If we are using the new "spawnGearPresetFiles" cfgGameplay directive with the accompanying JSON file with the loadout configurations, the loadouts themselves work fine, however this seems to break the ability for a player to choose a custom character and the main menu. When they Respawn Custom, it still gives them a random character.
When we switch back to doing loadouts through init.c, this functionality is restored.
Please let me know if additional info is required for you to investigate. Thank you!
Hello sanguine00.
Unless we understand incorrectly, there does not appear to be an issue? If you/the server owner have chosen that only Keiko and Baty will spawn, then the players will not be able to choose random character.
@Geez When we create the loadouts through init.c, the players can choose a custom character model from the main screen and keep that character model - only their clothing/inventory is randomized by the init.c configuration.
When creating the loadouts through spawnGearPresetFiles, the character model is also overridden. Is there a way to use the new functionality to only randomize the startup clothing/inventory, while allowing the player to choose a custom character model? If not, we'll just keep using init.c. We just felt like the ultimate goal was to move away from init.c for things like this. Thank you for the reponse and advice.
This server-side configured spawning method completely overrides the spawning of the character. Which means that character created in main menu will be overriden by the settings from Player Spawn Gear configuration on server during the character creation process. This is how this works.
I understand now that's how it works. "Spawning Gear Configuration" on the Wiki documentation implied to me that it was replicating the functionality from init.c that allows us to force random spawn gear while still allowing the player to choose their character model. If this new system completely overrides the character, that's fine - we'll just keep doing it through init.c. Thank you, as always.