Hi subtledoctor

Now my savegame will not open in any instance of NI.

Is the file size an issue, or could it be down to something else? (E.g. number of effects on the characters, or something like that.)

Savegame or some resource file can be corrupted, NI may hang on it, some time ago i have similar case, there was error in pocketplane/familiar stuff inside *.GAM, just as example.

Bug with mass BCS export with localized comments
1) Russian BGT with forced charset=1251 (forced because autodetect mode fails with proper detection of this charset and select one of european/latin charset, BG2 is windows non-utf program, official MS charset for non-utf russian language for windows programs is 1251, for DOS-session is 866)
2) Script compiler-> Autogenerate BCS comments = ON
3) Display window and manual export of script source - OK, no issue, comments are 1251
4) Tools->Mass export->BCS->decompile scripts - Bug, all comments are ???????

Visual Bug (java 11 x64, 1024x768 Desktop):

1) Open any BALDUR.GAM

2) By default "View" tab is opened

3) Switch to "Raw" tab

4) Scroll slider down to end

5) Few last lines not displayed

6) If "Raw" selected, then opened BALDUR.BMP or other file in save folder, then switch back to BALDUR.GAM, then slider down - no visual bug, last lines is displayed normally

Hi ALIEN

Stil, the question remains: Would it be possible to add/select game via commandline?

 

I want to do universal .bat that it will be placed inside game directory and when launched, it would add current game if it wasn't added or select it (matching can be done by current path) if it already was added.

NI already select current directory as game base, just run java process from game directory

FWIW, SOA was clearly designed without hla and lv9 spells and TOB cap should have never been applied to this part of the game, it is a bad design choice.

1) I dont sure about Watcher's Keep area, is it available on map only in ToB part ?

2) You want to play bg1 part with xplevel/xpcap = 161 000, then Soa with 2 900 000 and Tob with unchanged cap?

3) How about split bg1 to orig 89 000 and tosc 161 000 ?  Problem is what "dividing line", if Sarevok is alive, then apply bg1 cap even if player started adventures on Ulgoth’s Beard  ?

Hi TotoR

- I always miss my old feeling of SOA without lv9 spells and hla... Could you add a level cap in BGT-TOTSC part and SOA part at engine level ? I think it is possible in EE by changing values in a 2da file
 
From what I know, mods that exist Don't do it right; dual class may be less affected as each class can reach the cap or the cap is simulated by adding arbitrary negative values wich is weird.

BG2: Edit XPLEVEL.2DA , set unreachable XP at all levels above 17. You mages will stuck at 17 level forever

BG1: same way

Unfortunately need restore this file while transition bg1->bg2

Hi TotoR

It is much appreciated!

In addition, I have done tests for the pre-version point 3) and 4) :
 
- 3): the blur icon is not displayed on portrait but still displayed in character sheet
- 4): seems to work as intended

Blur Icon on character sheet - fixed

Optional hide icon mode added, instead installer option -> switchable by key "Numpad /"

1) Since TOB, Watcher's Keep is accessible during SOA as Ulgoth’s Beard is accessible in BG1. FWIW, BGT TWEAK (Ulgoth’s Beard) and SCS (Watcher's Keep) have components that delay access to both dungeons. wich seem a far better design choice.

2) Yes, this is the spirit. Play those game with different xp cap during BG1, BG2 and TOB.

OK, i will add new component to [Harder Difficulty Modes] group
 

Forgot #4: each time after kicking anyone from party dialog window switches to the smallest size for no reason. Probably shouldn't do that.

Accept #4

(Edit: the same happens when using new speel overlay. Not sure, maybe due to screen space issues on 640x480? My resolution is higher though.)

Yes, because 640x480, i will check what can be improved for high resolutions #5

Right side not scrolling.

(Also maybe can make both right and left side bags wider? I mean more columns. Although, probably not so much space at 640x480, would need to check.)

Accept #6

Custom portrait selection, lower scroll not working.

(I also wonder if it can be made longer, there's a lot of wasted space)

Accept #7

Updated to 5.4:

1. Fixed: Changed installer markers to "MOD_IS_INSTALLED"
2. Fixed: Removed Wing(Ready) sound for Infinity Animation's 0x0100/0x0A00 non-Wyvern IDs
3. Fixed: Removed unnecessary Blur icon for off/def Spin modes
4. Fixed: Color party foot circle in Panic/Charm state
5. Added: Optional "Hide Static Icons on Portrait" mode
6. Added: BG1 casting sounds for BG1 part or any low-level spells

New suggestions:

 

1. I second the request for innates in quick slot.

OK, but if new "overlay" spell selection is enabled and innates count is too much, this can be useless on small screens like 640x480, not big issue anyway #1

2. Do not clear quick spells on equipping armor (mage multiclass, set quick spells, eqiup armor, remove it - all quick slots are clear).

