Icewind Gate - Delta version

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One solution is to make a new version of Lady Yuth, based upon the female customer who is usually in the Mart. This solution has worked in practice.
Another solution is to try and figure out where the fear is coming from. I copied the Lonk the Sane, Perth the Adept, Lady Yuth and Ribald CRE files into a spreadsheet. Ribald is the only one not suffering from fear. I have compared the differences and similarities in the four files, especially the parts marked as Unknown. I will try altering key unknown sections and see if that makes any difference.
To enact any changes to a CRE file you may need to shut down the IWD2 program. I usually alter the animation to check that the changes have in fact occurred.

 

You may need to shut down the IWD2 program in order to enact any changes to a CRE file. I figure that the entire Override folder is loaded when the program starts but this is only a guess.
Another solution to Lady Yuth having a panic attack: at offset 26C h the original string "5F 5F 53 48 h" was replaced by "0A 05 3C 00 h". The latter string comes from Ribald.cre, Ribald Barterman never showed any panic. What each of the four individual hex numbers mean I don't know.

Offsets 26C thru 26F: changing only one offset at a time showed that offset 26D was the one that controlled the panic. Offset 26D: 5F was replaced by 05, or in decimal terms 95 was replaced by 5, this stopped the panic of Lady Yuth. Setting offset 26D to a value of 5 also worked to stop the panic of Perth the Adept and Lonk the Sane.

 

"And the other is translating the classes/kits into proper 3.5 rules."
If Darion meant translating the BG2 kits into IWD2 format, that may not be straightforward. Some features like the Undead Hunter's immunity to level drain are easy enough. I am working on a ring for that now.
IWD2 opcode notes are not too well documented, the headings use BG2 names...
From what I can see, +3 damage and +3 to hit v undead will be impossible to program unless there is a spell/effect someplace.

 

Yeah, I know from play-testing BWS (Big Wold Setup) How troublesome kits can be. Even for BG2. And I simply concluded that they had to be a pain to get working in IWG.

I must admit, that I never completed IWD2 (chronic restarter syndrome) therefore I cannot tell the what kind of +/+Weapons are possible.
But I assume the bigger guns with more enchantments are not easy to create.
In BG2 there are some really exotic items- stat and enchantment wise. Probably the only game in the series with this many item.

And I don't remember IWD2 having such an assortment of those.

 

If you want to mod, look at what native IWD2 items can actually do. I will have to set the Ignore Override preference in Near Infinity, then go through the list of items, see if any item properties are useful for simulating kit abilities. Most overrides are IWG2 items, not native IWD2. Yesterday I checked through the IWD2 override items, did not see too much.
IWD2 has plenty of magical items, Item Browser in DaleKeeper shows that, but there's not the same variety in exotic powers as in BG2.
Substitutes may be possible, a flat +3 Cavalier bonus to damage may be replaced by a 2d6 bane against the evil.
Item descriptions are found in Dialog.tlk, they may not have any connection to reality. what is happening. The descriptions are not derived from entries in the item files.
My latest upload of IWG2Patches.zip has the text of all the BG2 kit descriptions, see the post I made above: Sat, 20th Aug '11, 7:14am.

BG2 opcode names are used in the IESDP notes on the opcodes used by IWD2 items. This seems to be part of a pattern, IWD2 modding is very much neglected in favor of BG2. Frequently the two sets of names are different so I have to search through the list of effects just to find it. I obtained a full list of the opcode names actually employed by IWD2, it came from the Near Infinity source file EffectFactory.java, line 447: "case Factory.ID_ICEWIND2:". I used Word and Excel to create a numbered list from the unnumbered text in the source file.

Substitutes may be possible, a flat +3 Cavalier bonus to damage may be replaced by a 2d6 bane against the evil. One approach:
Spell: Give Ability [171]
1: Irrelevant
2: Irrelevant
Description:
Gives the spell specified by the resource key to the targeted creature(s).
It seems that EFFUH1C.SPL is the way to go.

The actual +# damage v Evil would be handled by this:
#402 (0x192) Add Effects List
1: Irrelevant
2: Type
Description:
The Type parameter sets how the effect functions, known values are:

I don't know if this would work or not. The kits would be unofficial.

 

If things get to complicated, you can still forgo, the whole Kit's deal, and leave them out for the time being.

Multi-classing alone should be able to cater to most play-styles.

 

I will see how it works out. Currently I am trying to get Crom Faeyr to work as it should, so far no luck.
Certain parts of the kits can be created, may end up with partial kits instead.

