New Component

[CamDawg]

This was fairly easy to do, so...

 

Cast Spells from Scrolls (and Other Items) at Character Level

 

If you cast a spell directly from a scroll, the spell is always cast as if you were a 10th level mage. This component removes that fixed value so the spell is cast at the same level as your character. This component affects all items, including any non-scrolls which can cast spells.

 

For Tutu (or the BG portion of BG2) this is a fairly big nerf, whereas in BG2 this will be a powergamer's component. Enjoy.

[the bigg]

Sigh, this will break some of Refinements coding...

 

Could you PM me before releasing, so I can cross-release an updated version of Ref. to avoid problems?

 

(actually reading the released code of Ref.: which will be the new opcode that G3T will use? if it's either 0x92 or 0x94 then I'm safe).

[CamDawg]

All it's doing is changing the parameter from Cast Spell (146 and 148) effects to Cast at Level: 0.

 

COPY_EXISTING_REGEXP GLOB ~^.+\.itm$~ ~override~
 READ_LONG  0x64 "abil_off"
 READ_SHORT 0x68 "abil_num"
 READ_LONG  0x6a "fx_off"
 SET "delta" = 0
 FOR (index = 0; index < abil_num; index = index + 1) BEGIN
   READ_BYTE ("%abil_off%" + (0x38 * "%index%")) "type"
   PATCH_IF ("%type%" = 3) BEGIN // magical
     READ_SHORT ("%abil_off%" + 0x1e + (0x38 * "%index%")) "abil_fx_num"
     READ_SHORT ("%abil_off%" + 0x20 + (0x38 * "%index%")) "abil_fx_idx"
     FOR (index2 = 0; index2 < abil_fx_num; index2 = index2 + 1) BEGIN
       READ_SHORT ("%fx_off%" +        (0x30 * ("%abil_fx_idx%" + "%index2%"))) "opcode"
       PATCH_IF (("%opcode%" = 146) OR ("%opcode%" = 148)) BEGIN // cast spell
         WRITE_LONG ("%fx_off%" + 0x04 + (0x30 * ("%abil_fx_idx%" + "%index2%"))) 0 // cast at character's level
       END
     END
   END
 END
 BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES

[CamDawg]

This is added in v18. For those wondering, bigg and I chatted over IM and there is no compatibility issue with Refinements.