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Jasperre, last updated on Feb 04, 2024
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stringtokens.2da is used to define a set of tokens you can use mainly in conversations to deal with variables like the day, time, gender of the PC etc.
You can though edit in your own - the most useful of which is the gender version which allows additions such as "guy/gal" or similar gender specific terms to be added.
Hardcoded Notes
There are a lot of action code options that are not really worth reusing since they already are hardcoded and applied once. Changing the existing lines are also not going to provide any benefit just potentially break your existing content. However you can alter them as you like, for instance if you were making a module with different time periods you might alter the "Lord/Lady" line to be "Senator/Senator" for instance.
Adding Additional Entries with ActionCode
The ActionCode value allows some additional entries to be generated mainly with Gender. You can also update some terms used in the 2da. The Default column probably only ever comes up if the player can't identify themselves, which is...likely not going to happen in a conversation they are in.
The codes are:
| Action Name | ActionCode ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ACTION_REPLACE | 0 | This simply replaces the given token with the given Default TLK line entry |
| ACTION_GENDER | 1 | The most useful;
Add more terms for your world using this. |
| ACTION_FULLNAME | 2 | Hardcoded, provides their full name (Default is used if the full name is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5180 which is "*mumble*") |
| ACTION_FIRSTNAME | 3 | Hardcoded, provides their first name (Default is used if the first name is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5180 which is "*mumble*") |
| ACTION_LASTNAME | 4 | Hardcoded, provides their last name (Default is used if the last name is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5180 which is "*mumble*") |
| ACTION_RACE | 5 | Hardcoded, provides their race name in capitalised (Default is used if the race is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5175 which is "Human") |
| ACTION_RACELOWER | 6 | Hardcoded, provides their race name in lowercase (Default is used if the race is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5176 which is "human") |
| ACTION_SUBRACE | 7 | Hardcoded, provides their subrace field (Default is used if the subrace is invalid, ie blank, the 2da uses 5175 which is "Human") |
| ACTION_CLASS | 8 | Hardcoded, provides the first slot class name in capitalised (Default is used if the class is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5172 which is "Adventurer") |
| ACTION_CLASSLOWER | 9 | Hardcoded, provides the first slot class name in lowercase (Default is used if the class is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5173 which is "adventurer") |
| ACTION_LEVEL | 10 | Hardcoded, provides the players level (Default is used if the level is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5177 which is "") |
| ACTION_ALIGNMENT | 11 | Hardcoded, full alignment string capitalised |
| ACTION_ALIGNMENTLOWER | 12 | Hardcoded, full alignment string lowercase |
| ACTION_LAWCHAOS | 13 | Hardcoded, Lawful, Neutral or Chaotic |
| ACTION_GOODEVIL | 14 | Hardcoded, Good, Neutral or Evil |
| ACTION_GAMEYEAR | 15 | Hardcoded, game year |
| ACTION_GAMEHOUR | 16 | Hardcoded, game hour |
| ACTION_GAMEMONTH | 17 | Hardcoded, game month (number form) |
| ACTION_QUARTERDAY | 18 | Hardcoded, quarter day - StrRef1 / 2 / 3 / 4 are Night / Morning / Day / Evening respectively. Bioware put in two versions for upper and lowercase. |
| ACTION_STARTACTION | 19 | Hardcoded, colours text with green: \x01\xFE\x01 |
| ACTION_STARTCHECK | 20 | Hardcoded, colours text with red: \xFE\x01\x01 |
| ACTION_STARTHIGHLIGHT | 21 | Hardcoded, colours text with blue: \x01\x01\xFE |
| ACTION_STARTEND | 22 | Ends a block with </c> |
| ACTION_PLAYERNAME | 23 | Hardocded, the player name (not their character name) |
