Item Stackable Cheat[G5]

[Hecate]

I thought this should be the same as Avernum 5 so I tried it out just for fun. It didn't work: I got quantities of X for the items, and they didn't stack.

 

In the Avernum 5 cheat list, the spec is this:

Quote:

begindefineitem 210;

it_name = "Tools";

it_graphic_sheet = 4;

it_which_icon_ground = 14;

it_which_icon_inven = 15;

it_extra_description = 26;

it_value = 20;

it_charges = 1;//item stax

 

In my gf5itemschars.txt I have this identical entry, except that the "it_*" lines are tab indented. Has it been changed, or have I missed something?

[The Ratt]

tools don't stack. there's your problem

[Hecate]

Duh. That's why it's a "cheat".

[Dikiyoba]

I can't really help you (being a Windows user), but what does the information for an item (such as a rock) that does stack in G5 look like? Is there anything significantly different about it?

 

Dikiyoba.

[Hecate]

Doesn't seem to be. I think there's some sort of inheritance going on, maybe. I might fiddle a little more and see. (Can't continue the game until I get my registration code, so it's this or get killed by that bloody Hraithe Lord in Av5 again )

[Hecate]

It turns out that it does work after all, but only on items that you haven't already picked up. Changing it while you have a few sets of tools in inventory doesn't work. Changing it before you see the items, sure.

 

Edit: maybe it's only at the start of a game? My sorceress, started after the change has stackable tools. However, my lifecrafter, started before I made the change, has unstackable tools with a quantity of X, even when finding new ones. Haha, time to start a new game with stackable skulls