Visual Spell Templates and Other Quick References

Just putting this on the forums so I can take it out of my sig. Nothing new to see here.

I am not the mad wizard who discovered this info; that was Null. I just made it pretty.

Let me know if you're color blind and any of the colors are hard/impossible to see.

 

random stuff from around the boards (credit mostly to Null):

The list of triggers you can put in a skill are the following for your ease of use:
targetHitEffectBuff
playerHitEffectBuff
targetKillBuff
crossbowShotBuff
thrownBuff
triggeroncast
triggerondodge (in skills only)
dodgeBuff (works anywhere)
boozeBuff
foodBuff
consumeBuff
criticalBuff
counterBuff
blockBuff

Bolded triggers work inside of <buff> tags; others don't.


Note on triggers succesfully passing targeting information on to the triggered spell/skill:
targetKillBuff does (but since the target is dead, the triggered spell should probably be a targetCorpse type)
playerHitEffectBuff does (the attacker is targeted)
triggerondodge does (attacker is targeted)
triggeroncast does

This also applies to whether they use percent (triggeron) or percentage (Buff) in the XML.
Also only targetHitEffectBuff and playerHitEffectBuff are implemented inside buffs, though as of 1.0.10 all of the XBuff abilities and triggerons should work inside buff tags.


The list of spell effects you can put in a spell:
http://www.dredmorwiki.com/wiki/Spell_Effects


The list of spell types:
target
targetmonster
targetfloor
targetemptyfloor
targetcorpse
adjacent
targetadjacentcorpse (<-- those of you who tried to use 'adjacentcorpse' and failed, here's why!)
self
beam
missile
beammisssile
diggingbeam
item
template
knightlyleap
rook
fireball (uses radius="X" to determine how many square out from target it goes.)
area (uses radius="X" to determine how many square out from player it goes.)
cone (as Area, but only applies to a 90-degree arc in the direction clicked.)
adjacentwall

The list of Damage Types: (* indicates a Basic type affected by Armor Absorb.)
Acidic
Aethereal
Asphyxiative
Blasting*
Conflagratory
Crushing*
Existential
Hyperborean
Necromantic
Piercing
Putrefying
Righteous
Slashing*
Toxic
Transmutative
Voltaic

 

Off the top of my head:

• mine: Whether or not the spell is a mine.
• mineTimer: How long the mine lasts.
• mineUseGlints: Whether or not the mine uses 'glints' - basically drawing the mine's sprite many times in a dense pattern. This is how poison clouds are drawn - their sprite is single tiny skull cloud that is drawn many times.
• mineGlintDensity: How dense the 'glint' pattern is. Presumably # of sprites per tile.
• mineSpritePNGSeries: The mine's sprite. Look at the other mine sprites to figure out the filename format.
• mineSpritePNGNum: How many PNGs the sprite consists of.
• mineSpritePNGRate: Animation speed for the sprite. I think it's how many milliseconds each frame lasts.
• mineSpriteDrawOrder: Whether or not to draw the mine's sprite in order or randomly.
• minesMustBeUnobstructed: Whether or not each tile of the mine should only be created if it's not on top of a wall. (I think)
• mineRadius: Radius of the mine (in # of tiles). Includes the center tile.
• minePermanent: Whether or not the mine is not consumed when something walks into it (e.g. healing crystals)

 

How to Check for Errors In Your Code:

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

 

1.0.10 Syntax:


SKILL SETUPS

<skill name="Big Game Hunter" skillname="Big Game Hunter" type="warrior" achievement="ACHIEVEMENT_BIG_GAME_HUNTER_MASTERY" description="The hunt is on.">
<art icon="skills/hunter64.png"/>
</skill>

<ability name="Big Game Hunter" icon="skills/hunter64.png" skillname="Big Game Hunter" startSkill="1">
<description text="The hunt is on."/>
</ability>


