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Endurance
2001-04-13, 3:31 AM #1
hey i need some way to make something like endurance. I just couldn't think of a waY. I need the cog to decrease the damage a player takes until it has worn off. I now how to make it "wear off" but i don't now how to make the damage less without increasing sheilds. So some help please?
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2001-04-13, 3:44 AM #2
I'm assuming you have an endurance cog set up (for the fading and everything), but what you'd want to do is use CaptureThing(player) to capture the players messages, then put a damaged message in your cog, and have it use ReturnEx(0.x) where x is the amount you want it to use. And in the part where it wears off, simply put ReleaseThing(player). That should all work.

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2001-04-13, 4:23 AM #3
okay i think i get what u mean so it captures the damaged message and then i use a different amount of damage to the player and then i release him and he only gets the amount of damage i want and then i release the player. right? this might work but i am not too sure i will have to play around a bit with it because i want is endurance to last for lets say 30 seconds so i would need a way to capture him each atime he was damaged.
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2001-04-13, 7:07 AM #4
Actually, CaptureThing() Captures until it is told to stop with ReleaseThing.

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2001-04-13, 12:46 PM #5
Okay thanks then i can get this to work. I never knew what CaptureThing really did, this will help a bunch.
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2001-04-15, 10:14 AM #6
Okay this is the cog that i came up with from the information u said.

Code: 
# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# ENDURANCE.COG
#
# This cog after activated makes the player get "weaker" with every amount of damage received.
# This can help the player but once his health gets low it can hurt him more than help.
#
# [Han5678]
#
# This Cog is Not supported by LucasArts Entertainment Co
 


symbols
thing        player                             local                         

message      startup                                                          
message      activated                                                        
message      deactivated                                                      
message      damaged                                                          
end                                                                           

# ========================================================================================

code

startup:
   	player = GetLocalPlayerThing();
    Return;
# ========================================================================================
activated:
	CaptureThing(player);
    Return;
# ========================================================================================
damaged:
	if (GetThingHealth(player) = 100)
	ReturnEx(5);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 90)
	ReturnEx(10);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 80)
	ReturnEx(15);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 70)
	ReturnEx(20);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 60)
	ReturnEx(25);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 50)
	ReturnEx(30);	
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 40)
	ReturnEx(35);	

    Return;
# ========================================================================================
deactivated:
	ReleaseThing(player);
    Return;
end

Will this method work, i haven't tested it yet but i soon will.
i wrote this from scratch so i expect some errors

[This message has been edited by Han5678 (edited April 15, 2001).]
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2001-04-15, 10:37 AM #7
I just tested it and it didn't do anything. I added Print("adfasdf"); into activated and deactivated. Then when i tested it didn't print anything. So i am assuming i used the activated and deactivated messages wrong?
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2001-04-15, 1:05 PM #8
Couple of things:

1: You do not need a deactivated message. Instead, do this:
Code: 
 if(IsInvActivated(player, n) == 0)
      {
       //do turn on stuff
      }
      else
      {
       //do turn off stuff
      }
}


Where n=The bin # of the item.

2: You shouldn't have a startup message in an item cog (I believe), just put the player-getting in the activated message.
3: Your ReturnEx()s Could cause you some problems, specifically, you multiply the damage on all of them! Anything over 1.0 increases the damage, so just use stuff like 0.5, 0.25, etc.

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2001-04-15, 2:05 PM #9
Mask the "player" thing as in darkjedi cogs to get messages retrieved.

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2001-04-15, 3:18 PM #10
shows how weak some areas of my cogging are, thanks hopefully i can get this working. I will check out the darkjedi cogs and see what u were talking about
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2001-04-16, 3:49 PM #11
so would it be like?
Code: 
if(IsInvActivated(player, 116) == 0)
                     {
                      CaptureThing(player);
                      //other turn on stuff
                     }
                     else
                     {
                      ReleaseThing(player);
                      //other turn off stuff
                     }
               }

is that what u meant? because u told me to keep my activated message and put
player = GetLocalPlayerThing(); in there, but doesn't that little bit of code also replace the activated message along with the deactivated. i understand what u meant by the ReturnEx numbers now, thanks for being patient
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2001-04-17, 12:35 AM #12
You must have a hotkey assigned before you can activate this... That's probably why it didn't work. The activated message is only sent when it is activated by the player (like a switch) or if a hotkey that is assigned to it is pressed.

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2001-04-17, 12:38 AM #13
Oh... in the first if statement, you only have one "=", it should be two, like "==". That would cause a problem...
2001-04-17, 6:27 AM #14
What I meant by keep was to not remove the Activated message from the cog.

Oh, and you don't need to have a HotKey, it also works if you just use it like a standard inventory item.

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2001-04-17, 10:49 AM #15
Zecks sry your wrong i do have it as a hotkey. And even though i have it as only one = the rest would still fuction so thats not the problem. So virus i just stick that code into the activated and it will work fine? I have been busy and haven't had a chance to rewrite it so i am asking so that i will get it right the first time i redo it, and not have to play with it for too long.
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2001-04-17, 11:03 AM #16
No, you're wrong. If there is even one syntax error it will often keep the whole cog from working.

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2001-04-18, 1:05 PM #17
Oh i didn't mean that he was wrong about that i meant he was wrong about the hotkey. But i didn't know that would effect the whole cog. I don't see why it shouldn't though when that part is only used if the damaged message has been sent through the player. It just seemed weird that a part that isn't even being used at the moment could cause the problem.

