Template with abilities dependent of base creature

[frumple]

I am trying to code a template which grants different abilities depending on what the base creature is.

For instance if the base creature is a Cloud Giant, the template grants sonic 10 resistance.

In the template I have the following code to assign a custom tag:

First/100
if (hero.tagcount[IsRace.rClouGiant] <> 0) then
perform hero.assign[Custom.CloudGiant]
endif

and the sonic resistance has the condition

First/450
Custom.CloudGiant

However, for some reason the script is not assigning the Custom.CloudGiant tag to the hero when I try to apply it to a cloud giant. Ideas?

 

[Mathias]

IsRace tags aren't copied from the race to the hero until First/590.

 

[frumple]

Ahh!!! Timing issue

Works great now. Thanks!!!!

 

[Mathias]

All energy resistances (and all DRs, and SR) are on all characters. Why bootstrap what's already there?

How about this script:
(before Final/something - Pre-Levels/10000 is a good default for this sort of thing)

if (hero.tagis[IsRace.rClouGiant] <> 0) then
  #applyresist[xDamRdSoni,10]
  endif

That way, you can skip creating all those Custom tags.

 

[frumple]

If that was all I was trying to do that would be great. Indeed for some of the races this template affects that is perfect. However I just found out things are a bit more complex.

Some of the things I want to bootstrap with a condition are racial specials (such as breath weapons, and some custom racial abilities). So I assign my tags on First/600, and my put my conditions at First/601. However, with racial specials I get the errors saying that a racial special cannot have a bootstrap condition later than First/100. This of course puts me in a catch-22 since I cannot assign the tag until after First/590 when the IsRace tags are copied over.

 

[Mathias]

hero.findchild[BaseRace].tagis[IsRace.rClouGiant] <> 0

Like I said - the IsRace tags aren't copied from the race to the hero until First/590. Before then, you'll have to look them up on the race itself (they are present on the race before the phase & priority sequence starts).

 

[Mathias]

If you've got lots of races to test:

perform hero.findchild[BaseRace].setfocus
doneif (state.isfocus <> 0)
 
if (focus.tagis[IsRace.rClouGiant] <> 0) then
  ~do something
elseif (focus.tagis[isRace.something else] <> 0) then
  ~do something else
  endif

 

[frumple]

Cool! Thanks!

 

[frumple]

.... Sorry posted solution to the wrong thread....