How can I HAIR_HAT on at all times?

[rons0n]

So awhile back they made it so characters did not have the HAIR_HAT enabled when first spawning into the world so a lot of characters with "ears" would be earless. Aka Anthromorphic characters.

I know this is probably solved already but I cant find it so my google-fu is probably horrible. This is what I have right now:

    inst:ListenForEvent("unequip", function(inst, data)
        print("I'm wearing something.")
        inst.AnimState:Show("HAIR_HAT")
    end)

Which makes the HAIR_HAT sprites reappear after unequipping. Is there a way to just keep HAIR_HAT sprites enabled at all times rather than this specific condition? 

Edited July 21, 2017 by rons0n

[JohnWatson]

Not tested, but try this:

local _Hide_Old = inst.AnimState.Hide
inst.AnimState.Hide = function(x,y,z)
	if x=="HAIR_HAT" then return end
	return _Hide_Old(x,y,z)
end

EDIT: Just tested and this doesn't work. AnimState isn't a table.

Edited July 21, 2017 by JohnWatson

[rons0n]

7 minutes ago, JohnWatson said:

Not tested, but try this:

local _Hide_Old = inst.AnimState.Hide
inst.AnimState.Hide = function(x,y,z)
	if x=="HAIR_HAT" then return end
	return _Hide_Old(x,y,z)
end

Thanks for helping Watson, unfortunately I was greeted with:

[00:01:09]: [string "../mods/Elphelt Valentine/scripts/prefabs/e..."]:93: attempt to index field 'AnimState' (a userdata value)

Im probably stupid and misplaced it as I added it to the master_postinit then the common_postinit within the characters.lua. (Not a coder unfortunately </3). Any ideas?

[ZupaleX]

AnimState is not a "real" table, but a userdata (a pointer to a block of memory that the C API can use to perform its own business), so we don't have access to it.

I would override the onequip instead

Edited July 21, 2017 by ZupaleX

[JohnWatson]

Unfortunately, there's no way to prevent HAIR_HAT from being hidden. So the solution is to just show HAIR_HAT again immediately after it gets hidden. It does seem like your code already does that.

[rons0n]

Thanks for the help guys, I'll mess with the code some more just incase. If by any chance you guys do find a more permanent solution I'd really appreciate it. 

Again, thanks for looking into it! 

I'll update my thread if i manage to find it by happenstance

[code4240]

As someone who doesn't used "eared" characters I'm curious as to what the problem is. If you want the hair_hat sprites to always be visible, why wouldn't you just make them identical to the non-hat hair sprite? What am I missing?

[rons0n]

Sorry i'm might be stupid but I dont understand what you mean. Are you saying why not just use another sprite altogether as a workaround? Its been a year since ive messed with modding so a lot of basic ideas are lost to me. If thats what you meant yeah, but i like the slight jiggle the ear_hat provides and some of my mods use both pigtails and ear_hat that I can't use anything else as a replacement.

But i did manage to do a workaround still using hair_hat which was basically my original idea then adding inst.AnimState:Show("HAIR_HAT") to onbecamehuman and onload.

Nvm i get what you mean, use the normal hair sprites right? Well i didnt think about it till' now, does using the normal hair sprite work? I remember years ago there was a reason not to do it but I guess thats been resolved(maybe)

Edited July 21, 2017 by rons0n

[code4240]

2 hours ago, rons0n said:

Nvm i get what you mean, use the normal hair sprites right? Well i didnt think about it till' now, does using the normal hair sprite work? I remember years ago there was a reason not to do it but I guess thats been resolved(maybe)

The texture size and animation for hair and hair_hat are completely identical as far as I'm aware. Generally hair_hat is just a copy of the hair texture with the bits you don't want sticking out of the hat chopped off. So it should be functionally the same if you just put everything you wanted to be visible into the hair texture.

So I'd suggest putting all the bits you want to be visible in both states into both textures.

Edited July 21, 2017 by code4240