Race / Class Combo
 

I'd really like my players to be able to select an ogre monk, so i went into client.cpp and changed the following (stock) table to set ogres to true under monk. I recompiled but it is not selectable. Am I missing something obvious?

Yes, player class combinations are regulated in the database, however bots are regulated in C++.

EDIT: You will have to set them up in 'char_create_combinations' and 'char_create_point_allocations'.

Hi Zamthos,
What is this about bots? Also, in the database you mean, the tables to control character creation stats?

Thank you, I should have looked there first.

The allocation_id - could you enlighten me on how that is determined? Thank you


Edit: Also, Can I use a blanket statement to set up the table for combinations to do something like race (1-12,128,330,522), class (1-16), diety (202-216,396) -- does it matter if I create a human cleric worshipping veeshan or an invalid diety?

I don't rightly know how that is determined, however you could likely find it somewhere, and bot classes are determined in the bot.cpp, search for 'Case 522' and you'll eventually run across the classes. Just to make sure you know, Ogre Monks will NOT have the proper Monk animations, they will go stiff when trying to do a Flying Kick or a Monk-only move.

Ahhh, enlightening, thank you Zamthos. I'll do some research. There arent that many special animations, are there? special attacks for the monk are the only ones I can think of, and it may be a small price to pay if it works -- all races have casting animations, right? That should cover things like gnome shaman. Hmm. Research time -- thanks

Update: Looks like allocation_id is an arbitrary number that links the race class deity combo to the starting allocation points.

thinking out loud here:

the tough part will be figuring out how I can populate the char_create_point_allocations for each race/class.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can go about doing this in a way that wont require me to code each one by hand?



BTW this is what it looks like to populate ALL RACE ALL CLASS ALL DEITY

I did, and do, everything by hand, but you could just do the updates with SQL based upon the Race/Class Combination.

Update: with the SQL code above, this should set the character allocation tables
...unless there's a typo....