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[Isaac]

not really, but it should be easy to figure out looking at other editor files,

what I need the most help with is a scriptline that:

findEntity vampire_7 and then spawn a fire effect on the random location where his brain got disabled.

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--call delayedDeath() when ready

function delayedDeath()
	delayedCall(self.go.id, 2, "death")
end

function death()
	if vampire_7 then
		vampire_7:spawn('wall_fire')
		vampire_7.monster:die()
	end	
end

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Alternately:

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--This one can affect any monster

function delayedDeath(monsterId) 
	local monster = findEntity(monsterId)
	if monster then
		monster:spawn('wall_fire')
		monster.brain:disable()
		delayedCall(self.go.id, 5, 'death', monsterId)
	end	
end

function death(monsterId)
	local monster = findEntity(monsterId)
	if monster then
		monster.monster:die()
		monster:playSound('party_fall')
	end	
end

--call delayedDeath when ready

delayedDeath('vampire_7')

[Zo Kath Ra]

Instead of spawning a wall_fire on the monster's tile, you can set the monster on fire:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7951&p=90491#p90491

[Isaac]

That works.

*But it looks better to use both: (...though one might just want the vampire itself to burn.)

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function delayedDeath(monsterId) 
	local monster = findEntity(monsterId)
	if monster then
		monster.monster:setCondition("burning",5)
		monster:spawn('wall_fire')
		monster.brain:disable()
		delayedCall(self.go.id, 5, 'death', monsterId)
	end	
end

function death(monsterId)
	local monster = findEntity(monsterId)
	if monster then
		monster.monster:die()
		monster:playSound('party_fall')
	end	
end

--call delayedDeath when ready

delayedDeath('vampire_7')

[Pompidom]

EDIT: I got it working properly
Thank you!

[Pompidom]

Is there a script/code line that resets an object to the default position it was assigned to?

In this particular case a g1_catwalk that moves up and down as an elevator.

The movement script is halted by a floor trigger and then you press a button to reset it to the default position.

[Isaac]

Usually one just stores the location, then uses it later in the script. For one object, you can just manually record it in the script.

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g1_catwalk_1_starting_location = {level=1, x=15, y=15, facing=0, elevation=0}  --for example

But if you have placed a lot of them (or if the object spawns at a random location each time), it is convenient to have them record their own locations into a dedicated script, with a setter function. Code placed in any of the object's onInit hooks, could call a script with whatever its current location is, and store it there for later use.

[Pompidom]

I will just need to use it on a few objects.

I'll see what I can do with this line

[Isaac]

Here is a more compact way to do it:

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g1_catwalk_1_starting_location = {15,15,0,0,1}

If used in the same script as the above:

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g1_catwalk_1:setPosition(unpack(g1_catwalk_1_starting_location))

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But of course... If it is just the one object, then all you really need is just to call the setPosition function with the known starting location:

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g1_catwalk_1:setPosition(15,15,0,0,1)

If you want that called from a button or trigger, then you put in in its own function, and add a connector from the trigger.

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function resetLoc()
g1_catwalk_1:setPosition(15,15,0,0,1)
end

[furiousuk]

Thanks @pompidom and @Zo Kath Ra for the answers on the torch stuff. Got it working now.

Now setting to work on changing particle and glow colour for different types of torch.

[KhrougH]

here is my simple question:
i'm using a "setWorldPosition" on a "lock":
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jMe4V ... 8n5QVcB7b
but i can't use a key to open the door because on the visual position it doesn't work and at the center of the screen (where the lock should be without "setWorldPosition") the champion throw the key.

how can i solve this problem?

for the moment i'm putting the lock in the original position,

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QhGsX ... 3STyHnRp-E

unlock the door without opening it and when you click on the door the lock disappear (onClick ... lock:destroy)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xTqRw ... eu6OFPGM-
but why it doesn't work with the "world positioning"?