gMinion

A Gibberlings Three Mod
Author: Eric Kerr (aka Cirerrek)

Version 2 - Check for the most recent version

These scripts are designed to enhance and increase the enjoyment of the Baldurs Gate II series of games produced by Bioware. They increase the ingame intelligence of the creatures that are summoned by Spells and Items, so that they behave more in line with the original intentions of both Bioware and more Purist D&D Roleplayers.

The gMinion Series consists of:

• BCS (Baldurs Character Script) files that replace ingame BCS files
• BCS scripts that act as substitutes for Allied Summons
• Auxillary files that fix things wrong with Creatures and Spells (CRE & SPL files)

Notes:

• The AI applies only to PARTY monsters and does not increase the intelligence of "wild" or enemy creatures.

gMinion was created by Greg Hodgson (aka Sarkyn). I've have updated the gMinion series here and there to account for the additional summons available in the expansion pack TOB, but the majority of original content is intact and as potent as ever.

This mod is designed to work with BG2: Shadows of Amn with or without the expansion pack Throne of Bhaal. At present there are no known incompatibilities.

Windows
The gMinion Series is packaged and installed with WeiDU and is distributed as a self-extracting archive. To install, simply double-click the archive and follow the instructions on screen.

Alternatively the files can be extracted from the archive using WinRAR. If properly extracted, you should have a gMinion folder, Setup-gMinion.tp2, and Setup-gMinion.exe in your BG2 folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-gMinion.exe and follow the instructions on screen.

Please run Setup-gMinion.exe in your BG2 folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

Mac OS X
If the mod was previously installed, uninstall it before extracting the new version. The gMinion Series is packaged and installed with WeiDU. To install, simply extract the contents of the mod into your BG2 folder.  If properly extracted, you should have a gminion folder, Setup-gMinion, Setup-gMinion.tp2, and Setup-gMinion.command in your BG2 folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-gMinion.command and follow the instructions on screen.

The following scripts are included:

gMinionM
Melee-Summons that rely on melee attacks

gMinionR
Range-Summons that primarily rely on ranged attacks

gMinionS
Spellcaster-Summons with spellcasting abilities

gMinionC - Temporarily Deprecated
Clone-Summons that are clones of the caster, but this has been dropped temporarily from the install for the moment. A better way to do the script switching and keep it compatible with SimDing0's Improved Clones Tweak is being developed.

Features

• No Turning Hostile, Minions do NOT have free-will according to purist D&D rules
• Players choices will ALWAYS override the script
• Minions will return unfailingly to the caster if ever they find themselves more than a few feet away in a non-combat situation
• Minions will form up behind the caster, and follow them without needing to be ordered to until a higher priority action takes over
  • Being given an order
  • Seeing an enemy
  • etc.
• Minions will no longer carelessly use their spells (the Efreet comes to mind) so that the party is caught in the splash radius
• Cast-n-Attack - minions will make the best use of every second of every round by attacking in the 5 second downtime. This makes spell casting minions much more effective.
• Better Targeting - Minions will now selectively chose their foes according to the same algorithm that gSeries uses.
• Improved Combat Effectiveness - Even the humble Kobold Archer, and Ogre didn't go untouched, they now have better targeting, quicker responses and better consistency with the attacks per round they should have had.

Hotkeys

Hotkey	Association	Default	Description
D	[D]isable AI	Off	Turns AI OFF for individual Summons
E	[E]nable AI	On	Turns AI ON for individual Summons
S	[S]ummon	Off	Only works for "clones" created by Simulacrum, Project Image & Mislead
B	[B]uff	Off	Causes spell casting minions to cast defensive spells

