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#1 nullset

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 10:14 AM

How do I get this to work? It is not obvious as the MISC9I/J/K Irenicus journals are set "Not Copyable" and yet they have a "COPY" button when they are read. Click that button, and they are added to the USER portion of the JOURNAL. (This is in BG2EE.)



#2 Roxanne

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 10:33 AM

How do I get this to work? It is not obvious as the MISC9I/J/K Irenicus journals are set "Not Copyable" and yet they have a "COPY" button when they are read. Click that button, and they are added to the USER portion of the JOURNAL. (This is in BG2EE.)

You mix two things - the copy function to add scroll text into journal entries is one thing. The item being not copyable means this us a unique item that exists only once in the game (not like a potion of healing that exists x-times). Functionally, the two things have nothing to do with each other (just containing the word copy in both cases).

The journal copy function is new in EE. The item attribute flag is as old as the original game.


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#3 Argent77

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 11:40 AM

The "Copy" button should be visible if the item is of category "Scrolls (11)" and doesn't contain any ability or effect entries.



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Posted 22 February 2016 - 12:49 PM

Thank you, Argent77. Evidently, I tried Books and Notes and missed the Scrolls. That did the trick.



#5 Fiann of the Silver Hand

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 02:15 PM

 The item being not copyable means this us a unique item that exists only once in the game (not like a potion of healing that exists x-times).


That can't be true if we are talking about 0x0018 in ITM files. Every potion in the game -- hell, every item afaik -- is flagged as Not Copyable. As soon as Argent can get NI to search flags more precisely, I'll feel comfortable floating my theory that Not Copyable doesn't do a damn thing, and is just a leftover from an abandoned engine function.  (If anyone knows of an item without this flag, let me know.)


Edited by Fiann of the Silver Hand, 22 February 2016 - 02:16 PM.


#6 The Imp

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 07:26 PM


 The item being not copyable means this us a unique item that exists only once in the game (not like a potion of healing that exists x-times).


That can't be true if we are talking about 0x0018 in ITM files. Every potion in the game -- hell, every item afaik -- is flagged as Not Copyable. As soon as Argent can get NI to search flags more precisely, I'll feel comfortable floating my theory that Not Copyable doesn't do a damn thing, and is just a leftover from an abandoned engine function.  (If anyone knows of an item without this flag, let me know.)


scrl75.itm, aka a scroll of the spell: identify. :P
shld25.itm ...
Only those two, significance .. don't give me that look, I only pushed the arrow key down in NI to find the two... it could be hot dogs for all I know. :devil:

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#7 Fiann of the Silver Hand

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 08:12 PM

How did you even get that?  I get results not just from that address, but any extended headers, too.

 

Funny, those results.  That flag is surely meaningless.



#8 The Imp

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 08:32 PM

How did you even get that? 
In NI, I open a file in ITM folder in the view tab, push the down arrow key and keep my eye on the green/red flag. ... :P

Yep, Jarno Mikkola. my Mega Mod FAQ. Use of the BWS, and how to use it(scroll down that post a bit). 
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#9 Fiann of the Silver Hand

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 09:23 PM

Holy crap.  Did you go through every file like that?  I admire your dedication to truth. :cookie:  



#10 The Imp

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Posted 22 February 2016 - 09:41 PM

Holy crap.  Did you go through every file like that?  I admire your dedication to truth. :cookie:  
It took a less than a minute... :P See the green and red colors differ a quite bit.

Yep, Jarno Mikkola. my Mega Mod FAQ. Use of the BWS, and how to use it(scroll down that post a bit). 
OK, desert dweller, welcome to the sanity, you are free to search for the limit, it's out there, we drew it in the sand. Ouh, actually it was still snow then.. but anyways.