what am I doing wrong?

[Box Man]

--I realize some of this may have been covered, so I'll search for it. sorry if it's too much of a repeated topic.--

I've just recently tried messing around with Fo2, and I'm having some big problems.

first problem: the fallout 2 mapper. I edited the starting map (artemple) and added some "strange bones", and put a bunch of medical enhancers, the magic 8 ball, etc.

it loads fine when I start the game, but once I finish the temple of trials, I get random crashes.
1. when I go back to the artemple map
2. when I go to any other part of arroyo and go back to the regulalr village map
3. if I leave arroyo and try to come back to any part of it

I editted denbus1 at the same time and I had similar problems with the Den.


also, I just downloaded the Fallout Item changer. I wanted to give myself some really strong weapons (just to have fun), without giving it to any other NPC's (First I made the rock really strong, but I didnt want any peasant or kid to be able to kill me really easily)

so then I tried making a new item. (like the black hole, in the friendly klint mod)
I made a rock that did 75-120 plasma type damage, and the projectile type would be a plasma ball. (I thought it'd look cool to through a plasma ball) I made the ID 532, and the description 53200.

but now, I dont know how to get the item into the game. I tried Corpses cheat tool and it didnt work.
I tried the fallout 2 item editor, but I dont know the proper variables (the two numbers). whenever I add it and load the game, it screws up.

does anyone know how to help with either problem?

thanks

 

[de dood]

it loads fine when I start the game, but once I finish the temple of trials, I get random crashes.
1. when I go back to the artemple map
2. when I go to any other part of arroyo and go back to the regulalr village map
3. if I leave arroyo and try to come back to any part of it

Well, TBH, sometimes the game just crashes for no good reason. But there are a couple of things you can try out. Make sure you edit all the entrances to artemple so that they will put dude in a location that exists. I.e a valid hex and a valid level of the map. Do the same for all exits from artemple. Remember to edit the worldmap text file as well to do the same.(I forget what it is called, maps.txt IIRC)

but now, I dont know how to get the item into the game. I tried Corpses cheat tool and it didnt work.
I tried the fallout 2 item editor, but I dont know the proper variables (the two numbers). whenever I add it and load the game, it screws up.

The easiest solution is probably to use the official mapper. You need to do some magic things first, look it up in red's mapper keys document. Remember that the game deletes all protos upon startup, so make them read-only. In case you didn't know, if you don't use the official mapper, you also need to add your item to the items.lst file.