Quick Modding Question

I'm experimenting with the xmls of the mods here and the game's files and I don't know what the anchored="number" means. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

that means is it anchored or not, meaning does it swivel around the character. I THINK.

 

Thanks Raust, that makes sense.

 

If a spell is anchored="1", the character is the centerpoint of the template. If it's NOT, then the target is the centerpoint of the template.

 

While I'm here how do you code in self damage? Should I take a look at Necronomiconomics?

 

<effect type="damage" affectscaster="1" damagetype="X"/>

100% certainty. Keep in mind that this requires the spell target the player (usually by being type="self").

 

That would be a good idea probably, depends on what you're trying to do though.

 

This Raust, http://community.gaslampgames.com/threads/mod-idea-request.2390/ I posted it awhile back but it didn't seem to garner much interest. So I've decided to take it up myself, but seeing as I don't have any modding experience, I'm probably going to have tons of questions.

 

One other thing. Is it currently possible to disable a single skill without using the antimagic field debuff? For example, I want one of the skills in the mod I'm trying to create disable itself after casting.

 

Cooldown, that's about it.

 

Eh, that wasn't what I was looking for. I might put it in the modding requests thread.

 

Okay, I'm pretty fed up, I based the first level of the mod off Necronomiconomics and the stat bonuses are showing up but the spell that the first level is supposed to be giving isn't. Am I missing something, I'll upload my skill and spellDB and if one of you could take a look I'd appreciate it.

 

http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp

 

I'm sorry, what exactly are the errors in each file? I'm not exactly following the validator. By the way, thanks to all three of you for putting up with and answering my noob-ish questions.

 

The first one needs a </skillDB>, I think.

The second one, I bolded the problem: there's no space between "description" and "text"

 

Thanks again Essence, you're a life saver.

 

This should probably go on a sticky thread somewhere, since not everyone even knows that XML validators exist.

 

Added to the Visual Templates... thread.

 

Side note:

Most of the time, the validator says things that don't make any goddamn sense (to people who prefer plain English). However, they always state on which line the problem is. After being told by the XML validator that my hoobajoob is in the honkgrobbble, I inspect the line in question and compare it to similar stuff closely until I spot what is wrong with it.

 

Hoobajoob and honkgrobbble totally need to be items. Or enemies. Or something.