Grimrock

Zo Kath Ra wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:42 pm

KhrougH wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:31 am when you drop an item it stand on the ground in a "random" position.
i need to place an object on the ground but just at the center of the tile.
i already Defined my Object but i can't find a way to tell him to place it in the middle of the tile when you drop it. some help?

Please post the object definition.

defineObject{
	name = "figure_queens_guardian",
	baseObject = "base_item",
	components = {
		{
			class = "Model",
			model = "assets/models/items/figure_ice_guardian.fbx",
		},
		{
			class = "Item",
			uiName = "Queen's Guardian Figurine",
			description = "it's a figurine is a Queen's Guardian. Guessing what is used for?.",
			gfxIndex = 434,
			weight = 3.1,
		},	
	}
}

Isaac wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:22 am If this is an object on a shrine or carefully placed, then just use a socket component instead of a surface component.

Isaac wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:52 pm You need to place them?... or does the player need to place—or re-place them? Even so, the socket component is probably what you need.

You can position the socket to precisely anywhere, and there can be more than one socket. The socket(ed) object need not even be visible.

If you elaborate with the exact planned use, we can help. One can use sockets even for placing pickable fruit on a tree, berries on a bush, or mushrooms on the ground; dice, or coins on a table.

Isaac wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:05 pm There are many ways to implement this. It depends on the behavior that you want.

Will the player know to precisely center the figurine, or should they not have any clue that it needs to be centered?
(Would whole-tile item centering spoil it, or instead be what you need?)

Should other objects also be center-able, or just the queens figurine?

A socket component works well in most cases that allow for just one item.
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Just place either of these objects on the tile you wish the figure to be centered. These objects expect the player to click in the approximate center of the tile.

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defineObject{
	name = "centered_queens_floor_socket",   --Only accepts figure_queens_guardian items
	components = {
		
		{
			class = "Surface",
			offset = vec(0, 0, 0),
			size = vec(.05, .05,.05),
			onAcceptItem = function(self, item) 
								return item.go.name == "figure_queens_guardian"
							end,
		},	

		{
			class = "Clickable",
			offset = vec(0, 0, 0),
			size = vec(.5, 0.1, .5), 
			maxDistance = 1,
		}, 
	},
	placement = "floor",
	editorIcon = 140,
}


defineObject{
	name = "centered_floor_socket",  --Accepts any item
	components = {
		
		{
			class = "Socket",
			offset = vec(0, 0, 0),
			onAcceptItem = function(self, item) 
								return self:count() ~= 1
							end,
		},	

		{
			class = "Clickable",
			offset = vec(0, 0, 0),
			size = vec(.5, 0.1, .5),
			maxDistance = 1,
		}, 
	},
	placement = "floor",
	editorIcon = 140,
}

*If you want the whole tile to catch the click, and center the item, then you can adjust the size of the click region to this:

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size = vec(3, 0.1, 3),

But this will affect the placement of any other items on to the tile.