Relative Templates

[scythetwirler]

Currently, we [could] have templates for units such as

Generic War Dog

<Armour>
    <Hack>1</Hack>
    <Pierce>1</Pierce>
    <Crush>1</Crush>
</Armour>

Ultra-Super Powered War Dog

<Armour>
    <Hack>11</Hack>
    <Pierce>8</Pierce>
    <Crush>9</Crush>
</Armour>

It'd be a lot easier to make slight deviations if we had relative templates that perform an operation upon the stats of the parent. That is:

Ultra-Super Powered War Dog

<Armour>
    <Hack op="add">10</Hack>
    <Pierce op="add">7</Pierce>
    <Crush op="add">8</Crush>
</Armour>

In the case that we need to change the stats of the entire class of units, we would have to only change the parent, but not every template that deviates.

Supporting the basic operations (+, -, x, ÷) would help greatly imo.

Also, files

• tools/templatesanalyzer/unitTables.py
• tools/entity/Entity.pm

will need to be updated.

[scythetwirler]

#2620 is somewhat related.

[Niek]

Wasn't it already possible to use <Add> and <Multiply>? (Dunno for sure)

[scythetwirler]

Replying to niektb:

Wasn't it already possible to use <Add> and <Multiply>? (Dunno for sure)

I've seen this in Auras but I'm not sure whether it's possible in templates.

[scythetwirler]

leper's patch with scythetwirler's fill-in-the-blanks.

[scythetwirler]

TODO: Update tools/templatesanalyzer/unitTables.py tools/entity/Entity.pm

[wraitii]

Should work but needs testing with patch (tested with current templates only)

[leper]

wraitii: Could you include the full license (not that long for MIT license) and change the copyright line to WFG?

[scythetwirler]

Oh, wraitii, forgot to mention one thing: the case of the "true" string in line 133 and line 205 (with your patch applied) is inconsistent, making ranged units appear to have 0 attack.