IWD Divine spells in BGEE, SoD and BG2EE

Grammarsalad

OKay, so I've converted all IWD divine spells to BGEE and BG2EE. My plan is to add them to the Faiths and Powers mod, but I figured why not release it as a standalone mod. So...

B_Spells

This mod will add and modify spells to the enhanced edition IE games. As of now, four five components are planned:

- IWDEE Spells: This component adds all unique IWDEE spells to other enhanced engine games ( both divine and arcane). The plan is to release this component in all languages supported in iwdee

- New Spells: This component will add new divine and arcane spells to any EE game. Shortly, I hope to outline a list of spells and their descriptions.

- Revised Spells: This component will make changes to various spells to either balance them or make them more broadly useful. The plan is to primarily focus on spells not addressed by Spell Revisions. As such, the spells that will be primarily addressed will be the new IWDEE spells. That said, a few of the global changes will also modify some SR spells. Each modification will be offered in a separate subcomponent so you can just take what you want.

- Zero Level Spells: aka as Cantrips and Orisons for arcane and divine casters respectively. These will be a number of minor but useful magical abilities that casters can use pretty much at will. The idea here is that spell casters should, umm, cast spells. This gives casters something to do even when they are out of spells or the encounter doesn't merit casting a full spell, but you want your wizard to do something magic-y.

- IWDEE/BG(2)EE Style spells: There are a few spells that are implemented differently in IWDEE than BG(2)EE. This component will allow one to use the spells as implemented in the other game. See this and this to see the differences (though, if you notice any others, let me know!)

On this note, I have noticed a few differences between summoned IWDEE creatures and their BG(2)EE counterparts.

- Shambling Mounds: Are different between games. In IWDEE, their unarmed weapon have a chance to grapple opponents, and they have a lot more resistances


- Ceremonies, Rites and Rituals: Rites and Rituals are stronger versions of normal spells that have an additional material requirements. Casters cannot perform a Ritual or Rite if an enemy is nearby, and they burn slots as normal.

Ceremonies are special rituals that can be performed to produce special objects. This would be a much expanded version of item creation found on Tome and Blood

Right now, this is a mod that adds all IWD divine spells into BGEE, BG2EE, and EET I'm reasonably confident that this mod is bug free, the spells in this mod are functional, but please do report any bugs you find and I'll fix it asap.

I do also plan to add all IWD wizard spells to BG (etc.), but that's a longer term goal. I will probably add some custom spells eventually.

Updates:
2017-03-14
Version 0.87
- Updated Exaltation, blood rage, Imp Sanctity of mind and Entropy Shield to new block system
- Fixed Shadow Monsters
- Fixed Recitation (though, still want to update 'friendly' bam

2017-03-11
Version 0.86a
- Fixed bugs with Prayer and Recitation spells
- Other stuff (I accidentally deleted progress documentation...)
- Anybody that has the latest version 86 installed*, install this little mini-mod on top of it (titled "pr_rec"). It should fix the issues with Prayer and Recitation. Be sure to uninstall this mini-mod before uninstalling the main mod, however.

*Which was previously called 84a. I need to mind the gaps...

2017-02-27
Version 0.86
- Updated with a proper marker.
- (2017-03-11: Undocumented, but sometime in the past (?) I also added three 4th level wizard spells: Emotion: Courage, Emotion: Fear and Emotion: Hope)

If you already have this installed, there is no need to reinstall. Just place the itm file in the attached zip into your override folder.

Version 0.84
- Added Acid Storm, Shadow monsters and Shades wizard spells.
- I am aware that I still need to add wizard scrolls. That will come when I seriously start adding wizard spells. Right now, I'm just doing the minimum for faiths and powers mod.

Version 0.82
- Added 7 7th level IWD spells that I missed. Oops!
- Fixed a compatibility error with Spell Revisions. You shouldn't be getting those installation errors anymore.
- Some bug fixes
- Added an IWD wizard spell: icelance. I'll be adding a few wizard spells seemingly at random. It's not random as those spells are being used in Faiths and Powers. But, anyway, the plan is to add IWD wizard spells, so, I'm fine with that.

