[QUESTION] Editing 2DA files

[a.greene]

I'm trying to edit RACETHAC.2DA  to give dwarves a +1 bonus to axes and war hammers.

I'm trying to edit column 3 of row 7 and 12...

COPY_EXISTING ~RACETHAC.2DA~ ~override~
  SET_2DA_ENTRY 7 3 9 ~1~
  SET_2DA_ENTRY 12 3 9 ~1~

The above code doesn't work but the below works, and I don't understand why? The row counts seem strange?

COPY_EXISTING ~RACETHAC.2DA~ ~override~
  SET_2DA_ENTRY 3 3 9 ~1~
  SET_2DA_ENTRY 8 3 9 ~1~

Any assistance would be appreciated...

Cheers,

a.

[argent77]

The required column count parameter defines which rows are effectively visible to SET_2DA_ENTRY. Setting it to 9 removes the signature, default value and table header rows, which means row 0 points to the first effective table row (BASTARDSWORD in the vanilla game table). That's why rows 3 and 8 point to AXE and WARHAMMER definitions respectively.

If you had specified a required column count of 1 then SET_2DA_ENTRY would have considered every row in the file. AXE and WARHAMMER would then be found in rows 6 and 11 respectively.

[a.greene]

@argent77 Thank you, would there be a better or cleaner way to write this?

[argent77]

To be on the safe side I'd suggest to check the stat value in the first column (column 0) and update the bonus only if it matches any of the requested proficiencies.