Posted by Phobia on 25 May 2010 - 11:40 PM in IE Mod Ideas

Thanks for the replies everyone! *is happy* Now I need to decide what to put up for preview. Probably some banters and romance stuff, wouldn't you agree?

Edit: And thanks to my stubbornness and endless writing, I finished the bulk of Zeke's dialogue!!~!!! All that's left are a few flirts and the ToB part. Previews coming soon. I'm reviewing them intensely.

Posted by Phobia on 25 May 2010 - 05:51 AM in IE Mod Ideas

I think it would be a good idea. I don't live with proofreaders or grammar nazis. Previews coming up as soon as I gather up the courage.

Posted by Phobia on 22 May 2010 - 06:45 AM in IE Mod Ideas

Glad to hear the mod is still going. Just wanted to chime in and say I'm looking forward to it.

I have a fan! Thank you, I'm happy to know someone besides me is looking forward to Zeke. I wonder, should I post some previews?

Posted by Phobia on 22 May 2010 - 06:44 AM in Resource Request Forum

No problem! I'm glad it hasn't been forgotten.

Posted by Phobia on 19 May 2010 - 07:32 AM in IE Mod Ideas

I'm not dead! I have just been überbusy. It has been crazy, I tell you! I did work more on this here mod, writing tons of banters and lovetalks. It's cute, funny, and rather sexy at times.

Posted by Phobia on 19 May 2010 - 07:25 AM in Resource Request Forum

How's the portrait coming along?

Posted by Phobia on 10 April 2010 - 09:01 AM in IE Mod Ideas

It's been a while, hasn't it? Don't worry, both the mod and myself are very much breathing. Things have been quite busy, but I did squeeze in a banter here and there, along with some stray coding. The idea I mentioned earlier was just that, an idea. It's probably not going to happen. It's no big deal. I checked my portrait request thing and I'm very very very happy with the leopard portrait! I mean, wow! I'm very much looking forward to the human one. I'll bet Zeke will turn out so cute and handsome.

Posted by Phobia on 10 April 2010 - 02:16 AM in Resource Request Forum

That leopard portrait is perfect! Thank you so much! I can't wait for the human one!

Posted by Phobia on 31 March 2010 - 11:56 PM in IE Mod Ideas

It's a promising mod and an interesting idea. I might have to try it sometime.

Posted by Phobia on 19 March 2010 - 02:31 AM in IE Mod Ideas

Ooohh Valkyrie Profile! I love that game! All playable character soundsets are awesome and should be included!

Posted by Phobia on 15 March 2010 - 06:58 AM in NPC IEP

I'd be up for lending a hand, if you still need one. Just tell me what you need. Is there any NPC that still needs a friendship written?

Posted by Phobia on 12 March 2010 - 06:33 AM in IE Mod Ideas

You mean the epilogues? I guess it makes sense. It sounds like a lot of work just for flexible epilogues, but if it matters enough to you, why not? I myself rarely play all the way through ToB unless I'm really into it. But don't let that discourage you!!

Posted by Phobia on 11 March 2010 - 10:50 PM in IE Mod Ideas

Oohhhh! Code without dialogue lines!! Now I get it! I swear, I'm such a ditz. Anyway, that makes the whole code-peeking a whole lot easier. I'm getting an idea now.. but that's a secret.

Posted by Phobia on 11 March 2010 - 02:15 AM in IE Mod Ideas

The Viconia friendship should be fine in its current version; it was updated over Christmas, and I'm relatively sure I caught everything mentioned in the forums.

If there is a stutter bug I'd be happy to fix it.

Liam

That's excellent! It seemed like the easiest way of understanding timed NPC talks with the PC, much like romances work.

The @number is the number reference in the .tra file(also open-able it with Notepad)... if you open the .tp2 file, it has a AUTO_TRA and language options... that give the .tra files location etc.
That should lead to the understanding, eventually.

So the IF_THEN_ELSE coding things are in the .tra files? I'll have a lookie.

Posted by Phobia on 11 March 2010 - 12:01 AM in IE Mod Ideas

Crap. Well there goes my easy solution.

Yes, I'd prefer it being untranslated. I have little to no experience with any code. I don't even know HTML, PHP, MySQL or anything else.

I can understand little bits of that whole IF_THEN_ELSE system, although it's not easy. But mods with translations just look confusing. All I see is "The following action @ 45868" or something like that. I don't know what that means. How does one easily browse such a mod for the desired IF_THEN_ELSE coding? If it even has any, that is.

