how to make 3E-sneak work in bg2ee?

SilentSword

It was said that put backstab.spl and cripplingstrike.2da along with sneakattack.2da (all of them from IWDEE) into your override folder for BG2EE

but I can not find these three files in my IWDEE game directory, where to find them? or someone could offer them to me? thank you.

jmerry

CRIPPSTR.2DA already exists in the current versions of BGEE/BG2EE, so you don't need to add it. backstab.SPL exists in BGEE with SoD, but not unmodified BG2EE or BGEE without SoD - but it's not truly essential.

What you really need, then, is to activate the hidden gameplay option. Open up baldur.lua (which should be somewhere near where your saves are, not with the rest of the game's files) and find this line:
SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','3E Thief Sneak Attack','0')
Replace that 0 with 1, and 3rd edition sneak attacks are activated. Your thieves will deal bonus damage (some number of d6, not scaling based on your weapon) when attacking in melee from behind an enemy, regardless of visibility. Enemy thieves will always get you with that bonus damage on their melee attacks regardless of positioning. And this is limited to once per target per battle; that's what backstab.SPL does.

As for the spell, game files are normally compressed together in BIF archives. You need a tool that can extract them such as Near Infinity to get a copy. Or, since I have NI and BGEE with SoD, I can just post a copy here.

SilentSword

jmerry wrote: »

CRIPPSTR.2DA already exists in the current versions of BGEE/BG2EE, so you don't need to add it. backstab.SPL exists in BGEE with SoD, but not unmodified BG2EE or BGEE without SoD - but it's not truly essential.

What you really need, then, is to activate the hidden gameplay option. Open up baldur.lua (which should be somewhere near where your saves are, not with the rest of the game's files) and find this line:
SetPrivateProfileString('Game Options','3E Thief Sneak Attack','0')
Replace that 0 with 1, and 3rd edition sneak attacks are activated. Your thieves will deal bonus damage (some number of d6, not scaling based on your weapon) when attacking in melee from behind an enemy, regardless of visibility. Enemy thieves will always get you with that bonus damage on their melee attacks regardless of positioning. And this is limited to once per target per battle; that's what backstab.SPL does.

As for the spell, game files are normally compressed together in BIF archives. You need a tool that can extract them such as Near Infinity to get a copy. Or, since I have NI and BGEE with SoD, I can just post a copy here.

thank you my friend