I'm surprised this hasn't been brought up before...or maybe it has been.
Has it ever been considered to have the "new items and portraits" part of the Shadow Thief Improvements component to be split into another? In particular, the Dagger of Acumen (Mage Dagger +3?), Plaguebearer, and perhaps the Rod of Golem Control, as well as the various portraits assigned to Shadow Thief characters? Maybe Longtooth, too, but that's a BG1 item IIRC, which is a little different. It is, of course, extremely easy to disable the relevant bits in the .tp2, (or split them off into another component yourself), but nonetheless. Actually, if I didn't know how to do it myself, I wouldn't use the component at all...hence why I'm bringing it up. I do you appreciate that it was made easy to do, however...as it could've easily been made not to be.
I find the portraits a bit jarring, and I'm not a big fan of new items. Not to mention Booter already has a unique dagger, and Aran probably doesn't need his, either. I'm a little confused as to why the two items aren't in the additional items component to begin with, actually...
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// Give Booter And Aran the new daggers (only needed if the "Additional equipment for Thieves and Bards" component is not installed)
Hmm.
Edited by Bartimaeus, 17 June 2013 - 04:00 PM.