LE, is there any way we can start using value2 again for range data? Having to put index_fields in for min/max is actually going to make scripting more complex. I am hoping to minimize the number of scripts necessary to handle our spells. Things start getting pretty complex when you have ranges for damage and/or siphons on some spells, while others are static.
Example:
One spell will do between 1-5 slashing damage, and then apply a DOT for 1 damage (no range).
Another may do crushing damage for 5 (only), and heal the caster for 4hp.
Yet another may want a range for the DOT, too. min/max damage.
As you can see, using a single generic script becomes problematic in that you are now forced to set spell_data values to fill in the otherwise unused parameters (DType, DMin, DMax, Effect, EMin, EMax - etc).
If we used the value / value2 fields already in spell_data, we could set one record for the damage type, the next for the range of damage for the type - then in the script, simply check if value2 ~= nil to determine the need for a math.random().
We talked about this before, but I do not remember the reason value2 was no longer used. What do you think?

I'm not sure what your referring to, but your LUA scripts should be fine having more variables than what was passed in, IE: testfunction(var1, var2, var3) should work just fine if called with 2 or 3 parameters and if the 3rd parameter is not passed it is nil.
One of the reasons I got away from the value2 field was for simplicity sake. If you are specifying every variable that you are passing on the command line and suddenly a single entry in the table creates two variables (min and max) that could get pretty confusing.

Actually now that you remind me... I guess it would be no different to LUA if I pass:
Idx 0: damageType, 0
Idx 1: value, 1
Idx 2: value2, 5
or
Idx 0: damageType, 0
Idx 1: value, 1
Idx 2: value, 5
heh... uh, nevermind. I wrote that when I was hip deep in attempting to make "the most generic script possible" to handle the 6 params from my other posts. After going through that nightmare scenario all day, I am caving in and asking that we create as many scripts as we need to get the job done easier.
Too much time on my hands, I tell ya. Thanks tho.