Q for George, enhanced="??" in Device tag

[sdw195]

i noticed in BattleArenaGladiators.xml there is

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<Devices>
<Table>
<Device chance="30" item="&itLightRecoillessCannon;" enhanced="10"/>
<Device chance="45" item="&itLaserCannon;" enhanced="15"/>
<Device chance="25" item="&itRecoillessCannon;" enhanced="5"/>
</Table>
</Devices>

what does the enhanced bit do and how do we use it
I tried doing

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	<Device deviceID="&itAresPlasmaCannon;" enhanced="100"/>

and get a +10% apc that appears to be disabled in the hud (name in red) but still shoots normally.
what dose enhanced="" accept as a value as i have seen

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enhanced="true"

on shields
and

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enhanced="5" enhanced="10" ... enhanced="100"

on devices

[digdug]

That's something I already asked to George.

If you look at this ticket:
http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/58

you can see that we have 2 attributes
enhanced="..." where you can pass a % of probability of the device to be enhanced.
enhancement="0x0101" where you can choose the actual enhancement for the weapon.

Look at examples in BattleArenaGladiators.xml (as you said) and in SungSlavers.xml (in particular the Dragon Slaver)

[sdw195]

kwel thanks digdug

now to learn hex enhancement code


But that still doesn't explain why the name of the weapon is in red (like its disabled) when i have a 1000gw reactor and fuel for it, and if fires normally (well normally for an enhanced APC )

[george moromisato]

That's something I already asked to George.

If you look at this ticket:
http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/58

you can see that we have 2 attributes
enhanced="..." where you can pass a % of probability of the device to be enhanced.
enhancement="0x0101" where you can choose the actual enhancement for the weapon.

Look at examples in BattleArenaGladiators.xml (as you said) and in SungSlavers.xml (in particular the Dragon Slaver)

There is also one more option:

enhancement="=(someTransLispExpression)"

You can create an expression that returns an enhancement hex code.

[Arisaya]

oo thats cool

What other fields accept tlisp?

[sdw195]

we know

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<DockScreen UNID="&dsMission;"
name="=(if gMissionTitle gMissionTitle (objGetName gSource))">

<Information
desc=	"=(objGetStaticData gSource "Info")">

<ListOptions
dataFrom=	"player"
list=		"aI"
initialItem="=(eq (itmGetArmorInstalledLocation (scrGetItem gScreen)) gArmorSegment)"
			/>

from the tdb

side note
we can use

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enhanced="20"
enhancement=	"=(intMakayevArmorEnhancement)"

oh the same device to randomize if it gets an Enhancement and what it will be if it gets one

[alterecco]

What other fields accept tlisp?

Lots. Do a search through the xml for:

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"=(

and you should come up with quite a lot of interesting things :)

[Arisaya]

So... can I use it anything?

[alterecco]

You can put any kind of script inside, as long as it returns a useful value (or you will probably get weird errors)

I usually use functions.

[Drako Slyith]

FINALLY I HAVE THE FORMAT TO DO THAT!!!

I've been trying some really weird things to get that to work! YAY!!!

[sdw195]

What other fields accept tlisp?

Lots. Do a search through the xml for:

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"=(

and you should come up with quite a lot of interesting things

thats what i did

[Drako Slyith]

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work on nodeIDs. I assume that's because they are set in the beginning of the game so it can't rewrite it. shame. Oh well, still a good tool to have.