Character slower at night.

[TheMinno01]

Hi all i need some help, i want to make my modded character: faster at tasks (aka mining, chopping ect.) during the day. But i also want him to have slower movement speed during night.

Does anyone have any code that could help me? cus i have no idea, ty all

[Merkyrrie]

I suggest using 'inst:WatchWorldState("phase", function)' for detecting when it becomes day/dusk/night. Making your character faster at working can be done with 'inst.components.workmultiplier:AddMultiplier' and RemoveMultiplier, and speed can be done with 'inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier' and RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier

-- in your master_postinit
inst:WatchWorldState("phase", OnPhaseChange)


-- Somewhere outside and above master_postinit function
local function OnPhaseChange(inst)
  local phase = TheWorld.state.phase
  if phase == "day" then
    -- Code
  elseif phase == "dusk" then
    -- Code
  elseif phase == "night" then
    -- Code
  end
end

The workmultiplier and locomotor are used like this as an example

inst.components.workmultiplier:AddMultiplier(ACTIONS.CHOP, 1.5, inst) -- This needs to be done for each action, so CHOP, MINE, and HAMMER. 1.5 can be anything, higher than 1 is better
inst.components.workmultiplier:RemoveMultiplier(ACTIONS.CHOP, inst) -- This needs to be removed for each action


inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "character_night_speed", .8) -- "character_night_speed" can be any string, its just the key for the specific speed multiplier and needs to be unique. .8 can be anything, lower than 1 is slower and can't go below 0
inst.components.locomotor:RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "character_night_speed")

Keep in mind that SetExternalSpeedMultiplier will stack with any other speed multipliers on your character

Edited March 24, 2023 by Merkyrrie
Fixed syntax in the OnPhaseChange code

[TheMinno01]

15 hours ago, Merkyrrie said:

I suggest using 'inst:WatchWorldState("phase", function)' for detecting when it becomes day/dusk/night. Making your character faster at working can be done with 'inst.components.workmultiplier:AddMultiplier' and RemoveMultiplier, and speed can be done with 'inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier' and RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier

-- in your master_postinit
inst:WatchWorldState("phase", OnPhaseChange)


-- Somewhere outside and above master_postinit function
local function OnPhaseChange(inst)
  local phase = TheWorld.state.phase
  if phase == "day"
    -- Code
  elseif phase == "dusk"
    -- Code
  elseif phase == "night"
    -- Code
  end
end

The workmultiplier and locomotor are used like this as an example

inst.components.workmultiplier:AddMultiplier(ACTIONS.CHOP, 1.5, inst) -- This needs to be done for each action, so CHOP, MINE, and HAMMER. 1.5 can be anything, higher than 1 is better
inst.components.workmultiplier:RemoveMultiplier(ACTIONS.CHOP, inst) -- This needs to be removed for each action


inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "character_night_speed", .8) -- "character_night_speed" can be any string, its just the key for the specific speed multiplier and needs to be unique. .8 can be anything, lower than 1 is slower and can't go below 0
inst.components.locomotor:RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "character_night_speed")

Keep in mind that SetExternalSpeedMultiplier will stack with any other speed multipliers on your character

YOU ARE A GEM THANK YOU!

[TheMinno01]

16 hours ago, Merkyrrie said:

I suggest using 'inst:WatchWorldState("phase", function)' for detecting when it becomes day/dusk/night. Making your character faster at working can be done with 'inst.components.workmultiplier:AddMultiplier' and RemoveMultiplier, and speed can be done with 'inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier' and RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier

-- in your master_postinit
inst:WatchWorldState("phase", OnPhaseChange)


-- Somewhere outside and above master_postinit function
local function OnPhaseChange(inst)
  local phase = TheWorld.state.phase
  if phase == "day"
    -- Code
  elseif phase == "dusk"
    -- Code
  elseif phase == "night"
    -- Code
  end
end

The workmultiplier and locomotor are used like this as an example

inst.components.workmultiplier:AddMultiplier(ACTIONS.CHOP, 1.5, inst) -- This needs to be done for each action, so CHOP, MINE, and HAMMER. 1.5 can be anything, higher than 1 is better
inst.components.workmultiplier:RemoveMultiplier(ACTIONS.CHOP, inst) -- This needs to be removed for each action


inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "character_night_speed", .8) -- "character_night_speed" can be any string, its just the key for the specific speed multiplier and needs to be unique. .8 can be anything, lower than 1 is slower and can't go below 0
inst.components.locomotor:RemoveExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "character_night_speed")

Keep in mind that SetExternalSpeedMultiplier will stack with any other speed multipliers on your character

hay i, im getting an error msg and i dont know what it means, if anyone could help that would be great

[Merkyrrie]

4 hours ago, TheMinno01 said:

hay i, im getting an error msg and i dont know what it means, if anyone could help that would be great

I will keep helping people while forgetting an important piece of syntax somehow and no one can stop me. This is purely my bad, I wrote over that code like 3 times because I kept accidentally clicking out of the coding block so I forgot something the third time through.

add a 'then' at the end of each line with an if or elseif, so 'if phase == "day" then'