question to spell animations, PS:T -> BGII Options

[jastey]

Hi,
how do I
1. reverse a spell animation BAM so that it goes backwards (in DLTCEP)?
2. use such an animation from PS:T for BGII (I think it was that x,y value should be set to 0,0 for the small inventory icon)?

Thanks!

[Rabain]

That was V V C not W C. It's a file type the game uses for some spells/animations to get things done.

You should be able to create a spell that launches your animation or alternatively either of these two should work:

272 CreateVisualEffect(S:Object*,P:Location*)
The Object parameter here should actually be ResRef since it references a VVC file with priority. If a VVC file is not found, it will search for a BAM file. If I were to rename this, I'd call it PlayAnimationPoint().


273 CreateVisualEffectObject(S:DialogFile*,O:Target*)
Again, a weird first parameter. DialogFile should actually be ResRef. If a VVC file is found, it will play that, and if not, it will try to play a BAM of the filename specified. The difference between this and CreateVisualEffect() is that this references an object.