Various questions (projectiles, starting xp...)

[Dhaos]

I've been browsing the forums a bit and noticed other mods have altered starting xp...it would seem its done through hex editing? I also heard there was a patch of somesort for it, but could not find a link =(. To my understanding you also have to keep the starting xp over '1' (some said preferably 100).

As far as projectiles go (spells, like magic missiles, fireball, lighting bolt etc) Are their movements hardcoded, or are they run by a script of somesorts. I'm using DLTC and can view the animations, but I'm worried about editing them since I am unsure how their behavior is regulated. Looking into the spells I noticed a dropdown box for projectile animation (are these animations editable?).

Again thanks for anybody who can clear some of this up ^_^.

[Duality]

If I remember correctly, information about projectile behavior is hardcoded. You can add new projectiles, but changing how existing ones work is a bad idea.

To change starting XP, I believe most mods edit the bgmain.exe file. The engine doesn't like 0 starting XP, that's why most use 1.

[Dhaos]

Editing projectiles bad...got it ^^.

Well in regards to the starting xp... where would I look in the bgmain file? I'm remotely familiar with hex editing (not great, but I can follow instructions well enough).

[Avenger_teambg]

It isn't bad to edit existing projectiles, but it requires some precaution and don't expect it will work, at least not always, or immediately.