Calling Weapon Length

[ares007]

Before I go through the trouble of putting together a script that returns various weapon lengths, does something like that already exist?

 

[GetAssista]

Look through first 10 lines of http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,60099.msg1553218.html#msg1553218
and use "get_weapon_length(item[6])". Don't forget to define new item slot

 

[ares007]

Cool thanks.

Of course, I must now present another question. Being rather new to the module system and python coding, I'm not sure how exactly to define a new item slot

 

[Hermodr]

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[ares007]

I'm... not sure... how that helps me...

(I'm not trying to add new items)

I'm just trying to call up the length for weapons that are already in the game and store it as a variable. I know for a fact that I could make a script that would do this in a very clear, understandable way, but it would be a little tedious with a lot of control statements. I just want to know if there is a quicker way to do it.

Oh, and this is the operation I'll be using to get the weapon id:
(agent_get_wielded_item,<destination>,<agent_id>,<hand_no>),
I'm not exactly sure will be stored either.

 

[Yoshiboy]

Unfortunately I think setting a slot for every item with the value of their reach is the only way to do it.

 

[Hethwill]

Not sure if it works but defining a new header/ID (id_weapons_for_item_length) for every item and then proceed to make the script call the values accordingly ?

I'm still struggling with shield only slot assignation, which is half way to what you wish for.

 

[GetAssista]

Unfortunately I think setting a slot for every item with the value of their reach is the only way to do it.

Why unfortunately? This is the most convenient way

You can also fill an troop/party array where slot # relates to item ID

 

[ares007]

Unfortunately I think setting a slot for every item with the value of their reach is the only way to do it.

Well, I could make a script like so:

(store_script_param_1, ":weapon"), # where ":weapon" is the weapon id
(try_begin),
  (eq, ":weapon", "itm_sword"),
  (assign, reg0, 96),
(else_try),
  ...
  etc
(try_end),


Of course, I would have to manually type in the weapon lengths.


But honestly, I really don't understand the item slots and stuff. I wouldn't even know where to begin with that method.

 

[ares007]

So no one understands the item slots etc well enough to explain it and it's use to me?

 

[Yoshiboy]

It isn't that complicated, slots are just like an extra property for the item.

define a new slot in module_constants.py which doesn't overlap with any of the other item slots, say like this:

slot_item_reach = 16

then do this for every item

(item_store_slot,"itm_spiked_club",slot_item_reach,83).

and then when you want to get the reach back for your script

(item_get_slot,":weapon_reach","itm_spiked_club",slot_item_reach),

and the weapon reach for the spiked club will be stored in ":weapon_reach".

The hard part is setting the slot for every item (which takes ages)

 

[ares007]

Ok. That isn't much different than my script idea

Also, if I did this, in what file would the item_store_slot lines go in. What part of the file.

Thanks

 

[Yoshiboy]

Ok. That isn't much different than my script idea

Also, if I did this, in what file would the item_store_slot lines go in. What part of the file.

Thanks

You'd probably want to put them in module_scripts.py , in one of the game initialization scripts.

 

[ares007]

As an update, my script method seems to be working fine