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So I thought I'd start a thread for us oldfags (the fucking cheak of it being called an oldfag when I only signed up 6 years ago) that are getting back into NWN:EE. For me personally I'm hyped for Luke Scull's mods and there's some positivs and negatives to the EE that I thought might be worth discussing.
How to make any Weapon a Monk Weapon:
Download NWNExplorer: https://github.com/virusman/nwnexplorer/releases (This is a working version. All others gave me problems).
Download Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
1. Place NWNExplorer into the NWN install directory. GOG version example: 'GOG Games/Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition'.
2. Open it. There should be menus on the left. If not it isn't working, and you've got a crap version.
3. Click on: NWN Main data > Game Data.
4. Find 'baseitems.2da' under the 'Game Data' drop down menu.
5. You can right click it to view. You can't edit anything with NWNexplorer AFAIK.
6. Right click 'baseitems.2da' and select export. Export it to your desktop for simplicity.
7. Right click it on your desktop and open with Notepad++
8. Let's say we want our Monk class to use greatswords with the unarmed APR. Select the 'Greatsword' row, scroll all the way to the right, and under the column 'IsMonkWeapon' delete the four stars and replce with '1'.
9. Ensure all columns and rows are neat.
10. Select File > Save in Notepad++
11. Be an autist and close > open to check your work to check.
12. Place the edited 'baseitems.2da' into: 'Documents/Neverwinter Nights/Override
13: Your monk will now have Greatsword APR as per a Kama & unarmed. This worked for me mid-game.
Worth mentioning: Don't mess with the installation override as people are saying Beamdog are always changing things.
I doubt this thread will take off, but if I try to explain everything like I was explaining it to my retired uncle of 80 or so. Would have been nice if modders or wiki-tards over the years would do the same.
How to make any Weapon a Monk Weapon:
Download NWNExplorer: https://github.com/virusman/nwnexplorer/releases (This is a working version. All others gave me problems).
Download Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
1. Place NWNExplorer into the NWN install directory. GOG version example: 'GOG Games/Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition'.
2. Open it. There should be menus on the left. If not it isn't working, and you've got a crap version.
3. Click on: NWN Main data > Game Data.
4. Find 'baseitems.2da' under the 'Game Data' drop down menu.
5. You can right click it to view. You can't edit anything with NWNexplorer AFAIK.
6. Right click 'baseitems.2da' and select export. Export it to your desktop for simplicity.
7. Right click it on your desktop and open with Notepad++
8. Let's say we want our Monk class to use greatswords with the unarmed APR. Select the 'Greatsword' row, scroll all the way to the right, and under the column 'IsMonkWeapon' delete the four stars and replce with '1'.
9. Ensure all columns and rows are neat.
10. Select File > Save in Notepad++
11. Be an autist and close > open to check your work to check.
12. Place the edited 'baseitems.2da' into: 'Documents/Neverwinter Nights/Override
13: Your monk will now have Greatsword APR as per a Kama & unarmed. This worked for me mid-game.
Worth mentioning: Don't mess with the installation override as people are saying Beamdog are always changing things.
I doubt this thread will take off, but if I try to explain everything like I was explaining it to my retired uncle of 80 or so. Would have been nice if modders or wiki-tards over the years would do the same.
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