Adding custom weapons to the game

So, here we go, this i know a lot about.

First let's understand how the game overwriting and usage of AZP works.

The azps will be loaded according to the VFS.ini file in INI folder, the files on the bottom will be loaded first, while the ones on top will be the last ones to load.

The files loaded after will overwrite anything of the same filenames present in the files loaded first. So to make Mercapocalypse i edited several ini files and since it's loaded last, it will replace files of the same names as other AZP. So this means that the last to load files will overwrite previous loading ones.

If you make the same folder structure of the files in the game folder, say for the file WeaponINFO you make on your game folder the INI\ITEMS\ folder with an WeaponINFO file, it will be the last one to load and will overwrite any AZP, this is great for testing files and i have an installation of the game with all my mod in the game folder for easier patching and manipulation of files. So in short if you wanna test something, no need to fumble with AZPs, just create the same folder structure of the file you want to edit to make it overwrite the one in the AZP. If you want to revert that change, simply remove the file from the folder and it will revert to reading the file from the last loaded AZP.

Now when editing files, you can't just add the weapon you want to the WEAPONINFO file, you need to get the whole file and add the weapon in there, so what you need to do is copy the WEAPONINFO of the latest azp, in this case the last patch of mercapocalypse, to INI\ITEMS\, and then edit the file to add your weapon. In my mod i got the entire WEAPONINFO files and other ini files i needed from BSM/my previous mod and edited with my changes after finally packing them to my own azp for Mercapocalypse. Make sure you always get the latest ini of the mod you are using, if you copy the weaponinfo from BSM or from the Pack0, the game will crash because you are using Mercapocalypse but not using Mercapocalypse WEAPONINFO file or the edited one with your additions.

To add a weapon easier, just copy the entry of a different weapon of the same type, say you want to add a pistol, just duplicate the entire entry of another pistol and then edit it. The weaponinfo order of the weapons is the same order that the weapons show up in the shop, so it would be better if you added it near a weapon of the similar type of caliber. For example, if i want to add a Makarov PMM, i would copy the Makarov PM entry and clone it below, and change the necessary ID and other stats of the weapon.

I have a unfinished tutorial on how to add weapons to the game explaning in detail what the stats are, here is the link: www.mediafire.com/download/hdvr7mvpnqs7u52/tutorialincompleto.rar

Feel free to PM me to add me in steam or something, i can help you out better with instant message.

The game had a limit of weapons previously, but this was fixed in the BSM.exe to 4096 entries in the weaponinfo, which i think with Mercapocalypse we now have about 2600 entries, so there is still plenty of room for more.