have to FREEZE an animal to show another gamer what part to shoot the animal,,, I also at times, help lower level players, kids, 13 year olds get their diamonds jsut to make them happy,,, When i know its not you or me, but there are players out there that i know, that have been playing this game ( whether right or wrong ) for 1 or 2 years and have yet killed 1 single Diamond......... So as you see, Some or these hacks I do use, and I also play NORMAL.. it all depends on the purpose i have at that moment and how I am feeling :)
It's what I think about lures........ Most people think that the callers are weak... But to me it's more about that they don't know how to use callers... I don't play that much with them, but when I do I get what I wanted !!!
But anyway I don't get your point, what's too soft?
For example the carry capacity from 20 to 8kg that's not soft at all...
The other mods I use is the x2 population, an the Forgetful Animals only..
I made my mods to better feet the x2 population (which make things a lot easier) !!! (and I make them first for me....)
But to me the game isn't that bad, it just need some tweaks... (well,there are lot to do on the AI but that's another story ^^)
So no I will not made a mod that put rifle scope on a handgun LOL ^^ and no I will not change the 7mm into bolt action LOL ^^
And no I will not make a quad damage type of mod or activate the "Rangefinder" for all scopes and binoculars !! ^^
Sorry
But I write a tuto about making mod for this game... So give it a try !!
PS: And know that this game is extremely limited in term of modding !!
I like it too, but when you mod a game, most of the time you don't have time to play it anymore (other than for testing purpose)
So, sorry to not always "listen to the needs and wants of this sites members" !!
(But one question, if you really love that game, why do you want break the integrity class for example which is an important part of the gameplay?)
For example, yesterday I play like 3h, I shot only 3 times.. And get 1 Diamond and 2 gold.. Brief, What I mean is that this game is not just about walking and shooting every moving things.... ^^ (I use only rifles and compound bow ^^)
I really enjoy the hunting part, I mean hunt, hunt means searching, pursuing to kill not waiting near water or need zone to shoot everything. (of course I don't say that is what you are doing)
PS: yesterday I also get eaten by a wolf pack ^^ I forget to deactivate my pad and shoot in air by accident, because of that a wolf pack nearby get nervous and kill me !! LOL ^^ Welcome to the Yukon he said !! ^^ (I love that reserve)
Many a times I adapt my gameplay as I do when i go hunting in real life, or as close as it can be, thus leading me to your question about
Integrity:
When I go hunting in real life I only take 1 rifle on my shoulder and only 1 and usually is a bolt action 30-06..... If a rabbit pops up in front of me, and i want rabbit stew off that bat, is shoot it with it.. If a deer crosses my path, i will shoot it ,and if a Black Bear crosses my path i will also shoot it with the 30-06... In other words, on those small to medium animals I wan it to be able to shoot with ONLY 1 caliber, same as in the game,, I carry generally, the 30-06 and the .300 win mag for bigger game ijn the game.....And I use the .223 to shoot down GEESE....... I dont want the game to tell me what caliber i have to choose to shoot what, to get FULL POINTS on that game....They do it for ethical reasons some times and so forth.. on the other hand they allow players to shoot rabbits with the .470 which thats crazy, but they allow it... The issue here is more smaller animals to largeer calihber and that is why they did that update the brought all those smaller anikmals to the larger calibers, becasue it was unrealistic how they had it...........Modding whether simple or abusive to the game is still " Modding" to modify SOMEHTING that either is not well designed by the game or as an add on to the game.....In other words, one is upsetting the originality of how the game was done to ones benefit... So when you say, that , taking off " Integrity" it afects gameplay.. Well, any modding even in its minimal impact, is upsetting the gameplay to a degree or another.... So when i say, or we say the word " cheating" <--- This word could be interpreted in many ways.
My style of gaming is totally different from yours, which is the same way I apply it to my real hunting, and that is if i have to set up a blind at a deer crossing ( like many real hunters do) I will do that.... I I know animals are going to be at a lake at a specific drinking time I will be there.. ( One of the reasons this game provides , drinking , feeding, resting times )......I dont run around the map like a chicken without its head, waiting to see what animal presents itself for me to shoot... But, thats my style of play.:)
When I don't do missions, I go where I think "animals" should be... Find trail, and follow, find a new fresher trail and follow... ^^
I get what I'm looking for most of the time without much trouble! I use feeding zone and rest zone too,
but as I play with the x2 population, I don't like drink zone that much, I mean, in the yukon sometime in the wetland there are like 20 freaking caribous and like 10 more mooses in the same spot !!
Most of the time I carry a Mosin, a 30.06 and the Razorback cb....
I don't hunt rabbit and bird that much but when I do it I use the Razorback (a pain ^^) or the Cacciatore (old school ^^).
For class 9 I use the Razorback or a 7mm. (I still never arrive at the point where I unlock the 300... ^^ cause modding...)
The scopes:
When i mentioned the rifle scopes on a handgun, then i thought about it and I was saying to myself?.. Thatsss way off, LOL,, but for me, it would be nice to be able to " interchange" the rifle scopes which each other rifle and particular allow that revolver/pistol scope to be able to go on some of the bolt action rifles because of its clarity and fov
7mm and 338......They are great calibers in " real life" but i would never purchase them as single shots..In the game i would of prefered them as bolt action rifles for tha extra fast second shot and i know that you dont have any interest on that and I respect you for it but i wish someone could compose them as that.. This i would no consider cheating either beause i see it as just another tool to be used in the game.
Well, I can believe it when I see the mess in the files... I guess even them they are lost everytime they check the code... That's my only explanation about releasing new bugged species !! LOL ^^
And for the integrity class, you can use that mod, but change some files in favor of the own from WarbirdRed5.. Like for example, take the 30-06 ammo file from his mod and overwrite mine and you will get a 30-06 that work on all class... (The only issue I can think of is the way it will be displayed in the "menu", my mod change the displayed class in menu, his own don't !!)