Hotfix Mod / Aranna Legacy Mod

In this context, since monsters have a mind to remind their enemies for example, I asked myself once if GetHighestVisibleAggro() possibly delivers monsters found during the last sensor scan (period). This would spare the CPU and the average 'out of date' time would be less than 1 seconds - that's not that much for a game that is used to issue (unrechecked) attack commonds that can include that the actor has to approach first for several seconds.

However, it shouldn't be that difficult to recheck if GetHighestVisibleAggro() is returning a valid but not living enemy, if the enemy would be dead then the following function would find a living one (ignoring aggro assignments however):

Go GetEnemyNearbyNotKO$( GoMind char_mind$, float search_range$ )
{
	char_mind$.TempQtColl1.Clear;
	char_mind$.TempQtColl1.Add( QT_ENEMY );
	char_mind$.TempQtColl1.Add( QT_ALIVE_CONSCIOUS );
	char_mind$.TempQtColl1.Add( QT_ATTACKABLE );
	return char_mind$.GetClosestVisible( search_range$, char_mind$.TempQtColl1 );
}

And you're right, her (low-quality) robe will change a bit (stats, requirments, collar) so she can keep/wear it when you reload the map - for the (rare?) case you didn't go shopping with her yet.
Unfortunately someone at GPG dressed her - as nature mage - with a robe only combat mages can wear usually...

I took Taar to Eirilan and adjusted her similarly to Nora's setup. Taar didn't have any suicide problems with the harpy II summons.

Nora started out late in Merc level:
42nd level - Nature Mage (average uber level)
5th level - Ranged (dah base)
1st level - Comabt (dah base)
Gave her beastmaster set gloves/boots/helm as I wanted a summon expert and crafted AC:113 nature mage chest armor for her. Jewelry too balance out her elemental resistances ~54 with help from embrace; including the full ghostly vision set. Galebringer Cane for weapon.

Did a training run thru from Eirulan to Amanlu. Noted a couple animated dead hyena near the waterfalls before the 2nd tower(?). 1 Urg archer animated dead before the Outpost teleporter. Teleported to the Southern Jungle got 2 animated dead gorilla. A couple in the bug caverns. Skipped most of the desert area got a couple animated undead soldiers before Xeria's temple.
All that to get Nora to 42/5/5/5 levels and she still is extremely embarrassed that her Harpy II summons kill themselves. Yes, The damage numbers bubbling off them match the range of the Harpies damage. So now they are much more efficient at suicide compared to when she was a level 1 combat mage.

Anyone know religious type that exercise computers? Or is this a lost cause and I should burn the computer at the stake?
etc...

Will try to attach dxdiag.txt // if you need more ask // attachments failed so PM me an email addr if you need dxdiag.txt

IS neverwinter nights better? Bought it several years ago, never played it but I did install it last year. Mahjong titans is another game I never played but has been installed for years. I liked watching the Japanese businessmen playing when I was young but never learned the rules.

Update:
This morning I started from Amanlu north gate and proceeded to the next teleporter. I had planned to go farther but this is getting worst. In order of screenshots I took but are too many to post via tinypics. Reanimated dead(red: no hit points) which were previously dead and normal corpses laying on the ground. I returning to the locations after the next group of monsters were dispatched.
1 Forest Va'Arth Glacial Frostcrusher
2 Forest Va'Arth Frostcrusher
2 Kurgan (flying dead)
2 Forest Va'Arth Frostcrusher
2 Forest Va'Arth Frostcrusher
4 Shooting Tharva (flying dead)
2 Shooting Tharva (flying dead)
2 Shooting Tharva (flying dead)
Which is about half the monsters I encountered and killed.
Q8200 Core tempertures are 48C to 53C peak when in DS2, 450gts peak is 42C
Anyone want to suggest a replacement computer before this one totally goes rogue?

ps:
Aranna Legacy Alpha3n
Mymod which has the same code as 'Liberated Mages with Autocast Options V37' & 'LargeInventoryFixKGHotfix' plus other UI changes.

doublechecked Microsoft games/ds2 folder to insure all savesV2.2 was completely removed and no mods were in its resource folder.
doublechecked allsaves for BWv2.3 was properly installed in 2K folder
virus scanned Microsoft Sec. Ess.
Symantic was down for maintenance and Panda doesn't like IE10 or my security settings so second opinion not achieved
Microsoft Meemory diagnosics ran found no problems/errors

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
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Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
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Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
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Other Files:
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Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
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No good news...
Hiring Nora can currently cause a serious impact on your savegame specially in Multiplayer, so better do not hire her at the moment.
If you have hired Nora already, it's probably better to play on with a backup of your savegame where Nora isn't hired yet (and to hire her in/with a later mod release where she can be hired without any risks).

