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[AuspiciousAugur]

@Chevalier - I'm relatively new here and it is a bit hard to reach this particular area, I usually rely on google search , paired with a signature check for links to the newest version. It is not too hard though, just somewhat less obvious than other sections.

[Lollorian]

Ok, found out how to do a poll So, would a public poll on this work?? (in another thread, instead of cluttering this one )

Oh, and the G3 forums seem to be clutered with these install order questions (and Jarno routes them all to the BWS )

Cheers,
Lol

Edited by Lollorian, 30 December 2009 - 11:18 PM.

[Lollorian]

There isn't any news of a new release (although we'd like some ) I'd reckon they're having some fun being holiday season and all The current version is completely playable!

Cheers,
Lol

[dabus]

Jup, I think we have.

I have not heard from the other guys about the BWP for a while and I myself have no interest in coding currently.
I just take some days of and play some computer game that shipped with a magazine and I wanted to play for some time.
So most likely no BWP and no BWS in the next few days.

Edited by dabus, 01 January 2010 - 05:28 AM.

[Lollorian]

While that sounds bittersweet, I'll just say that you guys deserve it

(no BWP/S for the next few days?!?!? And here I was, prepared to wait a month for the next one Ah well, maybe some huge mod update will be up by that time ... 12 days ain't ova yet!!! )

Cheers,
Lol

[dabus]

Ok, you may have read it somewhere on the forums, but I'd like to stress the fact that you cannot install the BWP "from scratch" currently since the downloads from shs are not working at the moment.

If you already have downloaded the files and want to reinstall the BWP and automatically extract the files with the BWS, edit the BiG World Setup\Config\Setup.ini so the first lines of the [Order]-section looks like this.

[Order]
Au3Detect=1
Au3BuildGui=1
Au3Select=4
Au3GetVal=1
Au3CleanInst=4
Au3PrepInst=4
Au3Net=4
Au3NetTest=4

This should start with the extraction of your files.
Remember that you have to select the mods first and save your selection.

Ah, very cool, syntax-highlighting.

Edited by dabus, 02 January 2010 - 10:39 AM.

[smercurio]

Note: I tried to do a search for this, but I get a database server error when performing a search. Probably due to the recent upgrades.

I've encountered a very strange problem with Irenicus' dungeon. Things started out relatively smoothly, but I encountered increasing stuttering after a few reloads (I was trying to beat the Ogre Mage). I found that I was encountering a LOT of enemies, which I found quite odd. In the central room with the Otyughs, for instance, there were 6 Othyughs, in addition to 2 Greater Otyughs. After a little digging I found this script block in AR0602.bcs:

IF
Global("ar0602","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
CreateCreature("bugbear",[617.2022],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("bugbear",[670.2067],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("bugarch",[717.1957],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("bugarch",[763.1991],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("bugarch",[823.1450],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("bugarch",[796.1589],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("bugarch",[904.1522],4) // Bugbear
CreateCreature("ddogre01",[977.262],4) // Ogre
CreateCreature("ddogre01",[1030.303],4) // Ogre
CreateCreature("ddogre01",[3204.814],4) // Ogre
CreateCreature("ddogre01",[3281.765],4) // Ogre
CreateCreature("otyugh",[2496.2056],4) // Otyugh
CreateCreature("otyugh",[2761.1962],4) // Otyugh
SetGlobal("ar0602","GLOBAL",1)
END

By itself it seems fine, but I found that it was firing EVERY time the area was loaded, whether it was from a save game or from a transition (such as going to the second level and back, despite the global variable being set. I verified in NearInfinity that a saved game had the variable set to 1, but when the game loaded, the creatures were created anyway. I walked around the AR0602 and found TONS of Bugbears, Ogres, and Otyughs. I Ctrl-Y'ed them all and the stuttering vanished. I'm not quite sure why the script block was always firing even though the global variable was set.

While you could exploit it to raise your characters to level 100+, I don't think that's what was intended with whatever mod added the above block.