Supported Summons: Divine

Spell	.CRE File	Add. Info
Animal Summoning I	WOLFDISU DOGWASU	Dire Wolf War Dog
Animal Summoning II	BEARBLSU BEARBRSU BEARCASU CATJAGSU	Black Bear Brown Bear Cave Bear Panther
Animal Summoning III	CATLIOSU WOLFWWSU BEARCASU BEARPOSU	Lion Winter Wolf Cave Bear Polar Bear
Animate Dead	GHASTSU SKELWASU	Skeleton Skeleton Warrior
Aerial Servant	SERVSU	Aerial Servant
Call Woodland Beings	NYMPHSU	Nymph Barkskin Call Lightning Domination Miscast Magic Confusion Hold Monster Cause Serious Wounds Dimension Door
Conjure Animals	BEARPOSU	Polar Bear
Conjure Fire Elemental	ELFIRSU2 ELFIRSU3 ELFIRSU4	Fire Elemental: 12HD Fire Elemental: 16HD Fire Elemental: 24HD
Elemental Summoning	SWAFIR01 SWAEAR01 SWAAIR01 ELEMZAAM ELEMSUN ELEMCHAN	Fire Elemental: 16HD Earth Elemental: 16HD Air Elemental: 16HD Zaaman Rul - Fire Elemental Prince Flamestrike Sunnis - Earth Elemental Prince Earthquake Chan - Air Elemental Prince
Greater Elemental Summoning	ELEMZAAM ELEMSUN ELEMCHAN	Zaaman Rul - Fire Elemental Prince Flamestrike Sunnis - Earth Elemental Prince Earthquake Chan - Air Elemental Prince
Summon Deva	DEVAGOOD	Deva Remove Fear Cure Disease Dispel Magic Neutralize Poison Cure Critical Wounds Globe of Blades Chaos
Summon Fallen Deva	DEVAEVIL	Fallen Deva Remove Fear Cure Disease Dispel Magic Neutralize Poison Cure Critical Wounds Globe of Blades Chaos
Totemic Druid Summon Animal Spirit	SPIRBEAR SPIRWOLF SPIRSNAK SPIRLION	Spirit Bear Spirit Wolf Spirit Snake Spirit Lion

Supported Summons: Arcane

Spell	.CRE File	Add. Info
Monster Summoning I	KOBOLDSU OGRELESU WORGSU DOGWISU	Kobold Commando Ogrillon Worg Rabid Dog
Monster Summoning II	GNOLLSU WOLFDISU HOBOGOBSU OGRESU	Gnoll Elite Dire Wolf Hobgoblin Elite Ogre
Monster Summoning III	ETTERCSU OGREGRSU	Ettercap Ogre Berserker
Spider Spawn	SPIDGISU SPIDPHSU SPIDSWSU	Giant Spider Phase Spider Sword Spider
Animate Dead	GHASTSU SKELWASU	Skeleton Skeleton Warrior
Conjure Lesser Air Elemental	ELAIRSU1	Air Elemental: 8HD
Conjure Lesser Earth Elemental	ELEARSU1	Earth Elemental: 8HD
Conjure Lesser Fire Elemental	ELFIRSU1	Fire Elemental: 8HD
Carrion Summons	CARRIOSU	Mutated Crawler
Conjure Air Elemental	ELAIRSUW ELAIRSU2 ELAIRSU3	Air Elemental: 8HD Air Elemental: 16HD Air Elemental: 20HD
Conjure Earth Elemental	ELEARSU2 ELEARSU3 ELEARSU4	Earth Elemental: 12HD Earth Elemental: 16HD Earth Elemental: 24HD
Conjure Fire Elemental	ELFIRSU2 ELFIRSU3 ELFIRSU4	Fire Elemental: 12HD Fire Elemental: 16HD Fire Elemental: 24HD
Invisible Stalker	STALKE	Invisible Stalker
Summon Nishruu	NISHRUSU	Nishruu Magic Missile Melf's Acid Arrow Agannazar's Scorcher Lightning Bolt Ghost Armor
Wyvern Call	WYVERNSU	Wyvern
Limited Wish	RABBITSU	Rabbit
Mordekainen's Sword	SWORD01	Magical Sword
Summon Djinni	DJINNISU	Djinni Magic Missile Melf's Acid Arrow Agannazar's Scorcher Lightning Bolt Ghost Armor Globe of Invulnerability Protection From Magical Weapons Shadow Door
Summon Efreeti	EFREETSU	Efreeti Magic Missile Melf's Acid Arrow Agannazar's Scorcher Lightning Bolt Ghost Armor FireBall Flame Arrow Fire Shield (Red) Invisibility
Summon Hakeashar	HAKSU	Hakeashar Magic Missile Melf's Acid Arrow Agannazar's Scorcher Lightning Bolt Ghost Armor
Mislead	Temporarily not supported
Projected Image	Temporarily not supported
Simulacrum	Temporarily not supported
Summon Planetar	PLANGOOD	Planetar Remove Fear Neutralize Poison Cure Disease Disple Magic Lesser Restoration True Sight Flamestrike Insect Plague Heal Globe of Blades Earthquake Fire Storm Symbol: Fear Symbol: Death Magic Missle Detect Invisibility Flame Arrow Improved Invisibility Chaos Holy Word
Summon Fallen Planetar	PLANEVIL	Fallen Planetar Remove Fear Neutralize Poison Cure Disease Disple Magic Lesser Restoration True Sight Flamestrike Insect Plague Heal Globe of Blades Earthquake Fire Storm Symbol: Fear Symbol: Death Magic Missle Detect Invisibility Flame Arrow Improved Invisibility Chaos Unholy Word

