SE-5 : Batteries & weapons

[Jarena]

I had this idea, too, and asked about it earlier but recieved no answers. Is Get_Design_Ability_Component_Count("Battery") ) valid?

[Phoenix-D]

Get_Design_Ability will probably only work for the pre-set abilites like Point - Defense, Combat To Hit Defense, etc. BUT! There are ~20 AI flag abilities which you could use for this purpose. Just give the battery component an AI flag, then instead of "Battery" put "AI Tag 01"

Check out Fyron's LCX mod as an example of that.
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...7917&Forum=f23

[Ragnarok-X]

The idea is awesome. It reminds me of old pirate ship duels.

[Suicide Junkie]

You can't add new abilities, but you can just (ab)use the AI Tag ## ones.

The main problem will be in when SE5 recalculates that function (it isn't very often)

[Kana]

You say we cant add new abilities, but we can add AI Tag's?

Do the AI tags act like 'abilities'?

If so, then we can add new abilities...

[Phoenix-D]

They act like abilities but they're finite in number.

[Fyron]

I think there is a semantic misunderstanding. You can not add any AI Tags. 20 such abilities are already defined by the game engine. You can use them, but you are not adding any new abilities by doing so.

[Captain Kwok]

You might be able to just make up names though for abilities. Blank abilities and the like are read by the game and can be used to add descriptions. I wonder if it might go one further and you can just create a fake name and reference that in other data files. I can test it out I guess.

[Elsemeravin]

Suicide Junkie said:

The main problem will be in when SE5 recalculates that function (it isn't very often)

Most of the formulas include %range%, but you noticed that the damage is not recalculated often ? does that mean it calculates the damage per range once and then uses this calculation for a long time ?

Do you have an idea how often it recalculate the damage grid ?