Way to view NPC buffs or save in combat?
jimmyw404
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So I'm enjoying playing BG with SCS, a bunch of other mods and on the Legacy of Bhaal difficulty. I've played through BG so many times that doing so like this is fairly new.
However, I'm getting a little frustrated at the compounding problem that is mages, mods that add/change spell effects, the LoB difficulty and the many spell protection buffs.
I'd love a way to inspect NPC buffs, because trying to decode what protections they have from the spells I cast + spells they cast is a little unreliable.
One way I've found to do this is to use the Ctrl+Q cheat to add the NPC to my party, which allows me to see their buffs ex:
But it's too cumbersome to get out of combat, add them to the party, reload and then attack. Ideally I'd have something in the tool tip / dialog ( ex: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/22826/show-active-spells-on-character-maybe-in-dialogue-box ) but just being able to save in combat would be fine too.
Any ideas?
However, I'm getting a little frustrated at the compounding problem that is mages, mods that add/change spell effects, the LoB difficulty and the many spell protection buffs.
I'd love a way to inspect NPC buffs, because trying to decode what protections they have from the spells I cast + spells they cast is a little unreliable.
One way I've found to do this is to use the Ctrl+Q cheat to add the NPC to my party, which allows me to see their buffs ex:
But it's too cumbersome to get out of combat, add them to the party, reload and then attack. Ideally I'd have something in the tool tip / dialog ( ex: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/22826/show-active-spells-on-character-maybe-in-dialogue-box ) but just being able to save in combat would be fine too.
Any ideas?
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Anyone have any ideas?
This gets especially important in bg2 and tob parts of the game where high level mages prebuff with a lot of protections and you need to figure out how to 'peel' their protections right. Globe of Invulnerability, spell turning, spell shield, spell immunity etc. All those prebuffs can be comboed in different ways and they will require different approaches. High level mages can have up to 8 or more lines of prebuffs!
Other than that, most spells have visual indicators as well. Mirror image/stoneskin/fireshield etc. are just plain there to see, but other subtle visual effects are there too for almost every buff. A shiny disc under a caster means spell turning, (or spell shield?) for example. Cleric buffs are more subtle in visuals generally, they mostly give a glow and different color pulse to targets, save for obvious ones like Blade barrier.
I wish there was a visual indicator to protection from magic weapons/mantle type of spells as well, thus it can be immediately noticable when the buff expires, so an immediate attack can be performed. Scs mages are good at refreshing them when needed, though.
Pretty annoying.
Just to restate the problem: I love Baldur's Gate, love ramping up the difficulty and love stacking a bunch of ridiculous mods like SCS and new content to keep new playthroughs fresh. I also love the mechanic of opponent mages layering their defenses like an opera cake that I have to peel off. However with all the mods introducing new spells, spell changes etc it becomes infeasible to know what spell protections are active on a given mage, let alone what spells will dispel them.
What I'd love is a way to query a given mage to see what spell protections they have so I know what action to take against them. Does anyone know if that's possible?
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/84149/2-6-bg2-radar-overlay-released/p1
Wowww this is way more than i hoped for. Thanks!!!