pensuke89 Wrote:Buffs are now categorized into different classes. Buffs of the same class cannot stack and it will be overwritten by a newer buff. Armor Buff is an "Attacking" class buff and Strength Buff is also an "Attacking" class buff. That is why it cannot stack. It is by game design. For what reason Armor Buff is classified as "Attacking" class, I do not know. By logic, it should be classified under "Defensive" class. However, the developers have explicitly classified the Armor Buff as "Attacking" class, hence the "By game design" status.

How are players supposed to keep track of which buff will stay and which buff will cancel ? Reading the files in Resources/ ?

I think this can be listed as either bad design or bug but I don't want to clutter the bug thread so I post it here.

PS: Can you tell which files to look at/edit ?

Attacking (battle) and Attacking Reducing (antibattle) Class

• Strength Buff
• Armor Buff from Spells
• Intellect Buff
• Dexterity Buff
• Critical Hit Buff
• All Stats Buff
• Skill: Rage*
• Skill: Extra Attack*
• Skill: Acceleration*
  

Defensive (guardian) and Defensive Reducing Class (antiguardian)

• Endurance Buff
• Skill: Invulnerability*
• Skill: Statue*
  

Town Defense Class (towndef)

• Town Defense Buff
  

Regen Class (regen)

• Regeneration Buff
  

Curse Class (antiregen)

• Skill: Burning Shot*
• Skill: Envenom*
• Skill: Frost Shot*
• Skill: Poison*
• Skill: Poisonous Strike*
  

Stunned Class (stop)

• Skill: Blind*
• Skill: Stop
• Skill: Freeze
• Skill: Immobilize
• Skill: Stone
• Skill: Paralyze
• Skill: Petrify
  

Magic Resistance (resists) and Susceptibility to Magic Class (antiresists)

• Magic Resists Buff
  

The files can be found in the "Resources\Profiles\effects" folder. This is a detailed list of all the effects.
Note: Make a backup before modifying these files.
File list of Classes

• "battle" - Attacking
  
  Code:
  

  effect_AllstatsMax.effect -- +All Stats
effect_AllstatsMid.effect -- +All Stats
effect_AllstatsMin.effect -- +All Stats
effect_CounterMax.effect -- +Armor
effect_CounterMid.effect -- +Armor
effect_CounterMin.effect -- +Armor
effect_CounterPow.effect -- +Armor
effect_CritMax.effect -- +Crit
effect_CritMid.effect -- +Crit
effect_CritMin.effect -- +Crit
n2_AttackMax.effect -- +AttackPower
n2_AttackMid.effect -- +AttackPower
n2_AttackMin.effect -- +AttackPower
n2_MattackMax.effect -- +MagicPower
n2_MattackMid.effect -- +MagicPower
n2_MattackMin.effect -- +MagicPower
n2_nskill_buff_ap.effect -- Skill: Acceleration
n2_nskill_buff_dex.effect -- +Dexterity
n2_nskill_extra_attack.effect -- Skill: Extra Attack
n2_nskill_rage.effect -- Skill: Rage
n2_potion_effect_huge_dex.effect
n2_potion_effect_huge_ini.effect
n2_potion_effect_huge_int.effect
n2_potion_effect_huge_str.effect
n2_potion_effect_ini.effect
n2_potion_effect_int.effect
n2_potion_effect_str.effect
• "antibattle" - Reducing Attack
  
  Code:
  

  effect_AllstatsDecMax.effect
effect_AllstatsDecMid.effect
effect_AllstatsDecMin.effect
effect_CounterDecMax.effect
effect_CounterDecMid.effect
effect_CounterDecMin.effect
effect_CounterDecPow.effect
effect_CritDecMax.effect
effect_CritDecMid.effect
effect_CritDecMin.effect
n2_AttackDecMax.effect
n2_AttackDecMid.effect
n2_AttackDecMin.effect
n2_MattackDecMax.effect
n2_MattackDecMid.effect
n2_MattackDecMin.effect
n2_MattackDecPow.effect
n2_nskill_weakness.effect
• "guardian" - Defensive
  
