Newbie Help

Hi all,
I'm an Armybuildin' neophyte, and after working on my own for
several hours, I decided to ask you guys rather than keep trying to
reinvent the wheel.

So here's my problem: I'm trying to set up a constructed item
(spellbook) that lets me specify different spells for each "school"
of spellcaster. There are 6 different "schools" and they are not
racially based. What I need is advice on how to configure all this.

I thought about making each spellcaster type a different Unit
category (essentially wizA, wizB, wizC,. . .wizF), but then I will
end up running out of room on the Items Unit List (max of 30
characters). Also this method doesn't allow a spellcaster to be a
leader, which is another Unit type.

Any ideas? Would assigning that character a spellbook of __ School
of magic work? Would it be easier to make one via tweaks and options?

Any feedback appreciated!!!
Thanks,
Matt


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Can you make each "school" an item category. Then assign each spell a
"utyp". Now give each spellcaster "type" that matches the spells.

You should get the 6 schools listed in the item screen and only spells that
the spellcaster can have will be listed.

Also, take a look at the Warhammer fantasy files. If each mage is restricted
to one school, you can use the system shown their. (Basically, just one item
group called "spells" and have options that give type to the unit and spells
are utyp so only spells allowed are shown.)

I admit, I haven't tried anything like this... but this is what came to the
top of my head. I'd read through the documentation a bit too...


Shawn 'Not Colen' Campbell
shawn@electricstitch.com
http://www.electricstitch.com/ab_files (40k3 datafiles - bug reports and
history)

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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: [AB] Newbie Help


> Hi all,
> I'm an Armybuildin' neophyte, and after working on my own for
> several hours, I decided to ask you guys rather than keep trying to
> reinvent the wheel.
>
> So here's my problem: I'm trying to set up a constructed item
> (spellbook) that lets me specify different spells for each "school"
> of spellcaster. There are 6 different "schools" and they are not
> racially based. What I need is advice on how to configure all this.
>
> I thought about making each spellcaster type a different Unit
> category (essentially wizA, wizB, wizC,. . .wizF), but then I will
> end up running out of room on the Items Unit List (max of 30
> characters). Also this method doesn't allow a spellcaster to be a
> leader, which is another Unit type.
>
> Any ideas? Would assigning that character a spellbook of __ School
> of magic work? Would it be easier to make one via tweaks and options?
>
> Any feedback appreciated!!!
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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[rob]

Shawn is conceptually correct with his suggestion, but he's got a few minor
problems with the specific implementation details. :-)

If each school is assigned to its own item category, you can use the "spec"
local unit attribute to assign the appropriate categories to each wizard.
If a wizard can only select spells from one category from a list of
available categories, you can use options (one for each school) from a
single conflict group, where each option uses the "spec" attribute to grant
access to the selected school.

The use of types will work well if you collapse all schools of magic into a
single item category. You can then use "itst" on each item to filter which
spells are available. If a wizard can select from multiple schools, then
you can use options for the selection and assign a type to the wizard based
on the school selected. The "itst" can then check the unit type.

Hope this helps,
Rob


At 09:56 PM 10/10/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Can you make each "school" an item category. Then assign each spell a
>"utyp". Now give each spellcaster "type" that matches the spells.
>
>You should get the 6 schools listed in the item screen and only spells that
>the spellcaster can have will be listed.
>
>Also, take a look at the Warhammer fantasy files. If each mage is restricted
>to one school, you can use the system shown their. (Basically, just one item
>group called "spells" and have options that give type to the unit and spells
>are utyp so only spells allowed are shown.)
>
>I admit, I haven't tried anything like this... but this is what came to the
>top of my head. I'd read through the documentation a bit too...


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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com


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