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[0x30A88]

Last time I got no proper answer to this question. I was told to use the search engine and to no avail. I have paused the project for a while and am resuming it as school is calming down a bit. I wonder how can I...

1. get a conteniusly firing script that checks for the deaths of two creatures - of different teams?
2. get how to have a barrier - as in the mage tower, that could be destroyed if said creatures are dead?

I have looked through all placeable variations - tedius as that was -, but found no barrier.

[TimelordDC]

I haven't examined the area but I suspect it is done through a VFX. To prevent players crossing it, you could keep invisible placeables around it.



I don't know why you'd need a continuous check on the deaths of the two creatures. If you've put them in their own teams, you should be able to handle EVENT_TYPE_TEAM_DESTROYED in the area script and remove the VFX and destroy the invisible placeables.

[0x30A88]

The problem is - both of the creatures have a set of minions on their team, which is called upon when combat is initiated. Thus, both of the creatures are of their own team, i.e. two teams.



How can I spawn a toggleable VFX, and how do I destroy it?

[TimelordDC]

Even if they have their own minions, they can still be in a different team. For example, if you are using UT_TeamAppears to spawn them in for combat, you can do that separately for the 'boss' too.

If it is more complicated than that, some pseudo-code (or actual code if it is not too big) will help.



Continuous checks typically require a heartbeat script with a very short duration and in addition to the memory required (and the delay that might come in during combat processing), is not really elegant



For spawning VFX, you could use ApplyEffectAtLocation (or some such thing - don't have Toolset open right now; but just filter the function list for Effect). You could also open up the relevant area in the OC and see how it is done.

[0x30A88]

I made a quick-script for minion-spawning. It has reads the boss' team ID and spawn minions under the same team. So I can use it for more creatures without having to make new scripts.



Perhaps having a descrtuction script that checks a flag called barrier_creature_1 and if it sees that falg as true, check the other, and then have a script doing the barrier removal when the second one is fired. And how can I remove a spawned effect?

[TimelordDC]

The alternative is to use a custom creature script for the bosses and handle EVENT_TYPE_DEATH to set a plot flag. Once both plot flags are set, remove the VFX.



For removing the effect, RemoveEffect or something similar should be there.

[0x30A88]

How do I refer to the created effect and how do I create one I can later refer to?

EDIT: found the script for the barrier placable. Seems like it does all the work. Going to study it futher to see if what I can do to make it work with my mod.
EDIT 2: It has custom events, this is a part of the placeable core for the barrier. Custom event 2 seems to be triggered by the first, but how is the first one triggered? And why does it delay the disabling?

...
        case EVENT_TYPE_CUSTOM_EVENT_01:
        {
            RemoveVisualEffect(OBJECT_SELF, MAGIC_BARRIER_VFX);
            DelayEvent(0.4, OBJECT_SELF, Event(EVENT_TYPE_CUSTOM_EVENT_02));
            break;
        }

        case EVENT_TYPE_CUSTOM_EVENT_02:
        {
            WR_SetObjectActive(OBJECT_SELF, FALSE, 1);
            break;
        }
...

Modifié par Gisle Aune, 18 janvier 2011 - 08:23 .

[Proleric]

The plot script cir000pt_main has this:

           case WYNNE_BARRIER_REMOVED:         // H_WYNNE
                                                // Wynne removes the barrier she set up
            {
                //Wynne removes the barrier she set up
                object oBarrier = GetObjectByTag(CIR_IP_WYNNE_BARRIER);
                DelayEvent(0.5, oBarrier, Event(EVENT_TYPE_CUSTOM_EVENT_01)); //Get the barrier to disable itself
                break;
            }

Presumably it's done by setting this plot flag in conversation / cutscene.

I imagine the delays are all dramatic finesse, i.e. it's more impressive if the spell takes time to work.

Modifié par Proleric1, 19 janvier 2011 - 07:37 .

[0x30A88]

So i just set up a placeable with the script like there is in the Tower, and uses the DelayEvent to call custom_01 when I have those two creatures dead, i.e. after the plot thing I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread.