Introduction to the Companion DLL

first of all, thanks for the public tutorials!

but you may not know, but the public release got unfinished functions and some stuff does not work.

. AMMO folder - doesn't work at all (Yes it does. I tested with the public version of the dll) Changing it's size with cells and size option does not change anything. i am planning to change the chicago to a 2x6 size and nothing happened when i tried to use this option. 

. EM folder - additional esl entries (new esl for each room, for example) overwrites future esl files. i tried back in the days to explore this and after some stages the enemies would stop loading. (I dont use ESL mode, but can confirm that loading a custom ESL file with room name works. Yes it will overide any enemy entries for the room that has a custom ESL file. That was the point of creating this feature). My method was always use r100.esl, r101.esl, r103.esl... with nearly all 255 entries in each one. but seems like this version is only overwriting the original .esl files instead of creating new ones because, as i said, after some maps everything stops spawning as if all the possible .esl entries got exausted.

. WPN_AMMO folder - i still have no idea what this does but nothing actually changed in my tests, so i assume this is also not working. Just because you dont understand something doesn't mean it does not work. This feature sets limits on clip size. For example, in my Resdient Evil Remix mod I used this feature to restrict the amount of ammo in the Broken Butterfly to be only 2 rounds.  This is exactly what i tried to do. my tests cosisted in making a max clip size of 1 on bolt action rifle, 2 on shotgun and 30 on chicago but nothing changed after saving the files (did the same method as you). maybe it does not work in all weapons?

. events.cfg - the public version can't memorize a unlocked AEV event and it will always lock again in the next checkpoint. (not true. I have been using the public version all this week with no issues. Please read the events.cfg tutorial section about the .cfg file permissions file and the save.extend part) Actually, i've been having quite a few trouble with this one since it's one of my biggest interests in this dll. scoovy was able to find a right preset to get it working but i can't quite use it again.

. increased enemy table - this one is not working either. but it prevents from crashing by spawning only one of them and only spawning the next one after a checkpoint if the first is killed. changing TotalPolygonsOnScreenFix does not fix this. If you are reffering to how some enemies remain incompatible, I can not attest to this by not knowing which emxx.udas files you are trying to load simultaniously. I can say that I have had great success with being able to combine many different Ganado types from various stages. This being said your milage may vary with bosses and other enemy types. My tests consisted in trying to combine the following: ganados 15 with mega dr salvador 20 16; ganados with zealots and soldiers; ganados or soldiers with garradors... i did not combined any bosses since they're a lot more flexible even without the dll.

. Adjust_FPS_To_Speed_Ratio - enabling this option also enables a lot other bugs. TMP reloading sound being looped; Hand grenades not working when facing lots of enemies and/or objects (it keeps bouncing and never explodes); game freezes when quitting the attache case menu when you have lots of enemies and/or objects in your camera (maybe because of the fast switching between 60 and 30fps); and maybe some more that i haven't noticed. Strange, I have never had any issues with this. I have always left this on. Weird... i assume your project does not use lots of enemies at once. you should make some tests by spawning around 50 ganados at once and trying what i told you.

. itemswap.cfg - this file does not exist in the public version. i tried to use this file from arrange mod once for some tests and it didn't worked. I havent fully tested this feature as the project I am working on does not use enemy drops at all. I will do some research into this though. Let's use this entry as an example:

CAmmo_11

{

ID 120

SwapID 4

original_quantity 5----------------(what it will turn into)
Quantity 2-------------(what it originally was, the real original_quantity value. this entry is modified and normally was 10)
HasItem 5 ;drop only if the player has this item-----(this swap would only happen when you have this item in your inventory. this one does not work)
Chance 75 ;0 - 100 are valid numbers. It means percentage %------------(chance it will actually turn into 5 units of the ID 4)
UnluckySwapID 24 ;swap to this item if unlucky(Chance value wasn't in range)---------------(in this case, 25% of turning in 5 units of ID 24)
}

scoovyhd So I tried out that itemswap.cfg. I was having issues at first but remembered to take my own advice:

Make sure the file is set to FULL CONTROL in the file properties. while this method does work to remove drops, the problem of the aura still being present is troublesome. 

I think the only sure way to get a no loot drop without auras for non existent items is to do the other method by assigning Magnum ammo, or even an inventory case to every single enemy. I am still very reluctant to do this consider all the work it would take but I see no other way other than to hack the exe or the core.udas effect that controls the aura (which I do want for other drops)