Posted by Phobia on 10 March 2010 - 11:02 AM in IE Mod Ideas

Posted by Phobia on 09 March 2010 - 01:55 AM in IE Mod Ideas

The busy days have passed, and the visitor isn't coming, so now I have a few weeks to relax some and work on Zeke. I feel happy this morning, so I wrote some more banters. They seem to be the easiest bits of dialogue, especially since you don't have to think of the player responses. That said, player dialogues are fun to write, too.

Posted by Phobia on 07 March 2010 - 11:59 PM in Resource Request Forum

Posted by Phobia on 03 March 2010 - 11:36 PM in IE Mod Ideas

If you're using a variable to determine whether he's in human form or leopard form, the player-initiated dialogue is easy. Chances are good that your dialogue won't suck as badly as this. I'm just throwing some nonsense up here to illustrate a couple examples of trigger usage.

I like nonsense, though. Kamsahamnida! Thank you for the example. I'll be sure to put that to good use.

Soundset change was in the vanilla game, I believe.

Ahh, I wasn't sure. Thank you!

Posted by Phobia on 03 March 2010 - 03:25 AM in IE Mod Ideas

Hooboy... I have a few things to take care of this week, but I think I will have some time this friday, and part of saturday. I know no one's nagging about progress, but I like keeping people posted! Whether they care or not. Anyway, it means some good old weekendly writing. Next week will be more relaxed, but the week after that (come the 15th) I have a visitor over for a few days.


Alright, here's some information on progress so far!

Written:

Join/Kickout dialogue (human form)

2 Banter with Cernd (obviously!)
2 Banters with Edwin
Banter with Minsc
Banter with Viconia
Banter with Aerie
2 Banters with Keldorn

2 LoveTalks

Replaying the vanilla game to come up with ideas for interjections. Several interjections already written.

Edit:

Aaaaand I have a question. In leopard form, Zeke can't speak human tongue. Would it be possible to still include something like a flirtpack for when he is in leopard form? If the PC can love Zeke no matter what, some petting and such would make sense.

And a second question...which I kind of already know, but I'll ask anyway. Is it possible to change his soundset for when he morphs into human and back? Edwin's change into female proves it's possible, I hope...though I can't remember if that was in the vanilla game or Edwin Romance mod? Portrait change was Edwin Romance Mod content. I remember that. Anyway, it just wouldn't make sense to hear him go "Yes, of course, right away, I'll do that" while walking around as a kitty.

Posted by Phobia on 03 March 2010 - 03:13 AM in Darian

Oh my, almost half a year has passed already. I'm sure the author has their reasons, but it's always sad to see a project become inactive for a while. Alas, that's how life works at times. However!--As long as it's not officially cancelled, I have hope.

Posted by Phobia on 02 March 2010 - 07:00 AM in IE Mod Ideas

Phew! I'm beat! and I'm not done yet.

I say, that's a bit of interesting information. I had no idea Kelemvor had that kind of past. Perhaps I should put that in some conversations between Zeke and Keldorn. He seems like the right man for that talk.

Thank you!

Saves link

Posted by Phobia on 26 February 2010 - 06:27 AM in IE Mod Ideas

It would be nice to have a little piece of heaven in hell, if charname was lawful good or something. But in the end, it doesn't matter much to me. I spend more time doing quests and the like.

Posted by Phobia on 26 February 2010 - 06:18 AM in IE Mod Ideas

I finished little bits of writing here and there. I'm surprised I managed to get some work done, as there are several RL issues that need to be taken care of. These coming weeks are going to be busy ones. I've started to visit the gym, I have a few live shows planned (starting tonight, so I have the jitters. Don't you just love new nearly-unpracticed material? ), and I have a household to run. Whoever said housewives don't have a job? Luckily the girls don't make too big of a mess. BUT I'll squeeze Zeke in where I can. God that sounds perverted...and kinda sexy.

Okay, time to walk away for now.

Posted by Phobia on 22 February 2010 - 12:09 AM in IE Mod Ideas

I think two with each character is usually seen as the "standard" for mod npcs, but as long as you don't have enough content to drown out the original characters, I doubt anyone is going to complain if you add more. Likewise, if he only has one talk with characters he doesn't get along with or has nothing to talk to about, you can easily get away with just a single talk. So basically, it's up to how much you feel like writing.

Two sounds good to begin with, in SoA at least. Thank you for letting me know!

...and also, I think it would rather make sense to have people crowd around for a "so you were a leopard five minutes ago, how's that working out for you" talk when he changes. But that's Earth logic, so it may not apply here in magical unicorn land.

Although stranger things have happened in the Realms, it is still an unusual condition. I imagine it would indeed be a subject of much conversation. However, I plan to give Zeke more dimensions than just "He's a leopard boy", and not just during LoveTalks.