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ZaN_Li
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posted 25 December 2001 05:43     Click Here to See the Profile for ZaN_Li        Reply w/Quote   Visit ZaN_Li's Homepage!
The rare and uinique jewels were disabled in some of the newer versions of d2. But should it not be possible to change all the stuff that blizzard changes??? How do they edit the files? HEX or SOURCE??? It could be something in a mod....

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SneakyRaven
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posted 25 December 2001 06:25     Click Here to See the Profile for SneakyRaven   Click Here to Email SneakyRaven        Reply w/Quote   Visit SneakyRaven's Homepage!
errr.... Rare jewls are and have been activated in all versions of D2:LoD ...

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NefariusDX
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posted 25 December 2001 06:26     Click Here to See the Profile for NefariusDX   Click Here to Email NefariusDX        Reply w/Quote   Visit NefariusDX's Homepage!
rare jewels are always active lol, if you mean unique jewels then probably just a small flag some where

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ZaN_Li
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posted 25 December 2001 16:50     Click Here to See the Profile for ZaN_Li        Reply w/Quote   Visit ZaN_Li's Homepage!
UNIQUE jewels, is the thing. How do i activate them?

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jbouley
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posted 26 December 2001 13:38     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
I would think that all you would have to do is create one or more super-jewels in uniqueitems.txt using the jewel's itemcode (jew, I believe) as the base item for the new unique(s). And then put the name(s) in the string.tbl file so that those unique jewels will have unique names instead of "An Evil Force."

Because, unless I am wrong, any item that is flagged in ItemTypes.txt as being able to spawn as "rare" should be able to spawn as sets or uniques (although jewels don't work well in sets if I understand correctly, as once they are socketed they no longer behave as part of the set).

Now, if I am wrong, I say you should simply create a clone of the jewel row, give it a new itemcode, put 1 in the "unique" column for that row in misc.txt (which will make the item always spawn as unique), create an entry in uniqueitems.txt for that new item and it's new code, then go to TreasureClassEx.txt and put your new jewel somewhere and with some prob value that will keep it from dropping like mad.

I would suggest making it part of a boss drop or putting it in some row but setting the NoDrop and Prob values of other items in that row about 50 or 100 times higher than the number you pick for the Prob of this new unique jewel.

Obviously, the first scenario I painted would be best...and I cannot see why it wouldn't work...unless socketable items like jewels and gems are flat-out prohibited by coding from spawning as uniques...in which case the second scenario I painted might not work either.

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Forsaken
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posted 27 December 2001 01:49     Click Here to See the Profile for Forsaken   Click Here to Email Forsaken        Reply w/Quote   
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Originally posted by jbouley:
I would think that all you would have to do is create one or more super-jewels in uniqueitems.txt using the jewel's itemcode (jew, I believe) as the base item for the new unique(s). And then put the name(s) in the string.tbl file so that those unique jewels will have unique names instead of "An Evil Force."

Because, unless I am wrong, any item that is flagged in ItemTypes.txt as being able to spawn as "rare" should be able to spawn as sets or uniques (although jewels don't work well in sets if I understand correctly, as once they are socketed they no longer behave as part of the set).

Now, if I am wrong, I say you should simply create a clone of the jewel row, give it a new itemcode, put 1 in the "unique" column for that row in misc.txt (which will make the item always spawn as unique), create an entry in uniqueitems.txt for that new item and it's new code, then go to TreasureClassEx.txt and put your new jewel somewhere and with some prob value that will keep it from dropping like mad.

I would suggest making it part of a boss drop or putting it in some row but setting the NoDrop and Prob values of other items in that row about 50 or 100 times higher than the number you pick for the Prob of this new unique jewel.

Obviously, the first scenario I painted would be best...and I cannot see why it wouldn't work...unless socketable items like jewels and gems are flat-out prohibited by coding from spawning as uniques...in which case the second scenario I painted might not work either.



I can confirm this. All I did was creating a unique jewel in uniques.txt, and then I created some bogus cube recipe(scroll of town portal + scroll of identify) to test whether it would spawn allright(great way of testing it, will also improve your cubemain.txt modding skills). The unique jewel spawned just fine. If you really are going to make it an uberitem, make your sure you don't set the level requirements too low, or it will drop all the time...which might result in players carrying the same unique jewel 3 or more times in one item...

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[This message has been edited by Forsaken (edited 27 December 2001).]

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jbouley
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posted 27 December 2001 13:25     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
Thanks, Forsaken...I've done unique charm and rare jewel recipes but hadn't yet explored unique jewels as drops or as recipes.

Good to know I wasn't handing out bad advice.

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