Tutorial Rework

[uncleshelby]

Ugh. Thank you, averyimaginativename.

On line 388, I don't think it's a good idea to mention terrain defense at this juncture, since the quintain has magical attacks (rendering terrain defense superfluous in this circumstance). I do believe it is mentioned later (at line 1047); that, I believe, is sufficient instruction on how defense works.

Wait, it just dawned on me. WTH does the quintain have a magical attack? That just seems extremely stupid.

[averyimaginativename]

Wait, it just dawned on me. WTH does the quintain have a magical attack? That just seems extremely stupid.

From the WML:

# There is a 1 in 170,000 chance that the quintain will miss on all
# 10 attacks. Ignoring that.

This probably. 1 in 170,000 in a game as popular as Wesnoth - it's happened to somebody. 70% magical vs 60% normal makes it less likely.

Force chance to hit might be a better option than magical attacks, though magical attacks are something that should be addressed in the tutorial at some point.

[uncleshelby]

Hmm. I get it. But I think the quintains should be unable to kill Konrad/Li'sar in the first two turns. It's a tutorial. So, raise Konrad/Li'sar's life, or lower the quintain's attack power...

Any thoughts?

[averyimaginativename]

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 hitpoints=32

Are you looking at Konrads stats in HttT? They're different in the tutorial. Maybe it's changed between versions, but they've got enough HP to survive 100% hits with 2hp left over already.

I would use FORCE_CHANCE_TO_HIT with an attacker hits or attacker misses event. Set it to 100%, and remove it after the first hit (or leave it alone, and set it for the last hit).

[uncleshelby]

Good Idea. How can I make it only happen after the first hit/miss?

[averyimaginativename]

Something like this (untested)

Set your variables:

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[set_variable]
            name=playerhit
            value=0
[/set_variable]

Force your chance to hit

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 {FORCE_CHANCE_TO_HIT id=quintain id=Konrad 100 (
     [variable]
         name=playerhit
         numerical_equals=0
     [/variable]
 )}

increment your variable on the first hit:

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[event]
name=attacker hits
first_time_only=yes
[filter]
            id=quintain
[/filter]

 [set_variable]
            name=playerhit
            add=1
[/set_variable]

[Edit - two edits already. Forgot filter, and used wrong IDs in FCTH]

[uncleshelby]

So, this is supposed to make the Quintain hit the first time, guaranteed? It didn't work.