I had a simple question concerning scripting actions. In a mod I'm making I want to delete some wizard spells from spellbook during a dialogue, so I guess I have to use the RemoveSpellRES(S:RES*), but does that erase the spell from the spellbook? Or does it just remove a memorised instance of it, but if you rest you get it back?
The IESDP says that: "This action removes one memorised indtance of the specified spell from the spellbook of the active creature. The spell can be an innate ability, a priest spell or a wizard spell, but must be listed in spell.ids. " then gives the example of the Fallen Paladin process:
"IF Global("KR_ANTI_PALADIN_CHANGE","LOCALS",1) THEN RESPONSE #100 RemoveSpell(PALADIN_LAY_ON_HANDS) RemoveSpell(PALADIN_DETECT_EVIL) RemoveSpell(PALADIN_PROTECTION_FROM_EVIL) SetGlobal("KR_ANTI_PALADIN_CHANGE","LOCALS",2) END"
This obviously removes every memorised instance of it since Paladin may have more than one Detect Evil for example, but I am not sure the behaviour is the same for spells in the priest/wizard book.
I could make a workaround casting a spell that cleanse the spellbook after the dialogue (using OPcode 172 which does erase the spell from the spellbook) if it doesn't behave like I'd want it to but it would not be quite as elegant.
I had a simple question concerning scripting actions. In a mod I'm making I want to delete some wizard spells from spellbook during a dialogue, so I guess I have to use the RemoveSpellRES(S:RES*), but does that erase the spell from the spellbook? Or does it just remove a memorised instance of it, but if you rest you get it back?
Innates and priest/wizard spells are indeed handled differently. It cannot erase priest/wizard spells, only drain them. * For Sorcerers/Shamans, if they know the specified spell, it drains one use from all spells of that level, not just the specified spell.
You are stuck using opcode 172 to remove them. * If these are custom spells you are removing, you also need to keep their filename to 7 characters or less. * If their filename is 8 characters long, it will erase the spell but leave any unspent memorizations intact. Since the v2.0 update, memorized but unknown spells permanently take up spell slots, as they cannot be removed through any means. This issue doesn't really affect Sorcerers/Shamans.
Hey, I have been using this code to patch all spells/items/cre so that those that have an effect related to my the vanilla spells will have that effect copied, using my resource instead:
END COPY_EXISTING_REGEXP GLOB ~.*\.spl~ ~override~ ~.*\.itm~ ~override~ ~.*\.cre~ ~override~ PHP_EACH zkwsspells AS new => old BEGIN PATCH_FOR_EACH op IN 206 318 321 324 BEGIN LPF CLONE_EFFECT INT_VAR match_opcode = op STR_VAR resource = EVAL ~%new%~ match_resource = EVAL ~%old%~ END END END
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But now when I install it, it displays "WARNING: no effect added to ..." on every spell, item and creature that do not have the OPcode I included, which drastically slows the installation down on top of displaying 10k warnings.
Is there any way to prevent that? Or maybe I coded something wrong
A question about Activate() and Deactivate(). In what condition are deactivated creatures? Are they simply undetectable and doing nothing, or are there some other changes? Do they process scripts? If so, how can I prevent it? I've deactivated some neutrals while I go hostile on others in the area, but these blues reappear already red, despite Stun, Deafness and Feeblemind put on them in advance, which last a couple of seconds after the activation, too. Nonetheless, they somehow learn about the shenanigans in this dimension while they are away. I haven't tried adding Blindness, but innocents scream with SHOUT.BCS.
Maze. Is there any way to bring a creature out of it? Putting a Remove Effects by Resources for the source spell above Maze on the effects list, delayed, doesn't do it.
Maze and Imprisonment suspend and suppress all effects on a creature - they will not trigger, expire, or function, except for Opcode 212 (Freedom). You would need a delayed Freedom effect. Maze also allows specifying a fixed duration instead of the random INT-based duration.
The only way to target a creature with Freedom that is already mazed/imprisoned is through through the indirect effect targets (everyone, everyone except self, party, everyone except party, caster group, target group). I don't think there is any way to selectively pick a target.
Maze and Imprisonment suspend and suppress all effects on a creature - they will not trigger, expire, or function, except for Opcode 212 (Freedom). You would need a delayed Freedom effect.
This is actually how maze itself works - it applies imprisonment opcode (without removing target from party) and a freedom one, timing delayed and duration equal to INT mod from 2da.
