@Xhoblaim, attached is the new sword specs. I have kept the revision number the same as I will get rid of the one above and it is really doing the same thing. Agin, you will need to replace your lang.zip and the override file. See if that is any better.
@Gusinda awesome this is great. I think it may need some dmg reduction. It hits pretty hard. I wanna say, drop the dmg by like 3-5...whatchu think?
So now i await the avatar sword fix and one other thing, Ryu's shapechange. The shapechange reverts back but afterwards you cant use it again....ever lol. #MoProgress?
@Xhoblaim, Interesting, I shall have a look and see what is going on with Ryu. I can reduce dmg but it essentially strikes like a LSword with the +5 dmg with some cold elemental (2 from memory). We can make it a +5 THAC0 (if you want to keep it as a +5 weapon) with only +2 dmg and +1 cold?
@Xhoblaim, here is a new version of the sword. The damage has been reduced as requested. Also give the shape change another try and let me know if it works.
@Gusinda SWEET! All is working good! Thanks bro!
Now for that drizzt avatar ??
I also have some color/glow ideas for the sword. They are easy changes so ill save them till we finish the other stuff. If we can get drizzt done, the next step would be to make Ryu vamp and give him the fixed drizzt avatar (name change can be done later?). Oh yea, the touch abilities, are you able to make weapons out of the abilities? Or maybe assign/hack the spells into the main and offhand wep slots? Was gonna give drizzt/ryu the abilities on each hand.
If my plans succeed, it could be the most epic thing in modding...imo ???
@Xhoblaim, I think so. Depends on what you mean by abilities. If it is the spells, then it is probably like what was just done with the sword adding Vampiric Touch to it. What sort of weapons are you looking at?
For the sword colours, you can go ahead an put the ideas down. May as well complete it as a minor project.
@Gusinda ok cool! What i was trying to do was give Ryus fist attack perminate Lich Touch effect and the offhand as well. So he attacks with 2fists. If there has to be a weapon in place, can we make it so it looks like hes just using fists?
The sword cosmtic changes are as follows:
Shorten the blade, theres a short sword version of the "firey blade" look. Then color the flames dark dark red if you can, then put a subtle red pulsating glow, if able.
Since you can make weapons, can you make armor as well? If so, we should make an armor set ?
@Xhoblaim, I will see if I can mod the Fist weapons to have the Touch effect. We shall see what can happen with the colouring of the sword, I expect that this will be achievable.
On the armour side, not sure, what sort of armour / changes were you thinking of?
@Gusinda sounds good! The armor ideas were gonna be some of draculas relics...hehehehe muwhahahah GYHYAHAHAYAHA!!
For example..
The armor can be called "Dracula's Heart" and give like bonus health some resists with maybe a magic effect that when you are hit, theres a chance you immediately hide in shadows or something. I think the spell is called shadow veil. Ive got others for a complete armor set, can you assign "when hit" abilities to armor? If so, its game time ??
How goes the drizzt avatar changes? Oh yeah, can you make Ryu a vampire? I remember one of the mods for bg2ee would add extra races, i wanna be able to make vamps and tieflings. Think that mod would work in IWD?
@Gusinda awww poor drizzt. Oh well i can still work with it.
Well the armor would have to be chain mail or the full plate look, Its a good look for vamp characters.
All items are cursed....for obvious reasons lol ?
The helm will be called Fangs of Vlad
+1thac0 +1ac -1charisma, if you can assign abilities have it give Blood Rage to those who wear it. Is there a way to prevent the character from losing control?
Necklace shall be called Chalice of Nosferatu
Immune to backstab +10hp +%10 resist all -1int -1dex Charges: greater drain vitality(shadow weave) x3
Gloves; Nocturnal Vambrace
+2thac0 with fists 1-2 fire dmg +1cold dmg %5 (or %2?) chance on hit to summon 1 shadow (shadow weave)
Cloak; Silent Night: Dracula's Cloak
1+ac and saves -1con Charges: Nightfall(shadow weave) x2 and shadowstep x2
Boots; Treads of darkness or Demonic greaves? ?
Increased movement speed
+1dex -1wis -1int Charges: Shadow walk x2
Belt; Deaths embrace
Immune to necomancy
-1int -1str -1char
Rings; Lichbone
+1thac0 with fists
2% chance to cast lichtouch on hit
Ring of Blood
Regen 1 hp +2con magic resist 10%
Charges: Blood Nova (Negatibe Energy burst, shadow weave) x2
This looks like a good start. What do you think? The idea is to be a lil OP with full set but lacking if you only have a few pieces. Without the sword the armor set should be a lil bit hindering. I also wanna make Ryu weaker during the day..not sure how yet but, i know the shadow adept classes have this setup but i wonder if it can be applied to others?.. with this armor and weapon it may not be possible.. might make him too weak. Hmmm...?
