View Source

effecticons.2da loads relevant icons to put in the top right, or the character sheet or examine screen, along with a short descriptive name. For items they are used only on the character sheet except Haste which appears in the top right persistently.

The effect integers here are unrelated to the GetEffectType of an effect., and are usually hardcoded, including in-game only effects such as Taunt and Wounding.

1.84.8193.29 added new functions for removing and adding icons to effects, which unhardcoded the use of them in scripts (but not items). This means you can create "custom" effects such as Fatigue much more seamlessly.

Line Limits

1 to 65535 as of 1.89.8193.37. Prior to this it was 1 - 255, and any client pre-37 will be only sent icon lines 1 - 255.

Hardcoded Lines

Apart from the "Cut Content" lines below it is worth not removing any of the existing lines, although alterations (such as new icons) can be made. This is because internally applied effects and item properties still use hardcoded references to this 2da file.

The line IDs for Poison (20) and Disease (21) hardcode the changed colour bars (brown and green respectively); these are lines are recommended not to change but are also good for making custom poison and diseases look proper.

However unused cut content / lines can now be changed quite drastically with EffectIcon.

However there are some notes about the fact the icons for several things are identical, which could be made in a modification to look different, specifically:

All "Immunity: Misc" lines use the generic Immunity icon ief_immunity.tga
All "Damage Immunity Increase: Name" use the generic Damage Immunity Increase icon ief_damimmincr.tga
All "Damage Immunity Decrease: Name" use generic Damage Immunity Decrease icon ief_damimmincr.tga

Cut Content

There are a number of icon files in the game with no equivalent line in this file. There are also some 2da lines that appear to be unused but can now be used with EffectIcon.

ID	Label	Icon	StrRef	Icon File Name	Possible Purpose
				ief_abildecr.tga	Generic "Ability Decrease" before specific stat increase/decrease icons were added.
				ief_abilincr.tga	Generic "Ability Increase" before specific stat increase/decrease icons were added.
				ief_arcanefail.tga	Arcane Spell Failure has no scripted property (although it does have an item property) but apparently at one point would have required one.
11	ENEMY_ATTACK_BONUS	ief_AttackBon	8038	ief_attackbon.tga	Enemy Attack Bonus appears to be an effect that is never used by the game (although apparently it does exist in the internal code).
56	BLINDNESS	ief_Blindness	8083 - "Blind"	ief_blindness.tga	Oddly a duplicate "Blind" line. The real "Blind" line is line 10. This line is unused by the game.
				ief_concealed.tga	Concealed, not Concealment (which is used by Invisibility etc.), implies a "cover" system was going to be attempted at one stage in the games design.
33	DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_INCREASE	ief_DamImmIncr	8060	Is used	This is "used" in so far as ief_damimmincr.tga is used for all different damage immunity increase types, but this line itself is unlikely to be used.
34	DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_DECREASE	ief_DamImmDecr	8061	Is used	This is "used" in so far as ief_damimmdecr.tga is used for all different damage immunity decrease types, but this line itself is unlikely to be used.
				ief_darkvis.tga	Potentially "Darkvision" as an effect was meant to get this. Given in the base game it's only applied by feats however, or item properties, instead of a temporary effect it likely goes unused.
58	DISPELMAGICBEST	ief_DispelBest	8085	ief_dispelbest.tga	Purple placeholder and the fact the effect is instantaneous means this is unused by the game.
48	DISPELMAGICALL	ief_DispelAll	8075	ief_dispelall.tga	Purple placeholder and the fact the effect is instantaneous means this is unused by the game.
8	FATIGUE	ief_Fatigue	8035	ief_fatigue.tga	Well it seems Fatigue effects were at one point planned. A shame it wasn't added, would have been handy for rest systems.
				ief_forcewalk.tga	This probably was part of Fatigue and other effects such as encumberance which stopped running. There's no equivalent effect in the game, although EffectSlow does stop running animations.
6	INVULNERABLE	ief_Invulnerable	8033	ief_invulnerable.tga	An "Invulnerable" effect was presumably planned. No way to do this now except for the Plot flag - which probably replaced it.
				ief_invunerable.tga	A misspelt copy of "invulnerable", "invunerable" is purple.
				ief_misschance.tga	"Miss Chance" - from EffectMissChance - hasn't got a respective effecticons.2da line but one could be added now (with EffectIcon).
				ief_see_invis.tga	This is right next to the correct icon ief_seeinvis.tga - note the extra underscore - so purple placeholder.
				ief_stoflesh.tga	"Stone to Flesh" effect icon perhaps. Before people realised it is applied instantly? Or was it going to be an Immunity: Petrify or similar? (since there is no such thing in the game, although one can be now mechanically added with EffectIcon).
55	TIMESTOP	ief_TimeStop	8082	ief_timestop.tga	EffectTimeStop does not use this icon, instead the game is paused with a special "Time Stop" icon instead of the pause one, so this can be reused/used.
				ief_turnund.tga	Right next to the correct icon ief_turned.tga is this unused purple placeholder.

