Delay a Creature Spawn

Mr.Moloch

Something isn't working with this, which should be an OnEnter script that creates a creature after set delay.

void CreateObjectVoid(int nObjectType, string sCreature, location lTarget, int bUseAppearAnimation = TRUE)
{
    CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, sCreature, lTarget, bUseAppearAnimation);
}

void main()
{

    // Create Creature
    string sCreature = GetLocalString(OBJECT_SELF, "sCreature");
    // Create it at point.
    location lTarget = GetLocation(GetWaypointByTag("sWP"));
    // Wait for it....
    float fDelay = GetLocalFloat(OBJECT_SELF, "fDelay");
    // Will work - we use new void declared function.
    DelayCommand(fDelay, CreateObjectVoid(OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE, sCreature, lTarget, TRUE));
}

Polaris

float fDelay = GetLocalFloat(OBJECT_SELF, "fDelay");

What is OBJECT_SELF? What is calling this function? If this script is being executed by another script for example, then fDelay would default to 0 / garbage value.

Mr.Moloch

A trigger, you enter it. The script should fire.

Zool

[23:37:59] /forum/viewtopic.ph ... c95335c943 Related to that. He needs to ensure the sCreature is a proper resref of the creature spawned, that sWP is a placed waypoint in the game (or set up the reference properly) and that fDelay along with the rest are set on the triggers. Script is working.
[23:38:13] ah ok
[23:38:18] This is a message from Talir
[23:38:22] on EFU
[23:38:37] okey dokey
[23:38:38] thanks

Mr.Moloch

Yeah, I did that….
Hence my bafflement. Thanks for trying.

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// Create it at point.
    location lTarget = GetLocation(GetWaypointByTag("sWP"));

sWP is not defined.

Edit: Oh.

Zool

I assume - 'oh' Means you realised its a string referencing the tag, and not a variable that needs to be defined.

Moloch, have you put in SendMessageToAllDMs(); everywhere so it spits out tags and stuff? It looks fine to me

DiaboSatan

Think you should change GetLocalFloat to GetLocalInt and provide an integer value, then make a cast on it to become float. I recall that NWN had a terrible manner with float variables being set manualy on the toolset.

Cheers

Mr.Moloch

Yeah, I got this working eventually. It was one of those incredibly ridiculous problems where you look at a line of code a dozen times before you realize you did one simple obvious thing wrong.