Fourth Meter

[Monti18]

To make the weapon work like this, you would need to add something like this to the weapon prefab after ismastersim check:

inst.components.weapon:SetOnAttack(function(inst,attacker)
	if attacker and attacker.sptnink then
    	local val = attacker.sptnink:value()
      	if val > 0 then --check the value of your netvar, change it to the limit you want to have
        	attacker.sptnink:set(val-1) -- reduce the value of the netvar by 1, change it what you want
        else
        	--make weapon blunt
        end
      end
end)

I'm not sure what you mean by  using the weapon as a blunt instrument, but I think you will be able to figure this out, otherwise let me know

[icantevenname]

14 hours ago, Monti18 said:

To make the weapon work like this, you would need to add something like this to the weapon prefab after ismastersim check:

inst.components.weapon:SetOnAttack(function(inst,attacker)
	if attacker and attacker.sptnink then
    	local val = attacker.sptnink:value()
      	if val > 0 then --check the value of your netvar, change it to the limit you want to have
        	attacker.sptnink:set(val-1) -- reduce the value of the netvar by 1, change it what you want
        else
        	--make weapon blunt
        end
      end
end)

I'm not sure what you mean by  using the weapon as a blunt instrument, but I think you will be able to figure this out, otherwise let me know

As in, they attack with the weapon itself as opposed to have the weapon fire projectiles. Pistol whiping, in a sense.

[Monti18]

inst.blunt_mode = false
inst.components.weapon:SetOnAttack(function(inst,attacker)
	if attacker and attacker.sptnink then
    	local val = attacker.sptnink:value()
      	if val > 0 then --check the value of your netvar, change it to the limit you want to have
        	attacker.sptnink:set(val-1) -- reduce the value of the netvar by 1, change it what you want
        	if inst.blunt_mode == true then
          		inst.components.weapon:SetProjectile("your_projectile")
          		inst.components.weapon:SetRange(your_initial_range,your_initial_range)
          	end
        elseif inst.blunt_mode == false then
          	inst.blunt_mode = true
        	inst.components.weapon:SetProjectile(nil)
          	inst.components.weapon:SetRange(nil,nil)
        end
      end
end)

I think this should work, I just added the new variable inst.blunt_mode so that the game doesn't have to reset the projectile and attackrange at each attack.

[icantevenname]

Now it's saying that in sptninkbadge.lua "inst" isn't declared. 

self.num.current = inst.name:value()

I've tried to change "name" to "sptnink" but the same error happens.

But on the bright side, sptnink does drop on use!

Edited September 6, 2021 by icantevenname

[Monti18]

If you have a look at your badge file, you will see that you define self.owner as owner. And the owner is you, so your inst that you have. Name is also wrong, it should be sptnink, as this is as what you defined it before.

self.num.current = self.owner.sptnink:value()

This is how it should look. 

The same goes for every other line where you mention your netvar:

self.percent =  self.owner.sptnink:value()  / self.num.max

 

[icantevenname]

It's working, but the numbers are more than they're supposed to be. sptnink has a max of 100, starts at 10000, goes down by 200 every shot instead of 2. And since 200 is more than 100, the meter never visually depletes, so the player won't know how many more shots they have.

I've done everything I could think of to fix it, but nothing's working. The only thing I could figure out was that the line "self:SetPercent(val,100)" may have something to do with it.

[icantevenname]

I've replaced "self:SetPercent(val,100)" with "self.anim:GetAnimState():SetPercent("anim", 1 - self.percent)" to see what would happen, and the meter was working well. But the numbers wouldn't show up when I hovered over the badge.

[Monti18]

Oh I just saw that in fact it wants the percentage for the SetPercent function, so the OnUpdate function should look like this:

function self:OnUpdate(dt)
	if self.owner ~= nil and self.owner.sptnink ~= nil then
    	local percent = self.owner.sptnink:value() / self.num.max
		self:SetPercent(val,self.num.max) --100 is just an example, enter the max value that your badge should have.
	end
end

This should work, if it makes an error because of self.num.max replace it with 100.

