Dizzy Mud Area Building Guide - Item Type and Value Line Table

Notes for the this table:

All keywords are just one word! Those keywords which look like multiple words are joined by underscores ('_').

There must always be 5 things (numbers, single keywords, flag characters or flag character groups) in the value line!

Keyword

Values

Notes

anvil

public_cost

public_qp

has_owner?

owner_cost

owner_qp

costs are in silver for weapon forging.
qp are charged for flag forging.
has_owner = 1 if anvil has an owner, else 0.
The anvil's owner's name, if any, must be the last of the anvil's keywords.

armor

acpierce

acbash

acslash

acmagic

Use positive values for the AC 'improvement' values!
Remember to code the final '0'!
As a rule of thumb, AC in each class should be roughly one third of the equipment's level, with magic AC usually being a bit lower.

boat

clothing

coach

FIL

Coaches may not be coded anywhere but in 'tours.are'!
The 3rd slot contains furniture-type flags (see 'furniture') to restrict occupants to sitting/resting/sleeping inside the coach.

container

max_total_weight

flags

keyvnum

max_single_weight

weight_multiplier

max_total_weight

is the maximum total weight of objects that can be put into the container. Weights are in pounds (note that object weights are in 10th pounds!)

Container Flags

A: closeable

B: pickproof

AC: closed

ACD: locked

E: put on

keyvnum

vnum of key that fits, or 0 if none.

max_single_weight

is the weight of the heaviest single object that will fit into the container.

weight_multiplier

is the factor, in percent, by which the weight of objects is multiplied for the carrier's load when those objects are put in the container. A value of 50 would make the total weight of all content items half the normal weight.

Examples:	Bag from grocery store:	50 0 0 5 100
	King Arthur's backpack:	300 A 0 20 30

drink

capacity

current quantity

'liq_type'

poisoned?

liquid types: see the Liquid Type Table.
poisoned
: 1 if contents are poisoned, 0 if not.

Examples:	Newbie Coke:	150 150 'coke' 0 0
	Holy Grail:	500 500 'water' 0 0

food

fillvalue

satevalue

poisoned?

fillvalue: how filling the food is, i.e. how soon the player is unable to eat more.
satevalue: how well the food stills (sates) hunger
poisoned: 1 if the food is poisoned, 0 if not.

Examples:	big pot pie:	20 40 0 0 0
	bread:	18 12 0 0 0

fountain

'liq_type'

poisoned?

liquid types: see the Liquid Type Table.
poisoned: 1 if contents are poisoned, 0 if not.
It's possible to get poisoned by drinking directly from a fountain but not by drinking from a container filled from a poisoned fountain. (Seems like a quirk in the code)

furniture

max_people

furnitureflags

manaregen

hpregen

**Furniture Flags**
Pos'n	at	on	in	inside
stand	A	B	C
sit	D	E	F
rest	G	H	I
sleep	J	K	L
put	M	N	O	P

manaregen and hpregen: the rates at which a player standing / sitting / resting / sleeping at/on/in the item will recover mana/hp, in percent relative to the 'normal' rate achieved when on the bare ground. 100 represents this 'normal' rate. Current Dizzy policy is to allow no more than 150 regen rate.

gem

jewelry

jukebox

Note: Songs for the juke boxes must be coded into file 'music.txt'.

key

keep?

keep: 1 if the key can be kept over a player's QUIT, 0 if not.

light

hours_of_light

hours_of_light: may be 0 (dead) to 998 (998 hours) or -1 (infinite). 999 also translates to infinite.

map

Note: Objects of this type cannot be saved!

material

skill_mod

dice_bonus

side_bonus

skill modifier: is added to the player's skill when determining the chance of a successful FORGE. The number is a percentage. Positive modifiers improve chances, with 100 making the forge certain. Negative values may be used to make it harder. Materials with good dice and side bonuses (see below) should have negative skill modifiers.
dice bonus: is added to a fixed number to calculate the number of damage dice on the weapon created.
side bonus: is added to a random, level-based number to calculate the number of damage dice on the weapon created.