With the help of opcode 402 I can create a good replica of Crom Faeyr. I am getting the hang of it slowly. I created three new versions (crushing, piercing and slashing) of EffUhc1.spl. Each does around 1,000 points of damage, more than enough to kill any Troll or Golem.

It seems that I can only give one major melee power to "Crom Faeyr". This late in the game Trolls are no big deal but Golems are still painful to face, so I will make it slay them with mega-damage.

 

Raelis Shai dialog to audience did not trigger until party the spoke to her.
Jaheira, Baron Ployer quest: party paid off the three mages, too tough otherwise and they were well-meaning to top it off.
Chromatic Orb can sometimes paralyze a Mage before he can cast Improved Invisibility, guaranteeing his demise.
Cleaned MaeVar's Guild easily enough now party is in the Druid Grove.
One lot of Trolls in Druid Grove are immune to fire damage coming from weapons?! This is unlike all the other Trolls that the party has fought. Fortunately the party Sorceror knows Agannazar's Scorcher, that proved enough to keep them dead.

 

Question. I always wanted to try this mod, but I am noob when it comes to needing to manipulate the game itself. I can follow instruction though. Is this mod something a newbie/noob can actually install and play or shoudl I wait another few years before it's refined?

 

It is playable, especially with the aid of the patches I have created. Delta version is relatively smooth and playable.
Currently the area map is on one scale while the area notes and the party location on that map are on another scale altogether. I suspect that if you are a noob you will have trouble with the map. It really helps if you played the original BG2, that way you know where everything is.

 

Cool! Thanks for the vote fo confidence. I have played BG2 a zillion times. The Map is not an issuethten.

 

You will need to adjust combat tactics because Icewind Gate 2 PCs use the Icewind Dale 2 spell lists, which is not always such a blessing.

For anyone who has not played BG2 much: map notes may be in the wrong place but they have the same position relative to each other. If you don't know where something is, you could estimate the position by looking at the position of the various map notes on the map. Look where the area note of the unknown place is, relative to the area notes of the places you know about.

 

I could not get the Harper quest to kick off, even when the party took the body to the Docks, Rylock never showed up. So I had to insert this code into the script _AR0300.bcs:
IF
PartyHasItem("_MISC5F") // Renfeld's Body
GlobalTimerNotExpired("RenfeldDeath","GLOBAL")
!GlobalGT("_DEADRylock","GLOBAL",0)
!Exists("rylock")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
CreateCreature("_RYLOCK","rylock",[1436.2947],13)
END

Problem is now fixed. Initial damage problem, you enter the Docks District and you read
"Rylock- Damage Taken (#)"
Is this due to Xzar/Lyros? Anyway, this leads to Jaheira turning hostile too! This is no small hassle as she leaves the party and starts attacking the nearest PC! I was able to fix this with an alteration to Harper.bcs:
"IF
Or(3)
HPPercentLT(Myself,100)
AttackedBy([GOODCUTOFF],DEFAULT)
Allegiance(Myself,ENEMY)
Global("AttackFirstHarpers","GLOBAL",0)
THEN"

The above code means that if one of the first three conditions are met, along with the Global("AttackFirstHarpers","GLOBAL",0), Rylock will turn hostile. If he is attacked the party must have done it! Even though the party is nowhere near him.

This problem went away when the code was changed to:

"IF
Or(2)
AttackedBy([GOODCUTOFF],DEFAULT)
Allegiance(Myself,ENEMY)
Global("AttackFirstHarpers","GLOBAL",0)
THEN"

 

HarpClr.bcs problem, the global is actually set to a value of 2, when it should be 0. IWG2 Game may intend that Jaheira not meet the three Harpers, they never show up… so I removed the reference to JaheiraHarperPlot and replaced it with LyrosJob. (For whatever reason Xzar is frequently called "Lyros".)

IF
GlobalGT("JaheiraHarperPlot","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
DestroySelf()
END

IF
GlobalGT("LyrosJob","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
DestroySelf()
END

 

Yes, the patch was updated yesterday to include all the latest fixes.

Next item on the agenda, Nalia is abducted but remains in the party and unselectable.

 

A bit confused, but when does Nalia get kidnapped?

 

After her father's funeral, and the resulting confrontation with Isoea Roenall. A bit of time elapses between the funeral and the so-called "arrest".

 

Ah, yes, thank you. The arrest!
I was thinking in lines of Graveyard-kidnapping...

Cheers!