Spiderdens growth

[Zeyn]

Hi everybody !

 

I am trying to make a mod which makes Spiderdens growing faster. I have found those lines interesting :

 

at line 292 in  dont_starve\data\DLC0001\scripts\prefabs\spiderden.lua file :

local function GetSmallGrowTime(inst)    return TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME[1] + math.random()*TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME[1]endlocal function GetMedGrowTime(inst)    return TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME[2]+ math.random()*TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME[2]endlocal function GetLargeGrowTime(inst)    return TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME[3]+ math.random()*TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME[3]end

at line 437 in dont_starve\data\DLC0001\scripts\tuning.lua file :

SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME = {day_time*8, day_time*8, day_time*20},

I have made a local function in modmain.lua that change SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME values, without success . Please help !

 

ps : English is not my native language, as well as lua ! Please don't be unkind !

 

 

[Mobbstar]

You made a function? That's unnecessary, you can change the value directly in a single line:

 

GLOBAL.TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME = {1,2,3}

[Zeyn]

Thanks Mobbstar for your reply,

 

The problem is : I would like to make it growing twice or three times faster, so i think i need to use the daytime variable to make it, but if i just write :

 

GLOBAL.TUNING.SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME = {day_time*16, day_time*16, day_time*40}

 

 

Then i will have an error message that say daytime is a nill value.

 

Edited August 27, 2015 by Zeyn

[Mobbstar]

Thanks Mobbstar for your reply,

 

The problem is : I would like to make it growing twice or three times faster, so i think i need to use the daytime variable to make it, but if i just write :

 

 

Then i will have an error message that say daytime is a nill value.

 

Because "daytime" is defined in tuning.lua as a local variable. I think there's a tuning variable that is literally the same though.

[Zeyn]

Ok, i have found in the tuning.lua file that the local variable day_time was just a constant equal to 300
 

 

local seg_time = 30

local day_segs = 10

local day_time = seg_time * day_segs

 

 

So, i just try to divide this value by 3, and that works ! Some spiderdens was level 3 day 6, 7 and 8.

 

Thanks a lot Mobbstar, you're the best  

[Mobbstar]

Ok, i have found in the tuning.lua file that the local variable day_time was just a constant equal to 300

 

So, i just try to divide this value by 3, and that works ! Some spiderdens was level 3 day 6, 7 and 8.

 

Lol I guess that works too

[Zeyn]

Hi there, it is me again !

 

Here is my problem : Spiderdens grow faster, that's cool , but spiderdens level 3 don't become spiderdens unless the player stay much time near it. I would like spiderdens become spiderqueens even if the player is not near to it. I have search in the tuning.lua file, but the solution don't seems to be there. Any ideas or advice ?

Edited August 29, 2015 by Zeyn

[Mobbstar]

Hi there, it is me again !

 

Here is my problem : Spiderdens grow faster, that's cool , but spiderdens level 3 don't become spiderdens unless the player stay much time near it. I would like spiderdens become spiderqueens even if the player is not near to it. I have search in the tuning.lua file, but the solution don't seems to be there. Any ideas or advice ?

 

That's actually intentional or a bug, either of those

 

You'd have to do some actual scripting to fix it, I think. Start by searching the part in spiderdens that spawns a spider queen. If that doesn't have hints, try backtracking.

[Zeyn]

        SPIDER_HEALTH = 100,        SPIDER_DAMAGE = 20,        SPIDER_ATTACK_PERIOD = 3,        SPIDER_TARGET_DIST = 4,        SPIDER_INVESTIGATETARGET_DIST = 6,        SPIDER_WAKE_RADIUS = 4,        SPIDER_FLAMMABILITY = .33,        SPIDER_SUMMON_WARRIORS_RADIUS = 12,        SPIDER_EAT_DELAY = 1.5,                SPIDER_WALK_SPEED = 3,        SPIDER_RUN_SPEED = 5,                SPIDER_WARRIOR_HEALTH = 200,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_DAMAGE = 20,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_ATTACK_PERIOD = 4,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_ATTACK_RANGE = 6,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_HIT_RANGE = 3,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_MELEE_RANGE = 3,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_TARGET_DIST = 10,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_WAKE_RADIUS = 6,                SPIDER_WARRIOR_WALK_SPEED = 4,        SPIDER_WARRIOR_RUN_SPEED = 5,        SPIDER_HIDER_HEALTH = 150,        SPIDER_HIDER_DAMAGE = 20,        SPIDER_HIDER_ATTACK_PERIOD = 3,        SPIDER_HIDER_WALK_SPEED = 3,        SPIDER_HIDER_RUN_SPEED = 5,        SPIDER_HIDER_SHELL_ABSORB = 0.75,        SPIDER_SPITTER_HEALTH = 175,        SPIDER_SPITTER_DAMAGE_MELEE = 20,        SPIDER_SPITTER_DAMAGE_RANGED = 20,        SPIDER_SPITTER_ATTACK_PERIOD = 5,        SPIDER_SPITTER_ATTACK_RANGE = 5,        SPIDER_SPITTER_MELEE_RANGE = 2,        SPIDER_SPITTER_HIT_RANGE = 3,        SPIDER_SPITTER_WALK_SPEED = 4,        SPIDER_SPITTER_RUN_SPEED = 5,        SPIDERDEN_GROW_TIME = {day_time*8, day_time*8, day_time*20},        SPIDERDEN_HEALTH = {50*5, 50*10, 50*20},        SPIDERDEN_SPIDERS = {3, 6, 9},        SPIDERDEN_WARRIORS = {0, 1, 3},  -- every hit, release up to this many warriors, and fill remainder with regular spiders        SPIDERDEN_SPIDER_TYPE = {"spider", "spider_warrior", "spider_warrior"},        SPIDERDEN_REGEN_TIME = 3*seg_time,        SPIDERDEN_RELEASE_TIME = 5,           SPIDERQUEEN_WALKSPEED = 1.75,        SPIDERQUEEN_HEALTH = 1250,        SPIDERQUEEN_DAMAGE = 80,        SPIDERQUEEN_ATTACKPERIOD = 3,        SPIDERQUEEN_ATTACKRANGE = 5,        SPIDERQUEEN_FOLLOWERS = 16,        SPIDERQUEEN_GIVEBIRTHPERIOD = 20,        SPIDERQUEEN_MINWANDERTIME = total_day_time * 1.5,        SPIDERQUEEN_MINDENSPACING = 20,