This is actually how maze itself works - it applies imprisonment opcode (without removing target from party) and a freedom one, timing delayed and duration equal to INT mod from 2da.
I don't think it actually applies the Imprisonment opcode, at least not anymore. * Only Maze and the Delayed Freedom effect are attached to the creature in a save file when maze opcode is used. Even with an instant/zero-duration, Imprisonment's effect remains attached to a creature until freedom is used. * No immunity effects trigger for Imprisonment when Maze is used, while they do for Freedom.
Imprisonment "kills" the target as well - you get the XP for it... But about that "suspend effects" thing. I don't think it halts running durations. I've tested with poison and other effects, there seem to be some differences between imprisoning/mazing, but the time the target is gone gets deducted from the total duration of effects. I've sent underground someone under a two-round-long effect, he returned without. I would actually very much want to know whether anything really freezes durations.
Let me ask this now: can anything be created in-game, that is without area editing but by spawning a creature, with scripts or effects, that will interpose and block sight as a wall does? Movement - yes, I know, an invisible minion with a translucent avatar. But sight?
As far as I am aware, not as such. I am not sure what's your application exactly, but you could consider implementing an invisible door that has no visual effect, on which you cannot click and triggers based on a script or something to close and open as you want it. It does involve area editing but it'll litterally behave as you described it.
Alternatively you could imagine playing with the Farsight OPcode with type parameter to 0 so that it doesn't reveal unexplored area, combined with reduced sight range when you get close to that creature. Or if you really want something that reproduces the normal sight range, you could consider a creature that radiates a reduced sight range aura on your characters and invisible+no tooltip wizard eyes with reduced sight range regularly spawned around the nearby party members by the aforementioned creature in that area and get destroyed when you walk away.
I've thought more or less what you write in the second paragraph. If it's the only way to have a wall... What the Visual Range reduction aura might be able to do, though, is to apply a cumulative-penalties effect, with Increment, not Set, and short-lasting, just 1 second. When approaching the wall, creatures would find their sight reduced gradually, when retreating, the penalties would fall off. It's supposed to be a wall of fog, too, so that's not so outrageous. Running into enemies equally blind...
Well, despite chimeric being banned this thread could still prove useful for common question.
I would like to make add an extra, custom Yuan-Ti animation (changing just the colors of the BAM files). Is it possible? Right now there are three yuan-ti animations (green, redish, and mage), respectively named MYU1, MYU2 and MYU3. So if I wanted to create an extra animation, the first thing I should do is create a MYU4 (I assume these 4 letters don't really matter so long as it is 4 letters and that I should use my prefix in the final version) copy of the BAMs and alter them to make them look like I want them to. The other useful files in this case are: A MYU4.2da that references the Yuan-Ti sound palette. Then again, the name doesn't matter as long as it's 4-letter long and it's the same as the 4-letter prefix on the BAM file Then there's the ANIMATE.IDS which references the animations names and their offsets as well as the ANISND.IDS which references the sound table. I assume I will have to add a MYU4 line in one of the many "holes" there are in the hexadecimal offset (ED30 seems alright for example since the other Yuan-Tis are EDx0 with x being 0 1 or 2) in both these files. From what I get, the second column in the ANISND.IDS references both the BAM files, which, I assume, should contain, after the first four letters that indexes them, the same letters as the original BAM files. Then again, my understanding is that it uses the letters at indexes at to what the BAM is. For instance A1 means Overhand Swing, A2 is Backhand Swing and A3 is thrust, SC is standing still, WK is walking etc... and each weapon type has a letter of its own if the animation has a special animation for a certain weapon type (so, scimitars axes and swords in a yuan-ti's case, from what I have seen)
Once that's done, is my animation available and functional or is there something else to do? I was wondering because some animations actually used by creatures in game are not referenced here. The one that comes to mind is the Neothelid animation, used by... the Neothelid in SoD. It's not referenced in these tables, yet it has an offset, and you set the same offset to another creature's animation field it will have the animation just as it should, though it's somewhat buggy as some files appear to be missing.
You will need an INI file. It will be named the same as the entry in ANIMATE.IDS, without the "0x" prefix. The Yuan-ti INI's are "ED00.INI", "ED10.INI", and "ED20.INI". They should be sufficiently self-explanatory once you see them. The line: resref=MYU1
is what specifies the 4-character prefix for the BAM files. All sounds can be specified in this file as well, no need for a separate 2da or ANISND.IDS entry. They have no prefix. An entry in ANIMATE.IDS is not mandatory, but good for compatibility.
