This is partly tutorial and partly reference. Users are expected to have already read Huntsman's tutorials on henchman creation. It should be equally useful if you are using a community henchman system, such as the MBH kit, since this goes beyond basic hencman creation.
Contains: All the standard levelup packages described, How to make custom level-up packages, Scripting examples on making dual-class henchmen, all the things you need to know but nobody mentioned, Premade custom .2das for all classes, and Those Files That went Missing!
Cheers! :)
Version 1.01 has just two minor changes: There's a ready made hak file (only 100kb!) with all the premade custom packages, and a download without the pdf file for those who are content to use the MS Word document. That's a much smaller file to download, as well.
Posted by birdman076 at 2011-12-22 17:09:06 Voted 10.00 on 12/22/11
Awesome system and information.
Posted by wyldhunt at 2011-11-14 18:21:32 Voted 10.00 on 11/14/11
Excellent!
Stuff like this never gets outdated.
A must have for any serious builder.
Posted by fredseeker at 2011-09-19 04:29:33 Voted 10.00 on 09/19/11
I've been needing to learn more about this, especially with future plans I have. Thanks for putting this out here for us.
Posted by Estelindis at 2011-09-08 08:31:49 Voted 10.00 on 09/08/11
Thank you very, very much. I have been trying to do something like this for a while, but the amount of work required to even see the whole picture (let alone start painting new ones) has been so prohibitive that I've put it on the backburner. Your package is brilliant at explaining everything. Would give this more than ten if I could! _________________________ KotOR Heads FR Deity and Faction Cloaks Fall-from-Grace Soundset
Posted by Styxx42 at 2011-08-16 07:16:00 Voted 10.00 on 08/16/11
Excellent document that helped me out very much.
Posted by Rosietreats at 2011-07-09 15:59:48 Voted 10.00 on 07/09/11
Nice, handy resource.
I love it!
Thanks
Posted by Grymlorde at 2010-12-16 09:50:25 Voted 9.50 on 12/16/10
Very useful. Although the documentation is missing a few things such as cross-class skills, # of feats per level, etc. But still, a very solid 9.5.
Posted by Sharona Curves at 2010-11-30 18:18:12 Voted 10.00 on 11/30/10
I went looking for this for a group adventure project I am a part of. I've used this several times in the past and can not believe I didn't vote for it. It's a great reference if building custom henchmen and a fantastic tool. A definite must-have. Thanks Nereng!
Posted by Gonzo_og at 2010-03-08 20:51:54 Voted 10.00 on 03/08/10
Documentation is good. Thanks. _________________________ stuff
Posted by azak30 at 2010-01-25 18:22:48 Voted 10.00 on 01/25/10
very useful and informative . a must have for anyone using henchmen in the creation of any mod,single player or multiplayer .
Posted by calsailx at 2009-11-13 14:01:03 Voted 10.00 on 11/13/09
Posted by Pstemarie at 2009-07-10 02:03:25 Voted 10.00 on 07/10/09
Excellent - much more in depth than I imagined! _________________________ --
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Posted by carywinton at 2009-03-23 13:41:53 Voted 10.00 on 03/23/09
Nothing but a 10 will do for the work done by nereng. I have worked with him on another system. Which is also quite nice, the "No Scripting" module, er or very little needed to get a module up an running. :)
Posted by Axe_Murderer at 2009-02-26 05:49:51 Voted 10.00 on 02/26/09
In your instructions you mention that the AI never makes good use of wildshape. This is very, very true. I have a druid companion in one of my mods and I would love to know how to stop her from getting the wildshape feat, or at least stopping her from using it altogether. She keeps turning into the most useless creature in the middle of a fight (badger).
I have recently begun to look at the changes Bioware made in 1.69 to determine if, and if so how far, the information in The Supplement is out of date. So far I have only found one thing worth mentioning: Paladins now cast spells normally. It looks like the new riding feats and skills have been given a very low priority in the new packages 2das, so that the description of the level-up packages is still correct for all practical purposes.
I'll make an update once I have made a complete survey of all the 2das involved, but until then you can still rely on the information provided here as being "almost certainly" (hehe!) accurate!
Cheers! :)
Posted by Phoenix7113 at 2008-09-27 04:11:56 Voted 10.00 on 09/27/08
Very awsom slight change had to be done to the cono but awsom all the same. :)
Posted by SmokeCat at 2008-01-31 17:12:05 Voted 10.00 on 01/31/08
Very informative and useful!
Posted by nwn_martin at 2008-01-23 19:35:03 Voted 10.00 on 01/23/08
very nice work
Posted by Mentalepsy at 2008-01-14 16:14:11 Voted 9.50 on 01/14/08
Posted by kookoo at 2007-08-14 08:48:23 Voted 10.00 on 08/14/07
This is an excellent resource. It helped me to fix my specialized henchman. I'd give it a 10 just for the reference info. The 2da's are bonus. _________________________ My book: "Rojuun" Link
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Posted by moorefallen at 2007-06-05 18:45:29 Voted 10.00 on 06/05/07
Very good work, it works as intended, and has lots of great read me DOCs to aid a builder. very easy to use. Thanks for your effort.
Posted by Keltic_Oryantal at 2007-04-23 10:31:45 Voted 10.00 on 04/23/07
Anything that helps me understand what the bloody hell I am doing with henchmen deserves a ten. Very nice work and much appreciated.
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Posted by ozDallo at 2006-12-25 12:53:25 Voted 10.00 on 12/25/06
Superb, nereng! Thanks a bunch :)
Posted by Ransom at 2006-10-30 13:49:37 Voted 9.75 on 10/30/06
This is a really nice reference AND set of tools. Thanks a lot!
I should have guessed that was the problem! I have done the same mistake often enough! lol
No, I don't think a NPC with the wrong alignment will be levelled up in 1.68 or any other version for that matter. It's just something you'll have to be on the lookout for.
Cheers!
Posted by Poecile at 2006-10-26 08:54:48 Voted 9.75
Nereng,
The problem with the Character cration wizard in the Toolset was that the Elf Druid was set to Chaotic Good. I had to change the alignment to True Neutral, and the AutoLevelUpTo() script worked. I am using patch 1.66, so I don't know if the 1.68 patch will level up a Chaotic Good Druid?
I had no problems with that during the writing of The Henhcman Supplement. I tried it several times when I made the custom 2das for the druid class, and the levelling up as such caused no problems. Can you describe any problems you've been having? As far as I can tell, none of the changes in patch 1.68 should cause problems, but you never can tell fo certain, of course...
Cheers! :)
Posted by Poecile at 2006-10-24 09:53:17 Voted 9.75
Anyone ever had problems leveling up a druid henchman?
Posted by Poecile at 2006-08-30 09:34:20 Voted 9.75
Yeah, the OnPerception script is a good one to use, I tried it out using LevelHenchmanUpTo (for multi-class) and it worked like a charm.
What I had in mind was meeting a henchman during a battle and I guess I needed a higher level henchie in order to survive the fight. I didn't know that the Toolset Wizard is not compatible with the Level-up process, but your pdf helped clear up that problem.
I also figure I should do my part to counter the low vote/download ratio. 8-)
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