bgforgenet/bg2-uniqueartifacts

Unique Artifacts mod for Baldur's Gate 2

bg2-uniqueartifacts's Issues

[FR] Optional component to limit the number of wands?

What is your opinion on having an optional component to limit the number of wands?

Even without any mods, BG1 and BG2 are simply overloaded with wands. On top of that, they can even be "recharged". For low-level wands like magic missiles or sleep, it does not matter much, but the wand of fire is just ridiculous. There are multiple copies of it too, so even without recharging, you get enough use to throw fireballs around basically in any battle (which makes them trivial, especially in BG1).

I could possibly do a pull request on this, but I first would like to know whether such a component even belongs in this mod 🙂.

Also, a technical question, as I am not really a modder, but by looking at the source code, will simply adding the item code and a cre/sto file to the bsv table make the mod remove all its other instances from the game?

Code rewrite

Need to rewrite the code in more robust, randomiser-style.

Amulet of Protection +1 and Necklace of Missiles in BG1

While fiddling around with the code, I have found this.

bg2-uniqueartifacts/ua/items/strict_bg1.bsv

Lines 1 to 2 in dcab127

	amul14 nadine.cre | Necklace of Missiles | Nadine - steal
	amul14 nadin.dlg | Necklace of Missiles | Nadine - quest reward

However, amul14 is the Amulet of Protection +1, while the Necklace of Missile is amul01. I have checked both BG1 and BG1:EE just to make sure.

Then, there is also this.

bg2-uniqueartifacts/ua/compatibility/ua.tpa

Lines 1 to 7 in dcab127

	// AoP +1
	ACTION_IF NOT MOD_IS_INSTALLED ~ua.tp2~ (ID_OF_LABEL ~ua.tp2~ ~g_ua_allow+1~) BEGIN
	PRINT @9
	ACTION_IF GAME_INCLUDES ~bg1~ BEGIN
	OUTER_SET $item_source_compat(~amul14~ ~nadine.cre~) = 1 // Nadine - steal
	OUTER_SET $item_source_compat(~amul14~ ~nadin.dlg~) = 1 // Nadine - quest reward
	END

which is a little bit confusing, as Nadine does in fact possess both amulets, but the AoP +1 is given to us in order to find her son, while the NoM is the actual quest reward.

Is there something wrong, or am I just confused?

Ref: https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Nadine_and_Euric

Add more items

Add a third, comprehensive option, which will cover most magical items.