how safe is it to add to a CLAB

[phordicus]

some of them, like DR03 only use 2 rows of the given 6. if i were modding a default kit and adding a new ability, would it be better to just add an entirely new row or just assume that row 5 or 6 would still be completely unused?

[Mike1072]

You could use code to add a new row only if it needs it.

 

Like this, but tested.

 

SET level = 12 // when the ability is gained
TEXT_SPRINT new_ability ~AP_blahblah~
COUNT_2DA_COLS num_cols
COUNT_2DA_ROWS num_cols num_rows
PATCH_IF (level < num_cols) BEGIN
 SET added = 0
 FOR (row = 0; row < num_rows && !added; row += 1) BEGIN
READ_2DA_ENTRY row level num_cols ability
PATCH_IF (~%ability%~ STRING_EQUAL ~****~) BEGIN
  SET_2DA_ENTRY row level num_cols ~%new_ability%~
  SET added = 1
END
 END
 PATCH_IF (!added) BEGIN
SET new_row_num = num_rows + 1
TEXT_SPRINT new_row ~ABILITY%new_row_num%~
FOR (col = 1; col < num_cols; col += 1) BEGIN
  TEXT_SPRINT new_row ~%new_row% ****~
END
INSERT_2DA_ROW num_rows num_cols ~%new_row%~
SET_2DA_ENTRY num_rows level num_cols ~%new_ability%~
 END
END