Howdo you create a spell?, Similar to Find Familiar Options

[blackdevil0742]

Hi

Like lots of people I've been playing Badlur's Gate 2 for so long and I still ove it. I've downloaded mods but now I want to do stuff I want in the game. So what I wish is to create a spell similar to the Find Familiar but I want it to summon a Winter Wolf(and make it stay/follow me like the other do). I have NI (didn't find a working link to the other tool) and I've exported some of the files that the Find Familiar(based on the cat) spell uses.

FAMCAT.BAM <cat img
FAMCAT.CRE
SPWI123.SPL <find familiar spell
SPWI123C.BAM <spell icon

Now I have no clue how and what to edit in those files.

I tried though. What I did first was to copy some of the stuff the FAMCAT.CRE into a copy of the winter wolf .CRE file(I think I managed to do it right).

Now how do I get a spell to summon this creature and also how do I export/import the images in the .BAM file?

This post has been edited by blackdevil0742: Feb 8 2008, 11:26 PM

[Rabain]

Oh and just a note: Familiars aren't set up in the baldur.gam file. They exist there after they join the party of course...but before that the files themselves can be edited to your hearts content. baldur.gam is also editable after that of course too..but can lead to more issues its best not to get into here.

The Familiar spell is hardcoded to alignment, in the game exe. It is this that makes it very difficult to change but editing the creatures directly is open to any player who chooses to do so.

This I think is the difference between a player doing something for themselves and a modder wishing to release something to the public. More is possible if you do it for yourself because you don't have to worry about compatibility etc.