What would I do if you weren't there @kjeron? I really appreciate your help on just about everything I ask Thank you a lot.
Well now that I have seen what those INI files look like I have a few more questions. Under the general part is that type of text animation_type=e000 move_scale=7 ellipse=16 color_blood=47 color_chunks=0 sound_freq=8 personal_space=3 cast_frame=4 walk_sound=- height_offset=90
Concerning the blood/chunks color, is there a table that relates the numbers with a color? Would've thought the 256color system but it's obviously not that since 47 is red...
Oh and something totally unrelated (except it's the same mod), but I'm working on a sorcerer kit mod that allows the caster to choose which element his damaging spells will be. The implementation I went for was using the cast spell from list OPcode, and each spell has various copies of the original with altered damage that are cast through the a cast spell from list, very much like Spell Immunity. The issue I have is that I obviously can't put the spells into contingencies as such. Is there a workaround to that? I remember some mod allowed casting the Spell Immunity spells from contingencies if you knew Spell Immunity but have no idea how to do that.
Concerning the blood/chunks color, is there a table that relates the numbers with a color? Would've thought the 256color system but it's obviously not that since 47 is red...
For blood, it's the same colors as are available for the character (major, minor, skin, hair etc...), just open up a CRE file and browse through one of them. However, blood always uses the left-most color of each index, so most of them end up being an indistinguishable in-game. Most of the good ones for blood are in the 45-60 and 115-150 ranges.
Chunk_color is misleading. 0 = animation can chunk (most everyone) 255 = animation cannot chunk (such as trolls)
The issue I have is that I obviously can't put the spells into contingencies as such. Is there a workaround to that? I remember some mod allowed casting the Spell Immunity spells from contingencies if you knew Spell Immunity but have no idea how to do that.
This was a feature of the game, that was lost in the v2.0 update (https://support.baldursgate.com/issues/22370). The only way to fully reproduce that behavior right now would be through UI modifications. Hopefully it will be re-introduced in the v2.5 update.
Is there anyone who can PM me to help fix this force spell for baldurs gate?
Force spell?
Yeah, It's Mordenkainen's force missiles. It seems to just do single damage only when it should also being doing some AOE equal to the CL of the caster to all around 3m.
I have a simple question (and hope for a simple answer): How can I make an innate ability to be used infinitely often (no casts per day restriction). I want to add an innate that can be cast every 10 turns or so.
I experimented with adding the "Give Ability" effect (171) to the innate spl, but if the innate spell is disrupted, the innate disappears. I don't want to set the casting speed to zero, and the spell should be disrupt-able.
Thank you! I will try this. I'm aware of the shifting problem ... it's a bit annoying for the player.
Other question: Is there a patch macro available to change entries in 2da files, if match_column has a specified entry. Something like ALTER_2DA: INT_VAR match_column STR_VAR match_value INT_VAR column STR_VAR new_entry
DEFINE_PATCH_FUNCTION ALTER_2DA_ENTRY
INT_VAR
column = ~-1~
row = ~-1~
entry_case = 0
header_case = 0
STR_VAR
match_header = ~~
new_header = ~*~
match_entry = ~~
new_entry = ~*~
BEGIN
COUNT_2DA_COLS cols
READ_2DA_ENTRIES_NOW ~READ~ 1
PATCH_IF VARIABLE_IS_SET READ_1_0 BEGIN
PATCH_IF header_case = 0 BEGIN
PATCH_IF ~%READ_1_0%~ STRING_EQUAL ~%match_header%~ BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY_LATER ~SET~ 1 0 ~%new_header%~
END
END ELSE BEGIN
PATCH_IF ~%READ_1_0%~ STRING_EQUAL_CASE ~%match_header%~ BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY_LATER ~SET~ 1 0 ~%new_header%~
END
END
END
FOR (i = 3; i < READ; ++i) BEGIN
PATCH_IF row = i OR row = ~-1~ BEGIN
FOR (j = 1; j < cols; ++j) BEGIN
PATCH_IF VARIABLE_IS_SET EVAL ~READ_%i%_%j%~ BEGIN
PATCH_IF column = j OR column = ~-1~ BEGIN
PATCH_IF entry_case = 0 BEGIN
PATCH_IF EVAL ~%READ_%i%_%j%%~ STRING_EQUAL ~%match_entry%~ BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY_LATER ~SET~ i j ~%new_entry%~
END
END ELSE BEGIN
PATCH_IF EVAL ~%READ_%i%_%j%%~ STRING_EQUAL_CASE ~%match_entry%~ BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY_LATER ~SET~ i j ~%new_entry%~
END
END
END
END
END
END
END
SET_2DA_ENTRIES_NOW ~SET~ 1
PRETTY_PRINT_2DA
END
You can try this, but I've only done light testing with it. It can only replace existing entries, it cannot add entries where none currently exist. It will not alter the header row(2) or index column(0), as altering them often has no effect.