Attached is my weidu.log if interested.

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•  Weidu.log   74.04K   218 downloads

[Jarno Mikkola]

While you could exploit it to raise your characters to level 100+, I don't think that's what was intended with whatever mod added the above block.

Attached is my weidu.log if interested.

Could you rather make a --change-log(answer #6) from the file 'ar0602.bcs', as it's far shorter. And I would say that the variable Global("ar0602","GLOBAL",0), is always used when one indeed loads the area, so it needs to be changed.

The thing there is, the game only has and can have 50 levels...

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 02 January 2010 - 12:48 PM.

[smercurio]

Could you rather make a --change-log(answer #6) from the file 'ar0602.bcs', as it's far shorter. And I would say that the variable Global("ar0602","GLOBAL",0), is always used when one indeed loads the area, so it needs to be changed.

The thing there is, the game only has and can have 50 levels...

Attached...

The thing there is, the game only has and can have 50 levels...

Well, yes, I know... I was being facetious.  

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•  change-log.txt   2.81K   221 downloads

[Lollorian]

Something for the next fixpack update, I'm looking at the latest beta build, 8.2.8 and it still seems to have the invisible stalker fix for spell_rev (it gets copied at the end of the install and overwrites anything that may have changed the stalkers before that)

Since the issue seems to be fixed in SRv3, is it recommended to delete those files in BiG World Fixpack\_Hotfixes\spell_rev\?? (and its reference in the _Hotfixes.txt )

(and is there a special reason why the hotfixes are copied into the override after gen_biff?? Can they be moved up to before the biffing?? )

PS: A lotta the hotfixes in the install.bat are deprecated from the fixpack

Cheers,
Lol

Edited by Lollorian, 03 January 2010 - 10:13 PM.

[Himself]

Okay I have a doubt


At the Chloe Install, guide says: Because of interjections this mod must be installed after Nalia Romance and after Tashia.



But in the install order, the mod seems to be located BEFORE Nalia (a lot of pages before).


Should I wait and install Chloe after Nalia D'Arnise Romance?

[Jarno Mikkola]

Should I wait and install Chloe after Nalia D'Arnise Romance?

Well, I wouldn't be so sure it's even the same Nalia mod the read me talks about, and you should realize he Chloe mod is quite old one... meaning that it should be quite early no matter what... cause the mods build on mods approach.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 04 January 2010 - 02:50 PM.

[Himself]

I thought about that too and did a little search, but every nalia mod comes after chloe..

Oh well, I'll install her now and hope that if problems arise.. these won't be overcomplicated to fix

[Himself]

Another small issue... Imoen Romance have sounds in some .xm format, the program that this mod uses to convert these sounds into wav (xm2wav) is 16 bits (I think) and as such does not work on win7 64.

Now correct me if I'm wrong.. but if weidu stops the installation of a mod during the sound stage, all other files (plus dialog.tlk) are already set, right ? So if I convert the .xm files to wav with another program and put those into the override, the mod should run completely fine ¿?

By the way weidu reports the mod as being installed, and all files except .xm ones show on override, in case anyone wonders.. ^^

[Lollorian]

<stupid suggestion that involved paid software>

Edited by Lollorian, 06 January 2010 - 01:51 AM.

[dabus]

VMWare -- for a mere bunch of sound-files that you don't really need and you can have with other 32-bit programs?
Like Winamp, Super (mencoder/ffmpeg) and so on? Oh my.

[Lollorian]

Well, that guy did it

[AuspiciousAugur]

Well, that guy did it

To be completely honest I use it for tasks other than running 16-bit audio converters But if you are able to procure a 32-bit Windows installation, there are other, cheaper/free alternatives.

Like for instance, Sun's VirtualBox.

Edited by AuspiciousAugur, 06 January 2010 - 01:20 AM.

[Lollorian]

Holy shit!!! <eats words> I confused VMWare with Sun's thing (I recommended it cause it was free lol ) ... My apologies (stupid ... stupid lol)