Request #8

Diplomatic Game Modifiers

Problem: The only current method of changing diplomacy is with influence. It is impossible to give bonuses to relations from a game modifier, which limits how in depth the diplomatic system can be. 

UI: No change. Just make what we have in the Core AI Defs, usable from a game modifier. The UI already supports this.

AI: The AI can simply value this as it does influence. The tag should translate well.

Code Change: This should be a minor code change. The mechanic is there, it just needs to be set up in terms of a game modifier and made into an ability.

XML:

How it helps the core game: There are alot of buildings and traits you can add with this. I allows a variety of things to affect relations from calculations. Basically anything from a spell to a wonder could increase or decrease relations.

How I will use it: I want to have wonders that are so powerful, it pisses everyone off. I want to have quests that end wars. I want to have quests that start wars. There are several things I would be able to integrate into diplomacy so that it is more closely tied to gameplay.

This would be VERY helpful!  Though I understand that reloading assets could cause stability problems.  Perhaps add it with a strong "use at your own risk" caution!

This is how I see jshores suggestion nr #3 work. You add generic prereqs to them such as "UnitStat_IsAbleToWieldSpear" must be 1 or higher. Then the defaultvalue for that unitstat is of course 1 = true. But then you have a faction where you set that to 0, so they can't wield those spears.

This way, the item prereq isn't linked to a particular bonusabilityoption, but a "middle-man" unitstat.

Why is this good? Well, first we don't need to worry about different types. Second, unitstats are dynamic (they can change as the game progresses). So you might have a champion that can only wield normal weapons, but if you develop him as an assassin you start being able to wield poisoned daggers and so on. Equally important, unitstats can be taken away, so a unit might lose the ability to equip certain items based on certain conditions ("afraid of mounts" = can't equip any mount).

Yes.

Another request:

Please make it so that your Capital city has a defined Variable in the code.

In CoreRaceConfig you have this code:

<CapitalHubType>CityHub1</CapitalHubType>

However, this code does not work for anything. I want to be able to identify a city as the Capital and be able to call it in the code to allow it different benefits and bonuses, etc.

#4.

Possibly easy implementable solution.  

Add a single line to all items in the game.

<Trainable>0</Trainable>

Add function

<UnlockTrainable>Item</UnlockTrainable>

When used changes Trainable to a 1.

Have unit design only check for <Trainable>1</Trainable> instead of prereqs so that different prereqs can be used for items as already suggested.

Techs then just need to be updated to unlock the items the same as spells.  Will also make adding new items for training much easier.

Second Idea (Partially Related)

Add a tag so that when and item is unlocked it only sells withing a certain building type, unlike the unlockshopitem where the tag is used within  coreimprovment you could tag a building or buildings for upgraded buildings within the item.  The default tag would be cityhub.

Basically this moves the code for where it unlocks from the building to the item.  So you can have a bunch of varying items that are dependent on trait choices that are restriced by a tech not ending up having to build 2 + 4 + 4 = 10 different variations of one building type for different iterations of gears.  This is rough number just based on what I have learned from armor types and the masterwork chain, light plate, and wanderlust leathers trying to restrict them to unlock when you build upgraded armories.  This only affects sov/champ versions of items.

The item shop code would just do a check when a building is built to see what new items are unlocked to add new items.

Frogboy, PLEASE make it so that I can make Weapon damage be a percentage of HP. As of right now, I am trying to get a work around but it would be nice if this wasn't hardcoded. The only way I can see to make it do percentage damage right now is to possibly make each weapon do spell dmg but I can't even find a spell which just does Damage by a percent of HP, perhaps I am just blind. This would negate the whole pierce, blunt, etc. for each weapon though so please make it so that I can have weapons do a percent damage for the different weapon types (pierce, blunt, etc.)

Also, I would like to be able to use <AppliesRandomModifier>1</AppliesRandomModifier> with weapons.

I would like to be able to make weapons do a random percent. So for example, I would like them to be able to do a range of say 1%-3% of HP damage. Or any other combination if possible.

Black, Sean meant that you should calc the value of attack as value=<target's current health>*0.1, for it to deal 10% of the enemy's hp.

If your code works, though, I want to know about it.

No answer yet? Sean can you clarify what you meant because it doesn't seem like it works.

You misunderstand. I do not want to make a spell. What I want to do is have weapons do a percentage damage rather than a set number value. Yes, I could possibly apply spell damage to a weapon which does a percent damage but I do not think it would work with the pierce, blunt, etc. damage types. Do you understand what I mean?

I would love a "monster editor/creator" Furthermore I would love to have something that makes it easy to tie the tiles you make in the workshop to certain structures and units.*Like it guides you step by step*

 (For example the demon gate from EWOM and the resulting ability to summon a death demon is not in FE.)