How to change spellcasting to be more like pre-AoS (= "smooth")

[Ilutzio]

Heads up everyone! This method only works if you use RunUO 1.0, for 2.0, check out the revised version: Getting close to LBR-spellcasting (Revised for 2.0)

Smoothness in five easy steps
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I'll just get right down to it, shall i?
First of all you need to disable AoS. This will give you spelltimings, damage-levels etc. like they were in LBR.

Step 1
Go to: scripts\misc\aos.cs
And find line 12; wich looks like this:

		private const bool Enabled = true;

Change it to:

		private const bool Enabled = false;

Next you'll need to activate damage-delay on spells, (namely: magic arrow, harm?, fireball, flamestrike, explosion and mindblast), go to:

Step 2
scripts\spells\base\spell.cs and find line 37; wich looks like this:

		public virtual bool DelayedDamage{ get{ return false; } }

Change to:

		publc virtual bool DelayedDamage{ get{ return true; } }

What this does: When you cast Explosion (for example) and target the spell, the damage will not be instantaniously done on the target, there is a delay between targeting the spell and when damage is done.
This is a very important aspect of mage PvP.


Step 3
Line 28: A value of 0.6 works good here, thanks a bundle to Twice for giving me the heads up on this, i had made the change when i was testing, but i forgot to mention the value in this FAQ.

Step 4
Line 29: The delay between casting a spell and when the character that casted it performs the "cast spell"-animation. A value of 1.1 usually work good and looks smooth, it can look messy when you mount an Ethereal thou, and if that is a problem then raise it to 1.9 or more.


By doing the above changes you're getting closer, but you still get the "You have not yet recovered from casting a spell."-message if you try to cast directly after your last spell.
To make spellcasting more smooth (and make mages powerfull as hell, mind you) you need to "remove" (or rather - nullify) the whole FCR "concept", this might sound tricky (and it is) but the shortcut is not:


Step 5
Starting at line 558 in Spell.cs you will see this code:

		public virtual int CastRecoveryBase{ get{ return 1; } }//<line 558
		public virtual int CastRecoveryCircleScalar{ get{ return 0; } }
		public virtual int CastRecoveryFastScalar{ get{ return 1; } }
		public virtual int CastRecoveryPerSecond{ get{ return 3; } }
		public virtual int CastRecoveryMinimum{ get{ return 0; } }

The values/numbers will differ in your file thou, change 'em to match mine.

(Note: The "You have not yet recovered from casting a spell."-message will still come up, but only, and i meen only, once in awhile when/if mages try to spam quick-casted spells, like Lightning.)


Done!(but...)
I realize this guide is far from complete, and it may even be inaccurate in some things, but i hope this "decent" guide atleast is better then none at all.


Special thanks to:
PappaSmurf for helping with testing of the method.
Twice for reminding about the value on Line 28.
Jeoku for being the mail pigeon.



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