One tricky thing here is that cleric/mage multi can have quick divine spells, so can't just disable quickslots, have to disable actual spells in slots, like in main spell menu.

OK, i will check for this bug #2

3. Do not lose modal actions on switching weapons. (E.g Hide in shadows, switch to another quick weapon - lost hidden state).

Changing weapon is serious action, char ever swith to READY state, but OK, i accept request for hided chars #3

He skellytz

Win7 x64 + HDA motherboard

I suggest more tests with newer Windows 10 versions. Infinity Sounds v2 has the same component using DSOAL to restore environmental audio/EAX. It worked fine a few years ago, but when the testers upgraded to Windows 10 versions 2XXX their games started crashing upon launching. This was around the time when Windows 10 v1903+ was reported to have broken the DirectSound wrapper support. I haven't had a chance to install a newer Windows 10 version myself, so I haven't started properly troubleshooting these issues. Hopefully, the latest DSOAL builds have fixed this.

Thx for report, i use official DSOL 1.4, by default it has config to disable DirectSound Host API and prefer other way(alsoft.ini, drivers="-dsound,"), i guess WASAPI, but dsoal logs don't tell what API is used.

Available options:

• drivers="wasapi,"  prefer WASAPI
• drivers="dsound," prefer DirectSound
• drivers="-dsound," disable DirectSound
• drivers="-wasapi," disable WASAPI
• empty "drivers=" prefer autodetect

Hi TotoR

However often, mod added spells have various effects and only one opcode 142. With "Hide the static portrait icons" component installed, instead of showing 1 portrait icon, multiple portraits icons will be shown (like with the test spell above), revealing internal effects of the spells. However, only 1 icon will be shown in character sheet. This is a bit messy, making status effect tracking harder.

OK, i will add new option to show timed icons from character sheet, some icons will never showed like morale break because engine miss it

You can check pre-5.4 version with fixes of most bug reported in topic

• 1) Fixed: Changed installer markers to "MOD_IS_INSTALLED"
• 2) Fixed: Removed Ready(wing) sound for Infinity Animation's 0x0100/0x0A00 non-Wyvern IDs
• 3) Fixed: Removed static blur icon for off/def Spin modes
• 4) Fixed: Color party foot circle if Panic or Charm state
• 5) Added: BG1 casting voice for low-level spells

Hi Salk

Great!

https://anonfiles.co...0c3ye/TobEx_zip

add new UI:Damage Info On Record Screen=1 to installed TobExTweak.ini

i have additional installer option to install only on record screen, but manualy editing TobExTweak.ini is enough

Hi MikeX
 

'lootpanel.tph' has still an issue using the right mos for patching (at least for my resolution and 'Restored x2 Scaled GUI'), see attached ingame screenshot in Baldr005.bmp.

I fixed it locally, but have to run more tests on different resolutions.
Basically, I read which mos is used in the chu and patch the expanded mos with the same name that your mod provides.
Your mod provides expanded mos for the base game and 2 GUI mods (TutuGUI and GUI_720).
I attached my current version (and an ingame screenhot in Baldr004.bmp), if you want to have a look.
I will be back with more test results and probably more questions.

To solve this issue, my installer must track how .MOS was enlarged by widescreen (H*** parameter) or how cells/gold was shifted.
Main problem - i think widescreen try to "center" right cells on some resolution conditions, for 940x540 it take 640x480 base image and enlarge it to 960x90 with inserting free space in CENTER, so inventory cells shifted to right border, then it shifts cells's X and Gold's coordinates by patching .CHU

If i set 940x600 resolution, it stops shifting and use 800x600 base image. It has complicated logic to when shifts and when not for same X Resolution
 
Also Widescreen's enlarging 640x90 ->960x90  has artifacts:

Widescreen's enlarging 800x90 ->960x90 without shifting:

Hi Salk
 

@1056910 =  ~Off Hand Damage: (Approx: )Off Hand THAC0~
@1056911 =  ~Main Hand Damage: (Approx: )Main Hand THAC0~

