EscapeAreaMove() works fine on BG:EE. You can check the full list of actions valid for the different versions of the infinity engine on the IESDP website. In particular, this is the full list of actions for the enhanced editions. As you can see EscapeAreaMove() is there too.
Parsing errors are usually due to trivial mistakes like missing or misplaced commas, quotation marks, etc. or errors like having an IF without an END, or missing a BEGIN somewhere, this kind of mistakes.
The parsing error gives you a line number. Check around that line, usually the problem is on the line just above or nearby.
Thanks, I counted on the fact that you might answer...
As a matter of fact, there were no trivial errors: in the meantime, I tried to add an "IF ~~ THEN" before the action, and it worked (but with another function, maybe EscapeArea). So, apparently, it needs the condition: something that was not evident at all to me, by looking at the examples I mentioned (but they are from BG2, maybe something changed?).
I also found the list on that IESDP site, but I was rather looking for an equivalent of MoveToArea, applied to all the party members (plus the NPC). This is where I am not sure how to do that. I think I tried MoveToArea, but with no success. Now I can try again with EscapeAreaMove, by giving as argument the new area and the location. Unfortunately, I am at work now, so I cannot check again on my laptop. Would this command work also on the party members? Or, should I use some form of ActionOverride instead?
As a matter of fact, there were no trivial errors: in the meantime, I tried to add an "IF ~~ THEN" before the action, and it worked (but with another function, maybe EscapeArea). So, apparently, it needs the condition: something that was not evident at all to me, by looking at the examples I mentioned (but they are from BG2, maybe something changed?)
Yes, it needs a condition and that's the same in both BG:EE and BG2.
I also found the list on that IESDP site, but I was rather looking for an equivalent of MoveToArea, applied to all the party members (plus the NPC). This is where I am not sure how to do that. I think I tried MoveToArea, but with no success. Now I can try again with EscapeAreaMove, by giving as argument the new area and the location. Unfortunately, I am at work now, so I cannot check again on my laptop. Would this command work also on the party members? Or, should I use some form of ActionOverride instead?
Maybe LeaveAreaLUA() is what you are looking for and, as you suspected, you need ActionOverride() for the party members (otherwise the action is applied only to the current speaker).
I performed some tests and it looks like LeaveAreaLUA() works only for the party members. However a combination of LeaveAreaLUA() for the party members and MoveBetweenAreas() for the NPC did the trick.
I'm assuming that you just want them to teleport (as opposed to walk) to the new location. Let me know if this is not the case.
I'm really confused. Using Windows 10, I use the command prompt in step #3 to get to the folder with dialog.tlk, and it keeps telling me that access is denied. Not sure how to fix that. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, I have another problem to solve. I need to make some NPCs interject during a dialogue (the PC doesn't say anything in the meantime), with a reply from the person we are speaking with. After that, the PC should have his/her options to answer the question.
The structure is like this:
IF ~~ THEN FirstDialoguewithAedan1-9 SAY ~Blablabla~ = ~Blablabla~ = ~Se vuoi, posso portarti da loro. Sarà divertente, credimi!~ IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~D’accordo, ti seguo. Procedi.~ GOTO FirstDialoguewithAedan1-10 IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Magari un’altra volta.~ GOTO FirstDialoguewithAedan1-11 END
I tried with this piece of code, but it doesn't work.
INTERJECT_COPY_TRANS AEDAN FirstDialoguewithAedan1-9 AedanJaheira == JAHEIRAJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN ~Blablabla~ == AEDAN IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN ~Blablabla~ END
I even tried with CHAIN, but it doesn't work either.
CHAIN IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN AEDAN AedanJaheira // DO ~SetGlobal("AedanJaheira","GLOBAL",1)~ == JAHEIRAJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN ~Blablabla~ == AEDAN IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN ~Blablabla~ EXIT
Do you have any idea how to do that? Please keep in mind that, after Jaheira, many other NPCs would have their line.
