Don't know much about fonts, except that a large amount of UI structures loads up the font info. Unlikely I'll make any changes since the UI is massively changing for BG:EE.
Not sure about this 'schism' thing. I just keep chipping away at the massive to do list...
TobEx Wish list
Started by Ascension64, Jan 02 2011 03:51 PM
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 09:52 PM
We love you for it 
I had a .bat file I found around here that could take any font you have installed and convert it to whatever .bam you needed. I'll see if I can find it; if I do, I'll just edit this post with an attachment.
I had a .bat file I found around here that could take any font you have installed and convert it to whatever .bam you needed. I'll see if I can find it; if I do, I'll just edit this post with an attachment.
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 11:17 PM
I don't know about a .bat, but there is a nifty Font BAM Generator utility here.I had a .bat file I found around here that could take any font you have installed and convert it to whatever .bam you needed. I'll see if I can find it; if I do, I'll just edit this post with an attachment.
"Ok, I've just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering, smart-arsed fools, freaks, and felons that continually test my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you've got a straight answer ANYWHERE in that bent little head of yours, I want to hear it pretty damn quick or I'm going to take a large blunt object roughly the size of Elminster AND his hat, and stuff it lengthwise into a crevice of your being so seldom seen that even the denizens of the nine hells themselves wouldn't touch it with a twenty-foot rusty halberd! Have I MADE myself perfectly CLEAR?!"
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 11:48 PM
What would be involved in making it so that the game could handle much larger area tilesets? I seem to recall (although I can't find it documented anywhere ATM) that although BGII can theoretically handle areas with 60x60 tiles, problems are experienced at that size, and so we are really limited to 59x59 tiles. I bring this up because the next set of modules that Classic Adventures is working on and is set to include is the Giant series (G1-3), and we are finding out that in order to scale areas large enough to accommodate/be appropriate for giants, the areas become much larger than BGII can handle, and they are so large that it isn't practical to split them up into separate areas. EDIT: I just found where SBB said
PoRGiant.rar 856.08K
155 downloads
What do you think, is it even something worth looking into? Something that would fall into the realm of BGEE?
which comes out to 79x59 tiles. For reference:Each area bitmap can be no bigger than 5056 pixels wide by 3776 pixels tall.
PoRGiant.rar 856.08K
155 downloadsWhat do you think, is it even something worth looking into? Something that would fall into the realm of BGEE?
Edited by Sam., 25 April 2012 - 12:01 AM.
"Ok, I've just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering, smart-arsed fools, freaks, and felons that continually test my will, mettle, strength, intelligence, and most of all, patience! If you've got a straight answer ANYWHERE in that bent little head of yours, I want to hear it pretty damn quick or I'm going to take a large blunt object roughly the size of Elminster AND his hat, and stuff it lengthwise into a crevice of your being so seldom seen that even the denizens of the nine hells themselves wouldn't touch it with a twenty-foot rusty halberd! Have I MADE myself perfectly CLEAR?!"
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Posted 25 April 2012 - 04:10 AM
Yes I tried that. It takes a while to get working and once you do, not all fonts have all the symbols needed. I've yet to find one that has the TM symbol for trademark. Also when using that tool for the few bams we know are for fonts, not all text is modified. imho, It would be much simpler to see if font size in general can be adjusted.I don't know about a .bat, but there is a nifty Font BAM Generator utility here.I had a .bat file I found around here that could take any font you have installed and convert it to whatever .bam you needed. I'll see if I can find it; if I do, I'll just edit this post with an attachment.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 01:04 AM
I'll add my three wishes for the genie of hacks. The first one is a crucial fix imo, the second one would be very cool but it's less "urgent", the latter one is the least important one, and probably the less doable.
Opcode #219 (0x0DB) Stat: AC vs. Creature Type Modifier [219]
This opcode is supposed to grant +2 to AC and saves vs. specified creature type (e.g. Protection from Evil spell uses it), but it seems the +2 to saves wasn't implemented in the BG2 version of the Infinity Engine. Is it possible to restore the intended behaviour?
Opcode #5 (0x005) Charm: Charm Specific Creature [5]
Is it possible to make the various forms of charm work as they should? Currently when Charm Person is used by the AI against PC players it correctly doesn't make the affected creature to fight against his old allies, but when used by players a charmed target is fully controllable (spellcasting included) as if it was the Domination version of this opcode.
Hide feedback text when a spell is cast
This is probably something you'll put at the bottom of your to do list (understandable), and many players may actually like to have a text line saying "who cast what" everytime a spell is cast, but one spell in particular is in dire need of this tweak: Mislead (removing the feedback text would make Mislead really misleading, and not just II on steroids).
Is any of the above doable? I hope for at least the 1st one, because else I would have to face 2 broken spells (ProEvil) and tons of items not working as they should.
Cheers
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The first one is a crucial fix imo, the second one would be very cool but it's less "urgent", the latter one is the least important one, and probably the less doable.Opcode #219 (0x0DB) Stat: AC vs. Creature Type Modifier [219]
This opcode is supposed to grant +2 to AC and saves vs. specified creature type (e.g. Protection from Evil spell uses it), but it seems the +2 to saves wasn't implemented in the BG2 version of the Infinity Engine. Is it possible to restore the intended behaviour?
