This plugin converts a Infinity Engine dialog file (e.g. from Baldur's Gate) into the NWN2 toolset.
Converted are just the texts. Actions, Conditions, Journal entries, and who the Speaker is for each node is all not converted.
The tokens used in the text are partly converted, and some information is lost in this conversion: In the IE games, there are seperate tokens for the name/gender/... of the protagonist and the current speaker (these could be different if you have a companion speak for you). NWN2 tokens do not have this distinction. Some tokens are left as found, because no NWN2 equivalent is available.
In the Infinity Engine, a conversation can be spread out over multiple .DLG files. The plugin automatically detects the referenced files, and searches for these files in the same folder as the file you are trying to convert. If the needed file is not found, a message is displayed.
The plugin finds the location of the IE games installation folder through the recent games list of Infinity Explorer, so it is recommended to have that installed.
Posted by fuinhas at 2012-07-02 14:37:54 Voted 10.00 on 07/02/12
a BG full conversion is now one step closer to our grasp!!
well done gentleman
Posted by Jamieaawroe at 2010-07-29 08:13:12 Voted 10.00 on 07/29/10
Brilliant! well done!
Posted by UrkOfGreyhawk at 2010-07-03 01:41:20 Voted 10.00 on 07/03/10
Words fail me. Simply amazing work. _________________________ If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Posted by jksk at 2010-03-08 16:12:04 Voted 9.50 on 03/08/10
A fantastic tool, well worth a high score. I couldn't imagine being without it - which makes it all the more apparent on those rare occasions it doesn't work. It sometimes asks for DLG files, even though they exist.
Posted by nicethugbert at 2009-11-15 06:18:41 Voted 10.00 on 06/11/10
Posted by Saphhira at 2009-04-23 00:05:58 Voted 10.00 on 04/23/09
Though I'll not use it but it helps conversion teams infinitely
Posted by slowdive_fan at 2009-04-22 20:04:58 Voted 10.00 on 04/20/09
@Sothis B: Thanks for the update. I didn't notice any issues, but sure enough, when I went to open the module that had my converted dialog files, the dialogs were all messed up. I downloaded the update and everything works great now. I cannot thank you enough for this wonderful tool as it will probably be a major break through for other potential IE conversion projects (some are in the works I hear such as BG_TotSC and BG2). _________________________ Chronicles of Charnia - Escape from Charn (NWN2) Chronicles of Charnia - The Exile (NWN2) Chronicles of Charnia - Lanterna
Posted by Jaesun999 at 2009-04-22 16:57:16 Voted 10.00 on 04/22/09
Utterly brilliant. This should hep tremendously for those wishing to convert the older IE games.
Well done. _________________________ NWN2 Rugs - Tapestries - New Wall Textures - New Floor Textures - Custom Load Hints! Spice up your mod today! Link
Posted by drechner at 2009-04-22 14:02:36 Voted 10.00 on 04/22/09
Wow... like slowdive, this made my year!!! This is completely awesome! Thank you!
I just found that when the module is saved, conversations made by this plugin are not saved correctly (either completly empty, or all lines are the same). I am investigating this now, so I hope I'll have an update ready soon!
Posted by Bladerunner13 at 2009-04-22 08:03:52 Voted 10.00 on 04/22/09
This, sir, is just brilliant. It is practically a necessary tool for all the IE conversion projects. It's amazing it took so long for someone to make it. Many thanks again.
Posted by tmorris87 at 2009-04-21 23:26:50 Voted 10.00 on 04/21/09
kudos to Sothis B, this will help greatly when i get back to work on my BG2 conversion (got a few other things to do first) and now i have to patch aswell XD
Posted by ekieron at 2009-04-21 21:40:29 Voted 10.00 on 04/21/09
Wow. Amazing. A great tool that I have been wishing for.
Very nice work!!
_________________________ Kieron
Posted by Dr_Sungh at 2009-04-21 16:32:50 Voted 10.00 on 04/21/09
Though I'll not use it, I know I'll benefit from it!
Well done!
Posted by B_Brickman at 2009-04-21 04:31:40 Voted 10.00 on 04/21/09
And there was much rejoicing...
:) Thank you!
Posted by Azenn at 2009-04-20 21:00:29 Voted 10.00 on 04/20/09
Though I will probably never use this, it helps conversion teams immensely so... nice job.
Posted by nicethugbert at 2009-04-20 20:47:51 Voted 10.00 on 06/11/10
Posted by E.C.Patterson at 2009-04-20 19:09:05 Voted 10.00 on 04/20/09
Lots of people will benefit from this even though few will likely end up using it. This evidently increases the chance of conversion projects seeing the day, and as one who's eagerly waiting for them, I want to say thanks. _________________________ E.C.Patterson Gaming Parents Studios
Posted by slowdive_fan at 2009-04-20 18:54:13 Voted 10.00 on 04/20/09
This made my day (okay maybe even my year, haha). I tested it out and it works even better than I had hoped. It even did all of the "links" for me. All I need to do is add the scripts and that is the fun/easy part. This has to be the greatest freakin' tool ever (a real life saver and motivator...coping-n-pasting hundreds of lines of text is sooo boring and tedious). This will save us (any and all IE future conversions) hundreds of hours. I wish I could vote 25 times and download 5000 so I could put a "Hall of Fame" tag to this ;-)
Seriously though, this is VERY much appreciated by myself, probably drechner (BG remake), and all those who will be playing these remakes.
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