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Ok here's where I'm at and I'm very frustrated.

 

I'm trying to extend the time of certain force powers. Such as I would like to make Force Aura last 30 seconds, Force Shield last 60 seconds, and Force Armor last 120 seconds.

 

I downloaded KOTOR Tools and figured out how to edit the spells.2da file but that didn't help. Then I found a scripting file called k_inc_force.nss which is where the data resides. I edited that script and saved it in my Override file, however I can't seem to compile it with nwnnsscomp.exe, I keep getting an error.

 

Any help on what I'm doing wrong?

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Ok here's what I did...

 

I went to the link you gave me and downloaded dialog.tlk. I opened it within KOTOR Tools tlk editor and found the correct lines. I made the changes and hit apply. I then saved dialog.tlk to my override directory.

 

Unfortunately the changes were not made in the game. What am I doing wrong?

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Awesome! Thanks so much guys for your help.

 

Sorry to keep being a noob but I am trying to add Energy Resistance to the Energy Resistance and Improved Energy Resistance Powers. Right now they only protect from cold, fire, electrical, and sonic.

 

I tried replacing Cold with Energy and saved it, however whenever I go to compile it I get...

 

Compiling: k_sp1_generic.nss

k_inc_force.nss(1592): Error: Undeclared identifier "DAMAGE_TYPE_ENERGY"

k_inc_force.nss(1592): Error: Required argument missing in call to "EffectDamage

Resistance"

k_inc_force.nss(1592): Error: Required argument missing in call to "EffectLinkEf

fects"

Compilation aborted with errors

Total Execution time = 46 ms

 

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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This is the original "Energy Resistance" Coding.

All I really did was add a line for DAMAGE_TYPE_ENERGY.

 

{

if(!SP_CheckEnergyResistance(OBJECT_SELF))

{

SWFP_HARMFUL = FALSE;

eLink1 = EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_COLD, 15);

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_FIRE, 15));

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_SONIC, 15));

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_ELECTRICAL, 15));

eLink1 = SetEffectIcon(eLink1, 26);

eLink2 = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_PRO_RESIST_ELEMENTS);

Sp_ApplyEffects(FALSE, oTarget, 0.0, 1, eLink1, 120.0, eLink2, 1.0);

}

}

 

 

This is the modified one.

 

{

if(!SP_CheckEnergyResistance(OBJECT_SELF))

{

SWFP_HARMFUL = FALSE;

eLink1 = EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_COLD, 15);

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_FIRE, 15));

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_SONIC, 15));

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_ELECTRICAL, 15));

eLink1 = EffectLinkEffects(eLink1, EffectDamageResistance(DAMAGE_TYPE_ENERGY, 15));

eLink1 = SetEffectIcon(eLink1, 26);

eLink2 = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_PRO_RESIST_ELEMENTS);

Sp_ApplyEffects(FALSE, oTarget, 0.0, 1, eLink1, 120.0, eLink2, 1.0);

}

}

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these are the valid damage types,they are found in nwscript.ini

 

int DAMAGE_TYPE_BLUDGEONING = 1;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_PIERCING = 2;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_SLASHING = 4;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL = 8;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_ACID = 16;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_COLD = 32;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_LIGHT_SIDE = 64;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_ELECTRICAL = 128;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_FIRE = 256;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_DARK_SIDE = 512;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_SONIC = 1024;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_ION = 2048;

int DAMAGE_TYPE_BLASTER = 4096;

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Ok guys, I did exactly what you said and everything turned out PERFECT!!!

 

OMG my Force Powers rebalance has made this game so much more fun and challenging. I want to thank all of you for your superior knowledge and help with this project. KOTOR is now a game worth playing over and over! :)

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Oh NO! Ran into another snag. Here I thought KOTOR2 worked the same way KOTOR one did, guess I was wrong.

 

I just made a slight change with the k_inc_force.nss file and saved it. Made sure k_inc_generic.nss and nwscript.nss were both in the same directory as the compiler.

 

Here is what I typed and neither worked.

