Creating Boss fight

[kane4355]

yea that didint work either... im wondering if even on an onhit event i will still need the increment function... ill try the onhit.

[Lucasistheman]

Functions have to be called or that will not activate so when you replaced Event OnActivate() with Function IncrementNPC1Phase(), there was nothing to call this function. You could just add Event OnHit(), IncrementNPC1Phase() and EndEvent and in theory that should call the function and the function should then run.

[kane4355]

so onhit worked! he teleported out, next stage was set and the fake visual of him was displayed (like a mannaquin) however, him teleporting out was abrupt and the fake visual of him stands still just like a mannaquin. is there anyway to get it to play a certain animation in a loop?

also, the script seems to stop once It hits 75 percent health and doesnt do anything for the 50% health iteration. it could be because the script isnt incrementing... i tried doing a function increment after the event but it seems to conflict. id either get an error for end of function or end of event even when it was specified. I am going to try an elseif for the 50% and 25% iteration, if that doesnt help then its the increment problem.

 

here is what i have so far:

 

Scriptname DKRashPhaseset01 extends Actor

Actor Property NPC1  Auto 
int NPC1Phase = 0 ;initiates phase increment value
ObjectReference Property teleportnointeraction01 auto
Quest Property myQuest01 auto
int Property StageSet01 auto
int Property StageSet02 auto
int Property StageSet03 auto
ObjectReference Property DKRAGfake01 auto
ObjectReference Property DKRAGfake02 auto
ObjectReference Property DKRAGdraugrthrall01 auto
ObjectReference Property DKQRAGDP01 auto
ObjectReference Property DKQRAGDP02 auto

Event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, \
 bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)
; Obtain NPC1's current health actor value to establish phase lines
float NPC1Health = NPC1.GetAVPercentage("Health") 
if (NPC1Health <= 0.75)
 if NPC1Phase == 0
 ;Initiate Phase 2
 	NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)
DKRAGdraugrthrall01.Enable()
myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet01)
DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)
 Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 75% health remaining")
 NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1
elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.50)
 elseif NPC1Phase == 1
 ;Initiate Phase 4
 	NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)
DKQRAGDP01.Enable()
myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet02)
DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)
 Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 50% health remaining")
 NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1
elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.25)
 elseif NPC1Phase == 2
 ;Initiate Phase 6
 	NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)
DKQRAGDP02.Enable()
myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet03)
DKRAGfake02.Enable(true)
 Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 25% health remaining")
 NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1
 endif
endIf
endEvent

 

and i am having issues understanding the whole playidle script:

http://www.creationkit.com/PlayIdle_-_Actor

Edited July 7, 2012 by kane4355

[Lucasistheman]

I think your missing a few endifs at the end of each section. Try this below and see if it resolves some of your problems.

 

Event OnHit(ObjectReferenceakAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)
;Obtain NPC1's current health actor value to establish phase lines
float NPC1Health = NPC1.GetAVPercentage("Health") 
if (NPC1Health <= 0.75)
 if NPC1Phase == 0
 ;Initiate Phase 2
       NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)
       DKRAGdraugrthrall01.Enable()
       myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet01)
       DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)
 Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 75% health remaining")
 NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1 
endif
elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.50)
 if NPC1Phase == 1
 ;Initiate Phase 4
       NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)
       DKQRAGDP01.Enable()
       myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet02)
       DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)
 Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 50% health remaining")
 NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1 </div><div>endif
elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.25)
 if NPC1Phase == 2
 ;Initiate Phase 6
       NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)
       DKQRAGDP02.Enable()
       myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet03)
       DKRAGfake02.Enable(true)
 Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 25% health remaining")
 NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1
 endif
endIf
endEvent

 

As for the PlayIdle() I don't exactly know what issues your having, but if he will ignore the idle and go into combat it may be a good idea to make the player and boss StopCombat() with each other then use PlayIdle() so the boss will play the idle and then make him StartCombat() after the idle animation is complete. If his health recovers and you get the NPC1Health <= 0.5 again, for example, the NPC1Phase should stop the idle from occurring again.

Edited July 7, 2012 by Lucasistheman

[kane4355]

I think your missing a few endifs at the end of each section. Try this below and see if it resolves some of your problems.

 

Event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, \ bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked) ; Obtain NPC1's current health actor value to establish phase lines

float NPC1Health = NPC1.GetAVPercentage("Health")

if (NPC1Health <= 0.75)

if NPC1Phase == 0

;Initiate Phase 2

NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)

DKRAGdraugrthrall01.Enable()

myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet01)

DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)

Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 75% health remaining")

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1 endif

elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.50)

if NPC1Phase == 1

;Initiate Phase 4

NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)

DKQRAGDP01.Enable()

myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet02)

DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)

Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 50% health remaining")

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1 endif

elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.25)

if NPC1Phase == 2

;Initiate Phase 6

NPC1.MoveTo (teleportnointeraction01)

DKQRAGDP02.Enable()

myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet03)

DKRAGfake02.Enable(true)

Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 25% health remaining")

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1

endif

endIf

endEvent

 

As for the PlayIdle() I don't exactly know what issues your having, but if he will ignore the idle and go into combat it may be a good idea to make the player and boss StopCombat() with each other then use PlayIdle() so the boss will play the idle and then make him StartCombat() after the idle animation is complete. If his health recovers and you get the NPC1Health <= 0.5 again, for example, the NPC1Phase should stop the idle from occurring again.