Supported Summons: Items

Item	.CRE File	Add. Info
Silver Horn of Valhalla [MISC3I]	BERSERSU	Berserker Warrior: 5th Level
Bronze Horn of Valhalla [MISC3J]	BERSER02	Berserker Warrior: 7th Level
Iron Horn of Valhalla [MISC3K]	BERSER03	Berserker Warrior: 9th Level
Ras +2 [SW1H33]	SWORD02	Ras
Staff of the Woodlands [STAF14]	SMOUNDSU	Shambling Mound
Staff of Air [STAF15]	SUMELAIR	Lesser Air Elemental: 8HD
Staff of Earth [STAF16]	SUMELEAR	Lesser Earth Elemental: 8HD
Staff of Fire [STAF17]	SUMELFIRE	Lesser Fire Elemental: 8HD
Efreeti Bottle [MISC3C]	SUMEFREE	Efreeti Magic Missile Melf's Acid Arrow Agannazar's Scorcher Lightning Bolt Ghost Armor FireBall Flame Arrow Fire Shield (Red) Invisibility
Ring of Djinni Summoning [RING26]	SUMDJINN	Djinni Magic Missile Melf's Acid Arrow Agannazar's Scorcher Lightning Bolt Ghost Armor Globe of Invulnerability Protection From Magical Weapons Shadow Door
Golden Lion Figurine [MISC3D]	CATLIOWP	Joolon Cloak of Fear Blur
Black Spider Figurine [MISC3E]	SPIDFGSU	Kitthix Web Tangle Phase Teleport
Moon Dog Figurine [MISC7T]	MOONDOG	Cerebus Mood Dog Sight Mirror Image Improved Invisibility Healing Lick Moon Dog Howl
Jade Hound [MISC3F]	DOGWAWP	Astral Hound
Spectral Brand [SW1H68/69]	SWORD68	Spectral Brand

Unsupported Summons

Spell	.CRE File	Add. Info
Wizard Eye	WIZEYE	Wizard Eye
Cacofiend	DEMNABSU	Nabassu
Summon Fiend	DEMGLASU	Glabrezu
Gate	DEMPITSU	Pit Fiend

gMinion was originally created by Greg Hodgson (aka Sarkyn). Eric Kerr (aka Cirerrek) is now the project author and updates the gMinion series here and there to account for the additional summons available in the expansion pack ToB, but the majority of original content is intact and as potent as ever. You can visit The Gibberlings Three for information on this and any other mods on which we may be working.

