Easy way to replace CREs and retaining Death variable

[Riklaunim]

Is there an easy way (in weidu?) co copy a cre file like elder orb -> goblin but to retain the old deatch variable? (goblin variable for the copyed elder orb)

[Grim Squeaker]

Well what do you mean by copying it and making it a goblin?  Do you want to change the animation?  Race?  Stats?

[Riklaunim]

everything so instead 10 enemy goblins we have 10 enemy beholders/others more fun heart of furry mode - changes everything but the death variable (it's important in situations like windspear hills in the garren house - you have to kill those orcs if the sequence has to go on).

[Sorrow]

Bez sensu.  (It doesn't make sense.)

[Coincidence]

Racja ( True. True. [ understood only for polish modders - and not only because we wrote in our language ] )

[Riklaunim]

It's for my Crazy Remixes so it's more mod friendly etc. and easier to make... It's quite fun exploring firkraag lair... where are thos 10 orogs... ups 10 artemis entreries pops out of invisibility

[CamDawg]

Assuming you're replacing bar.cre with foo.cre from your modfolder:

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COPY_EXISTING ~bar.cre~ ~override~
  READ_ASCII 0x280 "dv" (32)

COPY ~modfolder/foo.cre~ ~override/bar.cre~
  WRITE_ASCII 0x280 "%dv%" #32

[Grim Squeaker]

You can also use DEATHVAR instead of 0x280, if it helps you remember exactly what you're doing.

[Riklaunim]

Thanks

some screens from my old remixes:
(http://www.hubi.info/rik/new/sc1.png)
winter wolfs instead of goblins

(http://www.hubi.info/rik/new/sc2.png)
bhallspawn lesson 1: sometimes you can't kill everyone. Sand Golem guarding Irenicus genie

[Riklaunim]

I have:

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COPY_EXISTING ~ORC04.CRE~ ~override~
READ_ASCII 0x280 "dv" (32)
COPY_EXISTING ~ARTEMIS.CRE~ ~override/ORC04.CRE~
WRITE_ASCII 0x280 "%dv%" #32
and I get:

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[SETUP-CRAZY.TP2] PARSE ERROR at line 19 column 23-23
Near Text: (
syntax error doesn't like (32)

[Avenger_teambg]

Actually, BG2 supports overriding of the scripting name (death variable).
The label of the actor header (first 32 bytes) works as a scripting name, if you turn the 0x08 bit on in the fields flag. It is a dword after the destination coordinates. (at offset 0x28, i think).

So, a very simple weidu patch could take the creature's original scripting name, write it into the actor header and turn the bit on in the header.

[CamDawg]

Can you post a bit of the code from before the error?

[Riklaunim]

you meen the tp2?

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BACKUP ~crazy~
AUTHOR "Riklaunim"

LANGUAGE ~English~
         ~eng~
         ~crazy/eng.tra~
LANGUAGE ~Polski~
         ~pol~ 
         ~crazy/pol.tra~

BEGIN @1

///////////////////////////
// Creatures //
///////////////////////////

// Some Artemis Entreries
COPY_EXISTING ~ORC04.CRE~ ~override~
READ_ASCII 0x280 "dv" (32)
COPY_EXISTING ~ARTEMIS.CRE~ ~override/ORC04.CRE~
WRITE_ASCII 0x280 "%dv%" #32

COPY_EXISTING ~ORC05.CRE~ ~override~
READ_ASCII 0x280 "dv" (32)
COPY_EXISTING ~ARTEMIS.CRE~ ~override/ORC05.CRE~
WRITE_ASCII 0x280 "%dv%" #32

COPY_EXISTING ~KOBWAR01.CRE~ ~override~
READ_ASCII 0x280 "dv" (32)
COPY_EXISTING ~ARTEMIS.CRE~ ~override/KOBWAR01.CRE~
WRITE_ASCII 0x280 "%dv%" #32
Maybe it's the "older" weidu problem, I'll try with the current one

[devSin]

Keep in mind that the CRE script name is 32 - "SPRITE_IS_DEAD" (20 bytes? I don't want to check).
This has nothing to do with your WeiDU error.