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[Bill Bisco]

Mcbaldur.  Could we have some screenshots of your final party?  Their stats, items, etc.   I am immensely curious!

[Greenhorn]

Even the best things eventually come to an end. Thank you Micbaldur for your invaluable contributions and relentless bug hunting in the best game ever ( for me, at least   ). Sad to see you going, things are starting to feel kinda lonely for us remaining BGT die hard fans... 

[agb1]

Re: Gloran Move
I did a grep for "1178,1386" and it gave me hits for Gloran, Kim, Raziel & Minsc (in Back to Brynnlaw)
 
If you have them installed, could you do a quick check to confirm they all stand at the same spot please? If yes, your input on new spots for everyone would be great

Ups never noticed that before.
 
And yes Gloran, Razier and Minsc are at same spot. I can't get Kim to leave so that she ends up at Copper Coronet, don't know does romancing affecting her. But she needs new place too.
 
Maybe these works:

Gloran: EscapeAreaMove("AR0406",1211,1420,0)
Raziel: EscapeAreaMove("AR0406",1107,1362,0)
Kim: EscapeAreaMove("AR0406",1349,1494,0)

Thanks again for your hard work.

Better late than never - BWFixpack'd patches to reposition Gloran, Raziel and Kim.  I haven't checked these positions in-game, just used your suggestions.  We can easily adjust in the future.

[agb1]

Spoiler

FfT: Earl Wultheof says that he gives gold as reward but gives nothing.

Changed Action 2 at YSCHEARL.DLG:

GivePartyGold(1500)

to:

GiveGoldForce(1500)

Made fix for future installs.

FfT: Problem with The Food Thief quest because global "ysCerendorThief" is never set anywhere to 1 so quest can't completed by talking to Countess Wultheof.

At YSCADO.DLG added to action 2:

SetGlobal("ysCerendorThief","GLOBAL",1)

Made fix for future installs.

FfT: Problem with ysgargel.dlg global "ys_TalkedToGarGel" is set 1 at YSAILOTH.DLG so Garalial Geltarath acts like you have talked to him already.

At YSAILOTH.DLG removed from action 1 and 2:

SetGlobal("ys_TalkedToGarGel","GLOBAL",1)

Made fix for future installs.

FfT: Dialogue problems with "Kill Akil" quest. First Levon doesn't recognize that Akil is at same room because global "ysTalkedToLeron" is 1. Global needs to "more", 2 doesn't work right because Levon goes hostile but 3 works fine. Global can be set at YSAKIL.DLG.

At YSAKIL.DLG added to action 11:

SetGlobal("ysTalkedToLeron","GLOBAL",3)

 

Second there's bug after first one in YSLEVON.DLG. There's typo at CheckStat triggers.

At YSLEVON.DLG changed at response trigger 3:

CheckStatLT(Myself,11,CHR)

to:

CheckStatLT(LastTalkedToBy(Myself),11,CHR)

 

At YSLEVON.DLG changed at response trigger 4:

CheckStatGT(Myself,10,CHR)
CheckStatLT(Myself,14,CHR)

to:

CheckStatGT(LastTalkedToBy(Myself),10,CHR)
CheckStatLT(LastTalkedToBy(Myself),14,CHR)

 

At YSLEVON.DLG changed at response trigger 5:

CheckStatGT(Myself,13,CHR)

to:

CheckStatGT(LastTalkedToBy(Myself),13,CHR)

Made fix for future installs.

 

Thanks micbaldur!  FFT v3.1.3 at https://github.com/B...rouble/releases includes these fixes, except I fixed the Levon/Akil issue in YSLEVON instead of YSAKIL.  Nightfarer also included these fixes in the BWFixpack, but targeted to the old versions of FFT (my branch uses mod folder fishingfortrouble; BWFixpack targets the old mod folder dq), so no conflict there.

Edited by agb1, 06 November 2016 - 06:49 AM.

[Nightfarer]

Hi agb1, sorry, but are you updating/working on a new FFT release?

 

EDIT: however, letting you know, I also created the fixes for Avi Maya and Rukrakia (including worldmap patching) but am not going to upload them for now because they break Textpack ENGLISH 15.7.

I will wait the release of BWP v16 with updated Textpack too before uploading them

Edited by Nightfarer, 06 November 2016 - 06:32 AM.

[agb1]

Yes Nightfarer.  Yovaneth gave permission to continue FFT and add EE(T) support.  I don't have any ambitions to expand FFT, just maintaining it for now.  The new releases should work fine on the original game types too.

