Rabscuttle
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How do I check for a mimic in a given location? Neither "Wait for monster" or "Wait for NPC" seems to work.

schep
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Hmm, it doesn't look like characters can detect mimic movement, sadly. Is it possible to put a trapdoor or something there instead that could be detected? The Wait For Event list has a bunch of potential ideas, but which would or wouldn't work depends on the particulars of the room.

Doom
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Make the mimic stay as a character until he needs to be in a certain position and move him around with scripts until that. Then use finally a wait for NPC

A B C D --- a b c d
E F G H --- e f g h 
I J K L --- i j k l
M N O P --- m n o p

Wait for Beethro at A -> Move mimic to a
Wait for Beethro at B -> Move mimic to b
Wait for player to face NE -> Mimic face NE
etc...
(You would propably have to make a loop that checks if Beethro is in any of those squares.)

Downside:
1. It's overly tedious to make
2. It's so restricted that it's worthless to use in most places because:
3. If the mimic bumps into something it won't move correctly anymore. (Relative scripts could fix that and make it a lot easier to do.)
4. Adding a wait for mimic would be a better idea than that.
But also...
1. It works with any character... Who wants to see guard/Slayer mimics

Finally, I've not tested anything above and I wouldn't be surprised if there's something that won't work...

Rabscuttle
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Unfortunately, I need to recheck so trapdoor won't work. Plus the mimic is already walking over trapdoors.

A character mimic could work, as long as they still drop trapdoors. Bumping into things is important, but I can maybe see a simple(-ish) way of faking it. Except move-to has to be absolute coordinates, doesn't it? Characters moving are stupid though.. but are they roach-stupid or wubba-stupid? Hmmm.... *investigates*