A Land Far Away

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:30 pm**

We need an ALFA standard for identifying special materials by tag for the purposes of the subdual scripting in relation to regeneration and the like. Please tag all special materials with the following, based on the material:

_ada_ Adamantine
_alc_ Alchemical Silver
_ara_ Arandur
_ast_ Astral Driftmetal
_blu_ Bluewood
_col_ Cold Iron
_cop_ Copper
_dar_ Darksteel
_dla_ Dlarun
_drf_ Dragonfang
_drh_ Dragonhide
_dus_ Duskwood
_fev_ Fever Iron
_fie_ Fiendbone
_fry_ Frystalline
_gol_ Gold
_hiz_ Hizagkuur
_liv_ Living Metal
_mit_ Mithril
_pan_ Pandemonic Silver
_pla_ Platinum
_ser_ Serren
_sil_ Silver
_son_ Sondarr
_suz_ Suzailian Chainweave
_zal_ Zalantar

It doesn't matter if the item is a shield, armor, or a weapon, the same tag is used and must be included. Thanks!

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:33 pm**

Does it matter where in the tag it falls? Can it be either of the following:

XXX_sil_XXX
XXX_XXX_sil?

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:40 pm**

Anywhere in the tag, so long as it has the underscores on either side.

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:45 pm**

Thanks

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:57 pm**

Rather than using a tagging system, have you considered adding these as item properties, Cres?

Here's what's in iprp_materials.2da:

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0   GMATERIAL_NONSPECIFIC               113810
1   GMATERIAL_METAL_ADAMANTINE          113811
2   GMATERIAL_METAL_COLD_IRON           113812
3   GMATERIAL_METAL_DARKSTEEL           113813
4   GMATERIAL_METAL_IRON                113814
5   GMATERIAL_METAL_MITHRAL             113815
6   GMATERIAL_METAL_ALCHEMICAL_SILVER   113816
7   GMATERIAL_WOOD_DUSKWOOD             113817
8   GMATERIAL_WOOD_DARKWOOD_ZALANTAR    113818
9   GMATERIAL_CREATURE_RED_DRAGON       113819
10  GMATERIAL_CREATURE_SALAMANDER       113820
11  GMATERIAL_CREATURE_UMBER_HULK       113821
12  GMATERIAL_CREATURE_WYVERN           113822

Here are things we added a while back, but have not included in our HAKs. They are untested:

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13   Wood                              16785216 
13   Arandur                           16785217 
14   "Astral Driftmetal"               16785218 
16   Bluewood                          16785219 
17   "Alchemical Copper"               16785220 
18   Dlarun                            16785221 
19   Dragonfang                        16785222 
20   Dragonhide                        16785223 
21   "Fever Iron"                      16785224 
22   Fiendbone                         16785225 
23   Frystalline                       16785226 
24   "Alchemical Gold"                 16785227 
25   Hizagkuur                         16785228 
26   "Living Metal"                    16785229 
27   "Pandemonic Silver"               16785230 
28   "Alchemical Platinum"             16785231 
29   Serren                            16785232 
30   Sondarr                           16785233 
31   "Suzailian Chainweave"            16785234 
119  "Nonspecific metal"               16785235 
120  "Nonspecific non-metal"           16785236

At the time, 2DA changes and custom TLKs weren't recognized by the toolset or the game, so we abandoned these efforts. I'd like to come back to this if we can. It's a far more intuitive mechanism for builders.

A Land Far Away

ATTN: Tagging Special Materials

ATTN: Tagging Special Materials