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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
SpellsPatterns and actions that perform a magical effect on the world.
Ioticblocks FocalworkingRecently, I've been dissatisfied with the way my hexes take up much of the stack space just to read one iota from a list. Reading/Writing Blocks fixes this, but it seems my standard rigged writes don't work on them. To fix this, I have come up with some specialised patterns to override them.
Miscellaneous FocalworkingI have discovered a few patterns, but they do not seem to fit into any of my previous categories. To solve this problem whilst keeping them documented, I have placed them here for my convenience.
This pattern takes in a spellbook item entity and a num, and flips the spellbook to that page.
This pattern takes in a spellbook item entity and returns the currently selected page.
Rigging FociIn my studies, I have discovered the art of Rigging. "Rigged" foci (or any iota holder, for that matter) cast a hex upon reads or writes. Reads cast after reading the iota (with it starting on the stack), and writes start before a write, starting with the iota-to-write on the stack. Curiously, writes also have the option to leave a boolean on the stack, indicating whether the write should go through. Further, writes are also brittle; they cannot 'recurse,' or call themselves. Perhaps I could use this to my advantage...
Finally, there also seems to be a way to Crack these iota holders, which must be done before any rigging has been done. Attempting to crack a rigged item will cloud my vision for ten seconds. Cracked items display their rigged reads/writes on their tooltip.