@whomisold: Honestly I can't excluce a relationship between your troubles and the current hiring matter, however there is no indication that the general game 'mechanics' are affected.
The Harpy dies because it depends on both nature and combat magic - so a level ~40 Harpy casted with 1 combat magic will be simply to weak to survive so it auto-collapses.

Anyway, I archived my DS2 stuff and completely uninstalled, so when next I begin to play I will start fresh and restrict myself to hust your mod and mods which you specifically authorize. (whatever they may be)
Which version(s) of AllSaves is(are) approved for DS2BW and Aranna Legacy(next version)?
- [would like to try one with more options then 'allsave for bw V2']
No real hurry as my DVD drive has been acting up, refusing to eject properly and post properly sometimes, needs replacement. Be a week or two before I can get someone to drive me to a local shop if I bother replacing it at all. They are too far for my mobility chair and its cheaper to use the manual release or force a repost for/in Win7.

There's a new version of Hotfix and Aranna Legacy mod:

Updates:

• A bug in the AI did sometimes not distinguish correctly alive from dead monsters which could cause serious path-finding matters. This is fixed now.
• Critical fix for hiring conversation with Nora.
• Minor tunings for powers, in particular the recharging rate is reduced now by 2 while powers without damage are active (perhaps remind, causing power damage natively deactivates the recharging of powers temporarily).
• Minor tunings for several spells and buff casting.
• The party_rampage_free is available again but it's disabled now by default. If enabled party members can ingore sometimes the visibility range in 'rampage' mode, however it also increases the chance that they won't be able to find a way back.

Please create manual backups of your savegame continuously, sometimes the little and unrespected things (like an additional conversation setup) can cause big problems.
The savegame are inside:  My / Dokuments / My Games / Dungeon Siege 2 / Save
Also the max_save_backups option could help here.

Nice ! Downloading thanks for your hard work

Some glitches I've noticed:
The VFX when Haku drummers resurect other Haku doesn't show.
Also the *bomf* VFX when Haku teleport sometimes doesn't appear either .

A mage with the nourish spell in the autocast slot will not cast it on themselves. They'll heal the rest of the party, just not themselves.

@Raygereio: Thanks, I will look at it.

Nora does not drop any reward after completing the Kalrathian Nexus quest. The soul staff is taken away from my inventory, but no soul staff of the nexus is dropped.

I also had an issue during the Act 3 Dark Wizards fight. I couldn't test if the Aranna Legacy mod caused it because my save decided not to load without it, but the Dark Wizards' attacks did no damage.

If it helps:
I'm using Aranna Legacy 3o. I'm also using your Warhound mod (Beta 10o), ring removal and a bigger inventory mod.

Tere's an update for the Hotfix and Aranna Legacy mod:

Updates:

• Healing spells related fix for revised auto-cast AI.
• Because of a mod compatibility issue the Dark Mages caused almost no more damage. This is basically fixed again, but if you also should update the Level Adjustement mod if you recently have downloaded it.
• Safety fix for 'Letiso' (quest monster) who could die without completing the quest task.
• Resurrection effect re-enabled.
• Uhn Miners revised (-1 level if melee, lower/AoE damage for flame-throwers).
• Difficulty presets for veteran and elite modes rebalanced.
• Addon/v2.3 only: Tuning for hirable NPC Nora, in particular to drop correctly the reward for the Nexus quest.

Special thank to Raygereio for the feedbacks!
 

Where can i download Aranna mod from? All other links i tried i got an "404 not found"

If you click at the link and look at your address bar, you'll see the address for the previous "3o" version:
homepage.hispeed... ...Alpha3o.ds2res

To download the mod, just change the o to p:
homepage.hispeed.ch/audio/box/Mod-BrokenWorld-ArannaLegacy-Alpha3p.ds2res

thank you very much. it worked.

