#98 (0x62) HP: Regeneration [98]

[Guest EarthquakeDamage]

"Permanent timing modes require a duration for this effect to work."

 

1. Where was this determined? It wasn't there a year ago IIRC and searching here yielded nothing.

 

2. Does it mean regeneration with timing mode 0x9 "Permanent After Death" would function if given a non-zero Duration value?

[devSin]

It has to have a duration and will only work for the duration. I believe it was discovered sometime this year or late last (it should be around here somewhere; maybe the fixpack forums).

 

You can use it from an item with While equipped (2) if you want it to be truly permanent.

[igi]

It was actually discovered several years ago. The discovery this year was that no-one had recorded the fact.

[Galactygon]

I have tried setting regeneration type to 3 (1HP every x seconds) in a .spl file, but it never worked for me. And when I have looked in ingame examples, only items have type 3 set.

 

So I came to the conclusion that either type 3 only works for certain timing modes (like "while equipped"), or it works only in .itm files.

 

This needs more testing.

 

-Galactygon

[igi]

Testing schmesting, I'll just say "The old thinking was 123, some sources now maintain xyz, others insist abc, while occasional, unverified testing has revleased Qbv3. Make up your own mind."

[lynx]

The documentation is still wrong:

 

Type 1 isn't equal to type 0 (1 Restore 1 HP per second), but deals with percentages. The IESDP predecessor thought it did "heal 1 damage per round until NP1 % of cur hp regained" and gemrb thinks it does "heal NP1 % of cur hp each time (NP3?)". Considering the current description, the first case is more likely to be right (except for the timing), but I haven't done any testing.

 

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jedwin/effects.txt

62: REGENERATION

NP1: param

NP2: (UNUSED [#16] | type [#16])

0x0000: heal 1 damage per round until NP1 damage healed or time expired

0x0001: heal 1 damage per round until NP1 % of cur hp regained, or time expired

0x0002: heal NP1 damage per round until time expired

0x0003: heal 1 damage every NP1th round