SRIV Adding new names to new homies

[Illusive Saint]

I add more homies using the driveup_homie name for example.

And put Ultor Masakos as the NPCs'.

So in the hud_us what number do I add to add a new name to the new homie?
Somthing like "ULTOR BACKUP" without renaming the exsisting driveup homie name?

I've looked at the hud_us file of a mod which adds 50's homies.

 

[AxlRocks]

You'll need to specify where you extracted misc_tables.vpp_pc to get proper strings, otherwise it'll give you numbers like you mentioned. Go ahead and extract misc_tables.vpp_pc first and put that folder into the same folder as ThomasJepp.SaintsRow.ExtractStrings.exe. Also put the hud_us.le_strings file you want to convert in the same folder. (This isn't necessary but makes typing in the command a bit simpler.)

Then in a command prompt, navigate to the folder you have ThomasJepp.SaintsRow.ExtractStrings.exe extracted to and your final command should look like this:

ThomasJepp.SaintsRow.ExtractStrings.exe hud_us.le_strings /xtbl:misc_tables.vpp_pc

You may need to change your folder name specified for the xtbl depending on if you renamed yours or anything. You'll now get a proper hud_us.txt file with names rather than numbers.

After that, it's really straightforward. You just follow the formatting of the other vanilla entries and add your homies wherever. I also recommend keeping both a vanilla copy of the hud_us.txt file and a copy of your modded one, because then you won't need to extract again if you change or add something to your mod. As for how to do it without renaming the driveup_homie, you need to add your homies to hud_us.txt based on whatever name you specify in the homies.xtbl in the <Display_Name> tag. Same for the <Display_Desc> tag. The <Name> tag should just be left as driveup_homie on any of your added homies. (This is so that your added homies are automatically unlocked as long as driveup_homie is.)

So in the hud_us.txt file, you could add, for example:

"HOMIES_ULTOR_BACKUP": "ULTOR BACKUP"
"HOMIES_ULTOR_BACKUP_DESC": "Get some backup from Ultor."

Then you just need to run the modified hud_us.txt file through ThomasJepp.SaintsRow.BuildStrings.exe and you're good to go.

(Forgive me if I forgot something, it's been a while and I typically do lol but that should work for you.)

 

[Illusive Saint]

I know how to get the hud_use into a text file, I keep my stuff that I extracted and tools in a sperate folder just called Modding.
And I know that the <Name>driveup_homie<Name> is what tells the game when a certain homie should be unlocked.

But when I looked at things in the folder there's always numbers first then the text next to it, example; 1092105774: "HOMIE - PIERCE WASHINGTON"
So what I mean is do I have to enter a certain number to add new homies like this?

 

[[V] IdolNinja]

I know how to get the hud_use into a text file, I keep my stuff that I extracted and tools in a sperate folder just called Modding.
And I know that the <Name>driveup_homie<Name> is what tells the game when a certain homie should be unlocked.

But when I looked at things in the folder there's always numbers first then the text next to it, example; 1092105774: "HOMIE - PIERCE WASHINGTON"
So what I mean is do I have to enter a certain number to add new homies like this?

If you have those numbers then you didn't extract it correctly.