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[King Diamond]

Another pack of unused files - from easter egg area:

AREGG0.BAF
CHRIS.*
BARDEZ.*
HLID.*
NOTMRT.*
DEANO.*
DAVE.*
NEEBIN.*

BG067L and S BMPs.

Hey! Those aren't unused are they? That's a serious discussion on ale vs beer IIRC.

I asked several months ago - "who's Deano"? Nobody answered me, so I marked them as "unused"....

[Ascension64]

Another pack of unused files - from easter egg area:

AREGG0.BAF
CHRIS.*
BARDEZ.*
HLID.*
NOTMRT.*
DEANO.*
DAVE.*
NEEBIN.*

BG067L and S BMPs.

Hey! Those aren't unused are they? That's a serious discussion on ale vs beer IIRC.

I asked several months ago - "who's Deano"? Nobody answered me, so I marked them as "unused"....

It wasn't Deano, it was someone else, but I've already done this because it definitely isn't used anywhere.

[Sir BillyBob]

These are the names of the oldtimers over at TeamBG. Deano created the Reign of Freedom and Reign of Virtue mods (which I still use today).

[King Diamond]

AR0602.BAF

IF
  Global("BP_ClericRangerWand","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
  RESPONSE #100
    SetGlobal("BP_ClericRangerWand","GLOBAL",1)
    ActionOverride("Picture1",CreateItem("CLRANGBP",0,0,0))
END

That should be removed from there - there's no such item in the mod. This is a concern of BP mod.

[King Diamond]

ARAM00.BAF

1) I think all EraseJournal() shold be removed - all will be done in AR0602.
2) All NPCs presence in party checks (and corresponding actions) should be removed - everything is done already in AR7208.

[King Diamond]

Unused or non-bg1-connected files:

AR4300.BAF
AR6751.BAF (0 length)
AR8800.BAF (0 length)
BPGOODYS.BAF (BP)
BPLETSGO.BAF (BP)
BRDBYEND.BAF (0 length)
CALINIT.BAF (???)
CUT41GBP.BAF (BP)

CUT67D.BAF, BG2DRM2G.SPL
CUT67E.BAF, BG2DRM2B.SPL
CUT69D.BAF, SPIND004.SPL - all BP
SPIND001-003.SPL - BP
SPINCHLI.SPL, SPINCALI.SPL, SPINKRVA.SPL, SPINSHGR.SPL - Celestial Fury (sw151b.itm) related

CUTILYCH.BAF, MONTRAS1.BAF - BP


BG2DRM1.SPL (BP) + it's necessary to remove the reference to it from PLAYER1D.BAF.


KRDL1.BAM, KRGLOBD.BAM, KRGLOBD2.BAM

TTIMOEN2, TTJAHEI2, TTMINSC2. CRE

IMOEN10.CRE - it's still in \modify\ folder (not used in the installation).

AR8051.MOS

SPLs: CUTCAF, DEADWIN, SLEEP, SPBSHP, SPEDDYN2, SPEDDYN4, SPIN350, SPIN838, SPRASH1, SPRASH2, SPMKAB

Edited by King Diamond, 31 May 2005 - 09:01 AM.

[King Diamond]

weidu --game "%BG1PATH%" --out BG1STO --biff-get-rest .*.STO

and everything with stores is done. \STO\ is not necessary from now.

Edited by King Diamond, 30 May 2005 - 04:12 AM.

[King Diamond]

Sweeping out unnecessary items....

BAG02T, BAG03T, BAG06T, BAG31T - not used
BOOK87, DRIZZTS - exist in tob's biff
CLCK08 - Algernon's cloack, exists already but without additional broken effect.
HARMI - not used

ILYCHHP1, HELLHO, IMOENHP1, KUOSPER, RING97 - existing or BP items.

RINGJOIA :

COPY_EXISTING ~RINGJOIA.ITM~ ~override~
  SAY NAME1 #1028
  SAY NAME2 #1028

- already exists.

