Making certain skills not count against total skill points cap

[Dragonlance]

ServUO Version

Publish 58

Ultima Expansion

Endless Journey

I have been working on trying to get some lesser skills to not count in the total skill point cap. I am doing this so that players don't have to screw a good build up to add these lesser skills to their main build character. The attached file is what I have this point. Players can only gain up to the total skill points cap with having points in one of the "excluded" skills. The area that I have edited is labeled.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[loveslips]

try

 

[Dragonlance]

Thank you for the help but that doesn't seem to be working either. The attached image shows how I have the character skills set up to test this. I am trying to gain Focus which at 40 should get gains like crazy.

 

[loveslips]

Thank you for the help but that doesn't seem to be working either. The attached image shows how I have the character skills set up to test this. I am trying to gain Focus which at 40 should get gains like crazy.

 

[Dragonlance]

That edit doesn't seem to be working either.

 

[loveslips]

Try making changes to SkillCheck.cs

public static void Gain(Mobile from, Skill skill, int toGain)
{
if (from.Region.IsPartOf<Jail>())
return;

if (from is BaseCreature && ((BaseCreature)from).IsDeadPet)
return;

if (skill.SkillName == SkillName.Focus && from is BaseCreature &&
(!PetTrainingHelper.Enabled || !((BaseCreature)from).Controlled))
return;

if (skill.Base < skill.Cap && skill.Lock == SkillLock.Up)
{
var skills = from.Skills;

// Define excluded skills (must match BaseFixedPoint)
HashSet<SkillName> excludedSkills = new HashSet<SkillName>
{
SkillName.ArmsLore, SkillName.Begging, SkillName.Camping,
SkillName.DetectHidden, SkillName.Herding, SkillName.Forensics,
SkillName.ItemID, SkillName.Stealing, SkillName.TasteID,
SkillName.RemoveTrap, SkillName.Tracking
};

// We calculate the sum of only non-excluded skills
int nonExcludedTotal = 0;
foreach (var s in skills)
{
if (s != null && !excludedSkills.Contains(s.SkillName))
nonExcludedTotal += s.BaseFixedPoint;
}

// Check the limit only for non-excluded skills
if (from is PlayerMobile && Siege.SiegeShard)
{
var minsPerGain = Siege.MinutesPerGain(from, skill);

if (minsPerGain > 0)
{
if (Siege.CheckSkillGain((PlayerMobile)from, minsPerGain, skill))
{
CheckReduceSkill(skills, toGain, skill);

if (nonExcludedTotal + toGain <= skills.Cap)
{
skill.BaseFixedPoint += toGain;
}
}

return;
}
}

if (toGain == 1 && skill.Base <= 10.0)
toGain = Utility.Random(4) + 1;

#region Mondain's Legacy
if (from is PlayerMobile && QuestHelper.EnhancedSkill((PlayerMobile)from, skill))
{
toGain *= Utility.RandomMinMax(2, 4);
}
#endregion

#region Scroll of Alacrity
if (from is PlayerMobile && skill.SkillName == ((PlayerMobile)from).AcceleratedSkill &&
((PlayerMobile)from).AcceleratedStart > DateTime.UtcNow)
{
((PlayerMobile)from).SendLocalizedMessage(1077956);
toGain = Utility.RandomMinMax(2, 5);
}
#endregion

#region Skill Masteries
else if (from is BaseCreature && !(from is Server.Engines.Despise.DespiseCreature) && (((BaseCreature)from).Controlled || ((BaseCreature)from).Summoned))
{
var master = ((BaseCreature)from).GetMaster();

if (master != null)
{
var spell = SkillMasterySpell.GetSpell(master, typeof(WhisperingSpell)) as WhisperingSpell;

if (spell != null && master.InRange(from.Location, spell.PartyRange) && master.Map == from.Map &&
spell.EnhancedGainChance >= Utility.Random(100))
{
toGain = Utility.RandomMinMax(2, 5);
}
}
}
#endregion

if (from is PlayerMobile)
{
CheckReduceSkill(skills, toGain, skill);
}

// Apply the increase only if the non-excluded skills do not exceed the limit
if (!from.Player || (nonExcludedTotal + toGain <= skills.Cap))
{
skill.BaseFixedPoint = Math.Min(skill.CapFixedPoint, skill.BaseFixedPoint + toGain);

EventSink.InvokeSkillGain(new SkillGainEventArgs(from, skill, toGain));

if (from is PlayerMobile)
UpdateGGS(from, skill);
}
}

#region Mondain's Legacy
if (from is PlayerMobile)
QuestHelper.CheckSkill((PlayerMobile)from, skill);
#endregion

if (skill.Lock == SkillLock.Up &&
(!Siege.SiegeShard || !(from is PlayerMobile) || Siege.CanGainStat((PlayerMobile)from)))
{
var info = skill.Info;

if (!Core.ML)
{
var scalar = 1.0;

if (from.StrLock == StatLockType.Up && (info.StrGain / 33.3) * scalar > Utility.RandomDouble())
GainStat(from, Stat.Str);
else if (from.DexLock == StatLockType.Up && (info.DexGain / 33.3) * scalar > Utility.RandomDouble())
GainStat(from, Stat.Dex);
else if (from.IntLock == StatLockType.Up && (info.IntGain / 33.3) * scalar > Utility.RandomDouble())
GainStat(from, Stat.Int);
}
else
{
TryStatGain(info, from);
}
}
}