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The Magister
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Location: Cookham,Berkshire,UK
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I was rather disappointed, after the impressive spell effects in IWD and Planescape:Torment, that most of the spell graphics in BG2 (even with ToB installed) were simply recycled from BG1. Even the new effects weren't that impressive-looking for the most part. However on looking into the BG2 files with Infinity Explorer I found that many of the spell graphics from IWD were present, but not used. By extracting and renaming these .BAM files I've managed to get them working in BG2, and I have to say that it looks a lot better.
Is anyone interested in hosting this add-on if I e-mail it to them? It's about 1.5MB zipped. The effects changed are (might have forgotten a few): All casting glows Flamestrike Glyph of Warding/Symbols Grease Globe of Invulnerability Sanctuary Acid damage Call Lightning Fireball Ice Storm Lightning Bolt Prismatic Spray Electrical damage I might manage to find some others that can be changed/improved, I'm not sure at the minute. I have been unable to change the Web or Fire/Cold damage effects as the BG2 ones are greyscale and the IWD ones are 16-bit. Similarly I can't change Chromatic Orb as the BG2 one has a shadow animation and the IWD one doesn't, so copying the IWD effect over makes it look like you're firing two orbs simultaneously (the shadow uses the normal orb bitmap) |
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The Magister
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Location: straton, colorado, usa
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I'm very interested! i want to see more impressive spell effects!
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Thrawn, you naughty boy - WELCOME TO IRONWORKS - but quickly nip a hi in GD so others can say hi too
my PC canbarely take the effects at the mo - need to upgrade first ![]() ------------------ In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is pimp. http://lordraptor0.tripod.com/index.html ![]() |
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The Magister
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Is anybody with a BG2/Infinity Engine website interested in hosting this file if I e-mail it to them?
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The Magister
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I don't have a website, but i probably could whip one up, and you probably could use one of the several execellent servers,
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I'd email it to one of the following sites:
TeamBG has a custom files upload area. Be sure to READ Ken's instructions carefully or he will delete your files if you don't upload them correctly. ![]() Or you could try one of the following custom items sites. Arundor and Potencius in particular accept a lot of submissions from people and have fairly big sites. Be sure to have a readme file that describes your items and zip them up to make it easier for them. ------------------ ![]() |
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The Magister
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OK..
First I'll see if I can find any more spell effects to improve, then I'll write a readme for the add-on and e-mail it to one of the sites you suggested. Then I'll post a message on this forum to announce it. |
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