SCALE

<effect type="damage" piercing="3" piercingF="0.5" secondaryScale="4" bleed="1" /> <!-- 4 = Crit -->
<effect type="damage" piercing="3" piercingF="0.5" primaryScale="0" /> <!-- 0 == burliness I think -->

<!-- next time, Gadget. Next time...
RANDOM DAMAGE/RESISTANCE TYPES

<resistbuff random="2"/> <!-- grants 2 random resistances to something, of the same category -->
<damagebuff random="2"/> <!-- grants 2 random damages to something, of the same category -->
-->

GENERICIZED ITEM CLASSES FOR SACRIFICES

any of:
weapon, armour, wand, gem, mushroom, potion, food, booze, artifact, toolkit, misc

REMOVING BUFFS BY NAME

<effect type="removebuffbyname" name="Thaumite Infestation" amount="1"/> <!-- removes one thaumite -->
<effect type="removebuffbyname" name="Thaumite Infestation" amount="0"/> <!-- removes all thaumites -->

COUNTER, BLOCK, DODGE, AND CRITICAL HIT TRIGGERS

<counterBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/>
<blockBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/>
<dodgeBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/>
<criticalBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/>

BOOZE AND FOOD CONSUMPTION TRIGGERS

<boozeBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/>
<foodBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/>
<consumableBuff percentage="25" name="Zalgohit1"/> <!-- for food and booze -->

MONSTER CAST ON DEATH TRIGGERS

<monster name="Diggle">
<onDeath percentage="25" name="Infernal Torus"/>
</monster>

MONSTER ITEM DROPS

<monster name="Diggle">
<drop name="Lutefisk" percent="25"/>
<drop name="Diggle Nog" percent="35"/>
</monster>

35% of the time the monster will drop Diggle Nog. 25% of the time the monster will drop Lutefisk. 45% of the time the monster will drop nothing.

TAXA OVERRIDES

<!-- still reads the taxa. -->

<effect percent="100" type="spellpoints" amount="1" amountF="0.05" taxa="Animal" />

<!-- works on all Diggles (but not Muscle Diggles, because they're actually their own element in the monster tree -->

<effect percent="100" type="spellpoints" amount="1" amountF="0.05" taxa="Diggle" />

<!-- works only on Sickly Diggles. -->

<effect percent="100" type="spellpoints" amount="1" amountF="0.05" taxa="Sickly Diggle" />


SUMMON ENEMY MONSTERS:

<effect type="summonhostile"/> <!-- attributes identical to summon -->


MAKE SURE YOUR BUFF HAPPENS AFTER OTHER COMBAT CALCULATIONS (i.e. Blackjack)
<XYXBuff percenage="Q" name="ABC" after="1"/>



Not 1.0.10 content, but still a very easy mistake to make:
When crafting XML for armor, remember that in the itemDB.xml, you must spell it with an un-American 'u': <armour level="x" type="y"/>.

 

If you're using Steam, it's fastest to simply add the debug flag to the launch options.
Right-click the 'Dungeons of Dredmor' name from the list of games in your Steam library and choose 'Properties.' From there you can find 'Set Launch Options...' under the 'General' tab and enter the following line:
-debug-flag

Now, debugging mode will start up when you launch the game.

 

If you're making sprites: http://community.gaslampgames.com/t...-a-palette-and-some-templates-expanding.2799/

 

More fun stuff with the secondarystats:
If you set secondaryScale to 24, 25, or 26 it will scale off of warrior, wizard or rogue levels respectively. 27 through 29 seem to be a constant ten or eleven.
In a buff, 24 through 29 will give Burliness, Sagacity, Nimbleness, Caddishness, Stubbornness, and Savvy in that order.

NOTE: This exploits the current layout of the code and is not necessarily expected to work identically or at all with future updates. Use at your own risk

 

All PrimaryBuff amounts from 6 through 11 resulted in a value of 100 each time.

