Utraean Seizure of hopless Mapping

Update:
The sanctuary doors work well and dynamically adjust themselves to the party's level if you return later.

However one perhaps unintentionally effect now is that training dummies also adjust themselves - or at least their health has changed even if their level is still zero. Normally they have only 1hp of health but now have 51hp of health. Takes a little while for a starting level character to whittle them down.

Another quirk discovered with the Level Adjustment Mod is that ghost rewards in DS2 don't dynamically change level with the player. Maybe not surprising as the rewards are specialized from base_generator_pcontent rather than container or chest. They start at level 28.

Would only be noticeable playing with a mod like DS2 Adepts which would allow you to get access to the chant of the dead at levels as low as 12-15 (since you get access to Aman'lu as soon as you completed curing the plague main quest with your hero).

well thats easy to fix. just patch the loot list file for the ghost rewards to inherit itself from container or chest.

do note however to be careful and not to break the set item reward for the ghostly visions set which is supposed to drop when u free some of the ghosts.

I will check this, this type of reward container (as used for the Ghost quest) should be supported already.

You're correct as I followed the dependencies through the various templates and it specializes from container at the very beginning as base_generator_pcontent.

I'm just wondering if the block [generator_object_pcontent] isn't fully support though?

There's a new version of the Level Adjustment mod, mainly fixing a lack for invisible containers.

With this I'd say that the L.A.M. now has nearly 100% compatibility with DS2 and Broken World (assuming that those maps are enabled first).

Update: I see that quietly the mod has been update to 5e. Good Work. I'll try it out.

Hello people, Can anyone post how many exp i need for all levels up to 500lvl?
Thanks.

This is controlled by a file that can be altered by mods (or edited directly), so the generic answer is no, because we don't know the contents of your copy. Since the game-supplied one doesn't go to level 500, that becomes a definite no. You must have a mod that makes that change, and it would include a custom level/XP table.

the exp table for unmodded ds1 and loa goes up to lvl 150. the exp table for unmodded ds2 and bw goes up to lvl 310. however, exp table values past 100 are just artificial values to allow stats to rise to 310. the max level in unmodded ds2/bw is 100.

i suggest u just get the appropriate version of tankviewer for whatever version of ds u are using (ds1, ds2) from the downloads section. open your exp mod's dsres or ds2res file and look in world\global\formulas\formulas.gas for your exp table.

the experience needed from my level 500 mod is:

[experience_table]
{
  * = [[  0,      300,    900,    2000,    4000,
      7600,    12800,    19600,    26600,    34200,
      43000,    53200,    65000,    78428,    93334,
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This takes you to a maximum of 510 for extra leeway.

I wasn't completely inactive the last time. Here some possibly not evident things that may help creating or tuning a map or mod:

 
First, there's something 'luckily strange' about ornaments in actor templates that can help to reduce the afford/need to make new textures.
It's not that uncommon in DS2 that a head is attached as ornament (in [aspect]) and not as custom_head (in [inventory]), and as components.gas states the ornament model can be followed by alternate textures.
Rather inccidentally I've found some kind of 'dual-head' texture tweak. One variant looks like this:

    [ornaments]
    {
        * = m_c_gah_amr_hlmt_hg_head-02,b_c_gah_hg_skin_02_22_npc;
        * = m_c_gah_amr_hlmt_hg_head-02,b_c_gah_hg_hair_02_04;
    }

The second possible variant of this tweak is to keep a head model as/in custom_head, adding the hair as first aspect texture (usually index and to list the same head incl. skin texture as ornament.
Which variant to use depends a bit whether your template specilizes a template where a custom_head is already assigned. However if required a disturbing assignment of a custom_head also could be removed with empty quotes for example.

Main advantage of this tweak is that there is almost no limit to recombine the existing textures for NPCs. Disadvangates are that there may be sometimes a little alpha/transparency problem, also there doesn't seem to a way to re-tune such a setup with skrit (there may be component to do so). Nonetheless I think it's worth to remind it before creating and adding a new texture to a mod.

