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Development Forum Firing an Eat Script    Sanely Insane RisenAngel    Manager     4/19/2012 As part of my Metallophagus Grendels V2, I'm coding an agent that will literally let them eat gadgets, regardless of if the gadget has the scripts for it or not. The script that actually handles the gadget nomming looks like this: ***************CREATURE eat [12] scrp 4 0 0 28 appr inst doif _it_ eq null * no stim disappointment cos chemical based learning cant be silenced wait 10 stop setv ov55 0 endi targ _it_ setv va00 bhvr setv va01 bhvr setv va02 fmly setv va03 gnus targ ownr andv va00 16 doif va00 ne 16 andv va01 32 *Is it a gadget? doif va02 = 3 and va03 = 8 *Check to see that the creature can eat gadgets and the thing in question is portable doif ov54 <> 10 or va01 <> 32 *If not, disappoint doif rand 0 4 eq 1 pose 39 else pose 45 endi * disappointment: stim writ targ 0 1 wait 20 stop else *Mark as "I'm eating a gadget" setv ov55 1 endi *Or is it a machine? elif va02 = 3 and va03 = 3 *Check to see that the creature can eat gadgets and the thing in question is portable doif ov54 <> 10 or va01 <> 32 *If not, disappoint doif rand 0 4 eq 1 pose 39 else pose 45 endi * disappointment: stim writ targ 0 1 wait 20 stop else *Mark as "I'm eating a machine" setv ov55 1 endi else * if IT can't be eaten or cant reach: doif rand 0 4 eq 1 pose 39 else pose 45 endi * disappointment: stim writ targ 0 1 wait 20 stop endi endi touc inst doif _it_ eq null * no stim disappointment cos chemical based learning cant be silenced wait 10 stop *If you're trying to eat a gadget, stopped being marked as such setv ov55 0 endi doif byit ne 0 * drop whatever you were carrying before: doif held ne null and held ne _it_ mesg writ held 5 endi wait 1 * pick up: inst doif _it_ eq null * no stim disappointment cos chemical based learning cant be silenced wait 10 stop *If you're trying to eat a gadget, stopped being marked as such doif ov55 = 1 setv ov55 0 endi endi mesg writ _it_ 4 wait 1 pose 73 * tell _IT_ to eat: inst doif _it_ eq null * no stim disappointment cos chemical based learning cant be silenced wait 10 stop *If you're trying to eat a gadget, stopped being marked as such setv ov55 0 endi mesg writ _it_ 12 * stim yourself with EAT targ _it_ doif sorq fmly gnus spcs 12 eq 0 * learn from stim if no script is being called setv va99 1 else * dont learn fronm stim script will provide learning setv va99 0 endi targ ownr stim writ targ 26 va99 *If you're eating a machine, do this (if the thing doesn't have its own eat script) doif ov55 = 1 and va99 = 1 sndc "cs_1" targ _it_ kill targ targ ownr setv ov55 0 endi wait 30 pose 74 wait 10 pose 12 wait 20 else * disappointment: stim writ targ 0 1 doif rand 0 4 eq 1 pose 39 else pose 45 endi wait 30 *If you're trying to eat a gadget, stopped being marked as such setv ov55 0 endi endm For gadgets that lack eat scripts (the C3 gadgets, for example) it works perfectly. The problem lies with gadgets that have eat scripts. The other agent coming with the Metallophagus Grendels, the Techno-Organic Carrot, has seeds classified as gadget and have an inactive eat script (since I intentionally set their behavior so that normal creatures cannot eat them). However, with the code mentioned above, the eat script seems to be outright refusing to fire - no sound is played and the gadget doesn't disappear. So my question is, do I have to make the seeds (and other gadgets with eat scripts and inedible behavior) able to be eaten by normal creatures in order to fire their eat scripts, or am I doing something wrong here? ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog   Prodigal Sock Ghosthande     4/19/2012 I think "wildcard" scripts covering multiple species only work on agents that don't have their own scripts--because basically the game "defaults" back to it if there is nothing more specific available. The Sabertooth Norn eggs, for instance, use their own scripts.   Ettina   4/19/2012 Maybe make them eatable but non-nutritious, then change which chemicals act as starch, fat & fruit for your metal-eaters. By the way, I don't care if anyone steals my ideas for their own work, as long as you don't try to stop me from making my own stuff. Many ideas I mention are things I don't have the time or skill to actually do.   Amaikokonut     4/19/2012 This might be a long shot, but would adding a "wait 1" after your "mesg writ _it_ 12" make a difference? I seem to remember mesg writ being fussy when run in an inst. [Naturing :: Nurturing]   Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager     4/19/2012 I managed to fix the problem by changing the if statement at the end to this: *If you're eating a machine... doif ov55 = 1 *If it doesn't have an eat script, kill it this way doif va99 = 1 sndc "cs_1" targ _it_ kill targ *If it does, alter its behavior if it's not already edible else targ _it_ setv va90 bhvr andv va90 16 doif va90 <> 16 setv va91 bhvr addv va91 16 bhvr va91 endi mesg writ targ 12 wait 1 doif targ <> null doif va90 <> 16 subv va91 16 bhvr va91 endi endi endi targ ownr setv ov55 0 endi Basically, if the gadget has an eat script it gets its behavior altered to accommodate it (if it isn't already, although this bit should only fire if the gadget couldn't be eaten in the first place), and then has its eat script fired. It seems to work so far, although I'm uncertain if the gadget's eat script is actually stimming the eater at all. However, it's probably not the best way to get around the issue, and I'm still wondering why it didn't work initially. Edit: And I found another problem - I was looking at the seed's eat script through the CAOS Debugger, and it turns out that apparently the script didn't recognize that it was being eaten by a creature (I have the line "doif crea from = 1" in the code). Which means I'm still doing something wrong. Ghosthande: While that makes sense, the problem here is that the script isn't being run on the gadget - it's being run on the creature trying to eat the gadget. Since the default version of this script runs regardless of the presence of the eat script of the agent being acted upon, I don't think that's the issue here. ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog

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