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<TITLE>Anachronox Editing Documentation</TITLE>
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<FONT SIZE=5 COLOR="#0055DD"><P>GDB Intro</P>
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The GDB is the game database that keeps track of numerous things in the game including items, mystech, battleskills, quests, weapons, monsters, and more.
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It basically consists of numerous files in the Anachronox directory tree, (usually with a .gdb extension), that contain text entries that describe the previously mentioned elements of a
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game. Let's look at a few examples.
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<FONT COLOR="#0055DD"><B>Item:</B></FONT><BR>
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#object HealGrease Complete
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{
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type string "item"
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classname string "get_healgreasecomplete"
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buy_value int 500
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desc string "Complete heal of person, or adjacent person in battle."
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effect string "add_hp=9999"
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use_script string "battle/items/healgrease"
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use_target string "party"
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}
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Lets take a look at what the above means:<BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2>
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<LI>First we have the <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">#object</FONT> string which is "HealGrease Complete". This is the name of this GDB object / entry. <BR>
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<LI>Next we have a <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">type string "item"</FONT>. There are several pre-defined type strings in the GDB, they each tell
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Anachronox what to do with that item. For example, since this is an <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">"item"</FONT> string, <BR>
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Anachronox knows, among other things, that:<BR>
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A) This is something that can be added to the inventory.<BR>
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B) It should be shown in the item list in the Fatima Inventory Screen.<BR>
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<LI>Next we have the <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">classname string</FONT>. This is the entity.dat object that is associated with this GDB entry. So if you were to look up "get_healgrease" in the entity.dat, you would find that it references "healgrease.md2" which is the
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little healgrease model that you see in the game. The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">classname string</FONT> is not mandatory in an item.<BR>
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">buy_value int 500</FONT> line tells the GDB how much you could sell this item for in a shop.<BR>
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">desc string</FONT> is what is displayed to the user when they click on the item in the Fatima screen or in a shop.
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<LI>This particular item has an <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">effect string</FONT>. Effect strings are effects that get executed when that item is used or invoked. This particular item has an effect string of
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<FONT COLOR="#0055DD">"add_hp=9999"</FONT> which tells Anachronox to add 9,999 hitpoints to whoever just used this item.<BR>
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">use_script string</FONT> is the planet script that should be played if this item is used in battle.<BR>
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">use_target string</FONT> tells Anachronox who this item can be used on. In this case it can be used on anyone in the party.
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</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#0055DD"><B>Quest:</B></FONT><BR>
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#quest Get Your Camera
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{
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area string "Anachronox"
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type string "sub_quest"
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desc string "Get the camera off your desk."
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xp_shares float 1
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quest_parent string "Fatima Stop"
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}
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Lets take a look at what the above means:<BR>
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">area string</FONT> is what area this Quest takes place in. So in this case, the user would see this quest displayed in Fatima under "Anachronox".
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<LI>For this entry the <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">type string</FONT> is a <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">"sub_quest"</FONT>.
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<LI>Once again the <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">desc string</FONT> is the description the user will see in the Fatima screen.
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">xp_shares</FONT> represent how much experience the player gets for completing the quest. The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">xp_shares</FONT> are multiplied by 100 to derive the XP, so in this case the party would get 100xp for completing this quest.
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<LI>The <FONT COLOR="#0055DD">quest_parent string</FONT> tells Anachronox what quest this subquest belongs to. That way, Anachronox knows how to visually stack the quests. Additionally if parent quest is completed and there are sub_quests are open underneath it, Anachronox knows to erase those quests from Fatima.
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