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subtledoctor

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Only two spellstates overlap existing ones: 119 DETECT_INVISIBILITY and 145 FIND_TRAPS. Then there are a bunch of added states like ITEM_CHARM, ITEM_CHARM_SEEN etc. which do not overlap.

EDIT - looks like they are not from SCS. FIND_TRAPS is added by @kjeron's Trap Overhaul mod. Not sure which mod adds DETECT_INVISIBILITY but it is earlier, so I think I've narrowed it down to either House Tweaks, PolyVorp, CDTweaks, or METweaks.

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kjeron

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9 minutes ago, subtledoctor said:

EDIT - looks like they are not from SCS. FIND_TRAPS is added by @kjeron's Trap Overhaul mod.

Confused - is it adding a duplicate spellstate for FIND_TRAPS, or is it adding the spellstate for FIND_TRAPS to an index already in use?

It still uses an older function that doesn't account for indexes listed in hexadecimal, and always adds new entries to the bottom of the file.  Aside from that it should account for occupied slots and any existing FIND_TRAPS spellstate.

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subtledoctor

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1 hour ago, kjeron said:

is it adding a duplicate spellstate for FIND_TRAPS, or is it adding the spellstate for FIND_TRAPS to an index already in use?

The latter. The IDS file looks like this: 

136 D5_METAPSIONIC
137 D5_MIND_WARD
138 D5_HOLDS_BARRED
139 D5_SEMI_DIVINE
140 D5_SPL_PREP
141 D5_MULTI_SORC
142 D5_CHARMEVADE
143 D5_STRIDE
144 D5_STUNEVADE
145 D5_NEW_PROFS
249 PRONE
250 DISEASED
251 CHAIN_LIGHTNING
252 EVASION
253 ACID_LEVEL_2
254 ACID_LEVEL_3
255 CYNICISM_EQUIPPED
119 DETECT_INVISIBILITY
145	FIND_TRAPS
146 ITEM_CHARM
147 ITEM_CHARM_SEEN

It picks up with the last-used index, rather than the one after that.  Assuming that's not a coincidence, maybe an off-by-one error?

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kjeron

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It looks that way, but I don't see how, after checking for an existing FIND_TRAPS entry, it's a crude but simple loop: 

OUTER_FOR	(i = 0; i < 256; ++i)	BEGIN
	ACTION_IF	!FILE_CONTAINS_EVALUATED	(~SPLSTATE.IDS~	~^%i%[ %TAB%]+[^ %TAB%%WNL%$]+[ %TAB%%WNL%$]~)	BEGIN
		APPEND	~SPLSTATE.IDS~	~%i%	%label%~
		OUTER_SET	new_ids = i
		OUTER_SET	i = 300
	END
END

and "145 D5_NEW_PROFS" certainly meets the FILE_CONTAINS_EVALUATED for i=145.

Function hasn't changed since at least v0.03.

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kjeron

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53 minutes ago, DavidW said:

A return character other than %WNL%, perhaps? 

%WNL% is a combination of both return characters, within a [ ] it should match any of them.

I think the issue is related though, the ^ symbol doesn't consider anything after a lone "\r" as a new line, then again, neither does the game engine, so it shouldn't be used here anyway.

This trigger in a dialog cannot compile: 

  CheckSpellState(Myself,NEW_SPELLSTATE)

if the index for NEW_SPELLSTATE in SPLSTATE.ids is preceded with a lone "\r", instead of "\r\n" or "\n": 

149 OLDER_SPELLSTATE\r\n150 OLD_SPELLSTATE\r151 NEW_SPELLSTATE\r\n152 NEWER_SPELLSTATE
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My game crashes when Aec'Letec is about to spawn too. (Bg1EE, 2.6.6.0)

Also, the spell lance of distruction doesn't work, it is casted as normal but no animation appears and it doesn't do nothing. 

WeiDU

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All the IWD spells appear to work in my game (classic Bg2 + ToBEx), however the descriptions of the lesser elemental summons (spwi516, spwi520, spwi521, spwi526) are wrong, and have the text for Malavon's Rage.

