Editing Mod:Adding new items

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In the ''[[Dead Rising 2]]'' PC version a player can edit PC files replacing items such as weapons and food, and creating new locations for items.

Below is a tutorial on how this is done.
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==Opening the datafile.big file==
First unpack (open up) the datafile.big file located in your Dead Rising 2/data/ folder on your computer. 

See [[Dead Rising 2 Mods/Opening and recompiling files]] for full instructions on how to do this.

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==Open Safehouse.txt==

[[File:Dead rising safehouse txt in datafile big.png|300px|right]]
Datafile.big should now be unpacked (opened up). 

The default folder created by Gibbed's for datafile.big is '''/dead rising 2/data/datafile_big'''

In the folder you extracted datafile.big to scroll down and open  '''safehouse.txt'''. 

Safehouse.txt is where the game reads where all of the items are placed in the safehouse.
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==Change a safe house bucket into the drill bucket==
[[File:Dead_rising_safehouse_txt_first_entry.png|400px|right|thumb|First entry in Safehouse.txt.]]

The very first entry in Safehouse.txt is a [[Bucket (Dead Rising 2)|Bucket]]:

<pre>cItemPlacement Bucket
{
	ItemName = "Bucket"
	Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"
	Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000"
}</pre> 
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This bucket normally spawns just outside of one of the Safe house large storage rooms.
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[[File:Dead rising drill bucket in safehouse mod (2).png|400px|right]]
Down the hall from the security room and bathroom.

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[[File:Dead rising safehouse txt first entry drill bucket.png|400px|right]]
Simply replace "Bucket" with "Combo_BucketDrill" '''twice''', on the first and third lines:<ref>What is written on the '''cItemPlacement'''  line after cItemPlacement  is unimportant, a modder can add {{purple|Chuck_is_cool}} for example.<br>As long as what is entered is one word, and that word is unique in that section or file. If the same name is identical to another cItemPlacement entry, the identically named item will not appear.<br>For example, say these two sections are added to safehouse.txt:
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<pre>cItemPlacement Chuck_is_cool
{
    ItemName = "Combo_BucketDrill"
    Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"
    Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000"
}
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and 
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<pre>cItemPlacement Chuck_is_cool
{
    ItemName = "Combo_BucketDrill"
    Location = "2.5,-0.9,-9"
    Rotation = "-0.1,0.2,0.1,1"
}
</pre>
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Because the line '''cItemPlacement Chuck_is_cool''' is identical, one of possibly both items will not appear.</ref>

<pre>cItemPlacement Combo_BucketDrill 
{
    ItemName = "Combo_BucketDrill"
    Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"
    Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000"
}</pre>
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Save the safehouse.txt file. 

Repack the datafile.big file as explained at [[Dead Rising 2 Mods/Opening and recompiling files]], making sure the modified file is named datafile.big.

Start the game.
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[[File:Dead rising drill bucket in safehouse mod.png|400px|right]]
The [[Drill Bucket]] should be where the safe house bucket was before.
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==All Items available to add==
A full list of all items is in '''data/datafile.big'''  in the '''items.txt''' file. This list has been recreated here as a sortable alphabetized list: [[Dead Rising 2 Mods/List of items]]. Notice that the Bucket and Combo_BucketDrill are found on this list.  

Follow the steps above to add other items. The [[Mods#Level_Modifications|level modification mods]] on the Dead Rising 2 forum which add items to areas use this same process.

==Figuring out where to place an item==
{{anchor|Selecting item locations}}
It is difficult to figure out exactly where to place an item.

To place an item, a modder can:
# replacing one item with a new item as explained above, 
# edit existing mod files which already have items placed in new locations, or
# place items with new coordinates then play to test to make sure the item is in the right location.

The location of the bucket is: "Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"

''See [[Mods:Coordinates]] for placing items with new coordinates''


===Chuck's location to place items===
[[File:Dead rising drill bucket in safehouse mod (3).png|right|400px]]
{{further|Mods:Coordinates}}
By activating [[Mods#Debug_Mode_Menu_on_the_title_screen|debug mode]], a player can activate [http://deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=dr2other&thread=265&page=1 a green positioning line].

In this screen shot, Chuck is standing on the [[Drill Bucket]]. The coordinates are:

:'''<font color="green">Local Player Pos 1.9, -1.1, -8.1 (Rot 1.7)</font>'''

The location of the bucket in safehouse.txt is:

:Location =  "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"

The Local Player Pos coordinates helps give a general location to place items.
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==making items float== 
Adding: PropState = "-2" makes the item float in space instead of fall. Items do not tip over or roll.

Example:

<pre>cItemPlacement Combo_BucketDrill 
{
    ItemName = "Combo_BucketDrill"
    Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"
    Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000"
    PropState = "-2"
}
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==Missions.txt==
===Removing items===
In [[missions.txt]] section cMissionDefinition Tutorial2_Katey:

<pre>		
cMissionSendCommandToProp DestroyBarricade1
    {
        PropCommand = "17"
        PropName = "MetalBarricade1"
    }
</pre>
Removing rope on Viki after [[Chuck the Role Model]]:

<pre>
cMissionSendCommandToProp DestroyRope4
{
PropCommand = "17"
TargetNPCName = "srv_vikki"
}
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cMissionOnFail VikkiDead
	{
		cMissionSetChuckState DestroyRopes
		{
			ChuckState = "40"
			Item = "RebeccaRope"
		}
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===Create fires===
In [[missions.txt]] section cMissionDefinition Tutorial2_Katey:
<pre>		cMissionStartEffect GolfCartFire1
		{
			EffectEnum = "51"
			Location = "-344.752,-7.185,47.367"
			Loop = "true"
			Rotation = "0,0,0,1"
		}
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==Resizing items==
:''See also [[Mod:Placing_characters#Increasing_character_size|enlarging/ resizing characters]].''

