Help with creating weapon and ammo mod.

[theisey]

I'm playing around with a mod creating a small/medium caliber rapid-fire Gauss rifle I'm calling the AG/5. With a smaller caliber, the box would have a larger capacity than the standard Gauss box. However, I'm stumbling over the ammo box. I've tried matching either the stock AC/2 (naming) and several weapon mods (mod.json and techniques). Based on errors in the output log and the modtek log, I have one of two problems. (It's the only mod running.)

1) If I set the weapon's weaponsubtype to AG5 instead of Gauss, that throws an error into the logs that the reference is invalid and I get the spinning wheel of infinity.
2) If I set the weapon's weaponsubtype to Gauss, then I get a "no undamaged ammo box" error in the mech bay. A Gauss ammo box doesn't work either.

If I'm understanding the problem, I need to create a weaponsubtype of "AG5", but I can't find any instructions to do that. Is it possible to create/add a new weaponsubtype or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks!


My mod files and folders are attachedin a zip - ignore the weapon values. I'm still tweaking them.

Here are the name and ID references I'm using:

AmmoCategory.json
ID: 801
Name: AG5
FriendlyName: AG/5
UIColorRef: Ballistic

Ammunition_AG5.json
ID: Ammunition_AG5
Name: AG/5 Ammo
Category: Gauss or AG5 ?????

Ammo_AmmunitionBox_Generic_AG5.json
AmmoID: Ammunition_AG5
Model: AG5
UIName: AG/5 Ammo
ID: Ammo_AmmunitionBox_Generic_AG5
Name: AG/5 Ammo

Weapon_Gauss_AG5_0-TommyGunn.json
Category: Ballistic
Type: Gauss
WeaponSubType: Gauss
ammoCategoryID: AG5
Manufacturer: TommyGunn Arms
Model: Rapid Fire Gauss Rifle
UIName: AG/5
ID: Weapon_Gauss_AG5_0-TommyGunn
Name: AG/5

 

[BTNomad]

hey theisey,

To create new ammo, you need to use DataDrivenEnums. They use a different style than the Original Files. You'll also need to use modtek to load the new ammo types. Here is an exmaple mod that will create a HeavyGauss without any DLL changes. Pay careful attention to the ammocategory, ID's and what the differences are.