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Fun stuff from the lua files

By Fishbreath on September 5, 2008 10:15:43 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

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Post your interesting discoveries here! I'll be adding more as I continue to dig.

First off, Vampire Lord skill descriptions! Vampire Lord was the only one in strings_db--the descriptions/names for the playable characters seem to be in their ability files in the heroes directory.

Bat Swarm I/II: The Vampire Lord transforms into a swarm of bats, teleporting him to a new location and damaging everything in his path.

Bite I/II/III: Bites a target and drains 250/400/550 health. The Bite reduces target Armor by 200/400/600 and Run Speed by 20/40/60% for 5 seconds.

Mass Charm I/II/III: Stuns enemies around the Vampire Lord for 3/6/9 seconds. Demigods are stunned for half duration.

Mist I/II/III: Vampire Lord transforms into a deadly mist, dealing 50/75/100 damage every second to nearby enemies.  While in this form he will lose 6.5% health per second and is unable to move or use other abilities.

Poisoned Blood I/II: On death, the Vampire Lord drops a poisoned potion, dealing 500/1000 damage to whoever consumes it.

Conversion I/II/III: Grants a 35/55/75% chance to convert a grunt into a Vampire with base attack.  All other damage has a 5/10/15% chance to convert.

Coven I/II/III: Increases vampire minion damage by 20/40/60% and health by 10/20/30%. Increases max number of allowed vampires by 2/4/4.

Vampiric Aura: Grants 10% life steal to nearby allies for a short duration.

Attribute boosts: +120 Health +0.24 Health/second 6% Attack Speed Increase +60 Armor +200 Energy +2.4 Energy/second +8 Weapon Damage

 

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Fishbreath
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September 5, 2008 10:23:05 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

More fun stuff: achievement lists! According to the lua file, they'll eventually move to impulse, but are stored locally for convenience right now. Fine by me

Singleplayer:

  • (No name) Win a SP game with any demigod.
  • (No name) Win a SP game with any demigod without dying.
  • Immortal - Win SP tournament without dying.
  • Perfectionist - Win SP tournament with all demigods.
  • (No name) Reach warscore level 10.
  • (No name) Reach level 30 with any demigod. (!!!)
  • Powerful - Pick up X powerups in a game.
  • Flag Bearer - Capture X flags in a game.
  • God's Birdie - Build a finger of god.
  • Millionaire - Earn 1,000,000 gold.

Multiplayer:

  • UR WINNAR - Win a game with any demigod.
  • Omnipotent - Win a game with any demigod without dying.
  • Power Leveler - Reach level 25 with all demigods.
  • Underdog - Kill a demigod 5 levels above you.
  • Bully - Kill a demigod 5 levels below you.
  • Manhandler - Deal 10,000,000 points of damage with your army.
  • Close Call - Kill a demigod when you have < 10% health left.
  • Money Bags - Earn 2,000,000 gold.
  • Exterminator - Kill 15 demigods in a single game.
  • Tourist - Win a game on every map.

Next post: Demigod-specific achievements!

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September 5, 2008 10:26:36 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Oak achievements:

  • Oak the Champion - Win SP tournament.
  • Oak the Invincible - Win a game without losing any defenses or dying.
  • Veteran - Win 10 games.
  • Demination - Kill 10 demigods.
  • Oak's Army of the Dead - Build 200 units in a single game.
  • Soul Keeper - Gain 200 spirits in a single game.
  • Resuscitator - Rise again 30 times. (seems like Oak will have a back-from-the-dead ability, by the way the logic goes)
  • Gold Digger - Earn 40,000 gold with your beneficiary. (dunno what to say about this one)
  • Oak Smash! - Smash your enemies for 650,000 points of damage with your melee weapon.
  • Wraith Wrath - Deal 5,000,000 points of damage with your spirits.

Next: Sedna!

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September 5, 2008 10:28:30 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Mass Charm I/II/III: Stuns enemies around the Vampire Lord for 3/6/9 seconds. Demigods are stunned for half duration.

Crap. That's a lot of stun, and stun's already insane. Other than that, I love the abilities. They're all awesome. The accomlishments are cool too.

 

EDIT: Sweet! demi specific achievements rock! Are these what's going to give out visual swag?

