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[Mad Mate]

Ah, ok. The cause for this warning is an incorrect definition of CreateVisualEffectObject() in ACTION.IDS. The first parameter is defined as "S:DialogFile*" instead of "S:Effect*". I had tested it only in BG2EE where this issue has already been fixed. I'll add a work-around for it in the next snapshot.

Thanks, I didn't know this.
Will I break anything if I change entree for CreateVisualEffectObject in my BG2 ACTION.IDS, manually, to correct one from BG2EE?

Edited by Mad Mate, 23 October 2014 - 11:32 AM.

[Argent77]

It should be safe to fix entries in ACTION.IDS or TRIGGER.IDS. I think the IDS files are mainly used as a lookup tables to convert BCS byte code into human-readable BAF scripts and vice versa.

Edited by Argent77, 23 October 2014 - 12:03 PM.

[Miloch]

On the subject of "unknown" labels, the fields 0x14 through 0x24 in the area song entry section are for alternative music tracks that can be scripted. This is rarely used in the original games, but there is at least one example (ar9502.are from IWD).

[Argent77]

Thanks, will be updated in the next snapshot.

[CamDawg]

And while I doubt there's much there you haven't already gleaned from DLTCEP's files, I posted a whole mess of IWDEE junk in the IESDP forum.

[Argent77]

Update: NearInfinity v1.35.0-snapshot-20141101

Lots of changes:

• Added a hex editor tab to a number of resource types which allows you to read or manipulate data directly. The editor provides many features to make finding relevant data much easier, such as an info panel, colored blocks and more. (Note: Atm, the colored blocks only work for structures that are linked to the top-level structure of the respective resource.)
• Greatly improved support for IWD:EE
• Reduced NearInfinity's filesize by about 15% after removing unused data and code.
• Fixed a bug in the DLG tree viewer which failed to read external DLG resources with lowercased letters in their filenames.
• Fixed export routines of dialogue and script checkers.
• Several minor fixes and updates.

[Dark_Ansem]

Update: NearInfinity v1.35.0-snapshot-20141101

Lots of changes:

• Added a hex editor tab to a number of resource types which allows you to read or manipulate data directly. The editor provides many features to make finding relevant data much easier, such as an info panel, colored blocks and more. (Note: Atm, the colored blocks only work for structures that are linked to the top-level structure of the respective resource.)
• Greatly improved support for IWD:EE
• Reduced NearInfinity's filesize by about 15% after removing unused data and code.
• Fixed a bug in the DLG tree viewer which failed to read external DLG resources with lowercased letters in their filenames.
• Fixed export routines of dialogue and script checkers.
• Several minor fixes and updates.

where's the "like button" dammit

[Echon]

For the Learn Spell (147) effect, the resource field is marked as unused, and is edited as hex.

[Argent77]

Thanks. Will be fixed in the next snapshot.

[Argent77]

Update: NearInfinity v1.35.0-snapshot-20141105

This is first and foremost a bugfix release:

• Fixed a critical bug in the area extension of PRO resources which might produce garbled data when using the extended data fields introduced in IWDEE.
• Fixed incorrectly defined resource field in effect opcode 147 (Learn spell).
• Greatly improved HexEdit tabs.

[Echon]

When doing a Find Selected Attribute search on projectiles in SPL/ITM effects, it would be great if the search result also had a column for the name of the resource.

[Argent77]

There is already a name column. It displays the name of the attribute's parent structure however (which can be the resource name or something like "Spell ability 0"). I'll see if I can find a way to improve the search results.
 

[Echon]

Well, being told which extension header the projectile is used in is not that useful. I mean, for most spells the projectile is the same in all the headers.

 

On a different note, NI seems to quickly become slow after the latest update, to the point where it is cannot read files and needs to be re-opened.

[Argent77]

On a different note, NI seems to quickly become slow after the latest update, to the point where it is cannot read files and needs to be re-opened.

I've heard similar reports already somewhere else. It appears to be an issue on systems using the 32-bit version of the Java Runtime package. For now it can be solved by using the "Hide NI DOS" tool linked in the first post of this topic or by starting NI manually with the following command line (adapt the path to javaw.exe if needed):

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -XX:NewSize=128m -XX:MaxNewSize=128m -jar "NearInfinity.jar"

I've been working on it, but I haven't been able to reproduce the slowdowns on my system yet.

 

[Echon]

I did not know I was using the 32-bit version, but upgrading to the 64-bit version seems to have done the trick.

[Argent77]

Good news. I have found and fixed one possible source for the slowdowns, so you will less likely run into slowdowns.
 

[Echon]

When clicking Browse in the Open File window, at first the Up One Level-button does not do anything. By manually navigating to any other folder, it activates and can be used.

[Argent77]

It works as expected on my system. Can you reproduce it after quitting and restarting NearInfinity? Does it work after changing the GUI theme (select in menu Options->Look and Feel)? It might also be caused by certain access privileges of the target folder. Even if there is a bug, I probably can't do much because this is a standard dialog provided by Java.
 

[Echon]

It persist after restarting NI, but only applies to the Native GUI.

[Argent77]

Update: NearInfinity v1.35.0-snapshot-20141114

Changes:

• Improved GUI themes selection. You'll most likely see new entries under menu Options->Look and Feel. It also means that you might have to reselect your preferred GUI theme.
• New Near Infinity icon and logo (thanks to Cuv and Troodon80 from Baldurs Gate Forum).
• Added several new (IWD)EE-specific fields to several resource types.
• Fixed a memory leak which caused 32-bit versions of the Java Runtime to run out of memory eventually.
• More informative search results for Find->Selected attribute action.
• Several minor fixes and improvements.