Burning Men

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I was on this server called "Kathra's Temple", and inside the temple, men couldn't sit on chairs without getting burned.
How did they do that?
Is it also possible to lock doors, and only make them open for a specific gender, or a specific PERSON?

[ December 19, 2002, 11:52: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

Not to sure but I think in the scripts there is a command to check for gender and then do different things depending on what it gets as an answer. (eg: males, burn them. females, do nothing)

 

But can doors be locked except for specific persons?
Oh, and when I make a door that requires a key, I can't seem to relock it ingame, which results in people wandering about areas I don't want them in.

 

For the door thing I think you have to turn on relockable (or something like that)in proporties.

 

I did, but even then I couldn't relock it succesfully.

 

Making it work for only a specific person isn't harder than doing it for a specific gender/whatever.

And why not let the door autolock when it is closed?

 

'Cuz I am a big fat n00b that doesn't know how to do such things.

 

Well, since non of these people have given you any scripts, i thought I would.

Here's the script to make a door shut itself after 5 seconds. Stick it in the OnOpen script slot in the door.

Code:

 
void main()
{
  object oDoor = GetObjectByTag(OBJECT_SELF);
  DelayCommand(5.0, ActionCloseDoor(oDoor));
  SetLocked(oDoor, TRUE);
}

I'll explain it here for you, so you can do this yourself in future, ok?

void main()
This is the header of all scripts (nearly). It basically tells us that the script does something.

object oDoor = GetObjectByTag(OBJECT_SELF);
This line means that when you say: oDoor, is the same as saying: GetObjectByTag(OBJECT_SELF). So whenever you say "oDoor", you actually mean the object the script is assigned to.

DelayCommand(5.0, ActionCloseDoor(oDoor));
This tells the script to wait 5 Seconds, then do the Action: Close Door. The line then refers to the door to close in brackets, which happens to be "oDoor". oDoor actually means the object the script is assigned to remember?
This means that you can put this script in any door, and it will work, instead of putting the name of your door in loads of different scripts.

SetLocked(oDoor, TRUE);
This line says that after having closed the door after 5 seconds, it is set as Locked. You then refer to what object to set as locked, and in this case it's "oDoor" again. I then tell it that this command is TRUE. If it was FALSE, the door would remain unlocked.

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I hope that script serves you well for closing and locking your door.
To make doors openable by a specific gender, you need to modify the OnOpen script to say that the door should only open, if its a Female or Male opening it. This is possible, but maybe I'll tell you another time. (ie. I don't know, and can't be bothered to find that out)

Hope the script's ok.
Goph

 

Well trying this script my self I get a declaration error on this line:
object oDoor = GetObjectByTag(OBJECT_SELF);
Maybe it is something that I am doing wrong but I copied and pasted it from the above to an ONOpen file that I made called onopen1. So what is wrong with the script that it won't compile?

 

I tried the script...
Sorry, didn't work.
The door didn't close on itself, and when I closed it, it remained unlocked.

 

The OnOpen is run by the door so it is probably enough to skip the 'object oDoor...' line and just substitute oDoor with OBJECT_SELF in the rest of the script.

You get an error because GetObjectByTag takes a string as argument.

 

I have no idea what you just said...
All I know is that something everybody can do, is something I suck at.
I WANT MY DOORS TO CLOSE!
Stupid doors...

PS: I also need a script that tells an NPC to undress, can someone tell me what script I need for that?

[ December 21, 2002, 08:42: Message edited by: Megaman1986 ]

 

Ok, lets keep this simple and take it one step at a time.

Code:

  
void main()
{
 DelayCommand(10.0, ActionCloseDoor(OBJECT_SELF));
 }

Attach this as the doors OnOpen script. It will close the door by itself 10s after you opened it.

 

You do need a string for GetObjectByTag. Just rewrite the command as

Code:

 object oDoor = GetObectByTag("yourdoorstag"); 

subsitute the tag for your door in "yourdoorstag" (you must put it between the quotation marks)and the script should work.

[ December 21, 2002, 08:54: Message edited by: Capt. Tripps ]

 

Ah, now it works.
OK, next problem: making seats.
How do I do that?
If I just put in a chair, I can't sit on it.
And I can't find a 'seat' placeable.

 

You need to attach a script to the OnUsed slot on the chair. I think the script should look something like this:

Code:

void main ()
{
   AssignCommand (GetLastUsedBy (), ActionSit (OBJECT_SELF));
}
  

Haven't got my disc handy so I can't test at the moment.

[ December 21, 2002, 09:58: Message edited by: Zorac ]

 

I could have sworn we posted these scripts just a couple of weeks ago. Anyway in the OnUsed script for an usable chair:

Code:

void main()
{
  object oChair = OBJECT_SELF;
  if(!GetIsObjectValid(GetSittingCreature(oChair)))
  {
    AssignCommand(GetLastUsedBy(), ActionSit(oChair));
  }
}  

The if command makes sure no-one else is sitting in the chair first.

 

OK, could I just ask; Are you making a PW? Because if you are, then boy, get a scripting guide. :rolleyes

 

PW?

 

Persistent World.
No matter, here's the revised version of the Script for Closing and locking doors.

Code:

 
void main()
{
  DelayCommand(5.0, ActionCloseDoor(OBJECT_SELF));
  SetLocked(OBJECT_SELF, 1);
}
 

Stick it in the OnOpen script for the door, it will close after 5 seconds and lock itself.