 

well i havent been able to test the elseif loop because as soon as i tried, the next test in game, the NPC1 ended up coming back during a stage when he wasnt supposed to, more than likely traveled through the walls and i dont know how. i set up collion layers all all four sides, an xmarker heading set up as the teleport location in the script (teleportnointeraction01). so im trying to figure this one out. maybe a stop combat will do. because he dissappears and once i start fighting the draugr he walks in from the general location where the silence room is set up. would a disable/enable hold his health? as far as the idle, its not necessarily whether it plays or not, its the fact that the creation kit tells me the function doesnt exist. so i dropped it and i cant play an animation either on an actor, apparently.

[Lucasistheman]

A way of holding his health easily I would find is to create an int Property called NPC1Health and when the phase happens you use NPC1Health.SetValueInt((NPC1.GetActorValue("Health") as int) and when he reappears after the encounter you can make it NPC1.SetAV("Health", NPC1Health), reenable combat so his health should stop regenerating and continue the fight.

The endif and changing elseif to if should allow the game to detect the phases much better and should prevent the repeating of phases that have already happened. So try out the new script and see if that helps in any way :)

[kane4355]

A way of holding his health easily I would find is to create an int Property called NPC1Health and when the phase happens you use NPC1Health.SetValueInt((NPC1.GetActorValue("Health") as int) and when he reappears after the encounter you can make it NPC1.SetAV("Health", NPC1Health), reenable combat so his health should stop regenerating and continue the fight.

The endif and changing elseif to if should allow the game to detect the phases much better and should prevent the repeating of phases that have already happened. So try out the new script and see if that helps in any way :)

 

i replaced "if"s with elseif's because it wasnt looping at all. it would go through the first iteration of the 75%, teleport him out, call in the draugr, draugr die, bring him in and then id fight him until he was close to death. with elseif and with endif's etc... it is still not looping and I know the incrementing is working because its not looping back in a circle, but neither is he healing himself. the disable/enable idea i had worked and his health did persist through being disabled/enabled. he does not have any healing powers so that works. and now the first part of the fight is working (somewhat) but the next phase is not triggering, the part that starts at 50%.

 

i never had an issue with the first phase happening more than once, it just would not trigger into the 50% phase. here is what i have so far on the script:

 

Scriptname DKRashPhaseset01 extends Actor

 

Actor Property NPC1 Auto

int NPC1Phase = 0 ;initiates phase increment value

ObjectReference Property teleportnointeraction01 auto

Quest Property myQuest01 auto

int Property StageSet01 auto

int Property StageSet02 auto

int Property StageSet03 auto

ObjectReference Property DKRAGfake01 auto

ObjectReference Property DKRAGfake02 auto

ObjectReference Property DKRAGdraugrthrall01 auto

ObjectReference Property DKQRAGDP01 auto

ObjectReference Property DKQRAGDP02 auto

 

Event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, \

bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)

; Obtain NPC1's current health actor value to establish phase lines

float NPC1Health = NPC1.GetAVPercentage("Health")

if (NPC1Health <= 0.75)

if NPC1Phase == 0

;Initiate Phase 2

NPC1.MoveTo(teleportnointeraction01)

DKRAGdraugrthrall01.Enable()

NPC1.Disable()

myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet01)

DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)

Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 75% health remaining")

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1

elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.50)

elseif NPC1Phase == 1

;Initiate Phase 4

NPC1.MoveTo(teleportnointeraction01)

DKQRAGDP01.Enable()

myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet02)

DKRAGfake01.Enable(true)

Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 50% health remaining")

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1

elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.25)

elseif NPC1Phase == 2

;Initiate Phase 6

NPC1.MoveTo(teleportnointeraction01)

DKQRAGDP02.Enable()

myQuest01.SetStage(StageSet03)

DKRAGfake02.Enable(true)

Debug.Trace("NPC1 has less then 25% health remaining")

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1

endif

endIf

endEvent

Edited July 7, 2012 by kane4355

[Lucasistheman]

elseif NPC1Phase == 1

;Initiate Phase 4

 

Should that NPC1Phase == 1 ? Or should it be 3 if it says Phase 4?

[kane4355]

it would if the increment value added up to 3 but since the last phase only added +1 then it only equals 1. it is phase 4, because its phase 4 of the whole fight whereas its the second phase of the script. its just there to help me label everything going on.

[Lucasistheman]

In between these two add an endif and see if this helps in any way.

 

NPC1Phase = NPC1Phase +1

endif

elseif (NPC1Health <= 0.50)

Edited July 7, 2012 by Lucasistheman