Some modding stuff

[Feaurie]

Hi, I'm trying to make a mod for a character who can generate her own heat and use her hands as tools... But neither seems to be working for me.

 

If I'm not mistaken, this is all that is necessary for the character to generate a heat aura right?

inst:AddComponent("heater")inst.components.heater.heat = 30

As for using her hand as tools, I tried adding

inst:AddComponent("tool")inst.components.tool:SetAction(ACTIONS.CHOP)

But that didn't work, so I used the code from woodie:

inst:AddComponent("worker")inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.DIG, 1)inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.CHOP, 4)inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.MINE, 1)inst.components.worker:SetAction(ACTIONS.HAMMER, 1)

But that doesn't work either... And now I'm a bit lost.

 

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[Seiai]

@Feaurie,

as for the heater: yes, this works to generate a heataura(u can test this by placing a thermal stone next to u), however, that aura doesnt apply to yourself.

workarounds for that would be to manually increase your temperature with a DoPeriodicTask, or to have something else generate the aura, either an item in your inventory, or an invisible "follower".

as for the tools, this is a bit complicated, cause u have to overwrite what happens if u rightclick something while having no items equipped.

a good workaround would be to use hotkeys:

 

GLOBAL.TheInput:AddKeyDownHandler(GLOBAL.KEY_R, function()--hotkey "R"local player=GLOBAL.ThePlayerif player and player.prefab=="yourcharactersprefabname" thenlocal target = GLOBAL.TheInput:GetWorldEntityUnderMouse()-- u can use this to get the target under your mousecursorif target then -- ofc u have to check if there is an target--cause your character to do the mine/chop-Action on the target hereelse player.components.talker:Say("Unacceptable command!", 2.5,true)--if u try to use it without a target, this would make your character respondendend end)

i however dont know yet, how to make your character do an action.

Using a hotkey would also probably be a good idea for enabling/disabling your heatingability, since u dont want to overheat.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Seiai

[DarkXero]

I can think of three ways to make custom actions.

	-- We make our actions with the works they produce	local myactions = {}	myactions[ACTIONS.CHOP] = 4	myactions[ACTIONS.DIG] = 1	myactions[ACTIONS.HAMMER] = 1	myactions[ACTIONS.MINE] = 1	-- We create the component to use the actions	inst:AddComponent("worker")	-- We assign the actions to our component	for k, v in pairs(myactions) do		inst.components.worker:SetAction(k, v)	end	inst:DoTaskInTime(0, function()		-- We override the right click uses		inst.components.playeractionpicker.rightclickoverride = function(inst, target, position)			-- We make a table of actions			local actions = {}			-- If a target exists, it can be worked on, and we can use one of our actions on it			if target and target.components.workable and target.components.workable.workable and myactions[target.components.workable.action] then				-- We check that nothing is in our hands				if inst.components.inventory and not inst.components.inventory:GetEquippedItem(EQUIPSLOTS.HANDS) then					-- We clear the AnimState so we don't see previous shovels or axes					inst.AnimState:ClearOverrideSymbol("swap_object")					-- We insert the action we want (the one the workable requires)					table.insert(actions, target.components.workable.action)				end			end			-- We use this function to sort actions and return Buffered Actions			return inst.components.playeractionpicker:SortActionList(actions, target)		end	end)

[Feaurie]

Thanks for replying and sorry for the slow reply in turn, couldn't test the code at work

 

@Seiai unfortunately, the aura is not working. I plopped a thermal stone down as you said, and it didn't heat up, even with the temperature cranked waaaay up (100).

 

@DarkXero The code works (almost) perfectly! Thanks! The only small issue I have is that I have to right click repeatedly to chop continuously, which really is barely a problem. I have one question though, is it possible for me to change her animation to a punch instead of the default 'swinging' animations? They look silly (the shovel especially) without the tools . Thanks again!

 

 

[Feaurie]

Evidently I was mistaken about the heater not working... It is. Its just that its only heating up stuff in my inventory. :/

[Feaurie]

So I tried making this tiny invisible object that would follow my character around, generating heat:

inst.fire = SpawnPrefab("konigsheataura")local follower = inst.fire.entity:AddFollower()follower:FollowSymbol(inst.GUID, "swap_object", 0, -110, 1)

Along with the object itself:

local function fn()    local inst = CreateEntity()    inst.entity:AddTransform()    inst.entity:AddLight()    inst.entity:AddNetwork()    inst:AddTag("FX")    inst.Light:SetIntensity(.99)    inst.Light:SetColour(240 / 255, 165 / 255, 10 / 255)    inst.Light:SetFalloff(1)    inst.Light:SetRadius(4)    inst.Light:Enable(true)		inst:AddComponent("propagator")	inst.components.propagator.damages = false	inst.components.propagator.heatoutput = 0.5	inst.components.propagator.currentheat = 0	inst.components.propagator.propagaterange = 3	inst.components.propagator.damagerange = 0	inst.components.propagator:StartSpreading()    inst.entity:SetPristine()    if not TheWorld.ismastersim then        return inst    end    inst.persists = false    return instendreturn Prefab("common/fx/konigsheataura", fn, nil, prefabs)

But somehow it still isn't working. I added the light so that I could tell it was following me (it is) but it isn't radiating any heat. Can I get some help?

