EEex v0.11.0-alpha

Important Note: Old versions of Near Infinity have the potential to corrupt EEex saves. This bug is caused by EEex storing data in a nonstandard location since v0.10.3-alpha. If you plan on using Near Infinity to edit your save files, please ensure you are using the latest version.

Features

• Added the "EEex Options" menu, allowing most EEex modules and options to be configured in game.
• Increased the cap of FoW-clearing creatures to 32,768.

Fixes

• Vanilla Bugfix: "Auto-Pause - Spell Cast" no longer breaks spell effect probabilities.
• Vanilla Bugfix: Changes in scrollbar visibility no longer cause single-frame text wrapping discrepancies.
• Vanilla Bugfix: Text areas that have their scrollbar hidden no longer erroneously apply the scrollbar pad.
• Vanilla Bugfix: UI templates no longer maintain an invalid capture state when destroyed.

Miscellaneous

• Reimplemented EEex's op319 SPLPROT.2DA modes.

  Note: The parameter order has changed versus the previous implementation:

  • power == 2 -> Not usable by (SPLPROT)
  • power == 3 -> Usable by (SPLPROT)

• Added translation files for EEex's installer / UI text.

• Bumped LuaJIT version.

EEex v0.10.3.1-alpha

Important Note: Old versions of Near Infinity have the potential to corrupt EEex saves. This bug is caused by EEex storing data in a nonstandard location since v0.10.3-alpha. If you plan on using Near Infinity to edit your save files, please ensure you are using the latest version.

Fixes

• Critical Fix: Editing a save with EEKeeper will no longer cause EEex to drop local variables on modified characters.
• The Effect Menu module now properly scales spell icons in the event that another mod increased their resolution.

EEex v0.10.3-alpha

Fixes

• Fixed several crashes when running EEex on IWD:EE due to some patterns resolving incorrectly for the IWD:EE binary.

• Fixed a crash that occurred when EEex was run under recent Wine versions. Infinity Loader now automatically detects if it is being run under Wine and corrects its behavior accordingly, (obsoleting the [General].ProtonCompatibility option in InfinityLoader.ini).

• Fixed a crash that occurred when executing an invalid command in the debug console.

• Fixed custom concentration handlers (CONCENTR.2DA[VALUE,CHECK_MODE] = EEex-LuaFunction=<function name>) not running for all disruptable spell actions; was previously only executed for Spell() and SpellPoint().

• Fixed op403 (Screen Effects) and op408 (Projectile Mutator) instances entering invalid states when they were removed during the middle of an effect list pass.

• Fixed minimizing a fullscreen game erroneously calling listeners registered by EEex_Menu_AddWindowSizeChangedListener().

• Fixed EEex data marshalling handlers incorrectly saving unsigned integers.

• Vanilla Fix: Enabled the previously disabled ac318 (ForceSpellRange) and ac319 (ForceSpellRangeRES).

For Modders

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New Features

Actionbar

• Added EEex_Actionbar_AddButtonsUpdatedListener(listener: function).

  • Registers listener, which is called after the engine has built its internal button data when switching to a new actionbar state.

  • Signature of listener – function() -> boolean.

  • Returning true suppresses the execution of any remaining listeners.

AIBase

• The LastSummonerOf scripting object is now persisted across reloads.

• Added EEex_AIBase_AddScriptingObjectUpdatedListener(listener: function).

  • Registers listener, which is called after the engine has updated a scripting object for a script runner, (e.g. LastSummonerOf on the summon).

  • Signature of listener – function(aiBase: CGameAIBase, scriptingObject: EEex_ScriptingObject).

  • Valid EEex_ScriptingObject values:

    Name
    ATTACKER
    ORDERED_BY
    HITTER
    HELP
    TRIGGER
    SEEN
    TALKED_TO
    HEARD
    SUMMONED_BY
    KILLED

Logging

• Added the InfinityLoader.ini -> [General].LogFile option.

  • Causes all console output to be automatically mirrored to the specified log file.

Object

• Added the EEex_LuaDecode() scripting object.

  • This object calls its string parameter as a Lua chunk and uses the return value (should be derived from CGameAIBase) as the resulting target. The primary purpose of this object is its ability to resolve to a new target every time it is decoded by the engine.

  • The Lua global EEex_LuaDecode_Object is set to the script runner before the Lua chunk is executed.

Resource

• EEex_Resource_Demand() can now demand PRO and EFF files.

  • EFF files are exposed as CGameEffectBase instances.

  • PRO files are exposed as either CProjectileFileFormat, CProjectileBAMFileFormat, or CProjectileAreaFileFormat instances depending on the file header.

• Added EEex_Resource_FreeScript(script: CAIScript).

  • Frees the memory associated with script.

  • Don't use this on an object that the engine holds a reference to!

• Added EEex_Resource_LoadScript(resref: string, bPlayerScript: boolean) -> CAIScript.

  • Returns a CAIScript instance that represents the .BCS / .BS with resref.

  • If bPlayerScript is true, signifies that resref has the extension .BS instead of .BCS.

    Note: Due to the enhanced edition’s use of script caching, the engine has trouble differentiating between .BS and .BCS files with the same name. If a script with the given resref has already been loaded by the engine, that script will be returned, regardless of bPlayerScript.

