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New modding project - updated battle cutscenes (originally pet peeves title)

fluke13fluke13 Member Posts: 399
edited October 2018 in General Modding
I was wondering what pet peeves people had in the IE game and small adjustments they make on their own game.

One of mine is the opening cutscene in bgee - it always annoyed me that Gorion wouldn't first try to protect his ward, who incidently would very likely die if it weren't for a magical min hp1 spell cast on charname before the battle.

So I made a tiny tweak to "correct" that and remove the min hp spell.

Would be interesting to know what other minor things annoy people.

Cheers


Edit: I've decided to try to gather together and update all the battle cutscenes throughout the games and package them as a mod. Please help me to list every battle cutscene and also any ideas for improvements.


Im starting with the opening Gorion/Sarevok cutscene - I've brought back the original Gorion heal and Tamoko flame arrow (with plausible reasons). I've made it so that the custscene is removed and the battle plays out live - you therefore have a real choice to stay and fight with Gorion or to flee - all the actors are mortal and use abilities suitable for true d&d rules - however Sarevok is the same Sarevok you meet at the end of game, with an improved sword of chaos (Ascension style) - so good luck to anyone who thinks not fleeing in the best choice :p

Also on the radar is the Neera encounter in Beregost - with the goal of making her mortal and unlikely to die, through good choices, rather than game scripts.
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  • fluke13fluke13 Member Posts: 399
    Ok, another one I have is M'Khiin's inventory doll - I wasn't happy that she was bald, so I've given her some purple hair.
  • GrammarsaladGrammarsalad Member Posts: 2,582
    fluke13 said:

    I was wondering what pet peeves people had in the IE game and small adjustments they make on their own game.

    One of mine is the opening cutscene in bgee - it always annoyed me that Gorion wouldn't first try to protect his ward, who incidently would very likely die if it weren't for a magical min hp1 spell cast on charname before the battle.

    So I made a tiny tweak to "correct" that and remove the min hp spell.

    Would be interesting to know what other minor things annoy people.

    Cheers


    Edit: I've decided to try to gather together and update all the battle cutscenes throughout the games and package them as a mod. Please help me to list every battle cutscene and also any ideas for improvements.


    Im starting with the opening Gorion/Sarevok cutscene - I've brought back the original Gorion heal and Tamoko flame arrow (with plausible reasons). I've made it so that the custscene is removed and the battle plays out live - you therefore have a real choice to stay and fight with Gorion or to flee - all the actors are mortal and use abilities suitable for true d&d rules - however Sarevok is the same Sarevok you meet at the end of game, with an improved sword of chaos (Ascension style) - so good luck to anyone who thinks not fleeing in the best choice :p

    Also on the radar is the Neera encounter in Beregost - with the goal of making her mortal and unlikely to die, through good choices, rather than game scripts.

    This is really cool. I'm very curious about how the Gorion battle plays out. You might actually get me to *Play* the game again...

    I only mod these days. Strangely, I like modding much more than playing. But this, this is speaking to me
  • fluke13fluke13 Member Posts: 399
    @Grammarsalad Appreciate the enthusiasm, Im the same these days.. I keep trying to play the game, but then I find something I need to change heh.

    The Gorion battle is basically done - needs testing and polish. Fancy having a test? Do you know of any other battle cutscenes to update?
  • GrammarsaladGrammarsalad Member Posts: 2,582
    fluke13 said:

    @Grammarsalad Appreciate the enthusiasm, Im the same these days.. I keep trying to play the game, but then I find something I need to change heh.

    The Gorion battle is basically done - needs testing and polish. Fancy having a test? Do you know of any other battle cutscenes to update?

    Heh, it's been so long, I don't remember a lot of the battles. It wouldn't be hard to test out the Gorion scene as I often test out my mods in candlekeep. Yeah, I'll check it out this Saturday
  • fluke13fluke13 Member Posts: 399
    Ok nice, I'll pm you the files soon.
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