Hiring party member(s) script - SOLVED

[Drakkan]

Feel free to improve and develop it further.

Jkos in case you will be around, please could you somehow add to the script following condition --- in case there are some free "slots" for champion (means for example champ 2-4 are disabled), then defined party member will automatically join in some of these slots instead replacing some champion (if not say by script).

And please if you can modify following code:

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   champions.script.defineChampion(champ) -- define new champion
   champions.script.storeChampion(party.party:getChampion(2)) --store champion 2
   champions.script.loadChampion('Test Man',party.party:getChampion(2)) -- replace champion 2 with ''Test Man'

What I need if some champ is joing party, he will replace another champion based on name, not on champion number. I have problem with these numbers in general, because player could move party members around, so script could eventual replace incorrect champion. So script should tell for example: if there are no free slots,then replace champion Drakkan, with new defined champion Jkos.

Thanks
D.

[JKos]

Well that's pretty easy, just add these helper functions to champions script entity:

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function getChampionByName(name)
	for i=1,4 do
		if party.party:getChampion(i):getName() == name then
			return party.party:getChampion(i)
		end
	end
	return false
end

function getDisabledChampion()
	for i=1,4 do
		if not party.party:getChampion(i):getEnabled() then
			return party.party:getChampion(i)
		end
	end
	return false
end

and then you can do something like this:

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...
	champions.script.defineChampion(champ)
	local freeSlot = champions.script.getDisabledChampion()
	if freeSlot then
		champions.script.loadChampion('Test Man',freeSlot)
	else
		hudPrint("No room for a new champion.")
	end

or

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	local champ = champions.script.getChampionByName('Drakkan')
	champions.script.loadChampion('Test Man',champ)

replaces Drakkan with Test Man

[msyblade]

You're such a ninja, JKos. Thanks from the lot of us.

4 Kudos awarded!

[JKos]

Just for heads up, I'm currently making a GUI for recruiting champions, not quite ready yet but here are some images for you.

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[Drakkan]

Just for heads up, I'm currently making a GUI for recruiting champions, not quite ready yet but here are some images for you.

impressive ! Hope you will finish this before christmas and in case you will have some time can you make some easy GUI as was in LOG1 for hiring new champion when there are already four in the party ? (with some easy function to drop all items from "kicked" member)

[Eleven Warrior]

God that's so awesome Jkos as Drakkan said +2 Man this will be totally awesome thxs for the update

[JKos]

Here is the first release version with demo dungeon:
https://github.com/JKos/log2doc/archive/master.zip

Unzip to somewhere and move the /Champions folder to your /Legend of Grimrock 2/Dungeons folder

Sorry for the messy GUI code, could be much cleaner.

[Eleven Warrior]

As Mysblade say 10 Kuddos. This is awesome Jkos and I am adding this to my mod. The things I can do with system will be totally cool eg: You would need to recruit a new champ to complete a level etc... Very good work man I am sure Drakkan will love this to yeah. I checked the dungeon out and there are 2 Scripts that call for scripts outside of the editor, there was a problem before with this that in a normal game it crashed, it think that's what it use to do?

This script allows for easy champ adding as well cool

The only thing is what are you going to add this awesome work? I assume it will be cool Anyway thanks, and I am glad your still with this community.

[Drakkan]

there was a problem before with this that in a normal game it crashed, it think that's what it use to do?

this was alredy solved in one of the previous patch, so no prob. And even if yes you can easily just copy the script from outside to "inside " script

JKos
I made some first tries and it is working precisely as I wished, you have my huge thanks. This is one of last pieces I am missing to my mod. In case you would want improve this script a little is - the only problem I can now see is with starting champion items - I think it´s perfectly ok, that new champion just replace old one with whole inventory, however what if I want new champion with already some items equipped ?

Not sure if there is some other solution that just to rewrite script from Log1 that all items from old champion will be dropped on ground, while you define starting items for new champ (which maybe could be by some implementation of starting items script inside champion script ? Not sure if possible, would welcome any ideas.
here is easy script for starting items written by Sutekh
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8342&p=84331&hilit ... ems#p84331
as for original "drop" script from Log1 I think you are aware where to look because I think you cooperated with thomson on it with original grimwidgets ?
Ps: another solution in my mind would be just spawning starting items for new champion on the ground before party. this could be much more easy regarding scripting.

[Mysterious]

Jkos good work man 10 Kudos??? What is a Kudo if you don't mind me asking? I guess that's the scoring system here? I think I just asked a stupid question, but ill stick my neck out lol.