Basic editing/inventory questions

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to open .azp files you need the .azp tool.
there was a link on strategyfirst .. the forums are down now.. i think R@S also posted one in here somewhere.

theres a total commander plugin for it which people say makes it easier to use.. but i just create batch files...
if you run windows' command line app you can just run the file and see all the options... like 'azp.exe x yourazp.azp' will unpack yourazp.azp

look around... if you can't find it after searching for an hour or so let me know and i'll upload it again.

i can't tell you much about the inventory editor, haven't really succesfully done anything with it myself.

one way to get items without the cheater name is to open the console and write cgl 14(might have to experiment with different values), then wait a bit until the game restocks the stores with items...
they will now sell alot of guns, addons, vests etc
you can alter your starting money in the outsourced ini in the ini folder... so that way you can get almost any item from the start of the game without beeing called a cheater. of course you can set your cgl back to 1 again after that .. but that makes it waaay to easy if you ask me...

+ you won't be able to buy ammo for most weapons.
you can however sell empty magazines and buy them back refilled.


btw.. when editing the inventory files you will notice that they indeed do contain items already, even tho you start with nothing.
it's like Dr.Q says... the starting equipment gets placed somewhere else, so your best bet is to just go along with the story and talk to paquito in santa maria