Interactive PDA 1.63 addon - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Before we start, biggest thanks to ravenascendant , helped to understand almost every single line in this addon ;]

Also Longreed for helping me understand some confusing GUI moments.

Menus are opened by right clicking PDA and choosing "PDA menu". You can tweak some options to your taste with MCM addon > > > MCM HERE CLICK < < <

What it has at this moment (more detailed description below):

• Raid:
  • Allows you to search for NPCS who are willing to join you for money.
• Buy info:
  • You can send message to everyone and ask if anybody saw:
    • Artefact (chosen from list);
    • Mutant (chosen from list);
    • Stalker (written in input box);
• Games:
  • You can pass the time during emission by playing some games xd:
    • 15 Puzzle;
    • Slot machine;
    • Snake.
    • 21.
    • Sudoku.
• Trade:
  • Allows you to order items.
• Notepad:
  • To make notes.
• Comms:
  • Send help message (for the start).
  • Ask for surge/psi-storm time.
  • Ask for overall situation on level (noticed stalkers and mutants).
• Tasks:
  • Some tasks which you can pick and complete distantly.

- If you feel that task targets are monolith only - decrease Radius for task target in MCM.

- Task givers do not reset targets instantly, give it some time.

- Some mutants from tasks appear only at night, tracker will still be on them at day.

- If you ordered an item and NPC does not reply for a long time - you got scammed. (If you ordered it from unique character like trader then it's a bug, report to me.)

- 3D PDA will not be added, else it will lose some functionality due to engine.

- If you want items in trade list from other addons - add their sections to "pda_trade_items.ltx"

- Task for items asks you to bring amount of "Uses" not amount of "Items" (if item is multiuse).

You choose the location and send message to everyone, letting them know you are hiring people for Raid to a chosen location. Price of hired squad will depend on location's danger, squad size and time (for how long they'll join you). After some time you'll see incoming messages with their squad description and cost. I know that in vanilla we can do the same via dialogue, but it requires to run around and ask everyone personally, 21st century come on.

This menu allows you to find certain Artefact/Mutant/Stalker by asking other NPCs. Similar to Raid menu you will see incoming messages with Sender's description and their price. Once you buy information from them - they will tell you where they saw the chosen target. WARNING: NPC can lie, this is based on faction, reputation and relations toward you (this can be disabled in MCM).

Just some mini games to play to pass the time a bit ;]

Here you can find item you want, choose amount, delivery location and send the order message. Traders that are willing to sell will respond and when you choose one of them - they will start preparing your order. When item is delivered, trader will send you a message and mark a stash in PDA where you can get your items.

Items in the list are vanilla's, if you want to add new items added from some addon, add their sections into "configs/plugins/pda_trade_items.ltx".

(0.4) There are traders and random stalkers in the pool:

• Traders only respond if you already visited their area. They can only sell items that they really can have in their assortiment (which in default game has tiers and based on goodwill). Price is similar to what you pay personally, plus it takes time, plus some fee for delivery.
• Stalkers can respond for any item, but chance is small (except "trash" type items). Their price is also much higher. WARNING: They can scam you. Scam chance depends on reputation, whereas max reputation is almost 0% to scam and worst reputation is almost 100%.

Just a diary/notepad to make notes. To edit already existing notes - type the note number in small window and press "Edit". To delete note - type the note there and press "X".

Menu for banter/chat and other messages:

• "SOS signal" which you can send and nearby stalkers will come to help (maybe), works only when you are in combat. It has a certain radius, cooldown and it costs you 50 reputation. Use it as last resort because it can attract enemies too. Goodwill 0 towards NPC that saw your message means zero chance that he's coming, goodwill 2000 means that NPC will come to help 100%, goodwill -2000 means NPC will come to help finish you 100% ;] Distance, cooldown, duration of NPC walking toward your call, limit of squads that can respond - all adjustable in MCM (just in case someone asks again).
• "Ask emission/psi-storm time" sends a message of approximate emission/psi-storm time. Respond chance based on goodwill, time accuracy depends on NPC faction. Cooldown is 1 in-game hour.
• "Location status" NPCs will reply with who they see on this location. Depends on goodwill with their faction, cooldown is 3 in-game hours.