Another interesing thing I've found is related to flick and conversations, concretly about the talk-flick property. Instead of adding only the name of the flick like 'guard_talk', it's also possible to pass variables like the name of the conversation or a further role/scid to do anything with it, for example 'guard_talk?say_this=conv_hello&icon_emitter=0x12345678&icon_index=3'
Of course the corresponding flick must be tuned to accept this:

[guard_talk]
{
    role (actor) speaker, listener;
    external role (prop) icon_emitter = 0xffeeddcc;

    string say_this = "";
    int icon_index = 0;

    thread main
    {
      speaker:
        Capture;

        StartConversation say_this, wait;

        if WhenRoleValid( icon_emitter ) AND
            !WhenConversationChoice( speaker, cancel_conversation )
        {
            BroadcastMessage( icon_emitter, WE_USER_INDICATE_EMITTER_SWITCH, icon_index );
        }

        Release;
    }
}

These varaible flicks make some sense if there are multiple flicks with (almost) the same structure.
Actually DS2 knows such generic/varialbe flicks, and to make them running often 'scid names' are used (can be assinged in the object proprieties in SE2), but compared to scid-name-depending flicks the example here with the instant varialbe assingment may be a bit more flexible and transparent.

 
In this context, there is also the trigger action 'launch_flick' available in SE2. Here too it's possilbe to expand the flick name with variables the same way as above, and for simple flicks it's probably easier to set up such a trigger than using an external cmd_run_flick object.
Unfortunately, as experienced launch_flick won't be executed (anymore) on a dead/killed actor, also the SE2 may show an additional warning sometimes that there is no catalyst/originator who triggers the action - but as long as no catalyst is needed in the flick this warning can be ignored.
Finally however, if you want to re-check this trigger in the gas file, it should look anyhow like this:

[instance_triggers]
{
    [*]
    {
            action* = launch_flick("mining_generic?ore=0x12345abc",0), delay(1.5);
        b can_self_destruct = true;
            condition* = receive_world_message("we_req_talk_end",0,"on_every_message");
        f delay = 0.000;
        b flip_flop = false;
        b multi_player = true;
        b no_save_trig_bits = true;
        b no_trig_bits = false;
            occupants_group = ;
        f reset_duration = 0.000;
        b single_player = true;
        b single_shot = false;
        b start_active = true;
    }
}

The lack of variety within the npcs that populate the world was one of the poorest aspects of DS2, not so much with Broken World as it was sparsely populated anyway. The number of times npcs were reused with just a name change and perhaps a change of clothes was ridiculous.

I've update the content mod above, please see the ReadMe file for details.

There is also a little Update Alpha 10m for the map file (1.5mb, ReadMe) that just take cares about some major lacks that shouldn't be unsolved.
Note perhaps, this update may not be required, many of the tunings Iryan already realized in his update for the Utrae.

Some updates in the content mod are probably more interesting from technical point of view.

There is the component [texture_switch_on_event], which can exchange textures on objects or actors incl. their ornaments, weapons, boots, etc.
Goal was it to have a better possiblity to create or modify new (differently looking) objects or NPCs directly in the SE2 without the requirement of creating new templates - supposed it's known which alternate textures to use.
This component is still a bit experimental though, so only a few NPCs are carrying this component so far, however the is also the template 'lightweight_obj_texture_switch' to provide this feature for non-actors. Despite of remianing usage limitations during the recent days I didn't encounter major flaws when I met such instantly retextured objects or NPCs.

In conjunction the launch-flick trigger there's now a flick file called 'change_property', intended to bypass the requirement of attaching [cmd_change_property_owner] onto a template or placing an external cmd_change_property gizmo on the map.
Similarly to this there is the flick 'npc_animate_v1', although quite experimental too, it can offer an alternate way compared to the 'one-animation-NPCs' of DS2 or the cmd_animation_command linked NPCs as often used on DS1 maps.
By the way, I've also revised cmd_animation_command a bit. Although it accepted (and still does) an animation term like 'sit1' (incl. quotes) it had the unpleasant habit to transform it into a number, making it almost impossible to recheck later what animation was used. Now the SE2 will decode the number again to show you the animation as object screen name and on the 'debug circle' when the object is selected.

