The new Fixpack thread for Compatibility, Bug Reporting, Changing/Removing Fixes

[Guest Guest]

Can you add a way to skip the cutscenes with esc?

[Jarno Mikkola]

24 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

Can you add a way to skip the cutscenes with esc?

Unfortunately the in-game cutscenes are scripted events that can't be skipped, as they involve in-game characters. The .mve files can be skipped already via the esc button, after you have seen them once, or you have edited the file that holds their names(baldur.ini in the old edition, and Baldur.lua in EEs).

[Guest Guest]

In ee I can skip them by clicking esc. Even the first time.

[CamDawg]

The EEs do this through some new engine functionality that can't be ported back to the original engine. Even if it could be done, it'd be a better fit in Tweaks rather than the Fixpack.

[Guest Guest]

Very cool, and I guess one of the reasons to switch to ee. Thanks.

[Roberciiik]

Hi, I corrected Polish translations for BG2 fixpack and opened github pull request: https://github.com/Gibberlings3/BG2-Fixpack/pull/8

Could you look at this and merge it for next version.

Thank you.

[AL|EN]

@Roberciiik Can you please revert removing of polish characters from component names? They are working fine:

You could actually update component names to have all polish characters included.

[Roberciiik]

I used the newest weidu (v247) and it does not work. If you have a tip how to enable polish characters in terminal, I would love to restore those characters.

[AL|EN]

Well, I was mislead by strange combination of UTF-coded polish chars inside file with 1250 codepage:

 Sorry for confusion.

@Mike1072 Can you merge this please?

Edited January 13, 2021 by AL|EN

[Insomniator]

Hi

Many dragon innate breathes have primary school as GENERALIST(spin893/spin596/...), so NoSpecialist Mages+Sorceres will have +2 bonus to saving throw (Wild Mages don't have bonus due engine bug)

Is it OK or spells are misconfigured ?

[Andrea C.]

I've done some more digging on the dragon breath thing.

Dragon	CRE Class	Breath School	Breath Secondary
Black	F/M/C	        Generalist	None
Blue	F/M/C	        Invoker	        None
Brown	Red Dragon	Generalist	None
Green	F/M/C	        Generalist	None
Purple	Shadow Dragon	?	        ?
Red	Red Dragon	Generalist	Magic Attack
Silver	Silver Dragon	Generalist	None
Shadow	Shadow Dragon	Generalist	None
Yellow	Red Dragon	Generalist	Magic Attack

There's quite a bit of inconsistency.

 

Should the red and yellow dragons' breath be a magic attack (which I assume means it can be blocked by magic resistance Spell Shield and the like)? I don't think it makes a great deal of sense.

All breaths have the generalist school except the blue dragon's, and even then I contend that all should have no school. As it stands, generalist mages and sorcerers enjoy a +2 bonus on saving throws against all dragon breaths, except the blue one (where only invokers get the +2 bonus.)

Last but not least, is there any reason why the black, blue, and green dragons should be Fighter / Mage / Clerics?

 

EDIT: Silver Dragon's paralyzation also has school: generalist, which should be changed to none.

Edited June 26, 2021 by Andrea C.

[Jarno Mikkola]

6 hours ago, Andrea C. said:

Last but not least, is there any reason why the black, blue, and green dragons should be Fighter / Mage / Clerics?

Yes, spell caster level modifiers, and because it's an actual class in game, hit point modifier from a CON bonus.

[Andrea C.]

This probably walks the fine line between a Fixpack item and a Tweaks Anthology item, but here goes: the Potion of Magic Blocking does not add a portrait icon, nor does it play any sounds when its effects expire. This way it's impossible for the player to tell when the imbiber is no longer under the potion's protection. It would great if it could get either or both.

[Andrea C.]

On 5/29/2021 at 7:05 PM, Andrea C. said:

I've done some more digging on the dragon breath thing.

There's quite a bit of inconsistency.

More on this from kjeron on the Beamdog forums:

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Blue Dragon Lightning Breath is an empowered clone of the Chain Lightning spell, in everything but name.

Everything about it is wrong: primary type, secondary type, casting sound/animation, affected by Magic Resist, blocked as a level 6 spell

 

[Andrea C.]

On 6/21/2021 at 2:44 PM, Andrea C. said:

This probably walks the fine line between a Fixpack item and a Tweaks Anthology item, but here goes: the Potion of Magic Blocking does not add a portrait icon, nor does it play any sounds when its effects expire. This way it's impossible for the player to tell when the imbiber is no longer under the potion's protection. It would great if it could get either or both.

I’m my BGT game the potion actually doesn’t seem to do anything at all. Anybody else having a similar problem?