Sun Jun 13, 2004 3:07 pm by Wasabe
Unfortunately, the rumors only appear once. Where the rumors are and when they will appear are in the mbases.ini file, as well as in each player's saved game file. Each NPC on a base has a group of rumors that they will give to the players. If you look in the mbases.ini file, you will see many enteries like this:
[GF_NPC
nickname = rh0202_rnavy_001_f
. . . . . removed
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 1, 133922
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 2, 133923
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 3, 133924
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 1, 133925
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 2, 133926
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 3, 133927
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 1, 133928
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 2, 133929
rumor = base_0_rank, mission_end, 2, 133930
The first, second, and 3rd items are the conditions that must be met for the rumor to be given. "base_0_rank" and "mission_end" mean basically that it is either after everything has been completed in Single Player, or else anytime in Multiplayer. The numbers "1" or "2" or "3" are how many times the player must talk to the NPC before they will give the rumor. So you can see that some NPC's will only give certain rumors after you have talked to them 3 times. Once a player hears the rumor, they will never hear it again. The last item "133924" is the infocard location where the actual text of the rumor is stored.
Now, in your player saved game file, there are several spots that store the rumors that you have heard and the NPC's that you have talked to. For example, there is the line:
vnpc = 3094291273, 2590178767, 1, 0 ; Bw07_01Base, 0x9a62fdcf
Basically meaning that you have talked to that NPC 1 time. Also there is the line:
rumor = 253711, 1
Means that you have already heard that rumor, so you won't get it again.
So, to get more rumors, you either need to add more to each NPC in the mbases.ini file or even add custom rumors in the infocards, or else edit your char (of course only in Single Player) to remove the lines for "rumor =" so that you'll see those rumors again.