Melf's minute meteors

bryn

I've noticed that once the spell user of melf's minute meteors throws his/her last meteor he/she switches to a melee weapon and goes straight into the fray which we all know can be a problem for spell casters if the right spell protections have not been cast. Can this be changed so that a switch to ranged weaponry is prefered? Bearing in mind I have been using a standard fighting script, it may be different with say a ranged or caster script.

Mordeus

It certainly can be. What has to be done is to make Melf's Minute Meteors be considered both a ranged weapon and a melee weapon. So it would work just like some of those Throwing Axes that have both melee and ranged functions.

franco

What may also work, would be to set the Auto-Pause on Spell Casting. This way, I think the moment a spell is cast, the encounter pauses. You can then check the caster's ranged weapon. I have no problem with it.

Neonfisk

A workaround solution is to use Auto-Pause: Weapon Ineffective.
It will pause after the last meteor is thrown so you can switch back to ranged.
I believe this is what @franco ment.

Btw it's kinda silly that the game automatically switches to melee - it would have been so much better if it just switched to the first quickslot instead.

franco

@Neonfisk. You're right in that using Auto-Pause: Weapon Ineffective works well. But I've often used Auto-Pause on Spell Casting to prepare for the next move. It pauses when the spell has already been cast, but just before it goes off. I believe the spell caster can switch at that point also.

bryn

Thanks I'll try that

Neonfisk

@franco that's interesting, I have always used Auto-Pause: Spell Cast but I have never been able to do that.
Is there some sort of trick to it, or is it as easy as you descripe it?

franco

@Neonfisk. As I indicated I don't know whether it is 100% sure, and haven't got time to test it this morning, but I feel like I've always been playing it that way. When the Auto-Pause: Spell Cast occurs, try switching your mage to range weapons. If the spell still takes effect and the mage starts to use his sling, darts, etc then it works.