Version 0.81
- Apparently, I inadvertently removed Whirlwind. Also, Spiritual Wrath was using the Whirlwind pro in version 0.80. That must have been interesting. Fixed
- Bug fixes
- Added a missing file for symbol, pain.
- Changed portrait icons for symbol spells to existing ones in the bg(2)ee engine.

Version 0.80
- This one is all about the static charge spell. Added the projectile in secondary spell to make it actually work correctly (and not target the caster!), updated text notification to something less wacky, and sec spell rename to match default implementation


2016-06-23
Version 0.79

- Numerous bugs squashed
- Increased compatibility with spell revisions ( install after sr!) most notability, it will no longer install duplicate spells such that both the sr and iwd versions are memorizable (e.g. cause light wounds)
- Compatibility code for future, and in progress projects
- Updated secondary spells an icons to use the standard (i.e. the spell name + some letter suffix)






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Links:
Tome and Blood: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/31274/mod-beta-tome-and-blood-more-options-for-wizards-and-sorcerers/p1
IWD and new Arcane spells will eventually find a home in this mod

Faiths and Powers: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/43174/faiths-and-powers-gods-of-the-realms-kitpack-and-divine-caster-spell-tweaks/p1

Divine spells will go here.

Spell Revisions: http://gibberlings3.net/forums/index.php?showforum=153
A great spell mod. I'll eventually create a mod to use these spells in IWD (as they are not currently available in that game). I will also work to ensure compatibility with this mod

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/spell-lists-and-domains

Inspiration

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/19962/g3-announces-iwdification-beta-3-available/p1

More inspiration (duh!)
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Grammarsalad

Oh yeah, only install this in the ee versions. It will break vanilla

btw, I want to use this opportunity to note some differences in implementation compared to implementation in IWD(ee).

Specifically, alignment and casting. I have taken spell alignment restrictions to be an IWD(ee) thing.

1) Generally speaking, where the IWD spell restricted casting due to alignment that restriction has been removed.
2) Further, generally speaking, where a given spell does not affect characters of a specified alignment, I have removed that restriction.
3) Additionally, generally speaking, where a given spell does something additional to a given alignment, I have changed that spell to affect alignments not matching the spell casters moral alignment (i.e. good/neutral/evil).

I have not changed spells like wall of moonlight that they only affect creatures of a certain alignment (so, can be considered an exception to 2--as I say, generally speaking.)

I will document the specific changes in the OP in a later release, and perhaps I'll even give an option to install the IWD versions 'as they are'.

kjeron

Grammarsalad said:

OKay, so I've converted all IWD divine spells to BGEE and BG2EE. My plan is to add them to the Faiths and Powers mod, but I figured why not release it as a standalone mod.

So, this is a mod that adds all IWD divine spells into BGEE and BG2EE. I'm reasonably confident that this mod is bug free, but please do report any bugs you find and I'll fix it asap.

Since I've been working on this myself, I went straight to the Blood Rage spell, knowing it has almost everything that needs updating:

It looks like your are only adding new immunity resrefs to the Blood Rage spell. The old resrefs for IWD spells need to be removed (Symbol: Pain, Symbol: Hopelessness, Courage:etc..) so they do not target incorrect spells. There are other spells that require this treatment as well. Also, these effects are being added before the Allegieance/Alignment checks that prevent the spell from affecting inappropriate targets, so they happen anyway.

Not all self removal/immunity opcodes are being updated. Some still use the old resref, targeting another spell instead of itself, again Blood Rage being an example - Its 3rd to last effect should be an Opcode 318 targeting itself, but the resref still has the old value "SPPR422", which is now Cloud of Pestilence.
-edit- It should be the last effect, but IWDEE hasn't has a patch in a while now, so there are still a lot of bugged spells to start with.

It would also be a good idea to rename the icons and any subspells that use the SPPRXXX format to the new spells resref.

There are several string references that reference unrelated text, just about all IWDEE string references need updating. For example, Bloodrage has 2 seperate "Healed" string references, but only one gets updated, along with several others not getting updated.

