Editing weapon damage (skill.cfg) not working?

[Taberone]

Trying to make a 5x DMG mod for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles where everybody dies faster, including the player.

I'm trying to edit skill.cfg under Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\czeror by setting all the sk_monster and sk_player multipliers to 5 (head, chest, stomach, arms, legs).

Despite this, it still takes six bullets from an M4 Carbine to the chest to kill somebody, or two headshots from the M4 to kill somebody.

Am I even editing the right file?

[cambreaKer]

i don't think skill.cfg is even used in deleted scenes

[Taberone]

Darn. Any other way to edit the damages? I've got GCFScape but haven't used it much.

[cambreaKer]

sadly i don't think there is a way, the damage values are probably hard coded

[Taberone]

oof

that's a damn shame because I love doing 5x DMG mods for videogames to reduce bullet sponge

[ora ora ora]

Originally posted by Taberone:

oof

that's a damn shame because I love doing 5x DMG mods for videogames to reduce bullet sponge

why do you need these mods as they were designed by the developers?

[Taberone]

Personal preference. If a game I play has modding support, then I will mod it to have increased damage, either to make the combat less bullet spongy or to make the game even harder, or both.

[UmbralPenumbra]

DS is annoying and the enemies are a bit sponge-y, but typically will go down in one headshot, so I tihnk they're trying to incentivise more precise aiming

Maybe try setting skill.cfg to Read-Only after editing it? It's possible the game is just changing it back when you launch it

[Taberone]

I guess? The skill.cfg file is weird as hell though, it keeps referencing enemies/weapons from Half Life 1 despite being located in "Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\czeror."

I'll consider doing that if I ever reinstall DS.

[cambreaKer]

the skill.cfg is just a leftover from half-life, i checked it out and it's the same one as from hl1

[UmbralPenumbra]

Damn DS and its love of hardcoding everything

[Taberone]

That sucks. I'd love to modify DS to be more "tactical," because enemies taking 6 bodyshots to kill (while the player can take several dozen bullets before dying) isn't the kind of gameplay I'm into. STALKER-style gameplay where everyone is fragile and dies quickly is more fun.

[Setrom]

Actually this skill.cfg file is useful in game difficulty modification
The skills.cfg can be used in a custom mod to define certain properties within CS:CZDS. Some entites in this FGD are tagged with a 'help'
dialog that can be accessed in JACK that will let you know. But, here is a quick reference list.
- sk_hgrunt_health (CT/T health)
- sk_turret_health (Turret health)
- sk_miniturret_health (Turret health)
- sk_sentry_health (Turret health)
- sk_suitcharger (Armor charger amount)
- sk_battery1 (Armor pickup amount)
- sk_healthkit (Healthkit pickup amount)
- sk_scientist_heal (Scientist 'syringe boost' amount)
- sk_plr_buckshot (Player shotgun)
See more details in the project: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Condition_Zero:_Deleted_Scenes_FGD