Effects scripting on Levelup

Neve · Post by **Neve** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:53 pm

Hi,

I tried lots of different things to get a special effect on the place of the player who levels up, but no effect appears. Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong ? This is the line of code I made last :

void main()
{
ApplyEffectAtLocation(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, EffectVisualEffect(VFX_FNF_SUMMON_MONSTER_3), GetLocation(GetPCLevellingUp()), 1.5);
}

It -should- create a summon creature effect...

Aloro · Post by **Aloro** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 3:53 pm

Hey there. I've found NWScript gets a bit unreliable when nesting commands (especially effects), so I would separate out your function calls, e.g.

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void main() 
{ 
    object oPC = GetPCLevellingUp();
    location lPC = GetLocation(oPC);
    effect eFX = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_FNF_SUMMON_MONSTER_3);
    ApplyEffectAtLocation(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, eFX, lPC, 1.5); 
}

- Aloro

Neve · Post by **Neve** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:50 pm

Hm, I just tried it, but it didn't work either... Could it be my NWN is a bit messed up ? Recently I found the Campaign button to be captionless

I made a script which randomly blasts lightning around, with about the same commands, and that one works, it's pretty annoying, because I saw it's possible in Mythos, and it looks very cool.

Jordicus · Post by **Jordicus** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 7:07 pm

you could probably use this:

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 object oPC = GetPCLevellingUp();

and change ApplyEffectAtLocation to ApplyEffectToTarget (something like that...) instead..

i've noticed certain effects will not work on locations, only on targets.

Neve · Post by **Neve** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 7:10 pm

Random lightningblasts :

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void main()
{
    object oLightning = GetObjectByTag("BLASTMARKER" + IntToString(d10()));
    location oStrike = GetLocation(oLightning);

    if (Random(3)-2)
    {
        effect Zap = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_IMP_LIGHTNING_M);
        location Thespot = Location(GetArea(oLightning), GetPosition(oLightning), GetFacing(GetFirstPC()));
        ApplyEffectAtLocation(DURATION_TYPE_INSTANT, Zap, Thespot, 1.0);
  }
}

All you have to do is place upto 10 waypoints and tag them as "BLASTMARKER1", "BLASTMARKER2" etc. Paste this in the OnHeartbeat of the desired area and you're finished. Feel free to use it too

Neve · Post by **Neve** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 7:15 pm

Hm...

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ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, eFX, oPC, 1.5);

Didn't work either...

Jordicus · Post by **Jordicus** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 7:31 pm

hmm... duration has to be float not int

did you try it with 1.5f instead of 1.5 ?

it might be assumed, but I'm not sure

Neve · Post by **Neve** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 7:46 pm

Hmm... The fact that 1.0 is used instead of just 1 should be enough indication that it's a float... Also, the lightning script that I wrote earlier works perfectly...

If I levelup in my module, I get a message like "Your char has gathered enough experience to gain a new level", could it be that the custom script isn't 'overwriting' a default script ? I added it in the module properties, any other places I should have to check besides that ?

Thanks for the replies too