column = only check specific column, -1 = all data columns row = only check specific row, -1 = all data rows entry_case: 0 = ignore case, 1 = match case header_case: 0 = ignore case, 1 = match case
match_header = check for the 2da's default value (row 1, column 0) match_entry = check for data fields, excludes header row(2) and index column(0) new_header = replacement value new_entry = replacement value
@kjeron , @subtledoctor: Thanks for the code! Maybe, i will do it inline similar to subtledoctor. But it's a bit more complicated. I want to change the weapprof for all kits of a given class. So I have to lookup the kits in kitlist.2da followed by a change of weapprof.2da if the column header matches ...
@subtledoctor Just want to point out that the class/kit label is actually irrelevant. The 6th row(PROFICIENCY) of KITLIST.2da determines which column of WEAPPROF it uses, not the label. It's possible for multiple kits to share the same column, as some classes already do. The column number for classes are subsequently hardcoded.
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The IESDP says that: "This action removes one memorised indtance of the specified spell from the spellbook of the active creature. The spell can be an innate ability, a priest spell or a wizard spell, but must be listed in spell.ids. " then gives the example of the Fallen Paladin process:
"IF
Global("KR_ANTI_PALADIN_CHANGE","LOCALS",1)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
RemoveSpell(PALADIN_LAY_ON_HANDS)
RemoveSpell(PALADIN_DETECT_EVIL)
RemoveSpell(PALADIN_PROTECTION_FROM_EVIL)
SetGlobal("KR_ANTI_PALADIN_CHANGE","LOCALS",2)
END"
This obviously removes every memorised instance of it since Paladin may have more than one Detect Evil for example, but I am not sure the behaviour is the same for spells in the priest/wizard book.
I could make a workaround casting a spell that cleanse the spellbook after the dialogue (using OPcode 172 which does erase the spell from the spellbook) if it doesn't behave like I'd want it to but it would not be quite as elegant.
It cannot erase priest/wizard spells, only drain them.
* For Sorcerers/Shamans, if they know the specified spell, it drains one use from all spells of that level, not just the specified spell.
You are stuck using opcode 172 to remove them.
* If these are custom spells you are removing, you also need to keep their filename to 7 characters or less.
* If their filename is 8 characters long, it will erase the spell but leave any unspent memorizations intact. Since the v2.0 update, memorized but unknown spells permanently take up spell slots, as they cannot be removed through any means. This issue doesn't really affect Sorcerers/Shamans.
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But now when I install it, it displays "WARNING: no effect added to ..." on every spell, item and creature that do not have the OPcode I included, which drastically slows the installation down on top of displaying 10k warnings.
Is there any way to prevent that? Or maybe I coded something wrong
EDIT: Nevermind I figured that out myself
The only way to target a creature with Freedom that is already mazed/imprisoned is through through the indirect effect targets (everyone, everyone except self, party, everyone except party, caster group, target group). I don't think there is any way to selectively pick a target.
* Only Maze and the Delayed Freedom effect are attached to the creature in a save file when maze opcode is used. Even with an instant/zero-duration, Imprisonment's effect remains attached to a creature until freedom is used.
* No immunity effects trigger for Imprisonment when Maze is used, while they do for Freedom.
Alternatively you could imagine playing with the Farsight OPcode with type parameter to 0 so that it doesn't reveal unexplored area, combined with reduced sight range when you get close to that creature. Or if you really want something that reproduces the normal sight range, you could consider a creature that radiates a reduced sight range aura on your characters and invisible+no tooltip wizard eyes with reduced sight range regularly spawned around the nearby party members by the aforementioned creature in that area and get destroyed when you walk away.
I would like to make add an extra, custom Yuan-Ti animation (changing just the colors of the BAM files). Is it possible?
Right now there are three yuan-ti animations (green, redish, and mage), respectively named MYU1, MYU2
and MYU3. So if I wanted to create an extra animation, the first thing I should do is create a MYU4 (I assume these 4 letters don't really matter so long as it is 4 letters and that I should use my prefix in the final version) copy of the BAMs and alter them to make them look like I want them to.