New Effect Icons

You can have up to 255 lines in the 2da.

Lines 1 through 129 are not all used by the game and some can be reused (ie wiped entirely), noted above:

6 - Invultnerable - Unused by the game, but may be handy to keep around.
8 - Fatigue - Unused by the game (Although a handy one to use yourself, since it's fully localised and has an icon)
11 - Enemy Attack Bonus - Unused by the game even if the effect appears to exist inside the games code (so you might be able to use it with NWNX but not in SP).
33 - Immunity increase - unused by the game due to the specific damage immunity increase types
34 - Immunity decrease - unused by the game due to the specific damage immunity decrease types
48 - Dispel Magic is an instant effect so this will never be used (has an invalid icon)
55 - Time Stop - Unused by the game but may be handy to keep around.
56 - Invalid version of "Blind" can be reused
58 - Dispel Magic is an instant effect so this will never be used (has an invalid icon)

Lines 130 onwards can be added, meaning a total of 125 new icons if you don't want to alter any lines 1-130.

2da Contents

2DA V2.0                                                                    
                                                                            
           Label                                Icon               StrRef   
0          ****                                 ****               0        
1          DAMAGE_RESISTANCE                    ief_DamResist      8028     
2          REGENERATE                           ief_Regenerate     8029     
3          DAMAGE_REDUCTION                     ief_DamReduct      8030     
4          TEMPORARY_HITPOINTS                  ief_TempHP         8031     
5          ENTANGLE                             ief_Entangle       8032     
6          INVULNERABLE                         ief_Invulnerable   8033     
7          DEAF                                 ief_Deaf           8034     
8          FATIGUE                              ief_Fatigue        8035     
9          IMMUNITY                             ief_Immunity       8036     
10         BLIND                                ief_Blind          8037     
11         ENEMY_ATTACK_BONUS                   ief_AttackBon      8038     
12         CHARMED                              ief_Charm          8039     
13         CONFUSED                             ief_Confuse        8040     
14         FRIGHTENED                           ief_Fear           8041     
15         DOMINATED                            ief_Dominate       8042     
16         PARALYZE                             ief_Paralyze       8043     
17         DAZED                                ief_Daze           8044     
18         STUNNED                              ief_Stun           8045     
19         SLEEP                                ief_Sleep          8046     
20         POISON                               ief_Poison         8047     
21         DISEASE                              ief_Disease        8048     
22         CURSE                                ief_Curse          8049     
23         SILENCE                              ief_Silence        8050     
24         TURNED                               ief_turned         8051     
25         HASTE                                ief_Haste          8052     
26         SLOW                                 ief_Slow           8053     
27         ABILITY_INCREASE_STR                 ief_inc_str        58369    
28         ABILITY_DECREASE_STR                 ief_dec_str        58370    
29         ATTACK_INCREASE                      ief_AttIncr        8056     
30         ATTACK_DECREASE                      ief_AttDecr        8057     
31         DAMAGE_INCREASE                      ief_DamIncr        8058     
32         DAMAGE_DECREASE                      ief_DamDecr        8059     
33         DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_INCREASE             ief_DamImmIncr     8060     
34         DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_DECREASE             ief_DamImmDecr     8061     
35         AC_INCREASE                          ief_ACIncr         8062     
