ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

It always seemed odd to me that we could only change the Sher'tul fortress butler's appearance to a female maid or a male maid, when we have a whole list of choices for the character tile. Perhaps the one predated the other? At any rate, it was easy enough to insert the tile-choosing dialog at the appropriate place, hence my new Fortress Butler Custom Tile addon. (Note that since this uses the donator tiles, we require donator status to add this option, including purchase via Steam.)

And while we're in the neighborhood, we also paper over a small bug in the existing male/female choices. Apparently said code predates the newer chat dialog with NPC portraits, because they don't play well together; after changing the butler's appearance to one of those two options, the butler would appear in the chat dialog as "unknown actor" with the dreaded question mark. Just needed a few tweaks to patch that up.

[And looking ahead, I see no reason why this addon shouldn't be suitable for inclusion in ZOmnibus and ZOmnibus Lite.]

[Implementation notes:]

Frequently Asked Questions:

What tiles are available to use for the Fortress Shadow? Can I add my own tiles?

The addon uses the same list of custom tiles as is used by the "Select custom tile" option on the character creation dialog, and you can add your own tiles to the list in the same manner. For more information, see the "Use custom-made tile" button on the custom tiles list from the character creation dialog.