OnActivate Summon Question

Zephirius · March 2022

How do I get a custom summon to join my party and fight for me? I want its picture to show up in the upper right-hand corner as well.
The way I see it, right now I have no control over the summon, whether it defends me or not. I just want the spider figurine to summon a sword spider, for its picture to show up, and for it to defend me! I don't want much, right? lol

This is all I have so far. I don't even no if I'm dancing around the answer or not...

// Spider Figurine
    object oUsed2 = GetItemActivated();
    if (GetTag(oUsed2) == "SPIDER_FIG_001")
    {
       object oPC = GetItemActivator();
       effect eFX = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_FNF_SUMMON_MONSTER_2);

       object oSummon;
       oSummon = GetObjectByTag("SWORD_S_001");
       if (GetMaster(oSummon) == oPC)
       {

         ApplyEffectAtLocation(DURATION_TYPE_INSTANT, eFX, GetSpellTargetLocation());
         CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, "spidswrd002", GetSpellTargetLocation());


       }
    }

NeverwinterWights · March 2022

Depends on how far you want to go with it. Like if you want it to level up with you and all that. Simplest way to do it. Make a custom blueprint spider. Change all of it's scripts to:

OnBlocked=nw_ch_ace
OnDamaged=nw_ch_ac5
OnDeath=nw_ch_ac7
OnConversation=nw_ch_ac4
OnDisturbed=nw_ch_ac8
OnCombatRoundEnd=nw_ch_ac3
OnHeartbeat=nw_ch_ac1
OnPhysicalAttacked=nw_ch_ac5
OnPerception=nw_ch_ac2
OnRested=nw_ch_aca
OnSpawn=nw_ch_summon_9
OnSpellCast=nw_ch_acb
OnUserDefined=nw_ch_acd

Then summon your new spider with your item:

#include "x2_inc_switches"
void main()
{
    int iEvent = GetUserDefinedItemEventNumber();
    if (iEvent != X2_ITEM_EVENT_ACTIVATE) return;

    object oPC = GetItemActivator();
    location lLoc = GetItemActivatedTargetLocation();

    object oSummon = CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, "spidswrd001", lLoc, TRUE);
    AddHenchman(oPC, oSummon);
}

More info on creating summons, animal companions, and henchmen:

https://neverwintervault.org/article/reference/how-make-custom-familiars-and-animal-companions

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