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[whismer]

Come back with my Steel Overseer prob

<ACTIVATED_ABILITY tag="STEEL_OVERSEER_RULE_1" layer="0">
<COST type="TapSelf" />
<FILTER>
return CreaturesYouControl()
</FILTER>
<EFFECT>
AddPlusOnePlusOneCounters( Object(CARD_TYPE_CREATURE), 1)
</EFFECT>
<AI_AVAILABILITY behaviour="CardDraw"/>
</ACTIVATED_ABILITY>

This is my last try... it add 2 counter on the activated Steel if I have 2 creatures in play...

Can'T target every creature (I know it's Artifact creature but for now I try simplified things) and can'T add only one counter

[Uresti]

FILTER
return ArifactCreatures() and OwendByYou()
/FILTER
EFFECT
Subject():AddCounters( MTG():PlusOnePlusOneCounters(), 1 )
/EFFECT

[Clark]

Hi all,
I'm Clark from China. Dotp is my first game about CCG and i like it very much. It's appreciated for all of your distribution to the new DLC, which made the game more attractively. Following by your experience, i got the key to add new cards & decks. What i could do now is trying to add new interesting cards. But you know, it's difficult for green hand like me to have a big picture of creating a completely deck . I cannot wait to commit my new cards for sharing while it seems only some developers of your team could do so . Hope I could be granted such privilege in future.

Well say thanks again and i would be happy to do all i can to help you guys to make this game better.

Here is one example card just created for fun

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<MULTICARDS>
    <CARD>
      <FILENAME             text = "NOVABLAST_WURM" />
      <ARTID                value = "63210002" />
      <TITLE                text = "NOVABLAST_WURM_TITLE" />
      <TYPE             metaname = "Creature" />      
      <SUB_TYPE          metaname = "Wurm" />
      <POWER                value = "7" />
      <TOUGHNESS             value = "7" />
      <CASTING_COST          cost = "{3}{G}{G}{W}{W}" />
      <COLOR                value = "Z" />
      <FRAMECOLOUR           name = "GW Gold" />
      <EXPANSION          metaname = "6321" />
      <RARITY          metaname = "Mythic" />      
      <COLLECTIONMAX          value = "0" />
      <COLLECTORNUMBER       value = "0" />
      <CARDNUMBER          value = "0" />      
      <ARTIST             name = "Michael Komarck" />
      <FLAVOURTEXT      text = "NOVABLAST_WURM_FLAVOUR" />

      <TRIGGERED_ABILITY tag="NOVABLAST_WURM_RULE_1" layer="0">
             <TRIGGER value="ATTACKING">
               return SelfTriggered()
             </TRIGGER>
             <FILTER>
               return InPlay() and OtherCreatures()
             </FILTER>
             <EFFECT>
               Subject():Destroy()
             </EFFECT>
      </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>
    </CARD>
</MULTICARDS>




BTW: Could you please kindly share me some API to develop ?

[Yanna]

Welcome to the forums Clark !

Every Addition from eveyone is welcome, you need to set up tortoise and then you can start adding cards

There's unfortunately no tool to create new cards as of now, just yer old notepad ^^

[logoliv]

I'm trying to do Grim Discovery, here's the code :

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 <SPELL_ABILITY tag="GRIM_DISCOVERY_RULE_1" layer="0">

   <TARGET_DETERMINATION>
      Object():GetFilter():Clear()
      Object():GetFilter():AddCardType( CARD_TYPE_LAND )
      Object():GetFilter():AddCardType( CARD_TYPE_CREATURE )
      Object():GetFilter():SetZone( ZONE_GRAVEYARD )
      Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
      return TargetGoodF()
   </TARGET_DETERMINATION>

   <PRE_EFFECT>
      Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
      Object():GetPlayer():BeginNewMultipleChoice( true )
      Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "RETURN_CREATURE" )
      Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "RETURN_LAND" )
      Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "DO_BOTH" )
      Object():GetPlayer():AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CHOOSE_TITLE" )
   </PRE_EFFECT>

   </SPELL_ABILITY>

   <SPELL_ABILITY layer="0">

   <AVAILABILITY>
      if (Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult() == 1) then
         return false
      else
         return true
      end
   </AVAILABILITY>

   <TARGET_DETERMINATION>
      return TargetCreatureInYourGraveyard()
   </TARGET_DETERMINATION>

   <PLAYTIME>
      ChooseTarget( "ChooseCreatureInGraveyard" )
   </PLAYTIME>

   <EFFECT>
      PutTargetCardInHand()
   </EFFECT>

   </SPELL_ABILITY>

   <SPELL_ABILITY layer="0">

   <AVAILABILITY>
      if (Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult() == 0) then
         return false
      else
         return true
      end
   </AVAILABILITY>

   <TARGET_DETERMINATION>
      Object():GetFilter():Clear()
      Object():GetFilter():AddCardType( CARD_TYPE_LAND )
      Object():GetFilter():SetZone( ZONE_GRAVEYARD )
      Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
      return TargetGoodF()
   </TARGET_DETERMINATION>

   <PLAYTIME>
      ChooseTarget( "ChooseLandInGraveyard" )
   </PLAYTIME>

   <EFFECT>
      PutTargetCardInHand()
   </EFFECT>

   </SPELL_ABILITY>


I can't play it, DotP says that there isn't a good target for the card (there's a land in my graveyard but no creature)... Any idea why ?

[Yanna]

Maybe it's because you have multiple <SPELL_ABILITY> that each contain a <TARGET_DETERMINATION>. If you need to fullfill all conditions then you would require both a land and a creature in graveyard to be able to cast it.

