Spells: problem with spell gems (kunark/velious-era?) explained

mitic · #1 04-25-2010, 07:14 AM

there is still a problem with the current P99 spells_us.txt file

since there was no fix yet iam still using the titanium spell file since it shows up the correct spell gems:

TITANIUM VELIOUS GEMS WORKING:
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now that i was able to get my hands on a pegasus cloak, i have to use the current P99 spell file again which causes a huge headache sind iam not able to identify the spells by their graphics as seen below

P99 VELIOUS GEMS BROKEN:
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devs, please, can we get a fix for that? i realy dont want to use the lame newage spellgems nor the original (classic-era) ones since they all look identical on the same spell-lines

mitic · #2 04-25-2010, 08:49 AM

those are the CLASSIC working ones with the current P99 spell files i mentioned above.

P99 CLASSIC GEMS WORKING:
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as u see, velious is alot better to distinguish between spells...i would love to get a fix please [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

**nilbog** · #3 04-26-2010, 02:53 AM

Yo. Those aren't velious gems you're wanting. Those are Luclin... and kinda later into Luclin. When we were forced to switch.

Here's some Katta Castellum with the same gems used prekunark-some of luclin.
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There is no fix needed here.

mitic · #4 04-26-2010, 05:33 AM

what do u mean by forced to switch?

is there a possibility to manualy fix the pegasus cloak for my needs in the spell file? would love to keep using the luclin gems on P99

those 4 red head gems in your pictures demonstrates how hard it is to distinguish spells

Deathrydar · #5 04-26-2010, 06:14 AM

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would love to keep using the luclin gems on P99

*gasp*
Blasphemy!

Uaellaen · #6 04-26-2010, 08:54 AM

you would have to edit your spells_us.txt your self to your needs ...

http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/arc...hp/t-9753.html may help you find what you want ... but dont expect support on spell errors from any devs here if you fiddle with the file your self ...

mitic · #7 04-26-2010, 09:03 AM

well yes uaellaen, looks like iam all alone on this issue.

will try to work it out myself since apparentely there is no support here. any help from other players would be appreciated !

dali_lb · #8 04-28-2010, 08:01 AM

Original gems > any later gems. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes I agree, the post luclin gems is easier to distinguish, but its just not classic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And if you really need to fiddle that much with your mouse and think about wich gem is the spell you need to press .... you seriously need to learn to use your keyboard and get some brain food to remember wich button is what [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

just kiddin .. no offense ment [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But what is the problem with the Pegasus Cloak anyway ?

The problem with the different spell gem sets that exists .... I have fiddled with it too, is the gems is stored in a matrix in a .tga file, and the the luclin version is indexed completely different than the original gem file (eg. the "Healing" gem could be at pos 1,3 in one version but at pos 2,7 in the other, wich is why you need to edit the indexes of the spells_us.txt.

What is making this a challenge is, you have to keep any copies or edits of the tga files in the same resolution. if you change the resolution of the gems you have to figure out a new matrix to find the spot of eg. gem nr 5 in row 3 to get eg the ui xml files to work.

Personly i ran screaming away when i found this out .... it reminded me a bit too much of assembler and opcode programming.
Its not so complicated to understand, it just takes ages if you want to change stuff

Weekapaug · #9 05-03-2010, 01:46 AM

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But what is the problem with the Pegasus Cloak anyway ?

Read thru the thread and was curious about that myself.

mitic · #10 05-03-2010, 07:13 AM

the problem with pegasus cloak (and i guess with any levitate spell) is explained in the pictures. look at them.

to explain it further:

if i klick on the pegasus cloak (with original titanium spell file) i get a message that i am casting an unidentified spell. nothing happens after, no levitate, no buff symbol. but, upon zoning and within the buff timer i levitate + i get a weird buff icon on the buff bar.