insanity aura Help with a "perk"

[CreatorKami]

Hello, I have been working on a pair of character mods for Don't Starve Together with sanity perks when near one another. I had no problem programming the sanity aura perk when nearby one another, but I also want to program it so when one of the characters is equipped with a specific item, it gives off an insanity aura for the other one. I added this line of code to both of the mod characters' character prefabs, but what should I do for the insanity aura when the other is equipped with a certain item. Basically, the premise is that one of the characters is terrified of knives, and their partner has a custom item knife. So seeing their partner equipped with this custom knife should lower their sanity (medium loss). 

 

inst:AddComponent("sanityaura")
inst.components.sanityaura.aurafn = function(inst, observer)

if observer.prefab == "characterprefab" then

return TUNING.SANITYAURA_TINY

end
end

For anyone willing to help, it's much appreciated!

Edited July 25, 2016 by CreatorKami

[IvanX]

You should also check inst.components.inventory for equipped items. The functions for that can be found in "components/inventory.lua"
Here's a short list of other functions you may be interested in:

function Inventory:EquipHasTag(tag) -- AddTag('sharp') to your knife prefab and then check inst.components.inventory:EquipHasTag('sharp') - this will return TRUE if the other player has item with current tag in one of the equip slots
function Inventory:Has(item, amount) -- pass item (as prefab name), and 1 as amount if player has at least one of the items in the inventory it will return {true, number}

 

Edited July 25, 2016 by IvanX