It appears that the link on your site Dungeon Siege II Outpost still shows the previous version of the mod. The code for the link here is correct as far as I can tell.

Thanks, the way the links need to be updated is a bit vulnerable, and I was quite tired yesterday evening.
So I just checked the Hotfix mod and went to bed... :o

Thanks for working on this, and great job so far.

I just had a question or two. I'm playing with a friend that I can only play through gameranger on, cause tunngle hates ds2. Gameranger is super spazzy about using the exact .exe in the exact directory for a game, so I can't force it to load allsaves. Everytime you update this mod, I'm going to have to make a new character, or figure some way around that. Is there a way around that? I was hoping the characters were tagged with a version related to the resource file, so I renamed the resource file hoping it'd allow me to load characters from the same mod. No go on that. File locations don't vary, so there must be a tag I can alter somewhere...

Also, I've noticed that while hosting (with just Aranna Legacy, since I can't use the allsaves through gameranger), the host (betweem myself and my friend, we've both tried hosting and have both come up with the issue) experiences an 'exception detected' error and a good massive memory dump. I haven't tried 3p, but 3o was giving me this issue. It might be directly related to gameranger, but thought i'd post on here before giving it up as a lost cause. I really want to use your mod, it has a lot of great features. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

Svar.

i love this hot fix mod.. as long as it "FIX something", without doubt i will love it.. XD

i'm a super noob on dungeon siege 2.. staring to play this good game since 2 week ago.. and have a few question, hope someone here mind to answer..

1.
why there is two mod (Hotfix Mod and Aranna Legacy Mod), what is the real purpose for making 2 mod,,
well..sound like my question is weird,, im playing hot fix mod beta 5d, and i think its lack of feature compared to Arana Legacy Mod such as (cannot remove buff via right clicking on buff icon, cannot cast "wrath of the bear" if there is "life embrace" and "rending aura" casted before, and etc)
actually this is not my real question .. ^^

2.
is there anyone here know why Broken World is so Laggy (running Slow) compared to original (v2.20),
i really want to use Aranna Legacy mod, but broken world it self lag like hell..
when playing v2.20 fps is around 50-60 on max setting + enchanced quality on graphic card,,
but 15-47 fps when playing BW no matter how low the setting is, whats wrong with this expansion thing.. is there something i miss ? is there any way / mod to FIX this ?, considering my PC is good enough to play such this old game..

caused by that laggy thing, i dont bother with BW, and the only choice i have is to play original(v2.20) + HOT FIX MOD beta 5d that lack of feature compared to arana legacy mod..

3.
what mod shall i use that best combined with HOT FIX MOD beta 5d..??

thanks in advance..

DragonxSiege when broken world starts does it say the version is 2.3? -- Does broken world lag when you have no mods installed? Remember that mods installed in the DS2 resources folder are read and used when You start or play a game in broken world. It is possible that some mod in the DS2 resources folder is causing a conflict and slowing things down. KillerGremal noted that HotFix and Aranna Legacy have a conflict. So This is what I would do to discover why Broken World is lagging more than DS2.

1. Disable all mods in both the DS2 resources folder and broken world resources folder. You can turn off a mod by renaming the file extention from DS2RES to DS2RES.OFF or anything else so that the game engine can not see it. You can also make a folder within both resouces folders called something like "not active" "mods" and move the mods there so you can do a bit of testing.
2. Start broken world with NO mods and look at the speed. If speed problem is fixed add back into your broken world resources folder just Aranna Legacy and do nothing with the DS2 resources folder. If the speed problem remains Let us know.
3. If speed issue is cured with just aranna legacy installed add back in your other mods ONE AT A TIME and do the same test and let us know the result.

the FPS is still the same after doing a new fresh installation.. (no mod installed)
20-45 FPS for BW (2.30), and maybe 45-60 FPS for v2.20 (with the same setting)..

with the same video/graphic setting :
in v2.20, fps is always 60 (no frame drop), when fighting monster inside cave/dungeon,
but
in BW(2.30), the fps is still 20-45, no matter where the fighting is,,
I DONT KNOW WHY..????

looks like that this game is really need a high-end PC (processor),
i dont want to play this game now, because playing DS2 not in 60 fps is wrong...
MAYBE will start playing again after buying a new PC.. T_T

if you curious, this is my system spec:
- Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @2.70Ghz
- 2GB ram
- nvidia geforce gt 440
- win XP sp3

"there is no fps improvement playing in 1360x768 or 1024x768"
DS2 readme file is a lie, it says 1.0 ghz or equivalent processor is needed, but the truth is even my dual core cpu can't handle it properly, does it need i5 or i7 maybe...

thanks for reply bare_elf

2GB ram? and xp interesting sounds like that may be the problem, I use a gt430 and broken world runs fine for me on a dual core. also make sure your video card drivers are up to date.

