Near Infinity, Scripts, and Spell Strings...

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I've downloaded and setup Near Infinity. I can now edit the script files. It seems that the scripting system is drastically different from IWD, and IWD HoW.

Previously, to enter a spell it was simply, "WIZARD_MAGIC_MISSILE" or "WIZARD_CHROMATIC_ORB"

Now it seems to be, "WIZARD_MAGIC_MISSILE - 2112" and "WIZARD_VITRIOLIC_SPHERE - 2424" with each spell having its name, and a number in addition.

Does anyone have a list of these? It would seem to be impossible to add any other spells to a script other than those already listed, as without the spell number I'm not sure it would work. I so far haven't been able to edit any spell files in Near Infinity either, but if there is a way could someone post here and inform me?

Thanks in Advance.

Here's what I've worked out so far.

Back in IWD, IWD-HoW, you used:

IF
See(NearestEnemyOf(Myself))
HaveSpell(WIZARD_MELFS_ACID_ARROW)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Spell(NearestEnemyOf(Myself),WIZARD_MELFS_ACID_ARROW)
END

IF
See(NearestEnemyOf(Myself))
HaveSpell(WIZARD_FLAME_ARROW)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Spell(NearestEnemyOf(Myself),WIZARD_FLAME_ARROW)
END

Which is pretty simple. Essentially, it says, "If you see a "Nearest Enemy", cast Melf's Acid Arrow on it, when you run out, start casting Flame Arrow. And so forth.

IWD2 is very different. The previous way is actually quite cumbersome, as I figured out making that script originally. What they've done looks like this:


IF
ForceMarkedSpell(MARKED_SPELL)
SetSpellTarget(Nothing)
ActionListEmpty()
See(MyTarget,0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
MarkSpellAndObject("242221122211242224242312251126122303",LastMarkedObject,SPELLCAST_IGNORE_SEE | SPELLCAST_IGNORE_VALID_SPELL_TARGET) // WIZARD_MORDENKAINENS_FORCE_MISSILES - 2422, WIZARD_MAGIC_MISSILE - 2112, WIZARD_MELFS_ACID_ARROW - 2211, WIZARD_MORDENKAINENS_FORCE_MISSILES - 2422, WIZARD_VITRIOLIC_SPHERE - 2424, WIZARD_SLOW - 2312, WIZARD_SHROUD_OF_FLAME - 2511, WIZARD_OTILUKES_FREEZING_SPHERE - 2612, WIZARD_FLAME_ARROW - 2303
MarkSpellAndObject("2118",LastMarkedObject,SPELLCAST_IGNORE_SEE | SPELLCAST_IGNORE_VALID_SPELL_TARGET) // WIZARD_CHROMATIC_ORB - 2118
Continue()
END

All of the stuff I have bolded is actually comment, anything that appears on a line after the // is just a comment, and it's left there as a way of showing which spells are cast, in which order. The part where it says,

MarkSpellAndObject("242221122211242224242312251126122303",

Is where it actually lists which spells to cast and in what order. For example, the 2422 at the beginning is for Mordenkainen's Force missiles, and the 2112 after it is for Magic Missile. Each spell seems to have a 4 digit number that represent it in code, which is much less cumbersome than typing out spell names in Capital letters with underscores. That is, IF you have the reference list to go by. The other thing they do to make it less cumbersome, is instead of having to make a seperate code block for each additional spell, they just use the markedspell() function. Which is very nice because you set up the "situation" code block, then just enter all the spell numbers you want cast in that situation. I'm sure it would be relatively easy to do a situation code block like,

IF
NearestEnemyType(Troll)

THEN

MarkedSpell(numbers for Melfs Acid Arrow, Flame arrow, etcetera)

That would allow your caster to attack trolls with acid/fire spells specifically, and not waste Magic Missile on them, the way they do when they're already on the ground.

So if anyone can support me by giving me a list of which spell numbers are for what, I'd greatly appreciate that. Here's what I've got so far:

2422 WIZARD_MORDENKAINENS_FORCE_MISSILES
2112 WIZARD_MAGIC_MISSILE
2211 WIZARD_MELFS_ACID_ARROW
2424 WIZARD_VITRIOLIC_SPHERE
2312 WIZARD_SLOW
2511 WIZARD_SHROUD_OF_FLAME
2612 WIZARD_OTILUKES_FREEZING_SPHERE
2303 WIZARD_FLAME_ARROW
2118 WIZARD_CHROMATIC_ORB

I'm also thinking it may be possible to include spells by using their name. Take a look at this block of code:


IF
HaveSpell(WIZARD_STONESKIN)
HPPercentLT(Myself,50)
IsSpellTargetValid(Myself,WIZARD_STONESKIN,0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Spell(Myself,WIZARD_STONESKIN)
WaitAnimation(Myself,WALK)
WaitAnimation(Myself,CONJURE)
WaitAnimation(Myself,CAST)
END

It doesn't use a reference number, but instead calls the spell directly by name instead of reference number. Granted, it's inside a function, but it's possible that the numbers are unnecessary.

[ February 21, 2005, 10:50: Message edited by: The_Mad_Godling ]

 

If anyone else stumbles upon this same question, the answer is simple. The numbers correspond to spell.ids entries like in other games. First digit is indicative of the spell type as before (dictating the spell filename prefix - spin, spwi ...), the others numbers used in the name. So MM at 2112 is actually SPWI112.spl and so on.

http://gemrb.org/iesdp/files/ids/iwd2/spell.htm