Burning Hands - optional but cool

[TotoR115]

2 issues:

• The modifications done to the spell make it unusable; the range in the spell ability tab is too big (5) in comparison to the size of the visual animation, the spell never hit.
• In addition, the animation is not like the original.

[TotoR115]

I have checked further:

The modifications done to the spell make it unusable; the range in the spell ability tab is too big (5), the spell never hit. It should be 2 (as vanilla) or max 3.

from lib core_spell_bulk.tph:

BG2-Fixpack/bg2fixpack/lib/core_spell_bulk.tph

Line 144 in 6679746

spwi103, null, null, null, null, null, null, 5, null, null, null, null => spwi103 // Burning Hands (WIZARD_BURNING_HANDS)

As the vanilla spell is mod by fixpack to 5, the new projectil should be bigger

BG2-Fixpack/bg2fixpack/setup-bg2fixpack.tp2

Line 255 in 6679746

WRITE_SHORT 0x206 64 // range (5')

Could be between 70 and 75, 64 is too small;
for the record, the vanilla projectile is not long enough and the spell does not always touch the target at range = 5...

In addition, the animation is not like the original.

there is a typo in setup-bg2fixpack.tp2 as 0 is Fireball - 0:

BG2-Fixpack/bg2fixpack/setup-bg2fixpack.tp2

Line 256 in 6679746

WRITE_BYTE 0x217 0 // no explosion

should be WRITE_BYTE 0x217 255 // no explosion

Lastly a shell spell should be created to include the original spell and keep the original projectile:

// make burning hands AoE instead of single target
COPY_EXISTING ~cspray.pro~   ~override/burnhand.pro~
  WRITE_SHORT 0x206 75  // range (5')
  WRITE_BYTE  0x217  255 // no explosion

ADD_PROJECTILE ~override/burnhand.pro~

COPY_EXISTING ~spwi103.spl~  ~override/spwi103a.spl~
  READ_ASCII 0x08 "spwi103_name"
  WRITE_LONG 0x08 ~-1~
  LPF ALTER_SPELL_HEADER INT_VAR target = 4 projectile = burnhand END // use new projectile, target any point

COPY ~bg2fixpack/spl/spwi103.spl~  ~override~
  WRITE_ASCIIE 0x08 ~%spwi103_name%~
  LPF ALTER_SPELL_HEADER INT_VAR target = 4 range = 4 projectile = 22 END // use Burning Hand Projectile, target any point, range = 4 because the graphics of the vanilla projectile is not long enough, the spell does not always touch the target at 5...