Ok, I tried, but I get the same error. Maybe giving more information would help, so I am attaching a screeshot of the error and of the piece of code. Looking at it, it seems as if a scope (the one before the error, i.e. the INTERJECT one) hasn't been closed.
Before line 82, is there an APPEND or BEGIN command? ICT doesn't need APPEND, but you would need one before the adding the new states at line 82.
If you had an APPEND open already, try moving the ICT outside the scope of the APPEND. If the ICT targets the states you are appending, use APPEND_EARLY.
I only have one main BEGIN at the fist line. After that, I didn't use any APPEND (and the other BEGINs are all after the IF THEN that start the dialogue blocks).
The block I want to interject in is the one above the INTERJECT, before line 60, so it is not clear to me why should I append the following one... In any case, if I enclose the block starting at 82 into an APPEND ... END, the parse error gets shifted to the start of the next block.
Ps: yes, I minimised the lines 73-81 because they are commented (that's the trial with CHAIN).
I'm not a weidu expert, but what Astro says seems to be correct. I'm pretty sure that orphaned END after ICT causes the trouble.
Uhm, but that END closes the ICT, doesn't it? Also in other examples, like in the WeiDU readme page or among the examples contained in the package downloaded to install WeiDU, there is always one.
I have a question. Weidu guide explains how to add an item in one of the game stores (for instance, Ribald's store). What if I want to create a brand-new store? How can I create a new file .sto?
What if I want to create a brand-new store? How can I create a new file .sto?
Select an existing store, ideally one that is as close as possible to the one you want to create, make a copy of that with a different name (for example using "Add copy of" in NearInfinity), then use WeiDU (or NI itself, I suppose) to modify the copy.
Alternatively, you can also create a new store from scratch in NI (menu File > New Resource > STO).
1. Your game directory is where the 'chitin.key' file is located, which is either in: C:\..\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\data\00766\ - beamdog install or C:\..\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\ copy this path and just the path, without the file.(iirc you can copy it from the top of the explorer window)
2. open the command prompt i.e. the link or the ALR+R cmd, whatever just make sure you have the black window opened.
3. If the bottom line in the black window is not the same as your game directory path, change it by typing "cd *pasting your game* i.e.: cd "C:\..\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\data\00766\" or cd "C:\..\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\" you should see the game directory path. **
4. copy/paste mklink /H dialog.tlk .\lang\en_US\dialog.tlk per first post. ***
@mor With this I was able to get igi's mod learn through use working on EE, thank you
I have another question. When I create an item, can I rename the itm file as I want or should I follow some rules? Also, do I have to use my prefix when I rename my new item? The same prefix I use for the globals of my mod?
I wrote a quest for Xzar & Montaron. I have some questions:
- Xzar & Montaron get the quest from a half-orc called Sharsek. I created the .cre file and chose the prefix (RASHARS). Since Sharsek speak most of the time with them, I should use CHAIN instead of SAY, right?
- Most of the dialogue is build in this way: Sharsek: blablabla Xzar: blablabla Montaron: blablabla Sharsek: blablabla Xzar: blablabla Montaron: blablabla CHARNAME REPLY 1: blablabla CHARNAME REPLY 2: blablabla CHARNAME REPLY 3: blablabla
Should I use XZARJ and MONTAJ or BXZAR e BMONTA?
- If I use CHAIN, should I use EXTERN in this way?
CHAIN MONTAJ bla1 ~Blabla!~ END IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS
CHAIN MONTAJ bla2 ~Blablabla!~ END IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS
CHAIN MONTAJ bla3 ~Blablablabla!~ END IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS
If Xzar has something different to say for each of Montaron's replies, what should I do?
This:
CHAIN MONTAJ bla1 ~Blabla!~ XZARJ ~Blabla, yes!~ END IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS bla4
Or this:
CHAIN MONTAJ bla1 ~Blabla!~ END IF ~~ EXTERN XZARJ bl3.1
?
