Detailed Ability Descriptions

COMPATIBILITY: due to how modding .csv files works, this mod is incompatible with those that edit the description entries of abilities (the ones that have keys end with _DESC) in the files listed below.

I edited the /data/text/abilities.csv and /data/text/items.csv file using the following logic:

1. Find cells in column A that end with _DESC. These are used as descriptions for abilities, and the file stores all their translations as well. (I didn't edit any of the translations because, as mentioned, these detailed descriptions are simply values copied from the game's code written in english)

2. For each of those cells, find their full text inside .gon files stored in /data/abilities or /data/weapons. These strings are stored inside data structures for the individual abilities, for example inside basic_attacks.gon you can find:

BasicRanged {

template lobbed_attack

name "ABILITY_LOBBEDSHOT_NAME"

desc "ABILITY_LOBBEDSHOT_DESC"

animate_name false

min_range 3

max_range 5+bonus_range

damage_instance {

damage 4+bonus_ranged_damage

3. From here we take the relevant info, like min range, max range, and whether or not it scales with ranged damage, and append it to the column B in the abilities.csv file from step 1

4. Some abilities inherit their properties from others. For example, ScatterShot and ScatterShot2:

ScatterShot {

template lobbed_attack

name "ABILITY_SCATTERSHOT_NAME"

desc "ABILITY_SCATTERSHOT_DESC"

class Hunter

infcantrip true

min_range 3

max_range 6+bonus_range

aoe_chance . 5

restrictions none

can_multihit true

damage_instance {

damage 5+bonus_ranged_damage

type ranged

ScatterShot2 {

variant_of ScatterShot

desc "ABILITY_SCATTERSHOT2_DESC"

aoe_restrictions

For ScatterShot2, values from ScatterShot were used in addition to its own properties.

I only scraped values that I found in /data/ability_templates/ability_templates.gon

There's probably other stuff missing, but this is what I have for now.