Altering Perks

[Kieve]

editing .zars?

Is there a way to edit the .zar files? Or am I overlooking something stupid obvious in the readme file?
Too many perks with text that alludes to the ability to take a perk multiple times only to have the perk disappear from my list after I take it once. i.e. Brown noser/Bonehead...
Thanks for any help.

Kieve

 

[requiem_for_a_starfury]

What is it you want to change? To make a new zar or edit a zar you need to save an image in the png format and then use the png to zar function of the FT Tools. If you want to edit an existing zar download RedViewer from here or DaC and export the image as a TGA then edit it and save it as a png etc.

If it's just the text of the perks you want to change then unpack the locale_0.BOS file and edit the core\locale\game\perk.txt file in notepad.

 

[Kieve]

Maybe the .zar isn't what I need to edit, then.
I'm trying to get the game to allow me to take multiple levels of specific perks: Brown Noser and Bonehead. The text description on both of those perks imply that you can take it multiple times, but in my experience you can't.

I guess I could edit the text file to remove references to multiple levels of those perks, but that's not as fun.

 

[requiem_for_a_starfury]

What perks you can take and how many times each etc is all hardcoded so the only way is to take the bend/break the rules perks.

 

[Wanderer]

Is there any way to alter what races get what perks? What lvls they can be taken at? I am goin to assume you cant actually modify what a perk does, or add in new ones.

 

[requiem_for_a_starfury]

No it's all hard coded. All you can change is the perk rate or give an entity the bend/break the rules perks to start with.