Cast X when stunned

[Mushroomstamp]

I'm trying to code Shield of Truth in skills.lua, so that it casts when stunned. Once I'm stunned, I get the below error and the script stops;
...classes/skill.lua:327: Attempt to index local 'checktab' <a nil value>
What does that mean? How can I make the below code work? Or do I need to do it another way? Maybe an onPreSkillCast script?

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<skill name="KNIGHT_SHIELD_OF_TRUTH" skilltab="4" skillnum="7" mana="150" cooldown="60" type="buff" target="self" inbattle="true" reqbufftype="debuff" reqbuffcount="1" reqbufftarget="self" reqbuffname="Stun" />

[jduartedj]

I'm trying to code Shield of Truth in skills.lua, so that it casts when stunned. Once I'm stunned, I get the below error and the script stops;
...classes/skill.lua:327: Attempt to index local 'checktab' <a nil value>
What does that mean? How can I make the below code work? Or do I need to do it another way? Maybe an onPreSkillCast script?

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<skill name="KNIGHT_SHIELD_OF_TRUTH" skilltab="4" skillnum="7" mana="150" cooldown="60" type="buff" target="self" inbattle="true" reqbufftype="debuff" reqbuffcount="1" reqbufftarget="self" reqbuffname="Stun" />

Ahhh Found it!


if you check the code below in skill.lua you'll see that the TARGET is "player" and NOT "self"
therefore it would try to index something that doesn't exist, i.e., a nil value! Just change it to player!

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if( self.ReqBuffName ~= "" ) then
		local checktab;

		if( self.ReqBuffTarget == "player" ) then
			if( self.ReqBuffType == "buff" ) then
				checktab = player.Buffs;
			else
				checktab = player.Debuffs;
			end;
		elseif( self.ReqBuffTarget == "target" ) then
			if( self.ReqBuffType == "buff" ) then
				checktab = target.Buffs;
			else
				checktab = target.Debuffs;
			end;
		end

		if( self.ReqBuffCount > (checktab[self.ReqBuffName] or 0) ) then
			return false;
		end;
	end

[Mushroomstamp]

You kick ass - thanks so much!

[jduartedj]

You kick ass - thanks so much!

You're Welcome!Aand this reminds me to update my skills file, i've been using an old r4xx version because i have some elite skills that are (were?) not on the db.

[Administrator]

If you have skills that are not in the current skills database, let us know so we can add them.

[jduartedj]

If you have skills that are not in the current skills database, let us know so we can add them.

Actually One of my first posts last year was about that and i don't think that skill is in the DB yet xD

Serioulsy i'll check my skills, thx!