change shaper graphics?

[Drakon Sssharxx]

I just thought seen as I havent started a thread I might aswell and since I posted in "A few advance notes on geneforge 4" a wish to have the shaper as a drakon i thought id ask if anyone knows how to do it and give me quite a detaild (detaild enough for a 13 year old) description on how to do it???

 

P.S. i thank you for reading this post and if you help i thank you even more

[Bomber]

You want to turn a shaper into a drakon?

Why?

[Drakon Sssharxx]

Not the shaper into a drakon... The shaper looks into a drakon (there different i only want the shaper to look like a drakon not act like 1).

 

P.S. i like the graphics

[Bomber]

But my question remains: Why???

[Drakon Sssharxx]

read the P.S. lol i like the graphics

[Bomber]

Oh........Hmmm.....yes.......well.

I could change a chicken into a magic-casting cow in BoA. But not for geneforge. I would think that changing a PC characters was almost impossible but someone here should know what to do.

[Drakon Sssharxx]

I hope so i've been up all night on these fourums lol since 9:00 PM for me its now 5:00 AM, lol thats the power of strong coffee i was hyper scince 3:00 PM yesterday lol night hope i get a helpful reply.

[Bomber]

Well you might be waiting for sometime considering this sounds quite difficult to do.

On the bright side (if any) you might be here for even longer!!!

[Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas]

I don't have any of the GFs so I don't know the exact steps, but I do know the gist of it.

 

Change the name of the shaper graphic files to that of the drakon graphic files.

[John S]

Quote:

Originally written by radix malorum est cupiditas:
I don't have any of the GFs so I don't know the exact steps, but I do know the gist of it.

Change the name of the shaper graphic files to that of the drakon graphic files.

DO NOT do this. Drakon graphics do not have the same number or configuration as Shaper files. Instead, someone could copy-and-paste a corresponding or similar Drakon picture into each of the Shaper graphic boxes.

[Grain of Salt]

Given that Geneforge is real-time animated, wouldn't there be about two hundred individual graphics for a character? That's a lot of copying and pasting.

[John S]

That's why I didn't volunteer.

[Dikiyoba]

The individual Shaper graphics and individual Drakon graphics aren't even the same size.

 

Dikiyoba thinks it's much more trouble than it's worth.

[Dolphin]

Changing the template number in the script alone wont give the desired effect. As said earlier the Drakon graphic is larger than the Shaper graphic.

 

It would take more work than it's worth to make a PC Drakon, and since all shapers (including the PC) share the same template all Shapers would become Drakons.

[Drakon Sssharxx]

I know I tryed them things lol I wouldent even ask for someone to copy and past them graphics so i dont mind anymore if i dont turn the shaper into a drakon as i know now what it involves thanx anyway.

[Nick Ringer]

Altering PC graphics requires lots and lots of time, but nothing more advanced than MS Paint.

 

Doing something like giving the agent long swaying hair, or the townspeople potbellies would be easier and more worthwhile. It's also fun to change static graphics (I did the boat). No reason not to turn blood pools into banana peels and impaled skulls into colorful balloons.

 

There are other more profane things one can do to the graphics that I have chosen not to describe.

[Drakon Sssharxx]

Lol i'll try that a fat battle alpha hehehe.

[Major]

Well, first of all I have done this before so it is possible.

2nd go to gf3itemschars.txt

And replace the old shaper thing with this

begindefinecreature 0;

cr_name = "Shaper";

cr_graphic_template = 85; //110

cr_max_health = 20;

cr_max_energy = 20;

cr_max_essence = 10;

cr_regen_rate = 2;

cr_energy_regen_rate = 2;

cr_walk_speed = 24; //base_speed;

cr_base_level = 1;

cr_sound_when_slain = 127;

Now to the right of the 85 is 110 which is the shaper graphics so when you don't wont drakon graphics you can just swap 85 with 110.

3rd It will change the size to make it right.

4th Good luck.

5th My first post!!!! And I already need to edit.

6th (what I missed)Adding a sword or a baton will change the graphics from a drakon. (I forgot what it changed to.)

[Dark chaos]

man this is the most pointless topic so i will post on it:i like this idea myself because yuo would look like the most powerfull creachers in the game

[*i]

llama -- Your recent flurry of posts has elevated to the level of spam. Desist or your membership privledges will be suspended indefinitely.

 

More on topic, changes of graphics can be fun at first, but really lose their coolness factor after a while. Of course, if you are easily entertained, have fun!

[Dark chaos]

ok *i i will stop for a bit now sory if my posts have been spam i dont want to be baned so ya no more posts for at least a day from after this post

 

ty for the warning

[Dolphin]

Quote:

Originally written by Major:
Well, first of all I have done this before so it is possible.
2nd go to gf3itemschars.txt
And replace the old shaper thing with this
begindefinecreature 0;
cr_name = "Shaper";
cr_graphic_template = 85; //110
cr_max_health = 20;
cr_max_energy = 20;
cr_max_essence = 10;
cr_regen_rate = 2;
cr_energy_regen_rate = 2;
cr_walk_speed = 24; //base_speed;
cr_base_level = 1;
cr_sound_when_slain = 127;
Now to the right of the 85 is 110 which is the shaper graphics so when you don't wont drakon graphics you can just swap 85 with 110.
3rd It will change the size to make it right.
4th Good luck.
5th My first post!!!! And I already need to edit.
6th (what I missed)Adding a sword or a baton will change the graphics from a drakon. (I forgot what it changed to.)

This makes all NPC Shapers into Drakons, and oddly my PC Shaper is a Drakon in the icon in the upper left corner, but the walking character itself is an Eyebeast.

[tridash]

The graphics template number has 1 or 2 added to it when carrying weapons I believe, hence the gazer/eyebeast

[Major]

"The graphics template number has 1 or 2 added to it when carrying weapons I believe, hence the gazer/eyebeast" Yes, that is one of the disadvantages of being something else

Dolphin. artificial orange explained that

so I don't have to! ( I referred to this in my first post.)

"More on topic, changes of graphics can be fun at first, but really lose their coolness factor after a while. Of course, if you are easily entertained, have fun!" Yes, that is why I don't have drakon graphics on all the time.