Scaling NPCs

Author: DeTRiTiC-iQ

Included: Tavion.pk3 (has JumboTavion from the tutorial and a few other funny resizes)

In Jedi Outcast it is possible to easily create and modify npcs for use in your own levels or just for comedy value, this tutorial will look at how to copy an old npc to a new one and change their size attributes.

  1. Extact npcs.cfg from assets0.pk3, it's in the ext_data subdirectory of the pk3

  2. Copy the file to a seperate directory and remove its read-only attributes if it has them, then open the file in a text editor such as Notepad. In this example I will be using Tavion, so look for the Tavion reference in the file.

    Tavion  
{  
playerModel tavion  
rank commander  
saberColor red  
reactions 3  
aim 3  
move 5  
aggression 3  
evasion 4  
intelligence 5  
hfov 160  
vfov 160  
playerTeam enemy  
enemyTeam player  
// race human  
class tavion  
snd tavion  
sndcombat tavion  
sndjedi tavion  
yawSpeed 120  
walkSpeed 55  
runSpeed 200  
health 300  
dismemberProbHead 10  
dismemberProbArms 35  
dismemberProbLegs 10  
dismemberProbHands 50  
dismemberProbWaist 10  
}

    From this it should be pretty obvious what most of these do, changing the dismember values to between 0 and 100 will change the percentage probability of that limb being dismembered, health is health etc.

  3. Add the following values to the npc details (don't create a new npc, because at this stage new npcs will always use the stormie rifle. This tutorial will be updated once a method to avoid this has been found):

    scaleX 300  
scaleY 300  
scaleZ 300

    This will scale each of the axis by 300%. Alternatively you could use:

    scale 300

    to scale all axis by 300%

    You should end up with something like this:

    Tavion  
{  
playerModel tavion  
rank commander  
saberColor red  
reactions 3  
aim 3  
move 5  
aggression 3  
evasion 4  
intelligence 5  
hfov 160  
vfov 160  
playerTeam enemy  
enemyTeam player  
// race human  
class tavion  
snd tavion  
sndcombat tavion  
sndjedi tavion  
yawSpeed 120  
walkSpeed 55  
runSpeed 200  
health 300  
scaleX 300  
scaleY 300  
scaleZ 300  
dismemberProbHead 10  
dismemberProbArms 35  
dismemberProbLegs 10  
dismemberProbHands 50  
dismemberProbWaist 10  
}

  4. Now save the file, put it in its own pk3 file under the same ext_data subdirectory and put the pk3 in the "Star Wars JK II Jedi Outcast\GameData\base" directory, and your ready to go. To test your new NPC, activate cheat codes using /helpusobi 1 in the console and then type:

     npc spawn "npcname"

    so in this case it would be:

     npc spawn "Tavion"

    The new 27x Tavion should appear (3 times in 3 dimensions = 27). Experiment with different aspects of the scaling or other npcs properties to get some interesting results. For example I made a small army of mini-lukes, it's funny to watch.

- End