Oops sry it does sound like that i meant that wasn't the problem. Maybe that is what i thought at the moment but i beleived him enough to check if he was right.

[This message has been edited by Han5678 (edited April 18, 2001).]
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2001-04-18, 11:47 PM #18
If you intend to use this in multiplayer, try using

player = GetSourceRef();

in the activated message and get rid of the whole startup message, as that will accurately get who actually pressed the button and not any player.

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2001-04-19, 12:43 PM #19
yeah thats a good idea. I should make this into a multiplayer thing. I have the cog fixed up now thanks to every1 and i will post it soon for any details i missed.
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2001-04-19, 12:53 PM #20
okay here we go with the cog as it now stands

Code: 
# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# ENDURANCE.COG
#
# This cog after activated makes the player get "weaker" with every amount of damage received.
# This can help the player but once his health gets low it can hurt him more than help.
#
# [Han5678]
#
# This Cog is Not supported by LucasArts Entertainment Co
 


symbols
thing player local

message activated
message damaged
end

# ========================================================================================

code
activated:
	player = GetSourceRef();

	if(IsInvActivated(player, 116) == 0)
	{
	 CaptureThing(player);
	}
	 else
	{
	 ReleaseThing(player);
	}

    Return;
# ========================================================================================
damaged:
	if (GetThingHealth(player) == 100)
	ReturnEx(0.2);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 90)
	ReturnEx(0.3);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 80)
	ReturnEx(0.4);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 70)
	ReturnEx(0.5);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 60)
	ReturnEx(0.6);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 50)
	ReturnEx(0.7);	
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 40)
	ReturnEx(0.8);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 30)
	ReturnEx(0.9);
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 20)
	ReturnEx(1.0);	

    Return;
end


oh yeah BTW if i stuck the code from the damaged message into kyle would that work?

[This message has been edited by Han5678 (edited April 19, 2001).]
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2001-04-19, 1:42 PM #21
Is this actually working or not?
It may not return damaged message unless you mask the player thing in the symbols section.

And also do

SetInvActivated(player, 116, 1-IsInvActivated(player, 116));

below the player declaration in the activated message, so it gets activated/deactivated each time pressed.

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2001-04-19, 1:46 PM #22
I do have the player in the symbols right don't i? and i will add that bit of code so it will turn on and off. i haven't tested it yet but i will in a few mins
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2001-04-19, 1:51 PM #23
Might look like this simplified.
As for the damage, if you want to return a certain percentage of the damage retrieved by the player, use

number * GetParam(0)

Code: 
symbols


thing player mask=0xfff local


message activated
message damaged


end


code


activated:


   player = GetSourceRef();
   SetInvActivated(player, 116, 1 - IsInvActivated(player, 116));


   if(!IsInvActivated(player, 116)) CaptureThing(player);
   else ReleaseThing(player);


   return;


damaged:


   ReturnEx((1.2 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));


   return;


end


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[This message has been edited by Hideki (edited April 19, 2001).]
2001-04-19, 3:12 PM #24
hey well the cog doesn't work first of all. u might have to help a little more here, i have never understood how to use get param. Do i keep it as 0 or do i do something else? I understand most of it but i don't understand y u need it to be there
like the mask
and does that code in the damaged return the health number
sorry i can be a moron when it come to things i haven't tinkererd with before
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2001-04-19, 6:09 PM #25
mask - You need this or otherwise it will not return damaged message, the flags will tell what message to retrieve but I'm not sure which is which, so I just put the full flag.


getparam - This will get the parameter passed with SendMessageEx and SendTrigger but in damaged message it's a bit unique here. Param 0 gets the amount of damage and param 1 gets the type of the damage.

The parenthesis is the param number.

SendMessageEx(cog, message, param0, param1, param2, param3);

The cog sent can get the 4 paramters by GetParam(numberHere) in that message sent.


As for the cog, does it even get activated?
Put "Print("worked");" in the activated message if you're not sure.

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[This message has been edited by Hideki (edited April 19, 2001).]
2001-04-20, 12:38 PM #26
okay thats my prob then. I never masked the player which is y the damaged message isn't doing anything right? Thats the main prob. I new a little about what GetParam does but not in the case of damaged so thats fixed. NO it doesnt get activated i checked it by getting it to print earlier.



[This message has been edited by Han5678 (edited April 23, 2001).]
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2001-04-23, 3:48 PM #27
code as it stands at the moment, still doesn't work though
Code: 
symbols
thing player mask=0xfff local

message activated
message damaged
end

# ========================================================================================

code
activated:
	player = GetSourceRef();

       SetInvActivated(player, 116, 1-IsInvActivated(player, 116));
	if(IsInvActivated(player, 116) == 0)
	 CaptureThing(player);
        Print("Ednurance Activated");
	 else
	 ReleaseThing(player);
        Print("Ednurance Deactivated");

    Return;
# ========================================================================================
damaged:
	if (GetThingHealth(player) == 100)
	ReturnEx((9 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 90)
       ReturnEx((8 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 80)
       ReturnEx((7 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 70)
       ReturnEx((6 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 60)
       ReturnEx((5 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 50)
       ReturnEx((4 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));	
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 40)
       ReturnEx((3 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 30)
       ReturnEx((2 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));
	else
	if (GetThingHealth(player) > 20)
       ReturnEx((1 - GetThingHealth(player) / 100) * GetParam(0));	

    Return;
end


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