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[Arkenor]

Snilloc's Snowball Swarm is a canon FR spell. It's essentially, for those who don't know, sort of like a coldbased fireball, except it's level 2 and does a lot less damage.

It was in the Icewind Dale games. I'd be amazed if nobody had ever gotten around to converting it to BG2, but I can't seem to find it mentioned anywhere.

Is anyone aware of a mod that adds it? Or if not, is there a technical reason why it would not be possible?

Edited by Arkenor, 13 September 2010 - 06:55 AM.

[Shaitan]

I think Demi thought of adding it into Spell Revision a while ago... Spell Revision forum

[Arkenor]

I think Demi thought of adding it into Spell Revision a while ago... Spell Revision forum

Oh cool. It's definitely not in there yet though. That's a mod I use.

[Arkenor]

I think Demi thought of adding it into Spell Revision a while ago... Spell Revision forum

Oh cool. It's definitely not in there yet though. That's a mod I use.

It looks like it might be in Classic Adventures (though the old post I found regarding it says they were considering removing it due to animation issues, so it may be no longer), but that doesn't really help me in my megamodding ways.

Edited by Arkenor, 13 September 2010 - 07:35 AM.

[Demivrgvs]

I think Demi thought of adding it into Spell Revision a while ago... Spell Revision forum

Oh cool. It's definitely not in there yet though. That's a mod I use.

Yep, as long as I find a good spellbook bam for it, or someone who can do that for me, that spell is indeed in the relatively short list of new spells I'd like to implement within SR V4.

[Arkenor]

I think Demi thought of adding it into Spell Revision a while ago... Spell Revision forum

Oh cool. It's definitely not in there yet though. That's a mod I use.

Yep, as long as I find a good spellbook bam for it, or someone who can do that for me, that spell is indeed in the relatively short list of new spells I'd like to implement within SR V4.

Huzzah! I look forward to it with a certain amount of eagerness! Snowball swarm fills a rather nice place in a wizard's arsenal. Were the IWD2 spellbook graphics not suitable? I honestly don't remember what they looked like! At any rate, it doesn't sound like much of an obstacle if you can get the spell itself working! Classic Adventures seemed to be having some problems in that post I linked. though they may have gotten it working since, for all I know.

Edit: Come to think of it, I suppose they must have gotten it working for the IWDinBG2 mod as well. Another total conversion I've never really looked at.

Edited by Arkenor, 13 September 2010 - 08:46 AM.

[Demivrgvs]

Were the IWD2 spellbook graphics not suitable? I honestly don't remember what they looked like! At any rate, it doesn't sound like much of an obstacle if you can get the spell itself working! Classic Adventures seemed to be having some problems in that post I linked. though they may have gotten it working since, for all I know.

No IWD spellbook graphisc is completely different from BG one, it would feel completely out of place.

The way I was thinking to implement it is rather tricky, because I think IWD animation was either not available or not implementable in BG. I'd use pre-existing resources to make it, probably the single target "blue bolt" used by Winter Wolf's breath attack. The end result should look like a single "snowball" fired at each target in the area. Anyway, we'll see.

[DavidWallace]

Edit: Come to think of it, I suppose they must have gotten it working for the IWDinBG2 mod as well.

Up to a point. (The animation isn't quite correct).

Another total conversion I've never really looked at.

Right at the moment, don't bother. (I speak as the principal author.) We're still in the beta stage (to put it generously) and I've got a long backlog of bugs to fix with the current beta.