[QUESTION] How do I prevent a particular race from using a particular kit?

[a.greene]

 

Hypothetically, if I wanted to prevent a particular race (Dwarves) from using a particular kit (berserker) is this the best way to do it? Or is there a better way?

COPY_EXISTING ~K_F_D.2DA~ ~override~
  COUNT_2DA_ROWS ~2~ "rows"
  FOR (index = 1 ; index < rows ; index = index + 1) BEGIN
    READ_2DA_ENTRY index 1 2 "kit"
    PATCH_IF ("%kit%" = 1) BEGIN
      REMOVE_2DA_ROW 4 1
    END
  END
  BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES
                               

Thank you in advance.

[jmerry]

It's certainly the obvious way to do it - just engage with the system that's already in use..

For reference, in those K_ tables, the number in the second column that identifies the kit is the number in the first column of KITLIST.2DA. Unless it's 0, in which case that's the "trueclass" option.

What I'm not sure of here is the first column - do those have to be in sequence, or can those index numbers just be anything as long as they're different? Your current code will leave a gap in the indexing, so that matters...

[subtledoctor]

1 hour ago, jmerry said:

What I'm not sure of here is the first column - do those have to be in sequence, or can those index numbers just be anything as long as they're different?

It doesn't matter, they can have any value. I think even repeated values don't do any harm.

[a.greene]

@jmerry @subtledoctor Thank you.