Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Mods How to change enemies and other NPCs stats/ability

Hi

I plan to change my enemies and some other NPCs stats and abilities such as changing their willpower, initiative, bodybuilding, constitution etc. Does anyone know how? Any guide/tutorial?

Thanks in advance.

This is the closest thing to a tutorial:
http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=582571#Post582571

I was under the impression that the info in the thread you mentioned was outdated(a lot of relatively newer posts in the save game editor thread suggested that people still haven't found a way to edit stats/skills etc). Anyways, thanks for the info.

Editing stats during a saved game is a lot different than changing them in the stats files for a new game.

You can change almost any stats in the excel/txt files provided you start a new game afterward.

So if I understand it right, editing the file now will take effect in my next run?

Also, how do you know which save file does it belong to?

Basically yes.

The game can only save what is known to it at the point when the save is done. For all that is stored in the save already, the game ignores any changes you make. (Stats like STR, DEX, ... skills, talents, etc. for characters are stored in the save if I remember correctly, so they no longer get picked up from the stat files.)

Since the vast majority of objects (almost all characters, some items) are in the game at the start already, you have to start a new game for changes to take effect.
In the new game, all objects will have the changes.