 

Floor Themes:
1: Dungeon
2: Crypt
3: Moonbase
4: Marble
5: Wood/Ship
6: Fungus
7: Frozen
8: Mines
9: Volcano
10: Pandemonium

RotDG Floor Themes:
11: Deep Dungeon
12: Dojo
13: Clockwork
14: Underground Forest
15: Ossuary

 

The first checks for a specific buff and will activate the trigger if the buff is there.
The second checks for a specific buff and will activate the trigger if the buff is NOT there.

Both check the target of the effect, so if you put these triggers on a monster (or corpse?), it will trigger based on whether that monster (or corpse?) has the buff, NOT whether or not the player has the buff.

Yes, we have logic gates in DoD. You're welcome.

 

Craft recipe and item rewards at level up

Code:

<ability name="Thaumaturgic Tap" icon="skills/magic_tap64.png" skill="24" level="1" giveitem="Lutefisk">
<spell name="Leyline Siphoning" />
<description text="Using your knowledge of leylines, you can occasionally tap the aethereal realm to replenish your vital energies." />
</ability>
 
<ability name="Conduit" icon="skills/wizard/leylines1_64.png" skill="24" level="2" learnrecipe="Nailboard (TM) Mark II prototype">
<description text="The magic flows effortlessly through you! Grants even more mana regeneration."/>
<secondarybuff id="14" amount="1"/> <!-- mana regen -->
<secondarybuff id="1" amount="3"/> <!-- mana -->
</ability>

giveitem="Lutefisk" will give the player a lutefisk when he levels the skill up to that skill level

learnrecipe="Nailboard (TM) Mark II prototype" will grant the player this craft recipe at level up.

 

The Exotic Damages thread, linked because it's frikkin' hooj. Opening has info on damage dealt, compiled by myself and Shwqa, Bergstrom's posts on damage resisted is at the end of the first page and scattered through the second.

 

Primary Stat Breakdowns
1 = 1 0.33 0.16
1 = 0.5 0.33 0.16 0.75
1 = 2 0.5
1 = 1 0.5 0.16
1 = 0.5 0.75
1 = 0.5 0.16


Level Breakdowns
Every Level: 2 2 0.33 0.33 0.5 0.33 0.33 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Warrior Bonus: 2 0.33 0.33 0.16 0.5 0.5
Rogue Bonus: 1 0.5 0.33 0.33 1.5 0.5 0.5
Wizard Bonus: 2 0.5 0.16 1.5 0.5 0.5

Total Warrior Level Increases:
2 1 1 2 1 2
4 2 0.66 0.66 0.5 0.33 0.49 1 1.5 0.5 0.5 1

Total Rogue Level Increases:
1 1 2 2 2 1
3 2 0.33 0.33 1 0.66 0.66 1 3 0.5 1 0.5

Total Wizard Level Increases:
1 2 1 1 2 2
2 4 0.33 0.49 0.5 0.33 0.33 0.5 3 1 1 1

 

