Necromancer Mod Update

Modding
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I have been looking at updating/adding to the necromancer mod that the crew at Radiant stated. I have moved a few things around to get it setup to work from a necromancer folder as opposed to the startermod folder. I am looking to add abilities to the necromancer so it has 6 like the other classes, so as they level they gain benefits.

So tracing thru the code and such, I am looking to add buffs to the skeletons that are summoned as the necromancer levels up. So things like - a lvl1 necromancer skeletons have more health. At lvl2 the necomancerā€™s skeletons move faster. Looking at things like that. So it is not buffing the necromancer, it is buffing up the summoned creatures. I have found how and where in the code the skeletons get ā€œraisedā€ but not sure how to change the skeletons abilities as the necromancer levels.

Any help would be great :slight_smile:

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Their status are at the data/monster_tuning/undead/necromancer_undead.json
You can then have multiple tunings and at the moment it is applied to the skeletons, you chose the correct tuning for the conditions met.

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I found that but was unsure how to ā€œchangeā€ that with the change of lvlof the necromancer. I see the code to buff a character, as normal, but since I am not buffing the necromancer, I was not sure how to call for the change in the skeleton based on the necro lvl.

Thanks for the reply! You always have good questions when I watch the dev streams :slight_smile:

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   local skeleton_info = {
      --this tuning file is exactly the same as the 'insane_undead' tuning
      --except this one does not have loot, avoiding dropping those items
      tuning = 'startermod_class:monster_tuning:undead:necromancer_undead',
      from_population = {
         location = Point3(0,0,0),
         role = 'skeleton'
      }
   }

You just need to change that tuning line to what ever tuning file you want. Grab the necromancer level and if equals to a number, use the corresponding tuning file for that level.

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When I get back home I will check and see if I can get it to work.

Stay tuned for more questions :smile:

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So I found the BaseJob:get_job_level() in the base_job.lua. But how to I call that in the raise_dead_action.lua to get the necromancers level?

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I have things setup for the skeleton depending on level of the Necromancer. But I still need a point in the right directions as to how to pull the necromancerā€™s level to choose the correct file as Bruno suggested.

Thanks everyone!!!

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local job_component = entity:get_component(ā€˜stonehearth:jobā€™)
local level = job_component:get_current_job_level()

It will be stored in the level variable after running those lines

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Thanks again Brunoā€¦got it working. So skeleton abilities now scale with the Necromancer level. Working on tuning of skeletons and necromancer ability names and description.

Thanks for the helpā€¦I will let everyone know when it is doneā€¦ Maybe someone will play with it and let me know changes they think it needs.

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Not sure if this is still in progress, but iā€™d love to see this when itā€™s done.
(Always played a Necromancer, Death Domain Cleric, or Oathbreaker in D&D)

So I hope things work out well, and btw do you know any videos which show how to reskin the townspeople? Iā€™d love to do an undead reskin of my Stonehearth.