Grimrock

AmiDARK wrote:Just seen all those spells page and "wow" many interesting spells there :p
Maybe we could concentrate all in one LoG "tome of spells" ?

More to this, I have a simple question.

I'd like to have special spell like : cure disease, cure poison but, I don't want these spells to be "too easy" to use.
So, I had an idea : The spell caster need 1 item in a hand to make the spell work.
More to this, the item will be destroyed when doing the spell (or if amount of items, the amount will be decreased of 1)

Do you think it is possible to do this ?

Kindest Regards,
AmiDARK

Grimwold wrote:Though not much use as is, or on it's own, I thought this function might be of interest regarding the Area of Effect spells... wherever the party is, it will print the co-ordinates of the 8 spaces around the party. The tables can easily be expanded too. (...)

LordYig wrote:

Grimwold wrote:Though not much use as is, or on it's own, I thought this function might be of interest regarding the Area of Effect spells... wherever the party is, it will print the co-ordinates of the 8 spaces around the party. The tables can easily be expanded too. (...)

Very nice Grimwold !
When I'll get some time, I'd love to test this with "Cone" or "Line" shaped spells.

dx,dy = getForward(party.facing)

dx,dy = getForward(party.facing) -- forward
ldx,ldy = getForward((party.facing+3)%4) -- left
rdx,rdy = getForward((party.facing+1)%4) -- right
local coords = {xcoord = {dx,2*dx,2*dx+ldx,2*dx+rdx,3*dx,3*dx+2*ldx,3*dx+ldx,3*dx+rdx,3*dx+2*rdx},ycoord = {dy,2*dy,2*dy+ldy,2*dy+rdy,3*dy,3*dy+2*ldy,3*dy+ldy,3*dy+rdy,3*dy+2*rdy}}

Grimwold wrote:Though not much use as is, or on it's own, I thought this function might be of interest regarding the Area of Effect spells... wherever the party is, it will print the co-ordinates of the 8 spaces around the party. The tables can easily be expanded too.

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Early version

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function eightCoords()
  local coords = {xcoord = {-1,-1,-1,0,0,1,1,1},ycoord = {-1,0,1,-1,1,-1,0,1}}
  local coord_pairs = math.min(#coords["xcoord"],#coords["ycoord"])
  for i = 1,coord_pairs do
    print(tostring(party.x + coords["xcoord"][i] .. "," .. party.y + coords["ycoord"][i]))
  end
end

Revised function that now spawns appropriate FX in each of the eight spaces AND does damageTile in each space... function is called with a champion ordinal, a type of attack - fire, cold, shock or poison and a damage value

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function eightCoords(ordinal, effect,damage)
  local originator = 2 ^ (ordinal+1) 
  local effects_table = {fire = "fireburst", cold = "frostburst", shock = "shockburst", poison = "poison_cloud" }
  local effect_translation_table = {fire = 1 , cold = 1, shock = 1, poison = 1 }
  local coords = {xcoord = {-1,-1,-1,0,0,1,1,1},ycoord = {-1,0,1,-1,1,-1,0,1}}
  local coord_pairs = math.min(#coords["xcoord"],#coords["ycoord"])
  for i = 1,coord_pairs do
    print(tostring(party.x + coords["xcoord"][i] .. "," .. party.y + coords["ycoord"][i]))
    spawn("fx", party.level, party.x + coords["xcoord"][i], party.y + coords["ycoord"][i], party.facing)
      :setParticleSystem(effects_table[effect])
      :translate(0, effect_translation_table[effect], 0)
    damageTile(party.level, party.x + coords["xcoord"][i], party.y + coords["ycoord"][i], party.facing, originator , effect, damage)
  end
end

eightCoords(1,"shock",50)

defineSpell{
  name = "flame_wind", 
  uiName = "Flame Wind", 
  skill = "fire_magic",
  level = 0,
  runes = "ABC",
  manaCost = 45,
  onCast = function(caster, x, y, direction, skill)
  	return aoe_scripts.eightCoordsFlameWind(1, "fire", 80)
  end,
}
function eightCoordsFlameWind(ordinal, effect,damage)
  local originator = 2 ^ (ordinal+1) 
  local effects_table = {fire = "fireburst", cold = "frostburst", shock = "shockburst", poison = "poison_cloud" }
  local effect_translation_table = {fire = 1 , cold = 1, shock = 1, poison = 1 }
  local coords = {xcoord = {-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2},ycoord = {-2,-1,0,1,2,-2,-1,0,1,2,-2,-1,1,2,-2,-1,0,1,2,-2,-1,0,1,2}}
  local coord_pairs = math.min(#coords["xcoord"],#coords["ycoord"])
  for i = 1,coord_pairs do
    print(tostring(party.x + coords["xcoord"][i] .. "," .. party.y + coords["ycoord"][i]))
    spawn("fx", party.level, party.x + coords["xcoord"][i], party.y + coords["ycoord"][i], party.facing)
      :setParticleSystem(effects_table[effect])
      :translate(0, effect_translation_table[effect], 0)
	  playSoundAt("fireburst",party.level,party.x,party.y)
    damageTile(party.level, party.x + coords["xcoord"][i], party.y + coords["ycoord"][i], party.facing, originator , effect, damage)
  end
end

akroma222 wrote: Is there something I am not doing correctly as far as getting the caster goes??

..... Thanks again Grimwold, you guys leave me in the dust when it comes to this sort of thing!

     return aoe_scripts.eightCoordsFlameWind(1, "fire", 80)

     return aoe_scripts.eightCoordsFlameWind(caster:getOrdinal(), "fire", 80)