Starward Rogue:XML - Enum Reference

DamageType

• Ballistic
• Tracking
• Gravity
• Deployment
• Laser
• Energy
• Ion
• Concussive
• Piercing
• Poison
• Fire
• Acid
• Lightning
• Explosive
  • "Explosive" gets the MissileShotDamage modifier and not the NormalShotDamage one, and vice versa for non-Explosive.
  • "Explosive" shots can reveal secret doors on direct collision

FiringTiming

• AllTheTime
  • always fires if there's any eligible target at all, even if not in range
• OnlyInRange
  • only fires when there's something in range
• WhenParentEntityHit
  • only fires when the parent entity is hit by something (which authorizes one salvo)
• Never
  • never does normal salvo logic; useful with systems with category=DirectUseSystem

TargetingLogic

• Direct
  • fires at where the target is now
• Lead
  • fires at where this shot would intercept the target at its present speed and course. If the target is travelling too fast for the shot to intercept at any angle, this just shoots at the target's current location.
• Dumbfire
  • fires in a straight line from the firing ship at the angle the firing ship is currently facing

FourDirection

• North
• East
• South
• West

RoomType

• Starting
• Item
• Secret
• Shop
• Miniboss
• Challenge
• Boss_Rectangle
• Boss_Large
• Standard
• TunnelWide
• TunnelTall
• Quad
• FatVertical
• FatHorizontal
• Square
• Boss_Square
• Boss_RectEdged
• SquareNE
• SquareSW
• StandardEW
• StandardNS

EntityModifierProbationType

• NoMissileUse
• NoEnergyUse
• NoTakingDamage
• NoHealingHull
• NoUsingConsumable

FamiliarType

• NormalOrbit
  • stays relative to the master ship, never collides with walls, moves around in smooth-ish arcs from random offset to random offset (similar to movement of armadas around planets on the TLF metamap)
• SimpleCircleOrbit
  • stays relative to the master ship, never collides with walls, moves around in a smooth-ish circle around the master ship
• NormalShipBehavior
  • basically acts like a normal ship, according to the behavior flag. For example, you could use this with behavior=Wanderer or behavior=CardinalMover
  • will spawn on top of the master entity

EntityModifierType

These require attributes "math" and "magnitude" (see below for those)

• MaxHealth
• MaxShields
• Range
  • Range that shots will live, specifically. Doesn't do much for BulletPattern stuff.
• ReloadTime
• MovementSpeed
• ShotSize
  • Applies to the size of shots generated by this entity, not to the entity itself.
• MySize
  • Applies to the entity itself. So if you want a system that causes its shots to be huge you can give it:
    • <modifier target="MyShots" type="MySize" math="Multiply" magnitude="4" />
• NormalShotDamage
  • Applies to the damage of shots generated by this entity, not to the entity itself.
  • doesn't apply to melee damage, or the player's missiles
• MissileShotDamage
  • Applies to the damage of shots generated by this entity, not to the entity itself.
• AreaOfEffect_Self
  • only makes sense on shots, forces the shot to be aoe
• MeleeDamage
  • Applies to the damage of shots generated by this entity, not to the entity itself.
  • this is the implicit "on-touch" damage that happens when the player's hitbox overlaps an enemy hitbox
• IncomingDamage
  • accepts (but does not require) the damage_type attribute
    • if specified, only applies to damage from that source
    • if not specified, applies to all damage
• Acceleration
• Deceleration
  • this refers to how quickly an entity slows down from its current speed to zero.
  • If you want to adjust how fast an entity moves, you want MovementSpeed instead.
• InventoryChangePerSecond
  • also requires "related_item" attribute, see below
  • only does anything when it applies to the player's entity
• DamagePerSecond
  • does damage to the thing with the modifier every sim-step
  • uses damage_type
• DamagePerSecond_IfMoving
  • similar to DamagePerSecond, but only has an impact if the ship is moving under power (not decelerating or being knocked back or whatever)
• MyOwnDamage
  • unlike NormalShotDamage, which only impacts shots generated by the entity with that modifier, this one is for the shots themselves, and modifies the damage it does on impact
• SystemAutoFireDuringAfterburner
  • during afterburner, if this system is on the player ship and would not normally be fired (its key isn't being held or whatever), it fires anyway and the shots are aimed directly behind the ship
• RevealsWholeMap
  • when the player has this modifier, the whole map for the current floor is revealed; if the player still has this modifier after a floor transition it reveals that new floor as well
• RevealsShopsItemRoomsAndBossRoom
  • similar to RevealsWholeMap, but just for shop, item, and boss rooms
• SystemCannotBeDropped
  • if the player has this on their ammo system, they cannot pick up any item that would cause their ammo system to be destroyed or swapped out
    • same deal with consumable system
    • similar with main gun system (no pickups destroy it, but some can swap it out)
• CannotPickUpItems
  • if the player has this, they cannot pick up any items

These require that "math" and "magnitude" be absent, as they're just on/off flags

• ReflectsOffTerrain
  • Comes back at the opposite angle it came in on.
• RicochetsOffTerrain
  • Comes back at a different angle than it came in on (if it was a shallow angle of incidence, the angle of reflection is shallow, etc)
• IgnoresCollisionWithNonWallTerrain
  • Passes through Shootable and Bombable obstacles, but not the Indestructible obstacles (look like walls) or the exterior wall that bounds the room.
• NonMeleeCannotFire
  • Prevents all its normal weapons from firing; only the implicit on-touch-damage systems will work during the duration
• DestroysTouchingShootables
  • If touches a shootable while this modifier is applied, that shootable is destroyed.
• DestroysTouchingBombables
  • Same deal with bombables.
• IgnoresCollisionWithWallTerrain
  • Passes through Indestructible obstacles (look like walls) and the exterior wall that bounds the room. Does not pass through shootables or bombables (but you can set that flag too)
• SystemDisabledAndInvisible
  • System doesn't render or do anything while this is applied.
• PhasedOut
  • entity draws at half alpha
  • entity cannot be hit by shots
  • entity is immune to damage
• Self_DestroyEnemyShots
  • when on a shot, makes it behave like its firing system had shot_destroys_other_shots
• Self_NotDestroyedOnCollisionWithShip
  • when on a shot, makes it behave like its firing system had shot_is_not_stopped_by_hitting
• ItemCosts
  • modifies requires_item_amount values where related_item matches requires_item_type
  • notably, used with Energy, this can make energy weapons cost more or less energy to fire
• ItemGains
  • modifies on_pickup_grants_amount values where related_item matches on_pickup_grants_item
  • notably, used with Credits, this can increase the value of future credit drops
• InventoryCapacity
  • modifies the max amount of related_item that you can store
  • notably, used with Energy, this can increase or decrease the player's energy storage capacity
• HealthGainOnEnemyKill
  • when an entity (not system) with this kills a ship, it gains this much health
  • partial gain (less than one point) is stored and can be applied as actual health gain if a later kill brings it up to a full point (if it happens in the same room)
• ItemGainOnEnemyKill
  • when an entity (not system) with this kills a ship, the player's inventory of related_item changes by this amount (can be negative, if you wanted a credit fine for killing something, for example)
• HardensAfterTimeStationary
  • when an entity has this modifier, and has not moved under power, it shifts towards a dark gray color (maxing out when time not under power >= the value of this modifier)
  • when its time not under power >= the value of this modifier, the ship cannot take damage
• StoreItemPrices
  • if the player has this, it modifies all credit_cost values

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