Stalker guitar playing frequency file? Thread - MISERY mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Anyone know which file contains the line(s) that control how often stalkers play guitars?

I've also been wondering about this.

I never see the guitars come out anymore

I can't give straight answer, only as much as I recall when I see some info while searching for something else.

First there is need to be idle points defined somewhere, I'm not sure if that need to be done trough level editor or it can be done trough all.spawn or you need to alter both.
Next, you need to determine type of idle point. That could be NPC sitting on the ground, eating some food, smoke, tell joke or play guitar.
I don't have a clue though, how to force NPC to use some idle point more often than other type of idle points.

Idle points are actualy special type of animation points on map, you may find that term somewhere instead. I wish I could help more about this, but level editor and all.spawn modification is not exactly my area of expetise, I never bothered myself with it.

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Well they still do play in skadovsk but it's very rare....I wonder if they also need to spawn with a guitar to be able to play? Will need to do some testing/exploring.

Spawn some guitars on the floor of the ship and see if they suck them up LOL.

They don't. I also tried trading them guitar_a but it didn't look like it stuck with them. I know there is a file which dictates loadouts but I don't recall which ATM. I will try changing it to 100% guitar for everyone and see if that helps when I look for/find it.

I did the same, but inside the stalker ship, maybe it needs to be near a fire?

jasper34 wrote:

I did the same, but inside the stalker ship, maybe it needs to be near a fire?

Tehnicaly, it neded to be near defined idle animation points. Mostly, those are defined near campfires and such. Can't tell for sure without SDK level edior or some similar tool.

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I've made a few maps for games....quite a while ago. I tried opening the map file in the SDK but it crashes as soon as I click on open. I haven't looked into it yet.

I'd also love to hear an answer to this. Spent hours now around campfires without seeing one guitar or harmonica. Pretty disappointing considering how wonderfully it contributes to the atmosphere.