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Adding A New Unit - Armor

Written by: Hostile

This is a rather short tutorial describing how the armor.ini works. There are a number of differant damage types and each armor has a defense level set in percentage based on these differant DAMAGE types. Opening the armor.ini file will actually list the DAMAGE types avaliable ingame. Set your armor to defend against these based on the DAMAGE types. Notice this is not a complete list as below you can see damage types such as SPECIALIST and HERO. It's just for reference.

              

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"FORCE", Formless force, like shockwave "CRUSH", Blunt and heavy hit; "SLASH", sharp and slicey hit "PIERCE", pointy and pokey hit "SIEGE", Siege weapons get their own thing "FLAME", Burning "HEALING", Special use healing "UNRESISTABLE", Special use system damage "WATER", Falling in water "PENALTY", Special use system damage "FALLING", Falling far and hitting ground "TOPPLING", Trees

These are copied right from the introduction in the armor.ini. I'm not sure if negative numbers are allowed but worth trying I assume. let's take a look at one listing.

              

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Armor SoldierHeavyArmor Armor = DEFAULT 40% ;50% ;this sets the level for all nonspecified damage types Armor = CRUSH 50% ;100% ;horseman damage Armor = SLASH 40% ;50% ;soldier damage Armor = PIERCE 20% ;10% ;archer damage - since archers shoot so much, soldiers need to be extra tough to get in on them. Armor = FLAME 0% ;25% ; Armor = MAGIC 100% Armor = HERO 50% Armor = SIEGE 100% Armor = HERO_RANGED 50% End

Let's say I want to make a new unit made from rock. Like a Rock Elemental. I'd figure he would be practically invincible to CRUSH damage. So we could make him 10%. SLASHING him would be useless. So Slashing would be 5%. PIERCEing a rock would be like lighting one on fire so 10%. But to balance him we should make him suseptible to MAGIC 300%. Heroes should be more effective than normal 125%. SIEGE weapons should be down right devastating 300%. Try to balance your units so it can be defeated within reason.

Armor upgrades will change these numbers. Keep that in mind when setting up your values. Notice the differance between normal armor and heavy armor.

              

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Armor SoldierArmor Armor = DEFAULT 100% ;this sets the level for all nonspecified damage types Armor = CRUSH 200% ;horseman damage Armor = SLASH 100% ;soldier damage Armor = PIERCE 50% ;archer damage - since archers shoot so much, soldiers need to be extra tough to get in on them. Armor = FLAME 30% ;50% ; Armor = SPECIALIST 50% End Armor SoldierHeavyArmor Armor = DEFAULT 40% ;50% ;this sets the level for all nonspecified damage types Armor = CRUSH 50% ;100% ;horseman damage Armor = SLASH 40% ;50% ;soldier damage Armor = PIERCE 20% ;10% ;archer damage - since archers shoot so much, soldiers need to be extra tough to get in on them. Armor = FLAME 0% ;25% ; Armor = MAGIC 100% Armor = HERO 50% Armor = SIEGE 100% Armor = HERO_RANGED 50% End

Try to be creative and give your units a strong defense against some types and make them vulnerable to others.

I hope this answers a few questions regarding the armor code for your new unit. Any further questions about this tutorial can be answered by coming to our forums.