Opcode #5 (0x005) Charm: Charm Specific Creature [5]
Is it possible to make the various forms of charm work as they should? Currently when Charm Person is used by the AI against PC players it correctly doesn't make the affected creature to fight against his old allies, but when used by players a charmed target is fully controllable (spellcasting included) as if it was the Domination version of this opcode.
Hide feedback text when a spell is cast
This is probably something you'll put at the bottom of your to do list (understandable), and many players may actually like to have a text line saying "who cast what" everytime a spell is cast, but one spell in particular is in dire need of this tweak: Mislead (removing the feedback text would make Mislead really misleading, and not just II on steroids).
Is any of the above doable? I hope for at least the 1st one, because else I would have to face 2 broken spells (ProEvil) and tons of items not working as they should.
Cheers
Demi
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:03 AM
They are all doable, just a matter of when.
The charm issue was discussed before. I still have yet to determine what happens when AI charms players, particularly if the charmed player gets assigned some generic 'hack something' script.
The charm issue was discussed before. I still have yet to determine what happens when AI charms players, particularly if the charmed player gets assigned some generic 'hack something' script.
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:08 AM
For #1, maybe even a way to designate
1. AC bonus (actually a thac0 penalty on the creature type)
2. save bonus
3. both
There are uses for the AC bonus that have nothing to do with a fixed +2, nor Protection from Evil.
1. AC bonus (actually a thac0 penalty on the creature type)
2. save bonus
3. both
There are uses for the AC bonus that have nothing to do with a fixed +2, nor Protection from Evil.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 02:36 AM
Cool! If fixing opcode #219 is easier than the rest as I hope (wasn't it fine in BG1?) I hope you can make it relatively soon...that thing is screwing my life as a modder.They are all doable, just a matter of when.
The charm issue was discussed before. I still have yet to determine what happens when AI charms players, particularly if the charmed player gets assigned some generic 'hack something' script.
Well, that would be utterly cool. I can already imagine quite a few things I'd be able to do with it within Revisions mods.For #1, maybe even a way to designate
1. AC bonus (actually a thac0 penalty on the creature type)
2. save bonus
3. both
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Cool! If fixing opcode #219 is easier than the rest as I hope (wasn't it fine in BG1?) I hope you can make it relatively soon...that thing is screwing my life as a modder.
Opcodes only went up to #190 in BG1:TotSC.
The Protection from Evil spell used generic AC and save bonuses in that game. It also conferred protection from charm.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 03:03 AM
Does any mod fix ProtEvil in BG2 so that it works just like the BG1:TotSC version?
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 03:14 AM
Does any mod fix ProtEvil in BG2 so that it works just like the BG1:TotSC version?
Not to my knowledge.
BTW, in case it matters, the charm immunity is only supposed to work against charm spells cast by evil creatures in PnP.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 04:33 AM
I can still learn a lot of things.Opcodes only went up to #190 in BG1:TotSC.
Cool! If fixing opcode #219 is easier than the rest as I hope (wasn't it fine in BG1?) I hope you can make it relatively soon...that thing is screwing my life as a modder.
The Protection from Evil spell used generic AC and save bonuses in that game.
Well, I guess that making ProEvil work like that is not an option, as its name would pretty much makes no sense (though the AI could use it as a sort of ProGood version), don't you agree?I do thought about adding it, but I never did because I was unable to make it work only against evil aligned opponents. What do you think? Should I add it regardless of alignment? I'm sure BG1 players would love to have at least one counter to charm spells.It also conferred protection from charm.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 05:09 AM
IMO this can be solved by having opponents cast different charm spells and then selectively use opcode 206 in the various protection from spells.
Of course, it would be even nicer if there would be a way of expanding opcode 177 to allow the checking of the alignment of the caster (and not the target!) so that the shell spell (via 146) is guaranteed to fire off if the caster is of, say evil alignment.
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Of course, it would be even nicer if there would be a way of expanding opcode 177 to allow the checking of the alignment of the caster (and not the target!) so that the shell spell (via 146) is guaranteed to fire off if the caster is of, say evil alignment.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 12:30 PM
Imo this is just too much hackery...Of course, it would be even nicer if there would be a way of expanding opcode 177 to allow the checking of the alignment of the caster (and not the target!) so that the shell spell (via 146) is guaranteed to fire off if the caster is of, say evil alignment.
Better go for something more robust, like NWN's model, where each spell invokes a script, allowing conditioning of any complexity. It would cover a much wider field than a single 177 can.
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Whilst I haven't yet used this mod, I am about to as some of the ideas in it seem to be excellent.
Two things.
1) I am hoping that a lot of the changes will be optional.
2) I am hoping that this program can be used for Tutu in the same way that BG2 Tweaks can.
If it can, please could you place that information in a place where it will be found as it is quite important.
Two things.
1) I am hoping that a lot of the changes will be optional.
2) I am hoping that this program can be used for Tutu in the same way that BG2 Tweaks can.
If it can, please could you place that information in a place where it will be found as it is quite important.
