Various Questions

JediMindTrix

What triggers an area's script? What triggers baldur.bcs? Both vanilla and EE.

Aquadrizzt

I'm pretty sure that baldur.bcs is evaluated continuously. Area scripts are run continuously in the area they are in.

A more experienced scripter is welcome to correct me, but this is my understanding of how they work.

JediMindTrix

Alright, next question. My experience with BG Scripting being what it is, I'm not sure what it can and can't do, and with G3 down I'm out of places to ask/search.

So, my question is, can I do things like:

Wait(60)
IF
Global("jmt#slay","GLOBAL") !=2
THEN
Kill(Myself)

Or am I restricted to things like:
Wait(60)
IF
Global("jmt#slay","GLOBAL", 1)
THEN
Kill(Myself)


EDIT: Here's another question that's always circulated in my mind: what is the difference between probability1 and probability2?

Like this, for example: Here's a question that's always circulated in my mind: what is the difference between probability1 and probability2? Example below:

Type: Cast spell (146)
Target: Self (1)
Power: 0
Cast at level: 1
Mode: Cast normally (0)
Timing mode: Delay/Permanent - 4
Dispel/Resistance: Not dispel/bypass resistance (2)
Duration: 36
Probability 1: 75
Probability 2: 36

Aquadrizzt

So probabilities are rolled from 1 to 100. Probability 1 is the upper limit for activation and Probability 2 is the lower limit.

So if Pr1 = 75 and Pr2 = 36, then the effect would activate 39% of the time.

JediMindTrix

Why not just do pr1 = 39 and pr2 =0?

Aquadrizzt

If there are multiple probability-based effects, you can distribute up the 0 to 100 to have the effects only activate separately.

So maybe the first effect (30% chance) and the second effect (39% chance) should only fire separately. Then you could put 0 to 30 for the first and 36 to 75 for the second.

JediMindTrix

Thank you!

kjeron

JediMindTrix said:

Why not just do pr1 = 39 and pr2 =0?

All effects within a single spell use the same probability roll, so setting ranges from other than zero enables a spell to have mutually exclusive effects.

If effect 1 has Prob1:35, Prob2:0, effect 2 has Prob1:75, Prob2:36, and effect 3 has Prob1:100, Prob2:76, only one of the effects will ever trigger at a time, rolled separately for each target.

Prismatic Spray provides a good example of this behavior, everyone is blinded(0-100), while each of the 7 color-based effects has a 15-18% chance of occurring:
(0-14)(12-29)(27-44)(42-59)(57-73)(71-87)(85-100),
and an overall 18% chance of 2 of the effects occurring, as each one overlaps another's range by 3 points.