[solved] weapon specials inside [abilities]

[white_haired_uncle]

https://wiki.wesnoth.org/AbilitiesWML

(Version 1.15.0 and later only) All weapon specials except for [plague], [heal_on_hit], and [swarm] can be placed in the [abilities] tag. These "weapon specials as abilities" will give that weapon special to all attacks the unit has if matches with [filter_student/opponent/etc][filter_weapon].

Cool, but how? I'm guessing that the wiki omitted mentioning the [specials] tag, and I want something like this?

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[abilities]
        [dummy]
#textdomain wesnoth-loti
                description=_"When this unit kills a certain amount of beings, it obtains special advancements."
                female_name=_"female^soul eater"
                id="soul eater"
                name=_"soul eater"
        [/dummy]
        [regenerate]  
                affect_self=yes
#textdomain wesnoth-help
                description=_"The unit will heal itself 8 HP per turn. If it is poisoned, it will remove the poison instead of healing."
                female_name=_"female^regenerates"
                id="regenerates"
                name=_"regenerates"
                poison="cured"
                special_note=_"This unit regenerates, which allows it to heal as though always stationed in a village."
                value=8  
        [/regenerate]
        [specials]
                [damage]
                        add=0
                        apply_to="self"
                        id="latent_wrath"
                [/damage]
        [/specials]
[/abilities]

Or if the wiki is more correct than I'm giving it credit for, would it just be:

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[abilities]
        [dummy]
#textdomain wesnoth-loti
                description=_"When this unit kills a certain amount of beings, it obtains special advancements."
                female_name=_"female^soul eater"
                id="soul eater"
                name=_"soul eater"
        [/dummy]
        [regenerate]  
                affect_self=yes
#textdomain wesnoth-help
                description=_"The unit will heal itself 8 HP per turn. If it is poisoned, it will remove the poison instead of healing."
                female_name=_"female^regenerates"
                id="regenerates"
                name=_"regenerates"
                poison="cured"
                special_note=_"This unit regenerates, which allows it to heal as though always stationed in a village."
                value=8  
        [/regenerate]

                [damage]
                        add=0
                        apply_to="self"
                        id="latent_wrath"
                [/damage]

[/abilities]

[Celtic_Minstrel]

The second one.

[white_haired_uncle]

Thank you. I've got a bunch of events to adjust that are non-trivial to test, so I wanted to make sure I was starting off on the right foot.

[white_haired_uncle]

Any idea what would happen in the case where you had the same special (same id) at both the weapon and ability level? I'm looking at moving from having the special on every weapon to putting it in abilities so it could happen when loading an old save.

Like:

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 [abilities]
                [damage]
                        add=10
                        apply_to="self"
                        id="latent_wrath"
                [/damage]
[/abilities]

[attack]
...
       [specials]
                [damage]
                        add=4
                        apply_to="self"
                        id="latent_wrath"
                [/damage]
        [/specials]
[attack]

[Celtic_Minstrel]

Sorry, I'm not sure. It might interact and cancel out because they have the same ID, but I can't be sure.

[Ravana]

id probably means it wont give you 14 damage.