WML questions: invalid wml

[battlestar]

Spoiler:

Oo it's called blit. That's awesome

Apparently, multiple images could be blit onto the background at once. That's ... Thank you so much

New question: Could a unit display custom status icons similar to "petrified" etc.?

Thanks.

[Sapient]

You did see the sticky thread for "Creating new unit statuses and getting them to show," didn't you?

[battlestar]

Didn't realize that's there, I've been looking at the WML wiki. Thanks.

[8680]

Stick that Lua snippet, appropriately modified, in the file with the other one, if you haven’t already.

[battlestar]

Yeah, I'm planning to stick it with the other one, when Ceres gets back to me on it. He is doing the spells, which this snippet is for.

[battlestar]

Is there a way to modify all variables within a tag without doing each one individually? For example, adding 5 to all defense values in a unit variable, or -20 in all resistance.

Thanks,

[Elvish_Hunter]

Is there a way to modify all variables within a tag without doing each one individually?

You need to use a FOREACH ... NEXT cycle for that purpose. And about your two examples, also EffectWML is a solution.

[battlestar]

Thanks, and what would you put in the FOREACH...NEXT cycle to cover for variables with different names?

[Elvish_Hunter]

That's a bit tricky. You need to know the variable names anyway. For example, I used [set_variables] to modify the resistances of all the units:

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	[event]
		name=start
		[store_unit]
			[filter]
				# all
			[/filter]
			variable=stored_units
			kill=no
		[/store_unit]
		
		{FOREACH stored_units i}
			[set_variables]
				name=stored_units[$i].resistance
				mode=replace
				[value]
					arcane="$($stored_units[$i].resistance.arcane+5)"
					cold="$($stored_units[$i].resistance.cold+5)"
					fire="$($stored_units[$i].resistance.fire+5)"
					pierce="$($stored_units[$i].resistance.pierce+5)"
					impact="$($stored_units[$i].resistance.impact+5)"
					blade="$($stored_units[$i].resistance.blade+5)"
				[/value]
			[/set_variables]
			
			[unstore_unit]
				variable=stored_units[$i]
				find_vacant=no
			[/unstore_unit]
		{NEXT i}
		
		{CLEAR_VARIABLE stored_units}
	[/event]

Otherwise, you should be able to do something to that effect using Lua, accessing the unit's .__cfg.__literal field, then using helper.get_child (or helper.child_range), and then using the pairs function on that child (pairs returns key-value pairs, while ipairs returns index-value pairs).
Also, don't forget that, for units, [modify_unit] usually is a better option.

[battlestar]

Thanks Elvish Hunter.

Answer found: Could a single unit own both Regeneration +2 and Regeneration +4 skills? If so, would that unit recover 6 hp a turn? --- yes, and no.

New question:
Are there any consequences to having negative resistance values? So far it seems to me that it behaves as if 1 was the value for negative and 0 values. In other words, is there any reason to intentionally keep the value above 0?

On the other hand, defense seems to take the absolute value of the stored variable so it behaves strangely with a negative value.

Another question:
How do I filter for the newest recruited unit? ie. In the context of modifying every new unit with extra hp as they are recruited.

Thanks,

[8680]

How do I filter for the newest recruited unit? ie. In the context of modifying every new unit with extra hp as they are recruited.

Would this work? It seems the obvious solution, so I suppose there’s something I’m missing.

Spoiler:

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[event]
    name=prerecruit
    first_time_only=no
    [filter]
        ## E.g. side=1
    [/filter]
    [modify_unit]
        [filter]
            id=$unit.id
        [/filter]
        hitpoints="$($unit.hitpoints + $hpIncrease)"
        max_hitpoints="$($unit.max_hitpoints + $hpIncrease)"
    [/modify_unit]
[/event]

[battlestar]

Thanks, that worked well.

Previous question:
Are there any consequences to having negative resistance values? So far it seems to me that it behaves as if 1 was the value for negative and 0 values. In other words, is there any reason to intentionally keep the value above 0?

New question:
Can [modify_unit] modify all of a unit's attack values, as could be done with [effect]?

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		[effect]
			apply_to=attack
			increase_damage=1
		[/effect]

Another question:
Is there a variable where the attack weapon from most recent attack is automatically stored? ie. harming a victim for the damage (with correct alignment value and damage_type if necessary) it just received with [harm_unit] in a name=attacker hits [event], where the damage depended on player's choice of attack weapon.

[Crendgrim]

Yes, in certain events. See VariablesWML#Automatically_Stored_Variables for more information.

[battlestar]

Thanks, I've been looking for those.

Question remains:
Are there any consequences to having negative resistance values? So far it seems to me that it behaves as if 1 was the value for negative and 0 values. In other words, is there any reason to intentionally keep the value above 0?

Much appreciated if someone could shed some light on this, it's very important to how some of my intended codes would interact with each other.

[pyrophorus]

Hi !

Thanks, that worked well.

Previous question:
Are there any consequences to having negative resistance values? So far it seems to me that it behaves as if 1 was the value for negative and 0 values. In other words, is there any reason to intentionally keep the value above 0?

Resistances are percentages, so negative values are meaningless and probably filtered and replaced to avoid errors (I don't checked Wesnoth code: just my two cents).

New question:
Can [modify_unit] modify all of a unit's attack values, as could be done with [effect]?

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		[effect]
			apply_to=attack
			increase_damage=1
		[/effect]

I never found a way to do this with [modify_unit], AFAICS one must use an [object] tag instead, but you probably know that.

Another question:
Is there a variable where the attack weapon from most recent attack is automatically stored? ie. harming a victim for the damage (with correct alignment value and damage_type if necessary) it just received with [harm_unit] in a name=attacker hits [event], where the damage depended on player's choice of attack weapon.

I must admit I don't clearly see what you intend to do (except finding which weapon is actually used in an attack). Maybe more informations could be found using Lua interface.
Friendly,