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@lynx@Acifer Thank you both, this is very useful to know. Sounds like some good old-fashioned editing required!

@jastey Thanks, I mean changing the light source. For example, in the centre of the image, the ground is illuminated in the middle of the room. How easy is it to change the graphics of the area to remove that light effect? And is it easy to edit the "light map"? Having trouble trying to find resources for this (if one exists).

Some parts of Temple of the Forgotten God (IWD:EE) have bright lighting and I would like to change this if possible. I noticed there's various files associated with graphics for areas (MOS, TIS, BMP). Is there an existing process to change the lighting in specific parts of an area (e.g. make it darker)?

Ahh that's good advice and makes perfect sense after being made aware about learnable spells for each level for various classes. Thank you!

You're a genius! Using the alternative works perfectly and saves a lot of hassle. Many thanks!

What is the limit to spell.ids and is there a way to bypass this limit? I've created a whole load of spells in IWD:EE and want to expose them to .BCS scripts so that NPCs can use them like so: ReallyForceSpell(NearestEnemyOf(Myself),NEW_SPELL) Before I tried to edit spell.ids with weidu, there were ~726 lines already used. I get to adding 26 new lines before it complains that no slots are available. This is how I add spells: LAF ~ADD_SPELL_EX~ INT_VAR type = 2 level = 1 STR_VAR file = EVAL ~my_mod/data/RB_SPL01.SPL~ name = ~NEW_SPELL~ RET DEST_FILE END

This is great, many thanks for documenting this! Some of those steps I did manually when using add_music to areas, so your script will indeed be useful!

In IWD:EE, the added items Orrick sells is given by the area script "AR2100.BCS" based on the current chapter. The "KUORK1.STO", "KUORK2.STO" and "KUORK3.STO" files are not used. Perhaps these were used in the original Icewind...? As @jmerry suggested for oBG1, you may have to create stores, edit the merchant dialogue response trigger and add something like "GlobalGT("Chapter","GLOBAL",3), and link this to the action with the new store.

This is pretty damn impressive! Nice work!

@DavidW - Thanks, that's good to know. I'll check out your mod!

I noticed David's SCS v35 has a new "revised resting component" giving str/dex/con buff depending on the room rested in. Will have to test if this is compatible with IWD:EE or otherwise attempt to tweak it so it provides additional healing.

@Jarno Mikkola - That's great, thanks! I'll see how far I get with making some edits

Is there a guide somewhere which describes how one would edit the background of the main menu and/or the menu buttons? For example, if I want to simply change the image itself and leave the buttons, how annoying would this be?

@paladin84 Thanks for confirming and elaborating on the ADD_MUSIC function. In addition to your description of manually copying files, I've included the steps I did to add music to the game: 1. Use VLC (or similar) to convert mp3/wav file to .ogg file and save to my_mod/audio/music/ 2. Run the following script to create .acm file COPY_EXISTING ~songlist.2da~ ~override~ LAF HANDLE_AUDIO INT_VAR music = 1 STR_VAR audio_path = ~my_mod/audio/music/~ END 3. Create new folder (e.g. "rb_mus") in main_game_EE/music/ 4. Move .acm file to main_game_EE/music/rb_mus/ 5. Rename .acm file by appending "a" (i.e. rb_musa.acm) 6. Create .mus file (text file) with the following where: Rb_mus = folder name; 1 = no. of acm files; A is character used to point to the .acm file; @TAG end = interrupt state (more info) Rb_mus 1 A @TAG end 7. Append songlist.2da with following where: 85 = new unique ID; rb_mus = folder name containing acm files; rb_mus01.mus = name of .mus file 85 rb_mus rb_mus01.mus 8. Music can be called using the following: PlaySong(0) // Play blank PlaySong(85) // Play new music SetMusic(DAY,rb_mus01) // Play new music during the day (check MUSIC.IDS for other parameters) StartMusic(COMBAT_NORMAL,PLAY) // Configure "songs" parameter in .ARE file where COMBAT_NORMAL = rb_mus01.mus (rb_mus) - 85

Managed to get it done manually with NI but boy was it an ordeal... would rather go down the scirpting route! I don't think there's a thread in this forum which describes how to add music manually (if so then please correct me) in which case, I'll include the steps I did once I've remembered exactly what I did...

I've just noticed this note from the Weidu documentation: INT_VAR music if this variable is not 0 and the game is BG:EE, the audio files are given the extension .acm instead of .wav. This variable has no effect if the game is not BG:EE. By default its value is 0. I'm guessing IW:EE uses the same engine as an .acm file is produced...? In addition to how to use the ADD_MUSIC funtion, is there any other steps required to incorporate music or can I just use the PlaySong() function to play the music?

I used the following script to create an .acm file from an .ogg file. BEGIN ~Add MUSIC~ COPY ~my_mod/audio/music/RB_MUS01.ogg~ ~music~ COPY_EXISTING ~songlist.2da~ ~override~ LAF HANDLE_AUDIO INT_VAR music = 1 STR_VAR audio_path = ~my_mod/audio/music~ END From the Weidu documentation, I'm attempting to use the ADD_MUSIC function using: //ADD_MUSIC internalMusicName newMUSFile ADD_MUSIC ~RB_MUS01~ ~my_mod/audio/music/RB_MUS01.mus~ But I receive a parsing error. How is this function used exactly?

