nwmain hack request

ShaDoOoW · Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 584

I was wondering if anyone could make a simple hack to nwmain.exe which would change the way the override folder is handled.

Right now, there is soo many great overrides, like NWNCQ or icon sets, or creature override sets. But the more overrides player have the bigger chaos he has in override folder. There is no way to make clean there. Of course there are some simple programs which can rename some folder to override and then launch nwn but thats not very nice solution.

So I came with idea - override folder itself would work as top override. Then there would be either hak files or folder with some content. All of these folders/hak would be load together as second override with lower priority.

Then override folder would be no more messy and remove/update and even complete together some override content would be easy and simple.

Anyone sharing my opinion and able to make it? Would be very grateful Smile

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axs · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 76

Yeah, I done it for my server.
But it's more some kind of extender. (Windows and Linux)

Current features are:
- Effect icons limit raised to 254
- Camera distance increased
- Camera minimal angle changed
- Fog distance increased

- New base classes are unlocked during character creation
- New races also use incantation voice
- Override directory changed to (ServerName)/override
- dialog.tlk file changed to (ServerName)/dialog.tlk

Also server specific:
- Learn scroll icon also enabled for Assassin
- Added new Save vs. Type combat log messages (Petrifaction, Paralize and more)
- Removed "Epic spell menu" radial button
- Removed "Jump all Players" radial button

- And self update, in future also auto resources update.

First four features are taken from HG modified executable, camera and fog are ported to linux by me.

I have plans to release sources, but when it will be fully ready, now it's "little" mess.

ShaDoOoW · Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 584

Awesome, btw whats the default effect icon number cap? I had problems adding new, see my topic in nwnx_structs.
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axs · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 76

It's equal to orginal effecticons.2da icons number, 130. So you can only replace not used icons.

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virusman · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1020 Location: Russia

http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/myviewtopic.html?topic=659212&forum=48
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ShaDoOoW · Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 584

ShaDoOoW · Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 584

Thread resurrection.

I'm working on "Community Patch 1.70" and I'm seeking for anyone who can fix some annoying client-side bugs and limitations in nwn client in nwmain.exe.

I have already added effect icons upper limit pointed by acaos and I would like to add these:
- 255 spell limit crash
- epic spell radial menu crash
- enable custom base classes in initial character creation

If anyone would be able to help with this, please contact me.
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ShaDoOoW · Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 584

axs provided me a custom nwn executable that hooks nwmain and do some stuff, basically what I needed when I started this thread, however he seems to be gone and one of the feature, replacing dialog.tlk with own dialog doesn't work. Everything else does but this makes all text to disappear.

Does anyone know correct memory location for dialog.tlk position? Or can someone show me how to find out?

The program currently uses these locations:
0x0040ed84
0x006085F2
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Valgav · Joined: 28 Aug 2010 Posts: 53

Thread resurrection!

I'm working on the server for polish community and I need that hack, especially:

- Override directory changed to (ServerName)/override
- dialog.tlk file changed to (ServerName)/dialog.tlk

I found on my hard drive some kind of extender for old polish server(probably the one made by axs) but I'm asm newbie.

Guys could you help me with configuration for my server?

Link refers to that extender:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/55654302/Chult-Data.zip

virusman · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1020 Location: Russia

Try NWNX Connect instead. It preloads everything automatically.
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Valgav · Joined: 28 Aug 2010 Posts: 53

It's linux only and I'm very attached to windows funcs OnPLayerLeaving event. So it isn't really a solution.

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