Henchman Scripts?

[lennon]

Anyone seen any resources for amending the Henchman scripts (in the first official campaign)?

I am fed up with Sharwyn continuing to use her bow when closed in on by the enemy & firing offensive spells when there is no more enemies.

I am fed up with Linu not running away and healing herself when low on HP. I suppose I'd like her to change from melee to missile when at 50% (at lower levels) and 25% at medium.

[Rastor]

There was an improved battle AI for these henchmen released about 4 years ago by Pausanias.  I can't find a link though so you may want to look around NWVault.

[lennon]

Is this what you meant i.e. Pausianias Improved Henchman? It seems to have moved from NWN Vault. I found it using Google:(Pausanias improved henchman), having discovered that Pausanias is some biblical name.

This page hosts another Hakpak addressing the issue called Auldar's Henchman Replacement Pack V0.5 which also gave me a clue.

[Rastor]

Is this what you meant i.e. Pausianias Improved Henchman? It seems to have moved from NWN Vault. I found it using Google:(Pausanias improved henchman), having discovered that Pausanias is some biblical name.

This page hosts another Hakpak addressing the issue called Auldar's Henchman Replacement Pack V0.5 which also gave me a clue.

Pausanias was a Greek general, actually.  He led the Spartan (I think) army during the Spartan-Athenian wars.

There is also a script available that allows multiple henchmen to be in your party.  Quite a few of these scripts were rendered unneeded because of the NWN expansions, however.

[lennon]

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There is also a script available that allows multiple henchmen to be in your party.  Quite a few of these scripts were rendered unneeded because of the NWN expansions, however.

Interesting - any clues about the scripts and their locations - I'll do a bit of googling, but it would be cool to build a list of the henchman enhancement scripts, their locations and the impact of the addional games.

Do you know of any articles at the vault or sorcerers which might be seen as definitive.

[Rastor]

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There is also a script available that allows multiple henchmen to be in your party.  Quite a few of these scripts were rendered unneeded because of the NWN expansions, however.

Interesting - any clues about the scripts and their locations - I'll do a bit of googling, but it would be cool to build a list of the henchman enhancement scripts, their locations and the impact of the addional games.

Do you know of any articles at the vault or sorcerers which might be seen as definitive.

Well, there's the scripts that came with SoU and HotU.  Those ones allow multiple henchmen and do improve the AI significantly (but they still suck).

There are some generic scripting articles at the Vault.  There's also a few scripts available for download that probably need to be updated to work with the newer expansions.

MisterMister's Multi-Henchmen + Inventory/Battle AI Enhancements
Henchmen Inventory & Battle AI Mod by Tony K
Fredrik Mellstrom's Battle AI

You could also learn to script and make a better script yourself. 

[lennon]

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You could also learn to script and make a better script yourself. 

Yes, but I expect that this is not the first project for a scripting neophyte to adopt, and you should see my FRPG project backlog. 

[lennon]

I have installed the Henchman Inventory & Battle AI mod v1.07, its readme file is on the 'net here... It comes with a binary installer for XP, and there's a shell installer for Linux. Seems quite good, although in my first fight after installing Linu dies straight away.

Just given Sharwyn a Wand of Lightening, she's using it!  Or the new bow with arrows of lightening are causing deadly harm. Thanks for your advice guys!