How to add new skills?

[Legacy_Earthbender]

               Hi, I would to know how to add skills, I tried using Google but I couldn't find any tutorials. Please help? So far all I've tried is going into the nwn files and changing the skill .2da stuff... don't know what to do from there. I'm afraid to mess with it more, especially with my inexperience, because last time I did it, I had a pretty major problem. Anyways, please reply, thanks.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               There is another thread that covers this question. Look for some answers there, then please continue that discussion if you don't find what you need.

Some other related threads:
Custom Skill Limit
Custom Skills and Feats Problem

I wanted to add however that if you have basic custom content questions ... ask away. Such as... the custom skills 2da needs to be in a HAK distributed with your module. And the module needs to know that it uses the HAK... which can be set up using the toolset: open the ModuleProperties dialog and then select the custom content tab.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par henesua, 09 février 2012 - 02:58 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Earthbender]

               Hmm thank you I looked at those links. However, none of them actually tells me about *how* to make skills- they are mostly just questions about the skills. Do you know of a tutorial?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ShadowM]

               Take out the skill.2da with Explorer or Explorer Reborn (newest one)

Look at this link which shows what all the skill colums mean.
skill.2da

Copy a row that meets or add a new one. For your new skill.
You will need a custom tlk (talk file) that will hold the name and description of your new skill.
Link of description. tlk

You can edit 2da with a simple notepad and/or you could use one of the tlk editors which usually can edit 2da also.

There a lot of tlk editors out there look in tools above in the stickies.

You will need to put this into a hakpak
Use nwhak.exe program that comes with the game and is in your nwn utils folder. Drop you files into it and save you hakpak.

Link this hak to your test module. Test the module. This is a general outline, but should get you started. Come back here if you come along any snags along the way.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

Earthbender wrote...

Hmm thank you I looked at those links. However, none of them actually tells me about *how* to make skills- they are mostly just questions about the skills. Do you know of a tutorial?

custom skills added into skills.2da have no effect on game. By ading the new line into this 2da, player can take a rank in the skill but the skill does nothing byy default.

To make this skill do something you need to bound the skill with custom script/feat etc. for example in Players Resources Consortium is Jump skill that is used in custom Jump feat that every character get on first level etc.