I'm very new to JK editing (don't have MotS) and I was wondering how you change the amount of ammo you can hold as well as how much ammo you get when you pick up a weapon. Any help would be appreciated.

items.dat determines how much ammo you can hold.

the various powerup cogs (pow_this.cog pow_that.cog etc) determine how much ammo is collected for each powerup. Look for "ChangeInv()" lines; the last parameter of this verb tells JK how much to change the value (not the max or min values) of your ammo bins (in items.dat). For example, ChangeInv(player, 11, 24); will change the player's inventory bin #11 (energy cells I think) by +24.

Does that work for thermal detonators and mines as well?

Of course. The only thing it won't work for is the saber and the fists. They're stuck on ---, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah, you can't change what type of ammo is displayed, only it's min's and max's. It's always going to show energy cells for weapons 2 and 3, '---' for weaps 1 and 10, etc.

Well, you can "trick" the engine by changing those values when changing weapons and backing up the values in other bins (still doesn't work for saber/fists), or you can have a 3do HUD, but I think that's about all you can do to get around it.

Could you tell me exactly which line to edit? I know that I'm a n00b, but all I saw in items.dat in the way of ammo was energy cells, power cells, and rail charges.

Again, that's all there is -- bryar and stormie rifle use the same energy "pack", bowcaster repeater and conc the same power "pack", etc.

There has to be a way to change the amount. I downloaded Golem Forge, an awesome weapon mod, but it was incredibly unbalanced. So I was going through and rebalancing it, then I noticed that I could only hold 1 mine and the equivelent of 1 thermal detonator, so there has to be a way to modify that.

Then you shall change lines "thermal_detonator" and "sequencer_charge". If you look at a items.dat file from Res2.GOB you'll find that all weapons but these 2 have a 1 in their max values. These 2 have a 30.

/Edward

Thanks, I'll try that.

Thanks, everyone. I fixed what I wanted to. Now, on to customizing that weapons pack...