Editing Creating Techniques

Techniques in Tuxemon can be created by adding a JSON file to the <code>mods/tuxemon/db/technique</code> directory. With each new technique, the following data must be specified:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Description
|-
| tech_id
| The id of the individual technique.
|-
| accuracy
| Float parameter between 0 and 1 which decides against a random value if the technique hits or not.
|-
| animation
| Name of the animation under `mods/tuxemon/animations/technique` to use when the move is used. 
|-
| conditions
| Conditions are the prerequisites on which a technique fails or not.
|-
| effects
| Effects can change some characteristics of the enemy. By using the example below: "give poison,target" will give [[Poisoned]] status to the enemy and "damage" will inflict damage to the enemy.
|-
| flip_axes
| On which axes the animation needs to be flipped, by default is empty '''""'''.
|-
| is_fast
| Boolean, whether the technique is fast or not. Fast means that will be used before the enemy ones. By default is '''False'''.
|-
| potency
| Float parameter between 0 and 1 which decides against a random value if the technique will give a [[:Category:Condition]].
|-
| power
| Float parameter between 0 and 3 that will be used to calculate the quantity of damages.
|-
| range
| The kind of technique: [[Melee]], [[Ranged]], [[Touch]], [[Special]], [[Reach]] or [[Reliable]].
|-
| recharge
| Recharging time of the technique (eg 2 = it can be used every 2 turns).
|-
| sfx
| The sound effect under `resources/sounds/technique` to play when using the move. 
|-
| slug
| The slug identifier of the technique. It defines the name of the technique, since inside the PO file there is a translation corresponding at the slug (msgid "sting" - msgstr "Sting") as well as the description (msgid "sting_description" - msgstr "Describing the technique"). 
|-
| sort
| Whether damage or meta, meta doesn't do damage.
|-
| target
| The target can be set among "enemy_monster", "enemy_team", etc.
|-
| types
| The technique's types [[:Category:Type]]. 
|-
| use_failure (optional)
| Text will appear if the technique fails.
|-
| use_success (optional)
| Text will appear if the technique hits.
|-
| use_tech
| Text will appear when the technique is used in battle.
|}

Here is an example of what a technique file might look like:

`mods/tuxemon/db/technique/sting.json`

  json
  {  
  "tech_id": 1,
  "accuracy": 0.8,
  "animation": "pound",
  "effects": [
    "give poison,target",
    "damage"
  ],
  "flip_axes": "",
  "is_fast": false,
  "potency": 0.4,
  "power": 1.25,
  "range": "melee",
  "recharge": 1,
  "sfx": "sfx_blaster",
  "slug": "sting",
  "sort": "damage",
  "target": {
    "enemy monster": 2,
    "enemy team": 0,
    "enemy trainer": 0,
    "own monster": 0,
    "own team": 0,
    "own trainer": 0
  },
  "types": [
    "wood"
  ],
  "use_failure": "combat_miss",
  "use_success": null,
  "use_tech": "combat_used_x"
  }