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[temnix]

I'm looking for some way to mark an event or change during a game that would be detectable from a prior save - or from a different later playthrough. Something like a global, but globals (not to put bad news in anybody's mouth) are kept in the GAM file and updated with it; loading a saved game before a global is set resets it to zero, or rather to nothing, and the same for starting a new game. Clean slates, from what I understand. I'm interested in driving a stake that would be visible from earlier games and later - maybe something outside the GAM or something in it that persists. One idea I had was to do it with MakeGlobal() of special creatures, which could then be spawned, but I think the absence-presence of those records would still be concurrent with the state of the GAM. I have the whole of BALDUR to write into at my disposal and all of the scripts of the engine creature, I can use any action and custom spell anywhere, but does anybody know a way to make them time-independent?

[GeN1e]

There's no persistent saved data in IE.

[Avenger_teambg]

There are some bits, but none you could read. An example, that you could write easily with effects or actions is, the played movie. 

Theoretically, you can make dozens of empty movies. Playing a movie for the first time, they will be written up in baldur.lua in the [movies] section.

 

All the other options i can think of, are even more difficult to handle.

[temnix]

That's interesting. But how would I check for a played movie?

[The Imp]

That's interesting. But how would I check for a played movie?

You read the .lua file from the games profile.

[temnix]

In the game, silly!

[The Imp]

Did you actually read Avenger_teambg's post ? "There are some bits, but none you could read. " You can check those when you install a BG2EE mod, when you read the info from the BGEE game, but you can't read the game data in the game... Or you would just use a Global, and check for one in it.

[GeN1e]

Don't mess with the game data, or it will mess with you.

[temnix]

Can't read that link, there's inappropriate information. Better stay away.