A question about the possibility of planting a character

[Solio]

I'm currently tinkering with a character that would essentially be a player-sized treeguard and I brainstormed a bunch of stuff relating to it's mechanics, some of which would hinge on one thing. Would it be at all possible for the character to be able to plant himself? I want the mechanic to work somewhat like a tent where you would gain health and sanity among other things for hunger, but if it's not possible, then I'd have to rethink some things. So could this work? I assume if anything that if anything it would have to work using a plantable item since I can't think of a way otherwise.

[ImDaMisterL]

Can't you just... add an animation that makes it appear like he was planted... makes him immovable/un-noticeable or whatever the heck you want to do with it, and look at the tent's DST prefab to see what they do to regain sanity, then try to look for how to do it with health too!

[Solio]

But then how would I go about activating and deactivating that immobile state? Since he's a tree, I want it to be something you can do at any time as long as you have the hunger for it.

[StarmanUltra]

You can activate/deactivate a state with a key press. So for example, you could tap R to root yourself, and tap again to uproot. Here's an example from Kzisor http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/48203-how-to-add-a-new-key-function/?view=findpost&p=595991

local KeyHandler = Class(function(self, inst)self.inst = instself.handler = TheInput:AddKeyHandler(function(key, down) self:OnRawKey(key, down) end )end)function KeyHandler:OnRawKey(key, down)  if (key == KEY_T and not down) then      print("test")  endendreturn KeyHandler

check out this character mod for full code about a keypress change state http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=484042273

Edited August 12, 2015 by StarmanUltra