[General] Items that give % of base stats.

[InSaNe_97]

Greetings! I want to make Items that give % of base, including level up stats and tomes, stats to hero when carried.

Stats I want include:
Health, Health regeneration, Mana, Mana regeneration, Armor, Strength, Agility, Intelligence.

Examples:
Rod of age gives 10% of base intelligence, two of them wouldn't be: base*0,1*0,1 but base*0,2.

 

[Rahko]

I'm not sure if setting a stat with triggers will affect the bonuses, but basically you could just use the trigger action: Set Hero Attribute and set it to (Int of Hero (exclude bonuses) + (Int of Hero (exclude bonuses) * 0.1)).

But setting stats with triggers can be quite a hassle, so think twice before going that way. On the other hand, I guess a percent-based bonus is only doable with triggers.

 

[InSaNe_97]

Hmm, yeah but not sure will that make items stack one on another, I believe it will, I will check now btw. Thank You .

Edit: Yeah, it stacks on another items :-(.

 

[Rahko]

Well, it just depends on how you make the trigger. If you want them to stack, you have to always loop all item slots and then add all the bonuses together.

 

[Chaosy]

You'd need to store the attributes at the start of the game. That way % items would not stack

 

[InSaNe_97]

Chaosy, but when hero levels up? It is a tricky to store. isn't it?

 

[Rahko]

Chaosy, but when hero levels up? It is a tricky to store. isn't it?

Yeah, that's why I said it would be quite a hassle. You have to make events for each possible event that can change the stat and then apply the bonus, like level up, skill books, etc.

 

[InSaNe_97]

Yeah, I know. I will need to, that's my only chance.

Edit: But when hero level up base stats will change but stats items giving will stay the same, how do I manage that?

 

[Rahko]

Edit: But when hero level up base stats will change but stats items giving will stay the same, how do I manage that?

You'll have to post the triggers.

 

[Chaosy]

Hashtables probably.

You can set it up to work like.

hash[unit handle][unit level]

 

[InSaNe_97]

 

[InSaNe_97]

"Hashtables" you said? Don't even know what is it.

 

[Chaosy]

Hashtables and MUI

 

[InSaNe_97]

That looks so messy but if it will work I will probably make it. I'm starting to learn.

Edit: Yeah it uses variables at same start of tutorial without explaining it. It helped very much.

 

[Yugata]

When adding the percentage bonus, just save the heroes' stats before and after the change. Add them to a loop where you compare their currents stats to previous stats. If it's different, then it means they've gotten more stats outside of the percentage. Subtract the percentage bonus and reapply the percentage based on their new stats.

 

[InSaNe_97]

Okay, I will try to understand. Thank you a lot.

 

[Yugata]

Sorry, I forgot to make an example trigger after work. I can throw an example right now though.

So let's say a hero has 100 strength when he acquires an item that gives 10% bonus STR. If you add the hero to a loop, and save the 100 (their base STR) and save 10% of that (10, which is the bonus amount) BEFORE you add the bonus.

Recap: The hero is saved inside of a loop with the numbers 100 and 10, so 3 different variables in a loop. The hero currently has 110 strength.

So periodically you would take the hero's current strength (110) and subtract the bonus amount (10). If it matches up with the base strength (100) then nothing has changed.

Now let's say the hero levels up and gains 10 strength. Now he's at 120. When the loop runs, you get 120 - 10 = 110, which is not 100. So you know his strength value has changed.

Subtract the bonus value from his current strength (120 - 10 = 110) and reapply the original stat adjustment. ( the hero has a base strength of 110, bonus is now 11). Add the bonus and now he's at 121 as he should be.

Hopefully this makes sense!
This same logic can be applied to agility, intelligence, HP, and MP. Other stats like armor, attack speed, etc. could possibly work if you have an easy way to track them.

 

[InSaNe_97]

Thank You <3 I will try it as soon as I am making that map, currently I'm working on two maps so...