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[King Diamond]

I've just revealed the proper meaning of Player1..6 object variables.
They correspond to an order by wich NPCs have joined your party, nothing else (not the current NPC order on your toolbar). It's possible to see such correspondence if you will look at savegame's mini screen. NPCs are appearing there in such order, so it's obvious who will be Player1 (ALWAYS the protagonist) and who will be #4.

Prove me wrong if you can....

[Hety]

You just figured that out?

[King Diamond]

IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE

There's OVERRIDE BGIMOEN.BCS missing!

[King Diamond]

AR7208.ARE

Actor 4 (FLAM10) uses FLAM10A.BSC (assigned in ARE, not in CRE - offset 0x4ac) to check your invitations for the 2nd time when you entered the palace. That script is invalid and force him to try to speak to you all the time. That ARE script assignment should be removed (you are already allowed to enter) or script changed.

**ADDED**
And the actual problem here is that he's trying to speak to you but his dialog hasn't any valid states anymore ("Invitation"=1 already) so Dialog([PC]) is never happening and NumTimesTalkedTo remains =0 all the time.

May be it's necessary to set "Invitation" to 1 in BILL.DLG after he's letting you to enter the palace.

But still the better way just to remove FLAM10A.BSC from ARE.

Edited by King Diamond, 24 January 2006 - 01:53 AM.

[Ascension64]

IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE

There's OVERRIDE BGIMOEN.BCS missing!

She doesn't have it in classic BG1. Why does she need it? It simply forces dialogue with the PC. If a mod changes that script, it shouldn't. It should assign a new script to IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE in the OVERRIDE slot. I won't assign the script for post-BGT-WeiDU-install compatibility reasons.

[King Diamond]

IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE

There's OVERRIDE BGIMOEN.BCS missing!

She doesn't have it in classic BG1. Why does she need it? It simply forces dialogue with the PC. If a mod changes that script, it shouldn't. It should assign a new script to IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE in the OVERRIDE slot. I won't assign the script for post-BGT-WeiDU-install compatibility reasons.

Then we won't have this:

IF
	Die()
	GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",0)
END

IF
	Global("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",0)
	GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",1)
		Continue()
END

Will it affect her continuity?

[Ascension64]

IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE

There's OVERRIDE BGIMOEN.BCS missing!

She doesn't have it in classic BG1. Why does she need it? It simply forces dialogue with the PC. If a mod changes that script, it shouldn't. It should assign a new script to IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE in the OVERRIDE slot. I won't assign the script for post-BGT-WeiDU-install compatibility reasons.

Then we won't have this:

IF
	Die()
	GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",0)
END

IF
	Global("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",0)
	GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",1)
		Continue()
END

Will it affect her continuity?

Um, no. Imoen will still appear even if she died or whatever in BG1...I think the NPCAlive checks were simply for modder benefit when they modded on top of BGT-WeiDU, and otherwise they are entirely redundant at this particular point in time.

[horred the plague]

IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE

There's OVERRIDE BGIMOEN.BCS missing!

She doesn't have it in classic BG1. Why does she need it? It simply forces dialogue with the PC. If a mod changes that script, it shouldn't. It should assign a new script to IMOEN1,2,4,61.CRE in the OVERRIDE slot. I won't assign the script for post-BGT-WeiDU-install compatibility reasons.

Then we won't have this:

IF
	Die()
	GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",0)
END

IF
	Global("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",0)
	GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("ImoenAlive","GLOBAL",1)
		Continue()
END

Will it affect her continuity?

Um, no. Imoen will still appear even if she died or whatever in BG1...I think the NPCAlive checks were simply for modder benefit when they modded on top of BGT-WeiDU, and otherwise they are entirely redundant at this particular point in time.

That block dates back to BP-BGT (and BGT, since Bardez used my code); it most likely is redundant by now (and can be removed), since you've changed so much in this area of the mod.

[Ascension64]

No no. KD introduced these checks as a modder's resource to every NPC since 0.94 BETA. It is yet entirely unused.

[horred the plague]

No no. KD introduced these checks as a modder's resource to every NPC since 0.94 BETA. It is yet entirely unused.

I'm sorry, my mistake. Same script, different variable names... I used to check for (NPCName)Alive and/or (NPCName)PartyBG1. No "_" Precisely the same purpose, though.

[Ascension64]

(NPCName)PartyBG1

This is currently in use.

[King Diamond]

AR7253.BCS

This is an infinite loop of DENKOD's spawning :

IF
  Global("DukeThanks","GLOBAL",1)
  !Exists("DENKOD")  // ~Denkod~
  !Dead("DENKOD")  // ~Denkod~
THEN
  RESPONSE #100
	CreateCreature("DENKOD",[881.430],0)  // ~Denkod~
	TriggerActivation("Door7246",TRUE)
END

IF
  Exists("DENKOD")
  !Global("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
  RESPONSE #100
	ActionOverride("DENKOD",DestroySelf())
END

Global("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",0) should be added to the 1st trigger.

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@201815 = ~Amn still plans to go to war with us. I have tried to send messages to the council in Athlatka but they don't seem to respond. I don't know if the problem is with my couriers or the council.~

It's a typo

Edited by King Diamond, 26 January 2006 - 10:44 AM.

[King Diamond]

COPY ~BGT/Modify/ARE/ARU000.ARE~ ~override~
  SAY 0x2928 @23976
  SAY 0x29ec @24095

Wrong offsets. They should be 0x2818 and 0x28dc.

[Ascension64]

After much playing around with the BG2 engine scripts (which are quite horrible), I've managed to solve the problem with cats (and other niceties!) spawning the guards, and containers apparently remaining open.

Edited by Ascension64, 26 January 2006 - 05:30 PM.

[King Diamond]

ARU002.ARE

There're 2 FLML animations that need to be fixed 'coz their behaviour is broken - they're just not being redrawn properly.
I used DLTCEP to fix them. It's necessary to set "Chance of progress" and "Skip cycles" attributes to 0.

[King Diamond]

FENRUS.DLG

States 4, 5.
I don't think that such UNSOLVED_JOURNAL entry as

~Investigate Durlag's Tower.

I met some fop named Fenrus Boulon. His babble was not worth my time.~

should be added at all...

[King Diamond]

ARU008.ARE

Weather flag should be cleared.

I've just been teleported there from UB when it was raining. So I've got rain ambience still running after teleportation that is impossible for the frozen isle (or very UNUSUAL if u wish )

[King Diamond]

Removed stray AREA_* string references from Eldoth do prevent him saying awkward things

The same is for Shar-Teel and Garrick.

[King Diamond]

ARU009.ARE

TELLAN.CRE
There's an option for him to follow party as an ally. But that option isn't developed properly - there's only a corresponding dialogue state and FOLLOW.BCS.

It could be another tweak to complete his real alliance and to add an extra dialogue option to initiate after you found the cloak and led him outside.

[King Diamond]

Shouldn't there be some journal entries about Shandalar's quest?