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It was probably left out since the description is already set in cards.txt .

Okay. Here's my first attempt at doing card.txt stuff. So hopefully I got them right. If not, any helpful hints are appreciated. I'll be doing more when I'm more awake and am on the right path. These 4 are from "The Dark". I'm just not sure where I can find the most current list of keywords so I can muddle my way through and figure out some stuff.

Fountain of Youth
0
2, Tap: You gain one life.


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Exorcist
W W
Creature Human Cleric
No Text
1/1
1 W, Tap: Destroy target black creature.


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Dust to Dust
W W 1
Sorcery
Exile 2 target artifacts.


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Venom
G G 1
Enchantment Aura
Enchant Creature. Deathtouch





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The keyword parsing is not that advanced yet Resonantg.

Here is a complete list of all recognized keywords:
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=701&start=105#p21847

Take a look at the cards.txt file to see how they are used and which cards are already implemented.

Thanks Sloth. I copied that list and at least I'm on the right track. Are these cards even workable I guess is the only other question I have. I'm starting to understand the keywords, just not always how they implement.

The list tends to get updated with each release, you should check the list with each update.

I have almost finished a new keyword for Raise Dead type of spells. When I release this keyword I will provide the updated cards.txt entries for the four cards that are already implemented in Forge. The 4 cards being:

Disentomb
Raise Dead
Recover
Return to Battle

There are only 3 other cards that can be implemented via this new keyword. We can let you try to figure out how these three cards would look like in the cards.txt file. It would be good first hand experience and should provide a learning process.

The message link for this keyword:

spReturnGraveyardHandCreature

Resonantg wrote:Thanks Sloth. I copied that list and at least I'm on the right track. Are these cards even workable I guess is the only other question I have. I'm starting to understand the keywords, just not always how they implement.

Also, there is quite a big difference between Venom and deathtouch. To name one, Venom will kill even a creature that doesn't take any damage from the enchanted creature.

Okay. Shows I definitely have long way to go before I get this.

Okay, I'm not sure if I'm just failing on what exactly the cards.txt file does, and if modifying that can help make cards. So if this is not the case, then I'm totally lost on how to help in this regard.

That being said, I took a shot at trying to do another card for those of us who love land-damage decks, thanks to the implementation of the "Cursed Land" card. I took that which looks like this:

Cursed Land
2 B B
Enchantment Aura
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player.
Enchant land

So I presumed that the syntax reading is sophisticated enough to read a Psychic Venom card set up almost exactly the same.

Psychic Venom
1 U
Enchantment Aura
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, Psychic Venom deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
Enchant land

Is this true, or what am I just not getting? Or will this work?

I don't think that the current keywords can support Psychic Venom yet. For one thing it functions with a tap mechanic as opposed to the upkeep step damage of Cursed Land.

To your question, if the syntax of a card contains purely wording and no keyword usage, then it is programmed into the Forge code.

If a card isn't programmed into the Forge code, and there is no keyword for it, then it won't work.

(I'm not a programmer by the way.)

Resonantg wrote:Is this true, or what am I just not getting? Or will this work?

The 4th line of a card in cards.txt is just the description that will appear ingame. It has no effect on what the card really does.
The 5th and following lines may contain one keyword each. Enchant Land is a keyword, so your cards will be able to enchant a land but will do nothing further.

So I presumed that the syntax reading is sophisticated enough to read a Psychic Venom card set up almost exactly the same.

Oh this would be awesome But alas, Cursed Land took some extra coding (GameActionUtil.java).

Cards defined in cards.txt have a pretty set format:

Code: Select all

Name of the card
Cost of the card
Type of the card
Text of the card
(Keyword1)
(Keyword2)
...


"At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player." is merely the text of Cursed Land, functionality-wise, it doesn't do anything. Check out the "words cards.txt recognizes" thread

cards.txt only holds the printed card descriptions, in an Oracle sort of manner. The description includes a name, a mana cost, the card types, any rules text that's not generated by the code, p/t for creatures and keywords. Cards that have Flying, have a keyword line that lists Flying, cards with Trample have a keyword line that lists Trample, cards that have both have two lines, one for Flying the other for Trample. These would be more inline with what Wizards defines "keywords"
Some other "keywords" we have made-up to make adding groups of similar cards easier. Some of these keywords are almost function-like, for example, "PumpPT R:+1/+0"; while others seem like free-flowing text, but since the precise wording is used in every example of the effect ever printed, it's recognized by the game and translated into the appropriate ability code, for example "When this card comes into play, draw a card."

This topic has our currently supported list of keywords:
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=701&start=105#p21847

Alas, I was beaten to the answer by people who didn't type as much as me....

Some of the keywords that are recognized by Forge are fairly simple. The keyword "Flying" gives a creature flying. And the keyword "Forestwalk" gives the creature forestwalk.

Other keywords are more complicated. There is the keyword itself and then following the keyword are one or more fields containing further information which is used by the keyword.

A simple example of this would be the RegenerateMe:{cost} keyword. The "{cost}" is replaced with the actual mana value which is used to activate the regenerate keyword.

Okay. I'm going to condense here to see if I get it and am on the right path. Sorry if this is just grating on the nerves, cause I'm not getting it, but these last posts helped. Here's the summary of what I understand and maybe how it SHOULD be written?

Psychic Venom
1 U
Artifact
Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
Enchant land
tap: spDamageCP: 2

(AFAIK, this last keyword damages the 'controlling player', yes? if not, I need a glossary for the condensed keywords. I kinda have whittled some down. But would this be possible, or would it misread for the enchantment needing to be tapped, not the land?)

Of course, what cards am I looking at next? Dingus Egg, Ankh of Mishra, and Pooling Venom if I can figure this out.

I think you are getting closer, The cards.txt entry for the Dingus Egg card would look something like this:

Dingus Egg
4
Artifact
Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
keyword(s) would go here

Keywords that start with the letters "sp" can only be used with instants and sorceries. The "spDamageCP" keyword is used to create spells that are similar to Lightning Bolt. This keyword means:

"deals" number "damage to target creature or player."

When we search the cards.txt file for the Lightning Bolt spell this is what we find:

Lightning Bolt
R
Instant
no text
spDamageCP:3