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There isIsaac wrote:**Is there a simpler way to send a delayed kill than to spawn a timer connected to a function that calls .monster:die() ?
Yes, the monster's soul lingers for a few seconds in the level before it's cleaned up, so you should always check isAlive() before calling die().THOM wrote:I think the repeated killing is coming from the fact that a monster isn't dead until the die-particles are gone...
Delayed Call has never worked for me in that, or any situation that requires a component. It does seem that a controller (or other) component does handle some calls/redirects to scripts, butZo Kath Ra wrote:There isIsaac wrote:**Is there a simpler way to send a delayed kill than to spawn a timer connected to a function that calls .monster:die() ?
delayedCall(receiver, delay, msg, parameters)
receiver = ID of a script entity with a killMonster function
delay = can be zero
msg = function name, e.g. killMonster
parameter = the monster's ID
Example:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8182&start=10#p83174
This is good to know. In my case, it is alive. It seems that any use of the variable (in this case named 'monster') causes the the [false?] detection for using a non-existant 'go' field. I have an onDie hook that if I checked/used monster.id in, it would halt at the previous damageTile function (that killed the monster), and give the [seemingly erroneous] error.petri wrote:...so you should always check isAlive() before calling die().
delayedCall is like a connector, it tries to call the corresponding method on the object's "controller" component. If the object doesn't have a component named "controller" with a "die" method - and it doesn't - then that delayedCall isn't going to help you.Isaac wrote:Delayed Call has never worked for me in that, or any situation that requires a component. It does seem that a controller (or other) component does handle some calls/redirects to scripts, butZo Kath Ra wrote:There isIsaac wrote:**Is there a simpler way to send a delayed kill than to spawn a timer connected to a function that calls .monster:die() ?
delayedCall(receiver, delay, msg, parameters)
receiver = ID of a script entity with a killMonster function
delay = can be zero
msg = function name, e.g. killMonster
parameter = the monster's ID
Example:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8182&start=10#p83174
delayedCall(id, .01 , "die") to a monster object, always fails silently for me; it's the reason I asked.
I understand that. I had written a delayedAction() function (a few weeks ago) that simulates delayedCall, but allows for [sub] components to be given. DelayedAction("object.monster", 1, "die") works with it; but when I noticed that delayedCall seemed to [albeit inconsistently] succeed with some components, I began to wonder if I was missing something about how it worked. If delayedCall(worked for it, then I would not have to define/link to delayedAction() in every mod/or script).minmay wrote:delayedCall is like a connector, it tries to call the corresponding method on the object's "controller" component. If the object doesn't have a component named "controller" with a "die" method - and it doesn't - then that delayedCall isn't going to help you.
It is the case; since the patch. It's been a boon.petri wrote:btw. I'm not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, but if I remember correctly (it has been a long time since I touched this code!), you should be able to pass extra arguments after the regular args to delayedCall(). Those extra args will be passed to the receiver function. Useful when a function needs to be called with diferent parameters. Just something to keep in mind.
What I meant was:Isaac wrote:Delayed Call has never worked for me in that, or any situation that requires a component. It does seem that a controller (or other) component does handle some calls/redirects to scripts, but
delayedCall(id, .01 , "die") to a monster object, always fails silently for me; it's the reason I asked.
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function killMonster(id)
local entity = findEntity(id)
if (entity) and (entity.monster) and (entity.monster:isAlive()) then
entity.monster:die()
end
endCode: Select all
delayedCall("script_entity_1", 0, "killMonster", "forest_ogre_1")