The other useful files in this case are:
A MYU4.2da that references the Yuan-Ti sound palette. Then again, the name doesn't matter as long as it's 4-letter long and it's the same as the 4-letter prefix on the BAM file
Then there's the ANIMATE.IDS which references the animations names and their offsets as well as the ANISND.IDS which references the sound table. I assume I will have to add a MYU4 line in one of the many "holes" there are in the hexadecimal offset (ED30 seems alright for example since the other Yuan-Tis are EDx0 with x being 0 1 or 2) in both these files. From what I get, the second column in the ANISND.IDS references both the BAM files, which, I assume, should contain, after the first four letters that indexes them, the same letters as the original BAM files. Then again, my understanding is that it uses the letters at indexes at to what the BAM is. For instance A1 means Overhand Swing, A2 is Backhand Swing and A3 is thrust, SC is standing still, WK is walking etc... and each weapon type has a letter of its own if the animation has a special animation for a certain weapon type (so, scimitars axes and swords in a yuan-ti's case, from what I have seen)
Once that's done, is my animation available and functional or is there something else to do? I was wondering because some animations actually used by creatures in game are not referenced here. The one that comes to mind is the Neothelid animation, used by... the Neothelid in SoD. It's not referenced in these tables, yet it has an offset, and you set the same offset to another creature's animation field it will have the animation just as it should, though it's somewhat buggy as some files appear to be missing.
The Yuan-ti INI's are "ED00.INI", "ED10.INI", and "ED20.INI". They should be sufficiently self-explanatory once you see them.
The line:
resref=MYU1is what specifies the 4-character prefix for the BAM files.All sounds can be specified in this file as well, no need for a separate 2da or ANISND.IDS entry. They have no prefix.
An entry in ANIMATE.IDS is not mandatory, but good for compatibility.
I really appreciate your help on just about everything I ask
Well now that I have seen what those INI files look like I have a few more questions.
Under the general part is that type of text
animation_type=e000
move_scale=7
ellipse=16
color_blood=47
color_chunks=0
sound_freq=8
personal_space=3
cast_frame=4
walk_sound=-
height_offset=90
Concerning the blood/chunks color, is there a table that relates the numbers with a color? Would've thought the 256color system but it's obviously not that since 47 is red...
Oh and something totally unrelated (except it's the same mod), but I'm working on a sorcerer kit mod that allows the caster to choose which element his damaging spells will be. The implementation I went for was using the cast spell from list OPcode, and each spell has various copies of the original with altered damage that are cast through the a cast spell from list, very much like Spell Immunity. The issue I have is that I obviously can't put the spells into contingencies as such. Is there a workaround to that? I remember some mod allowed casting the Spell Immunity spells from contingencies if you knew Spell Immunity but have no idea how to do that.
Chunk_color is misleading.
0 = animation can chunk (most everyone)
255 = animation cannot chunk (such as trolls) This was a feature of the game, that was lost in the v2.0 update (https://support.baldursgate.com/issues/22370).
The only way to fully reproduce that behavior right now would be through UI modifications. Hopefully it will be re-introduced in the v2.5 update.
I experimented with adding the "Give Ability" effect (171) to the innate spl, but if the innate spell is disrupted, the innate disappears. I don't want to set the casting speed to zero, and the spell should be disrupt-able.
Any ideas?
Other question: Is there a patch macro available to change entries in 2da files, if match_column has a specified entry. Something like
ALTER_2DA:
INT_VAR match_column
STR_VAR match_value
INT_VAR column
STR_VAR new_entry
You can try this, but I've only done light testing with it. It can only replace existing entries, it cannot add entries where none currently exist. It will not alter the header row(2) or index column(0), as altering them often has no effect.
column = only check specific column, -1 = all data columns
row = only check specific row, -1 = all data rows
entry_case: 0 = ignore case, 1 = match case
header_case: 0 = ignore case, 1 = match case
match_header = check for the 2da's default value (row 1, column 0)
match_entry = check for data fields, excludes header row(2) and index column(0)
new_header = replacement value
new_entry = replacement value
btw. the global effects work great! :-)
The 6th row(PROFICIENCY) of KITLIST.2da determines which column of WEAPPROF it uses, not the label. It's possible for multiple kits to share the same column, as some classes already do.
The column number for classes are subsequently hardcoded.