[Nightfarer]

Hi agb1.

 

Ah ok thanks for the reply. I was just asking because did not notice it Too much busy with english translations

[micbaldur]

Mcbaldur. Could we have some screenshots of your final party? Their stats, items, etc. I am immensely curious!

Well, i don't know how to attach pictures and don't care to learn.

 

Besides there isn't much to see. Just CHARNAME max out exp, stats and everything else you can get from various items, able to alone deal with everything that game can throw agaist, practically like M1 Abrams battletank. Then there is 5 sidekicks (Imoen, Fade, Tyris, Rukrakia and Avi Maya this time) aka 4 girlfriends (2 pregnant) and 2 child already in backpack (mothers Aerie and Skie kicked out) and Imoen (no ToB romance yet in this BWP but next BWP has), Afaaq and Packmule, none of those (low stats and exp) are useful in final battles (just get in the way and dying).

 

Even the best things eventually come to an end. Thank you Micbaldur for your invaluable contributions and relentless bug hunting in the best game ever ( for me, at least   ). Sad to see you going, things are starting to feel kinda lonely for us remaining BGT die hard fans... 

I have to agree with you, BG1+TotSC and BG2+ToB aka BWP is best game ever  and past 10 years i haven't played practically anything else maybe little modded Icewind Dale I/II, modded Diablo II, modded KotOR 1/2 or modded Freelancer (Crossfire mod) between BWP installs.

 

Sad thing is, what time couldn't do EE    did aka killed BG modding.    So no point for me hang around here anymore.

 

Planning and repairing my next BWP with couple added mods and updated mods NEJ, TS and so on. Then palying BWP continues.

Edited by micbaldur, 06 November 2016 - 01:51 PM.

[Cahir]

Care to elaborate how exactly EE "killed" modding? I say modding these days is just fine. There are bunch of new modders out there with heads full of ideas how to use new opcodes and unhardcoded stuff provided by EE.

Granted, major Megamods may not be converted to play along with EE's at all, but majority of the most popular mods already are.

[Greenhorn]

 Then there is 5 sidekicks (Imoen, Fade, Tyris, Rukrakia and Avi Maya this time) aka 4 girlfriends (2 pregnant) and 2 child already in backpack (mothers Aerie and Skie kicked out) and Imoen (no ToB romance yet in this BWP but next BWP has), Afaaq and Packmule, none of those (low stats and exp) are useful in final battles (just get in the way and dying).

It sounds you had ton of fun in this playthrough.   I wonder how good Rukrakia mod is as this is one of rare mods that didn't made it in my BWP.   Anyway I hope that your next campaign will be even more epic and interesting. Cheers mate. 

[The Imp]

Well, i don't know how to attach pictures and don't care to learn.

Now, you'll have to !
Upload a picture to anywhere... google will help with "picture upload" search without the quotes, then just get a direct link to the picture from that, usually right click will help at that, and then just copy paste the address to here:

 [img=http-address] 

[micbaldur]

Care to elaborate how exactly EE "killed" modding? I say modding these days is just fine. There are bunch of new modders out there with heads full of ideas how to use new opcodes and unhardcoded stuff provided by EE.

Granted, major Megamods may not be converted to play along with EE's at all, but majority of the most popular mods already are.

You are talking about EE modding not BG modding.

 

I don't comment this issue any further.

 

 Then there is 5 sidekicks (Imoen, Fade, Tyris, Rukrakia and Avi Maya this time) aka 4 girlfriends (2 pregnant) and 2 child already in backpack (mothers Aerie and Skie kicked out) and Imoen (no ToB romance yet in this BWP but next BWP has), Afaaq and Packmule, none of those (low stats and exp) are useful in final battles (just get in the way and dying).

It sounds you had ton of fun in this playthrough.   I wonder how good Rukrakia mod is as this is one of rare mods that didn't made it in my BWP.   Anyway I hope that your next campaign will be even more epic and interesting. Cheers mate. 

Yes, i had, thanks    and i'm going to have lot of fun with my next BWP.   

 

Well, i liked Rukrakia a lot  but then again i like almost all female NPCs a lot, sad that there's only 5 slot in use, i could use lot more.

 

Well, i don't know how to attach pictures and don't care to learn.

Now, you'll have to !
Upload a picture to anywhere... google will help with "picture upload" search without the quotes, then just get a direct link to the picture from that, usually right click will help at that, and then just copy paste the address to here:

 [img=http-address] 

No, i don't.

