Weird Silke Encounter

[janoha]

Hi guys,

 

I have been playing around with SCS, IR, SR, RR, tweaks and NPC Project in BG:EE.

 

When I fought Silke I encountered a few weird things:

* She used a Contingency: Stoneskin. She is supposed to have only 1 level four spell, so that should not be possible.

* She does not have Stoneskin memorized, but was still able to use it in the contingency.

 

Can anyone comment on this? It seems to run rather counter to the idea of SCS not cheating

 

Edit: On second thought I should have put thin in the Bug Report section. Sorry about that. Feel free to delete the thread and move the comment there
Edit II: Looking a bit more at her Creature file in Keeper, she also does not have any proficiency points in any weapon.

[subtledoctor]

1) 1 level 4 spell slot --> memorize Stoneskin

2) sleep

3) cast Contingency (from scroll?) and put Stoneskin in it

4) unmemorize Stoneskin, memorize something else

5) sleep

6) cast Stoneskin from your Contingency, even though it's not memorized

[janoha]

That seems a bit much though? Wouldn't she rather scribe the contingency scroll?

I can see how it could theoretically be done, but I would argue that it's not really something I would expect of your average level 10 bard.. And yeah, she might be a bit more than average, but it's still very convoluted and in my opinion overpowered..
The player do not get access to level 6 spells before bard level 16. Granting her one stoneskin on prebuff, improved invisility on cast, and an additional stoneskin in contingency is way too much in my opinion.

addendum: Is it really intended behaviour for opponent mages to just flee using invisibility if they are overpowered? I understand it's realistic but it is very annoying

[AstroBryGuy]

It's not a Contingency spell. It's SCS's "longprep" routine. Mages in SCS instantly cast certain long duration defensive spells ("pre-buffs") like Stoneskin or Armor at the start of battle. The idea is that they actually cast the spell earlier in the day (e.g., the mage got up, showered, cast stoneskin, had coffee, flayed a kobold, etc..). The issue that I see is that the routine for Stoneskin doesn't check if the mage has the spell memorized.

 

Here's the script code for Stoneskin:

IF
	Global("longprep","LOCALS",0)
	See([PC])
	Allegiance(Myself,ENEMY)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		ReallyForceSpellRES("dw#sw408",Myself) // Stoneskin (cast previously)
		Continue()
END

If we compare this to the script block for Armor, notice that Armor checks for the spell in the mage's spellbook and uses a RemoveSpell to remove a memorized instance.

IF
	Global("longprep","LOCALS",0)
	See([PC])
	Allegiance(Myself,ENEMY)
	HaveSpell(WIZARD_ARMOR) // SPWI102.SPL (Armor)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		RemoveSpell(WIZARD_ARMOR) // SPWI102.SPL (Armor)
		ReallyForceSpellRES("dw#sw102",Myself) // Armor (cast previously)
		Continue()
END

If the Stoneskin block had the same triggers as the Armor block, Silke would not cast Stoneskin. I don't know if this is an error of omission by DavidW or if it is intentional. It would be a simple fix to longprep_core.ssl and longprep_bard_core.ssl to make the Stoneskin block do a HaveSpell() check. However, if most mages don't actually have Stoneskin prepped (i.e., if DavidW is intentionally not checking for Stoneskin so he doesn't have to add it to every mage's spellbook), then you'd see a dramatic change in the game, as mages suddenly stopped using Stoneskin.

 

In any case, it gives Silke an extra 4th level spell, since she gets to cast Stoneskin as a pre-buff and has Improved Invisibility memorized in her spellbook.

[janoha]

I have no issues with a precasted stone skin. But it did literally say "contingency: stoneskin" after I managed to break down the first and hit her.

[n-ghost]

Is it really intended behaviour for opponent mages to just flee using invisibility if they are overpowered? I understand it's realistic but it is very annoying

 

Yep, you can use this time to patch your party or flee yourself. You can also actually see the location of invisible mage by "Drinking a potion" message and try to get him by using some AoE.

 

Also, new SR dog summons (Animal Summoning II afair) will see through invisibility.

 

Btw, last time I checked on Silke (on BGT like a week ago), she had no Contingencies memorized, only stoneskin pre-buff. Bitch is still tough, so the best strategy is to try and swarm her right as the combat starts.

 

(Charname inquisitor casts dispel --that more often than not does nothing, but whatever-- and goes for a lucky hit in melee, Jaheira fires a sling and casts Sunscorch, Khalid, who is a fighter\mage for me, fires an arrow and casts Magic Missile, Imoen fires an arrow and uses a wand if there is any. By that time Silke has finished a cast --usually, Haste-- and is severely injured, so the next thing she does is drinking Invisibility potion which is countered with Entangle. Rip, gimme my quarterstaff +1 now.)

