does anyone know how to make familiars with shadow keeper and ieep etc.?
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[ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: chinese noodle ]</p>

please?

I also have not been succesful at this. I have tried summoning them on many occassions but nothing ever happens.

Well it depends what exactly you wanna do. If you just wanna replace an existing familiar then it is easy. Just make a copy of the cre file for the familiar you wanna replace, eg. FAMCAT.CRE if I remember correctly. Then edit that creature file to what you want it to be then save it with the same name. You can do this with shadow keeper....the only part you have to do with IEEP is the creature's weapon.
I would use Near Infinity but it is not very newbie-friendly looking more like a hex-editor thatn anything else [img]smile.gif[/img]

To create a completely new familiar is hard work. You need to make the new CRE file first which is the easy part. Then you need to make scripts along the lines of:

IF
Died("FamilarSCriptName")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
ApplySpell("in here goes a spell which removes HP and Constitution of player1",Player1)
END


In Baldur.bcs (global script) you also need to keep checking if the familiar is in the same area as his master or not and if not, move the familiar to the caster. I haven't actually tried this (yet)but in theory it's something like:

IF
!InMyArea("FamiliarScriptName")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
MoveGlobalObject("FamiliarScriptName",Player1)
END

which I am not sure will work cos script normally only function when the player is in the area in which they are running.

i could just overwright an old one but i want to change what it says when it talks to you and i dont know how
(i have shadow keeper and ieep)

To change the dialogue is even easier. Just download Infinity Dialogue Utility from www.teambg.com. Find the dialogue file for the familiar you wanna edit and load it up in IDU. You will have to extract it from dialog.bif (in data folder) so also get WinBiff from the same site and install it in Normal mode and use it to extract the relevant dlg file. FAMCAT.dlg (for cat for example)etc. I think

ok sorry here is exactly what i want to do...
make a familiar that is a hamster (how original, i know)
and i know how to make the familiar item (what appears in your inventory when you put it in your back)
and i now how to make the creature, but when i make a new creature i dont know where the dialog file for it is (im not overwrighting an old familiar)
and also i dont know how to make it so after you say 'let me put you in my bag' the creature will dissapear and the familiar item will appear in my inventory...

eeeeepp...

thankyou