- At one point, all the NPCs should interject. Now, some of them will just say one line, so I will use
== NEERAJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Neera") !StateCheck("Neera",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ THEN ~Yeah, blabla!~
Some NPCs, instead, have more to say and CHARNAME must reply to them. Is it correct if I write in this way?
BRANCH ~InParty("Yeslick") !StateCheck("Yeslick",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ BEGIN YESLIJ ~BLA? HELL TO THE NO!~ IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Bla~ EXTERN YESLIJ bla10 IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Blabla~ EXTERN YESLIJ bla10 IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Blablabla~ EXTERN YESLIJ bla11
CHAIN IF ~~ THEN YESLIJ bla10 ~Okay, bla!~ END
CHAIN IF ~~ THEN YESLIJ bla11 ~No way, bla!~ END
What can I do if there are other NPCs that must interact after Yeslick? After Yeslick block, can I just add them in this way? == QUAYLJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Quayle") !StateCheck("Quayle",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ THEN ~BLA IS NOT SMART!~ == SKIEJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Skie") !StateCheck("Skie",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ THEN ~Aww, bla?~
Thanks in advance for the help and for the attention. I am moving my first steps into the modding world and I really need some help for complex things
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EscapeAreaMove() works fine on BG:EE. You can check the full list of actions valid for the different versions of the infinity engine on the IESDP website. In particular, this is the full list of actions for the enhanced editions. As you can see EscapeAreaMove() is there too.
Parsing errors are usually due to trivial mistakes like missing or misplaced commas, quotation marks, etc. or errors like having an IF without an END, or missing a BEGIN somewhere, this kind of mistakes.
The parsing error gives you a line number. Check around that line, usually the problem is on the line just above or nearby.
As a matter of fact, there were no trivial errors: in the meantime, I tried to add an "IF ~~ THEN" before the action, and it worked (but with another function, maybe EscapeArea). So, apparently, it needs the condition: something that was not evident at all to me, by looking at the examples I mentioned (but they are from BG2, maybe something changed?).
I also found the list on that IESDP site, but I was rather looking for an equivalent of MoveToArea, applied to all the party members (plus the NPC). This is where I am not sure how to do that. I think I tried MoveToArea, but with no success. Now I can try again with EscapeAreaMove, by giving as argument the new area and the location. Unfortunately, I am at work now, so I cannot check again on my laptop.
Would this command work also on the party members? Or, should I use some form of ActionOverride instead?
I performed some tests and it looks like LeaveAreaLUA() works only for the party members. However a combination of LeaveAreaLUA() for the party members and MoveBetweenAreas() for the NPC did the trick.
I'm assuming that you just want them to teleport (as opposed to walk) to the new location. Let me know if this is not the case.
The structure is like this:
IF ~~ THEN FirstDialoguewithAedan1-9
SAY ~Blablabla~
= ~Blablabla~
= ~Se vuoi, posso portarti da loro. Sarà divertente, credimi!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~D’accordo, ti seguo. Procedi.~ GOTO FirstDialoguewithAedan1-10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Magari un’altra volta.~ GOTO FirstDialoguewithAedan1-11
END
I tried with this piece of code, but it doesn't work.
INTERJECT_COPY_TRANS AEDAN FirstDialoguewithAedan1-9 AedanJaheira
== JAHEIRAJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN
~Blablabla~
== AEDAN IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN
~Blablabla~
END
I even tried with CHAIN, but it doesn't work either.
CHAIN
IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN AEDAN AedanJaheira
// DO ~SetGlobal("AedanJaheira","GLOBAL",1)~
== JAHEIRAJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN
~Blablabla~
== AEDAN IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Jaheira")~ THEN
~Blablabla~
EXIT
Do you have any idea how to do that? Please keep in mind that, after Jaheira, many other NPCs would have their line.
Looking at it, it seems as if a scope (the one before the error, i.e. the INTERJECT one) hasn't been closed.
