Delay before CreateObject?

ListenMirndt

I am just trying to write a simple script, where : a goblin perceives the PC, runs away... and calls allies for help.

I am having trouble figuring out how to create the delay part...

void main()
{

object oSeen = GetLastPerceived();

if(GetIsPC(oSeen) && GetLastPerceptionSeen())
{

ClearAllActions();

location locSpawn = GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF);

ActionMoveAwayFromObject(oSeen, TRUE, 20.0f);

//DelayCommand? ActionWait? I'm not sure - neither of those seem to work

CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, "goblina003", locSpawn, TRUE);

}

}

thanks for any advice!!

DJ_WoW

Gooday to ya,

That one is a little tricky. You can't DelayCommand a CreateObject function. You have to make a sub-function that holds the CreateObject and then AssignCommand to something to call it. i.e.


void Spawn(string sResref, location locSpawn){
CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE, sResref, locSpawn);}

void main{
float fTimer = 2.0; //delay time
location locSpawn = GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF);
string sResRef = "goblina003";
AssignCommand(GetArea(OBJECT_SELF), DelayCommand(fTimer, Spawn(sResRef, locSpawn)));}


Something like this should work.

DJ-WoW

DJ_WoW

Gooday again,

Follow-up: I also see that you are trying to spawn a creature with OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE.
Change OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE with OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE.

ListenMirndt

Thank you DJ, that worked perfectly...

Wondering if you could help me with another - I've been having trouble finding what I'm looking for on NWNLexicon,

basically - I am just wanting to spawn the additional goblins at a random distance...

sort of like say, between 5 and 10 feet.

(so it looks a little more like they are coming out of hiding and attacking)

location locSpawn = GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF);

so that put it's right on the main goblins location... but if I wanted to put it say between 5 and 10 feet away... how would that work? thanks again!

DJ_WoW

Gooday to ya,

Try this - the only thing is make sure that you can't/don't spawn the goblin in an in-accessible location. Like on a different level of ground that the goblin then can not move to the location you want. I would just make a waypoint and spawn the goblin you are calling there.

However this should work.


this is a sub-function :

location GetRandomSpawnPoint( object oPC)
{float fDirection = IntToFloat( Random( 3601)) /10.0f;
float fDistance = (IntToFloat( Random( 101)) /10.0f) + 2.0f;
float fFacing = fDirection +180.0f;
while( fFacing > 360.0f) fFacing -= 360.0f;
return Location( GetArea( oPC), GetPosition( oPC) +(fDistance *AngleToVector( fDirection)), fFacing);}
void main()
{CreateObject( OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, "goblin003", GetRandomSpawnPoint( OBJECT_SELF));}

This should work for you - I use this function to spawn a wandering monster at a random location.

DJ-WoW

DJ_WoW

Gooday,

I missed something - change the oPC in function to OBJECT_SELF.

ListenMirndt

Thank you again!!

It seems to work when I used oPC

But changing to OBJECT_SELF

I am getting an "Invalid Declaration Type"...

(I think my newbie-ness to scripting is showing here)

- - - -

location GetRandomSpawnPoint(OBJECT_SELF); // the error shows for this line
{
float fDirection = IntToFloat( Random( 3601)) /10.0f;
float fDistance = (IntToFloat( Random( 101)) /10.0f) + 2.0f;
float fFacing = fDirection +180.0f;
while( fFacing > 360.0f) fFacing -= 360.0f;
return Location( GetArea( OBJECT_SELF), GetPosition( OBJECT_SELF) +(fDistance *AngleToVector( fDirection)), fFacing);
}

void main()
{
object oSeen = GetLastPerceived();

if(GetIsPC(oSeen) && GetLastPerceptionSeen()) {

ClearAllActions();

location locSpawn = GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF);

//vector vPosition = GetPosition(OBJECT_SELF);


ActionMoveAwayFromObject(oSeen, TRUE, 20.0f);
PlayVoiceChat(VOICE_CHAT_BATTLECRY1, OBJECT_SELF);
DelayCommand(2.0, ActionSpeakString("Maach maach! dhec okaalkec mech!"));

float fTimer = 2.0;

string sResRef = "goblina003";
string sResRef2 = "goblina004";


CreateObject( OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, "goblin003", GetRandomSpawnPoint( OBJECT_SELF));

DJ_WoW

Gooday,

This one compiles and runs:


location GetRandomSpawnPoint(object oPC)
{
float fDirection = IntToFloat( Random( 3601)) /10.0f;
float fDistance = (IntToFloat( Random( 101)) /10.0f) + 2.0f;
float fFacing = fDirection +180.0f;
while( fFacing > 360.0f) fFacing -= 360.0f;
return Location( GetArea( OBJECT_SELF), GetPosition( OBJECT_SELF) +(fDistance *AngleToVector( fDirection)), fFacing);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void main()
{
object oPC = OBJECT_SELF;
object oSeen = GetLastPerceived();
if(GetIsPC(oSeen) && GetLastPerceptionSeen()) ClearAllActions();
ActionMoveAwayFromObject(oSeen, TRUE, 20.0f);
string sResRef = "goblina003";
string sResRef2 = "goblina004";
if (GetLocalInt(oPC, "DO_ONCE") == 0) //set this variable so it would only do this once
{SetLocalInt(oPC, "DO_ONCE", 1);
AssignCommand(oPC, DelayCommand(2.0, SpeakString("Maach maach! dhec okaalkec mech!")));
CreateObject( OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, sResRef, GetRandomSpawnPoint(oPC));
CreateObject( OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, sResRef2, GetRandomSpawnPoint(oPC)); }
}

Have fun,

DJ-WoW

ListenMirndt

DJ, that works SO perfectly... thank you times 1 million !!!