Board Thread:Development/@comment-26393217-20170201131119/@comment-26393217-20170509173857

Yes! Thank you both of you.

Now, I have plenty reasons to peer at those files a last time.

I must say that I'm a little annoyed not having spotted the building fumes animation bytes (on the other hand, I didn't think about this possibility). The same for the shadow bytes. I had candidates which certain value was obviously given only to horsemen, or siege weapons... until some 'intruder' is added to the listing! Perhaps it will make sense now. I intend to have the Rampart and the Wall of Thorns defend themselves with short range, low intensity piercing attacks (at least, enough to damage a single bat despites its natural health regeneration), but this generates additionnal, annoying info text (as if a tower), and I'm concerned with the AI which could prioritize those buildings (?). Also, what if a Plague Pile would magically damage melee units (ideally, it would contaminate them)? Hopefully, access to source code should allow TPC's modders to bypass those problems.

0x104-105? Thank you again for the hint. I already have the list of units for each byte value and I hope that blood colour is governed with one/two bits, rather than being hidden in some more convoluted code, and that changing this bit alone won't break the unit.

As for TPC, I'll write soon on the TPC forum to ask if I may use the changelog data to tweak v1.03.25. I could keep on personal tries but one of the purposes of the mod is to link to TPC. When I talk about items, it's only as regards to the 'old' Kharn ones, reducing casting chances, replacing some effects by skills, and not using new ones such as the ranged weapons. If people want ranged weapons and all the new stuff, they'll know where to go. Otherwise, I don't intend to take files from TPC, that is, I don't intend to download data files and peer at them, or use new/altered material such as death sounds, except if the modders themselves are willing to do so. At first, I sure have to produce something tangible and testable before others want to help or invest time, or take responsability on the project.