@Xhoblaim, lots of good ideas there, now to just see if I can implement them...
New class, uhm yeah, only beginner with this coding thing..., but I have been looking at modding a class to add features except this time using code so it can be installable. If this works out, then you never know.
If you want to put some ideas forward then I can have a look at it when I try to put together 'The Magnificant Mr Ray' aka 'The Black Panter' (his alter ego) whos personality is based off our latest dog... He will use a lot of Charm and Illusion spells and for 2 times a day, will be able to shapechange (modified Black Panther - probably using Monk style damage) for a short period of time (3 turns maybe? - he tires easily but his endurance is building with more walks).
@Gusinda Ooooh that sounds awesome! I down to try that! Your dog sounds OP ??. Their charms can be very strong lol.
Modify an exsisting class you say? Hmm thats actualy what i was thinking lol. I dont use or play all the classes so why not ?. Hmm, i wanna make a Vampire like class (obviously?) but, which class to piggyback from im sure will be important and ive no idea where to start lol. Maybe use priest/fighter class so he has the repel undead ability? Seems like a good place to start.
@Gusinda Oh yeah i almost for got to mention, the reason the armor has to be cursed is so there is still a weakness or major flaw even when wearing the full set.. if remove curse was ever cast in battle against him..it would mean instant death. Not likely to happen in game but, sounds good ?
@Xhoblaim, the first place I would start for the your vampire would be Hexxat and her amulet in BG2. She is already Race Vampire and I am fairly sure that her Amulet sets all her abilities and penalties. Just haveing a quick look at it shows that it provides a number of immunities etc. Don't know if it can be used yet but worth a look.
Gus
Edit: Attached is the Sword file. Place it into your override and let me know if the colour, size and glow suits. might be a bit rich. Also, did you want the sword to give the damage of a Short Sword ie: piercing vs slashing and amount of damage?
@Gusinda Heeeey thats riiight i forgot about hexxants template! Good idea, we can build from her.
Ill leave the sword as slashing..i think if it was peircing and he may do more dmg? Hmm lemmie see how this hits now and ill let you know
Edit: yeah lets give that short sword a try. Also that red is a bit bright ?, can we darken it a bit? Just a lil bit though on the glow and more on the base color. That way at its peak glow, it will look like a true sword of blood.
For Ryu's fists, I have been playing and can get the lich effect to hold. What sort of weapon (+4/+5 etc) and damage are you looking at.
For the other mods, I can't find where to have an effect when hit. It is probably a scripted reaction which I haven't got into yet so that would be a while... Also, for the effects on items, I am only going to stick with vanilla so as to not step on toes, although saying the you would like an effect like 'xxxx' would be no problems. It would give a starting point.
Hi @Xhoblaim, here is the sword coloured old blood, and Ryu Vlad with his fists (both hands) as +4 weapons. If this is too much then let me know. I reduced the damage to 10+4 (was 20+4) due to both hands. Unsure if you want it increased/decreased...
@Gusinda Awesome! Sword complete! Well...maybe a description update lol.
Also, forgot to make him a vamp ?.
Next up, item set!
For that, just make what you can from the previous post and then ill go through and see what changes are needed ??.
Thanks man, you rock btw ??
Edit: Ok did some goofin and noticed i cant hit a thing. Looked at my thaco and it was 17 lmao. Will need that to be 0 or 1 to be of any use. *SCRATCH THIS*I just realized he was lvl 1 ?
I also noticed that when he hits, theres a chance to cast lich touch, which is fine but, is there a way to increase the duration? As it only lasts a few punches.
Edit2: I JUST saw this one. Almost slipped through the cracks lol. Vlads damage with his fists are different for each hand, somehow his offhand is puttin out more dmg than his main ?? (10-11main, 14-23offH). Guess hes got a mean left hook eh? ???
@Gusinda aha! Found a couple issues. When the fist weapon casts lich touch, the thaco and damage scale changes to the characters fist for the spell and back for the weapon. Whats even weirder is that when it changes, the off hand thaco gets better while the main gets worse. Its switches between Thac0:13 main/ 9 off and vice versa.
Another issue is that when he is shapechanged, the attacks trigger the lich touch and revert him out of the shapechange
@Xhoblaim, I initially thought the Lich Touch was originally lasting too long (because it was being cast more frequenlty) so I kicked it back. No probs in putting it back to the original length of time.
