GrayFace MM7 Patch v2.5.7 [Mar 4, 2022]

[GrayFace]

Decoupling display priority from actual priority is, of course, an improvement; the only flaw is that now it's not always obvious why the PC's stats are reduced. On that topic, the game used to display all conditions on a right-click -- not sure if it was a vanilla thing or an early patch feature, but it doesn't seem to work anymore, which may be a bug.

Indeed, it's a bug I've introduced. It's supposed to be in right click menu in character screen. I'm gonna leave the condition in Stats screen the stats-effecting one, while in other places I'll have the more severe one.

[GrayFace]

Version 2.5.2
<< MM6 - MM8 >>
[*] Now character's Stats screen displays a condition that determines stats, in all other places the most severe one is displayed.
<< MM6, MM7 >>
[-] Now simple message dialog (e.g. obelisk message) isn't cancelled by any key press. In MM7 the message also doesn't stay on the screen after being cancelled anymore. Add DontSkipSimpleMessage=0 to INI to disable this fix.
<< MM7, MM8 >>
[-] "Nothing here" was shown on the screen after a dialog with a guard.
[-] My bug: List of all conditions wasn't displayed in right click menu for Condition in Stats screen.

[Novi]

Hey. Thanks as always for the good work!

I have some input on the patch (may add more later if I find something new)

The indoor fov option doesn't seem to do anything. Is the option correctly spelt in the readme? Is it case sensitive? Or simply bugged?

The fountains on Evenmorn island now display black "texture" instead of water (may be a bug due to my settings, I set my view distance to 16000 and I know setting it higher creates more and more glitches)

I'm not sure acid burst doing water damage makes sense/was intended. Now it works on oozes for example, which seems strange to me. There is no poison damage in 7 so I thought this was physical was the next logical element to pick.

Edit: FixMonstersBlockingShots option makes it so that ranged mobs fighting each other can't hit anything. Saw this in nighon tunnels where warlocks shots went right through the gogs.

[GrayFace]

The indoor fov option doesn't seem to do anything. Is the option correctly spelt in the readme? Is it case sensitive? Or simply bugged?

Are you running in Software mode? I forgot to mention it's for D3D.

The fountains on Evenmorn island now display black "texture" instead of water (may be a bug due to my settings, I set my view distance to 16000 and I know setting it higher creates more and more glitches)

No, view distance shouldn't affect it. Try moving your mm7.ini somewhere temporary to see what would happen with default settings.

I'm not sure acid burst doing water damage makes sense/was intended. Now it works on oozes for example, which seems strange to me. There is no poison damage in 7 so I thought this was physical was the next logical element to pick.

Poison is Body in MM7+, but all spells deal damage of their respective school's element, e.g. Poison Spray.

Edit: FixMonstersBlockingShots option makes it so that ranged mobs fighting each other can't hit anything. Saw this in nighon tunnels where warlocks shots went right through the gogs.

Fire Warlocks?

[Novi]

Are you running in Software mode? I forgot to mention it's for D3D.

Running in D3D.

No, view distance shouldn't affect it. Try moving your mm7.ini somewhere temporary to see what would happen with default settings.

Tried with default ini and the bug is still there.

Fire Warlocks?

Both fire and water warlocks shot through the gogs.

[GrayFace]

Send me your whole MM6 folder. Where is the game installed?

[Novi]

Send me your whole MM6 folder. Where is the game installed?

Do you mean the entire game or you just want to see which files are there? It should be clean though, my installation is from GOG and I only install your patch pretty much.

My game is installed in C:\Games\Might and Magic7

[GrayFace]

Do you mean the entire game or you just want to see which files are there?

The whole folder. I've tried with GoG version, and the bug with water wasn't reproduced. Maybe your folder would help reproduce it.
Do I undestand correctly that this is water that's black? https://www.dropbox.com/s/m38sjxf4xtvbi ... 8.png?dl=0
I've reproduced other bugs.

[Novi]

Do you mean the entire game or you just want to see which files are there?

The whole folder. I've tried with GoG version, and the bug with water wasn't reproduced. Maybe your folder would help reproduce it.
Do I undestand correctly that this is water that's black? https://www.dropbox.com/s/m38sjxf4xtvbi ... 8.png?dl=0
I've reproduced other bugs.

https://ibb.co/4jJFfVj
No, it's this well.

I'll pack the game and upload it later, will post when it's done. I could also try doing another clean install.

[Novi]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/irpcov7pafqrq ... 7.zip?dl=0

Here's my game. I didn't upload anims and music folder to make the size more manageable. Music folder has converted .wav files alongside the GOG's .mp3s, otherwise nothing was changed in them.

