BG1 coding question :), visual effects, items into chest: how? Options

[jastey]

Hi,
I have two questions to BG1 coding:
1. If I want to have a nice visual effect, e.g. one creature dissappears with a lot of glowing light.. whatever, how do I code that? (For BGII, I would use:

CODE

CreateVisualEffectObject("effect",Myself)

Is there something similar for BG1?)
2. I have problems to put an item into an existing container. I have the following code in the area.baf:

CODE

 
IF
   Global("C#ItemInTruhe","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
   RESPONSE #100
         SetGlobal("C#ItemInTruhe","GLOBAL",1)
         ActionOverride("Container1",CreateItem("ITEM",0,0,0))
END

which is the only way I see, but this puts the item in front of the container. How would the correct code have to be, to place the item inside?

Thanks!
PS: Answers as soon as possible, please...

[Rabain]

It's probably best to start a cutscene by running your StartCutSceneMode() from a script (the script of the person saying the dialogue). Use a DO ~SetGlobal()~ in the dialogue to trigger the script

Also use StartCutSceneMode() before StartCutScene().

And you should be able to get strings to display in the cutscene using:

ActionOverride("bwcallum",DisplayStringHead(Myself,~Dawnbringer Sain, I am Callum.~))
Wait(1)
ActionOverride("scsain",DisplayStringHead(Myself,~Ah Yes, the Paladin of Amaunator, we have been expecting you!~))

Likewise if you are using DestroySelf() you should be able to copy the code above as

ActionOverride("creature1",DestroySelf()) /// i have just checked and this is indeed used in several scripts in BG1