Buddies

Each buddy has three entries in “xx_buddies.xml”: their version that will rescue you in the open world and you will meet during missions, their betrayed version encountered at the end of the game and their unarmed version found in the bars.

Their entry titles are:

Buddy	Rescue/Mission version	Betrayed version	Unarmed version
Andre Hyppolite	Buddies.Andre_Hyppolite	Buddies.Andre_Hyppolite.Andre_Hyppolite_Betrayed	Buddies.Andre_Hyppolite_Unarmed
Flora Guillen	Buddies.Flora_Guillen	Buddies.Flora_Guillen.Flora_Guillen_Betrayed	Buddies.Flora_Guillen_Unarmed
Frank Bilders	Buddies.Frank_Bilders	Buddies.Frank_Bilders.Frank_Bilders_Betrayed	Buddies.Frank_Bilders_Unarmed
Hakim Echebbi	Buddies.Hakim_Echebbi	Buddies.Hakim_Echebbi.Hakim_Echebbi_Betrayed	Buddies.Hakim_Echebbi_Unarmed
Josip Idromeno	Buddies.Josip_Idromeno	Buddies.Josip_Idromeno.Josip_Idromeno_Betrayed	Buddies.Josip_Idromeno_Unarmed
Marty Alencar	Buddies.Marty_Alencar	Buddies.Marty_Alencar.Marty_Alencar_Betrayed	Buddies.Marty_Alencar_Unarmed
Michele Dachss	Buddies.Michele_Dachss	Buddies.Michele_Dachss.Michele_Dachss_Betrayed	Buddies.Michele_Dachss_Unarmed
Nasreen Davar	Buddies.Nasreen_Davar	Buddies.Nasreen_Davar.Nasreen_Davar_Betrayed	Buddies.Nasreen_Davar_Unarmed
Paul Ferenc	Buddies.Paul_Ferenc	Buddies.Paul_Ferenc.Paul_Ferenc_Betrayed	Buddies.Paul_Ferenc_Unarmed
Quarbani Singh	Buddies.Quarbani_Singh	Buddies.Quarbani_Singh.Quarbani_Singh_Betrayed	Buddies.Quarbani_Singh_Unarmed
Warren Clyde	Buddies.Warren_Clyde	Buddies.Warren_Clyde.Warren_Clyde_Betrayed	Buddies.Warren_Clyde_Unarmed
Xianyong Bai	Buddies.Xianyong_Bai	Buddies.Xianyong_Bai.Xianyong_Bai_Betrayed	Buddies.Xianyong_Bai_Unarmed

Buddy weapon packs

xx_buddies.xml < entitylibrarypatchoverride.fcb (\patch_unpack\generated\)

Buddies weapon packs are controlled by two stats, “8C965C28” and “packInventoryPack”.

There are two options for this:

8C965C28 - buddy
packInventoryPack - 1EA78759

8C965C28 - buddy_shotgun
packInventoryPack - 46F786B8

This is what weapon packs are by default assigned to each buddy:

Andre Hyppolite - buddy_shotgun
Flora Guillen - buddy
Frank Bilders - buddy_shotgun
Hakim Echebbi - buddy_shotgun
Josip Idromeno - buddy_shotgun
Marty Alencar - buddy
Michele Dachss - buddy
Nasreen Davar - buddy
Paul Ferenc - buddy_shotgun
Quarbani Singh - buddy
Warren Clyde - buddy_shotgun
Xianyong Bai - buddy

<object type="Inventory">
       <value hash="8C965C28" type="String">buddy</value>
       <value name="packInventoryPack" type="Hash">1EA78759</value>

Buddy weapons

gamemodesconfig.xml (\patch_unpack\engine\gamemodes\)

Buddy weapons are controlled within the “<InventoryPacks>” section of this file.

There are different weapon packs here for the different buddy types, these are their titles:

<Pack name="buddy">
<Pack name="buddy_shotgun">

Below each of these titles you’ll see lists of weapons. Each buddy has two lists, one each to control their secondary and primary weapons. I have always kept the buddy secondary weapon as default, with only the desert eagle.

Each of these lists is made up of individual weapons and difficulty levels, these are the individual components:

SecondaryWeapon/PrimaryWeapon - These depend on the class of weapon you’re adding. “SecondaryWeapon” is for secondaries and “PrimaryWeapon” is for primaries. You can add special weapons under “PrimaryWeapon” and it will work fine.

difficulty=”xx” - There are 28 difficulty levels (0-27). I don’t know exactly how these apply to gameplay, whether it’s based on geography, infamy level or position in the story. I’ve done a test before by setting levels 26 and 27 to only flamethrowers, driving around the map everyone had regular weapons but once I went into the Heart of Darkness for the final stages of the game everyone had the flamethrowers. I’ve always imagined the transition from map 1 to map 2 happening around difficulty level 14.

probability=”xx” - You can set individual probabilities for each weapon within the difficulty levels. The probabilities for each difficulty level need to add up to 1. You can have as many weapons as you want with different probabilities or a single weapon with a probability of 1.

archetype=”xx” - This is the name for each weapon. You can find these names within the xx_weaponproperties.xml file from entitylibrarypatchoverride.fcb. Don’t forget that weapons that are specials for the player have separate versions for enemies that are primaries. These are normally marked by “_Merc” in the title but for the flamethrower you can use the multiplayer version marked with “_Multi” as that’s already a primary.

