mod request: skill tree "reseter"

joca_bt · #1 01-22-2009, 11:27 PM

Hi, it would be cool to reset the skill tree, so you can change, to test strategies for example? Does anyone already made something like this?

Keneth · #2 01-23-2009, 01:36 PM

Certainly! It's called "New Game".

Dabrinko · #3 01-23-2009, 01:55 PM

He probably means respec.

Get all the runes spent back, and no (but starting skills) skills chosen.

Csimbi · #4 01-23-2009, 02:33 PM

Keneth's response seems appropriate - start a new game, use the official cheats to level up, save, and assign the runes are you like, load the save and assign the runes again. This procedure seems fairly quick procedure to do the tests you want.

Keneth · #5 01-23-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dabrinko

He probably means respec.

lol, I know what he meant, I was just mocking his ridiculous idea. Trying out new skill combinations is part of replayability.

Csimbi · #6 01-23-2009, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Keneth

lol, I know what he meant, I was just mocking his ridiculous idea. Trying out new skill combinations is part of replayability.

So, he wants the shortcut (not having to start a new game).
I took a look at the scripts. It seems that it would be a tedious job to make things happen - IMHO, not worth the price. Once you get to the elves, you should find plenty of runes laying around to pick all the skills you want...

Keneth · #7 01-23-2009, 09:23 PM

I'm actually not sure that it's even possible to downgrade a skill, I don't recall seeing the skill upgrade function anywhere. And a reset button would mean having to calculate all the existing levels and their required rune costs of every skill which would be annoying to write.

Johannes · #8 03-01-2009, 10:16 PM

Weird that this wasn't the first mod written. Should be simple to code and it's a big design misstake even if it's intentional.

Csimbi · #9 03-02-2009, 08:00 AM

Johannes,
did you ever manage to "un-learn" something?
Try mathematics for example or, eating with forks and knives. Once earn some skill, it's really hard to get rid of it. Sure, it degrades over time (takes 10-15 years) if you don't use it, but it would be still there anyway.

Keneth · #10 03-03-2009, 10:06 AM

It's not a design flaw, I fully support their decision, and if you think it's that easy to code, maybe you should give it a shot.