Hi,
One of the systems I test mods on is configured as follows (I use this old system to verify that mods work on the older systems.
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
AMD Sempron 3000+ 1.9GHz
512 MB Ram
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
The drivers for all of my perferials are current
The only problem I have ever encountered is Windows telling me "stupid elf you need more memory".I have never encountered an issue with the games, breaking up, skipping, freezing or other things associated with the video. When I measure the fps using the program Fraps I average right around 44 frames per second, no matter what I am doing. So I am at a lose as to why you are having an issue with FPS unless it is like DarkElf noted that you do not have a current driver for your video card.

.:elf:

Low FPS problem is not always caused by graphic. It could be caused by a CPU overload. Or even a heat problem.
In the past, the game gave me the same problem.

With a performance monitor, I saw my NVidia was literally sleeping, while the CPU usage was at 99-100% and the temperature was just below the max limits. Then I noticed the game was fast at the beginning, just after loading the game.
I did some tests and I discovered a little (barely noticeable) slowdown after the natural mage cast the first buff, and a bigger slowdown when she cast the second buff. After the third buff (a third one is possible thanks to a setting coming with Aranna Legacy), the FPS dropped below 15. Can't immagine with 4 buffs...
So, for some reason, applying too much buffs on the party caused an huge slowdown on my game.
Don't know if the problem is a bad handling of the buffs by the game, but for me, avoid too much buffs solved the problem.

PS (Yes, increase the buffs limit to 4 is possible...)

My old computer was an AMD x64 3800+ Dual Core, @ 2.40Ghz per core, 2,5 Gb, Nvidia GeForce 210 GTX, running with Win XP at the beginning and Win7 after some years.
With either OS, my frame rate was a completely disaster in a medium scale battle (5 team members Vs 3-4 enemies).
And during the winter the CPU temperature was always low, so no heat problem.

With my new PC, an Intel Core i3 2330M dual core with hyper-threading (so 4 virtual cores), @2.20Ghz, 4 Gb, GeForce GT 635M, I can just play it with 20 Fps, but drop to 12-15 in the bigger battles.

I'm not an expert, but I guess that more power won't make any noticeable difference, if something bad has been made in the game engine.

If you say your PC doesn't suffer these problems, I don't have any possible answer. Maybe it's the OS, maybe it's your specific hardware configuration which somehow is extremely compatible with DS...

Im running right now on Phenom II x6 1045t OC to 3,2Ghz,HD 7870 2GB Windforce,8GB Crucial Ballistix 1333Mhz,Windows 7 64bit and stable 60fps.
I guess my setup is compatible with game engine.
Try to disable Aero,Run game as Administrator,Add some startup parameters (nospacecheck maybe ? )
Or you can try to play game in virtual Windows XP (Some guy from GPG recommended me this one but im not sure)

as far as i know, this DS2 game only need a single core processor and "game developer" didn't make a good architecture game engine for multi-core procesor, and that explain why an average modern multicore processor with low clock speed (like i3 2330M @2.20Ghz) suffering the most when playing this game, because 2.20Ghz/4 core = 0.55 Ghz

and thats why bare_elf with her AMD Sempron 3000+ 1.9GHz (single core) had a better fps..

and know voty said that his (Phenom II x6 1045t OC to 3,2Ghz"), had a stable 60 fps..
theoritically, 3.2Ghz/6 core = 0.53Ghz

i'm skeptical now,, because i'm not an expert ^^
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edit:
but, voty has a HD 7870 2GB, and that absolutely overkill DS2

conclusion :
IMHO you need a high-end system to play this game pure 60fps with max setting + enhanced visual quality (on graphic card) for the best maximum enjoyment...

or you can buy old single core system :twisted: