DS1 Legendary Mod for DS2 Beta Thread

I've just updated the French Language Pack to support Beta34a and incorporate all the hard work Gemeaux333 had put into the Pack over the past year or so.
DS1_Mod_French_Mod_Logic_Beta34a_build_1.ds2res

I estimate that the Language Pack is about 60-65% translated. Details of what's translated and what's not can be found in the log of changes;
Log of Changes for Beta34a build 1 (147Mb)

Works as a patch but can completely replace DS1_Mod_Logic_Beta34a.ds2res. It hasn't been tested very thoroughly but appears to work well and should be able to be used with current saved games without any issues.

I will continue to help Gemeaux333 translate this pack with the existing conversations in Legends of Aranna. New conversations added to LOA and all of Yesterhaven's conversations will have to be handled by Gemeaux333 as there's obviously no existing translations of those in DS1 dscore.txt. The same for the quests, monsterbooks and new lore. For those not familiarly with how DS1/DS2 handles different languages, it appears the game uses the English base and translates foreign text as needed from a text file using hex? addresses through a language dll? If we knew exactly how that was done, we could possibly use the same approach to make creating additional language packs a lot easier but considering that the Legendary Mod adds an awful lot of additional text to the game, this would probably be as laborious as the current practice of translating line by line.

Also I'm trying to get as much done before Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age is released next month on PC. One of my all time favourites and very much like LOA gameplay with it's gambit system.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/595520/FINAL_FANTASY_XII_THE_ZODIAC_AGE/

I actually got a lot of my inspiration of some of the additions to the Legendary Mod from FFXII. The Hunt Club would have been a great addition as well.

To keep on track with the thread, I've almost finishing testing LOA. Yesterhaven and the Utraean Peninsula shouldn't take too long as the majority of issues have already been fixed from them. I just need to balance the regional levelling system and any other odds n ends.

Actually, the point is Yesterhaven and Return to Arhok have never been translated in french or any other languages, it seems that peoples just didn't bother in translating DLC/mod-like contents back then...

Return to Arhok can also be supported in the language pack if you want as well as other third party maps. Even if there existed foreign translations for these maps, the Legendary Mod adds quests and extra characters to each map so there would be a lot of new text to translate regardless (note that Return to Arhok was converted to DS2 by KillerGremal).

I have looked at software translation of the text into other languages but I doubt any such translations would be perfect due to the intricacies of language.

@Gemeaux333: Well, if you are in the mood to translate the English terms (38kB), you are welcome of course!

Then I would add the translation files directly to the map tank, and as soon French is installed/detected, all the terms would automatically be displayed in French.

Well, I actally wanted to wait until Return to Arhok is fully playable (as are the other maps) before I begin to translate it

One house is not populated I think as it was and there's no intro NIS. But already now you an play the map until the end, at least nobody complaint so far it wasn't.

Elddim townstone quest in Utraean peninsula is broken. DS2TK shows that his sarcophagus misses a contents and required triggers, like it was in DS1 multiplayer map.bd

The French Language Pack has been updated and is now approximately 85% translated. I missed some translated files from Gemeaux333, plus some actor files.
DS1_French_Logic_Beta34b_build2.ds2res (144Mb)
French Language Changes Log Beta34b Build 2 pdf

Support has been added for Diabloish & Return to Arhok. I software translated all of Diabloish as there's not a great deal of text in that map. I also added translated templates from KillerGremal's DS1Content Mod which I overlooked before. Despite this the file size has actually decreased as I trimmed all unnecessary files from the Pack.

I've updated Legends of Aranna to Beta34b.
DS1_Map_Legends_of_Aranna_Beta34b.ds2res (37.6Mb)
DS1_Mod_Logic_Beta_34b.ds2res (8.5Mb)

All outstanding bugs should now be fixed other than Jharmaya's face being screwed up slightly when wearing open helms and a party member (generally the member being controlled by the player) getting stuck at the top of one the stairs in the first interior region of the Death Mountain. I've tried deleting and rebuilding that particular node and placing a blocking object over most of it (can't cover it all or otherwise the player couldn't continue past that point). Neither works, the character just gets stuck on the other side of the node. I think it may be in common with a similar node in Yesterhaven (where Gwendolyn is located in Yesterhaven in her rescue quest) but unfortunately I've forgotten how that particular case was fixed.
LOA Changes Log Beta34b pdf

The Lost Queen still only has half the health she should (maybe because of the difficulty in the map being set to only 50). I will create a selection of mini-mods later on to change the difficulty and respawn rates in the maps so we can see then whether this is the cause of this (this can already be done if players are willing to add some lines to the ini file for Dungeon Siege 2 or Broken World).

Down loaded the files and will check it out as soon as time allows.