| ACTION_DEITY | 24 | Hardcoded, the players deity field (Default is used if it is somehow invalid. The 2da uses 5180 which is "*mumble*") |
2da Columns
| Column | Example Contents | Valid Values | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Token | Lord/Lady | Text | Label of the token, used in the toolset |
| ActionCode | 1 | Action Code ID - see table above | The main reusable one is 1 for gender related strings, eg adding "guy/gal" would be easy with this. Remember you need 2 rows if you want a capitalised version. |
| Default | -1 | TLK String Reference or -1 if not needed | If the token cannot be determined it uses the Default TLK string reference. Usually the case for errors of data more than anything, since even fields like Deity should return a blank string if not set by the player. |
StrRef1 StrRef2 StrRef3 StrRef4 | 4885 4886 -1 -1 | TLK String Reference or -1 if not needed (can also be ****) | The string reference to refer to. Since the main additions will be gender based, Male (or rather, anything but female) is 1 and Female is 2. |
| Category | 1 | 1 or 0 | Seemingly unused, possibly leftover for Toolset to utilise as filter. If this has a use edit it in here. |
2da Contents
2DA V2.0
Token ActionCode Default StrRef1 StrRef2 StrRef3 StrRef4 Category
1 Alignment 11 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
2 alignment 12 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
3 Boy/Girl 1 -1 4860 4861 -1 -1 0
4 boy/girl 1 -1 4862 4863 -1 -1 0
5 Brother/Sister 1 -1 4864 4865 -1 -1 0
6 brother/sister 1 -1 4866 4867 -1 -1 0
7 Class 8 5172 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
8 class 9 5173 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
9 Day/Night 18 -1 4962 4961 4961 4961 1
10 day/night 18 -1 4964 4963 4963 4963 1
11 Deity 24 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
12 FirstName 3 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
13 FullName 2 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
14 GameMonth 17 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
15 GameTime 16 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
16 GameYear 15 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
17 Good/Evil 14 5180 265 264 266 -1 0
18 good/evil 14 5180 4959 4955 4960 -1 0
19 He/She 1 -1 4869 4870 -1 -1 0
20 he/she 1 -1 4871 4872 -1 -1 0
21 Him/Her 1 -1 4873 4874 -1 -1 0
22 him/her 1 -1 4875 4876 -1 -1 0
23 His/Her 1 -1 4877 4874 -1 -1 0
24 his/her 1 -1 4878 4876 -1 -1 0
25 His/Hers 1 -1 4877 4879 -1 -1 0
26 his/hers 1 -1 4878 4880 -1 -1 0
27 Lad/Lass 1 -1 4881 4882 -1 -1 0
28 lad/lass 1 -1 4883 4884 -1 -1 0
29 LastName 4 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 0
30 Lawful/Chaotic 13 5180 268 264 267 -1 0
31 lawful/chaotic 13 5180 4954 4955 4956 -1 0
32 Law/Chaos 13 5180 4943 264 4944 -1 0
33 law/chaos 13 5180 4957 4955 4958 -1 0
34 Level 10 5177 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
35 Lord/Lady 1 -1 4885 4886 -1 -1 0
36 lord/lady 1 -1 4887 4888 -1 -1 0
37 Male/Female 1 -1 156 157 -1 -1 0
38 male/female 1 -1 4924 4925 -1 -1 0
39 Man/Woman 1 -1 4926 4927 -1 -1 0
40 man/woman 1 -1 4928 4929 -1 -1 0
41 Master/Mistress 1 -1 4930 4931 -1 -1 0
42 master/mistress 1 -1 4932 4933 -1 -1 0
43 Mister/Missus 1 -1 4934 4935 -1 -1 0
44 mister/missus 1 -1 4936 4937 -1 -1 0
45 PlayerName 23 5180 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
46 QuarterDay 18 -1 4962 4966 4967 4968 1
47 quarterday 18 -1 4964 4970 4971 4972 1
48 Race 5 5175 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
49 race 6 5176 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
50 Sir/Madam 1 -1 4939 4940 -1 -1 0
51 sir/madam 1 -1 4941 4942 -1 -1 0
52 StartAction 19 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
53 StartCheck 20 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
54 StartHighlight 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
55 /Start 22 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
56 Subrace 7 5175 -1 -1 -1 -1 1
57 bitch/bastard 1 -1 1757 1739 -1 -1 0