Castle Paradox

[Camdog]

I want to have some items in my game that permanently increase a hero's stats. Originally, I had the items linked to an attack that healed the maxstat by five, with the bitset "cure can exceed maximum" set to on. This worked fine, but I noticed that if the hero equipped a different weapon or if the hero in battle used a spell meant to temporarily increase his stats, the max stat reverted back to what it would've been had the hero not used the stat increasing item.

For plan b, I linked the stat increasing items to text boxes that ran scripts that increased the max stat, like so...

script, upattack, begin
variable(x)
x:=get hero stat(0,stat:Attack,maximum stat)
x:=x+5
set hero stat(0,stat:Attack,x,maximum stat)
end

For some reason, this doesn't work at all (the appropriate text box is displayed, but the hero's stats are unchanged). Even if I can get this to work, it isn't a perfect solution as the stat increasing items will have the same problem if they're used in battle (ie, stat increases in battle will revert).

Does anyone have a solution to this problem, or at least a reason why my plotscript seems to not work? Thanks!

[Fenrir-Lunaris]

Download Cube's plotscript library, and create a script as follows:

[Cube]

Also, to just add a little to that particular command. It is possible to also subtract numbers from a stat using "Add to Stat". This is done by adding negatives to the number:

Add To Stat (0,stat:HP,-250)

So, the stat will go down by 250. So what if you have a number from somethings else and want to subtact that amount (Say, you obtained the STR value from a character and needed to subtract that amount from another stat for some reason), then you simple multiply that number by -1:

Add To Stat (0,stat:HP,number*-1)

So yay, that's how you do subtractions (Technically it's still addition, but don't worry about that detail ). Nobody has asked, I know, but I thought that some people may not have thought of this since it DOES say "ADD to Stat".

[Setu_Firestorm]

Hrm..did I miss something? I never knew there was an Add to Stat command. Hm! Guess that shows how much I know.
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[Camdog]

It isn't a command built into hamsterspeak, it's a user defined function in Cube's plotscript library.

I downloaded your library and checked out the code, Cube. I didn't end up actually using it, but checking out your code helped me figure out where I was going wrong, so thanks!

[Bob the Hamster]

If an item increases a stat outside of battle, the effect is supposed to be permanent. If that is not happening, then it is a bug.

[Camdog]

Don't worry, I didn't find a bug. The permanent effect works fine outside of battle (now that I've fixed my plotscript). I was just hoping there was a way to make it a permanent effect if used in battle as well.

[JSH357]

James: A few updates ago, I tried making an item that used an attack to
raise Strength by one permanently. It worked, but when the hero
leveled up, the stat reset. I don't know for sure if it's the same way
now, but it's possible.

[Flamer]

maybe it's something to do with "allow to exceed maximum" bitset.
i saw another situation like this and the user (i forgot who) did the same thing with the attack to "allow to exceed maximum" bitset set.
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[Guest]

Um, I think that this problem (the stat resetting on levelup) is rather hard to work around (not hard, but it's work). Ya see, every time that a levelup occurs, the stats are recalcuated based on the original information given by the creator in custom.exe.

From what I understand, if a hero gained ~ 10 HP/level, and you used plotscripting to add 100 HP, that plotscript change would stay there, but the actual HP won't increase until for 10 levels (for /level increases).

However, this won't happen if there is no change in the stats (level 0 HP = 10, level 99 HP = 10). If you have it like that, then no changes will occur in HP on levelup. Use an instead-of-battle script to check for level changes, and then do the /level stat alterations by plotscripting.

Did that make any sense?

[Mr B]

Garg, I thought that I was logged in. I was before. It must have logged me out after 15 minutes, but let me post anyway. As it is, I wrote the 'guest' post (just so you know whom to blame )

[Mad Cacti (also guest :P)]

Actually, James has stated on many occasions that on level up custom calculates the normal differents between a stat for the current level and the level up level, and adds this different to the stat.

So a hero if no level 10, and the speed stat would normally be 15, and at level 11 it would be 17, custom calculates 17 - 15 and adds 2 to the speed stat when the hero levels up to L11, even if the speed stat is currently 100 and not 15. So I don't know what your problem is...