To get around this, you would need to add triggered effects instead of multiple SPELL_ABILITYs. For example :

SPELL_ABILITY => get the choice (store it as an integer, say 1 for land, 2 for creature and 3 for both)
one TRIGERRED_ABILTY, with an ABILITY_RESOLVED on Self + integer = 1
one TRIGERRED_ABILTY, with an ABILITY_RESOLVED on Self + integer = 2
one TRIGERRED_ABILTY, with an ABILITY_RESOLVED on Self + integer = 3

It may be something else but i hope this helps anyway

[logoliv]

thanks for the idea

I've discovered while testing the card that BeginNewMultipleChoice can only have 2 answers That will complicate my task for this card and it also invalidate Savage Lands (in the beginning I had coded Savage Land with the ChooseColour dialog, but it was not good as we could choose any of the 5 colors...)

I now can play the card but the trigger doesn't work.

[logoliv]

I think I've tried everything possible here's the code I tested :

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<ACTIVATED_ABILITY tag="SAVAGE_LANDS_RULE_2" forced_skip="1" layer="0">
   <COST type="TapSelf" />
   <PLAYTIME>
      Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
      Object():GetPlayer():BeginNewMultipleChoice( true )
      Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "ADD_MANA_BLACK" )
      Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "NEXT_CHOICE" )
      Object():GetPlayer():AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CHOOSE_TITLE" )

      if ( Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult() == 0 ) then
         Object():Register_Set( 0, 0 )
      else

         Object():GetFilter():Clear()
         Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
         Object():GetPlayer():BeginNewMultipleChoice( true )
         Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "ADD_MANA_RED" )
         Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "ADD_MANA_GREEN" )
         Object():GetPlayer():AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CHOOSE_TITLE" )
            
         Object():Register_Set( 0, Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult() + 1 )
      end

   </PLAYTIME>
   <EFFECT>
      if (Object():Register_Get(0) == 0) then
         ProduceBlackMana( 1 )
      end
      if (Object():Register_Get(0) == 1) then
         ProduceRedMana( 1 )
      end
      if (Object():Register_Get(0) == 2) then
         ProduceGreenMana( 1 )
      end
   </EFFECT>
</ACTIVATED_ABILITY>


I've also tried with one multiple choice in <PRE_EFFECT> section and the other in the <PLAYTIME> section... It always give me a black mana ! I think I'll also give up with Grim Discovery so

[Yanna]

Don't despair !

You need to make those two choices in separate abilities (tried with a POST_PLAYTIME but it didn't work).
I've replaced the 'TapSelf' cost with a 0 mana cost because i find it more elegant that the lands taps when you chose your colour (otherwise it will tap then asks you questions. Both work anyway, choose your preference ^^).

Here's the result, tested it and it worked like a charm

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    <ACTIVATED_ABILITY tag="SAVAGE_LANDS_RULE_2" forced_skip="1" layer="0" per_turn_limit="1" >

      <COST type="Mana" cost="{0}" />

      <AVAILABILITY>
        return ( Object():Tapped() == 0 )
      </AVAILABILITY>

      <PRE_EFFECT>
        Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
        Object():GetPlayer():BeginNewMultipleChoice( true )
        Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "ADD_MANA_BLACK" )
        Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "NEXT_CHOICE" )
        Object():GetPlayer():AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CHOOSE_TITLE" )
      </PRE_EFFECT>

      <EFFECT>
        if ( Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult() == 0 ) then
          Object():Tap()
          ProduceBlackMana( 1 )
        else
          Object():Register_Set(0, 1)
        end
      </EFFECT>

    </ACTIVATED_ABILITY>

    <!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->

    <TRIGGERED_ABILITY layer="0" forced_skip="1">

      <TRIGGER value="ABILITY_RESOLVED">
        return ( SelfTriggered() and Object():Register_Get( 0 ) &gt; 0 )
      </TRIGGER>

      <PRE_EFFECT>
        Object():GetFilter():SetPlayer( Object():GetPlayer() )
        Object():GetPlayer():BeginNewMultipleChoice( true )
        Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "ADD_MANA_RED" )
        Object():GetPlayer():AddMultipleChoiceAnswer( "ADD_MANA_GREEN" )
        Object():GetPlayer():AskMultipleChoiceQuestion( "CHOOSE_TITLE" )
      </PRE_EFFECT>

      <EFFECT>
        if ( Object():GetMultipleChoiceResult() == 0 ) then
          Object():Register_Set(0, 0)
          Object():Tap()
          ProduceRedMana( 1 )
        else
          Object():Register_Set(0, 0)
          Object():Tap()
          ProduceGreenMana( 1 )
        end
      </EFFECT>

    </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>


[logoliv]

Thanks Yanna, you're a master programmer lol the invalid pointer error is not that clean, but it works

[Yanna]

No problem ^^
Ho Btw... what invalid pointer error ?

Btw, coding Orim's Chant and Stasis (which you can pay with generated mana as with tundra, and that is hard to code too) made me learn many things about abilities and 'chaining' those.

I hope you're going to give another try at Grim Discovery !

[kevlahnota]

it's the missing tag... for the triggered ability

[Yanna]

it's the missing tag... for the triggered ability

How yeah ^^ That's one easy to fix ain't it ?

[logoliv]

I give my soul to the One who manages to code Grim Discovery (without any error of course lol)
By the way it's a shame that BeginNewMultipleChoice can't accept more than 2 choices... another limitation of the game engine

[whismer]

It's can work using a different method but...

By creating token-like card with 1 effect on each.

If the choice is one or both and you put the same choice that in the Jester Cap card... Maybe the caster will choose 2 land or 2 creature but I think it can work by this way