OHD/AOHD/... useless because you cannot calc these vars in scripts
 
Engine uses printf() style to append many lines to one multi-line TextArea text object:

v275 += cds_temp3->baseclass.hitBonus;

 

v13 = cdsCurrent->baseclass.THAC0;

 

v14 = CBaldurEngine::FetchString((IECString)&v235, 61932).m_pchData;

 

CBaldurEngine::UpdateText((int)Screen, (int)TextArea, (char *)"%s: %d", *v14, v13);

one hand weapon:
v19 = cdsCurrent->baseclass.THAC0 - cdsCurrent->baseclass.toHitBonusRight - v275;

 

v20 = CBaldurEngine::FetchString((IECString)&v232, 9457).m_pchData;

 

CBaldurEngine::UpdateText((int)Screen, (int)TextArea, (char *)"%s: %d", *v20, v19);

@61932 = ~Base THAC0~
@9457  = ~THAC0~
 
p.s.
OK, i will add thac/damage numbers to Record screen

Hi MikeX

Widescreen mod installed with 960x540 resolution, screen resolution 1920x1080:
https://imgur.com/a/QbJqrxh
As I said the mod patches the wrong mos for what comes out after widescreen mod (GMPWSG8.mos instead of GUICONTB.mos).
I fixed it (read which mos is used and copy/patch that one):
https://imgur.com/a/5qX19CN
See the wrong height.
 
Scroll buttons:
https://imgur.com/a/tOSC1jx
They should appear, if more the 14 items are available, right now they only appear, if more than 21 are available.

pre-v5.2 https://anonfiles.co...vedgui_v5.2_zip
Installer and buttons fixed, needs reinstall mod
Please report back if something still bugged

Ok, function is ok, only print command still has the wrong mos file.

Thanks, pre-5.2 still has wrong installer output, will be fixed in public release

Hi MikeX

I especially like the 'Restored x2 Scaled GUI' components. For me, this is the best option to play the game on my 1920x1080 monitor.

Unfortunately, it does not play seemlessly with the new loot panel of this mod.

Regarding the chu and mos files changes, Widescreen mod treats the smaller resolution we have to use (960x540) differently than your mod expects it.

It takes the chu file that fits inside both the x and the y resolution (which in my case is guiw.chu for 640x480), copies it to guiw10.chu and than scales this and the attached mos files up.

I temporarily changed lootpanel.tbh to my needs to take care of it. In the end, I think, it may need to be installed after component 2400 to detect its presence and act accordingly.

 

Two issues remain, if component 2400 is installed, that, I think, needs to be addressed via TobEx:

-the height of the window for the new lootpanel is some pixels too small

-the scroll button for the loot slots show up too late.

 In my case, I have 14 slots, but the button only show up, if the number of loot items is bigger than 21

Screenshot with issue is welcome

Yes, Widescreen mod converts any resolution to patched guiw10.chu, my installer must work with this properly

And one question:

The readme states something about a 'one click action to collect all available loot'. Is there a button to click on for this (like with the EE) and if yes which and where ist it?

There is no additional button, it this mode item stacks from all corpses.

Example:  corpse1 has Gold=1, corpse2 has Gold=2

Normal mode: shows TWO Gold buttons, count =1 and =2, if corpse1 has another items, second gold button will be after all coprpse1's items

Group mode: shows ONE Gold button, count=3

I think v5.1 misses the issue from post #275/6.

v5.1 has fixed GUIMAPWX

probably you have different issue with wordmap

Hi MikeX,

I still think the 'Hxxx' parameter could be fix (independent of the desired width), only dependent on which of the mod provided mos needs to be used and extended.
 
Do you have any insight about how 'Extend_Mos' works, especially the 'Hxxx' ('Vxxx') parameter?
The WeiDU readme says the command needs to be documented...
I know the number xxx is the position at which some area of the mos is duplicated.
The duplicated area is the one after the position, but to what widht/height?
Also the inserted duplicated area seems to be split in between.

I can not tell how Hxxx works, i just tried different numbers to see on what horizontal pixel doublicating was started.
Fortunately for contaner background one xxx parameter give proper start X coord and widht to shift
 
Weidu sources available, but OCAML is difficult to understand

Updated to v5.3

• Block Door/Portals/Area Escape if enemy is in sight (difficulty tweak)
• Allow enemy to bump invisible/invulnerable party members (difficulty tweak)

Hi TotoR

Ok, Now I have found what was bothering me and it is not related to long duration spell, that was a mistake.

