Neverwinter Nights Hub (Original 1991 version)

[Ishad Nha]

Certainly in Tilverton, Curse of the Azure Bonds uses the combination of head picture and body picture.
Body2.dax, Head2.dax pictures.   
9    0    4    1    225    126    SAVE <area2.HeadBlockId> = 4
14    0    4         PICTURE blockId: 0x04 <if area2_ptr.HeadBlockId == 0xFF ? <if blockId >= 0x78 ? <Load BIGPIC> : <Load PIC>> : <Load BODY>
9    0    255    1    225    126    SAVE <area2.HeadBlockId> = 255
Generally I don't know about Gold Box games. If they don't have separate head and body graphics they won't use them. If they do have them they probably will. Gold Box Explorer gives the answers there.

[GoldBoxFan]

Certainly in Tilverton, Curse of the Azure Bonds uses the combination of head picture and body picture.
Body2.dax, Head2.dax pictures.   
9    0    4    1    225    126    SAVE <area2.HeadBlockId> = 4
14    0    4         PICTURE blockId: 0x04 <if area2_ptr.HeadBlockId == 0xFF ? <if blockId >= 0x78 ? <Load BIGPIC> : <Load PIC>> : <Load BODY>
9    0    255    1    225    126    SAVE <area2.HeadBlockId> = 255
Generally I don't know about Gold Box games. If they don't have separate head and body graphics they won't use them. If they do have them they probably will. Gold Box Explorer gives the answers there.

It finally occurred to me to put the original version of NWN-O into Goldbox Explorer. Gallant Prince is still missing the surrounding harbor. Bummer. But it has different combat icons and character portraits than version 2.2. More POR looking. It also has only 1 dungeon.

So should I use the original version 1.0 icons or the 2.2 icons?

Also I used Goldbox Explorer to solve 2 of the 3 events I couldn't trigger in version 2.2.  Longsaddle Under 12,1: A graveyard lies beyond this gate.. Longsaddle Under 13,11 and 13,12: A vast temple stretches away to the west. The image of a black hand on a field of red is displayed above the richly decorated altar.

Still can't get event 127 at 12,15 of Nightsedge. It is the last one.

[Ishad Nha]

"Still can't get event 127 at 12,15 of Nightsedge. It is the last one."
I am not so sure that it does anything. I tried to trigger it but nothing happened. The numbering is odd, this great gap between event 30 and event 127. Especially when my spreadsheet shows that the table for the events only contains 32 elements.

[GoldBoxFan]

All text events start at 1 and work their way up to 50 or 60. All combat events start at 127 and work their way down to 80 or 90. Or something like that. A 127 should always exist except at Neverwinter central which has no combat. If it goes off it probably goes off between 10AM and 1:30PM. Those times are hard to get to as the game generally starts at 1:30 PM and you have to train and get supplies to survive long enough to zap.

I'm fairly certain now that there are 4 times : dawn, day, dusk and night. There are three backdrops for outside in the woods. Grass - day,  grass - dusk and grass - night. Some combat events only go off in a 4 hour or less window.

I've tried 12,15 at 13:36, 13:50, 14:01, 15:04, 17:17, 18:24, 18:51, 19:36, 19:42, 20:48, 21:04, 21:21, 22:48, 23:05, 23:32,  00:07, 01:12, 02:45, 03:55, 04:01, 05:08, 06:01, 07:03, 07:17, 08:22, 08:35, 09:26, 10:08, 10:32 and 12:15. These are from two different attempts mixed together. The first attempt I just moved into the square. The second attempt I tried facing all four directions and looking. There is one combat in Trisk that goes off if only facing south, but it starts as a text event that becomes a combat event.

None of the fan maps show the encounter.

[Ishad Nha]

I don't see any clear table of combat events, hence it is not clear how combat is called.

[GoldBoxFan]

I don't see any clear table of combat events, hence it is not clear how combat is called.

All I know is that Neverwinter Woods east and west have no text events or combat events with text.  ECL2_021.bin is the east woods. Comparing the two files might clear up where the events are. I thought I had it when I noticed 82 kept repeating itself then 81 then 7f in sequences of 4. I thought the 82 was the event the 1 was the icon size and the CF, B5 and 6B where combat icons. But I couldn't find a combat with 1 + 8 + 9 creatures. I'll try again later.

On the other hand I am 99% sure that there are 4 times: dawn 3:30-7:29, day 7:30-15:29, dusk 15:30-19:29 and night 19:30-3:29. I have encounters going off moments after crossing these times when they didn't go off minutes earlier. Some encounters last for 12 hours, but others last only 4 hours. I think someone confused 15:30 with 5:30 PM instead of 3:30 PM. Never heard of dusk at 3:30. 

