A question about knockdown

[esn23]

okay here is the question is there a specail script we can make for the sentinels and other enemies so that they can be immune to knockdown but still be shocked burned and frozen. for example i know when you freeze an enemy the next hit knocks them down could we do a script that we can put in the char where they can be frozen burned or shocked and not have it knock them down?

 

[aL BeasTie]

Because it's not proper freeze, using proper freeze they can be frozen in any animation.  With custom pain they are always frozen the same way.  I suggested it too, but it kind of sucks to change every other enemy, just to work around a problem with one of them.  I'm sure you could script around it, but that just seems pointless extra work.  Freeze needs a knockdown flag, so we can control this easily.

 

[esn23]

Well its not one enemy its all enemies.  The problem is if they are immune to knockdown they cant be frozen burned or shocked.  Maybe if I use the defense flag differently because with defenseall makes them defend against everything.

 

[O Ilusionista]

With custom pain they are always frozen the same way.

Hum, I think there is a way, but the enemy will be frozen always for the same time.

Save this as freeze.c and declare at takedamagescript:

void main()
{// Custom Freeze
    void self = getlocalvar("self"); //Get calling entity.
    int Type = getlocalvar("attacktype"); //Get the atttack type

    if(Type == openborconstant("ATK_NORMAL2")){ //if being hit by the specific type
      changeentityproperty(self, "freezetime", 100);// freeze the entity for 100 centiseconds
      changeentityproperty(self, "colourmap", 6); //change for the fmap
      changeentityproperty(self, "maptime", 100 + openborvariant("elapsed_time"));//set the map time.
    }
}

Change the ATK_NORMAL2 for the attack you choose. and choose the desired map at the "colourmap" line.
To change for how much time the enemy will be frozen, change the "100" value.

 

[esn23]

thanks o i will try this out in a bit.  i got your sprites i will try to work on them tonight can you send me a sprite of her so i can pull colors and stuff off of her

 

[esn23]

hmmm its still not working here is what i have for sentinel
name Sentinel
type enemy
health 400
speed 6
nodrop 1
knockdowncount 999
cantgrab 1
falldie 1
nodieblink 2
#nopain 0
shadow 4
defense normal8 0.0
defense normal6 0.0
defense normal1 1 16
defense normal2 1 16
defense normal3 1 16
defense normal4 1 16

icon    data/chars/sentinel/icon.png

load slaser
load slaser2
load sdie
load sdust
load sdust2
load sgren
load ssmoke

animationscript data/scripts/escript.c
takedamagescript data/scripts/blink.c
takedamagescript data/scripts/freeze.c

palette        data/chars/sentinel/w1.png

alternatepal    data/chars/sentinel/dmgmap.png

alternatepal      data/chars/sentinel/freeze.png
fmap 2

and this is the script
void main()
{// Custom Freeze
    void self = getlocalvar("self"); //Get calling entity.
    int Type = getlocalvar("attacktype"); //Get the atttack type

    if(Type == openborconstant("ATK_NORMAL12")){ //if being hit by the specific type
      changeentityproperty(self, "freezetime", 100);// freeze the entity for 100 centiseconds
      changeentityproperty(self, "colourmap", 2); //change for the fmap
      changeentityproperty(self, "maptime", 100 + openborvariant("elapsed_time"));//set the map time.
    }
}

He doesnt freeze at all did i do something wrong?

 

[esn23]

nevermind i got it to work thanks so much o.

 

[O Ilusionista]

you can't have two takedamage scripts, as far as I know.
That was the reason?

 

[esn23]

no i set the attack as attack instead of freeze when i changed attack to freeze it worked