Inaccurate Spell Levels

[Dymerius]

This is actually an issue that I was fooling with a while back, but never had any success. I'm about to start messing with it again, but I figured this might be a good place to start troubleshooting

I'd like to adjust a lot of the levels that classes can use certain spells. (Right now, the spell levels are scattered around instead of being at their usual 5-ish level intervals)

Is it as easy as modifying the levelx fields in the spells table? I had some problems with changes made in the table not being reflected in game, so I just wanted to check.

What all is involved in changing when certain classes can scribe a spell?

Thanks in advance.

[GeorgeS]

In the items table, you need to change the scroll levels and then the spells via Windcatcher's spell editor which edits spells_us.txt
That's just my guess - since I've not edited spells

GeorgeS

[Dymerius]

On the server, players never get actual spell scrolls. There is an NPC to scribe them, but when (for example) a level 34 Druid gets his spells scribed, he doesn't have a defined set of spells for that level like he should, instead, he has some spells at level 34, some at 33, some at 32, etc.. Just scattered. Just a little clarification. I don't think it's in the items table. I'll look for the spell editor. Thanks

[paaco]

You don't have to change anything in the database at all. All you have to do is edit the spells_us.txt file. Like Georges said though use an editor. You can do it by hand, but it's pretty confusing and hard, and very easy to break things.

[bufferofnewbies]

You kids and your editors.
Why, back in MY day, we had to edit it by hand...

...in the snow.
...for miles of code.
...uphill both ways!

and yes, make sure you use an editor unless you learn how the spells_us.txt is written. It IS very easy to mess up the entire batch with one simple comma out of place. What? No, of course I have never done anything so stupid! At least not that anyone could prove..

Yay for backups before tests.

[Dymerius]

Ok, thanks a lot. While we're on the subject:

Does the spells table in the database pull data from the spells_us.txt or is the table just completely obsolete? Also, just FMI, what is the difference between spells_us.txt and spells_en.txt?