Because of the multiplicative effect of dice and sides in calculating a weapon's average damage, it is very difficult to create materials with well balanced results. If you create a new material, test it extensively before letting it loose in the world. The following examples may help:

	bar of adamantite:	-5 0 2 0 0
	bar of stardust:	-25 0 4 0 0
	bar of platinum:	-20 5 -5 0 0

Lastly, it is essential to put a HOLD flag into the wear location of the object, else it cannot be held and is useless.

money

silvervalue

goldvalue

This object type is used to code money lying around on the ground or in a container. When picked up, this object type magically transmutes into an increase in the taker's worth.

paint_gun

current_ammo

max_ammo

fire_wait

brokenness

quality

current_ammo

is the number of paintballs already loaded. Should start at 0.

fire_wait

is the number of game pulses (at 0.25 sec each) a (mortal) player is lagged between shots.

brokenness

tells how badly the paintball gun is damaged. 0 is mint condition, 25 is too damaged to function.

quality

determines the shooter's chance of success:

0:	25% chance to hit
25:	never jams
75:	100% chance of hitting

The wear location for paintball guns is HOLD, strangely enough.

paint_tube

num_balls

Ammunition for paint ball guns

pill

spell_level

'spell1'

'spell2'

'spell3'

'spell4'

Spell names must be coded exactly as they are written in the game.
Spell names must be enclosed in single quotes ( ' ).
If a pill has less than 4 spells, the remaining slots must be coded as two single quotes: '' .

Example: red moss: 20 'cure critical' 'giant strength' '' ''

portal

num_charges

exit_flag

gate_flag

room_vnum

num_charges

The number of times this portal can be used before imploding. 0 gives an unlimited number of uses.

exit_flag

Normally 0. Coding B yields a closed portal passable only to immortals. Cannot be opened, either.

gate flags

A:	Normal exit (set this if no other flags are set)
B:	No curse (can't be used by people who are cursed)
C:	Go with (portal moves with the person using it)
D:	Gate buggy (5% chance it will teleport user to a random room)
E:	Random (will always teleport user to a random room)

room_vnum

The vnum of the room the portal should lead to. If the vnum is not that of an existing room, the portal will not work. If you code -1, the portal will operate as a random portal.

potion

spell_level

'spell1'

'spell2'

'spell3'

'spell4'

Potions are coded the same way as pills. See pill for details.

scroll

spell_level

'spell1'

'spell2'

'spell3'

'spell4'

Scrolls are coded the same way as pills. See pill for details.

staff

spell_level

max_charges

current_charges

'spell'

Code the 'spell' exactly as it is written in the game, inside double quotes.
Staves must be HELD to be BRANDISHed, so be sure to code HOLD into the wear location!

trash

treasure

wand

spell_level

max_charges

current_charges

'spell'

Code the 'spell' exactly as it is written in the game, inside double quotes.
Wands must be HELD to be ZAPed, so be sure to code HOLD into the wear location!

warp_stone

Warp stones must be HELD to be used, so be sure to code HOLD into the wear location!

weapon

'wpn_class'

dam_dice

num_sides

'dam_type'

wpn_flags

weapon class

One of: 'exotic', 'sword', 'dagger', 'spear', 'mace', 'axe', 'flail', 'polearm', 'whip'

damage dice and number of sides

Damage inflicted by a weapon is determined by rolling 'dam_dice' imaginary dice, each having 'num_sides' sides.
To calculate the average expected damage, use the formula:
( dam_dice x num_sides + dam_dice ) / 2.

damage types

keyword telling what kind of damage the weapon does.
Be sure to use only a keyword from the Damage Type Table!

weapon flags

A:	flaming	E:	vorpal
B:	frost	F:	two-handed
C:	vampiric	G:	shocking
D:	sharp	H:	poison