Mind blank doesn't display the Mind Shield portrait icon, makes it harder to tell if it's still active.

Spell Immunity can be cast in the same round as another spell, due to it having target type 7, should be 5 as in vanilla, no? The player can exploit this but the AI doesn't seem to be able to.

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ETA, a couple of other issues.

Spellcasting demiliches still do not use their Trap the Soul innate on PCs. They use an almost generic lich script! The main threat of a demilich was always its soul sucking ability, now they're simply more resilient - but not really more dangerous - than an regular lich (apart from being higher level and their occasional Howl).

I don't mean to be a pest but demilich AI stands out as something that really needs to be fixed because it dramatically reduces the difficulty of a couple of what were previously uniquely challenging enemies.

Some Rakshasas seem to have lost their weapon proficiencies, specifically TRRAK03, RAKMAH01 and RAKRAJ01, and their THAC0 is inconsistent with Rajahs and Ruhks being better fighters than the higher level, higher hp Maharajahs... am I wrong in thinking they should also strike as if using a magic weapon? Further, Raks buff with Minor Spell Deflection and Minor Spell turning, both are useless to them as these only bounce spells up to the 7th level which Rakshasa are naturally immune to anyway.

Beholders (other than Hive Mothers and Elder Orbs) have too low HD, they should be 15th rather than 9th level (as Gauths are, that's right I think).

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3 hours ago, polytope said:

Further, Raks buff with Minor Spell Deflection and Minor Spell turning, both are useless to them as these only bounce spells up to the 7th level which Rakshasa are naturally immune to anyway.

Those spells protect against enemy spells until they are exhausted. The spell that exhausts them gets used up even if it is higher level than the remaining protection. So both of those force the player to remove or burn through them with lv7+ spells before being able to directly affect the rakshasa with spells.

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20 hours ago, Christian said:

Those spells protect against enemy spells until they are exhausted. The spell that exhausts them gets used up even if it is higher level than the remaining protection. So both of those force the player to remove or burn through them with lv7+ spells before being able to directly affect the rakshasa with spells.

No, single target spells higher than 7th level go straight through Minor Spell Deflection and Minor Spell Turning, while any lower level spell (except Breach, depending on your installation) would fail to affect a Rakshasa anyway. The only single target spells that can be used against Raks are Bigby's Clenched Fist, Maze, Power Word:Blind (if you use the SCS option to make it single target), Bigby's Crushing Hand (weakish spell anyway), Imprisonment and Power Word Kill all of which work regardless of Minor Spell Deflection or Turning.

Breach will be absorbed by MSD with default SCS behaviour and also strip Raks, but it's still not clear to me why the Raks use MSD rather than Spell Immunity:Abjuration or Spell Shield for that purpose. I'm not sure if they should even buff with spells below 8th level (i.e. not Absolute Immunity, Protection from Energy or Spell Trap)*., that's David W's choice.

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*Edit; or Improved Mantle

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10 minutes ago, polytope said:

No, single target spells higher than 7th level go straight through Minor Spell Deflection and Minor Spell Turning, while any lower level spell (except Breach, depending on your installation) would fail to affect a Rakshasa anyway. The only single target spells that can be used against Raks are Bigby's Clenched Fist, Maze, Power Word:Blind (if you use the SCS option to make it single target), Bigby's Crushing Hand (weakish spell anyway), Imprisonment and Power Word Kill all of which work regardless of Minor Spell Deflection or Turning.

Breach will be absorbed by MSD with default SCS behaviour and also strip Raks, but it's still not clear to me why the Raks use MSD rather than Spell Immunity:Abjuration or Spell Shield for that purpose. I'm not sure if they should even buff with spells below 8th level (i.e. not Absolute Immunity, Protection from Energy or Spell Trap)., that's David W's choice.

After carefully reading the spell descriptions it turns out, that you are right. Minor spell turning won´t affect spells of lv5 (Domination) and higher and minor spell deflection won´t help with lv7 and higher. I honestly didn´t know that until now.

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