Can a config file read another config file?

AresMUSH
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Specifically, I have a LOT of weapons and a LOT of weapon specials, and all weapons need to take most (maybe all - definitely all if it makes life easier) specials.

I’m wondering whether there is a way to tell the weapons to accept anything from x list, rather than needing to add every special to every weapon individually.

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That would require custom code. There are two places where there’s error checking about what special is allowed (search for invalid_weapon_special). You can either remove that check entirely (to allow all specials) or add some new logic to do whatever you wanted.

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Double post now that I have an extra minute. This is just pseudocode and probably won’t work as-is but it should hopefully point you in the right direction.

In fs3combat_weapons.yml, add a new config item for special groups:

   fs3combat:
      weapons: ...
      weapon specials: ...
      weapon special groups:
         guns:
            - scope
            - bipod
         fists:
            - sparring
            - brass knuckles

Then configure your weapons to list the special group instead of a specific list of specials:

fs3combat:
  weapons:
    Rifle:
        ...
        special group: guns
    Unarmed:
        ...
        special group: fists

Then you can make the error check something like:

 special_group = FS3Combat.weapon_stat(weapon, "special group") || ""
 specials = Global.read_config("fs3combat", "weapon special groups", special_group) || []

Something like that anyway.

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Excellent, that does point me in the right direction, and I’ll hack at it later this week after vacation. Thanks!

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Finally got the chance to knock this out. Happy to report that it did in fact work. Thanks so much!

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