[GoldBoxFan]

I was checking ECL Decrypts B to see if it had anything other than text decryption. I found it had all the monster events though not time of day. I also found the random monster charts at 33814 of ECL 20-29. Each column is a different random encounter. The first number is the monster icon, the second the number, the third the second monster icon and the fourth the number. This is going to make getting the correct combat set-ups a lot easier.

For Neverwinter Woods Southeast it is from left to right 9 + 0 ogres(26), 7 scorpions(30) + 4 giant kampfults(79), 1 great vilstrak(81) + 7 tigers(31), 6 basilisks(33) + 1 salamander(95), 5 + 0 griffons(42), and 6 + 0 minotaurs (38).

Heres the monsters by number. Anything that says electrum is probably gold. Made a mistake when converting money. 

0-KRAKEN SPY HP 8, AC 5, LONG SWORD, EXPERIENCE 30, 3 GOLD
1-BANDIT HP 7, AC 1, EXPERIENCE 10, SILVER 15, LONG SWORD, DAGGER, LEATHER ARMOR
2-THIEF HP 6, AC 2, EXPERIENCE 28, GOLD 10, DAGGER, LEATHER, BRACERS, SHORT SWORD
3-CLERIC HP 40, AC 1 MACE, 100 gold, experience 625
4-ZHENTIL FIGHTER HP 18, AC 4 LIGHT CROSSBOW, BROAD SWORD, SHIELD, CHAIN MAIL, 2 QUARRELS, 100 GOLD, experience 60
5-MAGE HP 19, AC 4, DAGGER, BRACERS, 6 DARTS, 150 GOLD, experience 825

6-ANHKHEG HP 5, AC 2, GEM 1, EXPERIENCE 390
7-FROG HP 6, AC 7, no treasure, experience 45
8-GOBLIN HP 4, AC 6, EXPERIENCE 10, 10 SILVER, SHORT SWORD, LEATHER ARMOR
9-HOBGOBLIN HP 4, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 20, 4 GOLD, LEATHER, SHORT SWORD, SHORTBOW, ARROWS
10-KOBOLD HP 2, AC 6, EXPERIENCE 5, SHIELD, SHORTSWORD, 40 COPPER
   HP 4, AC 8, SAME SHIELD, SHORTSWORD, CHAIN MAIL 40 COPPER
11-ORC HP 4, AC 6, EXPERIENCE 10, 2 PLATINUM, LEATHER ARMOR, SHORTSWORD
12-SKELETON HP 4, AC 7, EXPERIENCE 14, SHORT SWORD, 1 GOLD.
13-STIRGE HP 6, AC 7, EXPERIENCE 36, no treasure

14-GHOUL HP 6, AC 6, EXPERIENCE 65, no treasure
15-GNOLL HP 6, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 28, SHORTBOW, 10 ARROWS, SHORT SWORD, LEATHER ARMOR, 20 SILVER.
16-LIZARD MAN HP 15, AC 4, EXPERIENCE 50, LONG SWORD, SHIELD, 2 GOLD
17-WOLF HP 8, AC 7, EXPERIENCE 35, no treasure
18-ZOMBIE HP 6, AC 8, EXPERIENCE 20, LONG SWORD + ?, DAGGER + ?, no treasure

19-BUGBEAR HP 10, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 135, SPEAR, BOW, 10 platinum
20-CROCODILE HP 10, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 60, no treasure
21-GIANT LIZARD HP 10, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 35, no treasure
22-HIPPOGRIFF HP 12, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 60, 10 PLATINUM
23-OWLBEAR HP 27, AC 5, 1000 COPPER, EXPERIENCE 225

24-WILD BOAR EXPERIENCE 85, no treasure
25-CENTAUR HP 28, AC 4, CLUB, 1 gem, experience 85
26-OGRE HP 21, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 90, 20 gold
27-GIANT SPIDER HP 24, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 315, SHIELD, 200 GOLD
28-DRACOLICH HP 66, AC -6, 50 pp, 2 gems, experience 13200

29-PHASE SPIDER HP 35, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 700, 50 PLATINUM
30-SCORPION HP 31, AC 4 50 GOLD, 25 PLATINUM, EXPERIENCE 120
31-TIGER HP 25, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 225, no treasure
32-GIANT SKELETON HP 10, AC 6, EXPERIENCE 250, GOLD 5
33-BASILISK HP 24, AC 4, 1000 silver, experience 975

34-DISPLACER BEAST HP 24, AC 4, EXPERIENCE 475, 1000 SILVER
35-HELL HOUND HP 35, AC 4, 50 platinum, experience 250
36-MANTICORE HP 33, AC 4, PLATINUM 25, gold 300, experience 525
37-HOODED MEDUSA HP 42, AC 0, EXPERIENCE 850, GOLD 500, GEMS 1
38-MINOTAUR HP 33, AC 1/0, BATTLE AXE, EXPERIENCE 400, 1000 SILVER

