SCS+SCSII+BGT

[Enkidu]

There are 2 files that are causing this; bgbishop.cre and dopkie.cre.

 

I tried opening them with NI and couldn't (nothing happens when I click on them). Searching for them in backups of installed mods revealed a few results the latest of which is component #6070 of SCS v9 (Imp. Durlag's tower). Replacing these faulty files with those backups solved the problem. Something in Imp. Durlag's tower must be corrupting them.

 

Edit: more CREs seem to be infected. Trying to CLUA any of them results in ctd and they can't be opened in NI:

 

bgknight

bgpawn

bgrook

dopdur

dopdur1

dopdur2

dopdur3

pridem

 

Again, replacing them with the ones from scs/backup/6070 "solves" the problem.

 

Edit2: Opening them with dltcep reveals that the problem lies in an invalid spell memorisation count. Unfortunately I was unable to fix it as the editor crashes whenever I try to edit faulty values. There's not much more I can say as my understanding of the game mechanics is limited.

[Taimon]

It looks like some things in scsII.tph got mixed up.

 

For now I would remove/comment every line that reads

SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~

and change line 186 to

SET ~offset_original~ =~aboffset~

Note that this is not the best solution, but it should help you for now.

(It still has the issues discussed recently on SHS.)

[Taimon]

There are two more typos in the grant_spell_immunity macro.

So here is the complete patch:

--- scsII.tph
+++ scsII.tph.fix
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
	READ_BYTE 0x33  "eff_version"
	READ_LONG 0x2c4 ~aboffset~ //proficiencies
	READ_SHORT 0x2c8 ~#ab~
-	SET ~offset_original~ =~#ab~
+	SET ~offset_original~ =~aboffset~
	READ_LONG 0x2a0 ~off1~
	READ_LONG 0x2a8 ~off2~
	READ_LONG 0x2b0 ~off3~
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
	SET ~offset_original~ = ~effoffset~
	/// get the other offsets, we'll need them for tidying up
	READ_LONG 0x2c8 ~numeffects~
-	SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
+	//SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
	PATCH_IF (~%efftype%~=1) THEN BEGIN
	/// start by going through and seeing if we're already covered
		SET ~arewecovered~=0
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
	SET ~offset_original~ = ~effoffset~
	/// get the other offsets, we'll need them for tidying up
	READ_LONG 0x2c8 ~numeffects~
-	SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
+	//SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
	PATCH_IF (~%efftype%~=1) THEN BEGIN
	/// start by going through and seeing if we're already covered
		SET ~arewecovered~=0
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
	SET ~offset_original~ = ~effoffset~
	/// get the other offsets, we'll need them for tidying up
	READ_LONG 0x2c8 ~numeffects~
-	SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
+	//SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
	PATCH_IF (~%efftype%~=1) THEN BEGIN
	/// start by going through and seeing if we're already covered
		SET ~arewecovered~=0
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
	SET ~offset_original~ = ~effoffset~
	/// get the other offsets, we'll need them for tidying up
	READ_LONG 0x2c8 ~numeffects~
-	SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
+	//SET ~offset_original~=~numeffects~
	PATCH_IF (~%efftype%~=1) THEN BEGIN
	/// start by going through and seeing if we're already covered
		SET ~arewecovered~=0
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@
		FOR(i=0;i<~%numeffects%~;i=i+1) BEGIN
			READ_LONG 0x30*~%i%~+~%effoffset%~ ~efftype~
			PATCH_IF ~%efftype%~=206 THEN BEGIN
-				READ_ASCII 0x14+0x108*~%i%~+~%effoffset%~ ~effresource~			
+				READ_ASCII 0x14+0x30*~%i%~+~%effoffset%~ ~effresource~			
				PATCH_IF ~%effresource%~ STRING_EQUAL_CASE ~%immune_to_this%~ THEN BEGIN
					SET ~arewecovered~=1
				END
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
		END
	/// if we're not covered, add the effect
		PATCH_IF ~%arewecovered%~=0 THEN BEGIN
-			INSERT_BYTES ~%effoffset%~ 0x108 //make space for it
+			INSERT_BYTES ~%effoffset%~ 0x30 //make space for it
			//// fill in the details
			WRITE_LONG ~%effoffset%~ ~206~ // type: protection from spell
			WRITE_LONG ~%effoffset%~+0x2 1 //target self

[Salk]

Great stuff!

 

Now we might enjoy a working SCS v9!

 

Thank you a lot!

[DrAzTiK]

Sorry but could you say me how to apply this patch ? I am so bad in informatics...

[Salk]

DrAzTiK,

 

open the file called scsII.tph that you find in the folder SCS. Use any text editor to view the file.

 

Then just locate the lines that Taimon has indicated with a "-" and change them with the one indicated with a "+" under it.

 

Example:

 

-	SET ~offset_original~ =~#ab~
+	SET ~offset_original~ =~aboffset~

 

This means that you must edit the first line so that it looks exactly like the second line.

[Taimon]

Or just wait a couple of days for an unofficial hotfix .

[DrAzTiK]

thank you very much !