[AstroBryGuy]

I have no issues with a precasted stone skin. But it did literally say "contingency: stoneskin" after I managed to break down the first and hit her.

 

I don't see the Contingency blocks in Silke's scripts on my SCS install, and Silke should not pass the "HasL6" check that SCS uses for adding the Contingency block anyway. Did you install any mods (or tweak her in NI/DLTCEP) before SCS that would have altered Silke (i.e. raised her level or made her a mage)?

 

Also, the way that SCS handles Contingency, it won't appear in the spellbook, AFAIK. It's controlled by a script block, like this:

IF
	Global("contingency","LOCALS",0)
	!CheckStatGT(Myself,0,STONESKINS)
	Detect(NearestEnemyOf(Myself))
	!StateCheck(Myself,STATE_INVISIBLE)
	GlobalTimerExpired("redefend","LOCALS")
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		DisplayStringHead(Myself,26577) // Contingency
		SetGlobal("contingency","LOCALS",1)
		ReallyForceSpell(Myself,WIZARD_STONE_SKIN) // SPWI408.SPL (Stoneskin)
END

[janoha]

Finally got around to play BG1 again and experienced the same "bug" with Silke. She uses contingency during the encounter, which she should not have access to.

Screenshots:

 

Precast:

http://imgur.com/kUURLfs,DSqDznQ#1

Contingency:

 

http://imgur.com/kUURLfs,DSqDznQ#0

 

 

Don't know how to directly post the pictures

[AstroBryGuy]

Did you install any mods (or tweak her in NI/DLTCEP) before SCS that would have altered Silke (i.e. raised her level or made her a mage) - such as CrevsDaak's Level Adder or SCS's .ini file customizations?

 

http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/32334/level-adder-v0-5#latest

[janoha]

Oh right.. Here is my Weidu:

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The last mod should only affect the randomly spawned monsters - increasing their frequency and expected level (4 gibberlings instead of 1 for example).

[Mad Mate]

This behavior is also in my Silke script. It happens because there is no check for Stoneskin spell in spell-book, as explained by AstroBryGuy here & here.

 

Only question is: did DavidW omit this on purpose or this is a bug?

 

It is easy fixable (if it is not intended or wanted) as AstroBryGuy said, by adding check for spell in prepblocks\longprep_core.ssl & generalblocks\contingency.ssl.

 

Silke is level 10 bard in vanilla, if I read correctly, but contingency.ssl (HasL6) checks just for level, not class.

[AstroBryGuy]

I think it's BG2 Tweaks, specifically, the Un-nerfed Spell Tables.

 

I installed SCS v30 without BG2 Tweaks, and Silke got the DW#1BRD4.BCS script ("BRD4" = Bard that can cast 4th level spells, i.e., no Contingency).

 

Uninstalled SCS. Installed BG2 Tweaks - only the Un-nerfed Spell Tables. Re-installed SCS.

 

Now, Silke gets the DW#1BRD6.BCS script, and she has Contingency.

[janoha]

Hmm strange..

The tweaked spell tables are only different from standard at very high levels. Silke is only a level 10 bard, and there shouldn't be any difference for her.

[AstroBryGuy]

More tests:

 

Started over, no mods installed => Silke got the DW#1BRD4.BCS script (no Contingency)

 

Put a copy of the un-nerfed MXSPLBRD.2DA file in the override (nothing else installed) => Silke got the DW#1BRD6.BCS script (Contingency!)

 

I then edited caster_shared.tph. In the "read in spells per level" section, an array is defined with the maximum spell level for each class.

DEFINE_ACTION_MACRO read_in_spells_per_level BEGIN
  ACTION_IF !VARIABLE_IS_SET macro_read_in_spells_per_level BEGIN
     OUTER_SET macro_read_in_spells_per_level=1
     ACTION_DEFINE_ASSOCIATIVE_ARRAY macro_spell_2das BEGIN
          MXSPLWIZ=>9
          MXSPLDRU=>7
          MXSPLPRS=>7
          MXSPLWIS=>7
          MXSPLBRD=>6
     END
 

I changed the MXSPLBRD=>6 line to MXSPLBRD=>8, and it worked. Installing SCS with the un-nerfed bard spell table resulted in Silke getting DW#1BRD4.BCS.

 

So, SCS is not liking it when the maximum spell level for bards is greater than what it thinks it should be.

[subtledoctor]

A few different mods give bards access to 7th, 8th, and sometimes even 9th level spells.

 

Seems le what SCS should ideally do is read the number of columns in MXSPLBRD.2da to learn the current max spell level for bards, and populate that array accordingly. Should be a relatively simple fix...