Found PDA

HOW TO ADD PDAS WITH INFO TO NPCs


1) Place an NPC in the level editor
    - Open the properties menu and give them health of 0
    - add the following to their custom data field:

;start
[known_info]
xxinfo
;end

    - Save and create a new all.spawn, copy the proper files over, etc



2) Open config\gameplay\info_(level that the npc is in).xml to make a new info portion.
The name you chose for the info portion (xxinfo in this example) must also be added here. For this tutorial, we also want to create a new article.

<!-- start -->
<info_portion id="xxinfo">
    <article>xxarticle</article>
</info_portion>
<!-- end -->



3) Open config\gameplay\storyline_info_(level that the npc is in).xml to make a new article. You'll also have to make another "name" - pick something logical. We are making a journal entry from a found PDA, so article_type has to be "journal" and group has to be "Found_PDA". The article_text is the actual "story" you'll find in your PDA. Regular formating (coloring, \n for new lines, etc, apply here).

<!-- start -->
<article id="xxarticle" name="xxname" article_type="journal" group="Found_PDA">
    <text>xxarticle_text</text>
</article>
<!-- end -->



4) Start STALKER, start a new game, and go check it out!