Mod:Adding new items

Modifying PC Dead Rising 2
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Performance Guide Index of all mods on forum Tutorials    Opening files to edit (Gibbed)    Debug Mode    Swap characters (Model Swap)    Import Models     Mod:Dead Rising 1 Files    Placing characters      enlarging/ resizing characters    Create Reskins    Adding & removing items      Coordinates/ Rotation     Resize Enlarge items    Changing Text    Weapon modifications    Texmod: Texmod installation    Texmod: Download textures    Texmod: Create Reskins   Remove missing prop box List of what each file does   All game items (items.txt)    Item animations (PyroEffect)      Bigfile.xml   All Game Text   All Missions and cases (missions.txt)    Times of all missions     Mission breakdown   All major packed files (big files)     datafile.big     Character models (npcs.big)    Sgraph - animations    HUD (game player's interface)    Camera.txt (camera view)    Lighting   Zombie models   Game rules (Frontend)   Cutscenes (Cinematics.big)   Environment     Royal Flush     Safe house     Americana Casino     Arena    Collision - controls solid surfaces    Excel coordinates of all areas Tools   See also Gibbed's and Texmod    Hex Editor    Infinity Mode    Work in Progress Mods    Zombie Mode Template:Navbar

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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.

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.

Open Safehouse.txt 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.

Change a safe house bucket into the drill bucket First entry in Safehouse.txt. The very first entry in Safehouse.txt is a Bucket: cItemPlacement Bucket { ItemName = "Bucket" Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313" Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000" } This bucket normally spawns just outside of one of the Safe house large storage rooms. Down the hall from the security room and bathroom. Simply replace "Bucket" with "Combo_BucketDrill" twice, on the first and third lines: cItemPlacement Combo_BucketDrill { ItemName = "Combo_BucketDrill" Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313" Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000" } 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. The Drill Bucket should be where the safe house bucket was before.

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 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

It is difficult to figure out exactly where to place an item.

To place an item, a modder can:

1. replacing one item with a new item as explained above,
2. edit existing mod files which already have items placed in new locations, or
3. 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 Mod:Coordinates for placing items with new coordinates

Chuck's location to place items

Further information: Mod:Coordinates

By activating debug mode, a player can activate a green positioning line.

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

Local Player Pos 1.9, -1.1, -8.1 (Rot 1.7)

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.

making items float

Adding: PropState = "-2" makes the item float in space instead of fall. Items do not tip over or roll.

Example:

cItemPlacement Combo_BucketDrill 
{
    ItemName = "Combo_BucketDrill"
    Location = "2.495,-0.876,-8.313"
    Rotation = "-0.000,0.002,0.000,1.000"
    PropState = "-2"
}

Missions.txt

Removing items

In missions.txt section cMissionDefinition Tutorial2_Katey:

		
cMissionSendCommandToProp DestroyBarricade1
    {
        PropCommand = "17"
        PropName = "MetalBarricade1"
    }

Removing rope on Viki after Chuck the Role Model:

cMissionSendCommandToProp DestroyRope4
{
PropCommand = "17"
TargetNPCName = "srv_vikki"
}

	
cMissionOnFail VikkiDead
	{
		cMissionSetChuckState DestroyRopes
		{
			ChuckState = "40"
			Item = "RebeccaRope"
		}

Create fires

In missions.txt section cMissionDefinition Tutorial2_Katey:

		cMissionStartEffect GolfCartFire1
		{
			EffectEnum = "51"
			Location = "-344.752,-7.185,47.367"
			Loop = "true"
			Rotation = "0,0,0,1"
		}

Resizing items

See also enlarging/ resizing characters.

Cinematic distortion radical item size increase

Examples

Americana Casino with only 10 items lined up

//-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" }

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:

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

Empty:

dr1_foodcourt.txt

dr1_paradiseplaza.txt

Video

Drill bucket placed in safe house

Gallery

Fortune City in the far background.

See also

• Dead Rising 2 Mods/List of items - list of items you can add to the game.
• Mod:Coordinates

External links

• Spawning an Item with "cItemPlacement" Forum tutorial which this tutorial is based upon.
• Anno's Weapons arena, proboards, 527 weapons and items in the arena and under the arena
• WEAPONS: Storage Room 11, proboards
• WEAPONS: Beefy Storage Room 11 + Super Bat, proboards