Scripting Question: Rock piles

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Jacob
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Scripting Question: Rock piles (0)

So, I can see how to turn a scripted rock golem into a rock pile (Die Special), but how do I make this happen when the player kills the scripted character?

There is no way to check if "I am killed"...except if I make a convoluted script that checks for the player in an adjacent tile with a sword pointed at me...but then that doesn't cover other causes of death (e.g. hit by guard, standing on hottiles).

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03-09-2015 at 09:27 PM

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Dischorran
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Re: Scripting Question: Rock piles (0)

I tested this using my entropic aumtlich as a starting point, and it's sortakinda possible. You can have the NPC update a pair of global variables with its coordinates after it moves. A later-acting monitor script then checks if there's an NPC at the stored coordinates, and if not, spawns a rock golem there and attacks the tile to make it a rock pile.

Of course, this needs a separate monitor and pair of global variables for each scripted golem in the room. And it breaks if you push these NPCs. And I'm pretty sure you have to manually calculate the square to be moved to and teleport there, instead of using the built-in move functions, so that the XY position can be updated after the move in the same turn. So it's sort of not a great solution.

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03-09-2015 at 11:00 PM

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Re: Scripting Question: Rock piles (0)

While it doesn't cover all cases, checking for the player's sword hitting the monster is not convoluted:

If...
  Wait until var _MyX = _X + (_O % 3) - 1
  If...
    Wait until var _My = _Y + (_O / 3) - 1

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03-09-2015 at 11:02 PM

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