Adding Custom Languages

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by Mowgli

Excellent. I'm not really conversant with phase/timing stuff - what should I use for this?

Early. I would do First/500.

[Maidhc O Casain]

And that did it! Thanks again, guys!

[Maidhc O Casain]

Another follow up.

I'm trying to make dialects of a language that require the character have the base language in order to select the dialect.

I've made the dialect as a second language, with an expr-req to set the condition that the character must have the base language first. But I'm getting an error in my expr-req.

Here's the expr-req I'm using (Alanic is the base language):

#haslanguage[lAlanic] <> 0

And here's the error:

Hero Lab was forced to stop compilation after the following errors were detected:

Syntax error in 'pre-requisite rule' script for Thing 'lAlWest' on line 1
-> Error parsing left-side expression in relational comparison

[drakahn99]

put it in "Pick-reqs" should do what you need

[Maidhc O Casain]

And it did - thanks!

[Nightfox]

I tried it with First/100 and haven't come across a problem yet, but I'm just certain that somewhere down the line I will have a timing conflict. Aaron or the Chief may provide a better phase/timing answer, but I'd say, try the first/100 for now. If you come across any conflicts, just adjust the phase and timing accordingly.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Hmmm. So I'm essentially trying to rename a lot of the languages ('Elvish' as 'Kith-Sahn', etc.). Mowgli used this to replace Common with Low Landellian (something I'm also doing) by using a Helper (DefLang) and a Containerreq (Phase Pre-Levels, Priority 5000, Tag Expression '!source.HouNoComm'). I half-expect I'd be able to do something similar for Elvish/Giant/Sylvan/Etc., but I'm not completely certain.

Help/suggestions?

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Bueller? Bueller?

[Aaron]

You can make new versions of those languages and add them to your homebrew source. Then add precludes for the originals that are dependant on the same source. That way you'll only see one of them at a time.

The other option is to have the new ones replace the original, using the replace thing ID field. However, if you wish to maintain your own homebrew source, then there will be no original "Giant" available when your source isn't enabled.