[GrayFace]

https://ibb.co/4jJFfVj
No, it's this well.

It's always been black, NWC made it so on purpose
P.S. I always confuse the 2 E* islands of MM7.

[Novi]

https://ibb.co/4jJFfVj
No, it's this well.

It's always been black, NWC made it so on purpose
P.S. I always confuse the 2 E* islands of MM7.

Wait, really? I could swear I remember there being a water texture in those wells, albeit different looking than a normal well.

Edit: Yeah, look at vanilla MM7 (GOG version, no patch/mod) https://ibb.co/9nwPBcQ

Edit2: I remembered another new bug or behaviour change since 2.5. When I try to shoot arrows at monsters and there's a body of water between my party and it, the party will aim at the monster's feet, resulting in all shots landing in the water. There was another situation where the party started aiming at the head, rather than the center of the monster, but I can't remember how I made that happen. I can post screenshots of what I mean if it's not clear.

[GrayFace]

Edit2: I remembered another new bug or behaviour change since 2.5. When I try to shoot arrows at monsters and there's a body of water between my party and it, the party will aim at the monster's feet, resulting in all shots landing in the water. There was another situation where the party started aiming at the head, rather than the center of the monster, but I can't remember how I made that happen. I can post screenshots of what I mean if it's not clear.

Saves would be best

[Novi]

Edit2: I remembered another new bug or behaviour change since 2.5. When I try to shoot arrows at monsters and there's a body of water between my party and it, the party will aim at the monster's feet, resulting in all shots landing in the water. There was another situation where the party started aiming at the head, rather than the center of the monster, but I can't remember how I made that happen. I can post screenshots of what I mean if it's not clear.

Saves would be best

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1tylu6t7t189 ... e.mm7?dl=0

Go to turn based (so they don't move away) and try shooting the gogling right in front of you.

[GrayFace]

Version 2.5.4
<< MM6 - MM8 >>
[-] Now, when a location re-spawns, all artifacts generated in chests you've never opened get cleared from "obtained artifacts" list.
<< MM7, MM8 >>
[-] My bug: FixMonstersBlockingShots option didn't work right.
<< MM7 >>
[*] I've disabled FixUnmarkedArtifacts by default, because Titan's Stronghold had an unreachable chest with an artifact, still present in Rev4 mod or games started before this version of patch.
[-] My bug: IndoorFovMul option was only working in UILayout mode.
<< Fixes in maps >>
[-] The Titans' Stronghold (d09), Temple of the Dark (t02): Artifacts could be generated in inaccessible chests, reducing the number of artifacts the party can get.

[Novi]

None of the 2.5.4 patches show on your github homepage for some reason (they can still be downloaded from github releases)

Edit: I still cannot get IndoorFovMul to work. I've already been using UILayout. I think

[GrayFace]

The link for now: https://github.com/GrayFace/Misc/releas ... atch-2.5.4

[Mareneusz002]

hello,
i have been using this patch for some time now. probably from version 2.4 and now the newest 2.5.2, but i just realised that i dont have some things in mm7.ini

for example i dont have ProgressiveDaggerTrippleDamage
and my thief doesnt do 3x damage

but the new things from 2.5.2 like "quick attack spell" i do have in mm7.ini

i have tried to do it by myself and put "ProgressiveDaggerTrippleDamage=1" in the mm7.ini
but it doesnt help

any solutions?
please help ;l

thanks!

[Mareneusz002]

hello,
i have been using this patch for some time now. probably from version 2.4 and now the newest 2.5.2, but i just realised that i dont have some things in mm7.ini

for example i dont have ProgressiveDaggerTrippleDamage
and my thief doesnt do 3x damage

but the new things from 2.5.2 like "quick attack spell" i do have in mm7.ini

i have tried to do it by myself and put "ProgressiveDaggerTrippleDamage=1" in the mm7.ini
but it doesnt help

any solutions?
please help ;l

thanks!

does somebody know why i dont have "ProgressiveDaggerTrippleDamage" in mm7.ini even while downloading newest Grayface patch?

does somebody know how to fix it by myself?

still looking for help ;[

thanks!

[Tomsod]

The patch won't add this line if you already have an INI without it. You can add it yourself, but it doesn't really matter as 1 is the default value, i.e. without this line the fix is on. The reason your thief doesn't do triple damage is that Master Dagger skill only triples the damage of the dagger itself (and then only sometimes), which is around 10 at most. The bonuses from skills, stats, and spells are not tripled. So it's not very noticeable.