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Enfield
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posted 29 November 2001 14:30     Click Here to See the Profile for Enfield   Click Here to Email Enfield        Reply w/Quote   
I figured the question I'm trying to get an answer for is somewhere in the tutorials, but I couldn't find it.

Simply, what am I supposed to change for an NPC gfx swap? My original intention was to change Warriv to Qual-Kehk, but I'm probably going to do this a lot with my act revamps.

Simple question, simple answer...I hope.

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jbouley
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posted 29 November 2001 15:25     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
Simple answer: Change the Token in MonType.txt. I think all the NPC have the same Dir values, but if not, you might have to change those.

Some NPCs have special animations, though, while others do not. So you may need to set the Mode columns in monstats.txt to be in synch with the NPC you're changing it into.

Go to the tutorials section and read my tutorial on making enemy golems. That explains token changes by using a specific example...but the rules will apply for NPCs as well.

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Enfield
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posted 29 November 2001 19:13     Click Here to See the Profile for Enfield   Click Here to Email Enfield        Reply w/Quote   
Okie dokie. I'm gonna go give this a shot. Be back with results.

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Enfield
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posted 29 November 2001 19:23     Click Here to See the Profile for Enfield   Click Here to Email Enfield        Reply w/Quote   
Failure.

Isn't there something I have to do to make it run from .txt rather than .bin?

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jbouley
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posted 29 November 2001 19:29     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
When you say "failure" do you mean the change didn't take or that the game crashed?

If you are running the game normally using a modded patch, you have to generate .bin files and those .bin files HAVE to be in the patch_d2.mpq file.

You can run in -direct -txt mode, which is easier and saves you the trouble of packing files into the patch_d2.mpq, but there are steps you have to take (and .bin files will automatically be produced from this).

Go back to the tutorials. There's a whole tutorial on -direct -txt and I think the topic might be covered in the "Idiot's guide" tutorial as well.

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Enfield
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posted 29 November 2001 20:39     Click Here to See the Profile for Enfield   Click Here to Email Enfield        Reply w/Quote   
Alright, this is getting irritating.

I've got the changes in MonType.txt and monstats.txt that should change Warriv to Qual-Kehk. I've been running d2 with the command line:

"C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -txt

This hasn't been generating .bin files though. There's still no MonType.bin, so I assume the monstats.bin isn't updated. Both updated text files, however, are in the patch_d2.mpq i'm running the game from.

Any ideas?

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Enfield
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posted 29 November 2001 21:38     Click Here to See the Profile for Enfield   Click Here to Email Enfield        Reply w/Quote   
Ack. I had it right from the start. I just got tangled on that -txt thing. Got it working now. Thanx.

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Myokai
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From: Entsteig, Sanctuary
Registered: Oct 2001

posted 30 November 2001 04:15     Click Here to See the Profile for Myokai   Click Here to Email Myokai        Reply w/Quote   
Enfield: what IS that animation you use in your profile?

It would make a nice necromancer cast animation, or maybe with a palette shift a replacement for the ugly fire for Burning damage...

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SabinNur
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posted 30 November 2001 13:34     Click Here to See the Profile for SabinNur        Reply w/Quote   
Enfield's image looks like the "wisp" in warcraft 3 (find it at www.blizzard.com/war3/races/wisp.shtml) or through the link in one the recent blizzard news posts at www.blizzard.com.

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