Version 24(BETA) of Sword Coast Stratagems released

[Salk]

Saving throws etc: the caveat is that SCS corrects too-poor saves but not too-good saves. That's because sometimes the game deliberately uses an illegal saving throw to make a creature more powerful, and I don't want to break it.

 

But how do we know that the game is not conversely using an illegal saving throw to deliberately make a creature less powerful?

We don't know, but I don't believe it's especially common (find me a clear case study and I'll reconsider), whereas the converse happens all the time. (And ultimately an AI/tactical mod is going to err on the side of not decreasing difficulty).

 

It was just a curiosity of mine. I mean, I thought you might have found a... pattern or had information from reliable sources about the illegally low saving throws for some specific creatures. And yes, I do understand of course that SCS is not in the business of making the game easier.

 

Looking forward to v25!

[Ardanis]

We can have KR check if creature's saves match the existing 2da, if they do then we patch accordingly, i.e. make them worse. After that SCS is free to run over.

[Sick Boy]

Is SCS v24 compatible with BG:EE v1.2?

[DavidW]

Yes: in fact it was tested on 1.2.

[bholland]

I second the creeping doom problem from the post on thread. I am uninstalling that option and I expect it will work.

 

http://forums.gibberlings3.net/index.php?showtopic=25546&st=60

[Sick Boy]

My game ALWAYS crashes when I scroll down in the Thunder Hammer Smithy shop in Breregost. SCS v24 BGEE v1.2

[Jarno Mikkola]

My game ALWAYS crashes when I scroll down in the Thunder Hammer Smithy shop in Breregost. SCS v24 BGEE v1.2

Are you sure the SCS is the cause ? --change-log the file... the files name should be "taerum.sto" if I am correct. Of course there's always the chance that the game crashes even without the SCS(or in spite of it), in which the case is likely to be that there is a lack of resource in one of the files.

PS, you always need to start a new game to test the update a mod makes unless you have a save before you go to the Beregost for the first time in the save. So make that save...

[Sick Boy]

I tested going to that shop in version 1.2 with no problems.

After installing scsv24 and started a new game, went to that shop and the game crashes.

Im almost sure it was because scs...

[ithildurnew]

There's a problem in minor_bg2.tpa. It assigns spmugg.cre dw#dkmg2.bcs, which results in them being automatically removed after a certain amount of encounters. Unfortunately the first thief stronghold encounter uses spmugg.cre for its ambush. Additionally Blucher's improved random encounters in Tactics/Big Picture also uses it.

 

Could you therefore add an AreaCheck("AR0300") to their script in order to improve compatibility?

 

10th

 

This bug exists in earlier versions as well; it results in a number of encounters (Borinall/Lathander Ring quest, the graverobber in the graveyard, etc) where extra bad guys fail to spawn.