[suggestion] Filters for spell information

from Elemental Forums

To help players understand exactly what spells will be available, I would suggest this addition to the hiergammemon.

The idea is that you can filter the list of spells after certain spell traits. For example, I might select lvl 3 fire and lvl 2 air. This will show me ONLY those spells that become available as a result

Fire only:
Burning Hands
Pillar of Flame
Flame Dart
Feedback
Fireball
Focus

Air only:
Haste
Evade
Aura of Grace
Guardian Wind

Fire2+Air2:
Tireless March

In addition, this entry should be available from the trait selection screen.




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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Just wanted to second this suggestion for managing spells; as modders add more in this filtering will become more valuable / needed.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

As a modder, it wouldn't suck if the list of spellbooks was scrollable and dynamic, so we could add our own spellbooks to the filtering mechanic.

Ie, don't just list the 6 spellbooks, list instead all XML abilitybonus traits with <AbilityBonusType>Champion_Spellbook</AbilityBonusType> and no <AbilityBonusType>Unit_Spell_Rank</AbilityBonusType>

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

In Heroes of Might and Magic they dealt with this somewhat by having tabs along the side that divided them by school of magic. This would be really handy.