Skill Alterations

Geosys · Jun 11, 2007

Heya, all! I've been working on a small server for ages now and, surprise surprise, have now run into a snag. I've been trying to edit the skill descriptions and names, but so far, no dice. I've altered the database skill setup, and all I've managed to do is make my server have a heart attack (in plain english: it decides that you don't get any skills. Period.) I can change the descriptions, of course, but I can't customise my classes as far as assigning different skills/skill trees.

Here's an example of a skill tree I changed:
//Champion
4016,1,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //NV_BASIC#Basic Skill#
4016,7,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //SM_MAGNUM#Magnum Break#
4016,285,5,7,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //SA_VOLCANO#Volcano#
4016,90,5,7,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //WZ_EARTHSPIKE#Earth Spike#
4016,91,5,90,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //WZ_HEAVENDRIVE#Heaven's Drive#
4016,18,10,7,3,0,,0,0,0,0,0,0 //MG_FIREWALL#Fire Wall#
4016,151,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //TF_PICKSTONE#Find Stone#
4016,152,1,151,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //TF_THROWSTONE#Stone Fling#
4016,135,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //AS_CLOAKING#Cloaking#
4016,28,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //AL_HEAL#Heal#
4016,40,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //MC_IDENTIFY#Item Appraisal#
4016,232,5,40,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 //AM_CANNIBALIZE#Summon Flora#

I'm doing something wrong somewhere, but I'm not sure what exactly. Can somebody please suggest something? I hope that's enough info for now... :sweatdrop

Thanks in advance!
~Geo

MasterOfMuppets · Jun 13, 2007

Geosys said:
Heya, all! I've been working on a small server for ages now and, surprise surprise, have now run into a snag. I've been trying to edit the skill descriptions and names, but so far, no dice. I've altered the database skill setup, and all I've managed to do is make my server have a heart attack (in plain english: it decides that you don't get any skills. Period.) I can change the descriptions, of course, but I can't customise my classes as far as assigning different skills/skill trees.

The skill names and descriptions are controlled client-side, you'll have to edit the skilldesctable.txt and skillnametable.txt files located in your data folder if you have one, otherwise you'll have to get one or mess with the .grf's, but that's alot of unnecessary work IMO.

And as for the other problem I don't really see anything done wrong, does the server spit anything out, some errors perhaps?

Geosys · Jun 17, 2007

To be honest, I didn't even check the server output, sorry. I'll have to do that when I get to the PC with my server on it, and post what I find (if anything). However, client-side, all that happens is that the class recieves no skills whatsoever. I can't remember for sure if that was all classes; I think so, but I'm not 100% certain.

If you meant, does the client crash and display an error, then No, nothing like that. It just decides that no skills are associated with your character.

Thanks for your help, and if anyone's got any other suggestions, please let me know!
~Geo