This component shows icons that should not be as they are not include in the effect of the spell (no opcode 142).

 

You can try with the one attached (https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing) : with the component activated it shows "Invulnerable", "Magic Resistance" and "Protection from Magic Weapon" icons. Without it shows only "Invulnerable" icon (as it should).

Spell (level 1-9) in NI contains:

• Show "Invulnerable"(23) icon, limited
• Immunity to non-magic weapon effect, limited
• 25% magic resistance, limited

This component ignores spell icon opcode(142) and shows icon per each effect, because some vanilla effects enable icon at engine level without icon opcode(142) and i also added few new icons, so there is many icons on portrait. Invulnerable icon is not used in vanilla BG2 (only SPWM126.spl has it, but what is it ?), so i didnt care about it because there is no info what other buff icons must be excluded if we already have this "master" icon.

"Invulnerable" icon is context-sensive to player, Invulnerable to weapon ? Invulnerable to some spells? Both ? ...

Component already handles some complex sphere, for example Otiluke's Resilient Sphere has many effects, but only "Otiluke's Sphere","Hold","Improved Invisibility" icons showed

Hi TotoR

 - with "Color foot markers" component I am unable to distinct charmed or under fear characters as they keep their colors (they are not becoming red, blue or yellow). This is making a bit hard to actively track status effect

OK

 - the "Additional Icons on Portrait" component adds icons to all spells with blur effect. However, for some spells, like offensive spin, blur effect is only cosmetics and this component adds the new icons to them even if not needed (there is already an icon for the spell). It could be good to limit the new icon to spells with blur effect only if there is no other icon.

This is taste choice, but OK, i will exclude blur icon for offensive and defensive spells with dedicated icons

 - the "Hide static portrait icons" component, witch is a master piece by the way, hide icons with timing = 1 (Instant/Permanent until death). There are some effects and spells that use this timing (Sequencers, deases, poison and some other nasty status effect). It could be nice to not hide them as in fact they are not so permanent in a game that allow you to revive dead characters...

Seems like bug, mod already ignores timing for most negative effects and must show, i will recheck this

     if ((ticks <= 0 && effect.nDuration != 0) ||    // effect is out
             (effect.nDuration == 0 &&                  // persistent effect

             // show negative effects even with infinite duration
             OpCode != 4   &&   //  Berserk
             OpCode != 24  &&   //  Panic
             OpCode != 25  &&   //  Poison
             OpCode != 38  &&   //  Silence
             OpCode != 39  &&   //  Sleep
             OpCode != 40  &&   //  Slow
             OpCode != 45  &&   //  Stun
             OpCode != 74  &&   //  Blindness
             OpCode != 76  &&   //  Feeblemindedness
             OpCode != 78  &&   //  Disease
             OpCode != 80  &&   //  Deafness
             OpCode != 109 &&   //  Paralyze
             OpCode != 135 &&   //  Polymorph
             OpCode != 142 &&   //  Display Icon
             OpCode != 154 &&   //  Entangle overlay
             OpCode != 158 &&   //  Grease overlay
             OpCode != 175 &&   //  Hold creature
             OpCode != 211 &&   //  Imprisonment
             OpCode != 213 &&   //  Maze
             OpCode != 216      //  Level drain
             )          
           )
            continue;

Hi MikeX

I've changed this:

LAUNCH_ACTION_FUNCTION ~BLOCKTRANSITION...

to:

LAUNCH_ACTION_FUNCTION ~ENEMYCANBUMP...

 

Otherwise that component did not install.

Thanks for bugreport, i will update installer to remove this mistake
 

Icon of usual invisibility on portrait is also useful, but I did not find a suitable icon from standard STATES.BAM set

Hi Salk

I love component 5 (THAC0 and Damage info on Inventory screen) but I am also a user of TuTuGUI and I read that they are not compatible. I was wondering if there was anything that could be done to just have the THAC0 and Damage info displayed in the TuTuGUI character record screen instead, the way SimDing0's Virtue did?

Basicaly is compatible with any GUI, the problem is that it is difficult for me to redraw the graphics while maintaining the original style. That's why background image already has 3 style variants.

If someone adds additional rectangles for THAC0 and Damage of both hands to the TutuGUI inventory screen keeping "BG1" style,  I will enable this component for this screen.