Sequencers and contingencies in 2.5

seraglio · October 2019

Anyone have the manual (not weidu) instructions for adding new sequencers. I think it required changes to some lua or ui file that got changed, my old ones no longer work.

Aquadrizzt · October 2019

We do this in Tome and Blood: Innate Metamagic. Here's the source code for that component. The UI changes required start on line 375 of that file.

I'll also summon @subtledoctor and @kjeron, who might be able to offer more insight.

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kjeron · October 2019

What new sequencers/contingencies require are strings for the UI to display while selecting spells.
A screen "Title", "Label" (subtitle), and "tip" (description).

You can easily copy them from an existing sequencer/contingency as such:

APPEND	~BGEE.LUA~	~mageBookStrings['%resref%'] = mageBookStrings['SPWI420']~

or to use new strings:

OUTER_SET tip RESOLVE_STR_REF ( "string" ) // can be a TRA reference as well
OUTER_SPRINT title_string  "string" // can be a TRA reference as well
OUTER_SPRINT label_string  "string" // can be a TRA reference as well
APPEND	~L_%EE_LANGUAGE%.LUA~	~uiStrings['unique_string_label'] = "%label_string%"~
APPEND	~L_%EE_LANGUAGE%.LUA~	~uiStrings['unique_string_label'] = "%action_string%"~
APPEND	~BGEE.LUA~	~mageBookStrings['%resref%'] = {tip = %tip%, title = 'unique_string_label', action = "unique_string_label"}~

Example, using SPWI549.spl as the new sequencer spell:

OUTER_SET tip RESOLVE_STR_REF ( @1 )
OUTER_SPRINT title_string  @2
OUTER_SPRINT label_string  @3
APPEND	~L_%EE_LANGUAGE%.LUA~	~uiStrings['SPWI549_SEQUENCER_TITLE'] = "%label_string%"~
APPEND	~L_%EE_LANGUAGE%.LUA~	~uiStrings['SPWI549_SEQUENCER_LABEL'] = "%action_string%"~
APPEND	~BGEE.LUA~	~mageBookStrings['SPWI549'] = {tip = %tip%, title = 'SPWI549_SEQUENCER_TITLE', action = "SPWI549_SEQUENCER_LABEL"}~

You can alternatively add this to an M_*.lua file instead of BGEE.lua.

seraglio · November 2019

I don't use WEIDU. But I think I got it, just needed to know what file and string.

I'm guessing "tip = 55373" is the tool tip text in dialog.tlk?

Thanks all!

kjeron · November 2019

It's not a tool tip, but rather the "help" text that is displayed while no spell is selected, where it would normally display the currently selected spell's description.

seraglio · January 2020

I have a new question. Can contingencies be given to clerics/shamans in BG2? I've tried and the screen is greyed out.

kjeron · January 2020

@seraglio
You should be able to remove the grey overlay with this:

COPY_EXISTING	~UI.MENU~	override
	REPLACE_TEXTUALLY	~mageBookEnabled[ %TAB%]+==[ %TAB%]+true~	~((mageBookEnabled == true) or (bookMode == 1))~
	REPLACE_TEXTUALLY	~mageBookEnabled[ %TAB%]+==[ %TAB%]+false~	~mageBookEnabled == false and bookMode == 0~
BUT_ONLY

seraglio · January 2020

Sorry, couldn't figure out how to do this one manually.

Anybody remember how to do this stuff by hand without the scripting language?

I take it the file in question in overide is ui.menu

i searched for the string "mageBookEnabled"

here is what it has

contingencyDescription = 0

function mageBookDescription()
	if mageBookEnabled == true then
		if bookMode == 0 then
			if characters[id].mageSpells[currentSpellLevel] then
				if characters[id].mageSpells[currentSpellLevel][currentBookSpell] ~= nil then
					return Infinity_FetchString(characters[id].mageSpells[currentSpellLevel][currentBookSpell].description)
				else
					return t('SPELL_MEMORIZATION_HELP')
				end
			else
				return t('SPELL_MEMORIZATION_HELP')
			end
		elseif bookMode == 1 then
			if contingencyDescription == 0 and currentBookSpell ~= 0 then
				if bookSpells[currentBookSpell] ~= nil then
					return Infinity_FetchString(bookSpells[currentBookSpell].description)
				else
					return ''
				end
			else
				lastCurrentBookSpell = 0
				if contingencyDescription == 0 then
					 -- Fixing contingency crash
if mageBookStrings[contingencyResRef] == nil then
	contingencyDescription = 0
else
	contingencyDescription = mageBookStrings[contingencyResRef].tip
end
				end
				return Infinity_FetchString(contingencyDescription)
			end
		end
	end
	return ""
end
function mageBookTitle()
	if bookMode == 1 and mageBookStrings[contingencyResRef] then
		return t(mageBookStrings[contingencyResRef].title)
	else
		return t('MAGE_SPELLS_TITLE')
	end
end
function mageBookAction()
	if bookMode == 1 and mageBookStrings[contingencyResRef] then
		return t(mageBookStrings[contingencyResRef].action)
	else
		return t("MAGE_BOOK_LABEL")
	end
end

I don't see for sure whats needs to be changed. Too many else-ifs for my fragile mind.

kjeron · January 2020

3rd line of text down:

if mageBookEnabled == true then
->
if ((mageBookEnabled == true) or (bookMode == 1)) then

(not pictured, but about 700 lines down from that in the unmodified file):

enabled "mageBookEnabled == false"
->
enabled "mageBookEnabled == false and bookMode == 0"

seraglio · February 2020

Thanks so much!

Sequencers and contingencies in 2.5

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