[crossfire] Spellcasting Swords & Python Troubles

[Andreas Kirschbaum]

Alex Schultz wrote:
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      >- It uses CastAbility() but not CastSpell(). CastAbility() creates
     
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      >  the spell object from the archetype name. Therefore it uses default
     
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      >  values (level 0) for the spell.
     
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      >  I cannot use CastSpell() (which takes a spell object) because it
     
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      >  does not include a "caster" parameter. Any objections to add that
     
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      >  parameter so that both functions (CastAbility and CastSpell)
     
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      >  basically have the same parameter list? (Btw: no script in
     
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      >  /maps-bigworld/python currently calls that function.)
     
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      I don't have any objections, though for this script I prefer using a
     
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      approach that allows one to set the casting level to something other
     
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      than the default spell level.
     
     
That is the reason why I want to add the parameter "caster" to
CastSpell(): this function casts the spell from the passed in spell
object (including all customized parameters). But currently you cannot
use it for your script because it re-uses the parameter "who" (the rod)
as the "caster". This crashes the server because the rod is not on the
map but in an inventory.