How do i script?[G5]

[Gondor2222]

How do i script the game? I see the scripts file, but all i can see is programming for the npcs, mines, doors, etc.

 

What script file do i edit in order to give myself a bazillion of every stat? ^^

 

EDIT: well, i'm pretty sure i found the problem, it's an administrator restriction on my computer. So, the problems gonna be over soon ^^ Thanks for all your help.

[Randomizer]

sdfs don't work that way. They change flags to give dialog options and a few other things.

 

You need to change attributes by adding lines to a script for a zone.

[Tarson]

I am fairly sure Sdf's are to activate things that are in the game to begin with. You would want script editing over sdfs.

Edit: randomizer finished first.

[Gondor2222]

Originally Posted By: Randomizer

sdfs don't work that way. They change flags to give dialog options and a few other things.

You need to change attributes by adding lines to a script for a zone.

When you mean for a zone, does that mean I only receive the special stats in a certain zone?

And how do i edit scripts anyway?

[Tarson]

Go into the folder scrips and change the text files. I dont know much about it beyond that. It has something to do with give_reward fuction.

[Gondor2222]

Umm..maybe an administrator would like to know i found this in the "minetrig" script while looking for the "Give_reward" function..

 

 

Minetrig:

Quote:

.....When the PC gets close to it,

// it will activate all fo those mines....

 

Lol it activates all fo the mines?

 

Edit: nm, nearly all the script files have typos.

[Alorael at Large]

Originally Posted By: Gondor2222

When you mean for a zone, does that mean I only receive the special stats in a certain zone?

No. You need a script to give you the attribute increases, though, and the easy scripts to alter are the ones that apply to a zone. There's a separate file for each zone, usually with the zone name or an abbreviation thereof after a z# prefix.

—Alorael, who otherwise doesn't have much help to add. Others are better scripters than he.

[Gondor2222]

begindefineability 30; // fire rain, is a spell, high damage

import = 9;

ab_name = "Purifying Rain";

ab_abil_type = 4;

 

ab_missile_type_fired = 133;

 

ab_graphic_type = -1;

 

ab_stat_ability_linked_to = 49;

ab_stat_for_ability_bonus = 9;

 

ab_effect_type = 0;

ab_damage_type = 2;

ab_effect_base = 20;

ab_effect_per_level = 10;

ab_status_effect = -1;

 

ab_missile_short_range = 1;

ab_ability_sound = 178;

ab_energy_cost = 200;

ab_essence_cost = 20;

 

That's the script for the purifying rain. I tried changing the ab_effect_base from 20 to 1000, so i could do 1000 damage to every enemy in range, but then it wouldn't let me save the file, because it says

 

 

"cannot create the file C:\Program Files\Spiderweb Software\Geneforge 5\Geneforge 5 Files\Scripts\gf5objsmisc.txt file.

Make sure that the path and file name are correct."

 

What's more, the message comes up BEFORE the box that asks me what i want to save it as!

 

[pndrev]

Check for read-only status and make sure you haven't got the game running at the same time.

[Øther]

Look through this.

 

http://www.ironycentral.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=150876#Post150876

[Gondor2222]

KK ty, i think my dad just has an administrator code blocking my editing of files like that. I think i can get around this somehow ^^. ty guys