[http://deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=dr2general&thread=723&page=1 Cinematic distortion radical item size increase]

==Examples ==
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!Americana Casino with only 10 items lined up 
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//-65, 292 royal flush exit  TO DO:  BingoBall FireExtinguisher RomanCandle bag of Marbles GiantStuffed... large barrell

cItemPlacement tenth
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FireAxe" 
	Location = "-292,-5.5,-66"
	PropState = "-2"
}
cItemPlacement ninth
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FireCrackers"   
	Location = "-292,-5.5,-65"
	PropState = "-2"
}
cItemPlacement eighth
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FireworkRockets"
	Location = "-292,-5.5,-64" 
	PropState = "-2"
}
cItemPlacement seventh
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FlamingAces"
	Location = "-292,-5.5,-63" 
	PropState = "-2"
}
cItemPlacement sixth
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FlamingSword"
	Location = "-292,-5.5,-62" 
	PropState = "-2"
}
cItemPlacement fifth
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "Flare"
	Location = "-290,-5.5,-62" 
	PropState = "-2"
	Rotation = "0,1,0,-1"
}
cItemPlacement fourth
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FountainLizard"
	Location = "-290,-5.5,-63" 
	PropState = "-2"
	Rotation = "0,1,0,-1"
}
cItemPlacement third
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "FreezerBomb"
	Location = "-290,-5.5,-64"
	PropState = "-2"
}
cItemPlacement second
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "GarbageCan_1"
	Location = "-290,-5.5,-65"   
	PropState = "-2"

cItemPlacement first
{
	IsDispenser = "true"
	ItemName = "GarbageCan_2"
	Location = "-290,-5.5,-66" 
	PropState = "-2"
}


cSpawnPoint EntrySouthStrip
{
	CameraHeading = "-146.038"
	CameraPitch = "-7.808"
	Location0 = "-302.253,-4.642,-0.245"
	Rotation0 = "-2.529"
}

cSpawnPoint EntryRoyalFlushPlaza
{
	CameraHeading = "-86.793"
	CameraPitch = "-8.598"
	Location0 = "-292.756,-5.642,-65.320"
	Rotation0 = "-1.515"
}

cSpawnPoint EntryArena
{
	CameraHeading = "141.860"
	CameraPitch = "-6.820"
	Location0 = "-434.290,-4.735,13.004"
	Rotation0 = "2.411"
}

cSpawnPoint Start
{
	CameraHeading = "-138.564"
	CameraPitch = "-9.162"
	Location = "46.0, 20.0, -131.0"
	Location0 = "-299.204,-4.642,-4.742"
	Rotation = "6.24"
	Rotation0 = "-2.478"
}

cSpawnPoint TGSStart
{
	CameraHeading = "-122.517"
	CameraPitch = "-2.069"
	Location = "46.0, 20.0, -131.0"
	Location0 = "-306.409,-5.643,-50.348"
	Rotation = "6.24"
	Rotation0 = "-2.396"
}

cSpawnPoint TGSBonus
{
	CameraHeading = "-87.408"
	CameraPitch = "-11.496"
	Location = "46.0, 20.0, -131.0"
	Location0 = "-299.735,-5.642,-64.408"
	Rotation = "6.24"
	Rotation0 = "-1.602"
}

cSpawnPoint EntrySouthStrip1
{
	CameraHeading = "-140.179"
	CameraPitch = "-9.336"
	Location0 = "-299.117,-4.642,-4.654"
	Rotation0 = "-2.323"
}

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==Locations files in datafile.big==
:''Full list: [[:File:Off the record all item locations.txt]]
:[[Mod:Off the Record all item locations]]
For [[Off the Record]]:

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americana_casino.txt
arena_backstage.txt
arena_stadium.txt
atlantica_casino.txt
food_barn.txt
fortune_exterior.txt
laboratory.txt
palisades.txt
rooftop_atlantica.txt
rooftop_hotel.txt
rooftop_royal.txt
rooftop_safehouse.txt
rooftop_theater.txt
rooftop_yucatan.txt
royal_flush.txt
safehouse.txt
safehouse_poker.txt
south_plaza.txt
tape_die.txt
theme_park.txt
underground.txt
yucatan_casino.txt

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Empty: 
:dr1_foodcourt.txt
:dr1_paradiseplaza.txt

==Video==
{{#ev:youtube|TI98ZElehxY|300|left|Drill bucket placed in safe house}}
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==Gallery==
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File:Fortuen city in background.png|[[Fortune City]] in the far background. 
File:Dead rising 2 props.jpg 
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==References==
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==See also==
*[[Dead Rising 2 Mods/List of items]] - list of items you can add to the game.
*[[Mods:Coordinates]]

==External links==
*[http://deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=dr2tuts&action=display&thread=52  Spawning an Item with "cItemPlacement"] Forum tutorial which this tutorial is based upon.
* [http://deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=dr2other&action=display&thread=795 Anno's Weapons arena], ''proboards'',  527 weapons and items in the arena and under the arena
* [http://deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=dr2levels&action=display&thread=347 WEAPONS: Storage Room 11], ''proboards''
* [http://deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=dr2levels&thread=518&page=1 WEAPONS: Beefy Storage Room 11 + Super Bat], ''proboards'' 
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