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Re: Heindals WML Questions

Post by Heindal »

I know that I can't just replace the for each with a while loop. I have to rethink the whole process and as I said make a workaround, which so far worked for a single object. Still having problems with manipulating a comma seperated list. I will post the solution when I'm done.
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Re: Heindals WML Questions

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Hi !
I have recently designed something rather close to your need (AFAICS). The main macro builds a message tag listing the modification objects of an unit which can be used in a set_menu_item. Maybe this can help you. The code is here:

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# This is the 'command' tag of each option.
#define LSB_CLEAR_UNITOBJECT
	{LSB_DROP_OBJECT $unit.modifications.object[$nc].uid $x1 $y1}
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE unit.modifications.object[$nc]}
#enddef
		
# list 'unit' objects
#define LSB_LIST_UNIT_THINGS
	{VARIABLE t_done non}
	[while]
		[variable]
			name=t_done
			equals=non
		[/variable]
		[do]
			{CLEAR_VARIABLE t_menu}
			{VARIABLE t_menu.message "Drop items:"}
			{VARIABLE t_menu.speaker narrator}

			{FOREACH unit.modifications.object nc}
				[set_variables]
					name=t_action
					mode=replace
					[value]
						{LSB_CLEAR_UNITOBJECT}
					[/value]
				[/set_variables]
				[set_variables]
					name=t_menu.option
					mode=append
					[value]
						message=$unit.modifications.object[$nc].name
						[insert_tag]
							name=command
							variable=t_action
						[/insert_tag]
					[/value]		
				[/set_variables]
			{NEXT nc}
			
			{VARIABLE nc $t_menu.option.length}
			[set_variables]
				name=t_menu.option
				mode=append
				[value]
					message="Exit."
				[/value]		
			[/set_variables]
			[set_variables]
				name=t_stop
				[value]
					name=t_done
					value=oui
				[/value]
			[/set_variables]
			[set_variables]
				name=t_menu.option[$nc].command
				[value]
					[insert_tag]
						name=set_variable
						variable=t_stop
					[/insert_tag]
				[/value]
			[/set_variables]
	
			[insert_tag]
				name=message
				variable=t_menu
			[/insert_tag]
		[/do]
	[/while]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE t_menu,t_stop,nc,t_action}
#enddef

# --- can be used in a menu:
	[set_menu_item]
		id=LSB_drop
		description="Drop items."
		  [show_if]
			[variable]
				name=unit.side
				equals=1
			[/variable]
		  [/show_if]
		[command]
			{LSB_LIST_UNIT_THINGS}
		[/command]
	[/set_menu_item]	
It's not really important in this example, but the 'objects' used here are all stored in a array built in this way:

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	[set_variables]
		name=Objets
		mode=replace
	[value]
		{LSB_DEXTERITY_OBJ}
	[/value]
# ... and much more
	[/set_variables]
Where OBJs have this definition:

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#define LSB_DEXTERITY_EFF
	[effect]
		apply_to=attack
		remove_specials=nomiss
		increase_damage=25%
		[set_specials]
			mode=append
			{LSB_NOMISS 90}
		[/set_specials]
	[/effect]
#enddef

#define LSB_DEXTERITY_OBJ
	name= _ "Dexterity circlet"
	image=items/circlet.png
	description= _ "Add dexterity to all your weapons."
	category=rings
	level=2
	{LSB_DEXTERITY_EFF}
#enddef
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Re: Heindals WML Questions

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Thanks for this, I will check this out when I have time - which should be sometimes next week :P.
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Re: Heindals WML Questions

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Hi again,

so far I've been creating a very promising random map generator using puzzle tiles of terrain and placing them on the map.
I'm using the following code:

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           [terrain_mask]
                x,y={STARTX},{STARTY}
                mask="border_size=1
usage=map

Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Uue         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe         
Uue         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Uue         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe         
Uue         , Uue         , Uue         , Uue         , Uue         , Qxe         , Uue         
Uue         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Uue         , Qxe         , Uue         , Uue         
Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Uue         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe         
Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Uue         , Qxe         , Qxe         , Qxe" 
            [/terrain_mask]
The code however works fine, even so I've got to make it leaner. The dungeon is placed.
However I receive following bug report:

data/lua/wml/items.lua:8: bad argument #1 add_tile_overlay (number expected got string)

This somehow messes with the placement of images and items. Its seems impossible to place images on random locations within such a random map, even so the events will be fired. Any ideas and experience with that matter? What causes the problem?


Edit: :oops: Blast it, even so I tried hours before to solve it I now found a solution and found the reason for the bug.
I needed to place the images within the start event tag, however I still can't place images outside of the start event :/.
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Re: Heindals WML Questions

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It'se me again, Mario err Heindalo. Currently I'm cleaning out the bugs in my 1.14 campaigns. Five Fates is almost done, even so there where some troublesome news about my random dungeon generator, but I found a workaround. But I keep getting this message and can't get rid of it. Any ideas where to look?

"lua/wml/object:lua:23 bad argument #1 to 'get_unit' (expected string or location)
stack traceback: ..."
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I looked "lua/wml/object:lua:23 which leads to line 9 which suggests you called [object] without event and filter.
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Thanks Ravana, now I could solve the problem. So the error messages is referencing to a file, where I could look up the reason. :hmm:
I added a statue of Ravana the Keeper to the add-on. Will have to test the add-on however before its finished.
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I´m currently trying to upgrade one of my trap macros. It´s called "Areatrap" trap that generates area damage.
While the old version worked fine, I wanted to change the behavior.

So far the trap is triggered by only one coordinate, harming and affecting all units in an area. But I want to change that, so that it is triggered by a coordinate and it´s adjacent tiles. So far I´ve tested "filter_adjacent_location" as well as "radius" and "filter_radius". I failed. While the animation can be done with radius and works fine with it, it seems impossible for me to manipulate a moveto event to filter the adjacent locations as well.

Is it possible to use a moveto event with one coordinate and trigger it with the adjacent tiles as well?
The only workaround I could think of, is to define the range of coordinates in the macro itself.
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Re: Heindals WML Questions

Post by Pentarctagon »

That sounds like an enter_hex event?
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Enter_hex is a good way for a trap, but I still need to define an area, that triggers this event and harming all units on this spot and the adjacent spots. So a trap could be used to harm enemy units or to use discovered traps for your advantage. On the other hand, as "enter" hex stops the movement it would never allow me to reach the "center" of a trap, which causes a different damage and different effects.

So moveto seems like the best choice.
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Post by Shiki »

This should work. x and y are properties of the unit and the terrain, that's why one can use them in [filter] for x,y. Radius is only in [filter_location] possible.

[filter_radius] can be used to … filter the radius. Then only specific hexes are included, i.e. one can use it to exclude chasms or cave walls.

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[event]
	name=moveto
	first_time_only=no
	[filter]
		[filter_location]
			x=19
			y=43
			radius=1
		[/filter_location
	[/filter]
	
	…
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@Shiki, thank you, this works fine :).

I`ve tried to use radius or filter_radius without filter location, which did not do the trick.
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