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September 5, 2008 10:29:40 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Sedna achievements:

  • Sedna the Champion - Win SP tournament.
  • Sedna the Invincible - Win a game without losing any defenses or dying.
  • Veteran - Win 10 games.
  • Demination - Kill 10 demigods.
  • Sedna's Acolytes - Build 200 units in a single game.
  • Ready the Yetis! - Gain 10 yetis in a single game.
  • Doctor - Heal 4,000,000 points of damage with your healing wind.
  • Ambulance Chaser - Earn 100,000 gold with your abundance. (generals have another moneymaking route? possibly assassins, too--we'll see when I get that far down the file)
  • Escape Artist - Escape death 20 times with sanctuary.
  • Are you dead yeti? - Deal 150,000 points of damage with your yetis.

Next: QoT!

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September 5, 2008 10:32:02 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

QoT achievements: first four are exactly the same, except with QoT instead of Sedna/Oak.

  • Queen of Thorns' Court - Build 200 units in a single game.
  • Endles Ents - Gain 40 ents in a single game.
  • Demolitioner - Uproot 150 structures.
  • Shake Your Money Maker - Earn 400,000 gold with your money tree.
  • Do I make you thorny? - Deal 1,000,000 points of damage with your thorns.
  • Entangler - Deal 2,500,000 points of damage with your ents.

Vampire Lord next.

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September 5, 2008 10:34:38 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Vampire Lord: same first four. Looks like his mechanics are very heavily stealing-based, based on these.

  • Vampire Lord's Brood - Build 200 units in a single game.
  • King of the Suckers - Gain 250 vampires in a single game.
  • Pickpocket - Steal 50,000 gold with your hand of extortion.
  • Blood Bank - Drain 100,000 points of health with your soul stealing.
  • I Catapultasauruses - Build 1000 catapultasauruses.
  • What's yours is mine - Convert 2,000 units to your side.

Next: Oculus (?)

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September 5, 2008 10:36:18 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Oculus: same first four.

  • Oculus' Bench Warmers - Build 200 units in a single game.
  • Evil Hypnotist - Make 1000 minotaurs jump into the void.
  • Eye of the Beholder (ha!) - Gain 40 eyes in a single game.
  • Spectral Engineer - Divert 100,000 points of damage with your prism.
  • ICU - Deal 1,500,000 points of damage with your eyes.
  • Frickin' Laser Beams - Deal 2,000,000 points of damage with your staff.

Next: Regulus--finally something familiar!

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xthetenth
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September 5, 2008 10:40:04 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

. This is so much awesome information. Plus the QoT achievements are awesomely named.

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September 5, 2008 10:41:42 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

LOL poisoned potion is my favorite skill in the game.

That's a keeper.

 

 

And thanks for looking this stuff up, guys!

 

Quoting xthetenth,
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Mass Charm I/II/III: Stuns enemies around the Vampire Lord for 3/6/9 seconds. Demigods are stunned for half duration.
Crap. That's a lot of stun, and stun's already insane. Other than that, I love the abilities. They're all awesome. The accomlishments are cool too.

Torhbearers is .5 seconds longer.

But yeah.. stuns need work in this game.  Many of them need to be changed to snares, or slow downs, or blinds.

 

Stun makes ti so someone can't run away, can't chase, can't attack, can't use defensive skills.
Many skills should just snare, so they can still attack and use skills.
Or cripple, so they move slow and can't use skills.
Or blind, so they have a high chance to miss, but can still move around.

Stuns are too good. :/  Not saying there should be none.. just really few.

 

 

 

And ick i don't like that power leveler achievement "WAIT DONT END THE GAME. GIVE ME 30 MORE MINUTES SO I CAN REACH LEVEL 25 ON THIS DEMIGOD"  Should be reach level 15 in a short number of minutes.

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September 5, 2008 10:43:21 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Regulus: same first four.

  • Regulus the Patriot - Capture 10 flags.
  • Booby Trapper - Place 3,000 mines and wards.
  • Marksman - Kill 10 demigods with snipe in a single game.
  • Boom - Deal 500,000 points of damage with explosive mines.
  • Stunning the Masses - Freeze 5,000 enemies with stasis mines.
  • Ascension - Unleash your angelic fury 100 times.

I'll put Rook in this post, too, since I'm getting so much faster. Same first five, this time.

  • Tower Power - Summon 500 towers of light.
  • All your base are belong to Rook - Drain 500,000 points of health with your structure transfer.
  • Rook Airlines - Kill 10,000 units with meta damage. (meta = environmental, perhaps?)
  • Rock On! - Demolish 100 units with your trebuchet in a single game. (I think 'Rook On' would be a much punnier title here, but)
  • Pew! Pew! - Deal 1,500,000 points of damage with your archers.