Items and Spells that provide immunity by spell level(Globes of Invulnerability, Lich/Rakshasa immunities, etc) need to be updated to account for each new Area of Effect spell, to they provide targeted immunity to the spell.

Your also missing several of the higher level spells, though I'm sure your aware.

Sorry to be so negative.

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kjeron said:

Grammarsalad said:

OKay, so I've converted all IWD divine spells to BGEE and BG2EE. My plan is to add them to the Faiths and Powers mod, but I figured why not release it as a standalone mod.

So, this is a mod that adds all IWD divine spells into BGEE and BG2EE. I'm reasonably confident that this mod is bug free, but please do report any bugs you find and I'll fix it asap.

Since I've been working on this myself, I went straight to the Blood Rage spell, knowing it has almost everything that needs updating:

It looks like your are only adding new immunity resrefs to the Blood Rage spell. The old resrefs for IWD spells need to be removed (Symbol: Pain, Symbol: Hopelessness, Courage:etc..) so they do not target incorrect spells. There are other spells that require this treatment as well. Also, these effects are being added before the Allegieance/Alignment checks that prevent the spell from affecting inappropriate targets, so they happen anyway.

Not all self removal/immunity opcodes are being updated. Some still use the old resref, targeting another spell instead of itself, again Blood Rage being an example - Its 3rd to last effect should be an Opcode 318 targeting itself, but the resref still has the old value "SPPR422", which is now Cloud of Pestilence.
-edit- It should be the last effect, but IWDEE hasn't has a patch in a while now, so there are still a lot of bugged spells to start with.

It would also be a good idea to rename the icons and any subspells that use the SPPRXXX format to the new spells resref.

There are several string references that reference unrelated text, just about all IWDEE string references need updating. For example, Bloodrage has 2 seperate "Healed" string references, but only one gets updated, along with several others not getting updated.

Items and Spells that provide immunity by spell level(Globes of Invulnerability, Lich/Rakshasa immunities, etc) need to be updated to account for each new Area of Effect spell, to they provide targeted immunity to the spell.

Your also missing several of the higher level spells, though I'm sure your aware.

Sorry to be so negative.

Heh, thanks @kjeron . I was on a bit of a marathon, so I got a bit sloppy, there. I'll check these when I've gotten a bit more sleep.

@subtledoctor Oh yeah, I have been very friendly with RES_NUM_OF_SPELL_NAME, ALTER_EFFECT, and CLONE_EFFECT. I actually don't know how to use ALTER_SPELL_HEADER. wassat?

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subtledoctor said:

Grammarsalad said:

@subtledoctor Oh yeah, I have been very friendly with RES_NUM_OF_SPELL_NAME, ALTER_EFFECT, and CLONE_EFFECT. I actually don't know how to use ALTER_SPELL_HEADER. wassat?

I just discovered it. It's a patch function similar to ALTER_SPELL_EFFECT (and there is also an ALTER_ITEM_HEADER). It's handy for editing stuff in the headers instead of in effects - I'm currently using it to patch icons and projectiles. It's especially useful for the latter, since you can't pre-program spells/items to use custom projectiles. So you just do something like:

ADD_PROJECTILE ~mymod/project.pro~
COPY ~mymod/spell.spl~ ~override~
  ALTER_SPELL_HEADER INT_VAR projectile = %project% END

It's also handy for patching the damage done by weapons.

Sweet! For spells with eg 16 headers I've been adding the projectile 16 times...

Hudzy

Thanks for this!

Grammarsalad

Hudzy said:

Thanks for this!

My pleasure! I've been wanting to do this for a while. I'll be adding arcane spells sometime in the (very far) future as well as well as a ton of new divine and arcane spells.

Also, I will be updating the OP fairly frequently as a lot of the spells are not...optimally implemented.