The alternate routine 'job_talk_animated.skrit' has been expanded to auto-defect if the possibly standing/stitting/lying actor is able to face the player when talking together.
This can help for moving/animated/patroling NPCs where you don't know in advance which posture they will have then the player talks to them.

And because this was rather dry modding work so far I became a bit unbalanced and made a gizmo called 'cmd_damage_under_water'. This gizmo must 'swimm' on the water surface (as altitude reference) and will punish all players who keep their heads too long below the water surface, and only the Invulnerability power or something (unknown) providing the 'Oxygen' state/enchantment may delay the inevitable asphyxiation.
Well, I have to admit, and although I like to have pets in the game, this feature is not really pet-friendly - too many of them have their heads simply too low! I guess someone needs to teach them how to swimm... :P

yea nice. thats a very interesting discovery. i think any future unofficial patches for ds2 shud include these methods of overhauling how npcs look in-game and to make the npcs' looks more diversified.

also, this technique shud simplify adding art assets for new equipment in-game.

also wonder if this technique can be used to downsize the art content in the .ds2res files since with this technique, u no longer need to make so many individual textures for each skin colour, race etc.

Another planned convention I forgot to mention... :o
So if the Level Adjustment mod shell be allowed to respawn a monster with extreme gib settings in [physics] then this monster must also have a negative physics:explosion_magnitude of -99999 (or below).

Right now the Level Adjustment mod is ignoring these monsters because they look too 'quest-like' and their Scid will change if respawned (may mess up with the flick/quest design), however extreme gib settings are also an easy work-around to prevent gibbing/exploding just because there aren't any fragments assigned for this monster.

Eventually it could work using the same model as ornament as used for aspect:model. One model for the skin, the other model for the clothes.
In case of texture flickering (2 models, same shape/size/place) both texutures probably would need transparent/opaque zones that are complementary to each other.
...but as soon it would be required to 'counter-sync' the transparent zone resp. to make skin overlay textures specific for one cloth texture, it would even result in one texture file more. So that only would make sense if these skin texture could be used at least for one other cloth texture too - besides on an advances skrit component to manage this.
 

I am interested in translating it to german if it hasn't already, however my writing isn't the best luckily i live close to my parents to ask them questions but they may not no all the lingo however, I can do my best. Whhich readme's need to be done etc.

There's a update of the content mod, it's rather technical though. So currently you only may notice this update at the way-posts that automatically open a Town Portal (where enabled).

There is now v.10 p/q, a more SE2-friendly release of the content mod.

I've experienced that having a path/files like 'world/maps/map_name/*.gas' in a mod (that is in the resources folder) the mod content may not be available in SE2.
This is fixed now, and there are also some minor changes related to NPCs, so I uniformed the structure of the template names and added pleasant heads where missing.

Following NPC templates all represent townsfolk (however covering only a small spectrum how NPCs may look like).

npc_hm_walk_01_utrea
npc_hm_run_01_utrea
npc_hm_sit_01_utrea
npc_hm_sit_03_utrea

npc_hf_walk_01_utrea
npc_hf_run_01_utrea
npc_hf_sit_01_utrea
npc_hf_sit_02_utrea
npc_hf_talk_01_utrea

npc_em_walk_01_utrea
npc_em_run_01_utrea
npc_em_sit_01_utrea
npc_em_sit_03_utrea

npc_ef_walk_01_utrea
npc_ef_run_01_utrea
npc_ef_sit_01_utrea
npc_ef_talk_01_utrea
npc_ef_talk_02_utrea

npc_dd_walk_01_utrea
npc_dd_run_01_utrea
npc_dd_sit_01_utrea
npc_dd_sit_02_utrea
npc_dd_talk_01_utrea

Basically, if templates apprear in the SE2 they probably shouldn't be used to spezialize other templates from (better copy them and set a new template name) because - similar to 'base_...' and '..._stats' templates - when defining e.g. 'specializes = npc_dd_test_123' would remove template 'npc_dd_test_123' from the SE2 listings (amazingly, when already place once before, it may still appear/stay on a map).