PURE WARRIOR BUILD STATS, 1-20

LEVEL 1
2
1
1
2
1
2
4
2
0.66
0.66
0.5
0.33
0.49
1
1.5
0.5
0.5
1

LEVEL 2
4
2
2
4
2
4
8
4
1.32
1.32
1
0.66
0.98
2
3
1
1
2

LEVEL 3
6
3
3
6
3
6
12
6
1.98
1.98
1.5
0.99
1.47
3
4.5
1.5
1.5
3

LEVEL 4
8
4
4
8
4
8
16
8
2.64
2.64
2
1.32
1.96
4
6
2
2
4

LEVEL 5
10
5
5
10
5
10
20
10
3.3
3.3
2.5
1.65
2.45
5
7.5
2.5
2.5
5

LEVEL 6
12
6
6
12
6
12
24
12
3.96
3.96
3
1.98
2.94
6
9
3
3
6

LEVEL 7
14
7
7
14
7
14
28
14
4.62
4.62
3.5
2.31
3.43
7
10.5
3.5
3.5
7

LEVEL 8
16
8
8
16
8
16
32
16
5.28
5.28
4
2.64
3.92
8
12
4
4
8

LEVEL 9
18
9
9
18
9
18
36
18
5.94
5.94
4.5
2.97
4.41
9
13.5
4.5
4.5
9

LEVEL 10
20
10
10
20
10
20
40
20
6.6
6.6
5
3.3
4.9
10
15
5
5
10

LEVEL 11
22
11
11
22
11
22
44
22
7.26
7.26
5.5
3.63
5.39
11
16.5
5.5
5.5
11

LEVEL 12
24
12
12
24
12
24
48
24
7.92
7.92
6
3.96
5.88
12
18
6
6
12

LEVEL 13
26
13
13
26
13
26
52
26
8.58
8.58
6.5
4.29
6.37
13
19.5
6.5
6.5
13

LEVEL 14
28
14
14
28
14
28
56
28
9.24
9.24
7
4.62
6.86
14
21
7
7
14

LEVEL 15
30
15
15
30
15
30
60
30
9.9
9.9
7.5
4.95
7.35
15
22.5
7.5
7.5
15

LEVEL 16
32
16
16
32
16
32
64
32
10.56
10.56
8
5.28
7.84
16
24
8
8
16

LEVEL 17
34
17
17
34
17
34
68
34
11.22
11.22
8.5
5.61
8.33
17
25.5
8.5
8.5
17

LEVEL 18
36
18
18
36
18
36
72
36
11.88
11.88
9
5.94
8.82
18
27
9
9
18

LEVEL 19
38
19
19
38
19
38
76
38
12.54
12.54
9.5
6.27
9.31
19
28.5
9.5
9.5
19

LEVEL 20
40
20
20
40
20
40
80
40
13.2
13.2
10
6.6
9.8
20
30
10
10
20

 

PURE ROGUE BUILD STATS, 1-20

LEVEL 1
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
2
0.33
0.33
1
0.66
0.66
1
3
0.5
1
0.5

LEVEL 2
2
2
4
4
4
2
6
4
0.66
0.66
2
1.32
1.32
2
6
1
2
1

LEVEL 3
3
3
6
6
6
3
9
6
0.99
0.99
3
1.98
1.98
3
9
1.5
3
1.5

LEVEL 4
4
4
8
8
8
4
12
8
1.32
1.32
4
2.64
2.64
4
12
2
4
2

LEVEL 5
5
5
10
10
10
5
15
10
1.65
1.65
5
3.3
3.3
5
15
2.5
5
2.5

LEVEL 6
6
6
12
12
12
6
18
12
1.98
1.98
6
3.96
3.96
6
18
3
6
3

LEVEL 7
7
7
14
14
14
7
21
14
2.31
2.31
7
4.62
4.62
7
21
3.5
7
3.5

LEVEL 8
8
8
16
16
16
8
24
16
2.64
2.64
8
5.28
5.28
8
24
4
8
4

LEVEL 9
9
9
18
18
18
9
27
18
2.97
2.97
9
5.94
5.94
9
27
4.5
9
4.5

LEVEL 10
10
10
20
20
20
10
30
20
3.3
3.3
10
6.6
6.6
10
30
5
10
5

LEVEL 11
11
11
22
22
22
11
33
22
3.63
3.63
11
7.26
7.26
11
33
5.5
11
5.5

LEVEL 12
12
12
24
24
24
12
36
24
3.96
3.96
12
7.92
7.92
12
36
6
12
6

LEVEL 13
13
13
26
26
26
13
39
26
4.29
4.29
13
8.58
8.58
13
39
6.5
13
6.5

LEVEL 14
14
14
28
28
28
14
42
28
4.62
4.62
14
9.24
9.24
14
42
7
14
7

LEVEL 15
15
15
30
30
30
15
45
30
4.95
4.95
15
9.9
9.9
15
45
7.5
15
7.5

LEVEL 16
16
16
32
32
32
16
48
32
5.28
5.28
16
10.56
10.56
16
48
8
16
8

LEVEL 17
17
17
34
34
34
17
51
34
5.61
5.61
17
11.22
11.22
17
51
8.5
17
8.5

LEVEL 18
18
18
36
36
36
18
54
36
5.94
5.94
18
11.88
11.88
18
54
9
18
9

LEVEL 19
19
19
38
38
38
19
57
38
6.27
6.27
19
12.54
12.54
19
57
9.5
19
9.5

LEVEL 20
20
20
40
40
40
20
60
40
6.6
6.6
20
13.2
13.2
20
60
10
20
10

 

