Spawn a lot of torches

[Dinasty]

Hello all, i'm very noob on scripting but I'm working on my custom dungeon.
Please, i need that when the players place the "red gem" on the altar, all the torches spawns in the room (only once, and only where there aren't torches).

is this possible?

(sorry for bad english, but i'm italian )

[Komag]

yeah, that can be done, no problem, although it might be a little complex if you're new to scripting.

Basically, run a check on each torch holder whether it has a torch in it or not:

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TorchHolder:hasTorch()

if it does, then you will do nothing. if it doesn't, then you'll add a torch to it:

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TorchHolder:addTorch()

and finally, you will set the whole script to only run once. one way to do that is to connect the trigger event (red gem on altar) to a counter with the count of 1, and link the counter to the script. The first time the gem is placed, the counter will reach 0 and trigger the script, but subsequent gem placements will only further reduce the counter and it will never hit 0 again.

[Dinasty]

There is a way to use 2 function in a single one?
I read this "http://www.grimrock.net/modding/how-to- ... ve-puzzle/" and i want that "When you place red fragment on the altar all the torches spawns in the room".
I try this but it doesn t work

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function itemPuzzle()
   -- Test Altar and Torches
   for i in altar_sud:containedItems() do
      if i.name == "red_fragment" then
         for i in allEntities(party.level) do
             if i.name == "torch_holder" then
                i:addTorch()
                end
             end
          end
       end
    end
end

Can someone post me the right code please? Thanks!

[Blichew]

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function itemPuzzle()
   -- Test Altar and Torches
   for i in altar_sud:containedItems() do
      if i.name == "red_fragment" then
         for i in allEntities(party.level) do
             if i.name == "torch_holder" then
                i:addTorch()
                end
             end
          end
       end
    end
end

Can someone post me the right code please? Thanks!

I think you can't use another for loop with the same variable ("i") inside another loop.
Also: you have too many "end"s.

So, try this:

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function itemPuzzle()
   -- Test Altar and Torches
	for altarItem in altar_sud:containedItems() do
		if altarItem.name == "red_fragment" then
			for i in allEntities(party.level) do
				if i.name == "torch_holder" then
					i:addTorch()
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

[Dinasty]

Very thanks! It works but...

How can i run it only once? I try to deselect "Activate Always" from the Altar, but every time i put the red gem on the altar he play the sound i have set!

[Komag]

involve a counter in the script

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mycounter = 1
function itemPuzzle()
   for altarItem in altar_sud:containedItems() do
      if altarItem.name == "red_fragment" then
         if mycounter == 1 then
            for i in allEntities(party.level) do
               if i.name == "torch_holder" then
                  i:addTorch()
                  mycounter = 0
               end
            end
         end
      end
   end
end

[Blichew]

You could also check if i:hasTorch() returns false, if so - i:addTorch().
This won't prevent the script from running a loop until it checks all entities.

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function itemPuzzle()
   -- Test Altar and Torches
	for altarItem in altar_sud:containedItems() do
		if altarItem.name == "red_fragment" then
			for i in allEntities(party.level) do
				if i.name == "torch_holder" and i:hasTorch() == false then
					i:addTorch()
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

[Dinasty]

very thanks to all! i just complete my first level of my custom dungeon *_*