Popular Post Flix 5,116 Posted February 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2016 Almost every week I get the question on the forums or in private messages: how do I make a specific unique or legendary drop for me? This is a guide to how you can mod the scripts to get any item you want to drop as a quest reward. The key is making the item(s) the reward for a quest that is very easy to solve: in this case, it is the multiplayer "start quest" which only requires you to enter a LAN game and either go through the portal or climb on your mount. Detailed instructions are as follows: You should use a good text editor like Notepad++ for investigating and editing the game's text files. 1) First identify the blueprint ID for the item or items that you want to get. Do this by looking in blueprint.txt. It's located in the scripts/server folder of the game install folder. There is no master list of all the ID's and proper item names, but you can figure it out by some trial and error. For the CM Patch items at least, the items mostly have the proper names commented in the entry. Here's an example: newBlueprint = { id = 4143, name = "sword01set02_desertrose", palettebits = "1111111111111111", dmgvariation = 100, minconstraints = {40,13,0}, lvljump = 10, usability = 0, allotment_pmfpi = {700,0,0,0,300}, uniquename = "", specialuseonly = 0, bonusgroup0 = {895,1200,10,9,0}, -- Serious Open Wounds bonusgroup1 = {878,1250,10,9,0}, -- Freeze bonusgroup2 = {893,1300,10,9,0}, -- Opponents Defense bonusgroup3 = {894,800,10,9,0}, -- Opponents chance to reflect melee bonusgroup4 = {751,1000,10,9,0}, -- Gold Slot itemtypes = {13511,}, wearergroups = {'WEARGROUP_DEFAULT',}, } mgr.createBlueprint(4143, newBlueprint); This is the blueprint for the sword Desert Rose. You can see that the ID is 4143. 2) Next step is to enter that blueprint ID as a quest reward for the multiplayer quest in quest.txt (also located in scripts/server folder). Search "multiplayer" in quest.txt and it will take you to the proper quest entry (there is only one instance of the word). Add a new line defining a quest reward just above the line that says "report_required = 0," Add this text: rewards = {{4143,0},}, The number 4143 can be replaced with any other blueprint ID. If you want multiple items, just add them underneath the previous ones like so: rewards = {{4143,0}, {4144,0}, {4145,0},}, Save quest.txt (back it up first!). Now on to step 3. 3) Now you can go get the item in-game. To start with, select "Multiplayer" and then "LAN" at the start screen (don't worry, you can take your normal singleplayer characters into a LAN game, then return to singleplayer games with nothing changed). Create a new game, remembering that higher difficulties will yield better versions of the item. When you start the game, you'll be on Multiplayer Island. Then all you need to do is either enter a portal or just climb on your mount, the "quest" will complete and the item(s) will drop to the ground! 3 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Gaming the slot machine... love it Flux! ^^ gogo 1 Link to comment
Popular Post desm 329 Posted February 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2016 hmm I'm a bit sceptic about this kind of trick; it's an opened door to everything I don't like much personnaly... but it's always the same debate... 3 Link to comment
Popular Post chattius 2,526 Posted February 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2016 I was more cruel. When my 12 year old daughter started Sacred2 without the full family chest I asked her which items she would like for her character. Then I did a python script which placed them randomly at long chain quests like undead legion. I never understood why a mage character was rewarded with a sword 3 Link to comment
Popular Post Flix 5,116 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2016 hmm I'm a bit sceptic about this kind of trick; it's an opened door to everything I don't like much personnaly... but it's always the same debate... Well, I use it as a method for testing. You can thank this trick for ensuring that any of my mods that include items are thoroughly tested. If people want to abuse it, I'm not in a position to decide how they should play their game. 2 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 This is such the awesome part about gaming, all the points of view we have on what gaming's supposed to be, where it is, where it's going, what it means... kind of like the spec, respec? gogo 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Hooyaah 2,823 Posted February 3, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2016 hmm I'm a bit sceptic about this kind of trick; it's an opened door to everything I don't like much personnaly... but it's always the same debate... I understand your position. The game is much more fun and rewarding if one is pleasantly surprised by a random drop after completing a quest or opening a "secret" chest, etc., however, there is one advantage that one may wish to consider in being able to obtain rare finds. If obtaining such items by such