Drop Prefab's on consumption

[TheBigDeal]

Hello!

So I was just wondering a pretty simple question, After eating something I was wondering how to drop a prefab, like I guess when you plant butterfly's and you get a flower, and will disappear on death.

[. . .]

Can you be more specific on what you want? Maybe I can help.

[TheBigDeal]

@SuperDavid

So in my character, I have a system of upgrades/buffs whenever you eat a "Soul"

when you eat the red soul, it saves a spawn point, so when you die instead of being a ghost it will teleport you back to that location.

I just want a way so when you eat the soul I can sorta place an animated marker on the ground so people know where they will re spawn.

It'll end up looking something like this, but higher res, on the ground as a marker.

(Maybe make it appear on the map/minimap too would be great and helpful)

[. . .]

Wow, that's too advanced for me... I'm sorry I can't help ...

[TheBigDeal]

8 minutes ago, SuperDavid said:

Wow, that's too advanced for me... I'm sorry I can't help ...

Damn, I thought it would be sorta simple xD thanks anyway

[Aquaterion]

local function oneat(inst, food)
	if food:HasTag("soul") then
		local marker = SpawnPrefab("marker")
		marker.Transform:SetPosition(inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition())
		marker.owner = inst.GUID
	end
end

local function ondeath(inst)
	inst:DoTaskInTime(3, function()
		for k,v in pairs(Ents) do
			if k.prefab == "marker" and k.owner and k.owner == inst.GUID then
				inst.Transform:SetPosition(k.Transform:GetWorldPosition())
				inst:PushEvent("respawnfromghost")
				break
			end
		end
	end)
end

inst.components.eater:SetOnEatFn(oneat)
inst:ListenForEvent("death", ondeath)

 

[TheBigDeal]

2 hours ago, Aquaterion said:

local function oneat(inst, food)
	if food:HasTag("soul") then
		local marker = SpawnPrefab("marker")
		marker.Transform:SetPosition(inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition())
		marker.owner = inst.GUID
	end
end

local function ondeath(inst)
	inst:DoTaskInTime(3, function()
		for k,v in pairs(Ents) do
			if k.prefab == "marker" and k.owner and k.owner == inst.GUID then
				inst.Transform:SetPosition(k.Transform:GetWorldPosition())
				inst:PushEvent("respawnfromghost")
				break
			end
		end
	end)
end

inst.components.eater:SetOnEatFn(oneat)
inst:ListenForEvent("death", ondeath)

 

Awesome! Sadly I can't try this right now. Would this also make it appear on the map? If not thats fine, probably pretty advanced.

[Aquaterion]

22 hours ago, TheBigDeal said:

Awesome! Sadly I can't try this right now. Would this also make it appear on the map? If not thats fine, probably pretty advanced.

you'd just have to add inst.entity:AddMiniMapEntity() and make a texture for the minimap icon

Edited September 21, 2016 by Aquaterion

[TheBigDeal]

6 hours ago, Aquaterion said:

you'd just have to add inst.entity:AddMiniMapEntity() and make a texture for the minimap icon

Ok, so I added in the code and such, there is no crashes, but nothing seems to show. I have a marker asset in a marker.zip with a anim file (unanimated for now, still gotta learn how to do that) , a bin, and the .tex file with the proper textures. It is probably my mistake here as I am probably missing something big. I have not tested out the map part yet. 

[Lumina]

you need a minimap folder, with a .tex and .xml files. Also, you should probably need a line like this in the modmain

 

		AddMinimapAtlas("minimap/marker.xml")

 

[Aquaterion]

29 minutes ago, TheBigDeal said:

Ok, so I added in the code and such, there is no crashes, but nothing seems to show. I have a marker asset in a marker.zip with a anim file (unanimated for now, still gotta learn how to do that) , a bin, and the .tex file with the proper textures. It is probably my mistake here as I am probably missing something big. I have not tested out the map part yet. 

well do you have a prefab called marker? as in code wise, not just art

[TheBigDeal]

On 9/21/2016 at 1:39 PM, Aquaterion said:

well do you have a prefab called marker? as in code wise, not just art

I put it in my modmain in PrefabFiles as marker, and made a marker.lua, but am not sure what should be in the marker.lua since it is just a regular item that can't even be in your inventory. (Sorry for delay on answer, got a bit busy)