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[Kol3no]

Hello,

i hope someone ll help me with these 2 problems :

1. problem is with making new items in program IEEP (v109 build 40). I can make item and when testing it in game everything is just fine. Efects, headers, text... works fine. Until i change language from english to czech. From that moment text is like this : <Invalid Reference> in all editing boxes. It happen on my new items or old items (where i made some change) in all directories of windows (doesnt matter where they are and what name they have). Maybe language instaler did that, but after unninstall it happen again. So how can i protect my new items ? And is there other way how to import items into game, except copy them to override folder ? I find that mods for weidu have console-installer and after installing (for expample stuff of magi v4) is everything ok, but if u look at items in directory before install - there is same "problem" <Invalid Reference>. This is only way how to do that ?

2. problem is with casting some spell permanent after item is equipped. My solution doesnt work. (2 days ago it worked with this effect, but now i dont know how to make it)
    I'm using effect : cast spell on condition
                               while equipped
                               0 - 100 propability
                               self
                               spellname in resource key
                               parameters 0 (up) 8 (down)        [program says : with this condition is spell casted every turn]

When i start game and wear item nothing happen.                               
I cant make scripts, only using this and nearinfinity - for exporting. So can someone help ?
(i know this is not about weidu or modding but most forums related to this are already dead)

Thanks

[Epantiras]

1. Do you change the item description and name? I usually use Near Infinity for this. If you want to change those parameters, you need to insert a valid "string" number, each string links to a string in the dialogue file of the game. For wxample, if the value for the item name is -1 then the item won't have a name, but if you type 6348 then you'll get "ring". If you want to create an entirely new descrption or name you'll have to use Weidu and type it in the installation file (the tp2). Probably, that's why when you checke modded items in their folders before the install they have <invalid reference>.

2. I'm not sure I've understood what you mean. Do you mean you want an item that casts a spell on the wearer and you want this spell to be permanent, even after the item has been taken away?

Anyway, I'd suggest you to take a look at the tutorials here on SHS http://www.shsforums...showtopic=36781 (if you haven't already)

[SConrad]

Moved to IE Modding Help.

Do not use IEEP for item editing (or any other editing). In modding terms, the tool is pretty much antique. Near Infinity or DLTCEP are both better suited for this, and as far as I can recall, they both have built-in support for adding strings to dialog.tlk. They should also be able to better edit the cast-spell-on-condition ability. If you want to make your item distributable (as in, available for others to download and play with), you should create an installer with WeiDU to assign the strings.

[Miloch]

I find that mods for weidu have console-installer and after installing (for expample stuff of magi v4) is everything ok, but if u look at items in directory before install - there is same "problem" <Invalid Reference>. This is only way how to do that ?

Yes, it is the only way, it is also the best way, but it is also easy to get around with WeiDU. Just make a text file called setup-mymod.tp2 and put in it:

BACKUP ~mymod/backup~
AUTHOR ~anything~

BEGIN ~My Mod~

COPY ~mymod/items/myitem1.itm~ ~override~
  SAY NAME1 ~Unidentified name goes here~
  SAY NAME2 ~Identified name~
  SAY UNIDENTIFIED_DESC ~Guess what?~
  SAY DESC ~Identified description~

And so on. Save this in a 'mymod' folder in your game directory (call it what you want). Make a folder called 'backup' in that too. Then download WeiDU.exe (or copy another mod's .exe) and rename it setup-mymod.exe. Put that in your game folder. Congrats, you've just made a WeiDU mod .

Note, you can use AUTO_TRA in WeiDU to have different languages for your mod, but that is slightly more advanced.

2. problem is with casting some spell permanent after item is equipped. My solution doesnt work. (2 days ago it worked with this effect, but now i dont know how to make it)
    I'm using effect : cast spell on condition
                               while equipped
                               0 - 100 propability
                               self
                               spellname in resource key
                               parameters 0 (up) 8 (down)        [program says : with this condition is spell casted every turn]

When i start game and wear item nothing happen.

Which spell do you want on your item? The best thing is to look at the effects of the spell and put them all individually on your item under equipping effects. I prefer DLTCEP to NI for this kind of work, but both should do the job (and both are better than IEEP as SConrad says).

I cant make scripts, only using this and nearinfinity - for exporting. So can someone help ?

Need a little more information to help - what is the problem with the scripts?

(i know this is not about weidu or modding but most forums related to this are already dead)

Eh... yes it is about WeiDU and modding, and this forum is not dead .

[Kol3no]

thx for replies and sorry about bad topic

Miloch thx for code, i ll try it. So i need some time to study these programs... I ll write if I ll be successfull or not.