Having a NPC Recruit Issue

[BigGuy219]

Hello. I'm new to tinkering around with KotOR. The mods that interest me the most are the ones where you recruit NPCs into your party. I'm particularly a fan of the mod where you can recruit Yuthura and the mod where you can recruit Lashowe and Mekel, though why anyone would want Mekel is beyond me.

 

I've done some reading on tinkering with the game, as well as studying the scripts they used and I have managed to be able to recruit any NPC, at any point of the game, into my party.

 

However, they will not follow another party member. Whenever I select my PC the new NPC simply stands still. Is there something in the UTC file or in another file I have to modify to get them to stop doing their default standing still and instead follow me?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Darth333]

Ok , you'll have to edit the utc file with a gff editor to adjust your new npcs behaviour. First, make sure the FactioID is set to 2 (party member), then go down the list of fields. You should see some "script" fields.

replace the k_def_blahblah entries by k_hen_blahblah as follows in these fields:

 

ScriptAttacked --> k_hen_attacked01

ScriptDamaged --> k_hen_damage01

ScriptDialogue --> k_hen_dialogue01

ScriptEndRound --> k_hen_combend01

ScriptHeartbeat --> k_hen_heartbt01

ScriptonBlocked -->k_hen_blocked01

ScriptonNotice --> k_hen_percept01

ScriptSpawn --> k_hen_spawn01

 

Then, simply delete the entries from the other script fields (example scriptdeath field)

 

Those entries refer to scripts that determine the behaviour of the npcs. The k_hen_ scripts are for party members.

[BigGuy219]

Thank you very much for your assistance, Darth333. Everything is now running very smoothly.

 

Has anyone identified what each entry in the UTC file signifies? I've searched several times in this forum and others, but I've never seen any information on editing UTC files.

 

I'm particularly interested in how to remove the feat "Proficiency All" that seems to be part of every NPC. Additionally, is the character name located in the UTC file or elsewhere?

[Darth333]

Originally posted by BigGuy219

Thank you very much for your assistance, Darth333. Everything is now running very smoothly.

 

Has anyone identified what each entry in the UTC file signifies? I've searched several times in this forum and others, but I've never seen any information on editing UTC files.

 

I'm particularly interested in how to remove the feat "Proficiency All" that seems to be part of every NPC. Additionally, is the character name located in the UTC file or elsewhere?

 

Glad I could help out

 

You will find what you are looking for at this site: http://nwn.bioware.com/developers/

[tk102]

To remove Proficiency All:

 

Open the .utc in GFF Editor:

 

Browse to:

-> FeatList

 

Each item in this list is a Struct of type 1. Within each struct is a single WORD value labeled 'Feat'. Look at each Struct's 'Feat' value. When you find one with a value of 93, delete the struct from the FeatList.

 

Save the .utc in your override.