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[kthxbye]

Hi @ all.

While installing Drizz't Saga I noticed it gave a warning about a script block not being upgraded, namely the ARAM00.bcs script. Drizz't Saga tries to change Imoen's block in order to make Drizz't Saga characters leave the party and disappear upon transition between BG1 and BG2.
In the tp2 the relevant piece of code is:

COPY_EXISTING ~ARAM00.BCS~ ~override~
	  REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK ~oARAM00.BCS~ ~nARAM00.bcs~
BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES

but the block as written in oARAM00.BCS won't be found in ARAM00.BCS

It's an harmless warning since its only consequence will be (I guess) that Drizz't Saga characters will still be in the party at the start of BG2, or will be handled by the standard ARAM00.bcs.

I'm sorry if I've chosen the wrong board, but since I tried the mod specifically modified for BGT I think that's the right place. If not, please point me towards the right place and I'll notify the warning there too.

[Ascension64]

I can confirm this. There were major changes made to ARAM00.BCS to facilitate the fix for the wrong version of Jaheira and Viconia returning in BG2.

[Miloch]

Well the original modder (flysoup) is still around but doesn't actively maintain this mod and I believe has given his permission for folks to change the mod as they will. So if you or anyone else has a fix (as seems to be the case if you investigated the script blocks) feel free to post it.

[kthxbye]

The attached .rar file is an hotfix I've just done - I simply modified the files oARAM00.BAF and nARAM00.BAF inside the DrizztSaga/SNIP/ folder. Just decompress the mod as usual, then decompress the hotfix in the same directory where the mod is and when prompted to merge folders/overwrite files, hit yes. No need to change the tp2.
Not tested, but should work as I only replaced the old Imoen block Drizz't Saga was looking for with the new one, taken from BGT v1.8 BGT/Base/BAF/ARAM00.BAF file.

Attached Files

•  DrizztSaga.rar   895bytes   197 downloads

[Miloch]

I haven't looked at the code, but REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK is a rather obsolete way of doing things, though it may have worked ok at the time when it was in use (and it is a reason it no longer works here, though it may have at one time). It is better nowadays to use DECOMPILE_BCS_TO_BAF and REPLACE_TEXTUALLY instead, if you can manage that (I think the WeiDU doc has some examples of this, or if not, several mods do, like Aurora's quest gold component).

[kthxbye]

Yup I use the DECOMPILE_BCS_TO_BAF and REPLACE_TEXTUALLY for my Rose mod, but on this particular case I thought it could've been cleaner to just replace the two BAF files the tp2 referred to. Didn't know it's an obsolete method. Will upload a new hotfix as soon as I switch to my laptop.

[kthxbye]

Here's the hotfix which fixes the tp2 to use the DECOMPILE_BCS_TO_BAF, REPLACE_TEXTUALLY and COMPILE_BAF_TO_BCS commands for all instances of script changes.
Since it overwrites the tp2 file, use it only for Drizz't Saga v2 reworked for BGT, or it could not be compatible, lead to errors or bring back bugs fixed in future versions of the mods.

Attached Files

•  DrizztSaga_hotfix__BGT_version__v2_only_.rar   14.33K   219 downloads

[Lollorian]

... and it is a reason it no longer works here, though it may have at one time

Do you mean WeiDU isn't backward-compatible with code??

OMG ... What about all the other older mods that may use this?? Wouldn't it be possible to create a .tp2 patcher or something to update codeblocks instead of rewriting each .tp2 one-by-one?? (i dunno ... just throwing it out )

@kthxbye: Is the second attachment used in conjunction with the first?? Or are they for entirely different thing??

Cheers,
Lol

Edited by Lollorian, 17 October 2009 - 09:29 AM.

[kthxbye]

Actually my first install of Drizz't Saga went flawless with the instances of REPLACE_BCS_BLOCKS that didn't refer to the new ARAM00.bcs from BGTv1.8 (there are some that patches some demon scripts, changed those too in my last hotfix) so I think that it's alright to use them but when possible it's safer to use the DECOMPILE_BCS_TO_BAF and REPLACE_TEXTUALLY commands.
Anyway, doing a "tp2" patcher should be pretty easy using linux - don't know on windows, but I think it would be quite easy there too. I'm pretty too much out of practice to make it right now tho, I'd need to spend some time to get used to unix scripts again.

[Miloch]

What about all the other older mods that may use this?? Wouldn't it be possible to create a .tp2 patcher or something to update codeblocks instead of rewriting each .tp2 one-by-one??

The problem is that REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK looks for a specific *block* in a script and tries to replace that whole thing with another block. Now if some mod's come along and interjected something within a block, or replaced a variable or something like that, it won't work, because it has to match exactly the first block to replace it. REPLACE_TEXTUALLY on the other hand is usually more precise... it's like using a scalpel versus a sledgehammer to perform surgery. As for mass-replacing the code, you'd have to figure out some way of parsing each BCS block (both the search and replace blocks) and somehow rewriting it... possible to automate somehow I guess, but not an easy task.