Comments for Dade's Blog http://blog.deadbadger.org the eternal ramblings of a deranged mind Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:12:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by dade- http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-5064 dade- Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:12:53 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-5064 I'm glad you were able to get it sorted out in the end. :) Happy that this little tutorial was able to help in some way. I’m glad you were able to get it sorted out in the end. :) Happy that this little tutorial was able to help in some way.

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by Oliver Rogers http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-5022 Oliver Rogers Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:40:47 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-5022 Update: I didn't realise that I had to export the changes for it to apply. Update: I didn’t realise that I had to export the changes for it to apply.

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by Oliver Rogers http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-5021 Oliver Rogers Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:03:36 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-5021 Ah right, thank you. What I meant was that they don't appear in the game, in the toolset they appear as I have placed them, just to clarify. Ah right, thank you. What I meant was that they don’t appear in the game, in the toolset they appear as I have placed them, just to clarify.

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by dade- http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 dade- Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:36:39 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-5006 @Oliver: For your first question, I shall take a look at this shortly and get back to you with a reply on that. Admittedly some work issues and other projects have taken over so I've had very little time to play around with games and such. As for placing waypoints, you right-click somewhere on the terrain and select Add Waypoint. They you can go about editing its tags and relationship with the map from there. edit: I've had a quick look at placing chests and such, and it seems to be simply a case of dropping them in just like you would a character or a waypoint. Hope this helps. @Oliver: For your first question, I shall take a look at this shortly and get back to you with a reply on that. Admittedly some work issues and other projects have taken over so I’ve had very little time to play around with games and such.

As for placing waypoints, you right-click somewhere on the terrain and select Add Waypoint. They you can go about editing its tags and relationship with the map from there.

edit: I’ve had a quick look at placing chests and such, and it seems to be simply a case of dropping them in just like you would a character or a waypoint. Hope this helps.

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by Oliver Rogers http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-4992 Oliver Rogers Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:33:57 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-4992 Hi, I was looking for some way of making my items appear (I made a chest containing some items and plonked it in the prelude area) I'm not sure how to make them appear. I check them in and such but I find it impossible to make them appear. Here's what I did: Made items and container containing the items Checked in the area I wished to insert the container containing the items Checked them out Loaded my save Searched for container which contains the items I made. Couldn't find. And I'm now following your tutorial, though I am confused on where to get the waypoints from (the blue flag with a triangle base). I must be doing something wrong. Hi, I was looking for some way of making my items appear (I made a chest containing some items and plonked it in the prelude area) I’m not sure how to make them appear. I check them in and such but I find it impossible to make them appear.

Here’s what I did:
Made items and container containing the items
Checked in the area I wished to insert the container containing the items
Checked them out
Loaded my save
Searched for container which contains the items I made.
Couldn’t find.

And I’m now following your tutorial, though I am confused on where to get the waypoints from (the blue flag with a triangle base). I must be doing something wrong.

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]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by Belhoriann http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-3805 Belhoriann Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:50:47 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-3805 I did try to put the waypoint a little bit higher than the actual ground. The result is still the same. I will keep try to figure it out, maybe it's just a little mistake somewhere, like a wrong module configuration. I will ask on the Bioware social forum hoping that a dev will find the answer to this mistery. Thanks for your reply anyway :) I did try to put the waypoint a little bit higher than the actual ground. The result is still the same. I will keep try to figure it out, maybe it’s just a little mistake somewhere, like a wrong module configuration.
I will ask on the Bioware social forum hoping that a dev will find the answer to this mistery.
Thanks for your reply anyway :)

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by dade- http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-3804 dade- Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:03:55 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-3804 I've not come across many spawn point problems personally. The only times that it happened that I was spawning outside the map (or more accurately, at 0 position) is when the waypoint my character was trying to spawn at was obstructed in some way, whether a small part of it was under the ground or on an area of the map that was otherwise unreachable. You say you've tried to move the waypoint so that it was clear of the ground? I’ve not come across many spawn point problems personally. The only times that it happened that I was spawning outside the map (or more accurately, at 0 position) is when the waypoint my character was trying to spawn at was obstructed in some way, whether a small part of it was under the ground or on an area of the map that was otherwise unreachable.

You say you’ve tried to move the waypoint so that it was clear of the ground?

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by Belhoriann http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-3802 Belhoriann Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:09:47 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-3802 Hi Dade, I'm curently working on a mod that allow the PC to enter the mill in Lothering. The tag of Lothering is lot100ar_lothering. So I made a custom indoor area for the mill with a door and a waypoint ( door variables PLC_AT_DEST_AREA_TAG = lot100ar_lothering PLC_AT_DEST_TAG = ext_mill_lot ), and I added a waypoint (ext_mill_lot) and a door outside the mill ( door variables PLC_AT_DEST_AREA_TAG = mill_interior PLC_AT_DEST_TAG = int_mill ). Thanks to the Lothering's layout I could put the appropriate locations in the script for the mill's door to spawn in the main game. That being said, I can actually enter my custom area but when I go out, I'm in the middle of nowhere in Lothering. In fact with a little debugging script, I manage to see that I'm in the center of the map : (0,0,0) ... I tried everything, check everything a thousand time, the little tips you gave at the end of your tutorial didn't help. Do you have any idea ? The main difference between my mod and your tutorial is that I'm addind an area to the main game, maybe things to do are different. I need help please :) Hi Dade,
I’m curently working on a mod that allow the PC to enter the mill in Lothering. The tag of Lothering is lot100ar_lothering. So I made a custom indoor area for the mill with a door and a waypoint ( door variables PLC_AT_DEST_AREA_TAG = lot100ar_lothering
PLC_AT_DEST_TAG = ext_mill_lot ), and I added a waypoint (ext_mill_lot) and a door outside the mill ( door variables PLC_AT_DEST_AREA_TAG = mill_interior
PLC_AT_DEST_TAG = int_mill ). Thanks to the Lothering’s layout I could put the appropriate locations in the script for the mill’s door to spawn in the main game.

That being said, I can actually enter my custom area but when I go out, I’m in the middle of nowhere in Lothering. In fact with a little debugging script, I manage to see that I’m in the center of the map : (0,0,0) …
I tried everything, check everything a thousand time, the little tips you gave at the end of your tutorial didn’t help.

Do you have any idea ? The main difference between my mod and your tutorial is that I’m addind an area to the main game, maybe things to do are different.
I need help please :)

]]> Comment on Dragon Age Modding – Area Tutorial by dade- http://blog.deadbadger.org/2009/12/05/dragon-age-modding-area-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-3727 dade- Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:32:08 +0000 http://blog.deadbadger.org/?p=164#comment-3727 Oh dear, that sounds awful! Perhaps you should communicate with your neighbours via Morse code. That might work Oh dear, that sounds awful! Perhaps you should communicate with your neighbours via Morse code. That might work

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