[Greenhorn]

 Yes, i had, thanks     and i'm going to have lot of fun with my next BWP.    Well, i liked Rukrakia a lot    but then again i like almost all female NPCs a lot, sad that there's only 5 slot in use, i could use lot more. 

Well, there is one mod out there which kinda offer workaround ( and lot more ) around this problem and it's called Rjali NPC. Unfortunately it is EE exclusive so it seems we are out of luck...   

Edited by Greenhorn, 06 November 2016 - 03:14 PM.

[agb1]

Months ago I proposed the idea of a mod that would allow NPCs to be given a basic "follow CHARNAME" script even when not in the party.  Add some code to patch all of the InParty() checks in all dialogues that check for this NPC to become an Or(2) with a condition that recognizes the NPC as a "follower," and it might be possible to have the experience of a larger group within the limitation of the current game engine (still only 4 NPCs in your party at a time).  You would only have limited control over these extra NPCs (maybe as much as a familiar, maybe even less - no inventory or character record screen access, for example).  In other words, think of it as converting normal party NPCs into something like Afaaq.

Edited by agb1, 07 November 2016 - 10:02 AM.

[The Imp]

No, i don't.

Actually, if you read what I wrote, you already do, so ha, got you.
Just like memory, just cause you don't remember that you did a thing, doesn't remove the fact that you did. And you have to live with that. Or of course you could as well be dead, as the one that didn't, is already that.

[Greenhorn]

Months ago I proposed the idea of a mod that would allow NPCs to be given a basic "follow CHARNAME" script even when not in the party.  Add some code to patch all of the InParty() checks in all dialogues that check for this NPC to become an Or(2) with a condition that recognizes the NPC as a "follower," and it might be possible to have the experience of a larger group within the limitation of the current game engine (still only 4 NPCs in your party at a time).  You would only have limited control over these extra NPCs (maybe as much as a familiar, maybe even less - no inventory or character record screen access, for example).  In other words, think of it as converting normal party NPCs into something like Afaaq.

That is really interesting idea and real novelty. There were similar attempts, like this for example:

Spoiler

  Solo With a Party

     Version 2.0

      by Zyraen

  zyraen@hotmail.com

 

 

- Always wanted to play a Solo, but found the non-combat sections too boring?

 

- Find Solo-ing without a Thief too exasperating at the beginning?

 

- Want the challenge of a Solo and still enjoy that romance you haven't yet checked out?

 

- Want to really hit the limits of the Experience bar and see just how high level your main character can go?

 

- Wishing your party members could just go hide somewhere while you finished the baddies?

 

- Rerunning Baldur's Gate 2 with your uber Main Character to check out that new NPC but tired of having to babysit all your party members?

 

- Irritated with having to spend a good portion of your game time to move the rest of your slow-moving party ?

 

Well then, this Mod is for you!

 

 

 

 

This Mod was initially created so I could solo with a bunch of party members yet not lose out on the XP bonuses being awarded to my main character, and not have to worry about keeping the other party members alive.

 

There are also some other features in this Mod that might be very handy, and here's a list of what the Features this little Mod are.

 

 

 

FEATURES

 

a) XP Awarding

For every party member with XP exceeding 100,000, your main character gains 20,000 XP and the party member loses the same amount of XP.

 

b) Solo Combat

When engaged in combat, all the party members automatically disappear instantly into a Maze, without ANY Maze effects to clutter up your screen. Freedom is autocast to get them out of the Maze if the PC is within a certain distance of the place where they were Mazed.

 

c) Invulnerability Protection

All party members are invulnerable to all damage and deaths.

 

d) Improved Haste

For ease of movement along the maps and to keep up with the main character, all party members have Improved Haste on them at practically all times.

 

e) High level NPCs joining you

If a party member has XP exceeding 140K, the party member proceeds to lose XP until it has fallen under 140K, before XP is awarded to the main character.

 

f) Enhanced Thief Skills

All party members with Thief skills gain 150 to both Trap Detection and Open Locks. This allows you to continue to pick locks and traps even in Throne of Bhaal, even though your party members are of a low level.

 

g) Intelligence Boost

All your party members have their intelligence set to 18. This ensures that in the case of them being Mazed and are out of range of the Freedom spell, they will find their way out of the Maze in a relatively short period of time.

 

h) *DROPPED from v2.0* Resurrections

Automatically resurrects all and any dead party members after combat.