It is suprising that the off hand attach is higher, I will have to look into this as to why... and never tested when shapechanged.
It sounds as if you would like the Lich Touch to be a permanent effect on Vlad instead of the fists attach. If so, I could have a look at seeing if this can be done.
@Gusinda yeah that would be great, should simplify things hopefully. I like the frequent cast as the animation looks really cool, so i guess increase the % chance...100 is good lol
@Xhoblaim, yeah sorry about that. RL is quite busy right now. I had hoped to sneak it in but I have only had time to pop in to the forum an see what's happening. Hoping things settle to 'normal?' speed by Wed...
Hi @Xhoblaim, sorry for the delay. Attached are teh updated files. Description for the sword updated, change of colour and bam for the sword, and hopefully a fix for the fists (extended length of spell - isn't permenant but just longer...). There is also an updated saved game which adjusts the THAC0.
Well the armor would have to be chain mail or the full plate look, Its a good look for vamp characters.
All items are cursed....for obvious reasons lol ?
The helm will be called Fangs of Vlad
+1thac0 +1ac -1charisma, if you can assign abilities have it give Blood Rage to those who wear it. Is there a way to prevent the character from losing control?
Necklace shall be called Chalice of Nosferatu
Immune to backstab +10hp +%10 resist all -1int -1dex Charges: greater drain vitality(shadow weave) x3
Gloves; Nocturnal Vambrace
+2thac0 with fists 1-2 fire dmg +1cold dmg %5 (or %2?) chance on hit to summon 1 shadow (shadow weave)
Cloak; Silent Night: Dracula's Cloak
1+ac and saves -1con Charges: Nightfall(shadow weave) x2 and shadowstep x2
Boots; Treads of darkness or Demonic greaves? ?
Increased movement speed
+1dex -1wis -1int Charges: Shadow walk x2
Belt; Deaths embrace
Immune to necomancy
-1int -1str -1char
Rings; Lichbone
+1thac0 with fists
2% chance to cast lichtouch on hit
Ring of Blood
Regen 1 hp +2con magic resist 10%
Charges: Blood Nova (Negatibe Energy burst, shadow weave) x2
@Gusinda Awesome! Ty! I guess its on with the armor set and the vampire changes to Vlad(Ryu), i belive we were gonna modify a hexxant template to start with correct? ?
Note: The sword looks friggin AMAZING ??!!! The fist issue with the shapechanhe is fixed as well, tyty
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Gus
Updated files below
So now i await the avatar sword fix and one other thing, Ryu's shapechange. The shapechange reverts back but afterwards you cant use it again....ever lol. #MoProgress?
Gus
Gus
Now for that drizzt avatar ??
I also have some color/glow ideas for the sword. They are easy changes so ill save them till we finish the other stuff. If we can get drizzt done, the next step would be to make Ryu vamp and give him the fixed drizzt avatar (name change can be done later?). Oh yea, the touch abilities, are you able to make weapons out of the abilities? Or maybe assign/hack the spells into the main and offhand wep slots? Was gonna give drizzt/ryu the abilities on each hand.
If my plans succeed, it could be the most epic thing in modding...imo ???
For the sword colours, you can go ahead an put the ideas down. May as well complete it as a minor project.
Gus
The sword cosmtic changes are as follows:
Shorten the blade, theres a short sword version of the "firey blade" look. Then color the flames dark dark red if you can, then put a subtle red pulsating glow, if able.
Since you can make weapons, can you make armor as well? If so, we should make an armor set ?
On the armour side, not sure, what sort of armour / changes were you thinking of?
Gus
For example..
The armor can be called "Dracula's Heart" and give like bonus health some resists with maybe a magic effect that when you are hit, theres a chance you immediately hide in shadows or something. I think the spell is called shadow veil. Ive got others for a complete armor set, can you assign "when hit" abilities to armor? If so, its game time ??
How goes the drizzt avatar changes? Oh yeah, can you make Ryu a vampire? I remember one of the mods for bg2ee would add extra races, i wanna be able to make vamps and tieflings. Think that mod would work in IWD?
Interesting for the armour. I am sure this is achievable, just have to find the way. Any specific armour you had in mind for the starting set?
Gus
Well the armor would have to be chain mail or the full plate look, Its a good look for vamp characters.
All items are cursed....for obvious reasons lol ?
The helm will be called Fangs of Vlad
+1thac0 +1ac -1charisma, if you can assign abilities have it give Blood Rage to those who wear it. Is there a way to prevent the character from losing control?
