User:Loriel

Notes of progress on "fixing" some mods

Companions (mostly Emma's)

Issues:

• Over-strict name checking
  • Initially names starting with a numeral were rejected as errors - now fixed
  • CS still disallows initial numeral in names of scripts - though this is recommended by "Morrowind Scripting for Dummies" which despite its name is a serious resource
  • Script names including "." are rejected as errors
• There was a weird bug, fixed in OpenMW 0.42, involving name clashes between NPCs and Journal entries - see https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=4125&start=10#p46637
• There is an outstanding bug report for addtopic refusing entries with an initial "-" - see https://bugs.openmw.org/issues/3846
• A fix in later companions is now counter-productive in OpenMW, leading to them initiating combat unnecessarily. See https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=4125&start=20#p46773

Status

• Witchgirl (Morgana)
  • Suffers from rejection of her main movement script 1AA_MorganaScript4.4 because of the included "."
• Laura
  • Suffers from rejection of her main movement script 1AA_LauraScript7.5 because of the included "."
  • Suffered from the journal ID clash - fixed in OpenMW 0.42
• Beryl
  • Suffers from the counter-productive combat fix
• Constance
  • Suffers from the counter-productive combat fix
  • Suffers from the addtopic "-" bug
  • Also suffers from syntax errors in scripts that remove her "bonus" spells cast on the player, so they probably become permanant
• Laurenna (White Wolf of Lokken)
  • Suffered from the counter-productive combat fix
• Dome Home
  • Ingred suffers from the combat fix

Resolution

I believe Emma would be willing to incorporate the necessary fixes, and make OpenMW-friendly versions available on her website, but she's out of contact for the rest of the month (Aug 2017)

I am also hoping to produce an updated version of the Witchgirl mod, to fix her rather erratic spell control, and possibly extend her capabilities, subject to Emma's agreement/approval.

Other Emma/Grumpy Mods

• Companionable Cats

Kittens are OK, but cats lack a bounding box and fall through the floor... See https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=4125&start=30#p46801

• Pack Donkeys

Reports of problems, which seem to arise from mod clashes, cause not yet identified

Teleportation

CD Cooley's Companion Teleportation now mostly works: (see https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=4390#p48098)

• Teleporting between external cells is fine
• Teleporting within the same cell is fine
• Teleporting from external to internal cell fails - expected, same as vanilla MW
• Teleporting from internal to external cell fails - not expected, needs fixing...

From my limited investigation to date, it appears that the script command "Position" is unreliable, but "Positioncell" is OK.