Mod updated to v.14.1!

 

Download: http://www.shsforums...cs-for-soa-tob/

 

• ADDED NEW CONTENT:
  - Added a new small quest for Ajantis (texts by Alisia) and related interjections from other NPCs (texts by Austin)
• IMPROVED:
  - The icon of the new area (Water Gardens) is now compatible with the «BP-BGT-Worldmap mod»! Thanks GraionDilach!
  - Cross-mod dialogues with NPCs from other mods are finally transferred to the add-on – «Smiling Imp’s Cross-banter mod»

Mod updated to v.1.7!

Download: http://www.shsforums...oss-banter-mod/

• - added banters with some NPCs from Jastey and Kulyok, which were previously included in the main «BG1 NPCs for SoA&ToB» mod.
• - extended Russian translation (thanks Ulpian!)
• - simplified installation. Now all dialogs that can be installed are installed automatically

I updated the EE-version of the "Aurora Shoes and Boots" mod!

New version - 5.3.1!

 

https://www.dropbox.....1(EE).zip?dl=0

Have any of your players tested for BGEE?

No, only in BG2EE  

PS.: Your Aurora version also still uses TIS for the new areas, instead of PVRZ, which can lead to greyscale-colored tiles mishaps during pausing/resuming.

These areas are not used in the main content of the mod and none of the testers have therefore experienced or reported any issues. But you are right, I will make a variant of these locations for EE. I'll try to get to that next weekend. After that I will update the version.

 

I updated the HTaM mod, this bug should not be more. The script and dialog code has been completely redesigned. Other bugs found in the last six months have also been fixed and new content has been added.

https://www.gibberli...d-moneylenders/

TBH, the last updated version also had issues with the BG1 segment of EET ending up with broken areas which I think was caused by the broken TIS installation on those areas. I have a local version where I have worked around all those (including the boots) but at the cost of bypassing some of the classic coding (+ I've added some changes to use random treasure tables instead of the AI snippets used for the random treasure generated runtime).

 

I still maintain my opinion though that this should be merged only after IAv6 comes out with it axing the mu prefix so this mod can follow suit.

Even if you're right, the problem is that it would make installing the mod more difficult (requiring you to install a large IA mod to add only two or three new animations that work now without it), and also that this IA update hasn't happened for a very long time, and players wanted to see the mod "Shoes of Aurora" compatible with EE and play it instead of waiting for years. The mod deserves it. Therefore, a version was made that works and makes 99 percent of the mod (except for two boots) available at least on the EE version of the game (compatibility with the EET version is a separate issue, since it was not carefully checked by our testers and me due to there is no EET on the computer at the moment, so I can't answer anything about the possible problems with the locations on EET that you mentioned).

Thank you very much for reporting the problem! To be honest, this "rain" script and dialogue was the first thing I did when I was learning to code and started working on this mod. So I took as a sample a code snippet from some other mod where such commands were used.

This dialogue is made in such a way that either Minsc starts it (and then Jaheira and/or Korgan answers him), or Jaheira (if Minsc is not in the party).

 

Now I see that this first code of mine was quite clumsy I'll fix it in the next update.

Hi Austin, what is the status of your AS&B EE version?

Is there any change this could be unified with the original version so we do not have two different versions for oBGII and BGII:EE?

Hello! Unfortunately, I did not manage to make a "merged" version of the mod, only add EE-compatibility (by creating a separate version for EE). In addition, it has a problem that Graion Dilach reported above, but I have not had time to fix it yet. To solve this, you can disable (comment out) in the tp2 file the installation of two problematic items on EE (agboot37.itm and agboot31.itm) for the time being, since these items summon creatures for which there is no animation yet. This was discussed in more detail above. Unfortunately, I do not have enough time to finalize the EE version and solve it myself.

OH!  How about something sick and twisted?  Like an optional component that expands the initial CI torture scene that allows the PC to choose who their party was in BG?  Obviously, Imoen has to survive, but Minsc and Jahiera don't (I know they have a ton of content).  Literally, I've spent almost every playthrough of BG2 with half of my party filled because it seems like shit to dump Minsc and Jahiera after they were captured with you, tortured, and have their own motives for revenge.

 

The PC could pick their four comrades from BG and choose their two favorites.  Irenicus would then torture and murder the two favorites the PC chose to "unleash his power" and the other two would end up in the cages.  Or, the PC could choose to have the two cages empty so they aren't guilted into taking Minsc and Jaheira along for the whole ride.

The idea is interesting, but it goes beyond the "framework" of this mod, which is designed to add new NPCs to the game, but not remove existing ones:( In addition, it would require a lot of work - for example, in terms of changing scripts for the area of the start of the game, as well as creating dialogues for "alternate" NPCs in cages.In addition, there are several mods that mention that Jaheira and Minsc were locked in these cages, and any changes here could result in textual incompatibility with them.

I think this idea can be implemented in a separate mod sometime in the future) But I myself am not ready to take on such a job, unfortunately.

This is crazy.  I know it.

 

What about Dynaheir?

I'm not sure about the EE characters, but I can certainly do all of the BG1 classic characters.  Deekin?  The NWN kobold?  You're a great modder and I have always wanted to contribute something creative to the BG modding community.  The BG1 Branwen romance in particular is one of my favorites and I have never been satisfied with her in BG2.

 

I think I just got a GemRB 10pp BGT modded install to work and I was considering another playthrough anyways.  I am also a native American English speaker.

 

The links in your earlier posts don't work.  Do you have a git?

I did some extensive editing to Sarevok (not including the eyes) to improve its quality. I'll throw in a Branwen edit as well, for lack of a better place to post it.
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Hello! Please tell me if you allow your Branwen improved portrait to be used for Branwen in "BG1 NPCs in BG2" mod (if I write your nickname and a link to the forum's page where you posted them)?
I thought it best to check with you and get explicit permission to avoid misunderstandings. If you are against this use, I will remove this portrait from the mod.
Thank you!

I didn't know about these items (never bought them in the game and did not use). Thank you very much for the information! I have animation files of these creatures and sound files, I will try to add them too if I can!
Their digital prefixes in EE are different, but changing them is not a problem. The only difficulty that I see in this is that I do not have an ini file for these creatures. As far as I know, they were in the IWD2 game, but I did not find the necessary ini file.

Until this is done, I can temporarily disable the installation of these two items,this would solve this problem.

IIRC, the alu-fiends ending up with missing/wrong artwork also affects BG2EE (they're supposed to end up with Isair and Madae, but the mod includes them using the IAv5 μ prefix, which shouldn't be used on EEs, additionally the INI files are also missing for those two artwork). The EET section is indeed problematic on BG1.

 

TBH, the alu-fiends issue alone makes me want to not try updating this before the next Infinity Animations, to ensure the sync remains between the two mods (and maybe even migrate this one to ToBEx AL along).

Hi everyone! We need authors of texts for the expand of mod! 

If you can write texts for this NPCs - let me know here, please, or in private messages!
For example, we need texts and ideas for the following:
- dialogues of any NPCs from BG1 with BG2:EE NPCs (Neera, Dorn, Hexxat, Rasaad and Wilson)
- any banters or interjections in BG2 for Shar-Teel, Xzar, Montaron, Garrick, Kagain, Deekin, Faldorn, Branwen etc.

Hello! Our team (namely JamesMaxwell, Jericho2, stn, paladin84) translated this mod into Russian! Please add the translation to the mod!