Translation of the mod

[n3ige]

Hello I am working on the translation (in French) of the mod and I will gather here some questions related to the translation (not french related). Some may be typo, others may be check for incoherence and some can be clarifications.

- Some entries look the same, is it ok to just assign one entry to the other? For instance in file dragon_disciple, entries 22 and 24 are the same, can we have @24 = @22 ?

- In file elementalist.tra, the multiclass descriptions only mention the mage part, not the bonus of other classes. Is it intended?

- In file class_race.tra, blackguards are mentioned for smite order and smite chaos. Shall it be better to replace them with Thrall of Orcus and Disciple of Asmodeus?

- In file kit.tra, alignement of Sword of Selûne is restricted to chaotic good, neutral good, and chaotic neutral. Do you mean loyal instead of chaotic ? (I can't imagine kensai being chaotic)

- In file kit.tra, some lines mention that call lightning is a fourth level spell of priest (should be level 3)

- As well, control undead is incorrectly reported as 6th level wizard spell (should be level 7)

- Symbol of fear is not a priest spell, only a wizard spell (at least in Baldur's Gate) (for dark knight of bane)

- The forester of Mielikki have some special tags in his description (CLERIC_POWER_LEVEL_3), and each tag is printed twice. Is it a typo?

- Where is the entry for force mage which insert the description of all spells? => I don't know why, but regexp from file sof_lua.tra is not working. For instance, the entry 120 is displayed in the description of the class, like this : Avantages:*|Inconv+nients:*

- There are two kinds of militant invoker (one not having access to divination, the other to illusion) ?

- When installing the kit for cleric/ranger i am having the following error : 
[./override/K_CR_HO.2da] loaded, 46 bytes
FAILURE:
You can't add powers to a multiclass kit without specifying the class explicitly, and you can't remove powers from a multiclass kit at all (not in lib_kit, at any rate).
Stopping installation because of error.

- [BUG] : The description for the dragon disciple (red), is not taking the entries from the file dragon_disciple.tra

- shapeshift.tra : you have to save vs breath to avoid knockback from lesser earth elemental  and to save vs petrification for earth elemental

Edited August 25 by n3ige

[DavidW]

I am not keen on people working on translations as long as the mod is still in beta (and so its organization might change significantly without notice), and I'd recommend waiting for an official release.

Notwithstanding that, thanks for this helpful list of bugs.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

- Some entries look the same, is it ok to just assign one entry to the other? For instance in file dragon_disciple, entries 22 and 24 are the same, can we have @24 = @22 ?

They're not actually identical. (At least on my local copy, but I don't think that file's been changed locally.)

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

- In file elementalist.tra, the multiclass descriptions only mention the mage part, not the bonus of other classes. Is it intended?

Yes. When a kit is a single-class kit applied to one part of a multiclass character, only the single-class bit gets described.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

- In file class_race.tra, blackguards are mentioned for smite order and smite chaos. Shall it be better to replace them with Thrall of Orcus and Disciple of Asmodeus?

I mean: they could be, but it's also fine as-is. 'Blackguard' is the class, 'Thrall of Orcus' is the kit. Either works as a reference.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

In file kit.tra, alignement of Sword of Selûne is restricted to chaotic good, neutral good, and chaotic neutral. Do you mean loyal instead of chaotic ? (I can't imagine kensai being chaotic)

Not a bug, though it could be debated as a bad design choice. Priests of Selune can be chaotic good, neutral good, or chaotic neutral; I'm just replicating that. (Arguably I should require swords of Selune to be NG, as the only overlapping alignment.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

In file kit.tra, some lines mention that call lightning is a fourth level spell of priest (should be level 3)

- As well, control undead is incorrectly reported as 6th level wizard spell (should be level 7)

Thanks, fixed.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

Symbol of fear is not a priest spell, only a wizard spell (at least in Baldur's Gate) (for dark knight of bane)

It's a priest spell if you install IWD spells, and they're required for that component.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

The forester of Mielikki have some special tags in his description (CLERIC_POWER_LEVEL_3), and each tag is printed twice. Is it a typo?

They're not printed twice. CLERIC_POWER_LEVEL_3, CLERIC_POWER_LEVEL_7, CLERIC_POWER_PLACEHOLDER_3 and CLERIC_POWER_PLACEHOLDER_7 appear once each.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

Where is the entry for force mage which insert the description of all spells? => I don't know why, but regexp from file sof_lua.tra is not working. For instance, the entry 120 is displayed in the description of the class, like this : Avantages:*|Inconv+nients:*

Can you reproduce this in English? I'll check the English version when I have a chance. If not I suspect it's a regexp that's looking for an English line in a French file.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

There are two kinds of militant invoker (one not having access to divination, the other to illusion) ?

I don't think @61 gets used, it's a relic from an earlier version.

On 8/23/2024 at 6:04 PM, n3ige said:

When installing the kit for cleric/ranger i am having the following error : 
[./override/K_CR_HO.2da] loaded, 46 bytes
FAILURE:
You can't add powers to a multiclass kit without specifying the class explicitly, and you can't remove powers from a multiclass kit at all (not in lib_kit, at any rate).
Stopping installation because of error.

- [BUG] : The description for the dragon disciple (red), is not taking the entries from the file dragon_disciple.tra

Will check, thanks.

[n3ige]

I am making lot of installations of the mod, mostly step by step.

- In my current step, the red dragon disciple description is in french, so I suspect a later component superseding only the description of the red disciple.

- I am having issues while installing the component 'Allow druids to multiclass as mages, rangers, or thieves', with the following error while launching the game : 
[string "M_DW_VCD.lua"]:265: expected near 'air'
[string "M_DW_VCE.lua"]:2: attempt to index global 'dwChargenKitOverride' (a nil value)
Then, while making a new game, I cannot select a class (empty window while selecting the class)

I am only having issues while using the french *.tra files, everything is going well with english files (at least from what I have seen), so it may be an issue from my side.

Edited August 25 by n3ige

[DavidW]

To check I understand correctly: are you (i) getting problems using your french .tra files but the mod installs fine on the French version of the game using English .tra files? Or are you (ii) getting install problems even using the mod's official tra files when you install in French?

If it's (i), I'm afraid you're on your own for now. Obviously in due course I'll try to be helpful with translations, but I don't want to get involved with that until we're out of beta (or at any rate till I've got the bug list adequately squashed!) 

If it's (ii), let me know and I'll try to reproduce it.

[n3ige]

It's case (I), so we will see later