@Lava - Thanks for the link, I downloaded your other area-based mods so it will be fun to try them out. The content I'm working on is not lore-based, and unfortunately I started modding using NI way before I knew about Weidu so most of my content was created manually including adding string values to dialog.tlk so chances are it's not going to be compatible with other mods. I may still release it as a completely standalone mod as currently there are new spells, armour, items, animations etc. @JohnBob - Thank you again! Managed to get it working, had to remember to make the entrance and travel trigger names consistent. Now the Kuldahar Pass cave is accessible!

@JohnBob - Many thanks! I'll follow your instructions and will report back when (hopefully) all goes well! @Lava - Thank you for mentioning your mod (just downloaded it!). Adding new areas was just something I was curious in trying but since your mod already adds a lot of areas and quests, I'm going to have to have a playthrough with your mod! @Graion Dilach - Great minds think alike! I thought to start small with a simple cave before I try to be too ambitious. Thanks for specifying the area I was talking about.

I'm trying to add some BG areas to IWD:EE. My first attempt is editing Kuldahar Pass (AR2000.ARE) and adding a travel trigger for the cave in the south-west of the map. The cave I'm interested in is from BG:EE (BD0061.ARE). I did the following: Exported the BD0061.ARE (removed Location Flag "BG1AREA (8)") Exported the BD0061.WED Exported the BD0061.TIS as palette-based TIS Exported the WTLAKE.TIS as PVRZ-based TIS Removed any references to BG files to "None" (i.e. creatures, sounds, music etc.). Set trigger parameters accordingly (i.e. Destination area, Activation coordinates etc). I can see the area in NI but when I attempt to travel there using the console function "MoveToArea()", the game crashes. In-game, when I click on the travel trigger, the game freezes for a second and then unfreezes but nothing else happens, the area doesn't load. I assumed taking a BG:EE area and copying this to IW:EE would be possible considering it's all under the EE engine so am I missing a step?

I made a simple dialog action where if you speak with an NPC inside a house late at night, he/she will trigger the ActionOverride() function which sends you outside at defined coordinates. This is what I'm using for an NPC in AR1012.ARE in Icewind: ActionOverride(Player1,LeaveAreaLUA("AR1000","",[500.1530],SE)) ActionOverride(Player2,LeaveAreaLUA("AR1000","",[480.1520],SE)) ActionOverride(Player3,LeaveAreaLUA("AR1000","",[430.1500],SE)) ActionOverride(Player4,LeaveAreaLUA("AR1000","",[350.1650],SE)) ActionOverride(Player5,LeaveAreaLUA("AR1000","",[290.1630],SE)) ActionOverride(Player6,LeaveAreaLUA("AR1000","",[270.1590],SE)) Is there a function that simply activates the entrance trigger? I want to make a generic action that can be copied/pasted instead of specifying coordinates each time.

Thanks again @jmerry, I used the function you referenced for Weidu to automatically place a generic container on a painting in the Temple of Tempus. I wrote it so that I can simply add the XY coordinate of the point I want and the script does some simple arithmetic to create an oddly-shaped box without me having to fill in the rest of the parameters. This is exactly what I wanted as I can now populate other areas with simple containers. The simple script: BEGIN ~Add CONTAINERS TO AREAS~ COPY_EXISTING AR1001.ARE override LPF fj_are_structure INT_VAR left_x = 710 top_y = 360 fj_type = 8 //nonvisible fj_loc_x = left_x + 8 fj_loc_y = top_y + 32 fj_box_left = left_x - 1 fj_box_top = top_y fj_box_right = left_x + 11 fj_box_bottom = top_y + 10 fj_vertex_0 = (left_x) + (top_y << 16) fj_vertex_1 = (left_x - 1) + (top_y + 6 << 16) fj_vertex_2 = (left_x + 9) + (top_y + 10 << 16) fj_vertex_3 = (left_x + 11) + (top_y + 1 << 16) STR_VAR fj_structure_type = container fj_name = ~Container~ END LPF fj_are_structure INT_VAR fj_con_itm_idx = SHORT_AT 0x74 - 1 // a new container will be last in the file fj_flags = 1 // identified STR_VAR fj_name = RB_ITM01.itm // Name of item incl. extension for custom items fj_structure_type = itm END

@jmerry Thanks, once I've gotten the hang of the parameters manually, I'll definitely check out automating this as I have done with other stuff.

@lynx Thanks for the info and for confirming my assumptions! I'm still not quite sure why the vertices tend to change to other numbers but I'll continue to play around.

I've started looking into creating new traps and containers for various areas. But when I enter the coordinates of the vertices which are clearly within the map constraints of the area, for whatever reason, the coordinates warp to some other values. Clearly I'm doing some wrong. I noticed various parameters for coordinates but I'm not exactly sure what they all mean. Here are the parameters I noticed using NI: Location X Location Y ... Bounding Box Left Bounding Box Top Bounding Box Right Bounding Box Bottom ... First vertex index ... Vertex X:0 Y:0 ... I assume that: - The vertex are simply the XY coordinates of a pixel on the map. - The bounding box is the min/max coordinates of the X and Y direction (i.e. Left = Xmin; Right = Xmax; Top = Ymin; Bottom = Ymax) So what are the "Location" and "First vertex index"? I've seen the first vertex index with a value like 149 even though there were only ~70 vertices in total...