Why not Torchbearer, too! Same first five.

  • Am I hot or not? - Deal 1,500,000 points of damage with your rain of fire and rain of ice abilities.
  • Do I smell bacon? - Burn 3,000 enemies to death with your ring of fire.',
  • Cremator - Kill 5 demigods with fireball in a single game.
  • (No name) Freeze 100 structures with your freeze structure ability.
  • Flamer - Kill 5,000 units with fire nova.

Unclean Beast: same first five.

  • Dirty Deeds - Drain 250,000 points of health with your foul grasp.
  • Black Death - Give 5,000 units the plague.
  • Corpus Explodicus - Make 200 units explode in a single game.
  • Venom Claude - Finish off 25 demigods with venom spit.
  • Get your gas mask! - Earn 6,000 kills with your aftermath.

And that's all.

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September 5, 2008 10:47:53 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

From AbilityDefinitions.lua:

Generals look to have limited control over minions: there are abilities for rally to general and attack area.

Finger of God, from the singleplayer achievements, is a superweapon. Description: Fire a beam of light from your castle onto a spot on the map. Built at your castle. Requires Tier 3 castle.

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September 5, 2008 10:50:00 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Quoting Legerdemain,
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Oak achievements:

Gold Digger - Earn 40,000 gold with your beneficiary. (dunno what to say about this one)

A unit that gives interest or gold when it kills.  Maybe building.  Maybe skill

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September 5, 2008 10:58:58 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

## This may end up being a double post. ##

 

I ought to note that I've been in lua/common for the last bunch of posts.

There is an ArmorTypes.lua, but everything seems to take 1.0 damage from everything. On the other hand, there's a commented section where other values exist.

BuffDefinitions.lua contains rez sickness, which seems to last at most 60 seconds. 90% speed, vastly increased cooldowns. Also there are definitions for all the things that make stuns stuns--immobilization, no targeting, no ability use.

LootDefinitions.lua has all the things demigods can drop.

PowerUpDefinitions.lua has powerups, as referenced in single player:

  • Double Damage
  • Double Armor
  • Regeneration (10 seconds: 100 health/sec, 50 energy/sec)
  • Loot items from above.

The items directory seems to contain a lists of items. I'm not going to go through them. In the Tournament directory there's a sample tournament schedule. Woo.

That seems to about cover stuff of possible interest in lua/common.

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September 5, 2008 11:02:04 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

gotta love the QoT....... do i make you thorny? rofl

and damn i want the vampire lord....

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September 5, 2008 11:03:58 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Looking over the rest of the lua stuff, I don't see anything else of immediate interest--as far as I can tell, the logic behind the stuff is very similar to Supreme Commander. I guess one thing of note is that Unclean Beast is in the characters folder with all his meshes and animations (although no abilities in the units/heroes folder).

Any supreme commander unit modders interested in trying to get him to display in the engine? >.>

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September 5, 2008 11:04:26 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Vampire Lord sounds very cool.

"But yeah.. stuns need work in this game.  Many of them need to be changed to snares, or slow downs, or blinds." - innociv

Agreed.

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September 5, 2008 11:07:38 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

I want the QoT... sorry. feeling thorny, I guess 

I want them all in my game, they all sound so cool!

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September 6, 2008 6:34:31 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Oh the puns! Gotta love "UR WINNAR!" though.

Hearing of Finger of God though, gives me this image of a giant finger that you might see on something like Monty Python coming out of the sky and squishing an opposing Demigod.

 

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September 14, 2008 8:50:38 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

bump

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September 14, 2008 8:51:30 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Vamp lords skills but where are the others?

 

And wtf is wrong with edit?

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September 14, 2008 9:46:45 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

I think the lua file I grabbed the Vampire Lord skills either a relic of a past build or a hint of a future one--the only skills it had were Vampire Lord skills. The skills for our three demigods are in files in their folder in units/.

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September 14, 2008 10:53:20 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

From achievement file, there will be 8 maps at launch.

 

there's also still some supreme commander stuff hanging around in some of them

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September 15, 2008 8:41:35 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

yep, SupCom engine remember

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September 15, 2008 1:18:03 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Some supcom stuff hanging around?  Like nukes?

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September 16, 2008 6:28:38 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Quoting Hazar,
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there's also still some supreme commander stuff hanging around in some of them

Yeah , I want my Monkey Lord

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