This is an example section from Vanilla+:

<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.05" archetype="weapons.Primary.G3KA4" />
<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.15" archetype="weapons.Primary.AK47" />
<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.33" archetype="weapons.Primary.FNFAL" />
<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.31" archetype="weapons.Primary.M16" />
<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.05" archetype="weapons.Special.PKM.PKM_Merc" />
<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.10" archetype="weapons.Special.M249_Saw.M249_Saw_Merc" />
<PrimaryWeapon difficulty="24" probability="0.01" archetype="weapons.Primary.AK47.AK47_Gold" />

Changing all of this is lots of work and if you make a single mistake in the format of a line your file can stop packing properly and you won’t know where you’ve gone wrong. I suggest planning it all out first. To make this easier I split the difficulties into sections (0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25, 26-27) and I made lists of it all in pencil so I could edit it and know what I want before working in the actual file.

Health

Decoding required
xx_buddies.xml < entitylibrarypatchoverride.fcb (\patch_unpack\generated\)

Buddy health is controlled by the “fAgentHealth” stat in the “CFCXCountersComponentAIBuddy” section.

<object type="CFCXCountersComponentAIBuddy">
      <value name="hidHasAliasName" type="Bool">False</value>
      <value name="archStimEffectTable" type="String">tables.StimEffectTables.NPCDefault</value>
      <value name="bIsInvincibleExceptToPlayer" hash="3DED5A88" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
      <value name="bIsInvincibleToAI" hash="C729E709" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
      <value name="bIsInvincibleToPlayer" hash="0E37A34A" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
      <value name="WeaponJamProbabilityScale" hash="2D6DDF89" type="Float">1.0</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="0000803F" -->
      <value name="bEnableHitLocations" hash="F0A9E476" type="Bool">True</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="01" -->
      <value name="fAgentHealth" hash="2B41D37D" type="Float">600.0</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00001644" -->
      <value name="fHealthFailureTorsoHitModifier" hash="00C9A8CA" type="Float">0.5</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="0000003F" -->
      <value name="fHealthFailureLimbsHitModifier" hash="E7A28A51" type="Float">0.2</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="CDCC4C3E" -->
      <value name="fHealthFailureCantDieDuration" hash="6A478A4A" type="Float">0.4</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="CDCCCC3E" -->
</object>

Invincibility

Decoding required
xx_buddies.xml < entitylibrarypatchoverride.fcb (\patch_unpack\generated\)

Buddy invincibility can be controlled using a number of stats in the “CFCXCountersComponentAIBuddy'' section. An important detail to remember with them is that explosions are classed as seperate to who caused them, meaning there are three basic sources of damage: enemies, the player, and explosions.

“bIsInvincibleExceptToPlayer” - Buddies are only vulnerable to player damage.
“bIsInvincibleToAI” - Buddies are vulnerable to player damage and explosions.
“bIsInvincibleToPlayer” - Buddies are vulnerable to enemy damage and explosions

You can set these values to either “True” or “False”.

<object type="CFCXCountersComponentAIBuddy">
      <value name="hidHasAliasName" type="Bool">False</value>
      <value name="archStimEffectTable" type="String">tables.StimEffectTables.NPCDefault</value>
      <value name="bIsInvincibleExceptToPlayer" hash="3DED5A88" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
      <value name="bIsInvincibleToAI" hash="C729E709" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
      <value name="bIsInvincibleToPlayer" hash="0E37A34A" type="Bool">False</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00" -->
      <value name="WeaponJamProbabilityScale" hash="2D6DDF89" type="Float">1.0</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="0000803F" -->
      <value name="bEnableHitLocations" hash="F0A9E476" type="Bool">True</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="01" -->
      <value name="fAgentHealth" hash="2B41D37D" type="Float">600.0</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="00001644" -->
      <value name="fHealthFailureTorsoHitModifier" hash="00C9A8CA" type="Float">0.5</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="0000003F" -->
      <value name="fHealthFailureLimbsHitModifier" hash="E7A28A51" type="Float">0.2</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="CDCC4C3E" -->
      <value name="fHealthFailureCantDieDuration" hash="6A478A4A" type="Float">0.4</value> <!-- type="BinHex" value="CDCCCC3E" -->
</object>

Buddy weapon packs​

Buddy weapons​

Health​

Invincibility​

Buddy weapon packs

Buddy weapons

Health

Invincibility