uncadonego on 13/1/2024 at 08:15
Inline Image:
https://imgur.com/a/bx7yO7USorry for the simple questions, it's been so long since I did this, some things are tripping me up.
Can you tell me why the steak object doesn't read Steak in the rotating image in the right corner of the screen when I pick it up?
vfig on 13/1/2024 at 08:58
you need to have an entry for Name_Steak in your strings/english/objnames.str file in your fm folder.
if you do have that and it is not showing, restart dromed; it caches the strings file contents the time it looks at them, so if you change it while dromed is running, you wont see the change until you restart.
uncadonego on 13/1/2024 at 10:46
Thanks. I had not done that, but now that I have, it still won't read Steak in-game.
vfig on 13/1/2024 at 20:54
if you have Inventory>Object Name set to Name_Steak as in your screenshot above, and a matching Name_Steak: "Steak" in your fm's objnames.str, that is all it needs.
if thats not working, double check you havent typoed anything, and your objnames.str is in the right folder within your fm's folder, and that you have relaunched dromed after you last changed objnames.str so that it isnt cached.
if you still cant get it working, i recommend dropping by the dromed discord where we can help figure out what is wrong in real time.
uncadonego on 14/1/2024 at 00:41
objnames.str is in english folder, which is in Strings folder.
I don't think I typoed anything.
Also, like you say, I relaunched Dromed after changing the objnames.str file
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https://imgur.com/a/fXCIPaa)
vfig on 14/1/2024 at 02:06
that all sounds like it should be working! i can dig into this a bit more if you can either hop into the dromed discord, or pm me here a zip of your fm folder to investigate.
uncadonego on 14/1/2024 at 06:04
I could definitely zip it up as a mission, at least where it is right at the moment, and send you a link. I would appreciate it very much. There are two other small niggles that are bothering me too. Perhaps you could check those out as well.
vfig on 14/1/2024 at 06:15
sure, pm me the link and i will take a look.
ZylonBane on 14/1/2024 at 07:04
Debugging 101: Confirm your assumptions.
Try changing the name of an object that does work in this mission in objnames.str and see if the change is reflected in-game.