battle stance

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Jul 23 2010, 1:35 am
do you guys know how to make a character go in to a battle stance when he get hit or is attacking something.and id like to make a time elay on the battle stance aswell.but when the moves he goes back to hes normal icon_state
Jul 23 2010, 3:05 am
The ComEdiAn wrote:
do you guys know how to make a character go in to a battle stance when he get hit or is attacking something.and id like to make a time elay on the battle stance aswell.but when the moves he goes back to hes normal icon_state

i wouldnt bother with the whole if an enemy moves away thing then stance returns to normal. Just for a state change i would just make it have a time delay then possibly a verb to change battle stance if the user wishes too.

Create a variable for your mobs called stance or summit and make it equal 0
mob
    var
        stance = 0


Then i would make a proc to sort out the process
mob
    proc
        bstance(mob/M)
            if(src.stance == 1) //if stance equals 1
                src.icon_state = "attack" //change icon state
                sleep(100) //change this to however long you want the delay
                src.stance = 0 //stance back to 0 after delay
                src.bstance(M) //start the proc again
            else if(src.stance == 0)
                src.icon_state = ""


Then i would add some code to my attack verb watever it may be
mob
    verb
        attack(mob/M in oview(6))
            // usual attack + damage code
            if(usr.stance == 0) // if statement makes sure the proc dont get activated to many times cumulating the sleeps within the proc
                usr.stance = 1
                usr.bstance(M)
            if(M.stance == 0)
                M.stance = 1
                M.bstance(usr)


and there we have it that should work a treat
Jul 23 2010, 3:27 am (Edited on Jul 23 2010, 3:35 am)
In response to Tonyth
but how can i make it that if he runs away his icon state goes back to null, and stay in the battle stance
Jul 23 2010, 4:04 am
In response to PranCinMonki
You seem to need to learn the basics first.
Jul 23 2010, 9:36 am
In response to Darkjohn66
Adding a quick while loop into the proc will achieve what you need
mob
    proc
        bstance(mob/M)
            if(src.stance == 1)
                while(1)
                    if(M in oview(6))
                        src.icon_state = "attack"
                        for(M in oview (5))
                            if(M in oview(4))
                                break
                            else
                                src.stance = 0
                                src.icon_state = ""
                                src.bstance(M)
                                break
                    else
                        src.stance = 0
                        src.icon_state = ""
                    sleep(1)
            else if(src.stance == 0)
                src.icon_state = ""

Its not perfect and i kind of just added enough so it would work but i'll let you guys spend the time making it more efficient ;)