Black Isle Studios - For producing such an excellent RPG
Bioware - For the Infinity Engine and making such an outstanding RPG
Sarkyn (Greg Hodgson) - gSeries and gMinion
Göran Rimén - scripting tutorials, script segments, etc.,.
Xyx (Jochem van't Hull) - General Insight and Helpfulness
GBlucher (Gebhard Blucher) - GB-Scripts
Rich Martel - uScript
TeamBG - Editors, Tutorials, Forums
BWScripts - Defunct but not forgotten
BGScripts - Where player AI scripting really came to life
Jon Hauglid - Near Infinity and eSeries Debugging
SimDing0 - A little of this, a little of that, and all very helpful
Max (aka Potencius) - a font of information about everything Infinity Engine
Macready - researching how to make gMinion TuTu compatible
CamDawg - hosting, installation package, TuTu compatability coding, G3'ifying documentation

Tools Used in Creation
WeiDU by Wes Weimer
Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
IESDP maintained by igi
DLTCEP by Avenger

Permission is granted to use and modify the contents of this mod, as long as credit is given to Cirerrek and the original authors and support is handled by the modifying party.

Version 2

• Removed setup.bat
• Updated to WeiDU v213

Version 1.8

• Moved HaveSpell(), HaveSpellRES() triggers to top of snippets
• Made compatible with TuTu
• WeiDU v191

Version 1.7

• Added OS X installer
• Moved to The Gibberlings Three
• Scripts compiled on-the-fly
• Creature files are patched instead of overwritten

Version 1.6.7

• Fixed Minion Retirement Behavior so it works as intended
• Pulled gMinionC from the installation for the interim while I work on a new method for assigning scripts to clones
• Added SpIn683 WEB_TANGLE to the Scriptable Spells segment. This should prevent CTDs that some users were experiencing.

Version 1.6.6

• Added Minon Retirement Behavior - Nymph casts MassCure before expiring, if they still have the spell - Suggestion by Bursk
• Changed installation so that the files SWORD02.CRE (Ras) and SWORD68.CRE (Spectral Brand) are no longer overwritten
• WeiDU v185

Version 1.6.5

• WeiDU v137

Version 1.6.4

• NI's nifty updated compiler caught a couple of missing parenthesis in gMinionS and gMinionC series - Fixed! Thanks Jon
• A while back I changed all my Specifics.IDS values to be under a byte (<255) and apparently forgot to update gs_Acknowledge_Clone, which was preventing the clones from acknowledging properly. Fixed!
• WeiDU v125

Version 1.6.3

• Major re-vamp of gMinionC so that I am no longer handicapped with two sets of scripts segments gs_ and gmc_ for now on this script will be created from gs_ segments only, thereby reducing my workload by copying any changes I make to the gs_ segements onto gMinionC
• A number of minor tweaks and adjustments to gMinionS (probably a few more to come), gMinionR and gMinionM remain largely the same
• WeiDU v119

Version 1.6.2

• Changed usage of MOONDOG_SIGHT (spin696) and MOONDOG_HOWL (spin891) to HaveSpellRES after fixing their spell files which had their levels set incorrectly----MOONDOG_MIRROR_IMAGE and MOONDOG_IMPROVED_INVISIBILITY have their levels set to something other than 1, so they might benefit from having their levels changed
• The spell files didn't actually get fixed properly so I had to do it again. Should to be good to go.
• Also fixed MOONDOG_MIRROR_IMAGE (spin697) and MOONDOG_IMPROVED_INVISIBILITY (spin698) this time around and changed their spell usage to HaveSpellRES
• Tweaked Nymphs use of Miscast Magic a bit

Version 1.6.1

• Removed Vhailor's Helm from gmc_Summons_TL4_Items because clones really shouldn't be able to create other clones, if the player wants to do it manually, that is their affair
• Fixed Double !Range(blah,4) in the usage of the Thieves' Hood
• Removed magic resistance check from WIZARD_DRAGONS_BREATH because the spell bypasses it
• Removed RESISTMAGICFIRE check from WIZARD_COMET and WIZARD_DRAGONS_BREATH
• Changed resistance check to 50% for Comet and 25% for Dragon's Breath
• Added Save vs. Death check to Comet to increase the chance of a proper wing buffet/unconciousness results
• Added check !Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),FIRE_ELEMENTAL) to gs_TurnUndead because some of them are defined as General - UNDEAD