Change Armor Appearance

Neverwinter Nights 1 Toolset, Scripting, NWNX
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Wanting to make an item, that when used on armor, it’ll change that armor’s appearance (while still keeping all the armor’s properties). Is this possible?

2

It’s possible to clone and modify the armour using CopyItemAndModify. It can only edit one slot at a time, though. :thinking: I don’t think there’s a function for altering multiple slots at once, though I’d love to be proven wrong.

More item modification functions in x2_inc_itemprop, including wrappers which tie in destruction of the original.

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It might be easier to have a set of armor with no stats, but have a unique power (1 time use). When you use that on another set of armor, it’ll copy all the properties onto the blank armor and then delete the targeted armor?

4

That’d be one way to do it, sure.

// Transfers item properties from inventory item oSource to inventory item oTarget.
void TransferItemProperties(object oSource, object oTarget, int nDestroySource=TRUE);
void TransferItemProperties(object oSource, object oTarget, int nDestroySource=TRUE)
{
    itemproperty ip;

    // Erase properties on target.
    ip = GetFirstItemProperty(oTarget);
    while (GetIsItemPropertyValid(ip))
        {
        RemoveItemProperty(oTarget, ip);
        ip = GetNextItemProperty(oTarget);
        }

    // Apply properties of source to target.
    ip = GetFirstItemProperty(oSource);
    while (GetIsItemPropertyValid(ip))
        {
        AddItemProperty(GetItemPropertyDurationType(ip), ip, oTarget, IntToFloat(GetItemPropertyDurationRemaining(ip)));
        ip = GetNextItemProperty(oSource);
        }

    // Delete the source.
    if (nDestroySource)
        DestroyObject(oSource);
}

Or you can go through the armor part appearances one at a time with CopyItemAndModify, cloning the item a bunch of times to alter it one part at a time.

// Copies the armor appearance of armour item oSource onto armour item oTarget.
void CopyArmorAppearance(object oSource, object oTarget, int nDestroySource=TRUE);
void CopyArmorAppearance(object oSource, object oTarget, int nDestroySource=TRUE)
{
    object oNew, oPrev, oFinal, oOwner;
    int i;

    oOwner = GetItemPossessor(oTarget);
    oNew  = oTarget;
    oPrev = oTarget;

    // Copy armor colors.
    for (i=0; i<=6; i++)
        {
        oNew = CopyItemAndModify(oPrev, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_COLOR, i, GetItemAppearance(oSource, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_COLOR, i), TRUE);

        if (i < 6)
            DestroyObject(oPrev);

        oPrev = oNew;
        }

    // Copy armor part appearances.
    for (i=0; i<=19; i++)
        {
        oNew = CopyItemAndModify(oPrev, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_MODEL, i, GetItemAppearance(oSource, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_MODEL, i), TRUE);

        if (i < 19)
            DestroyObject(oPrev);
        else
            oFinal = oPrev;

        oPrev = oNew;
        }

    // Equip the new one.
    AssignCommand(oOwner, ActionEquipItem(oFinal, INVENTORY_SLOT_CHEST));

    // Destroy the source.
    if (nDestroySource)
        DestroyObject(oSource);
}

Disclaimer: Not tested very extensively. Probably needs sanity checks for aborting in case function is used on anything other than armour items, too.

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I’m attempting the second option, but I’m getting an invisible set of armor in return.

The armor (OBJECT_SELF) has the unique property (single use, so it deletes itself after using the unique property) and also has the look (created in the toolset) that I want to copy onto oTarget.
I want to keep the oTarget’s colors, so I’m not including that part.

#include "x2_inc_switches"
void main()
{
    int nEvent = GetUserDefinedItemEventNumber();
    if (nEvent != X2_ITEM_EVENT_ACTIVATE)
        return;

    object oPC = GetItemActivator();
    if (!GetIsPC(oPC))
        return;

    object oTarget = GetItemActivatedTarget();

    int i;

    object oNew  = oTarget;
    object oPrev = oTarget;
    object oFinal;

    if (GetObjectType(oTarget) != OBJECT_TYPE_ITEM)
    {
        SendMessageToPC(oPC, "You can only use this on an item.");
        return;
    }

    string sTarget = GetTag(oTarget);
    if (sTarget == "red040a" || sTarget == "red041a" || sTarget == "red042a" || sTarget == "red043a" || sTarget == "red047a" ||
        sTarget == "red040b" || sTarget == "red041b" || sTarget == "red042b" || sTarget == "red043b" || sTarget == "red047b" ||
        sTarget == "red040c" || sTarget == "red041c" || sTarget == "red042c" || sTarget == "red043c" || sTarget == "red047c" ||
        sTarget == "red040d" || sTarget == "red041d" || sTarget == "red042d" || sTarget == "red043d" || sTarget == "red047d")
    {
        for (i=0; i<=19; i++)
        {
        oNew = CopyItemAndModify(oPrev, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_MODEL, i, GetItemAppearance(OBJECT_SELF, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_MODEL, i), TRUE);

        if (i < 19)
            DestroyObject(oPrev);
        else
            oFinal = oPrev;

        oPrev = oNew;

        AssignCommand(oPC, ActionEquipItem(oFinal, INVENTORY_SLOT_CHEST));
        }
    }
    else
    {
        SendMessageToPC(oPC, "This is an invalid item.");
        return;
    }
}
6

Got it working… replaced OBJECT_SELF with GetItemActivated();