Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

pisskop · 2016-05-29T22:10:25.000Z

How can I leave an item after a comestible is used?

i.e. a drumstick being eaten and producing a bone.

Coolthulhu · 2016-05-29T22:34:48.000Z

[quote=“pisskop, post:14621, topic:42”]How can I leave an item after a comestible is used?

i.e. a drumstick being eaten and producing a bone.[/quote]

Currently no way.
I’m thinking of implementing “consumed_into” and “rots_into” fields, as it wouldn’t be hard, but at the moment they don’t exist.

You can do it with meds, though. Check out adrenaline injector.

Litppunk · 2016-05-30T03:09:56.000Z

I could have sworn there was something that did that. Fluids obviously but I don’t think that counts as that is more the containers doing that. I know there is crafting byproducts, but that isn’t the same either… maybe I am mistaken.

pisskop · 2016-05-30T03:30:17.000Z

"description": "A sealed jar of mechaspider flesh. Use to open and eat to enjoy.", "use_action": { "type": "transform", "msg": "You open the jar, exposing it to the atmosphere.", "target": "spider_steaks_pickled", "container": "jar_glass"

This will produce an item and a food item.

pedit: not even. I could have it spawn a katana if I pleased. idk if the container has to actually be a container though. my Sssneke Senses say yes it does.

Litppunk · 2016-05-30T03:37:47.000Z

hmmm burning transforms items in some manner. Makes them into burnt versions before making them disapear altogether… there is some kind of recyling machine that does some transformations. Should be able to make a transform on eaten line of code I would imagine. Don’t think any actual hard-coding should be necessary. Somewhere there is a solution to this already. I feel so certain of this.

Coolthulhu · 2016-05-30T09:25:15.000Z

Litppunk:

hmmm burning transforms items in some manner. Makes them into burnt versions before making them disapear altogether…

Only corpses.

Walegrin · 2016-05-30T12:26:11.000Z

I thought that by wearing a deputy badge that the policebots would ignore me? Just got ‘pacified’ by one while wearing one though.

pisskop · 2016-05-30T12:44:27.000Z

swat badge, iirc

baldamundo · 2016-05-30T12:50:27.000Z

How good’s a tankbot’s night-vision these days? Is it longer than the range of a control laptop?

pisskop · 2016-05-30T12:53:52.000Z

they dont have any unless you are using my own mod.

{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_eyebot”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:20
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_secubot”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:10
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_copbot”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:15
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_tripod”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:30
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_chickenbot”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:20
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_tankbot”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:20
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_turret_searchlight”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:50
},{
“type” : “MONSTER”,
“id” : “mon_laserturret”,
“edit-mode” : “modify”,
“vision_night”:10
},

If you are, Im doing this. 20 tiles

Walegrin · 2016-05-30T12:54:18.000Z

pisskop:

swat badge, iirc

Dang… the one I haven’t seen drop yet. I’d suspect that a Marshal badge would do the trick too…

Litppunk · 2016-05-30T12:59:59.000Z

Coolthulhu:

[quote=“Litppunk, post:14625, topic:42”]hmmm burning transforms items in some manner. Makes them into burnt versions before making them disapear altogether…

Only corpses.[/quote]

wooden burnables too. Check the fire early in the burn some time. There will be burnt ____ in there.

pisskop · 2016-05-30T13:04:49.000Z

the game has a hardcoded method of applying the “burned_” name to burnt things. And the name changes, much like damaged item’s have their health change. Im not sure its something we could exploit.

burns_into is a newish attribuite for critters that let you burn their corpses into new items. and if that item revives into a monster than it allows you to make one monster into another. Like I could turn a tough zombie corpseinto a giant bee corpse.

Or into a katana.

How are pet carriers dealt with? or loaded weapons? When one item is holding another inside it, how does the game maintain that?

does pet_carrier become pet_carrier_dog?

Coolthulhu · 2016-05-30T13:12:38.000Z

Litppunk:

wooden burnables too. Check the fire early in the burn some time. There will be burnt ____ in there.

“Burnt” is still the same item with identical stats, the only thing that changes is the amount of “fire damage” it can take before it disappears.

Litppunk · 2016-05-30T13:14:59.000Z

ahhhh
folding items aren’t really a transformation either… hmmm.

Caylin · 2016-05-31T00:00:56.000Z

I’ve googled this and messed with options, but I’m having a problem where some of the names of my items are too long and I can’t read the ends of the names. This normally wouldn’t be a problem, but I can’t see how many sips I have of my canteen which is driving me insane. Is there anything I can do? I’ve made the window a lot bigger, but the text doesn’t take advantage of the extra space. I haven’t found a way to make the names scroll either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

pisskop · 2016-05-31T00:02:49.000Z

You can empty it out into other containers?

Theres not an incredible fix for this, although if you look at the item iteself you should be able to see how many charges are left. Each charge is one drink’s worth, so 4 charges means four seperate drinks.

Caylin · 2016-05-31T00:05:43.000Z

Ok, thanks that is a decent enough work around for now. I’d missed where it listed “portions” on the item list. Thank you a lot.

BeerBeer · 2016-05-31T05:06:20.000Z

No decent solution to that. All you can do is make sure the names of the containers/liquids are short enough to leave room for the number of portions left.

pisskop · 2016-05-31T19:35:18.000Z

Why does it take me 610 movepoints to put 1 battery into a gun?

gdi