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Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:30 am**

Would it be (/is it currently) possible to have say, a hidden skills scroll.
When viewed by a character it's text showing that characters hidden skillz0rs.

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:00 pm**

you mean, when a character read a special scroll, he is able to cast a spell that was forbidden before?

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:30 pm**

No, reading a special scroll that displays the luck, and other hidden attributes of the character.

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:05 pm**

This is just a quick hack, I'm sure it could be done better.
However, as a demonstration, here's a scroll to display someone's hidden wizard skills on a scroll, using a subrenderer.

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obj.skillscroll = {
	name="SCROLL",
	type="THING",
	class="SCROLL",
	mass=1,
	icon=gfx.icons[31],
	alt_icon=gfx.icons[30],
	dungeon=gfx.scroll,
	to_r_hand = alticon,
	from_r_hand = normicon,
	fit_chest=true
}

function obj.skillscroll:subrenderer(id)
	local ch, who = dsb_get_coords(id)
	if (ch == MOUSE_HAND) then
		who = dsb_ppos_char(dsb_get_leader())
	end
	
	local names = { "FUL", "IR", "DES", "VEN" }
	local lines = { "SCROLL OF", "WIZARDRY", "" }
	for i=1,4 do
		local skillnum = dsb_xp_level(who, CLASS_WIZARD, i)
		local s_skill
		if (skillnum == 0) then
			s_skill = "NO SKILL IN " .. names[i]
		else
			s_skill = names[i] .. " " .. xp_levelnames[skillnum] 
		end
		
		lines[3+i] = s_skill
	end
	local num_lines = 7
	
	local y_base = 72 - (num_lines*7) + (num_lines % 2)	
    local sr = dsb_subrenderer_target()
	dsb_bitmap_blit(gfx.scroll_inside, sr, 0, 0, 0, 0, 246, 146)
	for i=1,num_lines do
	    dsb_bitmap_textout(sr, gfx.scroll_font, lines[i],
			124, y_base+((i-1)*14), CENTER, scroll_color)
	end	
end

(Note: What Adamo was talking about is also pretty easily doable, by adding an on_look event to the scroll)

Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:58 am**

That just rocks. But I'm not too confident about how to design events attached to items, right now...

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Hidden Skills Scroll