Card Creation Request Thread

[thefiremind]

About Hallowed Fountain, look at the code I wrote here:
viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8497#p102041
it should be OK for the choice of paying 2 life.

[zerocube]

Thanks it works now. But my game still crashes if an untapped land without mana ability is in play. So i still have to force a mana ability on it while coming into play.

That's sad because it seems I cannot get Bazaar of Bagdad or the tebernacle working. The tebernacle of pendrell vale i could make it ugly and comesintoplaytapped and dpesnt untap. But the bazaar is still no-no.

[pluks]

Hello again folks, writing to you because i can't do scry 2 of the crystal ball, don't know how to order the cards from the top if i don't put cards en the bottom and also to request some cards that i have no idea:
Yawgmoth's Will.
Grapeshot. storm can be done?
thanks

[thefiremind]

Hello again folks, writing to you because i can't do scry 2 of the crystal ball, don't know how to order the cards from the top if i don't put cards en the bottom and also to request some cards that i have no idea:
Yawgmoth's Will.
Grapeshot. storm can be done?
thanks

You have an example of the scry mechanic on Quicksilver Sea (a plane card). If I'm not missing anything, the code can be adapted for any scry number by changing all the 4's in the first RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION with the proper number (2, in your case). You can just "finish" the first query without choosing any card for the bottom of the library, if you want all of them to stay on top.

Yawgmoth's Will cannot be made: you can't play cards from the graveyard with the only exception of flashback cards, but the flashback must be hard-coded on the cards so you can't code Snapcaster Mage either. (Maybe there's some very complicated solution that is far from the real deal, but I think that for Yawgmoth's Will there's no way at all because granting activated abilities to cards in graveyards doesn't work.)

Storm can be done easily: it was present in DotP2012 and I can update the code for you in little time. I'll post it when it's ready.
EDIT: Here it is. Just paste it in any card you need, it's totally independent.

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  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY active_zone="ZONE_STACK">
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[Storm]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[Déluge]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[Sturm]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[Tormenta]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[Tempesta]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[ストーム]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[Storm]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[Шторм]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[Rajada]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <TRIGGER value="SPELL_PLAYED" simple_qualifier="self" />
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local storm_count = MTG():DuelDataChest():Get_Int( DUEL_UTILITY_COMPARTMENT_ID_SPELLS_PLAYED_THIS_TURN ) - 1
    if storm_count &gt; 0 then
       for i=1,storm_count do
          EffectController():CopySpellWithNewTargets( Object() )
       end
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

I'm not sure if it's safe to add auto_skip to storm... I can't think of something that must be definitely played in response to storm activation (countering the original spell would still let the storm resolve, those are real Magic rules), but maybe I'm forgetting something. In DotP2012 storm didn't have auto_skip so I didn't add it.

[pluks]

thanks thefiremind you are always so cool

[Lirave]

i think stifle can neutralize storm, but i am not sure

[thefiremind]

i think stifle can neutralize storm, but i am not sure

That's right, but abilities cannot be countered in DotP games, so it can never happen.

[zerocube]

OK I am doing this card called scapeshift. First part is working fine. Something wrong with my following second part. It got the correct number of targets from library from the first part , but after I select them, they dont come into play. the code was modelled after harrow.

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    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
     local filter = Object():GetFilter()
    local player = EffectController()
    player:MarkSearchedLibrary()
    filter:Clear()
    filter:NotTargetted()
    filter:AddCardType( CARD_TYPE_LAND )
    filter:May()
    filter:SetZone( ZONE_LIBRARY )
    filter:SetPlayer( player )
    player:SetTargetCount( ObjectDC():Get_Int(0) )
    for i=0,ObjectDC():Get_Int(0)-1 do
       player:SetTargetPrompt( i, "CARD_QUERY_CHOOSE_LAND_TO_PUT_ONTO_BATTLEFIELD" )
    end
    player:ChooseTargetsWithFlags( NO_VALIDATION, EffectDC():Make_Targets(0), QUERY_FLAG_CAN_BE_FINISHED_EARLY + QUERY_FLAG_CAN_BE_FINISHED_EARLY_FOR_AI_AS_WELL )
  </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
      for i=0,ObjectDC():Get_Int(0)-1 do
    local target = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_CardPtr(i)
    if target ~= nil then
       target:PutIntoPlayTapped( EffectController() )
    end
    end
  </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>


After fixing this I will go bang mt head on precursor Golem X_X

[thefiremind]

You encountered a problem that I never totally understood, but I know that it exists and code accordingly. When you have more than one target in a target chest, if you change the zone of one target, somehow the following targets get screwed up. So the usual solution is to save all the targets in a separate array and point them from the array. Your code should become:

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    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local count = ObjectDC():Get_Int(0)
    if count &gt; 0 then
       local target_array = {}
       for i=0,count-1 do
          target_array[i] = EffectDC():Get_Targets(0):Get_CardPtr(i)
       end
       for i=0,count-1 do
          local target = target_array[i]
          if target ~= nil then
             target:PutIntoPlayTapped( EffectController() )
          end
       end
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>

And even if it would be stupid, you have to consider the case of sacrificing zero lands: enclose also the other RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION in

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local count = ObjectDC():Get_Int(0)
if count > 0 then
...
end

By the way, if you want to use EffectDC() also for saving the number of lands, you can do it, just don't use register #0 because you are already using it for the chest target.