[DarkXero]

Alright, I redid the work thing.

 

Put this in modmain

local multiact = AddAction("MULTI", "Work", function(act)	if act.target.components.workable then		act.target.components.workable:WorkedBy(act.doer, 1)	end	return trueend)AddStategraphActionHandler("wilson", GLOBAL.ActionHandler(multiact, "multi"))AddStategraphState("wilson", GLOBAL.State {	name = "multi",	tags = {"notalking", "autopredict"},	onenter = function(inst)		inst.sg.statemem.action = inst:GetBufferedAction()		local target = inst.sg.statemem.action and inst.sg.statemem.action.target or nil		inst.components.locomotor:Stop()		inst.AnimState:PlayAnimation("throw")		inst.sg:SetTimeout(cooldown)		if target and target:IsValid() then			inst:FacePoint(target.Transform:GetWorldPosition())		end	end,	timeline = {		GLOBAL.TimeEvent(7 * GLOBAL.FRAMES, function(inst)			inst:PerformBufferedAction()		end),		GLOBAL.TimeEvent(16 * GLOBAL.FRAMES, function(inst)			if inst.components.playercontroller and 			inst.components.playercontroller:IsAnyOfControlsPressed(GLOBAL.CONTROL_SECONDARY,			GLOBAL.CONTROL_ACTION, GLOBAL.CONTROL_CONTROLLER_ALTACTION) and 			inst.sg.statemem.action and inst.sg.statemem.action.target and 			inst.sg.statemem.action.target.components.workable and			inst.sg.statemem.action.target.components.workable.workleft > 0 then				inst:PushBufferedAction(inst.sg.statemem.action)			end		end),	},	events = {		GLOBAL.EventHandler("animover", function(inst)			if inst.AnimState:AnimDone() then				inst.sg:GoToState("idle", true)			end		end),	},})

and this in your character's prefab

	inst:DoTaskInTime(0, function()		inst.components.playeractionpicker.rightclickoverride = function(inst, target, position)			local actions = {}			if target and target.components.workable and target.components.workable.workable then				local inv = inst.components.inventory				if inv and not inv:GetEquippedItem(EQUIPSLOTS.HANDS) then					table.insert(actions, ACTIONS.MULTI)				end			end			return inst.components.playeractionpicker:SortActionList(actions, target)		end	end)

[DarkXero]

Just use heater, like you were doing

local function fn()    local inst = CreateEntity()     inst.entity:AddTransform()    inst.entity:AddLight()    inst.entity:AddNetwork()     inst:AddTag("FX")     inst.Light:SetIntensity(.99)    inst.Light:SetColour(240 / 255, 165 / 255, 10 / 255)    inst.Light:SetFalloff(1)    inst.Light:SetRadius(4)    inst.Light:Enable(true)    inst.entity:SetPristine()     if not TheWorld.ismastersim then        return inst    end	inst:AddComponent("heater")	inst.components.heater.heat = 70     inst.persists = false     return instend return Prefab("common/fx/konigsheataura", fn, nil, prefabs)

[ForenSmurf]

Hi, i'm just here to congratulate you on this awesome thread title

[Feaurie]

@DarkXero Thanks so much! Everything is working! Just one more small question: Is there a way to set different values for different actions? I suspect its something to do with this code:

act.target.components.workable:WorkedBy(act.doer, 2)

Because right now she chops down a tree in like 8-ish hits, but mines a rock in half the time.

 

Thanks so much for your help, you're amazing

[DarkXero]

local ACTIONS = GLOBAL.ACTIONS

local myactions = {}

myactions[ACTIONS.CHOP] = 2

myactions[ACTIONS.DIG] = 1

myactions[ACTIONS.HAMMER] = 1

myactions[ACTIONS.MINE] = 1

local multiact = AddAction("MULTI", "Work", function(act)

if act.target.components.workable then

local action = act.target.components.workable.action

local numworks = myactions[action] or 1

act.target.components.workable:WorkedBy(act.doer, numworks)

end

return true

end)

[Feaurie]

Thanks! Its all working now! :DDD

[halfrose]

local ACTIONS = GLOBAL.ACTIONSlocal myactions = {}myactions[ACTIONS.CHOP] = 2myactions[ACTIONS.DIG] = 1myactions[ACTIONS.HAMMER] = 1myactions[ACTIONS.MINE] = 1local multiact = AddAction("MULTI", "Work", function(act)    if act.target.components.workable then		local action = act.target.components.workable.action		local numworks = myactions[action] or 1        act.target.components.workable:WorkedBy(act.doer, numworks)    end    return trueend)

 

Any way to make the character chop, mine, attack but not hammer and dig?