Icewind Dale: ToEE - Total Conversion

Hmm, that is interesting, I might just do that also I've been reconsidering your idea about using the doors in Easthaven to make the map transitions and dropping most of the door icons the close proximity of the door and icon means sometimes the door opens first, sometimes it doesn't, also Aspel's locked door can be entered without unlocking it.

 

Kuldahar itself has only the exterior map at this point and that hasn't been sectored completely yet, Kuldahar Pass is the area with the Goblins after leaving Easthaven.

 

That is possible, I borrowed Hickory Branch's Captain Krunch for that orc but forgot to blank out his scripts in protons.tab, I'll get around to fixing him tomorrow, had a headache all afternoon today.

 

Ok, I've not had a chance to speak with Gherag yet, I guess the questlog.mes hasn't been updated (or at least included in the patch) with Gherag's quest details yet, will fix it today.

 

Did you delete anything in the modules/toee/art/ground folder? That is where the maps are meant to be. You should only be deleting the modules/toee/maps folder before applying patch 4 as the .mob files for monsters and items has changed since the base install.

 

A lack of gamequestlog may be my fault, put this in your mes folder FDR

 

Ok, here is a working random_encounter file.

I haven't gotten the movies going yet as they will need a bit of thought. The game seems to check for 'can_sleep' when you enter a map (to show the appropriate icon in the tent / watch bit) but if you CAN sleep, it presumably doesn't have to access random_encounter.py again. It does, obviously, if you are sleeping in a dangerous area.

Hence I suspect we will only be able to play movies in dangerous areas (but can check for inside or outside flags, at least), not play the default in-the-inn movie.

But I will put all this to the test and try it out. For now, the file sets maps as pass_time_only or dangerous as necessary, incorporates some stuff I did previously for the Caravan map and Orc Caves so they produce appropriate monsters, sets Ghereg's Tower to safe once you have done his quest, and marks the rest of Kuldahar Pass as dangerous.

Most importantly, I have redone the random_ecnounter.py file so there are now lists called
sleep_pass_time_list
and
sleep_danger_list
wherein you can just add each new map as you need to. These will be checked before pretty much anything else.

Not every map has been tested, but much of it has been

 

Awesome, thanks Ted.

I've had the chance to fully test all the content I have added so far.

The Orc Shaman AI still needed a little work, he was casting Hold person on himself... Oops (Fixed) and didn't cast obscuring mist at all (Fixed). The Bombardier beetles didn't use their acid jet spell (Fixed), Captain Krunch (Fixed-with stripped out script hooks) didn't crash, yet doesn't spawn his random magic loot yet either. (not fixed yet)

I have a new patch 5 ready here.

 

Umm, I think most things are working as they should, I did get a crash the first time I tried resting in the Inn between day and night, you could test the new AI routines for the orc shaman and bombardier beetles, and look for any other obvious bugs or mistakes regarding camping arrangements, and the Courier Contract still isn't setting game.global_vars[3] = 2 when used, it should be but isn't.

I need to fix Kuldahar Pass' sound schemes, add the new music audio files for the area, add localised sound cabbages in Easthaven for the jangly fisherman's equipment, and water lapping on the shores.

I also still need to go through Pomab and Old Jed's equipment, maybe give Old Jed the Sober Elmo treatment if you convince him to lay off the sauce?

@Shiningted you mentioned before about using the openable doors in Easthaven to transition to the maps they lead to and auto close themselves, rather than hiding Icons behind the doors, I looked into that today and couldn't figure out how to do that.

EDIT: Should Bombardier Beetles be immune to the acid jet attacks of other Bombardier Beetles? Currently they aren't, the acid jet particles need to be green and less smokey than they currently are. I had struggled to get the acid jet working at all 'till I realised the targetting spell.txt file wasn't in the game.