[ian-reeds-games] Re: Script explanations wanted
- From: Monkey <murtagh69.monkeys@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:24:53 -0700
I meant for useable items, yes! I should've clarified that when I
brought it up earlier, oops.
Although I do like the thought of a percent inflict option...you know,
instead of putting down a number after health_inflict=, you can put a
percentage instead. But I don't think you have control over that since
it's not a scripting thing.
Darn! Worth a try though! I guess music changing when a certain unit
comes into sight isn't doable either, right?
Yeah, I was considering that. I'm just worried because I have the
not_useable_on= flag in most of my skills so if I make more units I
might forget to place their names into the skills that can't be used
on them. But yes, I suppose that does work too.
You did the randomize script flag, right? Is there a way ... I can
summon one unit, but randomize the type that is summoned, and maybe
have each one have a certain chance of appearing? Like, orcs have a
40% chance of being summoned, ogres a 30% chance, wargs a 10% chance,
trolls a 10% chance, sappers a 5% chance, and demons a 5% chance? Or
even without the percentage, but randomize the unit that appears on
one tile?
This way I can combine all of my summon skills for my orc commander
into one or two, and the AI doesn't waste all of the AP on something
that has such a low chance of succeeding.
Do you know a place I could potentially find sounds for orcs? I
currently have the goblin sound from the getting started maps, but I
want to make goblins eventually and would prefer the two species to
have different sounds.
I'm also looking for a sound like a sword being stabbed into and then
withdrawn from something, for a move that I've made. Kind of like the
one from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cLtsqz60ds&feature=youtu.be&t=2m22s
On 2/27/15, Carlos Macintosh <sleepio1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> THe current percent inflict can be added fairly easily to items; it
> would work only for items you can use, not items you can equip.
> THe music changing thing is probably not feasible right now because
> terrain isn't currently exposed to scripters.
>
> about the summon thing, I know this is probably not what you want, but
> you could create a copy of the unit that had the attributes you wanted,
> like limited lifespan or higher hp. You could use friendly type to make
> it look the same as the normal unit.
>
>
> On 2/27/2015 12:08 PM, Monkey wrote:
>> Aha, thank you for explaining those!
>> I'm actually curious now if there are other flags that exist but
>> aren't in the map creation guide...because there's that inherits= one
>> that I was wondering about before, now the friendly_type= flag.
>> For the current_percent_inflict, would you please consider modifying
>> it for the next release so that you can put that down for items as
>> well?
>> This is related to the music changing...is it possible to create a
>> script allowing the music to change when you get to a certain terrain,
>> or area on the map? Or when a certain unit becomes visible to you? I
>> think it would be cool if when I reached a certain point in my first
>> level the music would change since there's a boss battle.
>>
>> And this is non-script related. Is there a way to use a summon skill
>> and at the same time give the unit more hp than it would normally
>> have, or an effect that would cause it to die after a certain amount
>> of time? I tried playing around with it, but I haven't had any success
>> yet.
>>
>> On 2/27/15, Carlos Macintosh <sleepio1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> friendly_type works. You can use this on units and structures to change
>>> what the user hears when focusing on the unit with the cursor or hitting
>>> f4 for information. A good example of when to use it is if you have
>>> several units that are all of the same type but have different skill
>>> sets, such as if you had, say, a mage, and then in the next map you had
>>> the same mage but he now knew a new spell, you could use friendly_type
>>> to make the mages look the same, because you would otherwise have to
>>> make their fileames sound the same, and that's just a lot of trouble
>>> considering the variety of synthesizers and screen readers people use.
>>> So basically, friendly type is nice insurance for that. It is also
>>> useful just to make a unit name shorter, or as a way to disguise what
>>> units really are without confusing you as the map creator.
>>>
>>>
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