Utility: Spell Modding - Guide Version 0.11

[DrPraetorious]

I can't figure that one out either.

The only possible way in which your spell *might* differ from Dome of Flaming Death is in the sound and graphics fields, which I haven't quite figured out yet.

In the field that "Acid Bolt" has at 10070 (flyspr?) dome of Flaming Death has a value of -1 (or 65535, if it's unsigned.)

In the field that "Acid Bolt" has at 10130 (explspr?) dome of Flaming Death likewise has a -1.

So you could try setting the flyspr and explspr fields to -1 and see if that helps.

What about the other dome spells? Do they work? It ought to be easy to check if the effect # for Dome of Solid Air works or not.

[Psientist]

I had tried Solid Air, and the Blood Magic equivalent as well, with no luck! Too bad, I was hoping one could really come up with some interesting dome effects by matching other spells as effects.

[Psientist]

Curious - has anyone ever come across the bitmasks for "awe" or "animal awe"? "fear" is covered quite well already.

[DrPraetorious]

Try 23/256 and 23/512.

If neiter of those effect/damage combinations does it, I doubt they exist as spells.

[Psientist]

Ah, I tried them both. Tried setting them as rituals, to force- cast, tried setting them as battlefield spells, and they looked like they were set up properly but the AI would never cast them (even if ordered to). So, maybe there is a bitmask or something missing, who knows. Thanks for the suggestion.

[DrPraetorious]

Oh, sorry. A lot of effect 23/(bitmask) combinations, the AI will refuse to cast them because it doesn't think the effect is beneficial (?).

So if you pair them with a beneficial effect (twist fate, say), you can get them to cast.

[Psientist]

Aside from the "death dome" spell, It would be nice to beable to craft a ritual spell to temporarily cast "gluttony" on a number of enemy army units. That would be an interesting twist. However, you haven't teased out whether the spell bitmaps cover all the possible unit attributes, have you?