Some questions about the flexibility of available tools Options

[Vaeloran]

Hi!
I hope there's a good soul who will answer 2 things I was wondering about..

1) I see there are many mods for BG 1/2, but - how come there are no "stand alone" games, totally unrelated to the BG 1/2 plots? Do the current tools require you to start your "game" within the original games? So my question is - can you make your own game, with a starting area and other areas completely from scratch? I mean, without Candlekeep, Irenicus' prison or anything else related to those games?
2 subquestions; can you make a 2nd (or 3rd) start game button with the name of your game on it? (You know - I'm talking about the window when you're prompted to select "Shadows of Amn" or "Throne of Bhaal")
What about the world map? Is it possible to make a custom one?

Is this a difficult task?


2) How difficult would it be to make a script that takes away money from the player when he rests - based on the level of his party? (Cumulative level of the party * a certain factor = gold lost on resting)


Thanks in advance.

[Sir-Kill]

TC= total conversion = totally converts the game (there are also partial conversions)
Note that I only mod graphics and graphic files
DLTCEP can do many things dialog, bams, area files, ect
weidu is good for dialogs and other things (I personally have no idea how it works)
NI= Near infinity: it can also do many things listed above but not so much graphics
infinity explorer can look at all? file types but cant change them
bamworkshop can do bams (item icons and more)

truthfully it is a lot easier to modify a newer game and one that was built with modding in mind where as IE was not. but that has not stopped many from modding ie

to do graphics you will need a 2d editor: The Gimp is free then there is paintshop and photoshop both not free.
then there is 3d graphics 3ds is sort of a standard but near $7-8000 it is not cheap. there is free 3d software too.

This post has been edited by Sir-Kill: Dec 29 2007, 11:45 PM