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NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:19 am
by matelener
Control Henchmen:

This feat allows you to give commands to creatures under your control. It operates in three modes:

1) No selection
2) Select all mode: Command all henchmen except the familiar
3) Select single mode: Command a single henchman.

To enter mode 2, target the feat at your character.
To enter mode 3, target the feat at the henchman you wish to command

Once you enter mode 2 or 3, you may use this feat again on:

1) a location, which commands a creature/creatures to move there
2) an enemy, a placeable (like a chest) or a door, which commands a creature/creatures to attack it

You may also switch seamlessly between the modes and, within the single-selection mode, between the henchmen. To return to the "no selection" state, target yourself in the "Select all" mode.
This feat will be granted to everyone for free.

Thanks to DM Doom for the suggestion.

EDIT: It might not be delivered in this update but in the one after to be sure it won't cause server issues.

Added new targets: chests and doors

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:44 am
by Sun Wukong
Is it a new feat, or will it replace the 'summon henchmen' we already have? Does it come with its own icon?

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:05 am
by matelener
Its an entirely new feat with currently Luck of Heroes icon.

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:22 am
by Sun Wukong
Image

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:28 pm
by Maecius
Snazzy! Thanks Sun W.

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:46 pm
by Planehopper
Does this work alongside the traditional commands (the voice commands)?

Being able to point henchman at a particular creature or move them to a certain spot is going to be one of the best quality-of-life adds we've done in ages.

Thank you!

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:51 pm
by matelener
Sun Wukong wrote:Image
Thanks! Gonna use it.
Planehopper wrote:Does this work alongside the traditional commands (the voice commands)?

Being able to point henchman at a particular creature or move them to a certain spot is going to be one of the best quality-of-life adds we've done in ages.

Thank you!
Yes. The feat overrides a voice command and vice versa.

Also, It might not be delivered in this update but in the one after to be sure it won't cause server issues.

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:36 am
by Sun Wukong
Oh, can you command a henchman to bash chests? You can do it already through voice commands but what of this feat?

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:43 am
by matelener
Sun Wukong wrote:Oh, can you command a henchman to bash chests? You can do it already through voice commands but what of this feat?
I'll try to add chests and doors as target types.

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:34 pm
by matelener
Updated info. Made some QoL improvements.

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:50 pm
by Tekill
So would this be useful in DM events where your pets just stand there?
My toon was recently devoured by a giant larva while my elemental just stood and watched.

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:41 am
by matelener
Tekill wrote:So would this be useful in DM events where your pets just stand there?
My toon was recently devoured by a giant larva while my elemental just stood and watched.
It looks like the feat is way more useful than AI set by voice commands, so yes.

Next update fixes:

- Added Missing Icon (if it bugs you atm, you can save Sun Wukon's icon as "ife_controlhenchmen.tga" and place it in your Override/UI/icons folder)
- Fixed responsiveness issues on freshly summoned things (currently you can force them to be responsive by first issuing a voice command)
- Setting "Stand your Ground" on moved henchmen

EDIT: forgot .tga extension

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:04 pm
by Sun Wukong
The icon posted above is in .png format. Thus you might have to download GIMP or get Photoshop to save it into .tga format for it to work. NWN2 uses .tga for icons and such...

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:47 pm
by casadechrisso
I would just like to quickly add that I'm extremely thankful for this new feat, it gives my companion a lot more RP value!

Re: NEXT UPDATE: Control Henchmen

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:10 pm
by matelener
This feat will be temporarily disabled to see if it's linked to server crashes.