Wilson Chronicles - expansion of the furry paragon
LavaDelVortel
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Have you wished you could have more conversations with your furry companion - Wilson, the bear paragon? Do you think other party members should share their thoughts with him? Wilson Chronicles can make that wish come true!
The mod includes party dialogues and some encounters to make sure those groups who travel with the bear companion won't suffer from a lack of interesting events. The added dialogue maintains the style of the original game: bears have their own language and I respect that. The mod offers:
I would like to thank some people who helped me greatly. First of all, @agb1 who proofread the mod and made sure that everything works fine. I also got some great help from @argent77 and @Artemius_I
So? What are you waiting for? Start your adventure and fight arm by arm with your big furry brother-in-arm!
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The mod includes party dialogues and some encounters to make sure those groups who travel with the bear companion won't suffer from a lack of interesting events. The added dialogue maintains the style of the original game: bears have their own language and I respect that. The mod offers:
- Wilson-CHARNAME dialogues (both timer-based and triggered under other circumstances) in both SoA and ToB
- Additional small encounters in SoA and ToB, including 2 miniquests in SoA and 1 miniquest in ToB, with journal entries
- At least 2 banters in SoA and 1 in ToB with each of the BioWare and Beamdog companions
- Some new interjections here and there in both SoA and ToB
- A few new items, including one new item that may be forged by Cromwell in SoA and one new item that may be forged by Cespenar in ToB
- Item usability restrictions modified to allow Wilson to use necklaces, amulets and a few special items
- New skills Wilson may learn during the game (1 in SoA, 1 in ToB) - including new icons!
- Possibility to raise Wilson's dexterity during the game (up to +2 in SoA and an additional +1 in ToB) - for a price!
- Unlocked possibility to summon Wilson through the Fate Spirit in ToB even if you did not meet him in SoA (something for those who would like to start a new ToB-only game)
- New ToB-exclusive joining and kick-out dialogues (Wilson originally used SoA dialogues in ToB)
- A small patch to ensure that Wilson's race is properly displayed on the character sheet
I would like to thank some people who helped me greatly. First of all, @agb1 who proofread the mod and made sure that everything works fine. I also got some great help from @argent77 and @Artemius_I
So? What are you waiting for? Start your adventure and fight arm by arm with your big furry brother-in-arm!
DOWNLOAD LINK
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It is also EET-compatible and is included in the selection list for BWS now too.
- an ability to give Wilson the nickname 'Spalding' and repeatedly attempt to push him into a wicker basket
- some sort of animalcompanionmance/overlyfriendlybearmance available to checkered-shirt-wearing Ranger Charnames
- an option to let Wilson lick Yaga-shura's heart for some extra elemental powers
- a rut partner for Wilson along with unbearable bear-to-bear relationship dramas for Charname to arbitrate
- the spawning of a score of ursine progeny
- an ability to train and recruit one of Wilson's cubs, with optional dual-classing to Bladesinger
More ridiculously unbearable stuff can be found in the I Hate Bears! thread
v1.1... v2.0?QuoteInsightfulAgreeLikeArghh, where's the "Yuk!" button?@God - I think I would appreciate using spoiler tag with the wishlist as it does not really add anything to the thread, does not concern the content of the mod, while it takes so much space.
"Item usability restrictions modified to allow Wilson to use necklaces, amulets and a few special items" - thanks for fixing this. That always annoys me, that Wilson cannot use necklaces, amulets etc.
Anyway, most important thing - will there be a romance?
~Well, I also think of you as a brother. It just confused me a bit, Wilson. That's all. I didn't know you're cold. Fine, but try to steal my blanket and I may start a fight.~
BTW, something that I did not mention and may be significant - there are 3 mini-quests but they are mostly go-find-kill kind of stuff. That's still a better way of finding some new items or learning something, than a simple talk, and they give you a chance to for example meet another bear!
And the lest note - I think the amulet-usability thing won't work unless you use your save from before Wilson's .cre file was created (so before entering Rasaad's quest area). Right, @agb1 ?
The restrictions are tweaked not in the cre file itself (a copy of which gets stored in the saved game, ignoring any later changes to the original cre file) but in ohrbear1.spl (permanent "spell" containing Wilson's kit passive effects) and in kitlist.2da. Both of those files are loaded from bif archives in the game's data or loose files in the game's override folder each time the game is started, so our changes should apply.
Will keep your wish in mind and hit you up with a review copy if such a thing would come into my power.
22 December 2016 - version 1.1:
-Revised item usability tweak to also allow Wilson to wear class-restricted amulets and necklaces
-Revised scripting for mini-quest 1 to allow party to flee and return later and to handle the possibility of quest NPCs being killed
-Fixed a bug that was preventing access to one of the abilities on a quest reward item
-Added, and corrected, a few journal entries
On a more serious note: This sounds like a fantastic mod! Great work!
If not... maybe ankheg would do?
As a side note, I think it'd be excellent if Wilson was able to use most Ioun Stones.
I hope you'll enjoy the whole mod!
Everything thing has been going fine with Wilson as far as his "talks" that he initiates with my main character until this morning. The party was entering the temple district and Wilson starts a convo with me but I have no reply to give him. The only option is to end the conversation. When I end he just initiates the convo again and this repeats.
I tried kicking him out of the party and having him rejoin but that didn't fix it.
My game is heavily modded using the BWS. Ill attach my weidu log and my last save.
Hope you can help as I am really enjoying having him in my party.
Tell me, have you been to Waukeens Promenade before you went there, @ronaldo ?
I will let you know if it happens again.