Most of the templates listed above are also carrying the texture_switch_on_event component that could be used to change the NPC look.
For example, assumed you have a metalic shield assigned in the Equipment tab for the slot 'es_shield_hand', but actually a wooden shield would suit better (there is none in DS2) then the setup below would make it look as made of wood:

    [texture_switch_on_event]
    {
    	attached = "es_shield_hand,b_i_twn_gate-01";
    }

Well, since most templates actually don't have the [texture_switch_on_event] component, there is now also the flick 'set_texture_simple'. Compared to the component this flick is rather simple, it has no scid-bit support and may only treat the aspect:model, nonetheless it can be use sometimes.
For example, a white dove should be black for a few instances on the map only.
In this case a white dove could be placed with the following trigger:

[instance_triggers]
{
    [*]
    {
        action* = launch_flick("set_texture_simple?name=b_c_na_black",0), delay(0.4);
      b can_self_destruct = true;
        condition* = receive_world_message("we_entered_world",0,"on_every_message");
      f delay = 0.000000;
      b flip_flop = false;
      b multi_player = true;
      b no_save_trig_bits = true;
      b no_trig_bits = false;
        occupants_group = ;
      f reset_duration = 0.000000;
      b single_player = true;
      b single_shot = false;
      b start_active = true;
    }
}

 
Another special/experimental feature is included in the two 'npc_??_sit_03_utrea' templates.
While the sitting NPC templates in DS2 only provide actors that can nothing else than sit, these two templates are offering NPCs with the full amount of animations but who get their default fidgeting animation reset with a sitting animation by means of a flick file (the SE2 will show a warning though, but it can be ignored).
This flick-set animation will run/loop forever, or until another animation is set, for example with a further flick triggered when enemies are spotted.

Sometimes it's hard to say whether a SE2 warning is really important or not.
Related to this I noticed additional error warnings when the SE2 loads a region where some of custom flick files are used:

Note mabe that there also can be an 'instant' role-assignement like 'patrol_5pts_random_utrea=0x00c0045b' (offering a more flexible usage, but the SE2 can't detect this), and some other flicks actually require an invalid initiation of a role to be able later to re-assign it while the flick is running.

So these kind of warnings depend a lot on the flick file used. Sadly I haven't found a way so far to make the custom flicks more SE2-friendly.
However for flick files triggered on we_entered_world or we_constructed there is a work-around sometimes of an indirect flick activation. Work-wise if may be quite inviting to use we_entered_world directly to start the flick (one trigger less, with SE2 warning probably). But we also could set up an additional trigger to wait for we_entered_world in order to sends out/back we_req_activate (or we_req_use) which would start the flick then (hence one trigger more, but usually no waring SE2, specially if a little activation delay is set up too).

Utrea Content Pack Alpha 10 r:
Features better chances to find new/unknown chants. It also fixes a lack for some combative NPCs with over-head icons.
Note maybe, if you already downloaded Alpha 10r before April 13th please download it again (there was accidentally a former test build already online for some hours :o).

 
Diabloish Beta 2a:
Updates mainly objects and landscape at Tristram.

 
(links above)

Utrea Content Pack Alpha 10 s, Updates:

• Critical error fixed for breaking containers (recently introduced by an inappropriate generator update).
• Barrel rats rebalanced, also other types of critters can be hidden sometimes.
• Approch trigger of powder barrels revised 'barrel_glb_powder_keg', usually in the mines at Crystwind)
  to explode after ~4 times when approaching too closely.
• Animation bug for wooden chest(s) fixed.
• Droog NPCs (good+neutral) refined.
• Some skrit and flick components revised.

Related to some technical matters with (disappeared) Droog NPCs here now a list of templates and how they depend on each other currently (...not that i intend to change this again).

