CCG V3-1 Conversion:Part 11 Other 2da Files

From NWN1 Custom Content Guide

Notes on Other .2da Files

I am including in this section notes on the contents of other .2da files that may be of value to custom content creators. These may fit into a currently-unwritten tutorial section to be addressed later. Or not. These are generally untested (by me, anyway).

Feats.2da

The Feats.2da file is used to define new feats, their requirements and how they show up in the game. Note that this file does not actually include code for the new feat.

There are three types of feats in NWN (I am classifying them based on the way you activate the feats in NWN):

1. Automatic feats or what I call “Combat” feats because they are active all the time and take effect when appropriate (like Improved Critical xxx feats)
2. Special ability feats or Radial-type feats which appear in the radial menus (like Cleave)
3. Spell-like feats

You can only really add spell-like feats and even they will only be selectable or automatically granted at level up but they don’t show up in the GUI during the game. So players cannot use them easily. So we need a workaround: create a custom item that has:

ActionUseFeat(<ID of your feat in feats.2da>); 

as its OnActivate script.

You cannot add new combat feats because the combat engine is hidden from us in the internals of the game. You cannot add new buttons to radial menus so those feats are not available either.

0 for no
1 for yes

0 for no
1 for yes

0 for no
1 for yes

**** for no
1 for yes

1   Combat Feats
2   Active Combat Feats
3   Defensive Feats
4   Magical Feats
5   Other Feats
6   Class/Racial Feats

**** for no
1 for yes

There are two other 2da files you will need to know about.

Cls_Feat_<classname>.2da describes the feats that are allocated to a class and at what level. You only need to put feats in this table if they are not available to all classes (see ALLCLASSESCANUSE in feats.2da above).

Race_Feat_<racename>.2da describes which feats are automatically allocated to a particular race.

If you want to check for the existence of a feat in a script, you will need to assign a CONSTANT to it. Remember adding FEAT_<featname> to the CONSTANT column in feats.2da? Well now we use it. Add to your script file the following line:

int FEAT_<featname> = <nnn>; //put the actual value from feats.2da in place of nnn

Make sure you use underscores "_" instead of spaces in name.

Padding for 2da files

To reduce future grief for 2DA updates for the HotU expansion and other game updates, we are declaring the following index line values in the following files are for Community Content. If you pad out the following 2DA files and start your content at these numbers or higher, HotU and any other BioWare content will not touch these numbers. This does still mean, just like in previous NWN Updates, that you will need to update your 2DA files for any content that we release in future Updates. We will try to identify them in each Update to make your changes easier.

The list, in the format [2DA file name] - [index line to start your content at]:

ambientmusic.2da - 150
ambientsound.2da - 200
ammunitiontypes.2da - 75
appearance.2da - 750
appearancesndset.2da - 50
baseitems.2da - 200
bodybag.2da - 20
chargenclothes.2da - 40
classes.2da - 50
creaturesize.2da - 20
crtemplates.2da - 20
defaultacsounds.2da - 20
disease.2da - 30
domains.2da - 50
doortypes.2da - 300
effecticons.2da - 175
environment.2da - 50
feat.2da - 2000
footstepsounds.2da - 30
genericdoors.2da - 20
hen_companion.2da - 20
hen_familiar.2da - 20
iprp_feats.2da - 50
iprp_spellcost.2da - 300
iprp_spells.2da - 750
itempropdef.2da - 150
itemprops.2da - 150
loadscreens.2da - 150
masterfeats.2da - 30
metamagic.2da - 20
packages.2da - 150
parts_belt.2da - 30
parts_bicep.2da - 30
parts_chest.2da - 75
parts_foot.2da - 30
parts_forearm.2da - 40
parts_hand.2da - 20
parts_legs.2da - 30
parts_neck.2da - 20
parts_pelvis.2da - 50
parts_shin.2da - 30
parts_shoulder.2da - 50
placeableobjsnds.2da - 50
placeables.2da - 1000
poison.2da - 75
polymorph.2da - 150
portraits.2da - 2000
racialtypes.2da - 50
skills.2da - 50
spells.2da - 1500
spellschools.2da - 20
surfacemat.2da - 50
traps.2da - 100
vfx_persistent.2da - 50
visualeffects.2da - 750

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