Grimrock

Isaac wrote:

Grimfan wrote:Unfortunately, a bonus to the character's attackPower is not something that can be added to the game through normal means (attackPower is only used for the weapons themselves). You cannot even create an item that directly adds to a character's attackPower since this is a statistic that cannot be directly modified (it's not like energy or protection in that way).

You're right (afaik), but it is possible to make a copy of a weapon with a different attackpower bonus; not one that you would ever place in the dungeon, but instead, you would equip it via script, and ensure that only those fighters with sufficient skill for the bonus ever get to use it.

I believe items like the loincloth have been hardcoded to provide their attackPower bonus. There are several hardcoded features like this in LoG1 that will be rectified or addressed in LoG2 (hopefully making it easier to get around these problems).

I wondered that myself; I think it likely is hard coded. The check would be to rename a pair of pants "loincloth", but I haven't tried.


@ Bongobeat:
Try this:

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Party Hook: (in Objects.lua)

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defineObject{
	name = "party",
	class = "Party",
	editorIcon = 32,
	onDrawSkills = function(gui_context)
								if gui_context.mouseDown(0) then

									superAxeSkill.check()

								end
							end,
}

Item Definitions:

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defineObject{
          name = "super_axe",
          class = "Item",
          uiName = "Axe of Might",
		model = "assets/models/items/ancient_axe.fbx",
		description = "It's a super axe!",
		skill = "axes",
		gfxIndex = 158,
		attackPower = 36,
		accuracy = 0,
		coolDownTime = 6.3,
		attackMethod = "meleeAttack",
		attackSwipe = "horizontal",
		attackSound = "swipe_heavy",
		impactSound = "impact_blade",
		weight = 7.3,
    gameEffect = "Additional +30 to Attack Power for Figters proficient with Axe level 40.",
    onEquipItem = function(champion, slot)
						superAxeSkill.bonus(champion, slot) end
    }

	cloneObject{
		name = "super_axe_with_bonus",
		baseObject = "super_axe",
		uiName = "Axe of Might (+30!)",
		attackPower = 66,
		onEquipItem = function(champion, slot)end,
		onUnequipItem = function(champion, slot)
						setMouseItem()
						setMouseItem(spawn("super_axe"))
						end,
    }

Script object on map: Name the script "superAxeSkill" (no quotes)

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    -- This script applies the bonus as soon as the weapon skill is sufficient.

    alreadyQualified = {false,false,false,false}

    function check()
       for x = 1,4 do
		 if not alreadyQualified[x] then
             local champion = party:getChampion(x)    print(champion:getName())
             local weapon = champion:getItem(7)      print(weapon)
             local weapon2 = champion:getItem(8)      print(weapon)
             if weapon ~= nil and weapon.name == "super_axe" then
                bonus(champion, 7)
             elseif weapon2 ~= nil and weapon2.name == "super_axe" then
                bonus(champion, 8)
             end
          end
       end
    end

    function bonus(champion, slot)
          if  champion:getSkillLevel("axes") > 39 then
             alreadyQualified[1] = true
             champion:removeItem(slot)
             champion:insertItem(slot, spawn("super_axe_with_bonus"))
          end
    end

DAT File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hj8hojxvuh8r1 ... gobeat.dat

bongobeat wrote:...could it be avoided?

    -- This script applies the bonus as soon as the weapon skill is sufficient.

    alreadyQualified = {false,false,false,false}

    function check()
       for x = 1,4 do
		 if not alreadyQualified[x] then
             local champion = party:getChampion(x)    
             local weapon = champion:getItem(7)     
             local weapon2 = champion:getItem(8)     
             if weapon ~= nil and weapon.name == "super_axe" then
                bonus(champion, 7)
             elseif weapon2 ~= nil and weapon2.name == "super_axe" then
                bonus(champion, 8)
             end
          end
       end
    end

    function bonus(champion, slot)
          if  champion:getSkillLevel("axes") > 39 then
             alreadyQualified[champion:getOrdinal()] = true
             champion:removeItem(slot)
             champion:insertItem(slot, spawn("super_axe_with_bonus"))
          end
    end