39-MUMMY HP 21, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 1150, no treasure
40-SNAKE HP 13, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 225, no treasure
41-TROLL HP 36, AC 4, 525 EXP, 200 GOLD, 2000 COPPER
42-GRIFFON HP 21, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 375, 200 platinum
43-DRIDER HP 30, AC 0, DROW CHAINMAIL, +2 DROW MACE, DROW CHAIN MAIL, GEM 1, EXPERIENCE 3000

44-EFREETI HP 55, AC 2, gold 6, platinum 25, experience 1950
45-WYVERN HP 42, AC 3, SILVER 5000, EXPERIENCE 925
46-BEHOLDER HP 75, AC 0, platinum 500, experience 12900
47-BLACK DRAGON HP 48, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 4250, GEM 1, PLATINUM 100
48-BRONZE DRAGON HP 48, AC 3, GOLD 2000, EXPERIENCE 4250

49-FIRE GIANT HP 65, AC 3, silver 1000, gold 20, experience 2700
50-GIANT SLUG HP 60, AC 2, gems 1, experience 2000
51-HILL GIANT HP 50, AC 3, gold 1500, experience 1400
52-ROYAL GUARD HP 4, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 85, 1 COPPER, LONG SWORD, CHAIN MAIL, SHIELD
53-NEO-OTYUGH HP 72, AC -1, no treasure, experience 1500
54-OTYUGH HP 40, AC 3, no treasure, experience 700
55-SHAMBLING MOUND HP 65, AC -2, no treasure, experience 1800
56-STORM GIANT, gold 1500, experience 5850
57-ETTIN HP 70, AC 3, platinum 10, gems 1, experience 1950
58-EVIL MAGE HP 19, AC 4, BRACERS OF AC 4, DAGGER, DART, GOLD 200, experience 900

59-EVIL CLERIC, no treasure, experience 625
60-KRAKEN MAGE HP 92, AC 4, 25 gold, experience 825
65-KRAKEN CAPTAIN, 100 gold, experience 150
66-KRAKEN FIGHTER HP 40, AC 3, 100 gold, experience 375
67-BANSHEE HP 31, AC -1, no treasure, experience 2760

68-BULETTE HP 49, AC -2, no treasure, experience 2792
69-CARRION CRAWLER HP 15, AC 3 1 GEM, EXPERIENCE 640
70-CLOUD GIANT HP 72, AC 1, EXPERIENCE 5210, CHAIN, BATTLE, SPEAR, 25 PLATINUM
71-CLOUD GT SHAMAN HP 77, AC -1, 50 platinum, experience 5760
72-COCKATRICE HP 23, AC 6, no treasure, experience 430

73-CRYO SNAKE HP 20, AC5, EXPERIENCE 420, no treasure
74-CYCLOPSKIN HP 35, AC 3, 2 PLATINUM,  EXPERIENCE 265
75-EARTH ELEMENTAL AC ?, HP 72, EXPERIENCE 3930, no treasure
76-ELECTRIC SPIDER HP 24, AC 4, EXPERIENCE 650, no treasure
77-FIRE ELEMENTAL HP 72, AC 2, 13040 EXPERIENCE 3930, no treasure

78-FIRE GNT MAGE HP 50, AC 3, TWO-HANDED SWORD, 4 platinum, 1 gem, experience 4060
79-GIANT KAMPFULT HP 34, AC 4,  EXPERIENCE 260, no treasure
80-GIANT RAT HP 4, AC 7, EXPERIENCE 19, no treasure
81-GREAT VILSTRAK HP 20, AC 2, no treasure, experience 14
82-GREENHAG HP, AC, EXPERIENCE 1780, 10 platinum

83-HARPY HP , AC , PLATINUM 25, EXPERIENCE 190, 25 platinum
84-ICE HOUND HP 49, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 742, no treasure
85-IRON GOLEM HP 80, AC 3, 1 gem, experience 14550
86-MAMMOTH HP 59, AC 5, EXPERIENCE 4062, no treasure
87-MARGOYLE HP 27, AC2 512 EXP, no treasure

88-OGRE MAGE HP 41, AC 0 2074 EXP, platinum 25
89-BRONZE DRAGON  -- no icon HP 48, AC 3, 2000 gold, experience 4250
90-POISONOUS SNAKE HP, AC, EXPERIENCE 490, no treasure
91-PURPLE WORM HP 68, AC 6, no treasure, experience 6260
92-PYRO SNAKE HP 20, AC 5 EXPERIENCE 420, no treasure

