Spell Book Questions

[corley]

Hi, im new to spell books and have a few questions about them.

1. Do i need to trigger spell abilitys that the player has choosen to level up, to remove the old level and add the new level.

2. Can spell books only use unit abilitys, or can you add hero aswell, i am having trouble with this.

3. Similar to number 1, if you are stuck using unit abilitys only can you not jus create a unit ability with multiple levels?

4. do i need to add the spell book to the unit as it is created, or cn you have it already on the unit when created like a defualt ability?

5. I understand i need to have minimumn/maximum spells set to 11 due to bugs etc, is this okay even if i only intend to use say 8 spells per hero?

many thanks

 

[Eleandor]

Hi, im new to spell books and have a few questions about them.

1. Do i need to trigger spell abilitys that the player has choosen to level up, to remove the old level and add the new level.

Just use the "Increase level of ability" gui action on the ability inside the spellbook.

2. Can spell books only use unit abilitys, or can you add hero aswell, i am having trouble with this.

Only unit abilities. As they too can have levels, there isn't a whole world of difference between hero and unit abilities.

3. Similar to number 1, if you are stuck using unit abilitys only can you not jus create a unit ability with multiple levels?

Basically, yes, and you can level up through that action.

4. do i need to add the spell book to the unit as it is created, or cn you have it already on the unit when created like a defualt ability?

You can have the spellbook ability as a default ability

5. I understand i need to have minimumn/maximum spells set to 11 due to bugs etc, is this okay even if i only intend to use say 8 spells per hero?

Set both to 11, and you can do whatever you want.

 

[corley]

hey thanks for the help, i have had a play about and learnt a fair bit already, i suppose the only thing stopping me now, is the levelling up trigger. Could someone post a sample of triggering that allows me to level up an ability inside a spell book. i think i understand how it works, you have a dummy spell and when you level it up, you remove skill X level 1 and add skill X level 2 instead??

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

There is a way to add Hero Spells into a spellbook, but im not sure if it works anymore.

1: Make your spell, as a unit spell.
2: Add it to the spellbook
3: Change your spell to a hero spell, and finish it that way. (Adding research icon and such)

Hope it helps

 

[corley]

a cunning plan lord sausage, i belive it has worked i now have the hero ability in the spell book, but i cannot level them up still or maybe its still classed as a unit ability?

 

[Eleandor]

To level an ability inside a spellbook, do this:

• Events
  • Whenever you need to level the ability
• Actions
  • Unit - increase level of (the ability)

It can't possibly be easier than that.

 

[Palaslayer]

for adding herolike abilities which shall have a level, just do a unit ability that has same stats, level, etc as the hero one and set the level of the unit ability to the one u deserve