Gwent Cards and Attributes

Setting up the environment

• []Create a base directory for your mod (modDir) - D:\Mods\GwentCardsAttributes

  you can choose other drives and directory names

  []Download the zipped gwent_attributes.xml file.

  []Unzip the downloaded file to modDir.

  []Layout of files and directories.

  D:\Mods\GwentCardsAttributes

  D:\Mods\GwentCardsAttributes\gwent_attributes.xml

  D:\Mods\GwentCardsAttributes\leaders_attributes.xml

  Xml file editing

  • []Open gwent_attributes.xml or leaders_attributes.xml for editing (Notepad++).

    the encoding must be UTF-16 Little Endian

    The gwent_attributes.xml file has 2 modified cards - Villen (index=15) and Avallach (index=16).

    Villen is now ranged spy with power 2.

    Ranged - card/type_flags/flag[@name=TYPE_RANGED]

    Spy - card/type_flags/flag[@name=TYPE_SPY] and card/effect_flags/flag[@name=EFFECT_DRAW_X2]

    Power - power="2"

    Avallach has scorch effect and power 7.

    Scorch - card/effect_flags/flag[@name=CP_MELEE_SCORCH]

    Power - power="7"

    []Modify attributes.

    Attributes that could be changed: power, type_flags/flag/@name, effect_flags/flag/@name and summonFlags/card/@id

    Original Villen

    <card index="15"

    title="gwint_name_villen"

    description="gwint_desc_villen"

    picture="neu_villen"

    dlcPictureFlag_name="dlc8"

    dlcPicture="neu_villen_dlc"

    faction_index="F_NEUTRAL">

    <type_flags>

    <flag name="TYPE_CREATURE"/>

    <flag name="TYPE_MELEE"/>

    </type_flags>

    <effect_flags>

    <flag name="CP_MELEE_SCORCH"/>

    </effect_flags>

    </card>

    Original Avallach

    <card index="16"

    title="Mysterious elf"

    description="gwint_desc_avallach"

    picture="neu_avallach"

    dlcPictureFlag_name="dlc8"

    dlcPicture="neu_avallach_dlc"

    faction_index="F_NEUTRAL">

    <type_flags>

    <flag name="TYPE_CREATURE"/>

    <flag name="TYPE_MELEE"/>

    <flag name="TYPE_HERO"/>

    <flag name="TYPE_SPY"/>

    </type_flags>

    <effect_flags>

    <flag name="EFFECT_DRAW_X2"/>

    </effect_flags>

    </card>

    Building a mod

    []Install Official ModKit

    Download -> Unzip -> Run setup.exe

    Note where the software was installed (modKitDir)

    patched (faster) wcc_lite