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Anyways, how would I be able to put a medium enemy sprite on the map? It is a Caravan, and I really did not feel like using maptiles, so I whipped up a spiffy caravan in enemy editor, and would like to know how I can put it on a map.
Of Slice and Men
Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:20 am 
I like to pun my titles
Anyways, how would I be able to put a medium enemy sprite on the map? It is a Caravan, and I really did not feel like using maptiles, so I whipped up a spiffy caravan in enemy editor, and would like to know how I can put it on a map.
Anyways, how would I be able to put a medium enemy sprite on the map? It is a Caravan, and I really did not feel like using maptiles, so I whipped up a spiffy caravan in enemy editor, and would like to know how I can put it on a map.
Re: Of Slice and Men
Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:27 pm
Master K wrote:
I like to pun my titles :)
We noticed :)
Master K wrote:
Anyways, how would I be able to put a medium enemy sprite on the map? It is a Caravan, and I really did not feel like using maptiles, so I whipped up a spiffy caravan in enemy editor, and would like to know how I can put it on a map.
This should be enough to get you started.
Code:
# replace 5 with the actual sprite number of your caravan
define constant(5, caravan sprite)
global variable(1, caravan slice)
plotscript, load caravan, begin
caravan slice := load medium enemy sprite(caravan sprite)
variable(map layer)
map layer := lookup slice(sl:map layer 0) # this should be the same map layer that the heroes stand on, not always zero
set parent(caravan slice, map layer)
set slice x(caravan slice, ? * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's tile x
set slice y(caravan slice, ? * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's pixel y
end
plotscript, remove caravan, begin
# If you turn on the "Recreate map slices when changing maps" bitset, you
# won't really need this script anymore
free slice(caravan slice)
caravan slice := 0
end
# replace 5 with the actual sprite number of your caravan
define constant(5, caravan sprite)
global variable(1, caravan slice)
plotscript, load caravan, begin
caravan slice := load medium enemy sprite(caravan sprite)
variable(map layer)
map layer := lookup slice(sl:map layer 0) # this should be the same map layer that the heroes stand on, not always zero
set parent(caravan slice, map layer)
set slice x(caravan slice, ? * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's tile x
set slice y(caravan slice, ? * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's pixel y
end
plotscript, remove caravan, begin
# If you turn on the "Recreate map slices when changing maps" bitset, you
# won't really need this script anymore
free slice(caravan slice)
caravan slice := 0
end
Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:49 pm
The Caravan won't show up. I put the Define Constant and Global Variable at the top of the script.
EDIT: Also, I do not know what to do with the Remove Caravan script. I do not know where the alledged bitset you spoke of is.
Quote:
plotscript, load caravan, begin
caravan slice := load medium enemy sprite(caravan sprite)
variable(map layer)
map layer := lookup slice(sl:map layer 4) # this should be the same map layer that the heroes stand on, not always zero
set parent(caravan slice, map layer)
set slice x(caravan slice, 23 * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's tile x
set slice y(caravan slice, 3 * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's pixel y
end
caravan slice := load medium enemy sprite(caravan sprite)
variable(map layer)
map layer := lookup slice(sl:map layer 4) # this should be the same map layer that the heroes stand on, not always zero
set parent(caravan slice, map layer)
set slice x(caravan slice, 23 * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's tile x
set slice y(caravan slice, 3 * 20) # replace ? with the caravan's pixel y
end
EDIT: Also, I do not know what to do with the Remove Caravan script. I do not know where the alledged bitset you spoke of is.
Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:56 pm
Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:18 am
@Mogri: I don't quite understand what your asking...but, the thing is supposed to load Medium Enemy Sprite 0.
Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:53 am
I might not be able to help much more beyond this, but just to confirm, did you change the number in the "define constant" command to zero instead of five when you copied it? If you just copied and pasted it from James's script, it is trying to load medium enemy sprite 5, not zero.
Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:59 am
Nope, I changed it to 0.
Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:21 pm
How is the script being triggered? Are you using it as a map autorun script, or calling it from a map autorun script?
The bitset for "Recreate map layers when changing maps" didn't exist in the Zenziznenzic release, it is only available in nightly wip builds.
The "remove caravan" script is to prevent the caravan from appearing in the same spot on the next map you visit. I think the easiest way to run it would be in the map autorun for each map that you can get to directly from the map that has the caravan on it.
I really need to add a "default map autorun" script that can run on every map. that will make things like this easier to script without needing to set an autorun for each connected map.
Here is an example of a map autorun that could be used for all maps
Of course if you already have some map autorun scripts on some of your maps, then this gets a little more complicated
The bitset for "Recreate map layers when changing maps" didn't exist in the Zenziznenzic release, it is only available in nightly wip builds.
The "remove caravan" script is to prevent the caravan from appearing in the same spot on the next map you visit. I think the easiest way to run it would be in the map autorun for each map that you can get to directly from the map that has the caravan on it.
I really need to add a "default map autorun" script that can run on every map. that will make things like this easier to script without needing to set an autorun for each connected map.
Here is an example of a map autorun that could be used for all maps
Code:
plotscript, universal map autorun, begin
if(current map == 3) then( # replace 3 with the actual map number that has the caravan
load caravan
)else(
remove caravan
)
end
plotscript, universal map autorun, begin
if(current map == 3) then( # replace 3 with the actual map number that has the caravan
load caravan
)else(
remove caravan
)
end
Of course if you already have some map autorun scripts on some of your maps, then this gets a little more complicated
Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:50 pm
Thank you James. I got it to work.
I don't have any Autoruns, so thank you for the universal autorun suggestion.
I don't have any Autoruns, so thank you for the universal autorun suggestion.
Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:17 pm
Actually, slash the above. It isn't working. I got an ingame warning:
Warning!
Freeslice: invalid slice handle 0.
Call chain (current script last):
Universalmapautorun -> removecaravan
Warning!
Freeslice: invalid slice handle 0.
Call chain (current script last):
Universalmapautorun -> removecaravan
Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:33 pm
Oops! I forgot that you get an error message if you free an empty slice. Here is a fixed "remove caravan" script
Code:
plotscript, remove caravan, begin
# If you turn on the "Recreate map slices when changing maps" bitset, you
# won't really need this script anymore
if(slice is valid(caravan slice)) then(
free slice(caravan slice)
)
caravan slice := 0
end
plotscript, remove caravan, begin
# If you turn on the "Recreate map slices when changing maps" bitset, you
# won't really need this script anymore
if(slice is valid(caravan slice)) then(
free slice(caravan slice)
)
caravan slice := 0
end