minsc, edwin and the happy patch

[Quiss]

Hi

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but will the "happy patch" just affect issues with reputation or will it also keep Minsc and Edwin from clashing to the point of losing one of them?

I'd like to add Edwin but want to keep Minsc until ToB. I'd hate to suddenly find myself in the Underdark without my tank!

 

I played Vicona/Keldorn together before. They started to brawl but I ended up stopping the fight and quickly rejoining Viconia before they could start up again. That seemed to work and nothing was ever said again. I have no idea if that was supposed to happen. Would this work for Minsc and Edwin?

[cmorgan]

Tutu information: As far as I know, the Happy Patch should stop the two of them from leaving your party, except for some scripted battles over Dynaheir found in The BG1 NPC Project (which can be worked around by stopping the fight). Under the project, a number of NPCs potentially clash violently, regardless of the Happy Patch, so there is no bug if Kagain and Yeslick start trading blows as well as barbs.

 

BG2 folks need to weigh in on the BG2 side...

[CamDawg]

Yes, it should prevent the various NPC fights (Minsc-Edwin, Keldorn-Viconia, etc.) as well.

[Salk]

Hello Cam!

 

Have you thought about my idea of an alternate version of Happy patch so that the NPCs express their discontent at given reputation values without ever reaching though the break-from-party level ?

 

It's easily done by tweaking the happy.2da file

 

	  GOOD		  NEUTRAL	 EVIL
1	   -160		 -160		80
2	   -160		 -160		80
3	   -160		 -160		80
4	   -160		 -80		 80
5	   -160		 -80		 80
6	   -80		   0		  80
7	   -80		   0		  0
8	   -80		   0		  0
9		0			0		  0
10	   0			0		  0
11	   0			0		  0
12	   0			0		  0
13	   80		   0		 -80
14	   80		   0		 -80
15	   80		   0		 -80
16	   80		   0		 -160
17	   80		   0		 -160
18	   80		   0		 -160
19	   80		  -80		-160
20	   80		  -80		-160