Part 1: creating a new skill
This is a 3-part series on how to create, edit and use a new skill.
- Part 1: Creating a new skill
- Part 2: Creating a skill from existing
- Part 3: Creating and using a skillbook
This article describes how to create a blank skill entry. To create a feature-complete skill based on an existing one, see Creating a skill based on an existing skill. If you have already created a skill, but don't know how to use it, see creating a skill book.
Contents
Introduction
Creating skills in your mod is easier than ever with our newly introduced tool, the Stats editor.
Creating a skill
Step 1: Opening the Stats Editor
The Stats Editor button
First, we need to open up the stats editor. To do this, locate the "Stats Editor" button on the menu bar (under "Editors").
Creating the Skill_Projectile document
Next, we need to create the Skill_Projectile stats document in our project. If the document already exists, you can skip this step. To open the document, expand the "SkillData" item and double click the "Skill_Projectile" item.
Step 2: Adding a projectile skill entry
Creating a blank projectile skill entry
Finally, we create an entry in the Skill_Projectile document. You can add a new entry either by editing the empty row at the bottom or by clicking the [+] button at the top of the document.
The only two required fields are the "Name" which serves as a (unique) identifier for the skill, and the SkillType. The SkillType can simply be set to the name of the document (Projectile in our case).
See Also
Although adding a row to the stats document is all we need to create a new skill, our skill is far from ready to be used.
To create a complete and useable skill from scratch would require a lot of work. The skill itself needs an icon, casting animations, effects, and a projectile. It is therefor recommended that you create a skill based on an existing skill.
If you have already created created a new skill, one way to test is it by creating a skill book.