 

i) *DROPPED from v2.0* Healing

In case they get scratched here and there, healing is provided for your party members anytime they have less than maximum health

 

 

 

HOW TO USE THE MOD

 

The Mod can be brought into effect simply by using the Solo With a Party AI script provided in it. The steps are as follows.

 

NOTE : Before trying any of the following steps, it would be good to make sure your party members have *NO* RINGS in their Inventory. This may cause errors (see below in Gameplay Issues on resolving it)

 

1) Goto the Custom Scripts for your Main Character (the script only has any effect when on the main character. It has no effect if assigned to anyone else)

 

2) Select the SOLO WITH A PARTY Script from the list and then enable AI.

 

What you should see is a few lines of "Party Has Gained An Item". Once you see this you are on the right track. What then might follow is your party members losing Experience Points, and you gaining some of it.

 

If you want to revert back to normal gameplay and get rid of the Invulnerable Rings, move your Mouse over your main character and press S. What will happen is that the script will destroy all the Invulnerable rings and the game will pause. Use this chance to disable the AI or change your custom script, so that the Rings will not be recreated when you unpause.

 

 

 

COMPATIBILITY

 

This Mod is compatible with both SoA and ToB, and should be compatible with all existing NPC Mods. 

 

Mods and NPCs that have Quests which trigger upon reaching a certain XP or level may not function properly, but to date I am not aware of any Mods that use such triggers.

 

If Player1 does not run the Script, or Party AI is not enabled, the script will have no effect on the game.

 

 

 

GAMEPLAY ISSUES

 

- *NEW Issue in v2.0* Rings in Inventory

Based on my own testing, this doesn't seem to be an issue, but for the sake of completeness I'll put it here.

Do try and ensure that your Party Members have NO Rings in their inventory, PRIOR to setting the Global to 1. This might cause problematic creation of the Invulnerable Ring. 

If problems occur, remove all ordinary Rings from the said Party Member, and then use ShadowKeeper to destroy the Invulnerable Ring in the Party Member's inventory. Re-enter the game, and the Invulnerable Ring should show up correctly.

The party members can carry Rings as they like AFTER the Invulnerable Ring is created and placed on their Right Ring Slot.

 

- Attacking your own party members

This immediately causes all your other party members to be Mazed. To prevent this, the moment the attacking character(s) emerge from the Maze effect, stop them from attacking.

 

- Level triggered Quests

Because your party members will be kept at a relatively low level, certain level triggered quests may not be activated.

NOTE : to my knowledge, there are none such quests, among Bioware NPCs, or in any Mods

 

- Inventory issues

Make sure you have all the equipment you may want to use in combat on your main character, and not carried by someone else

 

- Summoning

A slight detraction from a pure Solo-game is that party members can help summon monsters prior to a battle, before battle ensues and they get Mazed, giving you extra help that you might not normally have in a solo

 

- Extra XP

There will be some extra XP gained by the main character, as compared to a normal Solo, as XP being awarded to your other party members for completing Quests will eventually come to you, and every new NPC that joins you above the 140K XP mark will essentially earn you an extra 40K

 

- Pausing 

Pausing the game or turning off Party AI will halt the script that reduces the party members' XP and award them to you. 

If you wish to "force" a level up, you can use a cheat or editor to increase the Party Member's XP, level the person up, and then unpause to have the Experience drop again to the desired level (and in the process gain an extra 40K or so experience)

 

- *RESOLVED in v2.0* Magic Resistance / Immunity to Abjuration

Such effects on party members will render the Maze ineffective against the party members

 

- *RESOLVED in v2.0* Instant Deaths

Certain instant deaths and such effects to your party members may nmake them unrevivable, such as Disintegrate, or Exploding Death through extreme damage

 

- *RESOLVED in v2.0* Solo issues 

Getting your main character charmed/dominated while in combat or other such effect will effectively require you to wait out the duration of the charm

NOTE : Getting Charmed / Dominated while others are Mazed will immediately lose you the game.

 

 

 

FEEDBACK

 

Any comments, criticisms, and suggestions for more features to be added to this Mod can be sent to zyraen@hotmail.com. Pats on the back can also be sent there Those would be extremely encouraging to look upon.

 

 

 

MODIFICATIONS

 

v 2.00

 

- CUSTOM SCRIPT - No Globals such as "IamgoingSolo" will need to be set using CLUAConsole or ShadowKeeper etc to make use of the Mod. Just select the Script and turn on the Party AI. 

- a NEW Maze spell has been written for use of the Mod. this means no more irritating 3D Maze Effects around you prior to a battle

- a NEW Invulnerable Ring now ensures 

a) Haste is permanently in Effect

b) Party members cannot be injured / killed

c) Party members are immune to offensive spell effects

d) Party members' Intelligence is set to 18

e) Party members' Lockpicking and Detect Traps receive a +150 Bonus

- Xpsol.cre has been completely removed. This removes a large number of issues in the game, such as Mazing Delays in battle, and occasionally seeing a seagull flashing in and out of existence

- Extra Code from previous Version has been removed.

- Party members are no longer transported near you (and usually into the thick of the battle) prior to getting Mazed.

 

v 1.01

 

- Healing has been applied to the party at anytime during the gameplay

- !CombatCounter(0) has been changed to ActuallyInCombat(), to prevent certain dialogues from triggering the Maze Effect on the party

 

 

 

CREDITS

 

v 2.0

 

- SimDing0, for the patience and guidance given in the last day of the Mod writing. With his guidance I converted v2.0 into a standard new script for the user to implement, rather than having to CLUAConsole or ShadowKeeper to work the Script. Without him none of this would have been remotely possible. Kudos to Sim for all the invaluable help and guidance!

 

- Ghreyfain, for the idea of using Invulner.itm to make things easier, via an MB post in PPG Forums. I had written it off previously, as the Ring would prevent Maze from coming into effect, but after some experimentation, I found it rather interesting though, how I could actually get a potentially deadly spell to come into effect despite the protection of the Invulnerable Ring. Thank you Ghrey for the idea!

 

v 1.0

 

- JCompton, for helping me with the name and with proofing through this readme to make sure I make sense. Thank you once again, for the encouragement and guidance.

 

- Sillara and Nethrin, creators of the Saerileth Mod, which became the main reason why I managed to finish v 1.0 (and in case you are wondering, yes, also v2.0 )

You can visit the Saerileth Mod here - http://www.gilalion....aerilethmod.htm

But it looks easier said than done. There could be problems with followers ( if they are allowed to actually follow and fight in some limited way   ) with dying and inability to resurrect them afterwards. But I'm sure there are numerous workarounds around that problem and resident modding wizards should be able to solve this without too much fuss.   In any case, very cool idea and I can't wait to see it implemented one day... 

 

[The Imp]

There could be problems with followers with dying and inability to resurrect them afterwards.

Just give them the min1hp ring and that's solved, for ever. Think of them as trolls.

[Greenhorn]

There could be problems with followers with dying and inability to resurrect them afterwards.

Just give them the min1hp ring and that's solved, for ever. Think of them as trolls.

Hey, to think of Jaheira or Viconia as trolls?!   You are killing the mood man.   But yes, on the more serious note, I guess this is one of the ways to solve this... 

[Roxanne]

There could be problems with followers with dying and inability to resurrect them afterwards.

Just give them the min1hp ring and that's solved, for ever. Think of them as trolls.

Hey, to think of Jaheira or Viconia as trolls?!   You are killing the mood man.   But yes, on the more serious note, I guess this is one of the ways to solve this... 

It has all been done before, e.g. when they go below HP5 they become unconcious for the rest of the battle and you can heal them afterwards etc, just like Afaaq returns into his bottle - look at how *game over only on party death* does it. Or the EET story mode, which does just this (currently only for joined NPCs but can be modded to extend for companions).

If you want to do it, you can.

[Greenhorn]

There could be problems with followers with dying and inability to resurrect them afterwards.

Just give them the min1hp ring and that's solved, for ever. Think of them as trolls.

Hey, to think of Jaheira or Viconia as trolls?!   You are killing the mood man.   But yes, on the more serious note, I guess this is one of the ways to solve this... 

It has all been done before, e.g. when they go below HP5 they become unconcious for the rest of the battle and you can heal them afterwards etc, just like Afaaq returns into his bottle - look at how *game over only on party death* does it. Or the EET story mode, which does just this (currently only for joined NPCs but can be modded to extend for companions).

If you want to do it, you can.

Great, I guess that in today's age of modding miracles everything is possible. But this : 

 

 Add some code to patch all of the InParty() checks in all dialogues that check for this NPC to become an Or(2) with a condition that recognizes the NPC as a "follower,

seems like coding nightmare.   I really hope I'm in wrong here, extending party limit and dialogues that go with it seems like unprecedented amount of fun ...