Permanent dirt decals 1.0.0

There are a lot of files needed to get this done, it seems.

Could you give a little overview on what you edited where and why?

33 minutes ago, HughJanus said:

There are a lot of files needed to get this done, it seems.

Could you give a little overview on what you edited where and why?

It is because I did a lot of trial and error and I am not entirely sure which worked and which didn't, and I don't risk to mess it up after all the effort.

persistence_model_aging.meta => probably not needed, probably safe to delete

popzone.ymt => specifies a "min_dirt" and "max_dirt" of each "encounter zone" (spawn zone), i.e. Saint Denis downtown spawns cleaner NPCs that the swamps

Not needed for the decals persistence per se, it has ramped up min/max for upping the grubby effect; it's pretty subtle anyway

projdecal.ymt => this is probably the most important one

Set these attributes to -1 for all decals (found them by comparing some fade decals with some non-fade ones)

<UNK_MEMBER_0x0379C210 value="-1.00000000"/>

<UNK_MEMBER_0x9733F1A6 value="-1.00000000"/>

<UNK_MEMBER_0xFB96FFAC value="0.00000000"/>

<UNK_MEMBER_0x4C042979 value="0.00000000"/>

projdecalpacks.ymt => has a lifetime parameter, didn't seem to work but included to be safe

vfxpedinfo.ymt => again has some lifetime parameters in there, set them to -1

visualsettings.dat => decal behavior (includes decal washing by water/rain), sadly it works just for the player, horse and other animals, not other humans; can probably be deleted in the current form.

weatherClimates => disable rain

It' not the cleanest packaging for a dirt mod 🙂 but it's effective. Welcome anyone to keep refining it, but I am happy with how it works.

I would be very excited if anyone is able to make visualsettings.dat work for human NPCs

will dirt still be permanent if rain is re-enabled? ie will rain still wash off dirt? and if so would it be possible to prevent?

This mod adds a weird dirt decal on Arthur's face. 

On 3/1/2022 at 9:02 AM, banjupio55 said:

will dirt still be permanent if rain is re-enabled? ie will rain still wash off dirt?

The rain will wash away the dirt. 

On 3/1/2022 at 9:02 AM, banjupio55 said:

and if so would it be possible to prevent?

I don't know.

I can do a script which applies dirt but it would not be contextual (i.e. dirt only on the body parts touching a dirty surface)

On 3/4/2022 at 3:14 PM, JammyDodger said:

This mod adds a weird dirt decal on Arthur's face. 

Didn't notice, but I don't look at Arthur much. Screenshot? 

On 3/5/2022 at 3:34 PM, SAC said:

 

Didn't notice, but I don't look at Arthur much. Screenshot? 

yeah @SAC he is right there is kinda more weird facial on the beard , look .. hope u can fix it , cuz i love ur mod

On 4/8/2022 at 5:30 PM, abdnrrml said:

yeah @SAC he is right there is kinda more weird facial on the beard , look .. hope u can fix it , cuz i love ur mod

I've got the same issue going on in my game as well. I love this mod but I might have to nix it if it turns out it's causing the bruising or whatever it is!

6 hours ago, dingopoo said:

I've got the same issue going on in my game as well. I love this mod but I might have to nix it if it turns out it's causing the bruising or whatever it is!

I suggest deleting visualsettings.dat from the mod folder and test without it, see if (1) the mod still works and (2) the face effect on the player goes away?

On 4/11/2022 at 4:39 AM, SAC said:

I suggest deleting visualsettings.dat from the mod folder and test without it, see if (1) the mod still works and (2) the face effect on the player goes away?

 

Upon initial observation this appears to fix the issue while maintaining the dirt, will keep you posted on the results!

Edit: I was mistaken, the dirt disappears after a while. If you can figure out how to get the visualsettings.dat to work without disrupting the facial hair, it'll be a winner!

@SACAny update to this? I'd love to use it again, as long as the face texture can get fixed!

@SAC, first off, thank you for developing this mod.  I know you worked hard to get this working, and I love the concept of it!  It works exactly as described!

I have one question ... or request ... is there any way you could (or would) upload a separate mod to simply disable rain, and only rain?  I personally like that dirt comes off while walking around over time, however, I would absolutely love to play the game without any rain.  I don't know why, but I absolutely dread when it rains in this game - in my opinion, it takes away from my joy when exploring and hunting.  I love to just have the sun out, heck, even clouds / thunder / lightning are fine - I just really dislike the rain itself.  It's an annoyance to me.

Anyway, just a request, worth a shot.  Thank you!

EDIT:  Nevermind, I just deleted all files except the "weatherClimates.xml" (and "install.xml" of course) assuming this will disable the rain without affecting anything decal related.  If that's the case, then I'll be a happy camper.  I'll report back with any issues, if any!

5 minutes ago, CrWbb26 said:

@SAC, first off, thank you for developing this mod.  I know you worked hard to get this working, and I love the concept of it!  It works exactly as described!

 

I have one question ... or request ... is there any way you could (or would) upload a separate mod to simply disable rain, and only rain?  I personally like that dirt comes off while walking around over time, however, I would absolutely love to play the game without any rain.  I don't know why, but I absolutely dread when it rains in this game - in my opinion, it takes away from my joy when exploring and hunting.  I love to just have the sun out, heck, even clouds / thunder / lightning are fine - I just really dislike the rain itself.  It's an annoyance to me.

 

Anyway, just a request, worth a shot.  Thank you!

Hi. Try downloading the mod, then delete all files from the mod folder, keeping just the Weatherclimates file and the mod loader file (forgot the name, I am on my phone now). Weatherclimates is the file modded to disable the rain

^^LE: keep install.xml and Weatherclimates.xml in the SacDirt folder. Delete the other files from SacDirt. Should disable the rain and keep the dirt mechanics vanilla 

1 minute ago, SAC said:

Hi. Try downloading the mod, then delete all files from the mod folder, keeping just the Weatherclimates file and the mod loader file (forgot the name, I am on my phone now). Weatherclimates is the file modded to disable the rain

Funny, we literally posted this suggestion at the same time.  I had that thought literally right after I posted my original comment (then I literally just edited it with the same suggestion you provided as you posted your comment).  Glad to know I did it right then - thank you!

On 4/12/2022 at 5:48 PM, dingopoo said:

 

Upon initial observation this appears to fix the issue while maintaining the dirt, will keep you posted on the results!

 

Edit: I was mistaken, the dirt disappears after a while. If you can figure out how to get the visualsettings.dat to work without disrupting the facial hair, it'll be a winner!

 

 

Any update on this? It's a great mod and if a simple fix could be found that would be excellent.

Also wondering if this was ever figured out! I'd like dirt to stay way longer.