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[billb52]

Zo Kath Ra
Thankyou for your speedy reply, it is exactly what I wanted and works a dream!

[Pompidom]

Turtles drop between 0 - 2 turtle steaks at default.
What's the quickest way to turn off all "default randomized" drops?

[Isaac]

MonsterComponent:setLootDrop(table) Will replace an individual turtle's loot, or you could redefine the turtle's monster definition to affect them all; just change the table to suit.

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lootDrop = { 75, "turtle_steak", 75, "turtle_steak" },

This is the default, and it sets a 75% chance for a steak, twice.

The complete monster definition is in the downloadable asset pack for the game.

But this abbreviated definition should work for you; just change the percentages in the loot table.

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--Place in monsters.lua, in the mod scripts folder.
defineObject{
	name = "turtle",
	baseObject = "turtle",
	components = {
		{
			class = "Monster",
			meshName = "turtle_mesh",
			hitSound = "turtle_hit",
			dieSound = "turtle_die",
			footstepSound = "turtle_footstep",
			hitEffect = "hit_blood",
			capsuleHeight = 0.2,
			capsuleRadius = 0.7,
			health = 90,
			evasion = -10,
			exp = 60,
			resistances = { ["poison"] = "weak" },
			traits = { "animal" },
			headRotation = vec(90, 0, 0),

			lootDrop = { 75, "turtle_steak", 75, "turtle_steak" },
		},
	
	},
}

[Pompidom]

I finally got around downloading the default grimrock 2 asset pack, I added the 2 lines to my init.lua, but no dice.
No explanation how to add it...

https://ibb.co/fBdAzo

As usual, I have no idea what I'm doing :p

[THOM]

Well - question is, what do you want to do?

[Pompidom]

Adding the complete asset pack I suppose and activating it in my mod like I did with all the other stuff by adding the correct lines into my init.lua file. For example the asset pack contains a "snail" monster from LoG1. So basically as long I can't see a snail in my monster list in the dungeon editor, then I suppose I failed to add properly the downloadable asset pack

https://ibb.co/cMdFX8

The assets folder is the grimrock2_asset_pack_2

[Isaac]

First principle here, is that the game already has the asset pack imported as part of it. By making user defined assets, one both creates new assets, and can overwrite any existing assets that they assign an identical name. See the above script, and where it lists its own name as the turtle, and uses the existing turtle object as a base for itself. In this way it overwrites the defined turtle object, while retaining its own changes to it.

The first line of the script is a comment, it mentions where to save the file in your mod folder.

[THOM]

You don't need to add the asset pack because it's already loaded when you start the game (or the editor). Mind that alle assets from the main-game lie in a folder called "assets". This is already included in the game-file.

All added assets are usuall placed in a folder named "mod_assets" (and so the path-names starts to these assets).

Now the confusing part: Some assets are included in the game-file (like the model and the texture of the snail you've mentioned) but the definition is not.

I can't remember exactly but I think there is a definition of the snail included in the script folder of the asset-pack, but it is not "activated" - no path leads to it. So that would be the task to be done by you.

EDIT: Kind of a race between Isaac and me, hm?

[Isaac]

Assets for some of the Grimrock 1 monsters exist in the Grimrock 2 asset pack, but they are not defined in the Grimrock 2 game. They don't all work in polished manner either. The snail (for instance) has default animations that will clip its eye-stalks through some of the LoG2 doors. The floor grates in LoG2 do not accommodate the Tentacle monster's animations; and actually that can't be fixed without using a custom floor grate model.

[THOM]

Concerning the LoG1 monsters mind that there are a few things to look at when you want to include them.

have a look at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8278