Sprite

• Added EEex_Sprite_AddAlterBaseWeaponDamageListener(listener: function).

  • Registers listener, which is called after the engine has built the base op12 (damage) effect for a weapon hit.

  • Signature of listener – function(context: table).

  • context has the following fields:

    Name	Type
    ability	Item_ability_st
    attacker	CGameSprite
    effect	CGameEffect
    isCritical	boolean
    isLeftHand	boolean
    launcher	CItem
    target	CGameSprite
    weapon	CItem

• Added EEex_Sprite_AddBlockWeaponHitListener(listener: function).

  • Registers listener, which is called before a sprite's swing hits its target.

  • Signature of listener – function(context: table) -> boolean.

  • context has the following fields:

    Name	Type
    attackingSprite	CGameSprite
    targetSprite	CGameSprite
    weapon	CItem
    weaponAbility	Item_ability_st

  • Returning true blocks the hit.

• Added EEex_Sprite_AddLoadedListener(listener: function).

  • Registers listener, which is called when a sprite is first created in a game session, after its effect list has been loaded (but not processed).

  • Signature of listener – function(sprite: CGameSprite).

• Added EEex_Sprite_GetFromUUID(uuid: number) -> CGameSprite.

  • Returns the sprite in the current game session with the given uuid.

  • If the sprite with the given uuid is currently unloaded, returns nil.

• Added EEex_Sprite_GetUUID(sprite: CGameSprite) -> number.

  • Returns the uuid of the given sprite.

• Added EEex_Sprite_LoadedWithUUIDCallback(sourceSprite: CGameSprite, uuid: number, callback: function).

  • Registers callback, which is called once after a sprite with uuid is loaded into the current game session.

  • Signature of callback – function(sourceSprite: CGameSprite, loadedSprite: CGameSprite).

EEex v0.10.2.1-alpha

Fixed

• A regression that caused EEex's IDS-handling functions to break.

EEex v0.10.2-alpha

Added

• Empty container module – Highlight empty containers in gray instead of cyan.

Fixed

• A crash that occurred due to a regression in the Lua Bindings system; affected Enhanced Powergaming Scripts.

EEex v0.10.1.1-alpha

For Modders

Added:

• Lua:

  • EEex_Menu_AddWindowSizeChangedListener(listener) – listener(newWidth, newHeight) is called whenever the engine changes the window size of the interface.

EEex v0.10.1-alpha

For Modders

Added:

• 2DA:

  • X-CLSERG.2DA: Allows kits to ignore the close-range thac0 penality based on weapon ITEMCAT.IDS type – (Thanks @4Luke4!)

EEex v0.10.0.1-alpha

Fixed

• Opening the world map with the "Experimental - Use LuaJIT (can help stuttering)" component and LeUI installed no longer crashes the game.

EEex v0.10.0-alpha

Features

• Overhauled much of EEex's code to improve performance issues on certain modded installs.

• Added an experimental component that replaces the engine's embedded Lua version with LuaJIT. This can drastically speed up EEex's Lua scripting.

Engine Fixes

• op182 now works as intended – (Thanks @4Luke4!)

• Fix v2.6 regressions regarding op206 / op232 / op256 – (Thanks @4Luke4!):

  • op206's param1 only worked for values 0xF00074 and 0xF00080
  • op232 and op256's "you cannot cast multiple instances" message failed to display

For Modders

Added:

• Effects:

  • op214:

    • param2 == 3 – Call the global Lua function with the name in resource to get a CButtonData iterator. Then, use this iterator to determine which spells should be shown to the player. Note that the function name must be 8 characters or less, and be ALL UPPERCASE.

    • resource – Name of the global Lua function when param2 == 3

  • op333:

    • (param3 & BIT0) != 0 – The effect's saving throw is only checked once – (Thanks @4Luke4!)

  • Saving throw field:

    • BIT23 causes the effect to bypass op101 – (Thanks @4Luke4!)

• Actions:

  • SpellObjectOffset() family that targets spells at the ground relative to an object – (Thanks @4Luke4!):

    • 476 EEex_SpellObjectOffset(O:Target*,I:Spell*Spell,P:Offset*)
    • 476 EEex_SpellObjectOffsetRES(S:RES*,O:Target*,P:Offset*)
    • 477 EEex_SpellObjectOffsetNoDec(O:Target*,I:Spell*Spell,P:Offset*)
    • 477 EEex_SpellObjectOffsetNoDecRES(S:RES*,O:Target*,P:Offset*)
    • 478 EEex_ForceSpellObjectOffset(O:Target*,I:Spell*Spell,P:Offset*)
    • 478 EEex_ForceSpellObjectOffsetRES(S:RES*,O:Target*,P:Offset*)
    • 479 EEex_ReallyForceSpellObjectOffset(O:Target*,I:Spell*Spell,P:Offset*)
    • 479 EEex_ReallyForceSpellObjectOffsetRES(S:RES*,O:Target*,P:Offset*)

• Items:

  • .ITM header flags:

    • BIT18 causes the weapon to ignore weapon styles (as if the item was in SLOT_FIST) – (Thanks @4Luke4!)

EEex v0.9.22.1-alpha

• Fixed:
  • Projectile traps (e.g. thief innate ability, skull trap) no longer forget their effect payload on reload.