Archive:Equipment system

Player equipment slots

Potential layout of equipment slots.

Part of body	Item type
Head	Helmet, crown, hat, etc.
Ear	Earring
Neck	Necklace, amulet, muffler, scarf
Upper body	Sweater
Belt	Waist
Lower body	Trousers
Feet	Shoes, boots
Left hand	Weapon/shield
Right hand	Weapon/shield
Hands	Gloves, gauntlets
Wrist	Bracelet
Finger	Ring

The above list features 12 equipments slots. 4 of these are jewelry, with 1 slot for necklace, 1 for bracelet, 1 for a ring and 1 for an earring. The two hands work together and are used for a one handed weapon with shield, a two handed weapon, or a projectile weapon with ammo.

Other options have been discussed to allow 2, 4 or even 10 rings. Possibly that would also mean 2 bracelets and 2 earrings. Personally I think we're getting too much jewelry that way. This would make equipping more complicated as the player would need to choose which slot to unequip from (while otherwise slot can be selected automatically, as it is now). Also it would mean we can't make jewelry very powerful as a player can wear so many of it. --Bjørn 15:35, 2 Jul 2005 (PDT)

I guess 4 slots for jewelry is enough also for a king. And I was also thinking that maybe it could be better not to show every equipment, such as earrings, they will probably be barely visible and not worth it. I guess we will evaluate this matter as soon as it will be necessary. --ElvenProgrammer 02:41, 3 Jul 2005 (PDT)

Additional slots

There will be at least one additional slot that cannot be altered by the player directly, which will contain the player's hair. An additional slot for the player face is also discussed.

Altering player appearance

Any of these items will be able to alter the appearance of the player. For the engine to be able to determine the order in which to draw the equipment on the player, each slot has an associated xOrder and yOrder value. The yOrder determines the height: the higher the yOrder, the later the equipment will be drawn. The xOrder determines whether the item is to the left or right of the middle, and is used when the player faces sideways. A negative value means right where a positive value means left.

Multiple use equipment

Since we are working off of a system plan that doesn't include character levels, the question is bound to come up sooner or later: "What if a new player can just strap on the ultimate armor and kill monsters 5 times his level with ease?" I think I have a solution to this:

Each equipment item would have a list of bonuses, each with a condition attached. See the following example:

• Vampire Cape
  • (No condition) Defense + 12
  • (Dark Magic Skill 50+) Absorb Dark Magic
  • (Vitality Skill 30+) HP drain 20% effect on attacks
  • (Vitality Skill 30+) Halt skill growth - Vitality

So equipping the vampire cape would give any player +12 defense. Also, if his dark magic skill is high, it allows him to absorb dark magic. If he has a high enough HP, he is able to drain HP with attacks, however, his HP skill cannot increase as long as he wears the cape. In this way, we can reserve powerful equipment effects for experienced players, or at least only for players with certain specialties.

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That sounds nice, but I have to think of an ElvenCloak. This piece of "armor" stealthes characters and what if we had one ingame and a lv10(expl) Player gets one as a gift/reward and he can't use the benefits? I think armor has a special power of its own, and equipment doesn't "decide" who is worthy of its protection. That includes things like absorption, missile deflection, better movement, maybe skill increase(expl gloves), etc. But maybe a character that is a skilled fighter(~) can use a good cape to catch arrows. Vamp. Cape's Absorb: That would be determined by the material/structure of the cape itself. But again a player that is experienced with dark magic could use it better and absorb even more. That leads me to a thought that this is Player related. A dark magician could possibly absorb b.mag. on his own.

Anyway, those were just ideas...

I think the system presented above will allow for the things you describe, right? I think the system is fine, you seem more concerned about how we're going to use it. --Bjørn 13:03, 30 Jul 2005 (CEST)

why don't we give items percentual boni instead of absolute boni? a glove which increases strength by 10% would be as useful for a newbie as it is for a high level char. --Crush 20:47, 12 Sep 2005 (CEST)

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See also

• Synthesis - Upgrading your items - See Equipment upgradability
• Get Equipped - See the Master equipment list and add to it!

• Stat system suggestions