SAHSPEAR, SAHSTAFF, SAHZOM01 - BG2 side, BP

SCRSLV1..3 - unused

SLEPBLT - unused

--------------------------

CLCK33 - good addition to the final battle, Semaj Cloak. But it's unused currently. To activate it SEMAJ.CRE patching is necessary:
.bat

move BG1CRE\SEMAJ.CRE BGMODCRE

.tp2

COPY ~BGMODCRE/SEMAJ.CRE~    ~override~
 READ_LONG 0x2b8 "slots_off"
 READ_LONG 0x2bc "it_off"
 READ_LONG 0x2c0 "it_cnt"
 SET index=0
 SET exists=0
 FOR( cnt=0; cnt<"%it_cnt%"; cnt=cnt+1 ) BEGIN
   READ_ASCII ("%it_off%"+0x14*cnt) "name"
   PATCH_IF (("%name%" STRING_COMPARE_CASE "DART01")=0) BEGIN  //find unused darts index in items list
     WRITE_ASCII ("%it_off%"+0x14*cnt) "CLCK33"    //and replace it with CLCK33
     WRITE_BYTE  ("%it_off%"+0x14*cnt+6) 0
     WRITE_SHORT ("%slots_off%"+2*17) cnt   //cloack slot
     SET index=cnt
   END
 END
 BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES

Now he has that cloak equipped.

-------------------------

COURHELM, DAGGELEC, DARTSLEP, DYNAHHP1, GROMNIR, JAHERHP1, KALIDHP1, KATVANQ9, LOLTHFLL, MINSCHP1, MISCTEAR, RING47, SARHP1, SNDNIG, SPELLBK, STAFMAGE, SW2H16B, VICONHP1 - unused

MISC2H, MISC2M:

COPY_EXISTING ~MISC2H.ITM~ ~override~       
  SAY NAME2 @238
  SAY IDENTIFIED_DESC @239

COPY_EXISTING ~MISC2M.ITM~ ~override~       
  SAY NAME2 @240
  SAY IDENTIFIED_DESC @241

instead of new file copying.


MISC12BP - should be kept +

COPY ~BGT/Modify/ITM/MISC12BP.ITM~ ~override~
  SAY NAME1 @327
  SAY NAME2 @327
  SAY IDENTIFIED_DESC @328

[Ascension64]

Progress update.

New journal system for Baldur's Gate portion of BGT is complete. TotSC journal entries still need to be sorted out. After that, I'll need to check stability of the installation, then make sure there aren't any eye-glaring bugs, before I release it for open-beta testing.

KD, I've already cleaned out ALL redundant files, so you don't need to do this.

[King Diamond]

KD, I've already cleaned out ALL redundant files, so you don't need to do this.

It's always good to doublecheck. It doesn't harm....

[King Diamond]

Heavy update for scripts.

Here I'm posting the whole package archive because it's too messy to extract the updates only.

94_Fixed_Beta_2.rar

Revision is done upone all BAFs and their installation. So plz pay attention to the \Base\BAF\, \Modify\BAF\ and TP2 corresponding section. Some files appeared, some are gone.

I'll try to describe the major issues:

1) Numerous additions of Continue() action to scripts with OnCreation() triggers. Some of them didn't work without Continue()'s due to the initial pass breaking.

2) Numerous checks for different combination of TotSC quest completion replaced just by one in ARU000.BAF

3) DPLAYER,2,3 fixed heavily. Old ones didn't have important actions for the Marek's Antidote and Werewolves' infection quests. They were just missed(!).

The system for armor/shileds/weapon shattering is updated and fixed. It's working now and working well.
Original AGEN.BS and APASS.BS modified. That fixes a situation when the old ones put 100% BLOCK on any other character scripts execution(!).

4) BRAGECUT patching modified. Removes bg1 loading screen during area tranistion.

5) DKHALID patching removed. That was for BP or something...

6) ENDCH4 patching order modified.

7) xJAHEIRA and xMINSC modified - XP check timer start added ;o)

TRANZI patching removed. That script is unused.

9) ARD016 - the last action in the script is modified to remove an infinite loop.

10) AR4300, AR7246 BAFs removed - they do nothing that is necessary, just some bulk actions.
IMOENBG1.BAF is unused one as well.

I didn't look at any compatibility sections - only the basic BGT.

Edited by King Diamond, 01 June 2005 - 06:43 AM.

[Ascension64]

Just as well you got this in. I was about to say 0.94 won't be supported anymore, which will now be the case, because there is a super overhaul and I don't want to waste my time finding out which fixes still apply and which ones don't anymore.

Heavy update for scripts.

Here I'm posting the whole package archive because it's too messy to extract the updates only.