Necklace shall be called Chalice of Nosferatu
Immune to backstab +10hp +%10 resist all -1int -1dex Charges: greater drain vitality(shadow weave) x3
Gloves; Nocturnal Vambrace
+2thac0 with fists 1-2 fire dmg +1cold dmg %5 (or %2?) chance on hit to summon 1 shadow (shadow weave)
Cloak; Silent Night: Dracula's Cloak
1+ac and saves -1con Charges: Nightfall(shadow weave) x2 and shadowstep x2
Boots; Treads of darkness or Demonic greaves? ?
Increased movement speed
+1dex -1wis -1int Charges: Shadow walk x2
Belt; Deaths embrace
Immune to necomancy
-1int -1str -1char
Rings; Lichbone
+1thac0 with fists
2% chance to cast lichtouch on hit
Ring of Blood
Regen 1 hp +2con magic resist 10%
Charges: Blood Nova (Negatibe Energy burst, shadow weave) x2
This looks like a good start. What do you think? The idea is to be a lil OP with full set but lacking if you only have a few pieces. Without the sword the armor set should be a lil bit hindering. I also wanna make Ryu weaker during the day..not sure how yet but, i know the shadow adept classes have this setup but i wonder if it can be applied to others?.. with this armor and weapon it may not be possible.. might make him too weak. Hmmm...?
New class, uhm yeah, only beginner with this coding thing..., but I have been looking at modding a class to add features except this time using code so it can be installable. If this works out, then you never know.
If you want to put some ideas forward then I can have a look at it when I try to put together 'The Magnificant Mr Ray' aka 'The Black Panter' (his alter ego) whos personality is based off our latest dog... He will use a lot of Charm and Illusion spells and for 2 times a day, will be able to shapechange (modified Black Panther - probably using Monk style damage) for a short period of time (3 turns maybe? - he tires easily but his endurance is building with more walks).
Gotta try it
Gus
Modify an exsisting class you say? Hmm thats actualy what i was thinking lol. I dont use or play all the classes so why not ?. Hmm, i wanna make a Vampire like class (obviously?) but, which class to piggyback from im sure will be important and ive no idea where to start lol. Maybe use priest/fighter class so he has the repel undead ability? Seems like a good place to start.
Gus
Edit: Attached is the Sword file. Place it into your override and let me know if the colour, size and glow suits. might be a bit rich. Also, did you want the sword to give the damage of a Short Sword ie: piercing vs slashing and amount of damage?
Ill leave the sword as slashing..i think if it was peircing and he may do more dmg? Hmm lemmie see how this hits now and ill let you know
Edit: yeah lets give that short sword a try. Also that red is a bit bright ?, can we darken it a bit? Just a lil bit though on the glow and more on the base color. That way at its peak glow, it will look like a true sword of blood.
For Ryu's fists, I have been playing and can get the lich effect to hold. What sort of weapon (+4/+5 etc) and damage are you looking at.
For the other mods, I can't find where to have an effect when hit. It is probably a scripted reaction which I haven't got into yet so that would be a while... Also, for the effects on items, I am only going to stick with vanilla so as to not step on toes, although saying the you would like an effect like 'xxxx' would be no problems. It would give a starting point.
Gus
Well i guess just make the items from the list above and do what you can, ill see what abilities to substitute for those that you cant apply.
If you can, change his name to Vlad
Gus
Also, forgot to make him a vamp ?.
Next up, item set!
For that, just make what you can from the previous post and then ill go through and see what changes are needed ??.
Thanks man, you rock btw ??
Edit: Ok did some goofin and noticed i cant hit a thing. Looked at my thaco and it was 17 lmao. Will need that to be 0 or 1 to be of any use. *SCRATCH THIS* I just realized he was lvl 1 ?
I also noticed that when he hits, theres a chance to cast lich touch, which is fine but, is there a way to increase the duration? As it only lasts a few punches.
Edit2: I JUST saw this one. Almost slipped through the cracks lol. Vlads damage with his fists are different for each hand, somehow his offhand is puttin out more dmg than his main ?? (10-11main, 14-23offH). Guess hes got a mean left hook eh? ???
Another issue is that when he is shapechanged, the attacks trigger the lich touch and revert him out of the shapechange
It is suprising that the off hand attach is higher, I will have to look into this as to why... and never tested when shapechanged.
It sounds as if you would like the Lich Touch to be a permanent effect on Vlad instead of the fists attach. If so, I could have a look at seeing if this can be done.
Gus
Gus
Gus
@Gusinda Awesome! Ty! I guess its on with the armor set and the vampire changes to Vlad(Ryu), i belive we were gonna modify a hexxant template to start with correct? ?
Note: The sword looks friggin AMAZING ??!!! The fist issue with the shapechanhe is fixed as well, tyty