Precursor Golem existed in DotP2012 as a challenge card, but it was coded in a way that couldn't work for all possible cards. It basically looked into target chest #0 in order to see if that card was targetting a Golem. But a card could use target chest #1 because maybe chest #0 is already in use for something else. I don't know if it's possible to make a fully functional Precursor Golem, never thought about it.

[zerocube]

Thanks Firemind. I finally pulled a panoptic mirror + army of the damned combo successfully. now i'm a happy Timmy.

[Lirave]

hi did somebody already code a Planeswalker ?

edit: plainswalker to Planeswalker

[thefiremind]

hi did somebody already code a plainswalker ?

Impossible, they are not supported by any DotP game.

[RiiakShiNal]

Well, "Plainswalk" is supported (as is Forestwalk, Islandwalk, Mountainwalk, and Swampwalk) so a "Plainswalker" can be done fairly easily as it is a creature with "Plainswalk", but "Planeswalkers" are not supported at all and cannot be properly made (it might be possible to make an elaborate fake, but many parts would not work properly).

[alejandrohiraldo]

Hey Thefiremind, sorry to bother again with this card ( Wall of Roots ) but I followed your advice and I got it half working with an invicible token just as you told me. On activating the ability the card correctly recieves a -0/-1 counter and gives a mana. The only problem is the following:

When I cast it for the first time and use the ability everything is correct. But when I use the ability again it applies 2 counters (-0/-2). Also, if after that I cast another Wall Of Roots and use the ability it gets 3 counters (-0/-3) and so forth. It seems to be stacking up. Heres the code I am using:

Wall of Roots code

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   <ACTIVATED_ABILITY  per_turn_limit="1" filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY">
        <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
     <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add {G} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
<COST type="countersself" name="-0/-1" number="1" />
      <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
      ProduceMana("G",1)
      </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
         <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local token_count = 1
    if token_count &gt; 0 then
       MTG():PutTokensIntoPlay( "WALL_TOKEN", token_count, EffectController() )
    end
   </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
 </ACTIVATED_ABILITY>
  <TOKEN_REGISTRATION reservation="1" type="MANATOKEN_G" />
    <TOKEN_REGISTRATION reservation="2" type="WALL_TOKEN" />

Wall Token code

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    <STATIC_ABILITY filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY" >
    <CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
    local filter = Object():GetFilter()
    filter:Clear()
    filter:SetConvertedCostMax( 25 )
    Object():Protection()
    </CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
  </STATIC_ABILITY>
  <STATIC_ABILITY filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY">
    <CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
      Object():GetCurrentCharacteristics():Characteristic_Set( CHARACTERISTIC_SHROUD, 1 )
      Object():GetCurrentCharacteristics():Characteristic_Set( CHARACTERISTIC_INDESTRUCTIBLE, 1 )
    </CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
  </STATIC_ABILITY>
  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY internal="1">
    <TRIGGER value="END_OF_STEP">
    return Object():Tapped() == 0
    </TRIGGER>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
       Object():Tap()
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>
 <STATIC_ABILITY filter_zone="ZONE_IN_PLAY">
    <FILTER>
    return CreaturesInPlay()
    </FILTER>
    <CONTINUOUS_ACTION layer="7D">
    if FilteredCard() ~= nil then
       local counters = FilteredCard():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("-0/-1") )
       FilteredCard():GetCurrentCharacteristics():Toughness_Add( -counters )
    end
    </CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
  </STATIC_ABILITY>

Any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks a lot!

[thefiremind]

When I cast it for the first time and use the ability everything is correct. But when I use the ability again it applies 2 counters (-0/-2). Also, if after that I cast another Wall Of Roots and use the ability it gets 3 counters (-0/-3) and so forth. It seems to be stacking up.

That's because you are creating one invisible token each time you use the ability, so their toughness modifiers are stacking.

First of all, remove the following block from the wall token:

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  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY internal="1">
    <TRIGGER value="END_OF_STEP">
    return Object():Tapped() == 0
    </TRIGGER>
    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
       Object():Tap()
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

this is needed for the mana tokens, but not for your wall token.

Then, since we are editing, I would suggest to apply the fix suggested by RiiakShiNal: one invisible token for each player. Modify the last RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION (the one that creates the token) of your Wall of Roots as follows:

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    <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>
    local filter = Object():GetFilter()
    filter:Clear()
    filter:NotTargetted()
    filter:AddCardName( "WALL_TOKEN" )
    filter:SetZone( ZONE_IN_PLAY )
    local num_players = MTG():GetNumberOfPlayers()
    for i=0,num_players-1 do
       local player = MTG():GetNthPlayer(i)
       if player ~= nil then
          filter:SetController( player )
          if filter:CountStopAt(1) == 0 then
             MTG():PutTokensIntoPlay( "WALL_TOKEN", 1, player )
          end
       end
    end
    </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION>

This will create a token for each player, only if there's no one yet. Note that you have to give your wall token a CARDNAME, if you didn't give it yet. The code I wrote assumes that the CARDNAME is "WALL_TOKEN" (if it's not, change the argument of filter:AddCardName accordingly). Don't make confusion with the FILENAME: the token has a FILENAME for sure, but maybe you left the CARDNAME empty because you didn't need it before.

Now, modify the FILTER of the last STATIC_ABILITY of your wall token as follows:

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    <FILTER>
    return CreaturesYouControl()
    </FILTER>

This will make each token influence only the player who controls it.

After this editing, everything should be OK.