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[Beleg33]

I'm looking for a comprehensive list of all identifiers that can be used for an object from IDS files.
Those used in this format [EA.GENERAL.RACE.CLASS.SPECIFIC.GENDER.ALIGN]

Most ones are obvious, I'm mainly looking for details in EA.IDS : PC (Player1 - Player6?) / ALLY (?) / GOODCUTOFF (all green-circled?) / EVILCUTOFF (all red-circled?) at least.

IESDP lists them but gives no details.

[Morkfel]

Zombie thread.

 

It certainly deserves to be brought back, for a couple reasons.

 

(1) [EA.GENERAL.RACE.CLASS.SPECIFIC.GENDER.ALIGN] is fantastic for scripting

 

(2) Having some user-generated documentation for how these descriptionless identifiers work would be nice.

 

I know a lot of people use [EVILCUTOFF] but in my scripts I prefer to use [ENEMY]. I know there is a difference but I can't remember what. My intuition tells me that it has to do with evil party members, but I am pretty sure that's not it.

[Morkfel]

Here is an example of what I'm talking about:

 

	OR(18)
		See([ENEMY.0.0.BARD])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.BARD_ALL])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC_MAGE])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC_RANGER])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC_THIEF])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.DRUID])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.DRUID_ALL])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_CLERIC])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_DRUID])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_MAGE])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_MAGE_CLERIC])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_MAGE_THIEF])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.MAGE])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.MAGE_ALL])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.MAGE_THIEF])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.SORCERER])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.OGRE_MAGE])

 

Should trigger as true whenever there is an enemy in LOS of the given class.

 

Some spells have a range centered on the caster with a 5, 20, or 30 foot range. For these you may want to ensure that there are at least two enemies in range but that at least one of them is a caster. This:

 

	See(SecondNearestEnemyOf(Myself))
	OR(18)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),BARD)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),BARD_ALL)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),CLERIC_MAGE)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),CLERIC)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),CLERIC_RANGER)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),CLERIC_THIEF)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),DRUID)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),DRUID_ALL)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),FIGHTER_CLERIC)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),FIGHTER_DRUID)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),FIGHTER_MAGE)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),FIGHTER_MAGE_CLERIC)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),FIGHTER_MAGE_THIEF)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),MAGE)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),MAGE_ALL)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),MAGE_THIEF)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),SORCERER)
		Class(LastSeenBy(Myself),OGRE_MAGE)
	Range(LastSeenBy(Myself),30)

 

Should do that, but actually would only fire when the second nearest matches the Class. A better way of scripting that would be:

	See(SecondNearestEnemyOf(Myself))
	Range(LastSeenBy(Myself),30)
	OR(18)
		See([ENEMY.0.0.BARD])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.BARD_ALL])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC_MAGE])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC_RANGER])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.CLERIC_THIEF])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.DRUID])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.DRUID_ALL])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_CLERIC])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_DRUID])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_MAGE])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_MAGE_CLERIC])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.FIGHTER_MAGE_THIEF])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.MAGE])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.MAGE_ALL])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.MAGE_THIEF])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.SORCERER])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.OGRE_MAGE])
	Range(LastSeenBy(Myself),30)

Which combines two See() checks to ensure that there are two enemies within 30 feet and that at least one of them is a caster.

 

 

It's also pretty useful here:

	See([ANYONE])
	OR(2)
		Gender(LastSeenBy(Myself),SUMMONED_DEMON)
		Race(LastSeenBy(Myself),DEMONIC)

Becomes:

 

	OR(2)
		See([ENEMY.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON])
		See([ENEMY.0.0.DEMONIC])

 

Anyway, this is mostly theoretical for me. I write scripts and my characters are pretty badass, so I guess it works.

[Yovaneth]

xxxNearestEnemyOf() is naffed - it always defaults to NearestEnemyOf(). Probably useless information but it's been fixed in BG:EE

 

-Y-