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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
Magic effects are a bundle of game effects and visual effects. The are used in spells, powers, abilities, potions & poisons, diseases, and enchantments. | Magic effects are a bundle of game effects and visual effects. The are used in spells, powers, abilities, potions & poisons, diseases, and enchantments. | ||
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Now, the confusing part. The effect code for vanilla effects isn't just an arbitrary integer. It is the ASCII representation of the first four characters of the editorID, interpreted as an integer. For example: | Now, the confusing part. The effect code for vanilla effects isn't just an arbitrary integer. It is the ASCII representation of the first four characters of the editorID, interpreted as an integer. For example: | ||
editorID | 1. The editorID of a vanilla effect is "FIDG" | ||
2. The ASCII values of the (first) four characters are | |||
"F" = 70 = 46h | |||
"I" = 73 = 49h | |||
"D" = 68 = 44h | |||
"G" = 71 = 47h | |||
3. Re-interpret these values as a 32-bit integer: | |||
70 46h | |||
+ 73 * 256 + 49h * 100h | |||
+ 68 * 256^2 + 44h * 10000h | |||
+ 71 * 256^3 + 47h * 1000000h | |||
-------------- ---------------- | |||
1,195,657,542 = 47444946h = Effect Code | |||
The devs probably did this for readability while debugging. It's handy, because it means that you can easily get the (vanilla) effect codes from their editorID strings. In fact, since the codes are not shown in the CS, this is the ''only'' way to get the effect code. OBSE provides commands to do this automatically: | The devs probably did this for readability while debugging. It's handy, because it means that you can easily get the (vanilla) effect codes from their editorID strings. In fact, since the codes are not shown in the CS, this is the ''only'' way to get the effect code. OBSE provides commands to do this automatically: | ||
let longvar := MagicEffectCodeFromChars "FIDG" ;; returns 1,195,657,542 | let longvar := MagicEffectCodeFromChars "FIDG" ;; returns 1,195,657,542 | ||