You can pick certain task type in PDA and NPC will respond with the target/location/reward description. For now only NPCs that you've met at least once can respond. Each task type has cooldown which you can change in MCM, aswell as many other options. By default all task info automatically goes to your "Notes". Reward is based on target's difficulty.

• Mutant Hunt / Bounty: kill mutants or stalker, nothing special. (Just fyi keep in mind that some mutants are night creatures and will only appear at night.)
• Guide: help stalker get to his desired location (stalker has to be alone, in radius of 150 meters of actor, be novice or trainee). You get full reward only if you escort him in time, if not - then he will pay you only part of the reward. Your goodwill/reputation also increase a bit when task is finished or decrease by a lot when NPC is dismissed or dead.
• Find item: find items, place them in the marked stash near the task giver and receive reward. Each trader type will ask for specific items: barman will ask for meat, scientists for mutant parts/artefact, medics for medicine etc (usual traders can ask for all of them, but their chance to respond and reward are lower). If target is multiuse item - asked amount is USES, not amount of items.
• Dangerous squad: same as first two just for high-ranking squad.
• Steal item: steal the quest item from enemy base and bring it to the trader's stash.
• Guard position: get reward based on how long you guarded some position.
• Scout locations: simply scout locations and get money for it, similar to Arszi's scout tasks.
• Find artefact: find and bring unique artefact from anomaly zone.
• Courier: simple delivery task for some extra reward if it's on your way ;]

Should be compatible with everything. Should also be safe to install/uninstall whenever, but just in case if you have active companions from "Raid" menu - dismiss them before uninstalling.

Tested on 1.5.1 and 1.5.2, seems to work on both.

• 1.63:
  • Small update to add interface "Close" button (idk people asked for it) and MCM option for "Raid" max time, not to wait too much if you want to hire someone only for 1 day.

• 1.62:
  • fix for short distance delivery task requests (from bar to bar etc)
  • fix for sudoku, possible to win with any solution now, not only a predefined one xd
  • pressing "0" in sudoku clears the cell
  • "Notes" are now scrolled to the bottom automatically.
  • possibility to delete all "Notes" at once... but requires anomaly debug on and executed from debug in game (F7->Execute) pda_inter_mcm.delete_all_notes() in case someone really need it, but also not to be pressed accidentally.

• 1.61: still read important from below
  • Crash fix for "tch_quest", I forgot that some ltx files need to be in order without installed DLTX ;[
  • Small polishing of some games: "win" notifications, "ok" button for 21, changed some ratio and button placements for 21.

• 1.6: IMPORTANT! Finish or cancel (with MCM) all Interactive PDA Tasks before updating to this version.
  • Small overhaul of task system:
    • 2 new tasks "Find unique artefact" and "Courier".
    • Moved active tasks to another "Notes" tab, also you can now cancel them one by one without MCM.
    • Added max limit of active tasks (adjustable in MCM).
    • Grace period (2 game hours after taking) during which you can cancel tasks without any penalties.
    • Cancelling tasks after grace period will now result in small goodwill/reputation penalty.
    • Added extra reward based on target level, for example Cordon having mult of *0.75 to reward and Pripyat *1.25.

• 1.5:
  • Added "21" game (sort of a blackjack with slightly different rules).
  • Added "Sudoku" game and its MCM options for difficulty and reward. Hover cell and press number on your keyboard to fill it up.
  • Fixed "Notes" extraction into .txt, there was a memory error earlier. You can now extract infinite amount of notes, tested with around 1500.

• 1.49:
  • task giver shows current target's location now instead of saved one (in case target moved somewhere else).
  • removed animation items (such as "_script") from "find item" task pool.

• 1.48: More correct time for emission/psi-storm.

• 1.46: Trader radius MCM for "Tasks".

• 1.4: New cooldown system for "Tasks".

• 1.3: New task "Scout".

• 1.2: New task "Guard position".

• 1.1: SOS message from stalkers.
• 1.0: Better MCM menu.

• 0.9: "Ask emission/psi-storm time" options.
• 0.8: Snake game and more new tasks.
• 0.7: New tasks.
• 0.6: Tasks menu.
• 0.5: Comms menu.
• 0.4: Overhaul of Trade menu. (Bless RavenAscendant)
• 0.3: Notes menu.
• 0.2: Trade menu.