new spell ideas?

[Far]

since xmas is here, and iv got nothing to do apart from work, revision, and coursework i thought id waste abit of time trying to code some new spells.

just started using delphi, so not at all good at it, but im slowly gettin to grips with it.

but i have no imagination, and cant think of what to try.

so far if made a warrior type shield (explained in dm2 section), and a new warrior thrusting (new graphics and hits further).

if u have any original idea for spells, which arnt that graphically based (i dont want to use mir3 images, so can only use what i have, which is shanda and 2.3 images mainly)

then fire away and ill slowly attempt to code them. will use up some of my time lol.

if i code the spell well enough then ill release it.

 

[Omen_lom]

errm the warriors could definatly use another skill. i dont know what graphics you have available but is it possible to make a skill that raises warriors dc?

sorry if im talking aload of rubbish cause i never used that coding programme before

shadowdude/

 

[DeathWish]

make 1 that repulses stuff even if its not next to you like a 3 step radius or sumin for warrior... Warriors Roar ! :P

a spell for warriors that lets increases their attack speed for a period of time

a spell like hiding but it lets you move for abit

ther we goooooow x

a spell tht makes their nxt hit double damage

 

[BloodDemon]

If possible a variation of flamesword maybe ice or lightning, I tryed to do it myself once around but my delphi skills arnt exacly upto scratch.

I like your thrusting idea. Are you going to be making the code public?

Take care
Chris

 

[Far]

thanks for the ideas, will give some of them a go tonight.

if i think iv coded it well enough then ill release it, but theres no real point in releasing dodgy buggy code really.

 

[Pyros]

I was having a go at this before, guss i'm not as patient/quick to learn as you though.

I was trying to do a wizard spell where you can cast magic shield on another person, not as powerful/last as long as normal one, or could even be mass shield (work in same way as mass healing, use more mp and not as good but does several people).

Fun spell would be some kind of metamorphosis, where you could change the appearance of your character into any mob you target (maybe use same level system as e-shock), you wouldn't gain stats or lose hp, would purely be your appearance/name temporarily. Imagine running through WT KR with some luring pker chasing you then once you're out of their view you just change into the nearest mob and they can't follow you for a bit so you can lose them.

Good warrior skill could maybe be some kind of 'adrenaline rush', for a certain number of hits/time they hit faster and harder.

I dont' know though, possibilities are endless and we dont' want too many spells since it'll make the game more complicated and hard to balance.

 

[Damian]

You know I kinda like this idea, would look cool a mass
magic shield lol, i might code summin similar!

 

[Far]

how wld it look? u mean like a magic shield on each person? or one huge magicshield surrounding everyone?

the main probably we have is the graphics. since mir2 is 256 colours, all new mir3 spells look really poor when converted.

luckily shanda has about 6 new spell images which wemade will never use.

 

[Damian]

how wld it look? u mean like a magic shield on each person? or one huge magicshield surrounding everyone?

the main probably we have is the graphics. since mir2 is 256 colours, all new mir3 spells look really poor when converted.

luckily shanda has about 6 new spell images which wemade will never use.

Shield round each person

 

[Pyros]

Yeah normal looking shield round each person is what i was thinking (unless we wanted to change the colour slightly in photoshop so it looks a little different?).

 

[Damian]

Yeah normal looking shield round each person is what i was thinking (unless we wanted to change the colour slightly in photoshop so it looks a little different?).

Or even better a shield that has alternating colors would look cool!

 

[BloodDemon]

How cool is that transitional spell idea where you can turn into a clone of a monster .

I suppose the magic shield idea could be adapted to new types of soul and spirit shots giving more varietys of buffs more than the 2 we have at the mo.

Is it possible to recode flamesword in its current state im funked if i can find the code?

Take care
Chris

 

[Electrostatic]

A spell like t-bolt that hits one target multiple times per cast. Can hit between 1-3 times. Use the graphic from red fox man

 

[shorty606]

and converting mir3 spells into mir2 isnt that hard and they look amazing when done properly hehe. I have a set of files with graphics no server uses so ive been using them for all the custom spells i add.

 

[Far]

and converting mir3 spells into mir2 isnt that hard and they look amazing when done properly hehe.

its usually not the case that the actually spell looks badly coloured (if done in ps or sumthing)

its the fact mir2 doesnt have any glows around the spells, body, or screen, like mir3 does. and it makes the spells look flat.

for instance..

as ull notice, its poor compared to mir3.

if you can get this shield to look the same in mir2 as in mir3 ill be greatly amazed.

 

[shorty606]

its a case of getting the right palette for the 256 colours that you are restricted to. I'll try dig some spell screenies i have out. I went down this route because I am using shandas for the dual casting like he does so I wanted more spell animations hehe.

 

[Far]

yeah i use shandas magic wils. and they work perfect. but when ever i convert mir3/wool to mir2, they either come out poorly coloured in game, or have black around them (and i cant be bothered to remove the black shades in the client)

 

[shorty606]

Yeah that can happen. I guess you just have to be lucky and find some spells that work. Have a dig through magic2.wil those have spels which mir3 doesnt use and they usually turn out well.

 

[ChiliPepper]

i think ive made a mir3 spell look what it originaly looks like b4, just had some lil dots on but they wernt noticible in game i used psp for that.