Starting from absolute zero, is it possible?

[Dragon Brother]

Greetings Forumites, I had a thought (No oddly enough it did not hurt.), is it possible to start a actor's level from zero?

 

[TheoAllen]

Possible. It just displays matter. Just need a script that patches the level display from 1 to 0. Technically it's level 1 but displayed as 0.
Also for the poll, I think it deserves its own thread.

 

[Andar]

technically yes - as said above you'll need a script to change the engine, but it can be done.

However, that does not automatically make this a good idea - it depends on what exactly you want to do.
Usually "level 0" is either associated with civilians or with adventurers that have not yet started their training.
So it would fit if you have some form of prologue, and if the actor/player selects their class during or after that prologue.

If they start out as adventurers and keep their class from the beginning until much later this would have no real effect or impact at all and would be more likely to confuse players exactly because it is normal to start at L1 for adventurers.

 

[gstv87]

TLDR explanation: you can't make an actor's level 0 because the formula for XP depends on it, and it would return you negative or decimal XP.

you should always override the displayed "actor.level" with "actor.level - 1"

 

[Dragon Brother]

Possible. It just displays matter. Just need a script that patches the level display from 1 to 0. Technically it's level 1 but displayed as 0.
Also for the poll, I think it deserves its own thread.

Good insight on the Poll, I will do that.

technically yes - as said above you'll need a script to change the engine, but it can be done.

However, that does not automatically make this a good idea - it depends on what exactly you want to do.
Usually "level 0" is either associated with civilians or with adventurers that have not yet started their training.
So it would fit if you have some form of prologue, and if the actor/player selects their class during or after that prologue.

If they start out as adventurers and keep their class from the beginning until much later this would have no real effect or impact at all and would be more likely to confuse players exactly because it is normal to start at L1 for adventurers.

is there a script?