You actually won't find any triggers linked to the sarcophagus. Instead it has an unique template; sarcophagus_stone_quest. It drops the elddim stone and picking up the stone both finishes the quest for the elddim stone and opens up a new secondary quest to travel to Crystwind.

Did you pick up the elddim stone? Like in the original multiplayer map you need to keep the stones - all the stones you collect throughout the map. Keep them in the stash until needed late in the game. You'll need them to open the final quest dungeon of the game.

Basically the main quest in the Utraean Peninsula plays like the original multiplayer map. Due to balance issues, it isn't quite as open as the original map though. It strongly encourages you to travel a set route.

I've started a new party and played it again. This time the sarcophagus did open and dropped coins and Elddim stone. Now the quest is complete. I don't know what happened the first time, but apparently something prevented it from opening and because that event could be triggered only once the quest was stuck.

Since Melee is the most challenging, I decided on a dwarven fist of Stone( I know, real surprise there )

A hoover Bunny , the brown bunny at start does part of a hop then slides along(hoovering)then finishes his hop

Larry, Moe, and curly did attack

After helping the Guards at the gate I got Chapter 2 :Travel to Glacern completed I have not yet found wesrin Cross

The quest is working as intended but maybe it's a little confusing unless you look at the summary. The next step to "Find Wesrin Cross" states that "The Northern Outpost Gate is blocked! Now the only way to Glitterdelve Mines is through Wesrin Cross".

Your original intention was to travel directly to Glitterdelve Mines through the Northern Oustpost Gate as it's the quickest route. You wouldn't know at the time that it was blocked.

Maybe the task could have said instead like "Find a Way to Glacern" or suggest that the Northern Outpost Gate is the quickest way to reach Glitterdelve Mines, which will take you to Glacern.

KillerGremal has discovered how to hack or bypass the hard coded check Dungeon Siege 2 v2.3 (Broken World executable) uses to lock out third party maps using Veteran or Elite modes.
DS2X_Mod_Map_Mode_Unlock_v1.ds2res

It allows you to select any map mode from the map difficulty menu - even with a brand new hero. You do need to set the Monster Level Adjustment mode to "All" otherwise the regional level table will set them to mercenary mode level - this doesn't apply to the retail maps, which can also be accessed freely in any map mode you want. Deactivating the MLA mod will set the monsters to their template levels, which hasn't been balanced for veteran or elite modes.

This little mod is for testing purposes at the moment. I think KillerGremal is still looking at what may be possible with this hack but I thought it would be useful to post a version of it. It only works if Broken World is installed (v2.3 executable), even if the same changes are made to the vanilla DS2 file (which is actually used in this mod).

One thing I have noticed is that it is currently possible to recruit your party members again, unlike in DS2 or Broken World where once recruited they can't be recruited again.

Maybe this mod could be refined or even refined so it works as a replacement to the hard coded behaviour in v2.3 (perhaps by adding a Boolean check to the maps which is checked in the load_game.gas?).

Incidentally has anyone ever finished any of the legendary mod maps in vanilla DS2 and been able to access the next map mode?

I will down load and install right now. and give it a test.

So I'm playing with the retail DS2 BW again finally and I'm loving the new menu interface (not sure if it was there longer since I've used Steam for a long while.) So far I've only noticed two weird things with the latest files here. The BW Utraean character mod doesn't work at all for some reason, but it works with Steam just fine. I tried in both BW and vanilla resource folders just to confirm my curiosity. Also, the dwarf loading in vanilla DS2 (Retail and Steam) loads with yellow and black pants in character creation.
The only other weird thing I experienced was a full crash after fighting the mimic over the Farmlands bridge in KoE when I equipped a bent Druid Staff. I was unable to recreate the issue as I soon went to the regular DS2 map in multiplayer to quickly test if the staff was bugged but it equipped fine.
So far, everything else looks great, so I'm going to keep playing on. I'm excited to actually have the time to finally play all the way through and get on to LoA with the rest of you guys. Great work on the completion of KoE iryan!

EDIT: I was able to recreate the crash by equipping a bent Druid Staff in KoE the next time I played. Just picked one up in the Crypts and it crashed when I equipped it. As usual, I'm playing with only the mod and Aranna Legacy. I have all files in the vanilla DS2 resources directory.

I used a playable BW Utraean character for my KOE playthrough and a dwarf for my LOA playthrough without issues. Will check the dwarf in vanilla DS2 - the assets are ported from BW.

I'm still to test the latest update with steam - the first time I tried I had a crash when fighting the bear early n KOE and then I switched to playing with the retail game.

The bent druid staff is a DS2 item and I believe Aranna Legacy does change both the model (from m_w_staff_311 to m_w_staff_300-112 and textures from b_w_stf_311 to b_w_stf_302) but why that would cause the game to crash I don't know. The Legendary Mod doesn't change any base templates from DS2 or BW.

