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Strange way to set flags considering there's at least 13 of them. It also looks like original LS3D editor could handle a lot of different inputs as there's inconsistency in dummy properties naming.
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I could imagine the designers were given a simple text box to edit 4ds object tags. In this case specifying flags with a string is a compact and fairly straight forward way I'd say; certainly more so than having to specify a numeric value (like you have to in MWE  ).
It parses cache.bins and prints the contents in a human readable way.
I have found the dumper and created a dump of the vanilla freeride cache.bin but I don't recognize any patterns I'm afraid. The output can be downloaded from here if anybody is interested: http://www.ccgm.de/Mafia/frcachedump.7z.
*-full.txt is the full dump which also includes dumps of the instances per base block while *-base.txt only lists the base blocks. |
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This won't help :/ Maybe if it could also dump from game memory to compare them, but that probably wouldn't help either since they show up after going away and back. Have you seen what I wrote earlier? - That vanilla cache.bin bases are ordered in reverse to the order of links in vanilla tree.klz. Maybe that could lead to something.
| ASM. wrote: | | In this case specifying flags with a string is a compact and fairly straight forward way I'd say; certainly more so than having to specify a numeric value (like you have to in MWE ). |
Are you sure?  "VOLB,0x13,NFT" flag from @zidle01.4ds (56 flag). |
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| Duelist wrote: |
This won't help :/ Maybe if it could also dump from game memory to compare them, but that probably wouldn't help either since they show up after going away and back.
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I was hoping that some patterns would emerge, like blocks being arranged as scanlines or something, but it doesn't look like it. 
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Have you seen what I wrote earlier? - That vanilla cache.bin bases are ordered in reverse to the order of links in vanilla tree.klz. Maybe that could lead to something.
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From the looks of it I'd say this is coincidental. For example:
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00022460 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 36 36 00 20 20 20 01 00 00 00 4D 65 73 68 31 39 00 20 01 00 00 00 62 61 73 65 Object66. ....Mesh19. ....base
00022480 36 36 00 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 32 36 62 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 62 61 73 65 36 39 00 20 66. ....Object26b. ....base69.
000224A0 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 34 39 63 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 4C 4C 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 38 34 00 20 ....Object49c. ....LLObject84.
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00023560 62 61 73 65 32 31 35 00 01 00 00 00 4D 65 73 68 30 37 76 76 00 20 20 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 base215.....Mesh07vv. ....Obje
00023580 63 74 31 37 76 76 00 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 31 34 30 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 74 65 72 65 ct17vv. ....Object140. ....tere
000235A0 6E 20 76 6C 37 33 00 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 31 34 31 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 n vl73. ....Object141. ....Obje
000235C0 63 74 31 34 32 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 4D 65 73 68 30 38 76 76 00 20 20 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 ct142. ....Mesh08vv. ....Obje
000235E0 63 74 31 34 76 76 00 20 02 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 32 34 36 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 62 61 73 65 ct14vv. ....Object246. ....base
00023600 32 31 33 00 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 32 34 33 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 62 61 73 65 32 35 34 00 213.....Object243. ....base254.
00023620 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 32 31 33 00 20 20 01 00 00 00 4C 6F 66 74 32 34 00 20 01 00 00 00 ....Object213. ....Loft24. ....
00023640 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 30 36 78 78 00 20 01 00 00 00 62 61 73 65 32 34 39 00 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 Object06xx. ....base249.....Obje
00023660 63 74 31 33 35 00 20 20 02 00 00 00 62 61 73 65 30 31 00 20 01 00 00 00 4D 65 73 68 33 36 00 20 ct135. ....base01. ....Mesh36.
00023680 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 39 37 00 20 20 20 02 00 00 00 68 6F 72 6E 69 00 20 20 02 00 00 00 ....Object97. ....horni. ....
000236A0 62 61 73 65 30 32 00 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 63 74 39 39 00 20 20 20 01 00 00 00 4F 62 6A 65 base02. ....Object99. ....Obje
000236C0 63 74 39 38 00 20 20 20 02 00 00 00 68 6F 72 6E 69 30 32 00 BB 56 6D C5 7A EA 0A C5 6E 12 32 45 ct98. ....horni02.»VmÅzê.Ån.2E
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In the first dump the order of the links is identical to the order of the base block definitions in cache.bin while it is reversed in the second dump.
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Are you sure? "VOLB,0x13,NFT" flag from @zidle01.4ds (56 flag).
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I'd argue that once you get a grip on what flags the letters correspond to NFT is easier to digest than 56. |
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Well, was worth a try.
