WB Tutorial Questions

Thanks Ted. Some more questions.

First: What is the rule for needed to reload the game to see your changes?
I noticed that I could Alt+Tab, edit a file, save it, and then go in game to see immediate changes to dialogue. Does that not work with scripts?

Second: Is there a file I should look for that lists all current global flags?

Third: What does the following code mean?

Code:

	if (attachee.map == 5093):
		game.areas[7] = 1
		attachee.destroy()

I dont understand the game.areas variable.

Forth: The destroy command does not seem to work in following dialogue. Can you see a problem?

Code:

{2011}{I will destroy it. [Destroy the golden skull.]}{}{1}{}{2020}{gold_skull = pc.item_find(2203); gold_skull.destroy()}

Thanks for all of the help Ted. I am trying my best to learn but I still run into all of these problems.

 

Also, what is the difference between heartbeat and first_heartbeat scripts?

Does firstheartbeat activate on loading/starting a game?

 

Thanks Ted,

Going back to a few posts ago regarding checking to see if Burne is in the tower, and if so destroying him and creating him in Nulb, what is the command to look for NPC's on other maps? I have found this command:

find_npc_near()
But that only works with the same map you are on. So if I was in Nulb, how would I check another map? Do I need to have a script physically delete the GUID files (which would remove them from other saves/games).

Or should I just check if Burne should be gone, and destroy him on map load. I tried using the generic spawner, put the MOB file in the main room of the tower, and have the below code added to the script, but it wont destroy Burne (or anyone else I try). I am sure 502 is flagged because it causes other things to happen.

Code:

	if (attachee.map == 5016) and (game.global_flags[502] == 1):
			Tower(attachee)
			attachee.destroy()

def Tower(spawner): 
	for obj in game.obj_list_vicinity(attachee.location):
		if (obj.name == 8054 and obj.leader_get() == OBJ_HANDLE_NULL): #Burne 
			obj.destroy()

I am also running into the following problems regarding spells in combat:
1) Fighting Burne, he summons a monster and in the middle of the fight the monster (one of those flying stone gargolye things) starts fighting with Rufus and a Badger instead of my group. Is there any easy fix to this?

2) I set up a fight with Calmert and Terjon and my party (not in the church). During the dialogue, I have them buff themselves with several spells. I notice that if I go too fast through the dialogue, some of their buffs are not being cast. I think it is because I am calling a script to cast a buff, but they are finishing a previous buff spell. Is there a way to make sure they cast all of their buffs? (Note: My script is very similar to the Brigand Leader in the Back Tower in your tutorial).

3) In the #2 situation, one of Calmert's buff spells is Magic Circle Against Chaos. But when combat starts, Calmert always casts it again as his first spell. He only has it once in his protos spells, is there a way to make sure he doesn't cast it a 2nd time? Also, is there a way to make him and Terjon fight with more offensive spells instead of healing and buffing constantly?

 

I am also confused by how Al appears in Delko Grove. I understand the script that calls him in the generic spawner file, but how does it cue all of his armor and weapons? There are no MOB files for him in the map folders for vanilla or 5.5.0.

Code:

def drow_ring(spawner):
	# drow_ring script by rufnredde add Black Jays Wifes Ring and Drow to Deklo Grove for Evil Parties
	if ((game.party_alignment == LAWFUL_EVIL or game.party_alignment == CHAOTIC_EVIL or game.party_alignment == NEUTRAL_EVIL) and game.global_flags[410] != 1):
		leader = game.party[0]
		Al = game.obj_create(14677, location_from_axis( 467, 451 ))
		create_item_in_inventory( 6270, Al )
		create_item_in_inventory( 9999, Al )
		Al.turn_towards(leader)
		leader.turn_towards(Al)
		StopCombat(Al, 0)
		leader.begin_dialog( Al, 100 )
		game.global_flags[410] = 1
	return

This just spawns jays ring and a note. Where does it cue up all of his armor and weapons? I thought there needed to be MOB files in the folders for him.

I am noticing that I can spawn Rufus/Burne and any NPC's I have met in my game on any map with their equipment without moving MOB files around. However, when I try to import a new character that I have made in WB with a script like:

robin = game.obj_create(14821, location_from_axis( 474, 472 ))
robin.turn_towards(leader)

They show up naked (even if their equipment MOB files are in the map directory). I am so confused.

 

Your my hero Ted.

 

Thanks Ted. I noticed there is a logger script, but I cannot figure out how to use it (and I searched for 'logger' and found nothing relevant ) Can you give me a quick rundown of the console commands I need to do?

Apparently I can no longer start a new game with my mod (though I can load previous games), so I think I will eventually have to take care of that before this ever gets released... that a little bit of a major bug haha. It must be a protos or description problem since the rest of the my edits are just adding dialogue and scripts that would not be read on loadup.

 

data/scr/co8util/logger.py

I assumed it logged variables and the commands that were run in order to debug files easier. Nevermind then.

 

Ted,

Thought on our previous conversation regarding the earthquake, and changing the landscape of an area (artwork and sectoring)... Didn't Trokia do that in ToEE when you find the golden skull and the throne moves and there is now a hole? They changed the artwork, and you cannot walk on top of the hole (changed the sectoring).

I wonder how they did that. I cant find any artwork tiles without the hole in the ToEE.dat

 

The throne w/ hole is an object? That gives me plenty of ideas