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Now let's play.
Now let's play.


= Balance A Creature =
= Balance a creature =


If you have played against it you will have seen that the creature is either too weak or too strong for its level.
If you have played against it you will have seen that the creature is either too weak or too strong for its level.
So you can run games.stendhal.tools.BalanceRPGame <name of creature> and it will give you correct ATK, DEF, HP, XP for the level you placed. It is important to choose a good initial values so that it works. The balancer bases its output on the configured creature level & HP values. So those two values must be decided on & set in the XML configuration. Before running the balancer ATK, DEF, & XP can be set to any value as the balancer ignores these.
So you can run games.stendhal.tools.BalanceRPGame <name of creature> and it will give you correct ATK, DEF, HP, XP for the level you placed. It is important to choose a good initial values so that it works. The balancer bases its output on the configured creature level & HP values. So those two values must be decided on & set in the XML configuration. Before running the balancer ATK, DEF, & XP can be set to any value as the balancer ignores these.

<span style="color:green; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;">IMPORTANT NOTE:</span> ''The balancer does not make any adjustments to configured creatures nor does it report whether or not a creature is balanced in its current configuration. It only outputs suggested ATK, DEF, & XP values based on the creature's current configured level & HP values. It is up to you to manually change any configured creatures' stats.''


== Using the Balancer Utility ==
== Using the Balancer Utility ==