[CF-Devel] stat potions: patch/question

Tue Apr 6 02:16:39 CDT 2004

Bernd Edler wrote:
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      On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Bernd Edler wrote:

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     I noticed a bug:

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     If a natural stat gets below 1, one can no longer

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     raise it with stat potions.

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     It is possible to get to 0, if you drink too many

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     cursed stat potions.

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     You can even have a negative natural starting stat due to

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     negative class modificators.

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     Example: start int 9 -> quez,int 9-8 = 1 -> barbarian, int 1-6 = -5.

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     With this patch one can now raise these stats with potions.

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     Furthermore cursed potions no longer drain you below 1.

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     Now for the question:

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     In the original code tmp->stats.sp (the potions spellpoints)

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     is used in the if condition,then set to 0 if a stat is changed.

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     As i do not understand the intention for /* Fix it up for super potions */

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     , i can not emulate the desired behavior.

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     I do know, that this stuff has no relevance to normal stat potions,as

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     their sp is 0 anyway.

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     So if somebody can explain that, i can finish this patch.

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      After checking the archetypes, artifacts and all map files,

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      i think that potions with stat boni and sp!=0

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      do not exist in the game.

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      Thus, i am positive, this new patch will fix the bug

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      without breaking anything else.

  Patch is now in CVS - I changed it around a little bit, but it is effectively 
the same.

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