Need help with a shield/tank mod.

[satuisaburda]

Been working on a set of mods recently adding RPG-like mechanics to the game, and I've come into a roadblock with one mechanic I want to implement.

I want to make a hotkey that checks to see if a player has a shield item equipped (Currently using tags) then issues a command directly to the shield. which is supposed to do the forcefield from the thulecite helmet.

the forcefield works and defends the user, but besides setting it to trigger when first equipped I don't know how to get it to work fluidly in combat by pressing a hotkey such as Z or so. Currently I have a charge ability attached to the player once they press the R key that checks if they have the shielded tag, then lets them move faster and do damage upon impact for a short period of time.

tl:dr: I need help adding a hotkey to all players that sends a signal to the shield prefab telling it to trigger it's forcefield.

marble_shield.lua

modmain.lua

[satuisaburda]

Anyone?

[Mobbstar]

Wait, is this a DST mod? In that case, you can probably use Kzisor's hotkey handler component.

[satuisaburda]

It's a DST mod, and I got the keyhandler component already in the mod, Are there any tutorials on how to use such a component? for things such as player/server to item hotkeys?

Edited April 1, 2016 by satuisaburda

[WhiteAutumn]

On 01/04/2016 at 5:55 AM, satuisaburda said:

It's a DST mod, and I got the keyhandler component already in the mod, Are there any tutorials on how to use such a component? for things such as player/server to item hotkeys?

Sadly there aren't many tutorials about DS modding

Edited April 2, 2016 by WhiteAutumn

[satuisaburda]

Yeah it's a big shame there's not that many tutorials. In the meantime I may try using listener's until someone else tries to help me with this.