109930
Remember that you have to update your gamedata folder by removing all prepatch fixes and also using the 109930 bare gamedata files.

Also note that the arc_radiation.script file no longer is in the god mode folders. It is now a fixed script and you can make the radiation 'god mode' by setting the radiation factor to 0 in the modders script.

looting options folder is also gone as the death items are no longer used.

Lastly the unterm files have changed to support the new damages/criticals/immunities structure.

Now that the new systems are out and working I am hoping that dAVROs is able to find the time to adjust the unterm mod and also tweak some of the rest of them.

Load out system will get a description on my web site soon so that others can start playing with them and submit suggested improvements/additions.

I recommend the use of the x3 grass renderers set to 50% with my bin folder as that has been the most stable while still looking good.

Unique PDA duplicates: I have started to establish the 'live-link' PDA system and you will see an issue in game due to it.
You will start getting duplicates of the same character, they won't be usable as npc pda devices but you can sell them and offer them to some commanders for rewards. Soon these will have important data, be quest items or maybe even be boobytrapped with a virus...

Also be wary about information, it may be worth pursuing or it could be a trap... never know in the zone...

Radiation
I think that you are seeing it work right for the first time...

tried the new settings against the old and found that the old would not build rads when you had 33% protection and the art has -85% which means you should see the bar climb.

the changes to the arc_radiation.script were in response to many complaints that it was not working right.

I kept working on it until I found it neccesary to use the box and find protective arts early as well as gloves.

My strategy for the cave was to get the art where nimble sleeps right away and put it on my belt (-3 rads). Then I have more time before the bar starts climbing, equip the suit and arts BEFORE picking up the other art then equip it fast as it is highly radioactive...
I keep doing it and it seems difficult (should be) but acheivable each time. Have needed an anti-rad now and then.

It is possible that the balance between arts and protection was never really right in the first place. Not sure but I think the high minimum limit may have been a compensation.

Please let me know how you think it should be as I am going by reality and the bar should jump and also 100% would mean you are nothing but dust so you should die before 100% anyway.

This can be a good topic for fine tuning the arts, protection and zones, I'm all ears...

Load Outs
You will see more variation in weapons used by npc but it is kept within certain ranges.

Works like this:
If npc on spawn has a weapon (key/special character) then he is skipped. I thus created the generic character inventories to not contain weapons so they get new load outs.

The load outs are organized with a simple and QUICK method:
A filepath is created based on level/comm/rank/load out file

The load out files are 1 thru 5 and are selected based on rank koeff and probability koeff. Files 1,2 are lowest and 4,5 are highest combination in each group.

Each load out file has a primary and secondary weapon with matching ammo. Then there are up to 10 prob/rand items that can be given based on the loot option in modders script.

An interesting note is that if you give a better weapon in the prob/rand items list then it will replace the primary/secondary assignment as applicable. This means that you can add weapons that MIGHT be given if your rank/level is high as this effects the probabilities.

I have added 552 and other weapons in that catagory to some of those that normaly get AKs. Vintorez will also show up as your rank increases.

Another thing that you can consider in combat now: When an enemy drops a weapon it's condition will NOT be 100% except in very rare cases. If you wound him and he falls to the ground wounded then there is a good chance that he holstered his weapon before falling. This gives you a 50/50 chance of getting a weapon at 100% condition from his inventory. Be quick though as they can heal themselves with medkits or even fake being wounded/dead.

I also turned on effector bloodsucker spawn in the modders script, it seems to have an issue with respawning multiple times so you may want to set it back to false.

Update

This is agravating...

I am pulling my hair out over the wharehouses again...

There is something that happens in Yantar that kills the barrier and guard respawns, even the trigger to help protect the barrier fails...

I also found a bug with LeHavre, there is an item 'binocular_a' that is spawned by the all.spawn that does not work and looks like a flashlight. This item is being used as a quest item 'bag-o-weed' and should not spawn, it causes a crash when in your inventory when you talk to LeHavre after the poison. I have put it in the fixer so it gets removed on actor spawn.

The wharehouses is suffering from some kind of info portion condition, I am trying to isolate the exact one now.

I did a test where I jump straight to the wharehouses after the carpark and all the npc are there and the trigger works so it definately is something that happens during the playthrough.

I am seeing the respawns happening in garbage and elsewhere which is also strange that some of you aren't getting them.

Carpark bandits and the railway embankment soldiers respawned on que after the return from DV and they are the most difficult to control so I know it is working.

Back at it, will keep you updated...
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Update 2
You are gonna hate me for this...

Just before I posted the patch I added the alife options to the respawner. I did something I usually frown upon, I copy/pasted from the online update to the offline update after adding the code to the online update...

This was just stupid of me as it also put the spawn once condition (-1) into the offline check.

What this did was to not spawn them on game start but set their spawn once condition to true. Thus when it is time for them to go online the respawner thinks they already are spawned and skips them.

I am not able to find a way to fix it in existing saves without checking for every one of them individually which is not pheasable.

You will have to start over to get it working right, I am REALLY SORRY for this mistake...

I also made a non-critical mistake in merging the torrent patch so I am going to post MMPatch 109931 to fix them.

This will be the last time a new start will be needed I promise, it was one of those 'assume' situations if you know what I mean.

Again, sorry...
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Update 3
The torrent version is posted on ModDB, only thing I could ever get posted, takes sooooo long...

I have already placed it in the LEGACY folder which should clue most people in right away...

Respawns are not working because I broke the code.

Emabnkment soldiers are respawns as most everything is, this is part of the complication for me. Many main characters/groups have identical respawns, I delete them from the game on start using my fixer, then I catch and modify the respawn data and add a condition that they do not respond until after DV docs is done. The carpark additional bandits do not respawn until after the carpark quest is done.
I do this as the carpark extra bandits made it too difficult and it was too easy to loose one of the quest bandits, the embankment soldiers would kill the boars and then attack Fox's group which I also reduced as they killed all the dogs and would heal Fox before you could.

Unfortunately a new game is the only way to fix it when I post 109931 but there are some other fixes and improvements that will sweeten the pot...

I am testing some tweaks from dAVROs and then will post the patch.