NPC-Tweak Mod

[Tancred]

Originally posted by LennonCook: Ok, here`s what I`ve decided sofar, based on this thread: Nalia: Swashbuckler. I may give her a couple of Magic Missles as special abilities to reflect her having some minor mage training. Or maybe I`ll make her a lvl2 mage dualed to swashbuckler... we`ll see. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I think, somewhere, in a banter, Nalia reflects that her mother or father encouraged her to become a mage to stop her becoming a thief, or something. It implies that she was a thief before she was a mage. There are also a lot of TOB dialogs, not to mention her epilogue, that refer to her Archmage status. These might need to be changed if the change to Swashbuckler goes ahead.

I can't help but think that Nalia being able to backstab suits her so damn well, though! The number of times I've seen a fragile heroine in films or books take a baddie out by sneaking up behind him and hitting him over the head with something hard, like a bottle or something, while he's busy growling or laughing evilly or something... well, I always associated that action with Nalia's 'backstab'. You could always just shift the majority of her thievery skills to traps, locks and illusions...

[ 04-30-2003, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: Tancred ]

[Butterfingers]

Ok, so, make Nalia a Half Elf. Her father could have had some loving on the wrong side of the sheets. Make her a multi class Mage/Thief [img]smile.gif[/img] Or even a Fighter/Mage/Thief, which would be interesting, as there are no FMT NPCs.

[Tancred]

Originally posted by Butterfingers: Ok, so, make Nalia a Half Elf. Her father could have had some loving on the wrong side of the sheets. Make her a multi class Mage/Thief [img]smile.gif[/img] Or even a Fighter/Mage/Thief, which would be interesting, as there are no FMT NPCs.

Hell, nowhere does it say Nalia's mother was human. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Angelousss]

for god sake, make imoen have a variable alignment, so she could become evil w/ the pc's prods, or at least nuetral.

[Tancred]

Originally posted by Angelousss: for god sake, make imoen have a variable alignment, so she could become evil w/ the pc's prods, or at least nuetral.

It'd take a lot more than 'tweaking' to pull THAT off and make it consistent, I'm guessing. That's a whole different mod!

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Sir Exxon: While you can dual from a kit, you can't dual to a kit. So in other words, a Fighter/Cleric of Helm is impossible.

As impossible as, say, Dualing to Cleric with only 12 WIS? No, I say full speed ahead with the Priest of Helm deal--it makes a lot more sense than making him a Berserker. Hey, wait--hold on a second. Suggestion: If he fails his test and becomes Chaotic Neutral, he loses his Priest of Helm kit and abilities, and gains the Berserker kit and abilities.

Originally posted by Tancred: quote: Originally posted by Angelousss: for god sake, make imoen have a variable alignment, so she could become evil w/ the pc's prods, or at least nuetral.

It'd take a lot more than 'tweaking' to pull THAT off and make it consistent, I'm guessing. That's a whole different mod! [/QUOTE]Not at all--at the very start of the game, have a script detect the PC's Alignment and perform an Alignment shift on Imoen. And then just call the script again when you pick her up in Spellhold. Apart from that, you'll just need to change some banters and voice files.

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Vedran: Would this work? IF Level(Valygar,15) //If Valygar is level 15 HasItem(NPSW04,Valygar) //and he has his blade in inventory THEN RESPONSE #100 TakeItemReplace(NPSW04,NPSW04A,Valygar) //then take it and replace it with better blade END IF Level(Valygar,20) HasItem(NPSW04A,Valygar) THEN RESPONSE #100 TakeItemReplace(NPSW04A,NPSW04B,Valygar) END IF Level(Valygar,25) HasItem(NPSW04B,Valygar) THEN RESPONSE #100 TakeItemReplace(NPSW04B,NPSW04C,Valygar) END ...

Should do... I`ll give it a shot. [img]smile.gif[/img]
And just to make that script alot shorter, I`ll bind the sword to his bloodline... or, in English, make it undropable.
TakeItemReplace should put the new item into the same spot that it took the old item out of, shouldn`t it ??

On Anomen - I`ll try to make him a Fighter->Helmite; and if that turns out to be truly impossible, I`ll just give him some special abilities based on his worship of helm.
On Imoen allignment change - I`ll either make her switch between Good/Neutral/Chaotic Good; or Neutral Good/Neutral/Evil ... whichever ends up making more sense once I look at her dialogue. [img]smile.gif[/img]
On Nalia - I`ll read through her dialogue and epilogue, and see what I can do... if there is alot of stuff about her being a good Mage, then I might make her a pure Mage... the game does lack a 'good' one, after all...


[ 05-01-2003, 04:34 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

[Vedran]

TakeItemReplace does that.
But beware, the new item will be added even if the NPC doesn't have the item that needs to be removed. Which is really dumb.

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Vedran: TakeItemReplace does that. But beware, the new item will be added even if the NPC doesn't have the item that needs to be removed. Which is really dumb.

If it`s undroppable, how can he *not* have it (short of cheating) ?? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[sorab]

i would love to see a monk NPC...but there doesnt seem to be a portrait right for a monk...maybe josimo woulb be a good one.

i think a good mod would be to to make thir thei a.i more intresting...
i hate the fact that i cant speak to my party members even they have nothing really important to say...just to chat...even make an affair with jaheira for example