a method is not something attractive to you personally, Desm, there are some new CM Patch items which, even after years and countless hours of play, I have never seen drop. Using the instructions as outlined by Fix above it is possible to finally have them, if for no other reason than to inspect them. One rare item that has dropped for me but once, the Sand Eagle, is particularly fun because there is a special animation with sound during the sequence when the character is inspecting the pistol and pulling back and releasing the slide in order to feed a round into the chamber. I personally would like to be able to check everything out at least once, whether I decide to actually employ the item(s) in the game. Thanks Flix, for this thread and the helpful information. You really do much here for the community in order to improve and enhance the experiences of players of the game we all have come to love, regardless of our different ways of playing it and what things we have come to appreciate most about the vast world of Ancaria. 2 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Honestly, I know full well it's a cheat, but to me this game is about fun. If getting items like this ruins your fun, then it's something to avoid. But for many of us, it's a way to explore new things and get the thrill of new loot, and that means FUN. Also I'd hoped that posting this method would alleviate some of the pressure I put on myself to upload items for people, which I'm always promising to do. "Teach a man to fish..." and all that. This is the method I would (and will) use to prepare some cool item downloads soon. 1 Link to comment
Popular Post desm 329 Posted February 3, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2016 nice, cool, I can only quote Hooyaah when he says "Thanks Flix -, for this thread and the helpful information.- You really do much here for the community in order to improve and enhance the experiences of players of the game we all have come to love, regardless of our different ways of playing it and what things we have come to appreciate most about the vast world of Ancaria." Thanks for all you do for the Community Flix, I don't want to deviate the topic into a big debate lol or you really want? ahaha "Teach a man to fish..."...and he shall become rich... -use it the right way!- or don't lol 3 Link to comment
rdnckproud 0 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) I know that this is an old thread, please forgive teh necro, but I only today stumbled upon it......For those folks who feel that this is a cheat of such magnitude that it spoils your game, the solution is glaringly simple. If you don't use it, your game can't possibly be spoiled. Edited August 22, 2016 by rdnckproud Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I know that this is an old thread, please forgive teh necro, but I only today stumbled upon it... ...For those folks who feel that this is a cheat of such magnitude that it spoils your game, the solution is glaringly simple. If you don't use it, your game can't possibly be spoiled. Thanks for posting Tony, welcome to DarkMatters! gogo Link to comment
Hooyaah 2,823 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 If someone is looking for a specific item number so that they can get it to drop, I have all of the vanilla weapons, relics, etc. recorded. If there are a number of requests, perhaps I could compile a list and upload a file here. I have a drop list set up to spill items for transporting in multiplayer to anywhere or mounting ones faithful companion. It's simple to do if you know where to look in the scripts folder. Link to comment
Androdion 884 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) Just found this thread and I'm wowed! Insta-drops? Really?! Between this and using the Character Editor to make your toon whatever you may want it to be there's virtually no limits to how one can bend the game to his/her will. Or you can just play it traditionally, whatever rocks your boat fellas. Carry on. Edited September 23, 2017 by Androdion Link to comment
Lindor 438 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hey I always wondered, if you use this method, what does the second value in the table mean? Take Flix's example: On 2/1/2016 at 1:10 AM, Flix said: rewards = { {4143,0}, {4144,0}, {4145,0}, }, what do all the zeroes mean? Does somebody know that? Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 I always thought it was quantity, but I never really tested it. Link to comment
Lindor 438 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 no it's not quantity, neither is it level increase to a normal drop (unless there's a hidden cap) Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Another possibility is minimum difficulty level. 0 being Bronze, 1 being Silver, etc. If you set it to 1 and the reward failed to drop in Bronze, that would confirm. Link to comment
Lindor 438 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 great idea, but I tried it and it's not that either. Link to comment
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