Manalink update 2009-03-11

[HarryPitfall]

Jatill, can you full decode the targeting call? If you do, wiki is a good place do put the information... like what each parameter do!

[jatill]

Jatill, can you full decode the targeting call? If you do, wiki is a good place do put the information... like what each parameter do!

I've only decoded a couple. Maybe this weekend instead of making new cards I'll spend some time trying to decode more of them. That will be helpful when we get around to turning it into c code

[jatill]

So I figured out equipment, mostly.
Here are the issues I couldn't address:
1) I can make it so that you can only equip on your main phase, but I don't know how to make it sorcery speed.
2) The equipment doesn't actually appear to be attached to the creature. Not a big deal.
3) If the creature dies in response to equip, the equipment still unattaches from the original creature. I'm guessing some kind of check could be done here, I just didn't spend the time trying to figure it out.

I put my notes on what I did in the wiki. If anyone wants to pursue this, I can give them my source code too. Just let me know.

[HarryPitfall]

I'll read on wiki... don't worry... i did mulldrifter based on your notes... also, there is a esi+xx that make the card attached to other...
Equipment is like a aura that stays in play...

[jatill]

I'll read on wiki... don't worry... i did mulldrifter based on your notes... also, there is a esi+xx that make the card attached to other...
Equipment is like a aura that stays in play...

I just update my notes to add a couple missing steps. I wrote the original notes before I tried to make one, and the new notes once I succeeded.

Edit: I also plopped out the skp on the wiki.

[Draggamor]

Attention advanced programmers!!!

I sadly found out that the Magic.exe file only allows 2000 cards.
I was introducing cards in the manalink.csv file like a wildgoose, by the 2118th card, I had need of testing one card.
The game don't even opens. I had to cut it down to 2000; sad but true.

If someone can crack this out please do so. Make it like 30000

[Snacko]

There are different initialization data stored that depend on the ids shandalar has a limit to id 1500. Probably there are such hardcoded limits in magic too.

[mathusalem]

Attention advanced programmers!!!

If someone can crack this out please do so. Make it like 30000

30000 ??? do we need 30 000 cards, the real life game currently has 10000 and that includes all the cards we don't want like Kamigawa..... I hope that was just a typo
Well if there is a 2000 limit we are going to have to make some choices. but that leaves around 400 more cards which, leaves space for quite a few great cards still.

and to be honest, if I compare the game the way it is supposed to be with what it has been changed into (which was beyond hope only a little time ago) I don't feel any frustration.

[jatill]

There are different initialization data stored that depend on the ids shandalar has a limit to id 1500. Probably there are such hardcoded limits in magic too.

In your experience, is this problem solved easily, or are we likely to be stuck with the 2000 limit?

[jatill]

Does it work if you replace do_binject function in build.pl with this? ...

Well, that does help. In windows, I still get
ld: cannot perform PE operations on non PE output file

And on unix I get

Compiling functions/count_graveyard.c (start address 0x4E9564)
cc1: Invalid option `arch=i586'
cc1: Invalid option `preferred-stack-boundary=2'

Any idea how to fix either of these problems? Or is Snacko working on a fix already?

[0rion79]

I've just posted my last mod into a new thread. Who's the next??
I will edito the Wiki to remove my name from the modders list.

[mathusalem]

Jatill is next with some serious goodies ! exploration, Nantucko husk, pattern of rebirth, rancor, Nocol Bolas, Archbound ravager.... we're going to make a whole lot of new decks !

[jatill]

Jatill is next with some serious goodies ! exploration, Nantucko husk, pattern of rebirth, rancor, Nocol Bolas, Archbound ravager.... we're going to make a whole lot of new decks !

That is the question I usually ask myself when adding cards... "will this make a new deck available?"