[TFS/C++] Change how instant spells are cast

[xMikePortnoy]

My question is kinda simple: i want to change the way spells work so that the players must speak "castspell <spell words>" instead of speaking "<spell words>" in the chat to cast a spell. What parts of the code should i change in order to achieve this? I don't need the code line by line, just which classes/functions i should edit. I found some functions related to casting spells in the InstantSpell,CombatSpell,BaseSpell classes but i didn't find where these functions are actually called.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Lucas Durais]

If your tfs version is 1.+ then you just need to go to the spells.xml and change the "words" used to cast the spell...

Here is an example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<spells>
        <instant group="attack" spellid="62" name="Annihilation" words="exori gran ico" lvl="110" mana="300" prem="1" range="1" needtarget="1" blockwalls="1" needweapon="1" exhaustion="30000" groupcooldown="4000" needlearn="0" script="attack/annihilation.lua">
                <vocation name="Knight"/>
                <vocation name="Elite Knight"/>
        </instant>

Then you just need to change the words "exori gran ico" to "castspell exori gran ico" or whatever you wanna call it

 

[xMikePortnoy]

Thanks! It works, but if the player says for example "castspell potato", it will be sent in the chat like a normal message. I would like to reserve the word "castspell" so if the player says "castspell potato" it will say that the spell "potato" doesn't exist, or the player hasn't learnt it. That's why i wanna change the C++ engine. Also, i wouldn't need to change the XML for 100+ spells if i change the engine.

 

[Mkalo]

Thanks! It works, but if the player says for example "castspell potato", it will be sent in the chat like a normal message. I would like to reserve the word "castspell" so if the player says "castspell potato" it will say that the spell "potato" doesn't exist, or the player hasn't learnt it. That's why i wanna change the C++ engine. Also, i wouldn't need to change the XML for 100+ spells if i change the engine.

Kinda hard to change the engine if you don't even specify which are you using right?
https://otland.net/threads/read-before-creating-a-support-thread.18402/

#5. Post the server (and version) you are using; knowing the server beforehand will help people support you faster in case the server you are using doesn't have a feature.

 

[xMikePortnoy]

Sorry, i forgot to specify the version (the engine is TFS as specified in the title of this thread). I am using version 1.3, downloaded from the github master branch a few days ago.

 

[Colandus]

Thanks! It works, but if the player says for example "castspell potato", it will be sent in the chat like a normal message. I would like to reserve the word "castspell" so if the player says "castspell potato" it will say that the spell "potato" doesn't exist, or the player hasn't learnt it. That's why i wanna change the C++ engine. Also, i wouldn't need to change the XML for 100+ spells if i change the engine.

Well firstly you don't need to edit 100 spells. Just do a Replace Search and replace words=" with words="castspell

And to hide "castspell" just create a talkaction called "castspell" (without parameters) and return false and send your message from there. I'm not sure it will work but I think so (maybe will override spells that way, but try it).

 

[RazorBlade]

Well firstly you don't need to edit 100 spells. Just do a Replace Search and replace words=" with words="castspell

And to hide "castspell" just create a talkaction called "castspell" (without parameters) and return false and send your message from there. I'm not sure it will work but I think so (maybe will override spells that way, but try it).

I was gonna comment the exact same thing yesterday.
To fix the spells breaking, you can have a check in the talkaction. if not Spell(words) then dosomething