PURE WIZARD BUILD STATS, 1-20


LEVEL 1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
4
0.33
0.49
0.5
0.33
0.33
0.5
3
1
1
1

LEVEL 2
2
4
2
2
4
4
4
8
0.66
0.98
1
0.66
0.66
1
6
2
2
2

LEVEL 3
3
6
3
3
6
6
6
12
0.99
1.47
1.5
0.99
0.99
1.5
9
3
3
3

LEVEL 4
4
8
4
4
8
8
8
16
1.32
1.96
2
1.32
1.32
2
12
4
4
4

LEVEL 5
5
10
5
5
10
10
10
20
1.65
2.45
2.5
1.65
1.65
2.5
15
5
5
5

LEVEL 6
6
12
6
6
12
12
12
24
1.98
2.94
3
1.98
1.98
3
18
6
6
6

LEVEL 7
7
14
7
7
14
14
14
28
2.31
3.43
3.5
2.31
2.31
3.5
21
7
7
7

LEVEL 8
8
16
8
8
16
16
16
32
2.64
3.92
4
2.64
2.64
4
24
8
8
8

LEVEL 9
9
18
9
9
18
18
18
36
2.97
4.41
4.5
2.97
2.97
4.5
27
9
9
9

LEVEL 10
10
20
10
10
20
20
20
40
3.3
4.9
5
3.3
3.3
5
30
10
10
10

LEVEL 11
11
22
11
11
22
22
22
44
3.63
5.39
5.5
3.63
3.63
5.5
33
11
11
11

LEVEL 12
12
24
12
12
24
24
24
48
3.96
5.88
6
3.96
3.96
6
36
12
12
12

LEVEL 13
13
26
13
13
26
26
26
52
4.29
6.37
6.5
4.29
4.29
6.5
39
13
13
13

LEVEL 14
14
28
14
14
28
28
28
56
4.62
6.86
7
4.62
4.62
7
42
14
14
14

LEVEL 15
15
30
15
15
30
30
30
60
4.95
7.35
7.5
4.95
4.95
7.5
45
15
15
15

LEVEL 16
16
32
16
16
32
32
32
64
5.28
7.84
8
5.28
5.28
8
48
16
16
16

LEVEL 17
17
34
17
17
34
34
34
68
5.61
8.33
8.5
5.61
5.61
8.5
51
17
17
17

LEVEL 18
18
36
18
18
36
36
36
72
5.94
8.82
9
5.94
5.94
9
54
18
18
18

LEVEL 19
19
38
19
19
38
38
38
76
6.27
9.31
9.5
6.27
6.27
9.5
57
19
19
19

LEVEL 20
20
40
20
20
40
40
40
80
6.6
9.8
10
6.6
6.6
10
60
20
20
20

 

Quick and dirty build calculator as promised. Tossed in a few notes but it should mostly be self-explanatory. Read-only, make a copy to edit (i.e. actually use).

It's formatted to require no scrolling at 1920x1080 maximized in Chrome on Win7 -- results may vary in any other configuration.

 

GIMP is fine, you just have to go to image > mode > indexed..., pick one, then when you save the PNG make sure you have "remember color values for transparent pixels" checked.

Still, I make my sprites in GIMP, and then do "post-processing" in mtPaint. It has a very handy palette shifter tool and has some neat palette swapping things. If you use mtPaint, if you choose "Save as..." you can actually set the transparency index yourself (rather than the default 0 or -1).