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -v1.00 k_inc_generic.nss

'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' Script Compiler/Decompile

based on 'NeverWinter Nights' Script Compiler/Decompiler

Copyright 2002-2003, Edward T. Smith

Modified by Hazard (hazard_x@gmx.net)

 

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

File is an include file, ignored

Total Execution time = 94 ms

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss

'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' Script Compiler/Decompile

based on 'NeverWinter Nights' Script Compiler/Decompiler

Copyright 2002-2003, Edward T. Smith

Modified by Hazard (hazard_x@gmx.net)

 

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

File is an include file, ignored

Total Execution time = 62 ms

 

 

 

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Does KOTOR2 need a different compiler?

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I'm not sure how to use it, everytime I have in the past it's never worked.

 

Ok so I open up the .txt editor, then open up k_inc_force.nss. Then I choose KOTOR2 in the drop down, then hit compile or F5. Then it makes me choose a .nss file which I choose k_inc_force or k_inc_generic, and neither pump out an .ncs file.

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k_inc_force.nss is an include file, so it will not compile on its own. If you want to change the Force powers, you will need to re-compile k_sp1_generic.nss.

 

Extract k_sp1_generic.nss, k_inc_force.nss, and k_inc_debug.nss using KT, make whatever changes you need in k_inc_force.nss, then type in "nwnnsscomp -c k_sp1_generic.nss" into the DOS prompt. That should give you the k_sp1_generic.ncs file that you can pop into your Override folder.

 

- Star Admiral

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Well there's 2 different compilers from http://www.starwarsknights.com/tools.php. The one ported by HazardX uses the -v1.00 switch while the one ported by stoffe and tk102 uses the -c.

 

For KOTOR I used HazardX's NWNSSCOMP program (-v1.00) and it worked great. For some reason however I couldn't get it to work for KOTOR2. So I took your idea and nabbed the one that uses -c.

 

Here's a breakdown of what I did.

 

- Downloaded NWNSSCOMP (the one by stoffe and tk102).

- Created a DIR called "Compiler".

- Dropped the 2 files from NWNSSCOMP into C:\Compiler, the 2 files were nwscript.nss and nwnnsscomp.exe.

- I opened KOTOR Tools

- Using KOTOR Tools I extracted the following files to C:\Compiler, k_inc_debug.nss, k_inc_generic.nss, and k_inc_force.nss.

- For this test I did not modify any of these files what so ever, I just wanted to make sure this would work first.

- Next I opened the command prompt.

- Typed in the following command (nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss)

 

Here is what I got....

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

k_inc_generic.nss(10): Error: Unable to open the include file "k_inc_gensupport"

 

Compilation aborted with errors

Total Execution time = 16 ms

 

C:\Compiler>

 

 

Not sure what I'm doing wrong?

 

 

Edit: I added k_inc_gensupport and ran it again, this time it said it couldn't find k_inc_drop.nss so I added that, and it kept asking me for more .nss files. Below is what I got when I kept adding what it asked for.

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

k_inc_generic.nss(10): Error: Unable to open the include file "k_inc_gensupport"

 

Compilation aborted with errors

Total Execution time = 16 ms

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

k_inc_generic.nss(11): Error: Unable to open the include file "k_inc_walkways"

Compilation aborted with errors

Total Execution time = 16 ms

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

k_inc_generic.nss(12): Error: Unable to open the include file "k_inc_drop"

Compilation aborted with errors

Total Execution time = 32 ms

 

C:\Compiler>nwnnsscomp -c k_inc_generic.nss

Compiling: k_inc_generic.nss

File is an include file, ignored

Total Execution time = 15 ms

 

C:\Compiler>

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OMG Star Admiral, I officially nominate myself for NOOB of the Month!!! :thmbup1:

 

I really need to learn to read. This whole time I was typing in k_inc_generic.nss instead of k_sp1_generic.nss. HAHAHA I'm dumb!

 

You fixed my issue Star Admiral, man you and the rest of the crew here in Holowan Labs are so freakin smart! Do you guys mod Fallout 3 by any chance? I'm a big Fallout 3 modder myself, just wondering.

 

Anyways thanks again fellas! :)

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