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Old March 1st, 2005, 01:48 AM
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Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Nature work correctly at all levels. Air 4-8 only gives air shield, which has no effect in the emulator (since there are no projectiles), but Air 9 gives shock resistance which sometimes helps (against Spring Hawks, and so forth).

Blood works correctly for levels 4-10 (bonus strength) but the level 9 effect, blood vengance, has not been included yet.

Death does nothing at any level, since fear has no effect in the emulator. However, last I checked, Death-9 just turns the creature into a soulless at death... which is very weak=)

In order to use a blessing in the emulator, you have to create a new unit in UnitTypes.txt. For example, let's say you wanted to test a Paladin with Water-9 and Nature-4 blessing against 10 light infantry. To do that, you would:

1) Open UnitTypes.txt.

2) Find the line that says:

name=MAR_Paladin officialname=XXXXX newname=XXXXX creature=MAR_Paladin weapon=Lance weapon=Broad_Sword weapon=Hoof item=Full_Chain_Mail item=Full_Helmet item=Kite_Shield

...which is the data for that unit. Please note that the "officialname=XXXXX newname=XXXXX" part is unnecessary; and I'll remove it here for clarity.

3) Copy and paste the line, so there are two copies, like this:

name=MAR_Paladin creature=MAR_Paladin weapon=Lance weapon=Broad_Sword weapon=Hoof item=Full_Chain_Mail item=Full_Helmet item=Kite_Shield
name=MAR_Paladin creature=MAR_Paladin weapon=Lance weapon=Broad_Sword weapon=Hoof item=Full_Chain_Mail item=Full_Helmet item=Kite_Shield

4) In one of the second copy, change the the "name=MAR_Paladin" to something else like "name=MAR_Paladin_Water9_Nature4" so it looks like this:

name=MAR_Paladin_Water9_Nature4 creature=MAR_Paladin weapon=Lance weapon=Broad_Sword weapon=Hoof item=Full_Chain_Mail item=Full_Helmet item=Kite_Shield

5) Add whatever blessings you want to the same line, like this:

name=MAR_Paladin_Water9_Nature4 creature=MAR_Paladin weapon=Lance weapon=Broad_Sword weapon=Hoof item=Full_Chain_Mail item=Full_Helmet item=Kite_Shield blessing=Blessed blessing=Water9 blessing=Nature4

Be sure to include "blessing=Blessed" or else it will not get the default +3 morale from being blessed, which is important for berkserk and repel rolls.

6) Save and exit UnitTypes.txt. Now you have the old unit MAR_Paladin and the new unit MAR_Paladin_Water9_Nature4. To see if it worked correctly, run this command:

java Unit MAR_Paladin MAR_Paladin_Water9_Nature4

..and it will print out the stats for the two units so you can compare them. For example, I already put a fire/water blessed flagellant in the data file, so I can do this:

Code:

C:\Projects\Java\Dominions>java Unit Flagellant Flagellant_Fire9_Water9

Flagellant (Base creature: Flagellant)

HP: 9 Str: 11
Prot: 0 Att: 8
Mrl: 15 Def: 6
Mrst: 10 Prec: 8
Enc: 3 AP: 12

Sacred

Weapons: Flail

Gold: 10 Res: 5

*********************************

Flagellant Fire9 Water9 (Base creature: Flagellant)

HP: 9 Str: 11
Prot: 0 Att: 12
Mrl: 18 Def: 10
Mrst: 10 Prec: 8
Enc: 3 AP: 18

Sacred, Quickness 50, Flaming Weapons 8

Weapons: Flail
Blessings: Blessed, Fire9, Water9

Gold: 10 Res: 5

*********************************



In order to test the new paladin against 10 light infantry, use it like any other unit:

java Fight MAR_Paladin_Water9_Nature4 10*Light_Inf

Or you can use it in a matrix, or whatever.

Have fun!
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Old March 2nd, 2005, 02:07 AM

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Default Re: Combat Simulator Released!

Thanks! I'd figured most of that out already, but the "Unit" command allowed me to find a typo which was giving me confusing results.
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