Custom Item Backfire

[baracuda6977]

i have been working on a project for the past week and have succeded in making a stun grenade with a custom icon, sells from a built in merchant and stuns w/o damaging

 

there is but one problem, it will only stun my teammates

i think the error is related to the GetObjectsInShape function i have in the following void called by my main :

 

void _ApplyImpactDamageAndEffects(struct EventSpellScriptImpactStruct stEvent)

{

// only work for sphere spells

int nAoEType = GetM2DAInt(TABLE_ABILITIES_SPELLS, "aoe_type", stEvent.nAbility);

if (nAoEType == 1)

{

// location impact vfx

if (stEvent.oTarget != OBJECT_INVALID)

{

stEvent.lTarget = GetLocation(stEvent.oTarget);

}

Ability_ApplyLocationImpactVFX(stEvent.nAbility, stEvent.lTarget);

 

//float fRadius = GetM2DAFloat(TABLE_ABILITIES_SPELLS, "aoe_param1", stEvent.nAbility);

 

// get objects in area of effect

object[] oTargets = GetObjectsInShape(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, SHAPE_SPHERE, stEvent.lTarget, 2.5f);

 

// spell-specific special events

//switch (stEvent.nAbility)

//{

//}

 

// cycle through objects

int nCount = 0;

int nMax = GetArraySize(oTargets);

effect eEffect = EffectStun();

for (nCount = 0; nCount <= nMax; nCount++)

{

// per-spell effects

//_ApplySpellEffects(stEvent, oTargets[nCount]);

 

 

ApplyEffectOnObject(EFFECT_DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, eEffect, oTargets[nCount], 5.0f, stEvent.oCaster, stEvent.nAbility);

 

break;

}

}

}

 

 

 

 

i copied mostly from the built in scripts for grenades but still have this problem, any ideas what i did wrong?

[angryman24]

The posted code looks *mostly* correct, however you may be applying effects twice. In your code you call _ApplySpellEffects followed by ApplyEffectOnObject. The definition of _ApplySpellEffects is not posted here. Typically, Bioware uses _ApplySpellEffects to do the effect application, so if you copy/pasted it's possible you're applying the effect twice. I don't know if that would cause the behavior you described. You could try moving the ApplyEffectonObject bit inside of _ApplySpellEffects and see what happens. Make sure you're not excluding hostile targets inside of _ApplySpellEffects.

[baracuda6977]

hmm, here is a guess, would referencing this script in the GDA file AND the item file cause the error?

 

also, i turned _ApplySpellEffects into a comment for looks when i just manually entered in the stun effect in place of the extra void

 

i dont think i excluded hostiles, got mob to line up such that i naded 5 enemies and no allies and stunned a werewolf

 

so the error is somewhere with getobjects in shape or the for statement

 

edit

how did i miss this, there is a break in the for statement

 

anyways, got it working, thanks for the feedback

[angryman24]

good catch. i missed it too.

[baracuda6977]

I'm recycling this thread,

 

can someone help me with how to make an item summon a creature as a summon?

 

edit

better question, how do you use ITEM_ABILITY_UNIQUE_SINGLE_USE?

 

im looking at the script but cannot figure out what it is sending the module script to catch

 

edit2:

got the summon to work, sort of, can someone help me understand why it is setting my creature to have shield bash and shield defense instead of the stealths i set it to have in its toolset file?

 

this is my code that is used when i use the item :

 

int nAbility = GetEventInteger(ev, 0); // [undocumented]

object oItem = GetEventObject(ev, 0); // [undocumented]

object oCaster = GetEventObject(ev, 1); // [undocumented]

object oTarget = GetEventObject(ev, 2); // [undocumented]

 

 

object oRat = GetObjectByTag("bomb_chu_rat_v1");

resource rRat = R"bomb_chu_rat_v1.utc";

location lSummonspot = GetLocation(oCaster);

object oSummon = CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE,rRat,lSummonspot,"",FALSE);

location lLoc = GetFollowerWouldBeLocation(oSummon);

SetLocation(oSummon,lLoc);

/*

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

// Calculate the level to scale to

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

//float fScale = bMaster? 0.9 : 0.75;

int nLevel = FloatToInt(GetLevel(OBJECT_SELF) * 0.75);

 

 

 

int nLevelToScale = Max(1,nLevel); //AS_GetCreatureLevelToScale(oSummon,Max(1,GetLevel(oCaster) -1)) + (bMaster?2:0);

int nClass = 0;

 

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

// Now, we scale the creature.

// 1. Force XP to 0, which triggers a stat reset in AS_Init.

// 2. For animate dead, force a class to be set on the target.

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

SetCreatureProperty(oSummon, PROPERTY_SIMPLE_EXPERIENCE, 0.0f);

 

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

// Force summon to 'Normal' rank and initialize them with an

// override class

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

SetCreatureRank(oSummon,CREATURE_RANK_NORMAL);

AS_InitCreature(oSummon, nLevelToScale, FALSE, nClass);

 

*/

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

// Activate the summon and add it to the active party.

// This has to happen AFTER scaling to avoid it being

// rescaled and messed with by Yaron's follower catchup code.

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

WR_SetObjectActive(oSummon, TRUE);

WR_SetFollowerState(oSummon, FOLLOWER_STATE_ACTIVE);

 

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

// Prevent it from accessing the levelup UI and gaining XP.

// -----------------------------------------------------------------

SetCanLevelUp(oSummon, FALSE);

SetLocalInt (oSummon, CREATURE_REWARD_FLAGS, 1);

 

effect eSummon = Effect(EFFECT_TYPE_LOCK_CHARACTER);

ApplyEffectOnObject(EFFECT_DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, eSummon, oSummon, 0.0, OBJECT_SELF, 0);

 

 

break;

 

 

as you can see its mostly copypasta