war of the dead

[tlavalle]

is there a mod for ext for war of the dead, or how do i add the shamblers?

[Mgrancey]

Is there something special about them?

[tlavalle]

there are more then just the zombies from the book. plus more abilities

[Mgrancey]

is there a mod for ext for war of the dead, or how do i add the shamblers?

Oh. mod OR ext. I was wondering what needed specially fixed for that PPC that required an extension. Edges and Hindrances, and Powers are pretty easy to do, though I don't anything from it.

[tlavalle]

i wonder how it would done I have tried to follow the tutorials but seem to get lost.

[Mgrancey]

Depending on how well you know XML how helpful this is or not. I am assuming that you have at least some understanding of Programming.

The simplest way to get started is to find a similar module for the same rules set and copy and work from there.

Edges and Hindrances use the exact same format, this is the template that I use for creating Hindrances and Edges. They are linked too using the class 'sw_referencefeat'

< > 
	<name type="string"> [Major/Minor]</name>
	<type type="string">Hindrance</type>
	<mult type="number">0</mult>
	<stack type="number">0</stack>
	<prerequisites type="string"> </prerequisites>
	<benefit type="formattedtext">
		<p> </p>
	</benefit>
</ >
< >
	<name type="string"> </name>
	<type type="string">Edge</type>
	<mult type="number">0</mult>
	<stack type="number">0</stack>
	<prerequisites type="string"> </prerequisites>
	<benefit type="formattedtext">
		<p>	</p>
	 </benefit>
</ >

As far as stack and mult go, these should almost aways being 0 (Used as a Boolean)

For Monstrous abilities simply use an appended feat structure of Name, type, and benefit.


Now the more complicate part of assembling a mod is the library section. For a quick and simple method use this structure.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!-- Copyright SmiteWorks USA, LLC., 2011  -->
<root version="2.0">
     <library>
          <wotdmod static="true">
                 <name type="string">War of the Dead Module</name> <!-- ID A -->
			<catname type="string">WotD</catname>
			<categoryname type="string">War of the Dead</categoryname>
			<entries>
				<chap000> <!-- This is for an individual link in the library right side, in the SWDxPG: Credits/Legal, Quick Links, Introduction -->
					<librarylink type="windowreference">
						 <class>sw_referenceindex</class> <!-- This references the type of window to open, the 'Artwork' pages are an example of these -->
						<recordname>..</recordname>
					</librarylink>
					<name type="string">Edges </name> <!-- Name displayed in library -->
					 <description type="formattedtext">
						<p> </p>
					 </description>
					<index> <-- These are for each item in the index, you will have one for each edge, hindrance, or monsterous ability -->
						<sec-001>
							<listlink type="windowreference">
								<class>sw_referencefeat</class> 
								<recordname>reference.edges._____</recordname> <!-- the location for actual data about item, last part is where you would put what you id'd the actual item as -->
							</listlink>
 							<name type="string"> </name> <!-- Name displayed in index-->
						</sec-001>
                                       </index>
			         </chap000>
			</entries>   
          </wotdmod> 
     </library>
     <reference>
          <edges>
          </edges>

          <hindrances>
          </hindrances>

          <monsterabilities>
          </monsterabilities>
     </reference>
</root>

The other important file is the definition which is just a pointer and filter for the rest of the module

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- Copyright SmiteWorks USA, LLC., 2011  -->
<root>
	<name>War of the Dead Module</name> <!-- Must be exact same as First name tag, ID A -->
	<author>Whoever wrote war of the dead and yourself</author>
	<ruleset>SavageWorlds</ruleset>
</root>

[tlavalle]

ok, i understand xml well. i code alot of webpages.i just need a starting point. thanks.

[Mask_of_winter]

Click on NPC, create new and enter the stats. It's time consuming but I don't see how you would need an extension or module for them.