Dragon Age: Origins

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A summonable Chest/Bag. - That is able to add any item you spezify to the game. It utilizes the 2DA and M2DA-System to allow fellow modders to give their items to the player in a swift and easy way without having to type a single line of code. The only thing that has to be done is to create the MOD_ADD M2DA for the item(s).

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Attention
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This Mod may have problems if used together with other Mods that override the EVENT_TYPE_ENTER or EVENT_TYPE_EXIT Events.

Description
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A summonable Bag, that is able to add any item you spezify to the game. It utilizes the 2DA and M2DA-System to allow fellow modders to give their items to the player in a swift and easy way without having to type a single line of code.
The only thing that has to be done is to create the MOD_ADD M2DA for the item(s).

To access the items ingame simply use the "Mysterious Bag" to summon your Mod Chest and take whatever you need.
It comes pre-loaded with 20 Lesser Heatlth Poltice to test the functionality.

An additional example item incl. the M2DA xls sheet is included. - Just copy the folder into your "...\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override" folder and hf.

And in case your wondering - yes this Mod-Chest is indeed a Summonable Chest that keeps its contents even after Save/Load or Area change.


Version History
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1.2b
* Removed auto-save after area-change. Event fired way too often.
* Added some additional checks.


1.2a
* Added auto-save ater area-change.


1.2
* Added Back-Story Codex-Entry. - This is the first draft and it may very well change!
* Added Re-Name Dialog. Refer to the ReadMe on how to enable it.


1.1
* Added Mod-Icon and Descriptions
* Fixed a minor Bug when switching areas.


1.0:
* Initial Release


Misc Stuff
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Event - Overrides (e.g. those in player_core):
http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/index.php/Event_override

Adding Strings for 2DA Usage:
http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/index.php/2DA#Adding_Strings

THANKS
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John from Beyond Ferelden for his Tutorials in particular the one about INI-Support.
Elys for figuring out the excelprocessor bug and the nice GDA-Editor.
Craig for his invaluable assistance withe the global-object problem.
All those that provided bug reports and other support of any kind.