[icantevenname]

18 minutes ago, Monti18 said:

Oh I just saw that in fact it wants the percentage for the SetPercent function, so the OnUpdate function should look like this:

function self:OnUpdate(dt)
	if self.owner ~= nil and self.owner.sptnink ~= nil then
    	local percent = self.owner.sptnink:value() / self.num.max
		self:SetPercent(val,self.num.max) --100 is just an example, enter the max value that your badge should have.
	end
end

This should work, if it makes an error because of self.num.max replace it with 100.

It causes the game to hard crash to desktop. No error message or anything. I had to go into the client log to find the error...

[00:00:29]: [string "scripts/mainfunctions.lua"]:1338: variable 'global_error_widget' is not declared
LUA ERROR stack traceback:
        =[C] in function 'error'
        scripts/strict.lua(23,1)
        scripts/mainfunctions.lua(1338,1)
        =[C] in function 'SetPersistentString'
        scripts/mainfunctions.lua(26,1) in function 'SavePersistentString'
        scripts/modindex.lua(119,1)
        =[C] in function 'GetPersistentString'
        scripts/modindex.lua(106,1) in function 'BeginStartupSequence'
        scripts/main.lua(446,1) in function 'callback'
        scripts/modindex.lua(735,1)
        =[C] in function 'GetPersistentString'
        scripts/modindex.lua(709,1) in function 'Load'
        scripts/main.lua(445,1) in main chunk

[Monti18]

function self:OnUpdate(dt)
	if self.owner ~= nil and self.owner.sptnink ~= nil then
    	local percent = self.owner.sptnink:value() / self.num.max
		self:SetPercent(percent,self.num.max) --100 is just an example, enter the max value that your badge should have.
	end
end

Oh sorry I made an error, I forgot to change val to percent, this should be good now.

[icantevenname]

No, still a hard crash... But I did find this in the log this time...

[00:00:31]: [string "../mods/Inky/scripts/widgets/sptninkbadge.l..."]:18: variable 'self' is not declared

That's the "self:OnUpdate(dt)". I'm gunna change it back to "sptninkbadge" to see what happens. 

[Monti18]

Oh yeah it need to have the name of the badge as long as you dont put it in the class function when you first declare it, otherwise it doesn't know what self is. Changing it should make it work.

[icantevenname]

That worked!

It took me awhile to post that cuz I tripled-checked to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me.

Now only one thing, the regen. I'm gunna tinker around on my own first. If I run outta ideas, I'll ask for help. If I do figure it out, I'll post what I did for you to check out. To see if it's stable or not.

Thinkin' when this is said an' done, I oughtta post a quick this-is-how-its-done here so others don't have to read every little thing.

Edited September 8, 2021 by icantevenname

[icantevenname]

Er... I just noticed something...

Reloading the save resets sptnink back to max, no matter what it was before...

[Monti18]

This is because you don't save the values of sptnink.

local function OnSave(inst,data)
	data.sptnink = inst.sptnink:value()
end

local function OnLoad(inst,data)
	if data and data.sptnink then
		inst.sptnink:set(data.sptnink)
	end
end

--masterpostinit

inst.OnLoad = OnLoad
inst.OnSave = OnSave

Add this to your character prefab and it should save the values.

If you already have OnLoad and OnSave functions, add the content of the functions into those.

[icantevenname]

Alright, did all the tinkering I could. And I'm tapped outta ideas.

All that's left is the regen. We're almost done.

[Monti18]

If you just want it to regen over time, just add this to your character master postinit:

inst:DoPeriodicTask(1,function(inst)
	if inst.sptnink then
      	local val = inst.sptnink:value()
      	if val < 100 then
      		inst.sptnink:set(val + 1) -- 1 or whatever value you want it to regen over time, here 1/s
        end
    end
end

we check if val is smaller then 100 otherwise you will get higher values than 100.

You can play with the values and see what works best for you

Edited September 8, 2021 by Monti18

[icantevenname]

Perfect! Though I had to close that last end with an ). It's all working like a charm! I'll do that last all-you-need-to-know post sometime later. I don't know about you, but over here it's everyone's-asleep-o'-clock, so I oughtta go to bed.

Thanks so much!

[icantevenname]

 Okay, the this-is-how-to-do-it post.