94_Fixed_Beta_2.rar

Revision is done upone all BAFs and their installation. So plz pay attention to the \Base\BAF\, \Modify\BAF\ and TP2 corresponding section. Some files appeared, some are gone.

I'll try to describe the major issues:

1) Numerous additions of Continue() action to scripts with OnCreation() triggers. Some of them didn't work without Continue()'s due to the initial pass breaking.

2) Numerous checks for different combination of TotSC quest completion replaced just by one in ARU000.BAF

3) DPLAYER,2,3 fixed heavily. Old ones didn't have important actions for the Marek's Antidote and Werewolves' infection quests. They were just missed(!).

The system for armor/shileds/weapon shattering is updated and fixed. It's working now and working well.
Original AGEN.BS and APASS.BS modified. That fixes a situation when the old ones put 100% BLOCK on any other character scripts execution(!).

4) BRAGECUT patching modified. Removes bg1 loading screen during area tranistion.

5) DKHALID patching removed. That was for BP or something...

6) ENDCH4 patching order modified.

7) xJAHEIRA and xMINSC modified - XP check timer start added ;o)

TRANZI patching removed. That script is unused.

9) ARD016 - the last action in the script is modified to remove an infinite loop.

10) AR4300, AR7246 BAFs removed - they do nothing that is necessary, just some bulk actions.
IMOENBG1.BAF is unused one as well.

I didn't look at any compatibility sections - only the basic BGT.

[Ascension64]

Progress update.

BGT-WeiDU 0.99 BETA is now in closed beta-testing stage. It may still be a few weeks before I release it to open beta-testing because I need to make sure critical things are working correctly. As I said before, look for a release no later than the end of June.

[King Diamond]

2Asc
1) Are you taking care about bg1\override\ as it was told about some time ago?
2) If so do you rely on baldurdashed bg1 configuration or just original one? I mean existing non-weidu baldurdash for bg1 package.

[Ascension64]

2Asc
1) Are you taking care about bg1\override\ as it was told about some time ago?
2) If so do you rely on baldurdashed bg1 configuration or just original one? I mean existing non-weidu baldurdash for bg1 package.

Yes, bg1\override is taken care of but ONLY the .DLG and .BCS files of the vanilla bg1 install (i.e. no baldurdash). There aren't many at all.

[Ascension64]

There's a problem with new version, 94 fixed beta 2.rar, the game doesn't start. I have TDD, SOS, TS and NEJ weidu installed. With the previous version (94 fixed beta 1) the game started without problems. Can I use that old version or will I miss something important? Thanks for the assistance.

Of course you can. I have relinquished support of 0.94 BETA, and never really supported KingDiamond's fixed releases, so I don't really know what is going wrong there. KD will be able to tell you for sure, but there are a number of important fixes in Beta 2, which include shattering armor/shields, but who needs those to shatter?

A note on compatibility with TDD, SOS, TS and NeJ however. I believe that KD did not have compatibility in mind when he ran through BG1 and fixed stuff and when he removed redundant files, so you also may find that some things don't function probably because not all the compatibility files are there (i.e. they would come up as unused when he went through them because their functional references were not installed). If you have the patience, try it anyway and bear with the bugs, or alternatively, you can wait to 0.99 BETA, which now has full compatibility with BP mods and a host of other nice new features. I will not guarantee that the new version will be bug-free (that's why it is still BETA), and the new features will no doubt be full of those annoying insects.

Therefore, whatever you decide to do, it is up to you. However, I cannot and will not give support for bugs/problems you may encounter during the game because I work with 0.99 BETA now and not with 0.94 BETA. Look for a release at the end of this month.

[King Diamond]

There's a problem with new version, 94 fixed beta 2.rar, the game doesn't start. I have TDD, SOS, TS and NEJ weidu installed. With the previous version (94 fixed beta 1) the game started without problems. Can I use that old version or will I miss something important? Thanks for the assistance.

Can you be more specific? What do you mean "doesn't start"?
And it's never been tested with another mods for compatibility yet so ther're could be ANY problems with that.

[Ascension64]

when I click on the BG1 option to start a new game, and also when I try to start a BG2 game, the engine crashes and returns to windows with an error message where it asks me to report to microsoft the application problem. I'll try to use the old version and I'll tell you what problems I encounter.

Check BALDUR.GAM.