How to make Skill Book sellable with vendors?

[Vexy]

I tried to make Skill book's stats same as amulet in misc.txt but it does nothing, I also tried to add that in gamble but also no succed. Please hint...

[Cypress]

Hi Vexy, what is the Skill Book supposed to do? Is it like a charm? Is it worn as an amulet?

[Vexy]

Hi Cypress, Skill Book is an item which Radament drops in act2. If rightclicked - it gives +1 skillpoint

[Cypress]

You'll want to add the item to gamble.txt based on its code. So in misc.txt, Book of Skill has code=ass. So you'll want to add a row to gamble.txt with code=ass. But what do you mean by it does nothing? Is it supposed to give unlimited skill points? Or is it supposed to behave like the regular Radament's Book of Skill that can only be used once after killing him?

[Vexy]

Character says "I can't" and skill is not given, book won't dissapear. Yeah I added in gamble
Book of Skill ass
line, but it won't appear at gamble

[Cypress]

The Book of Skill requires you to kill Radament before you can use it. Not sure why it won't appear in gambling, can you post the entire line for Book of Skill in misc.txt?

[Vexy]

Well Actually after all it appears in shop and I can buy it, but I still get "I can't" when trying use it.
Book of Skill1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 ass tbk ass 16 2 2 1 1 1 flpbbk invsbk 0 xxx 1 spot item_book 12 item_book 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 0 non 0 255 255 2 4 255 255 3 5 3 5 255 255 255 3 5 255 255 255 255 2 3 255 255 2 3 255 255 255 2 3 255 0 0 0 xxx xxx 1 1

[Vexy]

the key columns are pspell, typem spawnable and questdiffcheck. (to make item appear) But sadly appeared item does nothing. I guess same goes with potion of live too. I want to make a way to convert player's gold to stats.

[OrderOfTheScribble]

You can make your own items give things like skill points and max HP in Misc.txt using pSpell 3 and the correct stat. For example, if you want to make a softcoded version of the Book of Skill and have it look just like the one Radament drops, the way to do that is to clone the Book of Skill and then modify the clone as follows:

• Delete the entries for quest and questdiffcheck, and set the item type to something other than ques. misc should be a fine item type for this.
• Change the code to one that doesn't exist anywhere else in Misc.txt, Weapons.txt, or Armor.txt.
• Set spawnable to 1 and cost to the amount of gold you want vendors to charge for a skill point.
• Set pspell to 3, stat1 to newskills, and calc1 to 1. This means that when the item is right clicked, the player gains a skill point.
• For each vendor you want to be able to sell this item, set the min and max for that vendor to 1. If you want the player to be able to buy multiples of the item, set PermStoreItem to 1.

The key is pspell 3, which allows an item to give a permanent stat when used. pspell 3 can also be used to give things like stat points (statpts), XP (experience), max HP (maxhp; not sure if this is given in points or 1/256), or even attributes (e.g. stat=strength and calc=5 would give a permanent +5 to Strength).

[Vexy]

Thank you for reply. So pspell is 3? Hmm. Now Char does not say "I can't" but still neither skill is given or book disappear. Do I need to change neighbor field state? Is it a digit or a text buff?
BTW: setting type to misc make it dissapear from shop. I used(with no point) spot(stamina potion)
Also if I set code to some unknown - it makes item's picture transparent.

[Cypress]

You'll need useable=1 as well to be able to consume it.

[Vexy]

yes ofc it is set to 1.

[OrderOfTheScribble]

Could you post the row of the skill book clone in Misc.txt? I was able to clone the Book of Skill per what I said above, generate it with a test recipe, and use it.

Edit: I was able to successfully buy a Book of Skill clone from Akara with the type set to misc after editing ItemTypes.txt to set StorePage to misc in the row for the misc item type.

[Vexy]

OrderOfTheScribble, can you copy your new lines then? Mine is
Book of Skill1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 90 2 zvz tbk ass 16 2 2 1 0 0 flpbbk invsbk 0 xxx 1 elix item_book 12 item_book 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3 healthpot 1 UseBookOfSkill UseBookOfSkillController 4 0 0 0 non 0 1 1 255 255 2 4 255 255 3 5 3 5 255 255 255 3 5 255 255 255 255 2 3 255 255 2 3 255 255 255 2 3 255 0 0 0 xxx xxx

I do can buy it from Akara, But when I rightclick it in inventory - AISB it gives book sound and does nothing

[OrderOfTheScribble]

When posting a row from a txt file, it's best to leave it tabbed (copying directly from the editor you're using to the text form should work), otherwise it won't paste properly into the editor. WIth that said, here's the row I used:

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Test Book	Book of Skill		1	0	0	0	999	1	0	1	50000			m07	tbk	ass	16	2	2	0	0	0	flpbbk	invsbk			0	xxx			1	0	misc		item_book	12	item_book	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	-1	3					newskills	1								0	0	0	non	0					255					255	1	1			255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255					255			0	0	0	xxx	xxx			1			0

Looking at your row and comparing it to mine, it looks like you're using healthpot as the stat when it should be newskills.

[Vexy]

test book and next field book of skill? In which file I should write it? "Code" in itemtypes.txt or "compactsave" in misc.txt?
Can you just copy whole the line or attach txt file?

btw I'm using text editor for editing rows and notepad+ to copy line.

[Vexy]

* aw and I use Ressurected game, if they differ in these files

[Vexy]

No one knows? I'm first who came with idea to buy skill books?(

[Cypress]

Post your row that isn't working, in code display: that is the button above your post that looks like </>. And also include your columns.

Also, you don't need to make multiple posts, editing your post bumps the thread.