Check if a monster or another player is targeting you

[Mudley]

Sorry for the stupid question, but how do I check if a monster or another player has you as a target?

[TheKingDedede]

There's no real way to know. The only reliable way is to see which way the monster is headed and who it charges at. It just comes down to prediction, really.

[DarkXero]

local function IsInstCombatTargeted(inst)
	local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
	local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, 30, {"_combat"})
	for i, v in ipairs(ents) do
		if v.components.combat.target == inst then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end

 

[Mudley]

@DarkXero Thanks, but how I make the instance that is being checked be the player?

I am editing the dynamicmusic.lua file, and my objective is to make the StopDanger function check if the player is beeing chased before proceding.

I am a fish out of water on LUA coding, so I am sorry if I am doing everything wrong.

Edited July 4, 2016 by Mudley

[DarkXero]

dynamicmusic.lua

[Mudley]

@DarkXero Thank you a lot for writing this code for me, but I'm afraid I have another question: How do I trigger the battle music also using this piece of code? The answer is probably in front of my face, but still.

Thanks once again for helping me.

[DarkXero]

DynamicSomething.zip

[Neu7ral]

DarkXero, Exist a way for make the dynamic music enable when you've been targeted?

[DarkXero]

23 minutes ago, Neutral_Steve said:

Exist a way for make the dynamic music enable when you've been targeted?

Did you download and try out DynamicSomething.zip?

[Neu7ral]

8 minutes ago, DarkXero said:

Did you download and try out DynamicSomething.zip?

Oh, I installed it, but nothing changed.

[DarkXero]

8 minutes ago, Neutral_Steve said:

Oh, I installed it, but nothing changed.

I downloaded it, installed it, and when I run nearby a spider, it will target me and the music will start playing.

Also tried with Deerclops, he saw me, music started playing.

And it works for hosts and clients.

Edited July 7, 2016 by DarkXero

[Neu7ral]

5 minutes ago, DarkXero said:

I downloaded it, installed it, and when I run nearby a spider, it will target me and the music will start playing.

Also tried with Deerclops, he saw me, music started playing.

Maybe I installed It wrong, but it wasn't working with me, I will try it later. Thanks!

[DarkXero]

4 minutes ago, Neutral_Steve said:

Maybe I installed It wrong, but it wasn't working with me, I will try it later. Thanks!

I'm going to bet you extracted the folder and put it as is, resulting in you having mod/folder/folder/modmain.

[Neu7ral]

33 minutes ago, DarkXero said:

I'm going to bet you extracted the folder and put it as is, resulting in you having mod/folder/folder/modmain.

My bad my bad, I was using the dusk and night music mod!

Edited July 7, 2016 by Neutral_Steve

[Mudley]

@DarkXero Once again, sorry for wasting your time, but I have one (hopefully) final question.

I created another function from the one you gave me, called IsPlayerCombatTargetedBoss() that checks if any instance with the "epic" tag has you as a target, and it appears to work.

However, I want to use it to replace the GetClosestInstWithTag() used on the StartDanger() function, so the E.F.S. plays only if you're actually fighting a boss, instead of playing while fighting something else with a boss around. But I am failing to make it work with the _soundemitter.

Also, already asking this too, because I'm certain that I will be too incompetent to work this around: How do I make so the normal battle music will change to the E.F.S. if a boss is going for you, and vice versa?

[DarkXero]

DynamicBleh.zip