Solved About Spawnframe (enemies), Alias and Item Alias.

[Kalcetin Studio]

Greetings to all, I am working on my game and I have come across something that I have not been able to solve, reading the manual I still cannot find the answer.

I have created some enemies that spawn more enemies (using Spawnframe), but I would like these spawned enemies to have an Alias and maybe they can give an Item upon death. Can this be achieved in any way? Apparently this I cannot configure from the TXT of the level.


Thank you very much, I hope someone can help me.

 

[Gurtag]

not shure exactly what you trying to do, but yes, you could achive that functionality with script.

something like this could work for alias

void spawnAlias(void vName, float fX, float fY, float fZ, void name)
{
	//spawn01 (Generic spawner)
	//Damon Vaughn Caskey
	//07/06/2007
	//
	//Spawns entity next to caller.
	//
	//vName: Model name of entity to be spawned in.
	//fX: X location adjustment.
	//fY: Y location adjustment.
      //fZ: Z location adjustment.

	void self = getlocalvar("self"); //Get calling entity.
	void vSpawn; //Spawn object.
	int  iDirection = getentityproperty(self, "direction");

	clearspawnentry(); //Clear current spawn entry.
      setspawnentry("name", vName); //Acquire spawn entity by name.

	if (iDirection == 0){ //Is entity facing left?                  
          fX = -fX; //Reverse X direction to match facing.
	}

      fX = fX + getentityproperty(self, "x"); //Get X location and add adjustment.
      fY = fY + getentityproperty(self, "a"); //Get Y location and add adjustment.
      fZ = fZ + getentityproperty(self, "z"); //Get Z location and add adjustment.
	
	vSpawn = spawn(); //Spawn in entity.

	changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "position", fX, fZ, fY); //Set spawn location.
	changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "direction", iDirection); //Set direction.
    changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "name", name);
    
	return vSpawn; //Return spawn.
}

use like this 

	@cmd    spawnAlias "entityname" 200 0 0 "alias"

but for adding item you better wait for someone with more experience to pop up

 

[Kalcetin Studio]

Hello, Thanks for write.
Ok, this is what I am trying to do. I made an enemy, when I knock him down, he calls another enemy, I use this in his FALL animation

load NoriCae
custentity NoriCae      
spawnframe 2 420 1 1 0

"NoriCae" is the spawned entity, but I would like to assign it an Alias, since by default it is named "NoriCae" when I spawn it with Spawnframe
I have recorded a video to better illustrate my dilemma, activate the entity names to explain it better.
Thanks

 

[Bloodbane]

Whenever an enemy is expected to spawn another enemy on death, that enemy usually transforms form into deadlier form.

So Kalcetin Studio, am I right to think that you want NoriCae to transform after he dies? 

 

[Kalcetin Studio]

Whenever an enemy is expected to spawn another enemy on death, that enemy usually transforms form into deadlier form.

So Kalcetin Studio, am I right to think that you want NoriCae to transform after he dies? 

Hello Bloodbane . Yes, I have a transformation planned in the bosses with this method, but in my example from the video, I would like the enemy to call reinforcements from time to time, I would like NoriCae to have an Alias "NORIHIKO". I would also like it to drop an Item upon death, I can do this with Spawnframe, but it would be very repetitive to drop the same item when the enemy is spawned several times.
Thanks =)

 

[Kalcetin Studio]

not shure exactly what you trying to do, but yes, you could achive that functionality with script.

something like this could work for alias

void spawnAlias(void vName, float fX, float fY, float fZ, void name)
{
	//spawn01 (Generic spawner)
	//Damon Vaughn Caskey
	//07/06/2007
	//
	//Spawns entity next to caller.
	//
	//vName: Model name of entity to be spawned in.
	//fX: X location adjustment.
	//fY: Y location adjustment.
      //fZ: Z location adjustment.

	void self = getlocalvar("self"); //Get calling entity.
	void vSpawn; //Spawn object.
	int  iDirection = getentityproperty(self, "direction");

	clearspawnentry(); //Clear current spawn entry.
      setspawnentry("name", vName); //Acquire spawn entity by name.

	if (iDirection == 0){ //Is entity facing left?                  
          fX = -fX; //Reverse X direction to match facing.
	}

      fX = fX + getentityproperty(self, "x"); //Get X location and add adjustment.
      fY = fY + getentityproperty(self, "a"); //Get Y location and add adjustment.
      fZ = fZ + getentityproperty(self, "z"); //Get Z location and add adjustment.
	
	vSpawn = spawn(); //Spawn in entity.

	changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "position", fX, fZ, fY); //Set spawn location.
	changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "direction", iDirection); //Set direction.
    changeentityproperty(vSpawn, "name", name);
    
	return vSpawn; //Return spawn.
}

use like this 

	@cmd    spawnAlias "entityname" 200 0 0 "alias"

but for adding item you better wait for someone with more experience to pop up

Thank you very much Gurtag  ... I have a question since I am still a beginner with scripts. This code should I put it in a script in the scripts folder, or can I use it in the TXT of the entity?

 

[Gurtag]

yep, you need to past it to script.c on your script folder, then past this line on entity spawner´s header:
"animationscript data/scripts/script.c" with out the quotes, then make use of it on the desired animation like this this:

anim  fall
delay etc
@cmd    spawnAlias "NoriCae " 0 0 0 "NoriCae222"

like i sayd before for further functionality ask dragon or ilu, they can help you with the item spawn

 

[Bloodbane]

but in my example from the video, I would like the enemy to call reinforcements from time to time,

Ah, it's a different story.

If you want infinite enemy spawner, I suggest creating one instead of forcing an enemy to drop clone of itself.
Something like:

name		NoriSpawn
type		none
animationscript	data/scripts/lescript.c
load		NoriCae


anim	idle
@script
    if(frame == 1){
      void self = getlocalvar("self");
      int Enemy = openborvariant("count_enemies");

      if(Enemy <= 1){
        performattack(self, openborconstant("ANI_FOLLOW1"));
      }
    }
@end_script
	delay	10
	offset	1 1
	frame	data/chars/misc/empty.gif
	frame	data/chars/misc/empty.gif
	frame	data/chars/misc/empty.gif

anim	follow1
	delay	1
	offset	8 14
	frame	data/chars/misc/empty.gif
	delay	200
	@cmd	spawnAlias "NoriCae" 0 0 0 "NORIHIKO"
	frame	data/chars/misc/empty.gif

This spawner will respawn NoriCae with NORIHIKO alias whenever number of enemies drop below 2 or lower.
The spawner itself isn't an enemy so it won't count itself.

You might need to modify this example for your need

 

[Kalcetin Studio]

Thank you very much, Gurtag Bloodbane, after several attempts I managed to implement the Scripts that you recommended to me and I managed to make them work. Now I just need to get them to give an item when they die, for now I can do it with spawnframe in their DEATH animation. I found it only works if I use the FALLDIE 2 command.

THANK YOU!