[solved] How can a mod detect LoB?

PaulaMigrate

Is there a way for mods to detect that the player uses Legacy of Bhaal mod?

Will
DifficultyGT(NORMAL)
detect it, LoB it is not in Divlev.ids?

Kurona

You can check if BD_NIGHTMARE_MODE is 1.

(It's a global variable)

Tresset

It looks kinda like you want to detect this for script writing.

I believe this will return true if it is on:

IF
	NightmareModeOn()

and this will return true if it is off:

IF
	!NightmareModeOn()

For example:

IF
	Global("ACH_LORD_OF","GLOBAL",0)
	Global("bd_ach_difficulty","global",2)
	AreaCheck("AR0125")
	Dead("Sarevok")  // Armored Figure
	NightmareModeOn()
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ACH_LORD_OF","GLOBAL",1)
END

This is the block of script from ACHIEVEM.BCS that gives the achievement for beating BG1 on LoB difficulty.

Edit: Ninja'd again.

PaulaMigrate

Kurona said:

You can check if BD_NIGHTMARE_MODE is 1.

(It's a global variable)

Thank you.
Yes, it is set. But it looks like any mod added NPC is unusable in LoB anyway. They all come at level 15-18 with no XPs but millions of points needed to level them up correctly. Their stats are all over the place etc.
Most likely LoB only works for vanilla NPCs - unless the modders would specifically re-work them for LoB.

Tresset

Check to see if the mod NPCs have flag 22 on their creature file. The flag is labeled in NI as "EE: Ignore Nightmare Mode (22)" amd all the vanilla NPCs have this flag so I am assuming it needs to be on for NPCs.

PaulaMigrate

Tresset said:

Check to see if the mod NPCs have flag 22 on their creature file. The flag is labeled in NI as "EE: Ignore Nightmare Mode (22)" amd all the vanilla NPCs have this flag so I am assuming it needs to be on for NPCs.

Right, I've seen that flag but forgot about it again.

I have a highly modded EET game, but the only NPCs that have the flag are the vanilla ones. No mod NPC has it - there are only a few golems from the *Golem construction mod* that have it set.

Means either modders don't know about this or have chosen not to support LoB.

argent77

PaulaMigrate said:

Means either modders don't know about this or have chosen not to support LoB.

I would say the former since CRE format description on IESDP doesn't list it yet as a valid flag.