The Blue Sun Mod

[R@S]

Originally Posted by fallschirmjager

R@S, is Paquito a completely new head model?

No, he's been pasted together using different parts from different characters.

Originally Posted by fallschirmjager

I was wondering if I couldn't eventually model a new head for a character I'd like to see in 7.62mm?

I'm not sure, can you
But if you have time I'm sure there's a way to add a new head since it has no animations or bones, those are the ones that usually causes problems.

[waveform]

Ahem. Couple of small issues with the bank.

- I took a 1,000,000 Eldo loan but when I paid it back after about 28 days, no money was actually deducted from my account. The loan got paid (zeroed out) but the saldo remained the same. Anyone else having this? (I'm rich!)
- Don't you think 2% daily interest is bit high? Or perhaps the 10% loan interest on that 1M Eldo loan is bit low? Because if I deposit 1M on the account on Day 1, with 2% interest rate, that's 20k Eldos of free money per day, totaling to AT LEAST 600k at the end of the month, if you keep the saldo at 1M.

[R@S]

Originally Posted by waveform

- I took a 1,000,000 Eldo loan but when I paid it back after about 28 days, no money was actually deducted from my account. The loan got paid (zeroed out) but the saldo remained the same. Anyone else having this? (I'm rich!)

Thanks for spotting it, I've fixed it already.

Originally Posted by waveform

- Don't you think 2% daily interest is bit high? Or perhaps the 10% loan interest on that 1M Eldo loan is bit low? Because if I deposit 1M on the account on Day 1, with 2% interest rate, that's 20k Eldos of free money per day, totaling to AT LEAST 600k at the end of the month, if you keep the saldo at 1M.

Yeah, it feels a lot until you played the player campaign(Blue Sun missions) to the end. Many people make the same mistake, judging things before they played through the whole game. But if you feel it's too much, lower the Interest in the BlueSunMod.ini to 1.

[waveform]

I DID play them all. And it's true that I started bleeding money as militia needed to be trained, but at that point I had 16 million... Maybe I will lower that interest rate to 1%.


But I still think that the option to take a 1M loan together with an account that nets 2% per day is a combination that makes things (financially) way too easy, right off the start. There's no penalty in just sitting on your hands for 6 months and watching the money grow, is there? I think the option should be delayed, or better yet, earned at a later point.

[R@S]

Originally Posted by waveform

But I still think that the option to take a 1M loan together with an account that nets 2% per day is a combination that makes things (financially) way too easy, right off the start. There's no penalty in just sitting on your hands for 6 months and watching the money grow, is there? I think the option should be delayed, or better yet, earned at a later point.

I agree, and therefore there will be a CGL check in place. From the start the player can loan 10000, at CGL 3: 50000, at CGL 5:100000, at CGL 7: 500000,and at CGL 9:1000000.

D_F_N and I have been developing a new hospital treatment system and it will be included in the next version. This new system adds a penalty to the treatment of mercs in the form of time. When you talk to a doctor you'll be told how long the hospital visit will be for the injured merc, and if you leave him there he will leave your team. You can then pick him up again when he's fully recovered.

The repairing of weapons has also been changed, you can't repair them at shops anymore due to the new HLA launcher. I've added a dialog option to a few traders who will perform this task for you.

[Nat_Crelk]

Originally Posted by R@S

I agree, and therefore there will be a CGL check in place. From the start the player can loan 10000, at CGL 3: 50000, at CGL 5:100000, at CGL 7: 500000,and at CGL 9:1000000.

I agree too. Even if the Cities Management System is huge money warp, I've found myself with 2 or 3M cash in my account.
It's a way maybe too easy making money like that. It only means you to deposit money, earn more, deposit, earn more, deposit ... even with 2% or 1% per day.

Originally Posted by R@S

D_F_N and I have been developing a new hospital treatment system and it will be included in the next version. This new system adds a penalty to the treatment of mercs in the form of time. When you talk to a doctor you'll be told how long the hospital visit will be for the injured merc, and if you leave him there he will leave your team. You can then pick him up again when he's fully recovered.

Does it work the same for the player char ?

Originally Posted by R@S

The repairing of weapons has also been changed, you can't repair them at shops anymore due to the new HLA launcher. I've added a dialog option to a few traders who will perform this task for you.

Does the HLA Launcher allows ordering too ?

Nat

[R@S]

Originally Posted by Nat_Crelk

Does it work the same for the player char ?

I the case of the player the game will skip the time until the treatment is finished.

Originally Posted by Nat_Crelk

Does the HLA Launcher allows ordering too ?

Sure, I don't see why not since the ordering was made outside the vanilla code.

[Ivana Dolbitch]

Ugh. Another apparent bug. I took the Willi Krauf convoy mission. I talk with Willi who sends me to Jorge Bento, who gives me a calendar and tells me to talk to Elizario. I speak with Elizario and then the bug hits. The conversation node never sends me to a car. After choosing "Alright, get in the car.", the nodes go to "Just a minute, there's something I need to do" and "Just a second, there's something I need to do". I have already tried, removing all team mates and keeping just my main character, I hired an extra character to have six but nothing works. Am I doing something wrong?

Edit: also, how do weapon upgrades with Pablo Rodriguez work? I've had weapons with no attachments and all other kinds of weapons in my inventory and in my hands and he just says to pick a type but there are not types listed.

[R@S]

About the dagger to dagger mission, do you have a car? If you do, leave it at the bartender before you talk to Elizario. If you don't have one, there's a bug somewhere related to the dialog phrase. I think I edited the e6q.txt to say something like "leave your car and come back, but would have to check it again to see if I dint make a booboo and replaced that txt with another one. It has happened before

The mechanic only upgrades a few selected weapons, like in BE5. The weapons he upgrades are:
Benelli M4 Super 90
MP5A4
FN FAL 50.00
Dragunov SVD
M203B

I'll edit his dialog so he tells you this ingame, thanks for pointing this flaw out.

[Ivana Dolbitch]

You were right. I left the car with the bartender in Puerto Viejo and I have now boarded the truck.

Now, I'm sure I'm skipping part of the quest or something because I can drive to Cali-Cantinos and I never get the bomb event. I recall that Willi Krauf mentioned a route but I can't remember it.

Is there a specific route I need to follow?