How to get armor type? (light, medium, heavy, cloth)

ReachPW

GetBaseItemType() just returns : BASE_ITEM_ARMOR for all types of armors. How do you determine if armor is in category of cloth, light, medium or heavy ?

Kamiryn

For items of type BASE_ITEM_ARMOR you can use

int nTorso = GetItemAppearance(oItem, ITEM_APPR_TYPE_ARMOR_MODEL, ITEM_APPR_ARMOR_MODEL_TORSO);

to get the torso model. With the torso model you can get the base AC with

int nAC = FloatToInt(StringToFloat(Get2DAString("parts_chest", "ACBONUS", nTorso)));

and with the AC you can determine the category:

switch (nAC)
{
case 0: // clothing
	break;
case 1:
case 2:
case 3: // light armor
	break;
case 4:
case 5: // medium armor
	break;
default: // heavy armor
	break;	
}

Also you can use "armor.2da" to get other stats like max DEX bonus, AC check penalty, Arcane Failure %, weight, base cost, ...:

nDexBonus = StringToInt(Get2DAString("armor", "DEXBONUS", nAC));
nWeight = StringToInt(Get2DAString("armor", "WEIGHT", nAC));
...

ReachPW

Great, I'll try that, thanks!