First off, you'll need to make a folder named "widgets" in the "scripts" folder. In "widgets" create a lua file and name it whatever ya want. Here, we'll call it "changethistoyourownname" so you know what to change. This down here is all you need for the badge to exist.

local Badge = require "widgets/badge" -- badge template to be used 

local changethistoyourownname  = Class(Badge, function(self, owner)
    Badge._ctor(self, nil, owner, { 225 / 255, 64 / 255, 0 / 255, 1 }) -- "nil" here is supposed to be the badge's art, but we couldn't figure it out. It'll use the default badge art without a icon.--  { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 } = colour in an rbg format
    self.owner = owner
    self.num.max = 100 --This number is the max of the character's badge
    self.num.current = self.num.max --Best you don't mess with this 'less ya got somethin' up your sleeve.

    owner:ListenForEvent("changethistoasimilarnamedirty",function(owner,data) --Yes, your custom name with "dirty" at the end.

        self.num.current = self.owner.changethistoasimilarname:value()
        self.percent =  self.owner.changethistoasimilarname:value()  / self.num.max
    end)     

    self:StartUpdating() -- does uhhhhhgh something
end)

function changethistoyourownname:OnUpdate(dt)
	if self.owner ~= nil and self.owner.changethistoasimilarname ~= nil then
    	local percent = self.owner.changethistoasimilarname:value() / self.num.max
		self:SetPercent(percent,self.num.max) --Don't touch this. FOR THE LUVVA YER DEITY OF CHOICE, DON'T TOUCH THIS! 'Less you wanna jack up yer numbers.
	end
end

return changethistoyourownname

Now in your modmain, put this under your character's info.

changethistoyourownname  = require "widgets/changethistoyourownname"
AddClassPostConstruct("widgets/statusdisplays", function(self)
if self.owner.prefab ~= 'whateveryoucalledyourguy' then
     return
end

self.name = self:AddChild(changethistoyourownname(self.owner))
self.name:SetPosition(-125, 75, 0) --Best to change these all to zero and start the game to see where it is. Then change the numbers one by one to get a better idea of what each number does.

end)

Now to your character's lua, go to their common_postinit and add

inst.changethistoasimilarname = net_ushortint(inst.GUID, "changethistoasimilarname", "changethistoasimilarnamedirty" )
	 --net_ushortint is the typical use of stats

	 --"name" is the name of the netvariable
	 --"namesdirty" is an Event which is called whenever this is changed

	 inst.changethistoasimilarname:set(100)
	 -- inst.name:set(number) [same as] inst.name = number

	 inst.changethistoasimilarname:value()
	 --getting the value of the net_variable 

But like this, the game won't keep track of how much of your meter is left when your save or load, resetting it to max when you load a game. So put in the following outside of any of the other tables

local function OnSave(inst,data)
	data.changethistoasimilarname = inst.changethistoasimilarname:value()
end

local function OnLoad(inst,data)
	if data and data.changethistoasimilarname then
		inst.changethistoasimilarname:set(data.changethistoasimilarname)
	end
end

And at the end of the master_postinit, put

inst.OnLoad = OnLoad
	inst.OnSave = OnSave

'Less I'm forgettin' somethin', that's it! Yer shiny new badge is all ret-2-go! It can do jus' about anythin' at this point! But that's too broad for this post, so I'm not going to cover it here. If ya ever need help, jus' ask. Not me though, I keep overestimating my programming abilities. Though I will add this, if you need to change your meter's value, it's

inst.changethistoasimilarname:set(val + 1)
--Be sure to change "inst" when necessary
--It doesn't only have to be +. It could be -. Or *. Or /. Depends on what y'er doin'.

 

[icantevenname]

Erm, turns out there's something up with the weapon's code.

Remember the whole "blunt mode" thing? That works fine, except when blunt mode ends, the range goes back to normal, but the damage doesn't.

[Monti18]

If you changed the damage the damage somewhere, you will also need to change it back to the original value when going to the blunt mode.

Post the weapon prefab code if you're not able to make it work.

[icantevenname]

I oughtta stop modding in the middle of the night...

That's my hot modding protip: Don't program anything at 3 in the morning, even if you are a night owl.

Edited September 29, 2021 by icantevenname

[Monti18]

Does that mean that you got it working?

 

[icantevenname]

Yeah. Thanks!