After looking at RCF topic I gave shader water a go today at last. It looks awesome 
Still, there's some kind of gap which has to be fixed. |
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| GOLOD55 found a workaround for fixing cache.bin culling errors. I've added the fix to Patcher v1.2.0 (option PatchTransparentModelFadingTimeout). The only drawback I've noticed so far is that it causes cache models to pop in rather than fade in when cache blocks are activated. |
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| Duelist awesome job man , just wondering , will u do other areas of country side ? it will be awesome if u do that |
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| ASM. wrote: | | GOLOD55 found a workaround for fixing cache.bin culling errors. I've added the fix to Patcher v1.2.0 (option PatchTransparentModelFadingTimeout). The only drawback I've noticed so far is that it causes cache models to pop in rather than fade in when cache blocks are activated. |
 Amazing work  So far I've tested only cache fix and tunnel sectors (didn't check MSE yet), both work flawlessly  Unfortunately Mafia Con doesn't work with patcher enabled. It looks like I was onto something few pages back - models being rendered without texture.
| spartaque12 wrote: | | Duelist awesome job man , just wondering , will u do other areas of country side ? it will be awesome if u do that |
Thanks Yeah, model, sector, collision-wise all country locations are ready to be added. I've also made excel templates for mass conversion of scene2.bin objects into cache ones. It would take like 10min/location but, scaling of scene2.bin objects is relative to its parent. Which poses a problem when parent scale is different than 1. Other than that some manual script fixing would be needed.
I was also thinking about creating railways around whole country side - from train station and docks to hoboken. Adding new location to loop logicaly railways leading to the tunnel in hoboken (posted some images from test). But such mod would take years to complete and it already does take one. I don't know when and if it's going to be finished at all I have to set some goals probably. I was thinking about releasing it just after merging town and countryside but Firefox3860 released his version with some locations so it was pointless.
Aaand I took a few months break.
Eh, nonetheless, does anyone have A to Z animation list in English? There's a link on mafiascene.net but it doesn't work anymore. Also is it possible to calm actor after panicking? I was trying something like this but it doesn't work:
| Code: | dim_act 10
dim_frm 10
dim_flt 10
getactiveplayer 0
findactor 1, "BSS_mechanic02"
{ up
label IDLE
enemy_playanim "MechSroubovani2.I3D", 0
let flt[0] = flt[0] - 323
wait flt[0]
enemy_playanim "MechKolo.I3D", 0
let flt[0] = flt[0] - 323
wait flt[0]
enemy_playanim "GestStativToZam.I3D", 0
let flt[0] = flt[0] - 323
wait flt[0]
enemy_playanim "GestZamStativ.I3D", 0
wait 5000
enemy_playanim "GestZamToStativ.I3D", 0
let flt[0] = flt[0] - 323
wait flt[0]
goto IDLE
}
event use_ab,10970007
//**KONROLA PANIKY
getenemyaistate 1, 1
iffltinrange 1, 2, 5, 444
enemy_talk 09990602
enemy_wait
label 444
human_returnfrompanic 1, 1
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If I brainwash him he won't panic ever again :/
One new opened location:
Sneak peek on my version of Lucas Service Station:
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| Duelist wrote: |
Unfortunately Mafia Con doesn't work with patcher enabled.
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Hmm odd. I currently don't see how Patcher and MafiaCon could interfere (even though this doesn't mean much  ). Maybe it's a problem with the ASI loader? Does MafiaCon work if you keep the ASI loader but disable Patcher? Do you have other ASI plugins installed? Also, how does the doesn't work manifest (crash, console not opening, ...)? |
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| I'm using countryside map, widescreenfix, mse, patcher and DX8 to 9 from ENB (console works with this version, but it doesn't with crosire one). It does work if I remove patcher files from scripts folder, it doesn't if everything but patcher is removed. It gives me windows Application VICon Launcher stopped working error dialog. Game is not affected. |
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I think I know what's the problem. I forgot about the boot process of old versions of MafiaCon. The gist is that the MafiaCon launcher probably ends up loading the ASI loader (if it's dinput8.dll based) and hence any configured ASI plugins.
As workaround you could try to install MafiaCon to a different directory. Create a file named ivcon.ini in the installation directory and add the following lines:
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GamePath=path\to\Game.exe
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It works! Thanks  And it's very elegant solution - all files in one folder instead of main directory.
BTW. Do you know if cache objects that can be destroyed by using "2" collision flag are hardcoded in .exe or it's somewhere in .klz? |
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| Duelist wrote: | It works! Thanks And it's very elegant solution - all files in one folder instead of main directory.
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Yeah, I also prefer to keep MafiaCon in a dedicated directory to keep my Mafia installation clean.
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BTW. Do you know if cache objects that can be destroyed by using "2" collision flag are hardcoded in .exe or it's somewhere in .klz?
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From what I can tell the list is hardcoded in Game.exe. The actual destruction response is configured via object tags in the 4ds file. For example, dopravni7B.4ds' (stop sign) stozar mesh object is tagged with ;M35N21I4; which I think encodes properties such as mass, material etc. for a physics object which the static mesh is converted to once a collision is detected. However that only appears to work for models named dopravni[1-8]B.4ds. |
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| Why they had to complicate stuff so much I didn't actually check this before so some objects will have to be moved back to scene2.bin. |
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Bit late to the party but this merge looks incredible, it really makes the countryside feel part of Lost Heaven when you can see north of the Terranova Bridge and down into the city from the countryside! Fantastic job 
Some time ago I remember you mentioning the PS2 locations you put in.. did the PS2 version contain extra locations in krajina?
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| Yes, DeadFall Pass between Little Italy exit and The Dam which was part of countryside on PS2, and some kind of farm with huge barn north-west of motel tunnel exit which was actually a race track on PS2. Although I still have to create sectors and lighting for them since they didn't have anything like this on console. |
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