Custom Items via Mission File

[(GSG) Az 10]

Hey guys,

I have had a search through the forum's and I am yet to see an actual answer why something like this would not work, so I thought I would overview what I am trying to achieve, how I have implemented it, and the issue I am facing.

I'm trying to add custom inventory items (Inheriting CA_Magazine) via the mission file. I dont need to use new textures nor new models - I just need to modify the class name so it becomes a unique item.

I have created the following file and imported it via description.ext:

*cfgMagazines2.hpp*

class CfgMagazines {
class CA_Magazine;	// External class reference

class WM_Master : CA_Magazine {
	scope = public;
	count = 1;
	type = 256;
	displayName = "Generic";
	descriptionShort = "Generic";
	model = "\dayz_equip\models\cloth_parcel.p3d";
	picture = "\dayz_equip\textures\equip_cloth_parcel_ca.paa";
};

};

This works all good and well with no errors until I spawn the item in (Problem isnt with this - I have spent hours trying every possible combination of "addMagazineCargo").

Warning Message: No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgMagazines.WM_Master'.
Warning Message: No entry '.picture'.
Warning Message: '/' is not a value
Warning Message: No entry '.scope'.
Warning Message: '/' is not a value
Warning Message: Error: creating magazine WM_Master with scope=private

And so on and so on.

So I can establish that this is purely client side - as the server RPT doesnt log these errors.

Is it a restriction of the engine that it will always search the config.bin for this information instead of where the class is actually declared? Is there no way to override this?

[blackmamb 2]

You can't define CfgMagazines classes in description.ext.

The only attributes you can use in description.ext are listed here.