36         AC_DECREASE                          ief_ACDecr         8063     
37         MOVEMENT_SPEED_INCREASE              ief_MoveIncr       8064     
38         MOVEMENT_SPEED_DECREASE              ief_MoveDecr       8065     
39         SAVING_THROW_INCREASE                ief_SaveIncr       8066     
40         SAVING_THROW_DECREASE                ief_SaveDecr       8067     
41         SPELL_RESISTANCE_INCREASE            ief_SRIncr         8068     
42         SPELL_RESISTANCE_DECREASE            ief_SRDecr         8069     
43         SKILL_INCREASE                       ief_SkillIncr      8070     
44         SKILL_DECREASE                       ief_SkillDecr      8071     
45         INVISIBILITY                         ief_Invisible      8072     
46         IMPROVEDINVISIBILITY                 ief_ImpInvis       8073     
47         DARKNESS                             ief_Darkness       8074     
48         DISPELMAGICALL                       ief_DispelAll      8075     
49         ELEMENTALSHIELD                      ief_EleShield      8076     
50         LEVELDRAIN                           ief_LevelDrn       8077     
51         POLYMORPH                            ief_Polymorph      8078     
52         SANCTUARY                            ief_Sanctuary      8079     
53         TRUESEEING                           ief_TrueSee        8080     
54         SEEINVISIBILITY                      ief_SeeInvis       8081     
55         TIMESTOP                             ief_TimeStop       8082     
56         BLINDNESS                            ief_Blindness      8083     
57         SPELLLEVELABSORPTION                 ief_LevelAbs       8084     
58         DISPELMAGICBEST                      ief_DispelBest     8085     
59         ABILITY_INCREASE_DEX                 ief_inc_dex        58371    
60         ABILITY_DECREASE_DEX                 ief_dec_dex        58372    
61         ABILITY_INCREASE_CON                 ief_inc_con        58373    
62         ABILITY_DECREASE_CON                 ief_dec_con        58374    
63         ABILITY_INCREASE_INT                 ief_inc_int        58375    
64         ABILITY_DECREASE_INT                 ief_dec_int        58376    
65         ABILITY_INCREASE_WIS                 ief_inc_wis        58377    
66         ABILITY_DECREASE_WIS                 ief_dec_wis        58378    
67         ABILITY_INCREASE_CHA                 ief_inc_cha        58379    
68         ABILITY_DECREASE_CHA                 ief_dec_cha        58380    
69         IMMUNITY_ALL                         ief_Immunity       66128    
70         IMMUNITY_MIND                        ief_Immunity       66129    
71         IMMUNITY_POISON                      ief_Immunity       66130    
72         IMMUNITY_DISEASE                     ief_Immunity       66131    
73         IMMUNITY_FEAR                        ief_Immunity       66132    
74         IMMUNITY_TRAP                        ief_Immunity       66134    
75         IMMUNITY_PARALYSIS                   ief_Immunity       66135    
76         IMMUNITY_BLINDNESS                   ief_Immunity       66136    
77         IMMUNITY_DEAFNESS                    ief_Immunity       66137    
78         IMMUNITY_SLOW                        ief_Immunity       66139    
79         IMMUNITY_ENTANGLE                    ief_Immunity       66140    
80         IMMUNITY_SILENCE                     ief_Immunity       66141    
81         IMMUNITY_STUN                        ief_Immunity       66142    
82         IMMUNITY_SLEEP                       ief_Immunity       66143    
83         IMMUNITY_CHARM                       ief_Immunity       66144    
84         IMMUNITY_DOMINATE                    ief_Immunity       66145    
85         IMMUNITY_CONFUSE                     ief_Immunity       66146    
86         IMMUNITY_CURSE                       ief_Immunity       66147    
87         IMMUNITY_DAZED                       ief_Immunity       66148    
88         IMMUNITY_ABILITY_DECREASE            ief_Immunity       66149    
89         IMMUNITY_ATTACK_DECREASE             ief_Immunity       66150    
