Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:32 pm
Is there a heal party method that can be put onto a staff and just a spell.
Thx,
LordGarth
Thx,
LordGarth
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Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:40 pm
Not included, but it shouldn't be a whole lot of trouble to create what you want using method_heal as a reference.
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:19 pm
I was looking at that method but I dont know exactly what must be changed or added.
LordGarth
LordGarth
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:30 pm
It depends on how you want the party healing to work.
If you just want to heal all the party members instead of just one, it's probably enough to add another loop and iterate over all four party positions.
Right now, the healing loop is repeated 30 times. Where the new loop goes and how you break out of it etc. depends on whether you want there to be 30 "healing steps" for each party member, or if the 30 steps should be divided among all of them, or whatever.
If you just want to heal all the party members instead of just one, it's probably enough to add another loop and iterate over all four party positions.
Right now, the healing loop is repeated 30 times. Where the new loop goes and how you break out of it etc. depends on whether you want there to be 30 "healing steps" for each party member, or if the 30 steps should be divided among all of them, or whatever.
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:36 pm
I guess whatever it does now for each party member
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:47 pm
Another thing
Do you have any idea why DSB would not like some sound files. The code is correct but it does not like the file for some reason. So I delete the file, keep the same code, download the new file and call it the same thing and it works.
I have a sound file called howling1 and it would not play it and then I download a new howl sound. Named it howling1 and DSB played it.
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LordGarth
Do you have any idea why DSB would not like some sound files. The code is correct but it does not like the file for some reason. So I delete the file, keep the same code, download the new file and call it the same thing and it works.
I have a sound file called howling1 and it would not play it and then I download a new howl sound. Named it howling1 and DSB played it.
?
LordGarth
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:50 pm
Lord Garth, don't ask unrelated questions in the same thread. You already started a thread about music and sounds, please use that one to continue asking questions about sounds.
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:33 am
Well, to be fair, that one got kind of derailed with a discussion about modifying DSB's base code and distributing said modifications.
But anyway, it doesn't like some files because FMOD (the sound library DSB uses) can't load them. They're usually weirdly formatted or something-- it chokes on some OGG files, too. Sorry but there isn't really anything I can do.
But anyway, it doesn't like some files because FMOD (the sound library DSB uses) can't load them. They're usually weirdly formatted or something-- it chokes on some OGG files, too. Sorry but there isn't really anything I can do.
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:43 pm
I haven't tested this, just written it out in the text window. Would this work?
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function method_heal_party
for foo = 1 to 4
method_heal(name, foo, who, what)
next foo
return
end
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:12 pm
No, it won't.
Party positions go from 0 to 3, and you'd need to make sure that who was properly generated based on the ppos.
However, it has a larger conceptual problem. method_heal burns mana from its invoker and heals its invoker. So, this function would burn mana from all four party members to heal all four party members. On the upside, it will give experience to everyone. In other words, method_heal is doing a lot more than just healing, so it's not quite so simple.
Party positions go from 0 to 3, and you'd need to make sure that who was properly generated based on the ppos.
However, it has a larger conceptual problem. method_heal burns mana from its invoker and heals its invoker. So, this function would burn mana from all four party members to heal all four party members. On the upside, it will give experience to everyone. In other words, method_heal is doing a lot more than just healing, so it's not quite so simple.
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:36 pm
Yup: that's a substantial conceptual problem. 
I suppose I'd have to try copy/pasting method_heal and tweaking it. The original function used who, but if I change some of those to foo, then I get:-
Again, it's untested code, I'm just wondering if I'm going about it right.
I suppose I'd have to try copy/pasting method_heal and tweaking it. The original function used who, but if I change some of those to foo, then I get:-
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function method_heal_party(name, ppos, who, what)
local m = lookup_method_info(name, what)
if (not m) then return end
att_idle(ppos, m.idleness)
burn_stamina(who, m.stamina_used)
for foo = 0 to 3
local hp = dsb_get_bar(foo, HEALTH)
local needed_hp = dsb_get_maxbar(foo, HEALTH) - hp
if (needed_hp > 0) then
local mana = dsb_get_bar(who, MANA)
if (mana > 0) then
local healinc = (determine_xp_level(who, m.xp_class, m.xp_sub) + 1) * 10
if (healinc > 100) then healinc = 100 end
for i=0,29 do
hp = hp + healinc
needed_hp = needed_hp - healinc
mana = mana - m.mana_used
if (needed_hp < healinc) then healinc = needed_hp end
xp_up(who, m.xp_class, m.xp_sub, m.xp_get)
if (mana <= 0 or needed_hp <= 0) then break end
end
if (mana < 0) then dsb_set_bar(who, MANA, 0)
else dsb_set_bar(who, MANA, mana) end
dsb_set_bar(foo, HEALTH, hp)
else
return
end
else
return
end
next foo
if (m.charge) then
use_charge(what, m.charge)
end
end
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:51 am
That's pretty close to what I'd do.
I should point out that you're iterating over party positions, but you have to convert that to actual character id numbers.
Some code like this will suffice:
The only thing wrong there is that it heals party members in sequence, so if the healer runs out of mana after healing the first two, the second two get no healing at all. It might work better to move the loop over party positions 0 to 3 inside of the 0 to 29 loop. That would require more restructuring, of course-- which is the main reason I haven't bothered to write out the function. 
(Not that it's terribly hard, I'm just lazy)
I should point out that you're iterating over party positions, but you have to convert that to actual character id numbers.
Some code like this will suffice:
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for fppos=0,3 do
local foo = dsb_ppos_char(fppos)
if (valid_and_alive(foo)) then
-- code goes here
(Not that it's terribly hard, I'm just lazy)
Re: Heal Party
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:05 am
