Grimrock

Coming at this from another angle. Maybe you can use the same script that digging with the shovel uses. Somehow it knows you can can't dig on non-dirt tiles.

Looks like dig is hard coded, but the tiles have a field named
diggable = true
maybe this could be used?

defineSpell{ name = "detect_monster", uiName = "Monster Detector", skill = "earth_magic", requirements = {"concentration", 1}, gesture = 8, manaCost = 5, icon = 14, spellIcon = 13, description = "Reveals how many monster are nearby. Every point is Earth ...

I like it, but for playability, perhaps we should tell the player the direction relative to the party instead of a compass direction. If you know the monster is north of the player, then you can use the "direction" variable to figure out which way you are facing relative to north. Example:...

Did you one better: Now it will display the correct names and plurals defineSpell{ name = "detect_monster", uiName = "Monster Detector", skill = "earth_magic", requirements = {"concentration", 1}, gesture = 8, manaCost = 5, icon = 14, spellIcon = 13, descripti...

Another tweak: defineSpell{ name = "detect_monster", uiName = "Monster Detector", skill = "earth_magic", requirements = {"concentration", 1}, gesture = 8, manaCost = 5, icon = 14, spellIcon = 13, description = "Reveals how many monster are nearby. Every p...

Here is a updated script for the spell: defineSpell{ name = "detect_monster", uiName = "Monster Detector", skill = "earth_magic", requirements = {"concentration", 1}, gesture = 8, manaCost = 5, icon = 14, spellIcon = 13, description = "Reveals how many mo...

The first thing that comes to mind is to compare if the monster group's x and y and elevation are equal to another monster, then throw away the duplicates. You might be able to use something like this: defineSpell{ name = "detect_monster", uiName = "Monster Detector", skill = &qu...

Update: Latest version of the script defineSpell{ name = "detect_monster", uiName = "Monster Detector", skill = "earth_magic", requirements = {"concentration", 1}, gesture = 8, manaCost = 5, icon = 14, spellIcon = 13, description = "Reveals how many monst...

I think it only works on sockets, nor surfaces. I am trying to find a workaround. EDIT: Paste the following code into your objects.lua in your mod's script folder defineObject{ name = "custom_dungeon_alcove", replacesWall = true, placement = "wall", editorIcon = 8, components = {...