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 Apr 26 2008, 06:38 PM
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 Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A  |
I've seen other topics which say that these are not able to be edited (or if so, it is very difficult), but...
Is it possible to import a paperdoll shield from BG1? I dislike the look of the new shields and would like to have one that looks like the old black/gold tower shield from BG1. In DLTCEP, I can only find one small shield with the old look, but it uses the same paperdoll effect as the BG2-style small shields. If it's not possible, it's no big deal. Thanks! -------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Apr 26 2008, 08:44 PM
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 consiglieri  Member of Graphics Dept. Posts: 2343 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Michigan, U.S.A. |
you can use the images from bg1 but I do not think you can just import them.
1PP might have done it already so you might want to check that out. yeah I am not a big fan of the 'new' shields either. -------------------- |
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Apr 26 2008, 10:20 PM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
That would work for me, but I was wondering how to get just a single shield to look that way for an NPC mod. As it is, the shield I made looks like the old tower shields but on the paperdoll it looks like something taken out of Star Trek. It's just a technicality that I probably shouldn't even be thinking about right now anyway. I assume that to do what I'm thinking, I would have to package the paperdoll shield with the mod. Sounds like work...
I think I'll be downloading that 1PP mod for myself now. Unfortunately, they don't have the large or medium shields yet. 
-------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Apr 27 2008, 12:25 AM
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consiglieri Member of Graphics Dept. Posts: 2343 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Michigan, U.S.A. |
She has been at it for a couple of years now, maybe in time there will be more. of coarse she is doing stuff w/avatars too so...
I do not think you should have any problems adding a new one it just takes time. just to be clear we are talking about the character on the inventory screen right? This post has been edited by Sir-Kill: Apr 27 2008, 12:32 AM -------------------- |
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Apr 27 2008, 01:20 AM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
QUOTE(Sir-Kill @ Apr 26 2008, 07:25 PM)  just to be clear we are talking about the character on the inventory screen right? Correct. A rectangular tower shield looks like the oval-shaped w/spikes style large shield of BG2 on the paperdoll. -------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Jun 4 2008, 01:40 AM
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Forum Member Posts: 67 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Wandering |
The PLT files for shields are fairly clearly defined. The BMP files are, too.
You could do the following: 1. Export the paperdoll for the shield from BG 2. Import it into BG2 with a new component code, after fixing placement on the paperdoll This should do the job, paperdoll wise. The Avatar would not change, of course, unless you did the appropriate avatar export/import, complete with adding all the extra animations BG2 required. Generally, Paperdoll is about 30-200x easier than Avatar. |
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Jun 4 2008, 03:00 AM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
That sounds like work! I might give it shot sometime when I don't feel like working on anything else, but I'm sure I'd have to do some more reading up to figure WHAT you are talking about.
-------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Jun 4 2008, 11:52 AM
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Forum Member Posts: 467 Joined: 23-February 05 From: My den |
Sounds like a little too much for just one shield...
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