help Help w/ Catcoon Sanity Gain Perk?

[bunlux]

(reposted due to originally misplacing this thread in the singleplayer forum; sorry about that!)

Original:

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Hello! I'm currently working on a custom DST character mod, and I have everything working except for the perk(s), which I have... next to no idea how to code.

Basically, I was hoping to have my character gain sanity from being near catcoons, similarly to how most monsters' auras drain sanity, but with a positive effect.

I've tried looking in various .lua files to study the other characters' perks, but I'm not finding much of use, and I'm afraid to fiddle with any code when I have literally no idea what works and what doesn't. My first thought was to look in Wolfgang's .lua because of the drain he gets at night and around monsters, but...

"inst.components.sanity.night_drain_mult = 1.1"

I don't know if this is what I'm looking for, nor do I know how I would change this to fit what I need.
"inst.components.sanity.catcoon_gain_mult = 1.3" ?
I feel like that wouldn't work, but if it does, can someone please let me know?

Any and all help is appreciated, thank you!

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I've since been told that the sanity aura is from the mobs themselves, not in the character files, but I still don't know where to go from there. I've also been told that coding this might be a bit complex, but I'm willing to put the time and effort in if I can get a little more help. Does anyone have a clue as to how to approach this? Thank you.

[Lumina]

local function sanityfn(inst)
	local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
	local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, TUNING.SANITY_EFFECT_RANGE, {"mole"})
	local delta = 0
	for k, v in pairs(ents) do
		local distsq = math.max(inst:GetDistanceSqToInst(v), 1)
		delta = delta - TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL / distsq
	end
	return delta
end

This is the code i'm using to lose sanity near moles. Maybe by changing the prefab and changing the negative delta for a positive one, you could have something like you want ?

 

	inst.components.sanity.custom_rate_fn = sanityfn

This line goes in masterpostinit.

[bunlux]

Oh! Thank you so much @Lumina!

Though I'm a little fuzzy on how exactly to change the delta to positive. Would it be something like:

local function sanityfn(inst)
	local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
	local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, TUNING.SANITY_EFFECT_RANGE, {"catcoon"})
	local delta = 0
	for k, v in pairs(ents) do
		local distsq = math.max(inst:GetDistanceSqToInst(v), 1)
		delta = delta + TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL / distsq
	end
	return delta
end

(delta + TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL)

or:

local function sanityfn(inst)
	local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
	local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, TUNING.SANITY_EFFECT_RANGE, {"catcoon"})
	local delta = 1
	for k, v in pairs(ents) do
		local distsq = math.max(inst:GetDistanceSqToInst(v), 1)
		delta = delta - TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL / distsq
	end
	return delta
end

(local delta = 1)?

Edited September 16, 2017 by bunlux

[Lumina]

I would try the first solution. See if it works and if the result fit your taste.

[bunlux]

Uh, well.

Is this an error due to misplacement? Here's where I put the code, under "local prefabs = {":

local MakePlayerCharacter = require "prefabs/player_common"


local assets = {
    Asset("SCRIPT", "scripts/prefabs/player_common.lua"),
}
local prefabs = {

	local function sanityfn(inst)
	local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
	local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, TUNING.SANITY_EFFECT_RANGE, {"catcoon"})
	local delta = 0
	for k, v in pairs(ents) do
		local distsq = math.max(inst:GetDistanceSqToInst(v), 1)
		delta = delta + TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL / distsq
	end
	return delta
end
}

If it is misplaced, where should I move it/what should I tweak? If it isn't, how can I fix this?

[Lumina]

It shouldn't be into the prefabs. Mine is here :

local function sanityfn(inst)
	local x, y, z = inst.Transform:GetWorldPosition()
	local ents = TheSim:FindEntities(x, y, z, TUNING.SANITY_EFFECT_RANGE, {"mole"})
	local delta = 0
	for k, v in pairs(ents) do
		local distsq = math.max(inst:GetDistanceSqToInst(v), 1)
		delta = delta - TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL / distsq
	end
	return delta
end


-- This initializes for both the server and client. Tags can be added here.
local common_postinit = function(inst) 
    inst:AddTag("mycharactertag")
	-- Minimap icon
	inst.MiniMapEntity:SetIcon( "mycharactername.tex" )
end

 

[bunlux]

It works perfectly now! Thank you sososo much!!! You've been a huge help :')

[Lumina]

Great