93-REMORHAZ HP 92, AC 0, EXPERIENCE 3172, GEMS 2
94-ROCK REPTILE HP 37, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 933, no treasure
95-SALAMANDER HP 42, AC 3, no treasure, experience 1245
96-STONE GOLEM HP 60, AC 5, 1 gem, experience 8950
97-STONE GUARDIAN, no treasure, experience 725


98-UMBER HULK HP 47, AC 2, EXPERIENCE 1864, no treasure
99-WHITE DRAGON HP 56, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 3746, GEM 1
100-WHITE GORGIMERA HP 54 , AC 0, EXPERIENCE 3313, GEM 1
101-YETI HP 36, AC 3, EXPERIENCE 565, no treasure
102-OGRE SHAMAN HP 41, AC -1, 6 platinum, experience 2074
103-RED DRAGON HP 88, AC -3, EXPERIENCE 7010, GEM 1

[GoldBoxFan]

I found the time schedules for combat events. Neverwinter Woods West or ECL20, has the time tables at 33131? In column G 218 equals day, 192 equals night, and 118 seems to be dusk or dawn.

In the east woods 181 is night and 207 is day and 107 is dusk (6:30). Southwest seem to be 187 night and 213 day. Not sure what 87, 61 and 35 are. In the southeast it is 187 night and 213 day and 19 for dusk or dawn.

[Ishad Nha]

Ecl printouts say that is correct. There are only four values in the table at 33,131:
33,398
33,472
33,498
33,560

[GoldBoxFan]

BTW, Ishad, ECLs 18 and 19 (NW Woods NW and NE) don't show up in your NWN-O files. I managed to get the monsters, times and random monsters myself.

I've already gone line by line through my files for ECLs 0-9, all 6 Neverwinter Wood files, Trisk and Utheraal, not including extra ECL files of just text. Found a few missing texts, some misplaced commas, colons and semi-colons. And a few wrong words. Hope to get ECLs 10-17 and 24+ done tomorrow.

I can't tell you how much work I'm NOT going to have to do thanks to these files. I was going to have to clear each map of terrain and get each fight just to ascertain how many monsters were in each combat. So far I got 80-90% right depending on area. And I don't have to keep getting random encounters to find out what they are.

Resting presents a problem. All areas have you can't rest here messages: "Try camping somewhere else inside" in town or "Try camping somewhere else" in the wilds. Have always been able to rest in the wilds but get rousted in Neverwinter. Never tried any other towns yet.

[Ishad Nha]

"BTW, Ishad, ECLs 18 and 19 (NW Woods NW and NE) don't show up in your NWN-O files. I managed to get the monsters, times and random monsters myself."
It should be there, if you have the copy that I uploaded March 29, 2012, 03:04:50 AM. The data is all of 10,025 columns, so you will need to look towards the end of it.
"I can't tell you how much work I'm NOT going to have to do thanks to these files."
Simeon Pilgrim's EclDump.exe made the process far quicker and smoother than it would have been otherwise.
"Resting presents a problem. All areas have you can't rest here messages: "Try camping somewhere else inside" in town or "Try camping somewhere else" in the wilds. Have always been able to rest in the wilds but get rousted in Neverwinter. Never tried any other towns yet."
That is reasonable, the guards would want the party to rest in an inn, not in the streets.

[GoldBoxFan]

This is what the bottom of the file looks like.

[Ishad Nha]

That is an old version by the looks of it. Go back to page 15 of this topic and to this post:
« Reply #218 on: March 29, 2012, 03:04:50 AM »
The version of NWNEclDecryptsA.zip that you find there should have Ecls 1 thru 19.

[GoldBoxFan]

This is a list of Neverwinter Nights Areas from easiest to Hardest (I think):

1 - Neverwinter
2 - Wharves
3 - Warehouse
4 - Southwall
5 - Vilnask
6 - Windycliffs
7 - Gallant Prince and Port Llast Harbor
8 - Nightsedge
9 - Crossergate
10 - Floodblest
11 - Luskan Outpost
12 - Port Llast
13 - Lost Hills
14 - Triboar
15 - Triboar Under
16 - Berun's Hill
17 - Nightsedge Caverns
18 - Longsaddle
19 - Longsaddle Under
20 - Utheraal
21 - Trisk
22 - Sewers
23 - Westbridge
24 - Red Larch
25 - Under Towns
26 - Western Neverwinter Woods
27 - Eastern Neverwinter Woods
28 - Southeast Neverwinter Woods
29 - Northwest Neverwinter Woods
30 - Southwest Neverwinter Woods
31 - Northeast Neverwinter Woods

NOTE: Some areas have harder sections which you need to get back to later, like the trolls in the slums of Pool of Radiance.