I see nothing in tuning.lua that can solve the problem. I think this is intentionnal, like for lightning bolt, they don't fall out of the screen. I don't know what you mean when you say try backtracking.

[Mobbstar]

I see nothing in tuning.lua that can solve the problem. I think this is intentionnal, like for lightning bolt, they don't fall out of the screen. I don't know what you mean when you say try backtracking.

 

That's scripted behaviour, not simply some values. You need to look at the script file for the spiderden prefabs.

[Zeyn]

I think i have found the good part, thanks Mobbstar !

 

In dont_starve\data\DLC0001\scripts\prefabs\spiderden.lua :

local function AttemptMakeQueen(inst)    if inst.data.stage == nil or inst.data.stage ~= 3 then        -- we got here directly (probably by loading), so reconfigure to the level 3 state.        SetLarge(inst)    end    local player = GetPlayer()    if not player or player:GetDistanceSqToInst(inst) > 30*30 then        inst.components.growable:StartGrowing(60 + math.random(60) )        return    end        local check_range = 60    local cap = 4    local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()    local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x,y,z, check_range)    local num_dens = 0        for k,v in pairs(ents) do        if v:HasTag("spiderden") or v.prefab == "spiderqueen" then            num_dens = num_dens + 1        end                if num_dens >= cap then break end    end    local should_duplicate = num_dens < cap            inst.components.growable:SetStage(1)        inst.AnimState:PlayAnimation("cocoon_large_burst")    inst.AnimState:PushAnimation("cocoon_large_burst_pst")    inst.AnimState:PushAnimation("cocoon_small", true)        inst.SoundEmitter:PlaySound("dontstarve/creatures/spiderqueen/legburst")    inst:DoTaskInTime(5*FRAMES, function() inst.SoundEmitter:PlaySound("dontstarve/creatures/spiderqueen/legburst") end)    inst:DoTaskInTime(15*FRAMES, function() inst.SoundEmitter:PlaySound("dontstarve/creatures/spiderqueen/legburst") end)        inst:DoTaskInTime(35*FRAMES, function()        local queen = SpawnPrefab("spiderqueen")        local pt = Vector3(inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition())        local rad = 1.25        local angle = math.random(2*PI)        pt = pt + Vector3(rad*math.cos(angle), 0, rad*math.sin(angle))        queen.Transform:SetPosition(pt:Get())        queen.sg:GoToState("birth")                if not should_duplicate then            inst:Remove()        end    end)        inst.components.growable:StartGrowing(60)end

I am now trying to understand what it meens !

 

 

 

[Zeyn]

Ok, i don't understand all the function (for example, growable:StartGrowing in components folder ), but i could :

 

- remove the part between line 19 and 25

- change local should_duplicate = num_dens < cap by local should_duplicate = true

 

How can i change this function by a new one write in the modmain.lua file ?

[Mobbstar]

You should use AddPrefabPostInit to manipulate a prefab file. [api docs]

 

Copy the function, change it to your liking, and the set the changed one in the postinit function.

local function newMakeQueen(inst)

  --copied and changed code

end

 

local function UpdateDens(inst)

  --set the new function instead of the old one

end

 

AddPrefabPostInit("spiderden3",UpdateDens)

--WARNING: untested code

[Zeyn]

Hi,

 

I need to access some values and functions :

 

E:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\dont_starve\data\scripts\constants.lua

 

Functions like SetStage() that are located in :

 

E:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\dont_starve\data\scripts\prefabs\spiderden.lua

 

I think i have to do something like GLOBAL.something to access to those values, but i don't know what.

[Zeyn]

I have tried :

GLOBAL.require("constants")GLOBAL.require("prefabs/spiderden")

and

GLOBAL.require("constants")GLOBAL.require("prefabs")

but that didn't work ! If someone can help, that would be very nice.