Adding custom items to custom modules tutorial

This guide will show you the easiest way to create a custom item and add it to your inventory by using a console command runscript aa_give_item.

There are people who say that using the default 'singleplayer' module is a source for future problems so we'll be using our own module.

Things needed

1. Dragon age origins game.

2. Access to the console in-game (Instructions on accessing console).

3. Dragon age origins Toolset.

4. Ability to follow instructions.

Creating a new module

- Module - Module#Creating a new module

1. Open the toolset and click on File -> Manage Modules.

2. Click New.

3. Enter 'my_module' in Name and UID fields, ignore the rest. Click OK.

4. Double-click 'my_module' that was added to the list.

Creating an item

- Designer Resources#Creating new resources - Item - Module#Exporting a module

1. On the palette window select items (the sword icon).

2. Choose an item under global.

3. Right click on the item and select Duplicate.

4. A window will popup, ignore all fields except resource name.

5. Name your item in the resource name field (only letters, numbers and '_').

6. In the main tab you will see your item, modify it to your liking. Editing the item's additional effects is in 'Item properties'.

7. Once finished: click Tools -> save.

8. look above at the tab's title, it should be custom_resource_name.uti (with your selected name).

9. Right click on it again and select Export -> Export without dependent resources.

Creating a script to summon your item

- Script

1. Click on File -> new -> Script.

2. A window will popup, ignore all fields except resource name.

3. Enter a custom name, aa_give_item (only letters, numbers and '_'), click Ok.

4. Copy the following to the blank script window:

void main()
{
  CreateItemOnObject(R"Item file.uti", OBJECT_SELF, 1, "", TRUE);
}

5. Replace Item file.uti with your custom_resource_name.uti (the title on your item's tab).

6. Click File -> save (saving automatically compiles the script).

Note: If you make more than one item you can duplicate the script line for each item with it's file name. No need for a script for every item.

Last Steps

1. Goto folder: [My Documents]\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\my_module\core\override\toolsetexport\.

2. look for the custom_resource_name.uti file.

3. Goto folder: [My Documents]\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\my_module\module\override\toolsetexport\.

4. look for two files named aa_give_item, of types nss and ncs.

5. Move the uti and ncs to [My Documents]\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override\.

6. Delete the nss file.

7. Load a saved game and enter a console command runscript aa_give_item (Instructions on accessing console).

8. Your custom item should be in your inventory.

Note: You may find that PRCSCR is a better approach (depending on your requirements).