  Code:
  

  effect_DefMax.effect
effect_DefMid.effect
effect_DefMin.effect
effect_VitMax.effect
effect_VitMid.effect
effect_VitMin.effect
effect_VitPow.effect
n2_nskill_buff_resist_air.effect
n2_nskill_buff_resist_all.effect
n2_nskill_buff_resist_fire.effect
n2_nskill_defform_doppleganger.effect
n2_nskill_defform_duration.effect
n2_nskill_defform_Elves.effect
n2_nskill_defform_Empire.effect
n2_nskill_defform_Legion.effect
n2_nskill_invulnerability.effect
n2_nskill_restore_cover.effect
n2_nskill_statue.effect
n2_nskill_statue2.effect
n2_nskill_statue3.effect
n2_potion_effect_agi.effect
n2_potion_effect_def.effect
n2_potion_effect_dex.effect
n2_potion_effect_huge_agi.effect
n2_potion_effect_huge_def.effect
n2_potion_effect_huge_vit.effect
n2_potion_effect_vit.effect
• "antiguardian" - Reducing Defense
  
  Code:
  

  effect_DefDecMax.effect
effect_DefDecMid.effect
effect_DefDecMin.effect
effect_DefDecPow.effect
effect_VitDecMax.effect
effect_VitDecMid.effect
effect_VitDecMin.effect
n2_nskill_debuff_resist_air.effect
n2_nskill_morph_duration.effect
n2_nskill_morph_Elves.effect
n2_nskill_morph_Empire.effect
n2_nskill_morph_Legion.effect
n2_nskill_reduce_armor.effect
• "towndef" - Town Defense
  
  Code:
  

  effect_town_def_10.effect:class "towndef";
effect_town_def_15.effect
effect_town_def_20.effect
effect_town_def_25.effect
effect_town_def_30.effect
effect_town_def_35.effect
effect_town_def_40.effect
effect_town_def_5.effect
• "regen" - Regeneration
  
  Code:
  

  effect_RegenMax.effect
effect_RegenMin.effect:class    "regen";
• "antiregen" - Curse
  
  Code:
  

  effect_CurseMax.effect
effect_CurseMid.effect
effect_CurseMin.effect
effect_CursePow.effect
effect_PoisonMax.effect
effect_PoisonMin.effect
n2_nskill_burning_shot.effect
n2_nskill_burning_strike.effect
n2_nskill_Envenom_effect.effect
n2_nskill_frost_shot.effect
n2_nskill_poison.effect
n2_nskill_poison_strike.effect
• "stop" - Stunned
  
  Code:
  

  effect_effectskill_debuff_blind.effect
effect_effectskill_debuff_stop.effect
effect_StopFreeze.effect
effect_StopStone.effect
n2_nskill_immobilize.effect
n2_nskill_paralyze.effect
n2_nskill_petrify.effect
• "resist" - Magic Resistance
  
  Code:
  

  effect_ResAirMax.effect
effect_ResAirMid.effect
effect_ResAirMin.effect
effect_ResAllMax.effect
effect_ResAllMid.effect
effect_ResAllMin.effect
effect_ResDeathMax.effect
effect_ResDeathMid.effect
effect_ResDeathMin.effect
effect_ResEarthMax.effect
effect_ResEarthMid.effect
effect_ResEarthMin.effect
effect_ResFireMax.effect
effect_ResFireMid.effect
effect_ResFireMin.effect
effect_ResMindMax.effect
effect_ResMindMid.effect
effect_ResMindMin.effect
effect_ResWaterMax.effect
effect_ResWaterMid.effect
effect_ResWaterMin.effect
• "antiresist" - Susceptibility to Magic
  
  Code:
  

  effect_ResAirDecMax.effect
effect_ResAirDecMid.effect
effect_ResAirDecMin.effect
effect_ResAllDecMax.effect
effect_ResAllDecMid.effect
effect_ResAllDecMin.effect
effect_ResDeathDecMax.effect
effect_ResDeathDecMid.effect
effect_ResDeathDecMin.effect
effect_ResEarthDecMax.effect
effect_ResEarthDecMid.effect
effect_ResEarthDecMin.effect
effect_ResFireDecMax.effect
effect_ResFireDecMid.effect
effect_ResFireDecMin.effect
effect_ResMindDecMax.effect
effect_ResMindDecMid.effect
effect_ResMindDecMin.effect
effect_ResWaterDecMax.effect
effect_ResWaterDecMid.effect
effect_ResWaterDecMin.effect

Great, thanks !

How are players supposed to keep track of which buff will stay and which buff will cancel ? Reading the files in Resources/ ?

*looks at Pensuke's post*

evidently, yeah!

should make it much simpler, something like:

-stat buffs can't stack (positive or negative)
-armor buffs can't stack (including magic resistance; positive or negative)
-regeneration can't stack
-everything else can stack, and with any of the previous.

would take a bit of modding though to simplify.

Or even just make them color coded. So you have Green, Orange, Yellow, etc. and buffs of same color can't stack.

that sounds like a good idea.