Arm_block and Leg_block in Martialarts.json

Chezzo · 2017-04-05T12:49:45.000Z

Does anyone know what Arm_block and Leg_block do in Martialarts.json? Is a higher number better?

Brawling has an arm_block of -1, and a leg_block of 7, while Akimbo has 99 and 99 respectively.

CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/martialarts.json

[
    {
        "type" : "martial_art",
        "id" : "style_none",
        "name" : "No style",
        "description" : "Not a martial art, this is just plain old punching and kicking.",
        "arm_block" : 1,
        "leg_block" : 99
    },{
        "type" : "martial_art",
        "id" : "style_kicks",
        "name" : "Force unarmed",
        "description" : "Not a martial art, setting this style will prevent weapon attacks and force punches (with free hand) or kicks.",
        "arm_block" : 1,
        "leg_block" : 99,
        "force_unarmed" : true
    },{
        "type" : "martial_art",
        "id" : "style_brawling",
        "name" : "Brawling",

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Coolthulhu · 2017-04-05T14:12:50.000Z

Level at which the block unlocks. Not sure why there are some arts with -1 instead of 0. Negative numbers aren’t special cased.

deoxy · 2017-04-05T16:00:22.000Z

That would make 99 pretty silly…

Coolthulhu · 2017-04-05T16:11:31.000Z

No, it just marks it as “you can’t get it”.

deoxy · 2017-04-05T21:23:57.000Z

Coolthulhu:

No, it just marks it as “you can’t get it”.

Wouldn’t it make more sense just to not require the tag at all in those cases? “you can’t get it” is assumed unless you specify otherwise.

Coolthulhu · 2017-04-06T01:23:58.000Z

deoxy:

Wouldn’t it make more sense just to not require the tag at all in those cases?

It was implemented long ago.

deoxy · 2017-04-06T14:02:42.000Z

Coolthulhu:

[quote=“deoxy, post:5, topic:13575”]Wouldn’t it make more sense just to not require the tag at all in those cases?

It was implemented long ago.[/quote]

OK, good then… and this whole topic is then a big “yay for legacy code” moment. Not that I have ANY room to judge on that, mind you.