misusing nemisis

[bearded]

nemisis is working great for batman sometimes having a sidekick, i just readjusted the cost from -2000 to 500.
simple question, i hope, how would i rename it to sidekick? how many changes? i know in ffx.py and ffedit, anywhere else?
i wish there was a way for the sidekick picked to be chosen from a customized list, like sometimes he gets robin, nightwing, batgirl, etc.

[BentonGrey]

You should just have to change the entry in the strings.txt.

[Epimethee]

There was a sidekick attribute posted here a while ago iirc.

The "sometimes" aspect is nice indeed. Personally, I'd modify either Sidekick or Private Army to add this aspect instead, so you can keep the Nemesis attribute working. My script-fu is rusty, but if you'd like to go this way, let me know.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Or make sidekick a combination attribute with nemesis set as the only attribute in the combination.  Then you can rename it, change the cost and such without effecting the original attribute or requiring any real work on your part.

[bearded]

the sidekick post from before i found archived here:
http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=41297.0
and cat, that sounds like a clever idea, i'm going to try that.
i wonder...would it be possible to have nemisis multiple times in the combination? so, if you had nemisis 3 times could you set each one for a different sidekick?

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I honestly don't know what happens if you set the same attribute multiple times.

[bearded]

i'm gonna try it. i bet it's tasking to set up with the customizations if it's in combo.
i've got another trick i'm going to try. i'm going to create a trident and give it a hero ai, set it up as aquaman's nemisis and then change the template to general object.