"Hunger aura" for custom structure

[kyupita]

I'm creating a charging station for a robotic character, and I've been trying to figure out how to attach a hunger aura to the structure I made that will apply to only him when he stands on it. I'm a little lost though, since everything I tried just didn't do anything. Any help?

(Also, another thing: I can't seem to get the placer to work. Whenever I craft the structure it instantly spawns on top of me. I don't know if I'm missing anything or something, this is my first time trying to create a custom structure)

charging_station.lua:

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require "prefabutil"
require "recipe"
require "modutil"

local assets=
{
    Asset("ANIM", "anim/charging_station.zip"),
    Asset("ATLAS", "images/inventoryimages/charging_station.xml"),
    Asset("IMAGE", "images/inventoryimages/charging_station.tex"),
}

local function fn()
    local inst = CreateEntity()
    inst.entity:AddTransform()
    inst.entity:AddAnimState()
    inst.entity:AddSoundEmitter()
    inst.entity:AddMiniMapEntity()
    inst.entity:AddNetwork()

    MakeObstaclePhysics(inst, 0.66)

    inst:AddTag("structure")

    local minimap = inst.entity:AddMiniMapEntity()
    minimap:SetIcon( "charging_station.tex" )

    inst.AnimState:SetBank("charging_station")
    inst.AnimState:SetBuild("charging_station")
    inst.AnimState:PlayAnimation("idle")

    if not TheWorld.ismastersim then
        return inst
    end

    STRINGS.CHARACTERS.GENERIC.DESCRIBE.CHARGING_STATION = "Test"
	STRINGS.CHARACTERS.PAINTER.DESCRIBE.CHARGING_STATION = "Test2"

    inst:AddComponent("lootdropper")
    inst:AddComponent("inspectable")
    inst:AddComponent("workable")
	
	inst.Physics:ClearCollisionMask()

		return inst
	end

return Prefab( "charging_station", fn, assets, prefabs),
MakePlacer( "charging_station_placer", "charging_station", "charging_station", "idle" ) 

 

modmain:

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AddRecipe2("charging_station", 
	{
		Ingredient("transistor", 2),
		Ingredient("cutstone", 4)
	},
	RECIPETABS.CHARACTER,
	TECH.SCIENCE_ONE,
	{
		placer = "charging_station_placer",
		builder_tag = "painter",
		atlas = "images/inventoryimages/charging_station.xml"
	}
)

 

 

[Meepenator]

        inst:DoPeriodicTask(
    2.5, --time you want it to tick in seconds
    function(inst)
        local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
        local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, 5.0, {"player"}, {"playerghost"}) --5.0 is the range, make it smaller if you'd like
        for _,v in pairs(ents)
        do
        if v:HasTag("puttaghere") then -- the tag needs to be changed
            v.components.hunger:DoDelta(-10) -- hunger you want when it ticks
            end
        end
    end
)    

Put this in your local function fn() and fill in the character tag

 

for the recipe I can't really help you as I'm using the old one but here's mine if you want to try it

 

local hellhound_house_recipe = AddRecipe("hellhound_house", -- name
{GLOBAL.Ingredient("boards", 4), GLOBAL.Ingredient("silk", 8), GLOBAL.Ingredient("rope", 8) }, --Ingredients
GLOBAL.RECIPETABS.FARM, -- tab ( FARM, WAR, DRESS etc)
GLOBAL.TECH.NONE, -- level (GLOBAL.TECH.NONE, GLOBAL.TECH.SCIENCE_ONE, etc)
"hellhound_house_placer", -- placer
nil, -- min_spacing
nil, -- nounlock
nil, -- numtogive
nil, -- builder_tag
"images/inventoryimages/hellhound_house.xml", -- atlas
"hellhound_house.tex") -- image
hellhound_house_recipe.builder_tag ="demondramos"
hellhound_house_recipe.tagneeded = false
hellhound_house_recipe.atlas = resolvefilepath("images/inventoryimages/hellhound_house.xml")

[kyupita]

Thanks for responding! Unfortunately I still couldn't get the effect (or placer) to work 💔 I also tried doing something similar to how Walter gains sanity from trees, but no luck there either. Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but for the structure I'm using a sample structure.

[kyupita]

3 hours ago, kyupita said:

Thanks for responding! Unfortunately I still couldn't get the effect (or placer) to work 💔 I also tried doing something similar to how Walter gains sanity from trees, but no luck there either. Not sure if it's worth mentioning, but for the structure I'm using a sample structure.

NEVERMIND I FIGURED IT OUT!! I think the sample structure was the problem, I remade the structure using something from the game as a base and I finally got the aura to work. Now the only issue I'm having is with the placer

[Meepenator]

Zip and share the mod here, I'll see if there's anything I can do.

[kyupita]

Here you go ^^

painter.zip

[Meepenator]

Used my way, it doesn't use the character tab, it uses the modded tab now but it works! If you figure out the other way lmk lol

painter.rar

[kyupita]

It didn't seem to be working right for me for some reason (I edited it a little so I may have accidentally broken something um), but I eventually ended up using this:

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local G = GLOBAL
local Action = GLOBAL.Action
local ACTIONS = GLOBAL.ACTIONS
local ActionHandler = GLOBAL.ActionHandler

local resolvefilepath = GLOBAL.resolvefilepath

local Ingredient = GLOBAL.Ingredient
local RECIPETABS = GLOBAL.RECIPETABS
local Recipe = GLOBAL.Recipe
local TECH = GLOBAL.TECH	
	
	
AddCharacterRecipe("charging_station",
	{ -- ingredients
		GLOBAL.Ingredient("transistor", 2),
		GLOBAL.Ingredient("cutstone", 4),
	},
	GLOBAL.TECH.SCIENCE_ONE,
	{ -- config
		builder_tag = "painter",
		atlas = "images/inventoryimages/charging_station.xml",
		placer = "charging_station_placer",
	}, 
	{ -- filters
		"CHARACTER",
		"STRUCTURES",
		"MODS",
	}
)

 

And now everything's working properly! All that's left for me to do now is actually draw the structure

 

Thank you very much again!