So I just started LoA with this mod to check things out and so far it looks great aside from a few minor bugs.
For some feedback--
I don't know if you plan to remake the original intro NIS or anything but I think it's fine enough how it is. It would, however, make a great improvement to the map with the original.
I was also wondering, is it possible you could start the hero out with the same starting equipment as in KoE (minus the hoe)? Mercenary armor doesn't exactly seem to match the scene of things.
Onto some bugs--
1. In the starting basement (A1_R1A_BASEMENT, 6.237 / -2.000 / -0.146 / 0XEC2F5181), when opening the chest with the glitter sfx, the glitter stays there.
2. The armor stand in that basement disappears when grabbing the armor from it
3. Moht (A1_R1_TOWN, -0.619 / 0.001 / 1.461 / 0XACCB93FC), the guy that tells you about the caravan attack when walking down the slope from your house, should have a gold star on the minimap and a gold question mark above his head.
4. Just in general, it seems in the town of Arhok it's raining. I think that should actually be snow, but memory might be failing me.
5. 3 people sitting in the inn are a little out of place (A1_R1_TOWN, 6.820 / -0.000 / 0.725 / 0X87B550DC). Sorry I don't exactly have a screenshot yet, but you'll see if you check it out.
6. The man in the room upstairs of the inn shouting "kill em' all" should actually be sitting in that chair wigging out unless memory fails me here as well. A1_R1_TOWN, -7.972 / -1.400 / -2.620 / 0X40E42C86)

Yes. Speaking from unreliable memory, finishing KoE (for one) unlocks veteran mode - not just for KoE but for other mod maps too (but not for the original DS2 map). To access veteran UP (say), you have to take the hero who'd completed KoE, select KoE again, see that veteran mode was available (maybe have to put your cursor over it), back up to map selection menu, THEN choose another map.

I've no record whether completing any of the other maps has the same effect. Testing what happens if one does select veteran went no further than confirming hero's whole party is present at the start - which it should be anyway on mercenary?

Yesterhaven has been updated to beta34b.
DS1_Map_Yesterhaven_Beta34b.ds2res

Only 1 significant bug fix but it's a big one. The elevator between the end of Act I and start of Act II was playing up again so I scrapped it and replaced it with a portal. Works flawlessly now. Other than that just a couple of minor tweaks to the moods in Swamp Town Yesterhaven and in the in-game map.
Yesterhaven_Changes_Log_Beta34b.pdf

With the Utraean Peninsula already basically complete (what tweaks made to it not worth uploading yet), the maps are now finished as far as significant changes or bug fixes. I know there's still heaps of minor bugs that could be fixed but I doubt I'll have either the time or energy to fix any but the most serious or interesting bugs. So now I'll mostly be working on getting the mod ready for distribution (installation package, updating the manual, etc). Still let me know of any bugs or things that could be improved as I may find the time to fix them. As always thank you all for your support and help over the years making this mod. Without all of you this project would not have got this far.

I'm not going to give Moht any quest indicators as I believe it works well enough at the moment. You actually don't start off with any quest at all in the beginning. Moht automatically starts the main quest when you walk towards him (as well as hinting that you look in the basement).

The armor and weapon stands are jarring I admit but I don't know why that's so. The base templates are in KillerGremal's content pack and are exactly like they were in the first Dungeon Siege. So I don't know how the models are switched in DS1. I suppose I could go through every armor & weapon stand in every map and place an empty model in the same position as well, so it would appear the armor or weapon stand just lost it's items but that would be a lot of work for minimal effect.

I fixed the rain and people in the Inn except for the man upstairs.

Anyway, the original NIS is a big thing and if anything I think that could be tackled WAY later after the more simpler bugs.
The basement seems fine with/without the emitter on the chest, I never really understood how the SFX was supposed to be perfect anyway but in the original LoA it had no effect at all so with this one it was just kind of an added feat.
I agree with that on Moht when you put it like that as it just makes a lot more sense.
The armor and weapon stands seem very weird at best and that definitely wouldn't be worth it to go through so many regions just to fix something so small. Though I noticed the armor stand in the basement actually appeared empty anyway, so I'm not sure where that sort of problem may be originating.

There's actually about 5 different models for armor and weapon racks, some have items and are interactive, while some are empty and are just there for decoration (note sometimes even full racks are marked non-interactive and are just there for show - like in shops).

KillerGremal may know why the racks in the mod don't work like in DS1 as he is much more knowledgeable than me with code.

As for the amount of effort it takes, I believe I speak for KillerGremal and all other modders that we do it for the enjoyment. It can be very satisfying to see something you create or modify also being enjoyed by other players.