removing objects/items from loot table

[Dark Wun]

Hi all,

 

Is it possible, and fairly simple, for someone new to modding, to outright remove something from the loot table so it never shows up randomly in loot containers? e.g., cotton

[BFT2020]

yes

 

<remove xpath ="//item[@name='resourceCropCottonPlant']"/>

 

That will remove all instances of cotton in the loot file

[Dark Wun]

6 hours ago, BFT2020 said:

That will remove all instances of cotton in the loot file

 

nice, thank you.

 

So just stick this line right at the end in loot.xml in a particular save game and cotton in random loot is gone from that point on?

[BFT2020]

8 hours ago, Dark Wun said:

 

nice, thank you.

 

So just stick this line right at the end in loot.xml in a particular save game and cotton in random loot is gone from that point on?

No you need to create a new file for mods, grab a small one example but your mod loot file would look something like

 

<config>
<remove xpath=“//item[@name=‘resourceCropCottonPlant’]”/>
</config>

 

Edited August 16, 2023 by BFT2020 (see edit history)

[Dark Wun]

19 hours ago, BFT2020 said:

No you need to create a new file for mods, grab a small one example but your mod loot file would look something like

 

Alright, thanks, so I've got the directory structure worked out for my small mod and I think I can figure out what to put in the ModInfo.xml no problem:

 

NoCotton
    \config
        \loot.xml
    \ModInfo.xml

 

So now I  make the loot.xml file:

<config>
<remove xpath=“//item[@name=‘resourceCropCottonPlant’]”/>
</config>

 

Just those three lines and my mod is complete? Or is there some code I need to tell it to call the default loot.xml file and then modify it with xpath?

 

 

[BFT2020]

@Dark Wun

 

Nope that should work for you.  If it doesn't give a shout and I will help you troubleshoot it

[Dark Wun]

Cool, appreciated, I'll give it a try

[Dark Wun]

2 hours ago, BFT2020 said:

Nope that should work for you.  If it doesn't give a shout and I will help you troubleshoot it

 

No dice on the first try. I think there's a syntax error. I got this message in the console in red letters:

 

ERR XML loader: Loading XML patch file 'loot.xml' from mod 'Noloot' failed:

EXC "" is an unexpected token. The expected token is "" or "", Line 2, position 15.

 

 

Is there a way I can copy feedback from the console, I had to manually type that and may have got some of the " symbols wrong?

[BFT2020]

19 minutes ago, Dark Wun said:

 

No dice on the first try. I think there's a syntax error. I got this message in the console in red letters:

 

ERR XML loader: Loading XML patch file 'loot.xml' from mod 'Noloot' failed:

EXC "" is an unexpected token. The expected token is "" or "", Line 2, position 15.

 

 

Is there a way I can copy feedback from the console, I had to manually type that and may have got some of the " symbols wrong?

 

My code works for me.

 

Line 2, position 15 would be the first character after the = sign.  Make sure that is a double quotation mark not a single apostrophe twice

 

If you copy it from here, the text also might get messed up.  So I would type it in manually.

[Dark Wun]

23 hours ago, BFT2020 said:

If you copy it from here, the text also might get messed up

 

yep, you're spot on; some of the characters copied directly from here don't get properly recognized in the text editor. I changed that and everything seems to be working as planned.

 

First step of my modding complete, cheers!