idiot question about mod's

[ryaldin]

O.k., so i'm relatively poor with computers, and know nothing about patches and mods and such, and I've seen a lot of posts lately referring to mods and such like, "check out our new theif MOD" or something to that effect. What exactly is a MOD and how does it work? From what I've gathered, it's like, installing another character, or another quest or somthing? I'm sorry for the idiot questions again, but I haven't seen the 'search' option around here for quite some time...*looks under computer desk* nope, not there...*checks in floppy drive door* nope, not there either...*checks in pants* nope not there...*scans for local moderators, to scold sternly like an old crotchety lady about the lack of a search engine*...

[Lharae]

A mod is an add-on to BG (or another game) that is usually unsupported by the game developers. Mods can be additional characters, quests, items, a rules change, or all of the above. They are created by fans of the game with the intent of enhancing gameplay for themselves and others.

[ryaldin]

So, do the characters have like...AI scripts and such? I mean, do they interact like the rest of the characters in bgII? I would think it would take a lot of careful planning to add a whole list of character interactions for the dozens of different characters in the game.

[jcompton]

Originally posted by ryaldin: So, do the characters have like...AI scripts and such? I mean, do they interact like the rest of the characters in bgII? I would think it would take a lot of careful planning to add a whole list of character interactions for the dozens of different characters in the game.

It does, but I did it. [img]smile.gif[/img] Kelsey, who you can download from the link in my sig, interacts with all 17 of his NPC peers in SOA/TOB, plus dozens of "scenery" characters (peasants, enemies, shopkeepers, etc.)