If Statements and multiple actions

[edwardtmclean03]

I'm trying to create a mod that allows the spear to be throwable. I've managed to do that but now I want to add the ability to decide wether it should throw the Spear or walk up and hit it. I believe this is done threw if statements but Im not sure how id go about doing it. Any insight would be appreciated

[edwardtmclean03]

Something along the lines like
if target is close = hit

if target is far = throw

but I don't know how to differ from the actions with Don't Starve pre-determined actions

[edwardtmclean03]

Are there any ideas out there? I was looking at the monkey prefab and it seems to use the function im looking for. I need to rewrite the hasammo function to determine if target is in range or out of range. How could I do that?

[squeek]

-- in your prefab file somewherelocal function GetWeaponMode(weapon)	local inst = weapon.components.inventoryitem.owner	local max_melee_attack_range = 1	if inst:IsNear(inst.components.combat.target, max_melee_attack_range) then		return weapon.components.weapon.modes["MELEE"]	else		return weapon.components.weapon.modes["RANGE"]	endend-- in your prefab's fn function:        weapon:AddComponent("weapon")        weapon.components.weapon.modes =        {                RANGE = {damage = 1, ranged = true, attackrange = 5, hitrange = 7},                MELEE = {damage = 1, ranged = false, attackrange = 0, hitrange = 1}    	}        weapon.components.weapon.variedmodefn = GetWeaponMode

Edit the weapon.components.weapon.modes table with the values you want and set max_melee_attack_range in GetWeaponMode to what you want.

EDIT: Updated to use the IsNear function because it's more clear/applicable for the situation.

Edited March 8, 2014 by squeek

[edwardtmclean03]

you are amazing.

[edwardtmclean03]

it all works except for now when spear is thrown it returns to hand while I want it to land on ground

[squeek]

it all works except for now when spear is thrown it returns to hand while I want it to land on ground

What does your projectile code look like?

[edwardtmclean03]

inst:AddComponent("projectile")

inst.components.projectile:SetSpeed(15)

inst.components.projectile:SetCanCatch(true)

inst.components.projectile:SetHoming(false)

inst.components.projectile:SetOnThrownFn(OnThrown)

inst.components.projectile:SetOnHitFn(OnHit)

inst.components.projectile:SetOnMissFn(ReturnToOwner)

inst.components.projectile:SetOnCaughtFn(OnCaught)

[squeek]

Modify or remove this line:

inst.components.projectile:SetOnMissFn(ReturnToOwner)

and modify the OnHit function to not call ReturnToOwner (probably just want to call OnDropped instead)