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[Marvin]

I'm playing a megamod and I want to make axes usable by dwarfen clercs.
I opend the weapprof.2da with NI and changed the "0" to a "2" for clercs - axes and saved it to the override folder.
I went back to the game and cheated some XP to give my dwarf some level ups. But I still can't give any star to axes.
It won't work. I've read many times that this is the way one should do it.
Does anybody have an idea why it doesn't work and how it should work?

Marvin

[Miloch]

You would have to change the usability bits on all axes to allow clerics to use them, and probably the descriptions too if you want to be thorough. I thought there was a tweak that did this specifically, but either it's been deprecated or I just imagined it. However, you should be able to do it with Level 1 NPCs, in the Tweak Weapon Proficiencies component.

[Hoppy]

If there are some specific axes you want to use by a cleric, Azuredge would be my guess as one, you can edit it with DLTCEP and check the boxes in USABILITY for clerics (single or multi). Whichever item you want to change you can do it whether the item is in your inventory already or not.

edit: Maybe Divine Remix allows that, too because all my clerics can use axes (strength as required).

Edited by Hoppy, 12 March 2008 - 02:26 PM.

[Taimon]

There is a similar component in SCS which allows Fighter/Clerics to use axes.
Here is the relevant code:

COPY_EXISTING_REGEXP GLOB ~.+\.itm$~ ~override~
  PATCH_IF (SOURCE_SIZE > 0x71) THEN BEGIN // protects against invalid files - borrowed from TutuTweaks
	READ_SHORT 0x1c ~wpntype~
	PATCH_IF (~%wpntype%~ = 25) BEGIN
	WRITE_BYTE ~0x1f~ ~151~
	END
  END  
  BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES


COPY_EXISTING ~clasweap.2da~ ~override~	//add axe general-weapon type to fighter-cleric 
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 0 4 ~ROWNAME SMALL_SWORD~ //(don't know if it's necessary, but...)
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 10 7 4 1
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 0 4 ~~

COPY_EXISTING ~weapprof.2da~ ~override~ //give fighter-clerics the ability to specialise in axes
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 0 4 ~ROWNAME ID~
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 7 13 4 2
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 12 13 4 2
	SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 0 4 ~~

So you need to modify the items, clasweap.2da and weapprof.2da.

[Marvin]

Thanks for your replies.

I know that I will have to change each and every axe in the game to make 'em usable by clercs.
But that's not the point. The point is, that when I got a level up, I can't give any star to axes.
But one thing that is strange is, that I did already do this some time before. I just don't know why it doesn't work now.

I keep trying though.

Marvin

[Miloch]

I opend the weapprof.2da with NI and changed the "0" to a "2" for clercs - axes and saved it to the override folder.

There are two entries for Axe in weapprof.2da. The first one is for the BG1-style proficiency, the second for BG2. Make sure you change the second. Change both if you want to be thorough. You don't need to change clasweap.2da, which is only for BG1 (some people still change it for consistency though).

edit: Maybe Divine Remix allows that, too because all my clerics can use axes (strength as required).

Might be Ashes of Embers what you have, which pretty much lets anyone use anything, depending on strength. Looks like it was SCS I was thinking of.

[Marvin]

Oh, I see...
Well sometimes the solution is right there and ...

Anyway Thank you very much for helping!

Marvin

[Hoppy]

Confirmed, AoE lets mages use anything and clerics anything. Anomen can use spears, axes, halberds, crossbows. Some items that are introduced by mods may not change with those specifications. Maybe you can install that component at the end of your installation without restarting.