If you had an APPEND open already, try moving the ICT outside the scope of the APPEND. If the ICT targets the states you are appending, use APPEND_EARLY.
http://www.weidu.org/~thebigg/README-WeiDU.html#APPEND
Also, what's between lines 73 and 81? Is that all comments?
The block I want to interject in is the one above the INTERJECT, before line 60, so it is not clear to me why should I append the following one... In any case, if I enclose the block starting at 82 into an APPEND ... END, the parse error gets shifted to the start of the next block.
Ps: yes, I minimised the lines 73-81 because they are commented (that's the trial with CHAIN).
Weidu guide explains how to add an item in one of the game stores (for instance, Ribald's store).
What if I want to create a brand-new store? How can I create a new file .sto?
Alternatively, you can also create a new store from scratch in NI (menu File > New Resource > STO).
Very helpful. Thanks a lot!
(@Davide, it seems pretty easy
With this I was able to get igi's mod learn through use working on EE, thank you
When I create an item, can I rename the itm file as I want or should I follow some rules?
Also, do I have to use my prefix when I rename my new item? The same prefix I use for the globals of my mod?
Noted. Thank you very much!
Is there anyway we could get this thread stickied? I refer to it pretty frequently.
Thanks, you ROCK!!
I have some questions:
- Xzar & Montaron get the quest from a half-orc called Sharsek. I created the .cre file and chose the prefix (RASHARS). Since Sharsek speak most of the time with them, I should use CHAIN instead of SAY, right?
- Most of the dialogue is build in this way:
Sharsek: blablabla
Xzar: blablabla
Montaron: blablabla
Sharsek: blablabla
Xzar: blablabla
Montaron: blablabla
CHARNAME REPLY 1: blablabla
CHARNAME REPLY 2: blablabla
CHARNAME REPLY 3: blablabla
Should I use XZARJ and MONTAJ or BXZAR e BMONTA?
- If I use CHAIN, should I use EXTERN in this way?
Xzar: blablabla
Montaron: blablabla
Sharsek: blablabla
Xzar: blablabla
Montaron: blablabla
CHARNAME REPLY 1: blablabla EXTERN MONTAJ bla1
CHARNAME REPLY 2: blablabla EXTERN MONTAJ bla2
CHARNAME REPLY 3: blablabla EXTERN MONTAJ bla2
CHAIN MONTAJ bla1
~Blabla!~
END
IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS
CHAIN MONTAJ bla2
~Blablabla!~
END
IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS
CHAIN MONTAJ bla3
~Blablablabla!~
END
IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS
If Xzar has something different to say for each of Montaron's replies, what should I do?
CHAIN MONTAJ bla1
~Blabla!~
XZARJ ~Blabla, yes!~
END
IF ~~ EXTERN RASHARS bla4
Or this:
CHAIN MONTAJ bla1
~Blabla!~
END
IF ~~ EXTERN XZARJ bl3.1
?
- At one point, all the NPCs should interject. Now, some of them will just say one line, so I will use
== NEERAJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Neera") !StateCheck("Neera",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ THEN ~Yeah, blabla!~
BRANCH ~InParty("Yeslick") !StateCheck("Yeslick",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ BEGIN
YESLIJ ~BLA? HELL TO THE NO!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Bla~ EXTERN YESLIJ bla10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Blabla~ EXTERN YESLIJ bla10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Blablabla~ EXTERN YESLIJ bla11
CHAIN IF ~~ THEN YESLIJ bla10
~Okay, bla!~
END
CHAIN IF ~~ THEN YESLIJ bla11
~No way, bla!~
END
What can I do if there are other NPCs that must interact after Yeslick? After Yeslick block, can I just add them in this way?
== QUAYLJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Quayle") !StateCheck("Quayle",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ THEN ~BLA IS NOT SMART!~
== SKIEJ IF ~IsValidForPartyDialogue("Skie") !StateCheck("Skie",CD_STATE_NOTVALID)~ THEN ~Aww, bla?~
Thanks in advance for the help and for the attention. I am moving my first steps into the modding world and I really need some help for complex things