How to edit traders

Tutorial help with editing existing traders or adding new ones to the game

Files & folders needed:

assets/creatures/traders.json

assets/creatures/characters.json

This is JSON structure of trader items data:

traders.json

"village_trader": {
  "dont_want_to_buy": [
    "w_pistol",
    "radio_first",
    "flashlight"
  ],
  "items": [
    "medkit",
    "antirad",
    "w_viper5",
    "ammo_viper5",
    "jacket",
    "jacket_bandit"
  ]
}

Properties description

village_trader = Unique ID, used in assets/creatures/characters.json
dont_want_to_buy = list of items IDs, player can't sell to trader
items = list of items IDs, player can buy

This is JSON structure of trader character data:

characters.json

"village_trader_profile":{
  "name": "npc.village.trader.name",
  "trader_profile": "village_trader",
  "texture": "pstalker",
  "idle_animation": "sit_on_greenbox_2",
  "weapon": "w_ak",
  "gasmask": false,
  "gasmask_type": "antigas",
  "weapon_hold": "r_hand",
  "dialogues": [
    {
  	"dialogue": "no_dialogue"
    }
  ]
}

village_trader_profile = Profile unique ID, used when NPC spawn
name = Hint name text, that appear when player look at NPC
trader_profile = Unique ID from traders.json
texture = Texture name of NPC model from assets/textures/
idle_animation = Base idle animation that plays after spawning, 
weapon = Model name from assets/models/
gasmask = Show/hide gasmask
gasmask_type = Type of gasmask ( or )
weapon_hold =  = where weapon model will be attached
dialogues = Array of dialogues, for trader it must contain same structure as above

You can edit existing values and see how it works.

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To create new trader, we need to create new character structure and new trader structure. How to spawn NPC, you can learn in this tutorial:

How to add new events

Files & folders needed for adding new trader NPC:

assets/creatures/traders.json

assets/creatures/characters.json

assets/scripts/p_game.gd

Add new trader structure to assets/creatures/traders.json

traders.json

"my_mod_trader": {
  "dont_want_to_buy": [
    "w_pistol",
    "radio_first",
    "flashlight"
  ],
  "items": [
    "medkit_army",
    "ammo_ak",
    "ammo_viper5",
    "jacket_bandit"
  ]
}

Add new character structure to assets/creatures/characters.json

"my_mod_new_trader_profile":{
  "name": "npc.village.trader.name",
  "trader_profile": "my_mod_trader",
  "texture": "pbandit",
  "idle_animation": "sit_ground",
  "weapon": "w_ak",
  "gasmask": false,
  "gasmask_type": "antigas",
  "weapon_hold": "backpack",
  "dialogues": [
    {
  	"dialogue": "no_dialogue"
    }
  ]
}

Now open assets/scripts/p_game.gd and spawn NPC using new profile ID with function SpawnNPC() from:

How to add new events

After spawning check game:

Trader with sit animation

Trader's goods based on list from traders.json