Grimrock

Davenfal wrote:That worked perfectly, thanks for the help! I do have another question:

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function openNorthGates()
   if NorthGate.onInsertItem(NorthGate, "essence_balance_1") then
         north_gate1.door:open();
		 north_gate2.door:open();
   else
         north_gate1.door:close();
         north_gate2.door:close();
   end
end

For some reason, the field onInsertItem is returning a nil value, am I calling it wrong or is my mistake elsewhere?

Grimfan wrote:Sockets normally only take a single item like a torch (they are not like altars and alcoves). Each of the beacons only accepts a single essence as far as I know.

function openNorthGate()
       local item = NorthGate.socket:getItem()
       if item and item.go.name == "essence_balance" then
         northgate1.door:open()
         northgate2.door:open()
         end
      end

minmay wrote:

Davenfal wrote:That worked perfectly, thanks for the help! I do have another question:

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function openNorthGates()
   if NorthGate.onInsertItem(NorthGate, "essence_balance_1") then
         north_gate1.door:open();
		 north_gate2.door:open();
   else
         north_gate1.door:close();
         north_gate2.door:close();
   end
end

For some reason, the field onInsertItem is returning a nil value, am I calling it wrong or is my mistake elsewhere?

The onInsertItem hook is called when an item is inserted in the socket. It returns false if the item should be rejected (not placed in the socket), and something esle if it shouldn't be (generally true or nil). Circumstances under which it makes sense to manually call it yourself are extremely esoteric. Furthermore, "essence_balance_1" is a string, not an item.

Grimfan wrote:Sockets normally only take a single item like a torch (they are not like altars and alcoves). Each of the beacons only accepts a single essence as far as I know.

The beacons accept literally any item in the game. You need to check the item's name:

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function openNorthGate()
       local item = NorthGate.socket:getItem()
       if item and item.name == "essence_balance" then
         northgate1.door:open()
         northgate2.door:open()
         end
      end

Grimfan wrote:

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function revealTheWay()
	local e = beacon_air_1.socket:getItem()
	if e.go.name == "essence_air" then
	castle_secret_door_83.door:open()
	end
end

Grimfan wrote:I now know that it causes a crash, but why was it working for me? I could leave the beacon empty and nothing happens (it doesn't crash). Why was that the case?

Davenfal wrote:I'm encountering a really strange oddity. whenever I set an essence onto a beacon whose height is lower than zero, the essence doesn't properly adjust its height to that of the beacon and instead floats at a height of zero. Is there an easy way to change it's position after it's placed?

			onUpdate = function(self)
				local socket = self.go.socket
				if socket:count() > 0 then
					local it = socket:getItem()
					if it.go.name == "essence_fire" then
						it.go:setWorldPositionY(0.85 + math.sin(Time.currentTime()) * 0.05)
					elseif it:hasTrait("essence") then
						it.go:setWorldPositionY(0.75)
					end
				end
			end,

			onUpdate = function(self)
				local socket = self.go.socket
				if socket:count() > 0 then
					local it = socket:getItem()
					if it.go.name == "essence_fire" then
						it.go:setWorldPositionY(self.go:getWorldPositionY() + 0.85 + math.sin(Time.currentTime()) * 0.05)
					elseif it:hasTrait("essence") then
						it.go:setWorldPositionY(self.go:getWorldPositionY() + 0.75)
					end
				end
			end,

Periodiko wrote:I'm trying to relearn how the scripting works in this game and I was wondering if you could help me with some simple stuff.

Ya'll know about the horn you blow at the beach to summon the viper roots for the boss battle? Well it works by the following script embedded in it's object definition:

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			onAttack = function(self)
				for e in party.map:entitiesAt(party.x, party.y) do
					if e.script and e.script.blowTheHorn then
						e.script:blowTheHorn()
					end
				end
				playSound("blow_horn")
			end,

How does "in" work?

Also, a maybe slightly more involved question: if I wanted to use a similar function in an object definition to run a level script object, how would I do that? Say I had a horn that when you blew it, it ran a script that opened all the doors in the level and started a boss-fight, for example, but it happened regardless of where you were on the level.

			for i in party.map:entitiesAt(myx,myy) do
				if i.elevation == elevation and i:getComponent("platform") then 
					if i.platform:isEnabled() then
						hasbridge = true
					end
				end
			end