[Craig]

Reserved.

[Craig]

bump.

Feel free to discus, although I'd recommend not asking questions like - what does this field do, as we will fill that information in as time goes on.

This is not the place to learn about XML or ask questions about XML, and if I see posts of that nature, they'll likely disappear with no trace (along with anything else I consider to be spam).

The topic is intended as a discussion point for modders on the API itself.

If you don't know XML and would like to learn, there are literally thousands of resources on the internet to do that, so please do that over there..

[MrMarooca]

Interesting. I never really imagined the API would use XML (I just assumed we'd use some dll's supplied by dev's or whatever). Do you guys think this could make the API somewhat limited compared to using supplied libraries or something similar? I do like the XML idea though, it offers the ability for everyone to make mods - even those not familiar with .NET.

[Craig]

Do you guys think this could make the API somewhat limited compared to using supplied libraries or something similar?

No, the XML part of the API is just the start. We will start simple and build from that. For starters we'll try to expose as much as possible that can be modified via data only, then we'll add support for modification via programming.

[Cooldude8]

              
         You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML        You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML
You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML

You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML

[MrMarooca]

             
         You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML        You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML
You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML

You should make a side tool in the PC port for the people dont know what XML is or how to program in XML

We may also develop a tool to make custom object creation easier for those that are not comfortable working with XML files directly.

XML is really easy to learn though, I suggest checking W3Schools out for some examples.

[Dryym]

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfItemCombatDataXML xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <ItemCombatDataXML>
    <CombatID>SteelSword</CombatID>
    <Health>0</Health>
    <Attack>40</Attack>
    <Strength>30</Strength>
    <Defence>30</Defence>
    <Ranged>0</Ranged>
    <Magic>0</Magic>
    <Looting>0</Looting>
  </ItemCombatDataXML>
</ArrayOfItemCombatDataXML>

Ahem! Craaaig! Is there something you'd like to tell us?

Also, Will this API allow for modders to create custom player skills for use in special items? For example, If I made a lockpick item, Could I make it only usable if you had a (Custom) LockPicking skill level of =>x?

[Campbell]

bump.

Also, Will this API allow for modders to create custom player skills for use in special items? For example, If I made a lockpick item, Could I make it only usable if you had a (Custom) LockPicking skill level of =>x?

Not with the XML modding method, but once we implement the ability to create mods via programming I don't see why not

[Dryym]

bump.
Not with the XML modding method, but once we implement the ability to create mods via programming I don't see why not

Will the XML method allow for us to directly tie script commands into an item's swing function?

For example, Could I make an item that automatically teleports the player 15 blocks in front of them by tying a "Teleport [Player] [vrel:15,-2,0]" script command to the item's swing function?

[Joel]

can we mod the player model just like adding mob or is that going to be discus later.