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// GOOD+NEUTRAL DROOG ACTORS, TEMPLATE OVERVIEW:
//	base_droog_ds1_good
//		droog_ds1_good_stats (with many extra components, but no flicks)
//			droog_good_melee_stats
//				droog_good_melee
//				droog_good_melee_solid
//			droog_good_ranged_stats
//				droog_good_ranged
//				droog_good_ranged_solid
//			droog_good_magic_stats
//				droog_good_magic
//				droog_good_magic_solid
//		droog_good_idle_stats (neutral with 'good' look, without any flick)
//				droog_villager (flick-animated, standing+praying)
//				mp_npc_droog_01 (walking around, flick-animated to talk)
//				mp_npc_droog_02 (flick-animated, kneeing+praying)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

However this 'flick stuff' should be considered as feature and not as obligation, it's mainly intended to help against the DS2-flood of actors with extreme movement disorders - one actor template for walking, one for running, one for floor-sweeping with a broom, one template for drinking, one for sitting, one for laying on a bed, ... - and if animated to drink for example, then there is a high chance in DS2 that this actor can't walk anymore or even stop drinking. :o

To mention too, 'droog_ds1_good_stats' is a pleasant stats-template to make a combative NPC from, while 'droog_good_idle_stats' is rather intended for actor who usually are not/rarely involved in a battle.
In this context, the 'solid' actors can keep themselves ~30% longer in a battle than the non-solid variants (...unfortunately there is still no tweak to tune the NPC defense on a larger scope in SE2 in a way that the automatic level adjustment can handle it exacltly).

Hi KillerGremal,
Not sure why this is happening but After Killing the Boss on level one of the Dungon and then moving down the stairs to level 2 the map locks up sometimes and the game crashes but not always. This appears to occur with both Adepts enabled and with Adepts disabled. My party is currently my main character, a direwolf and a packmule. It does not seem to matter which character is leading I am also not sure where the problem is. I am going to start by removing all mods that are not required to play Diabloish Map for DS2, Beta 2a. So would you be so kind as to let me know the minimum number of things that I must have installed?

Thank You

To play Diabloish you currently will need on minimum:
- Mod-DS1Content-Alpha10s.ds2res
- Mod-DS1Map-Diabloish-Beta02a.ds2res
- The objects tank from DS1 (or the Objects+Sounds Fix).
- Mod-Erthos-MonsterLevelAdjust-Beta5f.ds2res (technically not really needed but recommended gameplay-wise).
 

@ KillerGremal

I played Diabloish with only the following mods and Adepts installed:
- Mod-DS1Content-Alpha10s.ds2res
- Mod-DS1Map-Diabloish-Beta02a.ds2res
- The objects tank from DS1
- Mod-Erthos-MonsterLevelAdjust-Beta5f.ds2res

I was able to get to level two in the dungeon prior to the game going black. I had just clicked on the save point and was moving down the right hand path fighting monsters and the game froze, then the screen went black and Windows 7 gave me the message that the application stopped working.

Crash Report Follows:

I will try without Adepts Next

I tried next without Adepts and Starting in BrokenWorld -- Game Crashed (I have crash report if you want it)
I tried next without Adepts and Starting in DS2 -- Game Crashed (I have this crash report also if you desire it)

From his I must assume that Diabloish-Beta02a has a bug in it. I do not remember this occurring with the previous version but can not be sure if it would not have occurred somewhere in the dungeon.

@bare_elf: Thanks a lot your tests. I'm working on this matter at the moment...

I think the problem is caused by a mis-configured 'nodal_tex_swap' gizmo. I've used it quite extensively for Beta 2a, for example to replace the DS2 floor texture of the incantion shrine with a DS1 texture, and between Dungeon 1 and Dungeon 2 I have used it to try softening visually the transition area - which obvisually didn't work as intended.

 
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Edit:
There is now a new release of the Diabloish map, Beta 2 b (link on top) in particular fixing a critical texture error between Dungeon 1 and 2.
And there is also a new Content Pack for Utrea, Alpha 10 t (link on top too) which mainly provides a fix for the teleportation/portal feature at the beginning of a session.

You are welcome KillerGremal
The Content Pack for Utrea, Alpha 10 t fixes the portal feature at the session start very nicely. I will get into the Dungeon tomorrow and let you know how that works. I like testing things and making things more than actaully playing the game.

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There is no point it is all a dream someday I will wake and really screem wishing I was back in this strange little dream.

@KillerGremal
I looked around town and killed the monsters over the bridge and in the grave yard. My party is two direwolves and my main character who is a level 40 ranger. Just after entering the Dungeon upon entering the first room with monsters the game crashed. Black Screen and back to windows. I am going to try with just a single character and no pets. Will start with a level 0 combat mage and see what occurs.