Need help getting rid of this "evil force" on my splash damage jewel

[Ciciliato]

Hi there everyone!

I've been trying to fix this problem I'm having for a while, and even after several attempts, no luck.

So in a nutshell, I just want to give a description to my melee splash jewel (something like Path of Diablo does). In case anyone is wondering where I got it from, here's the link: viewtopic.php?t=65367

For it to work, I had to edit 5 txt files:

ItemStatCost.txt
MagicPrefix.txt
Missiles.txt
Properties.txt
Skills.txt

From what I've read, I needed to add an entry to a tbl file (which I did, and yet it didn't work). Then I found out about SkillsDesc.txt, made the according changes, but still no luck. Here's what I've tried:

1. Added an entry to SkillDesc.txt, where the Skills.txt skilldesc (D) column matches SkillDesc.txt skilldesc column (A) as follows:

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skilldesc	SkillPage	SkillRow	SkillColumn	ListRow	ListPool	IconCel	str name	str short	str long	str alt
proc skill (special, melee splash)	0	0	0	0	0	2	Skillname357	Skillsd357	Skillld357	Skillan357

I didn't bother editing the other columns (besides 0 at the very end). I've tried copying another skill and just editing the skilldesc and str columns and it didn't work wither, so I don't think that's the problem.

2. Edited the Patchstring.tbl found in Patch_d2.mpq adding all of the str columns in SkillDesc.txt (as a test), like:
SkillName376, text "Test 1"
Skillsd357, text "Test 2"
SkillId357, text "Test 3"
Skillan357, text "Test 4"

But it's still called an evil force. Am I editing the wrong tbl file? Is the name I put on the tbl file somewhere else (it's a jewel attribute, but I assume it's treated as a skill, no?).

Thanks in advance!

[jessedazebra]

You don't need to edit Skilldesc.txt. If you didn't change anything in the text files, then add a string splash3 in patchstring.tbl and add a desc to it, something like "Melee Attacks Deal Splash Damage".

[Ciciliato]

You don't need to edit Skilldesc.txt. If you didn't change anything in the text files, then add a string splash3 in patchstring.tbl and add a desc to it, something like "Melee Attacks Deal Splash Damage".

Thanks a lot my dude, that did it. I guess it refers to the ItemStatCost.txt file, I'd never have found it by myself. Cheers