To all the people having issues due to mod-compatibility follow these steps to get the extra talent points per level working alongside the other mod you have installed, keep in mind that this will require you to download a piece of software (available on this site) and require you to manually alter files, its not that hard though if you just follow the steps below:
1. Don't even bother with installing this mod sadly, if you have already installed the mod into your CookedPC folder, remove the files before continuing. While you are in this folder anyways, you are going to want to make a backup of base_scripts.dzip, just copy this file and paste a copy of it onto your desktop for now, then rename the file still in CookedPC from base_scripts.dzip -> base_scripts.dzip.bak which will prevent it from being recognized as a file when you add the modified version later on. If you are following it precisely as I described you willl want to have the .dzip.bak version in the CookedPC folder still (or wherever you want to keep it tbh) and then you will have the copied base_scripts.dzip on your desktop.
2. Now that you are backed-up in case anything goes wrong, you will want to install the Gibbed RED Tools, put the folder you downloaded on your desktop as well (extract it so that it is usable). You will find 3 .exe files inside this folder, what you want to do first is move the base_scripts.dzip file from your desktop into the folder alongside these .exe files. Nexus page for GibbedRedTools3. If you got the file into the folder, simply drag the base_scripts.dzip file onto the 'Gibbed.Red.Unpack.exe" file you should see in the same folder you are in. This wlil prompt you to open the file with an unfamiliar application, simply accept the prompts and you will end up with a folder named base_scripts if you did the steps correctly. This folder contains all the flies that were originally packed into the 1 .dzip file, you want to open this new folder and navigate to -> game -> player -> player.ws, open this file with a text-editor, I am using VSCode but anything should be fine as long as you can type in it :P ("C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\Gibbed RED Tools\base_scripts\game\player\player.ws")
4. In this player.ws file, simply hit ctrl+f and search for "SetTalentPoints" or simply look for Talent and move down a few results, it will be on line 4022.
if (level < 35) { level = level + 1;
talents = GetTalentPoints(); SetTalentPoints( talents + 1(CHANGETHISVALUE) ); ..... is what it should look like, if you see this you are in the right spot.
5. Change the 1 after "talents +" to the value you want to have it at, i.e., 5.
SetTalentPoints( talents + 5 );
6. Save the file and close it, then go back to the Gibbed RED tools folder on your desktop (ideally with the unpacked folder base_scripts inside of it) and then you will need to drag the folder base_scripts onto this file: Gibbed.Red.Pack.exe, once again just accept any prompts you may get and you will end up with a base_scripts.dzip file just like you started with. This file is the one you want to move back into the CookedPC folder and if you did it correctly any levelups you have after adding this new file to your game directory will reward you with the increased anmount of talent points you specified. Keep in mind that it will not work retroactively if you already leveled up without it.
7. If it somehow isn't working as intended, simply move the .dzip.bak file we made as a backup into the CookedPC folder again, move the altered base_scripts.dzip file you made out of the folder and rename the .bak file back into the original name (base_scripts.dzip) and it will be as if you did nothing to it at all ideally.
I saw that many people are having problems installing the MOD in question. In my case, I solved it by removing FCR. Yes, unfortunately it gets in the way. If you're still having problems, look at the MOD box in The Witcher 2 (Steam) when you start the game and uncheck the options marked there for FCR. It will solve the problem, I'm sure. Enjoy the game.
There is a bug: If you get few levels, then you will get only one talent for each level. I personally was half past through level 10, when finished quest with Keiran and got level 12 in one step and only two talents.
what do i need to edit in base_scripts.dzip to get this because im using Project Mersey - The Witcher 2 Fix Pack and i want 3 talent point per level as well
I tried to merge the base_scripts.dzip of this mod with the one from the Project Mersey mod but it doesn't work, the game get stuck after the cinematic intro. Have someone been able to do it ?
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1. Don't even bother with installing this mod sadly, if you have already installed the mod into your CookedPC folder, remove the files before continuing. While you are in this folder anyways, you are going to want to make a backup of base_scripts.dzip, just copy this file and paste a copy of it onto your desktop for now, then rename the file still in CookedPC from base_scripts.dzip -> base_scripts.dzip.bak which will prevent it from being recognized as a file when you add the modified version later on. If you are following it precisely as I described you willl want to have the .dzip.bak version in the CookedPC folder still (or wherever you want to keep it tbh) and then you will have the copied base_scripts.dzip on your desktop.
2. Now that you are backed-up in case anything goes wrong, you will want to install the Gibbed RED Tools, put the folder you downloaded on your desktop as well (extract it so that it is usable). You will find 3 .exe files inside this folder, what you want to do first is move the base_scripts.dzip file from your desktop into the folder alongside these .exe files.
Nexus page for GibbedRedTools3. If you got the file into the folder, simply drag the base_scripts.dzip file onto the 'Gibbed.Red.Unpack.exe" file you should see in the same folder you are in. This wlil prompt you to open the file with an unfamiliar application, simply accept the prompts and you will end up with a folder named base_scripts if you did the steps correctly. This folder contains all the flies that were originally packed into the 1 .dzip file, you want to open this new folder and navigate to -> game -> player -> player.ws, open this file with a text-editor, I am using VSCode but anything should be fine as long as you can type in it :P ("C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\Gibbed RED Tools\base_scripts\game\player\player.ws")
4. In this player.ws file, simply hit ctrl+f and search for "SetTalentPoints" or simply look for Talent and move down a few results, it will be on line 4022.
if (level < 35)
{
level = level + 1;
talents = GetTalentPoints();
SetTalentPoints( talents + 1(CHANGETHISVALUE) );
..... is what it should look like, if you see this you are in the right spot.
5. Change the 1 after "talents +" to the value you want to have it at, i.e., 5.
SetTalentPoints( talents + 5 );
6. Save the file and close it, then go back to the Gibbed RED tools folder on your desktop (ideally with the unpacked folder base_scripts inside of it) and then you will need to drag the folder base_scripts onto this file: Gibbed.Red.Pack.exe, once again just accept any prompts you may get and you will end up with a base_scripts.dzip file just like you started with. This file is the one you want to move back into the CookedPC folder and if you did it correctly any levelups you have after adding this new file to your game directory will reward you with the increased anmount of talent points you specified. Keep in mind that it will not work retroactively if you already leveled up without it.
7. If it somehow isn't working as intended, simply move the .dzip.bak file we made as a backup into the CookedPC folder again, move the altered base_scripts.dzip file you made out of the folder and rename the .bak file back into the original name (base_scripts.dzip) and it will be as if you did nothing to it at all ideally.
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Project Mersey - The Witcher 2 Fix Pack and i want 3 talent point per level as well
Have someone been able to do it ?