How to add/change a buff skill's series type?

[Caelann]

I'm trying to change buff skills' "series type" (the part on it that says "strengthen body", "spirit", "weapons", etc.), and also to add a type to custom buffs that don't have one, for purposes of buff stacking rules (since there's a limit to how many buffs of a single type / no type can be active at once).

I've been comparing vanilla and custom skill entries in both cabal.enc and skill.scp trying to spot a pattern and the correct values to edit, but to no avail.

The only thing I managed to find was the "series_type" entry under "<buff_keep_dummy_flag>", in cabal.enc. Changing its value indeed changed the indicated type on the skill's label, but when I tried adding entries there for custom buffs that didn't have one, the changes appeared to be only visual.

As in, the labels showed the new/modified type, but the buffs were still operating (stacking and replacing) under old behaviour. I'm guessing this is the client-side edit, and a server-side edit is missing. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out the corresponding value in skill.scp for the life of me.

(I suspect it might be UseCase... in which case I can feel the migraine coming already)

I suppose an alternative is to convert some of these skills into upgrades instead (probably even easier), but in any case, has anyone managed to do this successfully, and if so, how? Thanks in advance.

[MentaL]

[ShadowGER]

The option you are looking for is if I am guessing right in const.scp
Let me check that real quick.

Edit: Yeah it has to be in there. Some client sided options which can be edited via cabal.enc are in const.scp

[Caelann]

The option you are looking for is if I am guessing right in const.scp

"[BuffDummySkill] BuffList SkillIdx SeriesType ResistType Buff_Group"

*stares into the camera like I'm on The Office*

I can't believe I missed that. Thank you so much for that pointer.