90         IMMUNITY_DAMAGE_DECREASE             ief_Immunity       66151    
91         IMMUNITY_DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_DECREASE    ief_Immunity       66153    
92         IMMUNITY_AC_DECREASE                 ief_Immunity       66154    
93         IMMUNITY_MOVEMENT_SPEED_DECREASE     ief_Immunity       66156    
94         IMMUNITY_SAVING_THROW_DECREASE       ief_Immunity       66157    
95         IMMUNITY_SPELL_RESISTANCE_DECREASE   ief_Immunity       66158    
96         IMMUNITY_SKILL_DECREASE              ief_Immunity       66159    
97         IMMUNITY_KNOCKDOWN                   ief_Immunity       66160    
98         IMMUNITY_NEGATIVE_LEVEL              ief_Immunity       66161    
99         IMMUNITY_SNEAK_ATTACK                ief_Immunity       66162    
100        IMMUNITY_CRITICAL_HIT                ief_Immunity       66163    
101        IMMUNITY_DEATH_MAGIC                 ief_Immunity       66164
102        REFLEX_SAVE_INCREASED                ief_SaveIncr       66231       
103        FORT_SAVE_INCREASED                  ief_SaveIncr       66232
104        WILL_SAVE_INCREASED                  ief_SaveIncr       66233    
105        TAUNTED                              ief_taunted        67616
106        SPELLIMMUNITY                        ief_Immunity       68482
107        ETHEREALNESS                         ief_ether          2364
108        CONCEALMENT                          ief_conceal        9001 
109        PETRIFIED                            ief_petrify        9002
110        EFFECT_SPELL_FAILURE                 ief_spellfail      83317
111        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_MAGIC                ief_DamImmIncr      85544 
112        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_ACID                 ief_DamImmIncr     85545
113        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_COLD                 ief_DamImmIncr     85546
114        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_DIVINE               ief_DamImmIncr     85547
115        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_ELECTRICAL           ief_DamImmIncr     85548
116        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_FIRE                 ief_DamImmIncr     85549
117        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_NEGATIVE             ief_DamImmIncr     85550
118        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_POSITIVE             ief_DamImmIncr     85551
119        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_SONIC                ief_DamImmIncr     85552
120        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_MAGIC_DECREASE       ief_DamImmDecr     85553 
121        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_ACID_DECREASE        ief_DamImmDecr     85554
122        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_COLD_DECREASE        ief_DamImmDecr     85555
123        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_DIVINE_DECREASE      ief_DamImmDecr     85556
124        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_ELECTRICAL_DECREASE  ief_DamImmDecr     85557
125        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_FIRE_DECREASE        ief_DamImmDecr     85558
126        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_NEGATIVE_DECREASE    ief_DamImmDecr     85559
127        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_POSITIVE_DECREASE    ief_DamImmDecr     85560
128        DAMAGE_IMMUNITY_SONIC_DECREASE       ief_DamImmDecr     85561
129        WOUNDING                             ief_Wounding       86782

2da Columns

Column Name	Example Contents	Valid Values	Description and Notes
Label	DAMAGE_RESISTANCE	Text	Human readable value not used by the game
Icon	ief_DamResist	An Icon resref	Icons use square textures
StrRef	8028	Dialog.tlk string	Shown when the icon is moused over or on the examine or character sheet. A very very short descriptive name. 8028 is "Damage Resistance" for instance. It doesn't even specify more than that, such as what type, what spell, duration, or the amount left.