Trying to get what type of bird is in the birdcage

[Greystar]

I have been trying to make a mod that tweaks the birdcage but I can not figure out how to access what type of bird is occupying the cage.  If anyone has any suggestions it would be great.  I thought about trying to use GetOccupant() but I am not sure how to use it and it's only ever used with the birdcage.

I looked at the GetOccupant() function in the scripts and it's very basic, but if I can us it to get what bird_type is in the birdcage I can get the rest to work.

Basically what I am trying to do is add to the food list when you give the bird additional items you could say give it a twig and it'll drop a feather for you.  Or you could feed it say monster lasagna and get a guaranteed guano drop from it, etc.  I don't need someone to write the code (I have a programmer background so I can figure out how, once I get the LUA code I need to figure out what kind of bird is in the cage.

[Haruhi Kawaii]

On 8/10/2024 at 8:45 AM, Greystar said:

I have been trying to make a mod that tweaks the birdcage but I can not figure out how to access what type of bird is occupying the cage.  If anyone has any suggestions it would be great.  I thought about trying to use GetOccupant() but I am not sure how to use it and it's only ever used with the birdcage.

I looked at the GetOccupant() function in the scripts and it's very basic, but if I can us it to get what bird_type is in the birdcage I can get the rest to work.

Basically what I am trying to do is add to the food list when you give the bird additional items you could say give it a twig and it'll drop a feather for you.  Or you could feed it say monster lasagna and get a guaranteed guano drop from it, etc.  I don't need someone to write the code (I have a programmer background so I can figure out how, once I get the LUA code I need to figure out what kind of bird is in the cage.

Do you mean like this?
 

AddPrefabPostInit("birdcage", function(inst)
	if not GLOBAL.TheWorld.ismastersim then
		return inst
	end

	local AcceptTest = inst.components.trader.test
	if AcceptTest then
		inst.components.trader.test = function(inst, item, giver, ...)
			print("Bird in cage: " .. inst.bird_type)
			return AcceptTest(inst, item, giver, ...)
		end
	end
end)

 

[Greystar]

14 hours ago, Haruhi Kawaii said:

Do you mean like this?
 

AddPrefabPostInit("birdcage", function(inst)
	if not GLOBAL.TheWorld.ismastersim then
		return inst
	end

	local AcceptTest = inst.components.trader.test
	if AcceptTest then
		inst.components.trader.test = function(inst, item, giver, ...)
			print("Bird in cage: " .. inst.bird_type)
			return AcceptTest(inst, item, giver, ...)
		end
	end
end)

 

Maybe.  I'll have to test.  I've been trying to figure out a way to get the bird_type and I'll see if the function I'm using will let me do it from something like that.  I am not using the AddPrefabPostInit, because the mod I'm tweaking someone else wrote so I'm using there code.  I suppose I could just add it to their code though and do it after the fact instead of in the function.

[Greystar]

On 8/10/2024 at 10:31 PM, Haruhi Kawaii said:

Do you mean like this?
 

AddPrefabPostInit("birdcage", function(inst)
	if not GLOBAL.TheWorld.ismastersim then
		return inst
	end

	local AcceptTest = inst.components.trader.test
	if AcceptTest then
		inst.components.trader.test = function(inst, item, giver, ...)
			print("Bird in cage: " .. inst.bird_type)
			return AcceptTest(inst, item, giver, ...)
		end
	end
end)

 

Seems to have worked once I got it into the right function, now I can get feathers from the birds as well as the other items you can normally get from the bird cage.  Thanks for your assistance.