0x69 gold

[Avenger]

Despite the simplicity this effect works differently in pst, bg1 and bg2.

 

In BG1 it does nothing.

In PST it adds gold. (tearring uses it)

in BG2 it destroys gold.

 

 

Anyone knows any instances of it being used in any games?

I'm going to implement only the PST version if there are no other uses.

[devSin]

It's used in a couple spells in ToB (to remove gold).

[Avenger]

spwish15: called 'wealth' and says the party gained gold is identical to

spwish23: called 'ruin' which says the party lost gold.

 

spin625 is also called 'ruin' but it has a negative value.

 

If i implement it the PST way, spin625 will work correctly.

spwish15 will work as it was intended (i think).

And I believe i will supply a correct spwish23 (with negative value).

 

Do you think this is correct?

 

Right now, spwish15 doesn't work as it should and couldn't be fixed (am i right?).

[devSin]

I think the gain gold is unused (they did GiveGoldForce); the negative is just a really (really) large positive value (unsigned). There should be a wild magic gold drain somewhere (maybe 3625; can't remember). I can give definitive answers if you wait awhile -- unless Nythrun hurries along and does it for me.

 

It's up to you what you want to do for GemRB. It's easier to manipulate party gold by script, so I don't think any mods rely on it working a certain way (certainly nobody cares if it works at all).

[igi]

My incresingly hazy memory says that it will remove gold for mode 0, and add or remove gold for modes 1 and 2.

Perhaps.

[devSin]

I think it only ever removes gold in BG2 (at least, that was my position when I last tested effects as far as I can recall).

[Avenger]

mode 0 removes gold in bg2, adds gold in pst, doesn't work correctly in bg1.

 

mode 1 sets gold in bg2. (didn't test any other engine)

 

mode 2 sets percentage in bg2. (didn't test any other engine)

 

So, removing all gold would be safely achieved by mode 1 with param 1 = 0.

[Nythrun]

It's not even used in the Icewind Dale games, is it?

 

I'd be a lot more interested in how the daffy attack-per-round stat is being implemented in GemRB, frankly

[Avenger]

It is already done.

I simply convert the value set to linear during load time.

 

tmpByte = tmpByte * 2;

if (tmpByte>10) tmpByte-=11;

 

(I also multiply iwd2 stat by 2, so it is the same scale)

 

Then in combat i use stat/2 with an extra attack every second round when stat is odd.

[Nythrun]

Cool, thank you. That's much better

[Avenger]

Yep, i just don't know if checkstat should get the original (mixed up) value or my linear value.

Checkstatgt/lt would work correctly with mine, but exact matches would need a conversion.

[devSin]

In BG2, it uses the literal value. CheckStat(Myself,6,APR) is true if you have .5 APR (and GT(5) returns true if you have .5 to 9/2 APR).

 

Which isn't very useful, so I don't think you should necessarily avoid changing it.