ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Chronosplit wrote:This is a pretty useful package of the add ons I pretty used for an AB when I want to mess around, especially on an adventurer. The only one thing is that I have *two* Arcane Combat buttons, and one seems to do the same as the control panel.

Frumple wrote:Well, I like it. Suggestion/request, though: Maybe make it so there's an option to just... have AC and/or AD? Found myself wanting to not have to bother with the actual tree and just play around, and it'd be pretty nice as an option, imo. Debug option would be fine, really, if it came to that.

... though full disclosure, I just spent like two, three hours trying to figure out how the blazes to do that myself. Well, stick it on something that'd make the player learn it. Scrying orb, base race, couple other things tried. Unfortunately I'm egregiously terrible at coding and all I got from the attempt was a massively painful headache and despair. So... it'd be great if someone with an ounce of competence could try implementing something like that, heh.

for i=1,5 do
game.player:learnTalent("T_ACMM_AC",true)
game.player:learnTalent("T_ACMM_IAD",true)
game.player:learnTalent("T_DUST_TO_DUST",true)
game.player:learnTalent("T_GRAVITY_SPIKE",true)
game.player:learnTalent("T_ILLUMINATE",true)
game.player:learnTalent("T_CORROSIVE_BREATH",true)
end

class:bindHook('Entity:loadList', function(self, data)
   if data.file == '/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua' then
      self:loadList('/data-generic-weapons/doodad.lua', data.no_default, data.res, data.mod, data.loaded)
   end
end)

local _M = loadPrevious(...)

getBirthDescriptor("world", "Maj'Eyal").copy = getBirthDescriptor("world", "Maj'Eyal").copy or {}
table.insert(getBirthDescriptor("world", "Maj'Eyal").copy, resolvers.inventorybirth{id=true, {defined="DOODAD_OF_MARTIAL_KNOWLEDGE"}})

return _M

newEntity{ base = "BASE_ROD",
   power_source = {unknown=true},
   define_as = "DOODAD_OF_MARTIAL_KNOWLEDGE",
   unided_name = "very strange thing", image = "object/wand_dragonbone.png",
   name = "Doodad of Martial Knowledge", 
   color=colors.LIGHT_BLUE, 
   identified=true, no_unique_lore=true,   
   unique=true,
   desc = [[A bizarre device that can grant you new abilities.]],
   cost = 0,
   encumber = 0,
   elec_proof = true,
   max_power = 24, power_regen = 1,    
   use_no_energy = true,     
   use_power = { name = "learn a new talent or category", power = 1,
      use = function(self, t, kind)
         --script goes here
      end,
   },
}

Frumple wrote:
E: Ah, that said, but it kinda' looks like the updated sunpa talents aren't in the allowed list? Some old ones (sun flare, matyrdom) seem to be, but the newer ones not so much. Would probably see sun ray, path of the sun, wave of power, and mark of the light as normal options. Sun cloak, brandish, flash of the blade, absorption strike, crusade, and maybe judgement as less normal.

Chronosplit wrote:This is a pretty useful package of the add ons I pretty used for an AB when I want to mess around, especially on an adventurer. The only one thing is that I have *two* Arcane Combat buttons, and one seems to do the same as the control panel.

Frumple wrote:E: Though, if doesn't-use-weaponetc.-attack is the primary filter, some for mindslayer that are ranged or self-centered AoE, that don't involve such: Pyrokinesis, brainstorm, implode, thermal balance, static net, and probably mind hook. They've actually got a lot of stuff these days that are caster-y.

The leeches, I noticed, were in autoallow but shouldn't in the load.lua, and... could probably stand to just be allowed? In the auto-allow, anyway, since they are AoE. They don't involve potential loops, as far as I'm aware, and a few other resource generating talents are in the OK list. Heat shift's in there, too, which seems odd since it's just a ranged AoE with pin/disarm/debuff.

Also noticed kinetic surge is in that set, too, which... I gotta' try out, 'cause how that even works with arcane combat and targeting strikes me as either broken in the non-functioning sense or hilarious. Though, that said, technically it's a melee-ranged attack at core... if you wanted to make it functional for allow-all, not having an adjacent enemy target ('cause the initial hits killed them or whatever) could default to launching the player at/towards a nearby enemy.

The strikes (thermal/kinetic/charged) are in there as well, but they pretty definitely shouldn't be -- not only are they (mostly) melee, they're all weapon attacks with the noted loop potential.

... also, I have to ask, but have you considered giving the summoner's summon talents the go ahead? AC targeting would probably just stick them besides an enemy, but it could be fairly amusing, and the cunning limit and relatively mindless aim would keep it from getting out of hand otherwise. Melee summoners would love that, ehehe.

astralInferno wrote:Guh

You specifically set T_DIG to not be a valid target. Which would make sense, except that T_DIG is actually the shortname for Pulverising Auger.

Guess what talent my Ancient Primal Chosen wanted to arcane combat. Go on, guess. I betcha can't guess.

(That's right, it's Earthern Missiles! I guess I'll have to wait for the next cat point.)

Nice work tho I can barely follow my own code let alone this triple mashup abomination.

Edrein wrote:A couple years late to the party; but is there any chance this might get updated or continued by someone else? This seemed to be the comprehensive Arcane Combat mod and it's a shame it no longer works.