[SOLVED] Need help creating a new feature for my character!

[Dustt]

Hello there!

I'm looking for somebody who could help me create a program code for a new feature for my character. What I want is for my character to have "grogginess" effect for every time he wakes up from sleep (Tent, bedroll etc.) It's the same as to when a mandrake is eaten raw or a pan flute being played but minus the area effect. And it would be great if the duration is changeable and not fixed, just in case if I want to buff/nerf him.

I've looked at the codes for "mandrake_inactive", "panflute", "tent", and "grogginess" to see how the codes function and try to figure it out myself but unfortunately I'm too inept at LUA language to really understand what's going on. I've read some of the pinned guide on "Getting Started with Modding DST..." but still no luck. I've tried experimenting with pieces of codes from the database -- hoping that it would work. But of course it didn't work... ah...

So if anyone know how to create such feature, please tell me! (and please try to explain it if u have the time! )

Here's some snip about what I was talking about:

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Thanks in advance! 

Edited March 17, 2017 by Dustt
solved

[Serpens]

Just use the grogginess component. I think every character has this by default, if you use the default character as a base.

if player.components.grogginess then -- check if character really has the component
    player.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
end    

the function looks like this:
Grogginess:AddGrogginess(grogginess, knockoutduration)
so if you don't want the knockout, I think the second number should be 0

Edited March 14, 2017 by Serpens

[Dustt]

3 hours ago, Serpens said:

Just use the grogginess component. I think every character has this by default, if you use the default character as a base.

if player.components.grogginess then -- check if character really has the component
    player.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
end    

the function looks like this:
Grogginess:AddGrogginess(grogginess, knockoutduration)
so if you don't want the knockout, I think the second number should be 0

Hmm, it didn't seem to work. It says that a "(" was expected near the ":" in the function line and so I followed through that and it still doesn't work. I feel like I'm doing something wrong here . 

[Serpens]

What is your code? 
The snippet I posted should contain no error.

[Dustt]

Sorry for the late reply! But here's what I wrote:

local function Grogginess:AddGrogginess(grogginess, knockoutduration)
   if player.components.grogginess then 
   		player.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
   end    
end 

Am I doing it wrong? 

[. . .]

3 hours ago, Dustt said:

 

Sorry for the late reply! But here's what I wrote:

local function Grogginess:AddGrogginess(grogginess, knockoutduration)
   if player.components.grogginess then 
   		player.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
   end    
end 

Am I doing it wrong? 

 

Isn't there a event for when a character wakes up from sleep?

I think you'd put this code in that event, I don't think an entire local function's required for adding grogginess, I think .

if inst.components.grogginess then -- check if character really has the component
    inst.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
end    

 

[Fancy_Fox_Pers]

In frograin.lua at line 207 there is "inst:ListenForEvent("entitysleep", OnTargetSleep, target)"

In saltlicker.lua at line 98 there is "self.inst:ListenForEvent("onwakeup", TryUnpause)"

And in mandrake_inactive.lua you can find "PushEvent("yawn")" and "PushEvent("knockedout")"

 

So maybe try one of those

[Serpens]

7 hours ago, Dustt said:

Sorry for the late reply! But here's what I wrote:

local function Grogginess:AddGrogginess(grogginess, knockoutduration)
   if player.components.grogginess then 
   		player.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
   end    
end 

Am I doing it wrong? 

yes this is completly wrong, sorry
With "Grogginess:AddGrogginess(grogginess, knockoutduration)" I wanted to show you how the function is defined and what the arguments are called.
Only the code I put in code tags is needed. But of course you need to know where to put it.

You said you want it everytime the player wakes up. Therefore you need to look for an event that is fired when waking up.Thibooms already mentioned that event.
I never made a custom character so I'm not 100% sure if the code belongs in masterpostinit or not (please someone else tell us?^^)
But the code should look like this:

inst:ListenForEvent("onwakeup", function(inst,data)   
    if inst and inst:HasTag("player") and inst.components.grogginess then 
        inst.components.grogginess:AddGrogginess(8, 0) 
    end  
end)

 

[. . .]

3 hours ago, Serpens said:

I never made a custom character so I'm not 100% sure if the code belongs in masterpostinit or not (please someone else tell us?^^)

Yup that's where it'd go !

[Dustt]

Hmmm looks promising! I'm going to test it out and see if it works. I'll be writing my feedback once I'm done testing it out. 

Thanks for the help guys! 

[Dustt]

I've tested the codes that you have suggested and well... It didn't crash but it didn't work in the game either. This made me want to spend some time to learn the data within the game.

Okay so then, I've spent a few hours digging through the LUA Codes and testing codes after codes and I've discovered that grogginess will only work after the player is knocked out - which is unfortunate... This means that for me to able to get the effect that I want, I need to create a "stategraph" specifically for my character. So I did that and now it works!! Wooohoo! 

Thanks for the great help guys! I really appreciate it!

PS- I might be wrong about the "knockout" thing.

Edited March 17, 2017 by Dustt
Forgot to add some stuff