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[President_Elect_Shang]

Cool, what about the second part of my question; the edited in portion?

[Elsemeravin]

Some time ago we talked about creating a weapon whose damage was depending on some other component (like batteries for electric weapons).

I tried with the following:

Weapon Type := Direct Fire
Weapon Delivery Type := Energy Bolt
Weapon Target Type List := Ship, Base, Planet, Fighter, Satellite, Drone, Troop, Weapon Platform, Building
Weapon Damage Type Formula := "Normal"
Weapon Space At Range Distance Increment := 10.0
Weapon Space Min Damage At Range := 0.0
Weapon Space Max Damage At Range := 0.0
Weapon Space To Hit Modifier At Range := 0.0
Weapon Space Min Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] <= 10 , 10 + 50 * Get_Design_Ability_Total("AI Tag 02",1) , 0)
Weapon Space Max Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] <= 10 , 10 + 50 * Get_Design_Ability_Total("AI Tag 02",1) , 0)
Weapon Space To Hit Modifier Formula := 0
Weapon Ground At Range Distance Increment := 10.0
Weapon Ground Min Damage At Range := 0.0
Weapon Ground Max Damage At Range := 0.0
Weapon Ground To Hit Modifier At Range := 0.0
Weapon Ground Min Damage Modifier Formula := 0
Weapon Ground Max Damage Modifier Formula := 0
Weapon Ground To Hit Modifier Formula := 0 - [%Range%]
Weapon Reload Rate MS Formula := 10000
Weapon Display Type := Bolt
Weapon Space Display Effect Name := Small Bolt 6
Weapon Ground Display Effect Name := Bolt 6
Weapon Explosion Effect Name := [Random Specific Type] Weapon Explosion
Weapon Sound Effect Name := Small Telekinetic Projector
Weapon Bolt Speed := 0.06

and the link component has:

Ability 3 Type := AI Tag 02
Ability 3 Description := Provides the ship with 5kT of strength.
Ability 3 Scope := Space Object
Ability 3 Range Formula := 0
Ability 3 Amount 1 Formula := 5
Ability 3 Amount 2 Formula := 0


But it seems the function Get_Design_Ability_Total does not work in this formula. Would someone have an idea about this problem ?

Thanks in advance

[shinigami]

Have you tried:

Weapon Space Min Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] <= 10 , 10 + 50 * (Get_Design_Ability_Total("AI Tag 02")) , 0)
Weapon Space Max Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] <= 10 , 10 + 50 * (Get_Design_Ability_Total("AI Tag 02")) , 0)

[Elsemeravin]

shinigami said:
Have you tried:

Weapon Space Min Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] <= 10 , 10 + 50 * (Get_Design_Ability_Total("AI Tag 02")) , 0)
Weapon Space Max Damage Modifier Formula := iif([%Range%] <= 10 , 10 + 50 * (Get_Design_Ability_Total("AI Tag 02")) , 0)

I did, still not working.
Any help from the big guys ?

[Phoenix-D]

Get_Design_Ability isn't working right in many files at the moment.

[Elsemeravin]

Phoenix-D said:
Get_Design_Ability isn't working right in many files at the moment.

Thanks for the confirmation. I guess I'll focus on something else meanwhile.

[President_Elect_Shang]

I wonder if it would be possible to pull this thread apart. You know, move the on topic comments to there relative sections. Then a person wouldn’t need to skim through 25 pages of this that and the next thing. Just so I don’t confuse anyone the thread itself should stay incase anyone wants to read through it.

[President_Elect_Shang]

Elsemeravin said:
But it seems the function Get_Design_Ability_Total does not work in this formula. Would someone have an idea about this problem ?

I tried the same ability only it was on a ship in the VehicleSizes.txt; it didn’t work there either. I wonder if the formula works. If it does maybe we just need an example from Aaron to get it working right.

Can anyone tackle my question? I want to make a component whose total level is based on the total of two tech areas. Here is what I have so far:

Get_Empire_Tech_Level("Industrial Tech") >= (1 + ([%Level%] - 1)) OR Get_Empire_Tech_Level("High Tech") >= ([%Level%] - 1)

In my test game I have not gotten far enough to attain High Tech 1. I have only reached Industrial Tech 2 and thus far the components level is “Level 2” right where it should be. So does anyone want to take a stab at this?

[Phoenix-D]

That won't give you the total of the two, PES. What it'll do is base the level on the higher of the two (most likely..).

If you want it based on the average between the two, it'd be simpler to do:
((Get_Empire_Tech_Level("Industrial Tech") + Get_Empire_Tech_Level("High Tech")) / 2) >= (1 + ([%Level%] - 1))

[President_Elect_Shang]

So I am allowed to add them together in one line... ahh!
I thought I had to seperate them with something, like AND, OR, anything. Cool!