(Greater) Sanctuary Fix without Gimp

[Terminal Insanity]

Why not leave a decent save on regular sanc so its at least more usable then Invisability, but...
For Greater Sanc have NO save. You are completly undetectable untill you make a hostile move. "but its exploitable!" well instead of literaly turning it into the equivalent of a lvl2 spell... Make it so you can only cast Greater Sanc when no enemys are near?

This way a mage cannot sanc/igms/sanc/igms, and its not gimped, and its usable again, and worthey of a lvl8 spell slot

[Lokey]

It suxxors doesn't give us much to work with--what is it doing in game? Is the level 2 spell too powerful?

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Here's how you can get Bioware etherealness into the game:

1) Donate in the $1000 range or a comp similar too our current servers: you get the Bioware version with all the cruise control you want. Or we'll plot your pcs, give you permanent invisibility or something else.

2) Donate in the $50 000 range--we'll make a corresponding ethereal plane area for each ingame area and shadow real world objects into the ethereal plane and so forth. We'll make some eerie Ethereal Plane sounds and visuals too.

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Regardless, Etherealness isn't directly doable in Aurora (you can rewrite the engine as a 3rd option) and just shouldn't have been put in the game (along with Bigby's which could have been done right, Black Blade of Disaster...probably some others).

[Terminal Insanity]

it cant possibly be that hard.
It just cant.

At the spot it calls EffectEtherial... just do a quick check if any enemys are in the area, if so, end the script.

The code for that is more then likely already in the bioware code for use with something else... just cut+paste? lol

But honestly... did you even read the suggestion or just see "fix" and "sanctuary"...

If something this simple cant be done... lol sorry but it CAN be done. Theres no reason why the simple check cant be added. You added a Will save to it, remove that and just check for enemys instead. Finished. Unexploitable.

[Terminal Insanity]

For determining if a char can cast sanc...
http://www.nwnlexicon.com/compiled/func ... ombat.html

For checking if GS should be dispelled due to PP...
http://www.nwnlexicon.com/compiled/func ... urbed.html

[Lokey]

You can donate in the million dollar range and get a license to do whatever you want to the engine too

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Inventory item disturbed and related functions are more bugged than the Lexicon states--it's an old entry. Even so, it's an after-the-fact fix...

The only way I can think of to do those checks is through a maintainance routine that you fire every 0.5 second or less. Possibly...I think there are some action modes that can't be caught no matter what you do. Assuming you can catch everything you need to, it's still a lot of testing to make it work right. Here's something quick that misses tons of things--think it'll take you 5 seconds to find a way around it. Save as x0_s0_ether in a module and mess around.

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//::///////////////////////////////////////////////
//:: Etherealness
//:: x0_s0_ether.nss
//:: Copyright (c) 2001 Bioware Corp.
//:://////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
    Like sanctuary except almost always guaranteed
    to work.
    Lasts one turn per level.
*/
//:://////////////////////////////////////////////
//:: Created By: Preston Watamaniuk
//:: Created On: Jan 7, 2002
//:://////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "x2_inc_spellhook"
#include "x0_i0_spells"

void EtherealCheck(object oCaster)
{
    SendMessageToPC(oCaster, "<c ê >Checking for G Sanc cheese</c>");

    if(!GetHasSpellEffect(SPELL_ETHEREALNESS))
    {
        SendMessageToPC(oCaster, "<c  ê>Ending G Sanc check</c>");
        return;
    }

    int nMode = GetCurrentAction(oCaster);

    if(nMode == ACTION_ANIMALEMPATHY ||
       nMode == ACTION_CASTSPELL ||
       nMode == ACTION_DISABLETRAP ||
       nMode == ACTION_EXAMINETRAP ||
       nMode == ACTION_FLAGTRAP ||
       nMode == ACTION_ITEMCASTSPELL ||
       nMode == ACTION_OPENDOOR ||
       nMode == ACTION_OPENLOCK ||
       nMode == ACTION_PICKPOCKET ||
       nMode == ACTION_PICKUPITEM ||
       nMode == ACTION_SETTRAP ||
       nMode == ACTION_USEOBJECT)
    {
        SendMessageToPC(oCaster, "<cê  >You can't do that and be ethereal, punk</c>");
        RemoveSpellEffects(SPELL_ETHEREALNESS, oCaster, oCaster);
    }

    DelayCommand(0.5, EtherealCheck(oCaster));
}

void main()
{

/*
  Spellcast Hook Code
  Added 2003-06-20 by Georg
  If you want to make changes to all spells,
  check x2_inc_spellhook.nss to find out more

*/

    if (!X2PreSpellCastCode())
    {
    // If code within the PreSpellCastHook (i.e. UMD) reports FALSE, do not run this spell
        return;
    }

// End of Spell Cast Hook


    //Declare major variables
    object oTarget = GetSpellTargetObject();
    effect eVis = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_DUR_SANCTUARY);
    effect eDur = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_DUR_CESSATE_POSITIVE);
    effect eSanc = EffectEthereal();

    effect eLink = EffectLinkEffects(eVis, eSanc);
    eLink = EffectLinkEffects(eLink, eDur);

    int nDuration = GetCasterLevel(OBJECT_SELF);
    //Enter Metamagic conditions
    int nMetaMagic = GetMetaMagicFeat();
    if (nMetaMagic == METAMAGIC_EXTEND)
    {
        nDuration = nDuration *2; //Duration is +100%
    }
    //Fire cast spell at event for the specified target
    SignalEvent(oTarget, EventSpellCastAt(OBJECT_SELF, SPELL_ETHEREALNESS, FALSE));
    //Apply the VFX impact and effects
    ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, eLink, oTarget, TurnsToSeconds(nDuration));

    DelayCommand(1.1, EtherealCheck(oTarget));
}

[IcemanXV]

Ah yes, dreaded onHeartbeat effects and such make the server do way more cycles than warrants a decent spell fix.

I'm sure with enough brainstorming something can be accomplished. Maybe fix the DC to a spell equivalent to others. Spell level + 10 + wis/int/cha bonus. So it becomes more useful the higher you get. Low levels will get a good benefit, with it tapering off at higher levels, depending on your foes.

This has some good effects, for the fact that most of the time casters use this stuff to run from melee chars. Melee chars usually have low will saves unless you're a battle cleric, in which case i hate you A trained caster/magekiller won't be as easily fooled by this spell, but you can probably pull it off on most melee types that lack in the will department.

Plus, since clerics get it earlier, it will have a lower save for them by 2

[Gil-Este]

so i've never played in a mod with the generic, canned bioware version of GS, but isn't it at least semisafe to assume the canned version works like etherealness is supposed to? ok i guess it is a bit much to expect from bioware, so if that is not the case, ignore the rest of the post, but if it is, why not just add like three lines of code to check on casting for whether the PC is near any enemies?

[JesterOI]

How about make Greater Sanctuary make you ethereal, but make the spell do this:

Physical Damage Immunities: +75%
Elemental Damage Immunities: -25%
Movement Speed: -50%
Concealment: +50%
Duration: 1 turn / level
Attacking or Casting ends the spell.

Or something like that.

[DrakhanValane]

throw in a 100% casting failure? heheh

[JesterOI]

throw in a 100% casting failure? heheh

Good one! Add what Drak said.