Grammarsalad

Pretty big update just uploaded:

Version 0.79

- Numerous bugs squashed
- Increased compatibility with spell revisions ( install after sr!) most notability, it will no longer install duplicate spells such that both the sr and iwd versions are memorizable (e.g. cause light wounds)
- Compatibility code for future, and in progress projects
- Updated secondary spells an icons to use the standard (i.e. the spell name + some letter suffix)

orik

I'm using this mod to make my shaman playthrough a little more interesting! It's been fun using spells like sunscorch and alicorn lance so far.

Just got to level 4 spells though and encountered my first issue with one of the spells I was most looking forward to - static charge. Instead of blasting enemies, it's blasting the caster every time it triggers... not exactly optimal. It also gives the caster a "regenerating" icon for some reason (although no regeneration occurs).

Would be great to have this spell working.

kjeron

orik said:

Just got to level 4 spells though and encountered my first issue with one of the spells I was most looking forward to - static charge. Instead of blasting enemies, it's blasting the caster every time it triggers... not exactly optimal. It also gives the caster a "regenerating" icon for some reason (although no regeneration occurs).

Would be great to have this spell working.

Targeting - I think the Sub-spell is missing its projectile.

Portrait Icon - IWD and BG use different Icon Arrangements, so BG must have a Regenerating Icon in the slot used by Static Charge in IWD. It can be fixed, but it is as you noticed - a purely visual issue, not functional one.

Grammarsalad

kjeron said:

orik said:

Just got to level 4 spells though and encountered my first issue with one of the spells I was most looking forward to - static charge. Instead of blasting enemies, it's blasting the caster every time it triggers... not exactly optimal. It also gives the caster a "regenerating" icon for some reason (although no regeneration occurs).

Would be great to have this spell working.

Targeting - I think the Sub-spell is missing its projectile.

Portrait Icon - IWD and BG use different Icon Arrangements, so BG must have a Regenerating Icon in the slot used by Static Charge in IWD. It can be fixed, but it is as you noticed - a purely visual issue, not functional one.

Aaaahhh, okay, then. @orik fixing it asap ( Friday at the latest)

Grammarsalad

I can confirm the behavior, and @kjeron has correctly identified the cause, as usual.

btw, I want to use this opportunity to note some differences in implementation compared to implementation in IWD(ee).

Specifically, alignment and casting. I have taken spell alignment restrictions to be an IWD(ee) thing.

1) Generally speaking, where the IWD spell restricted casting due to alignment that restriction has been removed.
2) Further, generally speaking, where a given spell does not affect characters of a specified alignment, I have removed that restriction.
3) Additionally, generally speaking, where a given spell does something additional to a given alignment, I have changed that spell to affect alignments not matching the spell casters moral alignment (i.e. good/neutral/evil).

I have not changed spells like wall of moonlight that they only affect creatures of a certain alignment (so, can be considered an exception to 2--as I say, generally speaking.)

I will document the specific changes in the OP in a later release, and perhaps I'll even give an option to install the IWD versions 'as they are'.

Grammarsalad

Oh, and I will be releasing at least two additional optional components: one that adds new spells to the game (in all ee versions) and another that makes changes to existing spells.

One change that occurs to me is that the 'wall of moonlight' should do additional damage to lycanthropes. Maybe it's just me, but it seems thematically appropriate.

Grammarsalad

Version 0.80

Okay, done. @orik and others that are in an in progress game, install this mini mod that is attached to this post. I changed a couple of things about the way the spell is implemented in the updated 0.80 version. It probably wouldn't mess with your game, but let's not risk it.

This will just update the Static Charge spell from version 0.79.

Any fresh installs should definitely use the install in the op.

