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Old 02-24-2014, 08:37 AM   #5
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Default Re: Decrypting Item.dat

I have rewritten the data in a form borrowed from Wizardry 6, it shows what races, classes and genders can use a given item. This should have been included in the information screens for W&W items.

Search numbers: by treating an array of Yes/No data as a sum of binary powers you can express the 2D, two dimensional, array as a 1D, one dimensional, vector. In other words, you can express the array as a single decimal number, the "search number".

Any item whose search number is a binary power can be used by only one class. Items that are genuinely unique to one class are rare:
Assassin
546 Assassin Shitagi
547 Assassin Kobakama
548 Assassin Tabi
549 Assassin Cowl
669 Assassin Shitagi +3
671 Assassin Kobakama +3
673 Assassin Cowl +3
675 Assassin Tabi +3
Zenmaster
667 Kimono Of The Dragon
Valkyrie
705 Lance Of The Lady

One problem is that only a few classes can use certain invokable items.
Wizard, Priest, Warlock: Amulet of Healing
Wizard, Priest, Warlock: Amulet of Holding
Wizard, Priest, Warlock: Amulet of Silence
Wizard, Warlock: Ring of Mariin
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