#14 Custom Skill Categories

[Annakan]

Hello
Thanks again for this amazing program that must do more than ICE itself to keep Rolemaster alive, and Rolemaster is Awesome :)

I have just one need I don't know how to scratch :

I need to create custom skill categories and skills for crafting rules extensions I wrote and would like to know if it is possible in RMO.

I probably could copy and rename another skill but I don't know or see how to do it with a skill category.

Is this possible ? (I am even ready to hack a database or such to do it ;) )

Thanks again for your creation.

[Daniel Nettesheim]

Ticket moved from /p/rmoffice/bugs/23/

[Daniel Nettesheim]

Currently it is not easy possible like the race and culture plugin mechanism.
You can modify the jar file youself, it is a zip, just rename is and replace the following file, then rename it back to jar.
You have to modify the skillcost.csv and add a new category there. Then you have to add the skills to the skills.conf
Start with a high ID to be compatible to future releases (skillcategory ID 10000, skills ID 10000). The files are like a DB. Easiest way is to duplicate an entry
Let me know if you could manage it to add your new category.

Edit:
I have tried to implement a similar mechanism as the race/culture thing and I did it in 15 mins ... so I will release a version where you can add you skillcats and skills.

[Annakan]

That's really amazing, I was looking at the code and found the .csv but I was trying to figure the dependencies (and I don't speak any even decent German ;) ), and I am more of a Python guy so takes time to wrap my head around the Java idioms.

I was thinking that having a few "typicial" "custom category" (with the few kind of costs/progressions categories have) and the ability to rename them as we do for skill we would be good but if you were able to do it in full that's really great.

You definitely rock ;)

[Daniel Nettesheim]

check version 4.3.13 and the readme:
http://rmoffice.sourceforge.net/readme.html#howtoaddcustomskills