A few questions about modding

[Populism]

Hello all, I'm new here and have a few questions. I use AoR 2011 (great mod) and am tweaking it just for me. I've only made it up to the Society of Leopold before I decided to try modding the game. If it wasn't for the AoR mod I would have stopped playing during the the first quest, so any modifications I make will be on top of that mod.

1. Is there a way to alter the xp costs per lvl on disciplines?
2. Can durations for summons/raised/tranced be made permanent?
3. I remember seeing a file that controlled clan vs non clan disc costs,  
    any idea which file this is?
4. Is Sorvena a multi player only store?
5. If I add disciplines to enemy AI files will they use them?
6. How can you add treasure class tag to templates? I'd like to add them
    back into AoR with a chance to drop the current weapon.


EDIT: Learned a bit more...figured I'd share.

I've found a way to influence xp costs...not exactly what I wanted but better then nothing. The starting cost located in  game.ndd will affect every level after it

You can use a value of 0 in the discipline file to allow permanent
summons/stats and what not...but is there a way to have the effect cancelled when a new map loads? I noticed they used this type of effect in Wodal.

EDIT PT  Two: I'm basically done modding and started playing the game again, though I am still trying new things as I go.  I managed to make a few changes that I really like so far. Heres where I am now.

. Christof has new starting armor to help him survive.

. In an effort to make the coterie/disciplines more important all discipline scrolls have  been removed from shops. They still drop as random loot, and are worth much more.
   
. Altered discipline; bp, exp cost, duration and delay to be much more potent at early levels.

. Buying into disciplines outside your clan is more costly.

. Removed the weapon drops from enemies as this just made the player far to rich and took away the fun of actually having to save up or find the gear they needed.

. Increased values on lower end random cash drops.

. More info has been added to the in game descriptions of each discipline.

. Most bosses have had thier health doubled and have a minimum of 200 blood points, I did not increase the End Game boss stats.


Side Note to the care takers of this sight: Posting here after you've passed up the initial amount of text that the message box can hold (once you need to scroll) is very hard to do because it jitters up and down as you type...I'm dizzy.

[Populism]

Is it me or are the summons unbalanced?

Brujah and Tremere get pets with stats in the 40's and 50's while nosferatu get rats that have stats in the single digits.

[Phantom of the Vamp]

Neat, thanks for sharing.   

[Populism]

Coolish, I've been tinkering with tons of stuff and have learned a good bit and would be happy to share anything I've learned, any questions just ask...its fun to mod

Edit: Forgot to mention I'm familiar with string (wording), nbs (store), class (mainly disciplines), game (discipline), effect (discipline and item), NPC (characters) and AI file types. Also all the templates used by the NOT editor.

I don't play with maps, graphics or scripting so can't help there.

PM'd Jarvokis asking him if I could release this alternate version of his mod. I think people would like it.

[Javokis]

Actually as a public notice: I always say yes these days.

[Populism]

Thanks Jarvokis I really do appreciate that...unfortunately my hard drive crashed about 3 weeks ago and I lost all that work. Sad thing is, I was nearly done. I learned a ton of stuff from your tutorials and comments on the forums here, you explain things well.