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What would be involved in making it so that the game could handle much larger area tilesets? I seem to recall (although I can't find it documented anywhere ATM) that although BGII can theoretically handle areas with 60x60 tiles, problems are experienced at that size, and so we are really limited to 59x59 tiles. I bring this up because the next set of modules that Classic Adventures is working on and is set to include is the Giant series (G1-3), and we are finding out that in order to scale areas large enough to accommodate/be appropriate for giants, the areas become much larger than BGII can handle, and they are so large that it isn't practical to split them up into separate areas. EDIT: I just found where SBB said
which comes out to 79x59 tiles. For reference:Each area bitmap can be no bigger than 5056 pixels wide by 3776 pixels tall.
What do you think, is it even something worth looking into? Something that would fall into the realm of BGEE?
I don't know if you are aware of it, but killing a giant whose circle is not visible causes crashes in the Drizzt Saga. Not a critiscism of that mod, just something to consider when doing anything concerning giants.
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Fixes and modder extensions are, by default, enabled. Tweaks are all optional.1) I am hoping that a lot of the changes will be optional.
The program will work with any installation of Throne of Bhaal patched to version 26498.2) I am hoping that this program can be used for Tutu in the same way that BG2 Tweaks can.
Do a search within the archive for the readme file. The download itself is only around 1 MB.If it can, please could you place that information in a place where it will be found as it is quite important.
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I've been recently browsing through this thread and seen the request to move "thieving" ability for C/Ts from innates menu. Not sure if it is relevant anymore (didn't see such thing done by tobex, in any case), but anyway here's the simple hack that should do that - maybe someone will find it helpful (all offsets are in file, so changes can be done with any hex editor):
This switches "talk" and "thieving" buttons for C/T (the reasons are 1) this requires least changes; 2) "talk" is the least useful button on C/T hotbar imo). Also note that there is probably a bug there if C/T has exactly 12 innates - last one will probably not be shown - I didn't touch that.
I've also been recently looking at extending the hotbar - on higher resolutions there is plenty of empty space on screen - but it looks to be much more tricky, even without increasing max amount of quick weapons/spells/items and/or allowing customization. Ascension64, did you by chance consider making a similar tweak in future?
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This switches "talk" and "thieving" buttons for C/T (the reasons are 1) this requires least changes; 2) "talk" is the least useful button on C/T hotbar imo). Also note that there is probably a bug there if C/T has exactly 12 innates - last one will probably not be shown - I didn't touch that.
I've also been recently looking at extending the hotbar - on higher resolutions there is plenty of empty space on screen - but it looks to be much more tricky, even without increasing max amount of quick weapons/spells/items and/or allowing customization. Ascension64, did you by chance consider making a similar tweak in future?
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Ascension64, do you by chance accept contributions for tobex?
I've seen a bunch of bugs in contingency list (wizard spellbook screen):
1. If character has "non-contingency" conditional spells (i.e. direct #232's on items - for instance, Item Revisions mod uses a bunch of these), the contingency list is corrupted (either empty rows are shown, or some rows look duplicated) - basically, when building rows for screen and encountering non-contingency spell, engine simply skips one row without cleaning it - so user will either a gap (empty row), or a row containing some junk.
2. "First displayed contingency id" field has inconsistent meaning in row building function and dispel button click handler: in former it means "num of contingencies to skip", in second it means "num of any conditional spells to skip". This means that pressing dispel button often dispels something unexpected.
3. Even if correct contingency iterator for dispel is found, incorrect effect can be removed from character, because non-exact match is used (parent resource reference isn't matched). This is easy to reproduce: set up two contingencies for a character (i.e. 6th level "Contingency" spell and 9th level "Chain Contingency" spell), and try to remove one of them. In one situation everything will work as expected, but in another one incorrect effect will be removed (you have to force stats refresh to see that in game; but you can also save game to disk and check which contingency remains on character).
I've fixed that locally; my changes are below. Only basic testing was done, so maybe I've still missed something.
I've seen a bunch of bugs in contingency list (wizard spellbook screen):
1. If character has "non-contingency" conditional spells (i.e. direct #232's on items - for instance, Item Revisions mod uses a bunch of these), the contingency list is corrupted (either empty rows are shown, or some rows look duplicated) - basically, when building rows for screen and encountering non-contingency spell, engine simply skips one row without cleaning it - so user will either a gap (empty row), or a row containing some junk.
2. "First displayed contingency id" field has inconsistent meaning in row building function and dispel button click handler: in former it means "num of contingencies to skip", in second it means "num of any conditional spells to skip". This means that pressing dispel button often dispels something unexpected.
3. Even if correct contingency iterator for dispel is found, incorrect effect can be removed from character, because non-exact match is used (parent resource reference isn't matched). This is easy to reproduce: set up two contingencies for a character (i.e. 6th level "Contingency" spell and 9th level "Chain Contingency" spell), and try to remove one of them. In one situation everything will work as expected, but in another one incorrect effect will be removed (you have to force stats refresh to see that in game; but you can also save game to disk and check which contingency remains on character).
I've fixed that locally; my changes are below. Only basic testing was done, so maybe I've still missed something.
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