[Modding BG2EE] using lua travel

cmorgan

Hello! I have a mod added area that shows up successfully in masterarea.2da, and NI and DLTCEP both show the related .wed and .tis files. I can access the area in-game.

I noticed that the lua console has a travel function - but my area does not show up there. Is there a way that I can patch that in, instead of manually setting up MoveToArea commands? It sure would speed up troubleshooting...

kjeron

APPEND ~BGEE.LUA~ ~table.insert(%table%, {"AR####", "Name"} )~ Or copy your own "M_*.LUA~ file to override with the same:
table.insert(%table%, {"AR####", "Name"} )
%table% would be one of the following, depending on game:
cheatAreas
cheatAreasArena
cheatAreasTutorial
cheatAreasExpansion
cheatAreasHoW

cmorgan

Coooool... it looks like this wrapped in a GAME_IS means I could install this for BGEE BG2EE and EET for any user, and of course more importantly back it out when the mod is uninstalled. Thank you - I will try this out tomorrow morning!

cmorgan

...and @kjeron , it works beautifully - my area popped up there at the end and worked. I looked up lua and tried out this slight modification:

/* add area to cheat console in BG2EE/EET for testing/jumping about */
/* lua table operation: table.insert (table, [pos,] value) with default being n+1 at end */
ACTION_IF GAME_IS ~bg2ee eet~ BEGIN	
	APPEND ~BGEE.LUA~	~table.insert(cheatAreas, 1, {"C-AR01", "The Broken Sword Inn"} )~
END // of lua addition

It looks like the list populated correctly - from your experience, tossing this at the front, lua automatically reorders the table, right? Or am I safest just adding to the bottom?

kjeron

That table does not get sorted, whatever position you specify is where it gets displayed.

cmorgan

Thank you!