Grammarsalad

Version 0.81
- Apparently, I inadvertently removed Whirlwind. Also, Spiritual Wrath was using the Whirlwind pro in version 0.80. That must have been interesting. Fixed
- Bug fixes
- Added a missing file for symbol, pain.
- Changed portrait icons for symbol spells to existing ones in the bg(2)ee engine.

ronaldo

@Grammarsalad I am trying to install your mod on BG2EE. I downloaded the .81 zip extracted the spells file and the exe to my bg2ee folder. When I run the setup and Install it all goes fine for a bit then stops because of an error.
Attached is the Setup spells debug and my weidu. If it helps I am installing this right after installing Spell Revisions.
Thanks

Grammarsalad

Okay. I'll look into it. @ronaldo which version of spell revisions were you using?

ronaldo

@Grammarsalad Thanks for the help. I'm using Version4 Beta 12 of spell revisions

Grammarsalad

@ronaldo
Can you try this? It might be something simple--the weidu version. I'm seeing a lot of sod references. In any case, this might be one of a few issues. Let's see.

ronaldo

@Grammarsalad Gave this a try but still didn't work. It seems like it went further along before it stops though. It still seems to stop at Failure: Invalid Spell Number -1

ronaldo

Forgot the new debug

Grammarsalad

Yeah, i saw that...I'm not sure what that is, but will investigate.

Grammarsalad

Okay @ronaldo I can't duplicate the error at this time. The issue does not seem to be a conflict with spell revisions, though it could be an interaction between this mod, SR and some third (or fourth, fifth, etc.) mod. I would have been surprised as I tried to code around SR4 specifically. I have not coded around some of these other mods, however, but nothing sticks out to me as the cause of a conflict.

I think the best way to proceed is to see where the problem is in my code.

Oh, let me ask: do you have any other mods that add priest spells installed? I'm wondering if that error is due to too many spells of a particular level being installed.

Okay, so I'm going to upload a few different--let's call them 'versions'--of my mod. Version 1 should--let's hope!--work. If you can bear with me, please try each 'version' in order. If it installs, uninstall it, and then try the 'next' version. If it doesn't install, please let me know. Please note that generally if a particular version doesn't install, then all higher versions will not install and you can stop there (e.g. if version 3 doesn't install, neither version 4 nor either of 5 will install.) There is one exception, however:

If versions 1 to 4 install, please try both v5a and v5b and let me know which of these don't install (or if neither installs)

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kjeron

subtledoctor said:

Generally I've only seen that when people have some kind of "mega mod" installed like DSotSC or TDD. (Also, when trying to ADD_SPELL *any* innate abilities into IWDEE, since Beamdog used up every single slot. )

IWDEE has several hundred open slots over the SPIN and SPCL ranges, that sounds more like ADD_SPELL doesn't work properly with innate spells to begin with. But, why would you use ADD_SPELL for innate spells anyway?

ronaldo

@Grammarsalad I can report that versions 1-4 all installed fine. Version 5a failed but version 5b did install fine.
I dont think any of the mods I have installed add spells except for spell revisions.

I am itching to get my play through started. Should I go ahead with one of the versions you posted or wait for a updated version from you?

Again thanks for all the help and this great mod.

Grammarsalad

ronaldo said:

@Grammarsalad I can report that versions 1-4 all installed fine. Version 5a failed but version 5b did install fine.
I dont think any of the mods I have installed add spells except for spell revisions.

I am itching to get my play through started. Should I go ahead with one of the versions you posted or wait for a updated version from you?

Again thanks for all the help and this great mod.

Oh. That's great. @ronaldo you should be fine with 5b. Functionally, it's the same as 4, so either will work. The only thing is that this version won't have the spell entropy. While regrettable, that might be your best bet for now. I'm thinking that we might have hit a limit for spells of that level somehow. In any case, it'd take me a while to figure out what's going on

Grammarsalad

kjeron said:

subtledoctor said:

Generally I've only seen that when people have some kind of "mega mod" installed like DSotSC or TDD. (Also, when trying to ADD_SPELL *any* innate abilities into IWDEE, since Beamdog used up every single slot. )

IWDEE has several hundred open slots over the SPIN and SPCL ranges, that sounds more like ADD_SPELL doesn't work properly with innate spells to begin with. But, why would you use ADD_SPELL for innate spells anyway?

ADD_SPELL does work with innates. I used it for a version of the alarm spell ( which will be added to this mod and tnb eventually.) iirc i needed to ADD_SPELL it to use certain script actions

Edit: i was planning to add it as another spell type if necessary, but i tested it and it worked fine

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