[Item Mod] Tutoril's Historical Encyclopedias
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Greetings to all,
I have finished another mod which was part of this competition: "2024 Baldur’s Gate Community Creative Craziness Challenge".
I finally finished a 1.0.0 release.
This mod is fanfiction! It contains encyclopedias of in-game history book series to eliminate searching for the history book parts. The books are:
In addition, the encyclopedias have a "Reading-Sequence"(like the Dream- or Chapter-Sequence). This can be activated within the description window using the "READ" button. The button first activates a dialog with a relatively short description and then the "Reading-Sequence". Each sequence is accompanied by music and voice. It should also be noted that each "Reading-Sequence" has its own background image within the sequence.
Furthermore, the encyclopedias have a custom drag-and-drop sound and the items can only be equipped in the left quickslot due to their size and weight. Each encyclopedia has its own specific magical effects that recharge after resting.
Each encyclopedia has a unique icon image in its inventory. They also share a unique ground icon with a custom highlight, showing that they are limited and magical.
A total of 21 images were created that can be found as a description image depending on the number of books an encyclopedia covers. For example, "History of the Drow" has two. Depending on the number of images that a description image must use, these are correspondingly small.
Languages:
How to use
A sort of teaser video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fvaMcY-ZItM
I have finished another mod which was part of this competition: "2024 Baldur’s Gate Community Creative Craziness Challenge".
I finally finished a 1.0.0 release.
This mod is fanfiction! It contains encyclopedias of in-game history book series to eliminate searching for the history book parts. The books are:
- History of Shadowdale(13 Books)
- History of the Drow(2 Books)
- History of the North(10 Books)
- History of Waterdeep(6 Books)
In addition, the encyclopedias have a "Reading-Sequence"(like the Dream- or Chapter-Sequence). This can be activated within the description window using the "READ" button. The button first activates a dialog with a relatively short description and then the "Reading-Sequence". Each sequence is accompanied by music and voice. It should also be noted that each "Reading-Sequence" has its own background image within the sequence.
Furthermore, the encyclopedias have a custom drag-and-drop sound and the items can only be equipped in the left quickslot due to their size and weight. Each encyclopedia has its own specific magical effects that recharge after resting.
Each encyclopedia has a unique icon image in its inventory. They also share a unique ground icon with a custom highlight, showing that they are limited and magical.
A total of 21 images were created that can be found as a description image depending on the number of books an encyclopedia covers. For example, "History of the Drow" has two. Depending on the number of images that a description image must use, these are correspondingly small.
Languages:
- English
- Deutsch
How to use
- Please note that no professional sound hardware was used for the voice recording and the voice does not come from a professional voice actor
- Headphones recommended(Stereo!)
- If reading and listening at the same time is wished this can be achieved by left-mouse click on the text area in "Reading Sequence"
- This is not kind of a "fast food" mod, so take your time while consuming(it can be very long)
A sort of teaser video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fvaMcY-ZItM0
Comments
Glad to hear it! Mission accomplished
Can I expect the mod to work on EET?
While the code allows installation on EET, it most likely won't work there due to the many other queries that interfere. The problem is that the read sequences use fixed, game-specific UI images.
As far as I know, EET allows the use of custom UIs, which makes it very difficult to predict the read sequence to use (and potentially many other issues I'm unaware of). Furthermore, my EET knowledge is limited, so I don't support it, as troubleshooting it with my current knowledge would be nearly impossible.
Sorry
Update: