Editing NPCs

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Hi everyone. I was wondering if, with Shadowkeeper, it is possible to edit NPCs stats, abilities etc...how and does it in any way cause problems with errors or crashes in the game. Here's what I had in mind. I'd like to take Aerie and change her from a cleric/mage to a sorcerer and also edit Imoen and Nalia's thieving abilities upwards. Any help is appreciated.

 

I know that there is a lot of complaints about SK creating bugs in the game, but personally I've never had a problem with it. As long as you back up the save you are about to edit the worst that'll happen is that you'll need to reinstall the game, and then put the saves back in the folder. I really don't see how SK would cause something so big you would need to do that however.
It can be used to edit almost anything, and definately has 'helped' out when arrows keep building up in the inventories . I haven't actually changed anyones class with it though, although Ragusa posted a small guide in a reacent topic when I asked him about it, the do you cheat poll hope this helps you out.

[ January 11, 2003, 11:43: Message edited by: Vermillion ]

 

I actually think that SK does cause bugs, And I only used it to change the colours of my player and to read the descriptions of items I hadn't found or books I hadn't picked up. That and to export itmes - which was probably a mistake

I suppose you could use it - or you could use Creature Maker on the TeamBG website.

 

I haven't had any problems using SK.

I used it to upgrade my character to where she left off after BG1. I didn't add extra, I just wanted to keep all the XP I had honestly earned w/o XP cap.

I also tried to upgrade Imoen the same way. I really wanted her more as a thief then a mage. For reasons that became apparent later, the changes I could make to Imoen were limited. I tried to switch so that mage was fixed and thief moved up... couldn't do it. I tried to make her half-elf and multi-class her... couldn't do it. So now I keep track of her xp, whenever she has enough I go in and adjust using SK. IE, she's now 14 mage, 13 thief. I don't consider it cheating because I don't give her extra xp, I just arrange her XP the way I want.

Notes: keep track of her stats etc for yourself. Everytime she's away and comes back the game resets her stats. Also, you have to manually upgrade her thieving abilities 20 per level, her weapon proficiencies, and the hp she would have gotten for gaining levels as a thief, x 1/2.

Other than all this homework, I haven't had any problems. No crashes.

 

I only do a few fix ups:

1) Rearrange weapon proficiency points the way I want them. You should she Mazzy wield a Halberd! *lol* It's twice her size! Can't wait until I get Wave...
2) Grant a few more HP as though I was there to level them up from level one. I don't always max NPCs, but I do try to avoid low HP level-ups.

3) Add a few points here an there to abilities. So far I only gave 2 extra to Jaheira's wisdom and one extra to Imoen's strength (to get it to 10 so she could carry something!). Oh yeah... also set all my mages Int to 19 so they can learn all the spells.

No crashes/problems with any of the above.

 

I changed Aerie to swashbuckler once, because I wanted to romance her and i was in the need of some thief. Everything was alright, BUT:

!!!!!SPOILER!!!!

When Bodhi infected her with vampirism and i reassurected her, the game kept on crashing. It was not so big problem, I just had to give Viconia to the vampire...