[CF-Devel] patch for generators to create special ability monsters

[Norbert Irmer]

Sorry, i was bit unclear in my last message.
I meant, how can i inform the server that a certain MULTIPART object
IS the inventory of another object.


Norbert Irmer wrote:

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      Norbert Irmer wrote:
     
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      Hi,
     
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      Putting a monster in the inventory of the generator and copying it, is
     
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      a nice idea, since it is more flexible and faster. Perhaps one could 
     
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      use the 'copy_object()' function for it.
     
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       Probably.  The code to have the generators inventory make a monster 
     
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      should be pretty easy - it would be something like  if 
     
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      (generator->inv) then obj_to_create=generator->inv; else 
     
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      obj_to_create=generator->other_arch (or something pretty close to that).
     
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       The other really nice thing about using a monster in the inventory 
     
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      is then that map editor can use its standard object interface to 
     
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      change it.
     
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      I tried to follow your advice, and have written a replacement for 
     
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      'generate_monster()'.
     
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      that in my opinion it should work. The main problem now is, how do i 
     
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      inform
     
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      the server, that a certain object IS the inventory of another object.
     
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      With the current map load function this isn't possible.
     
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      Here's my code (i have included it for further discussion):
     
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      void generate_monster(object *gen) {
     
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       int i;
     
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       object *op,*head=NULL,*prev=NULL,*gob;
     
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       archetype *at=gen->other_arch;
     
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       if(GENERATE_SPEED(gen)&&rndm(0, GENERATE_SPEED(gen)-1))
     
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         return;
     
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       if(gen->other_arch==NULL) {
     
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         if(gen->inv==NULL) {
     
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           LOG(llevError,"Generator without other_arch or inv: 
     
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      %s\n",gen->name);
     
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           return;
     
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         }
     
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         gob=gen->inv;
     
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         i=find_free_spot(gob->arch,gen->map,gen->x,gen->y,1,9);
     
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         if (i==-1) return;
     
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         while(gob!=NULL) {
     
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           op=get_object();
     
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           copy_object(gob,op);
     
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           op->x=gen->x+freearr_x[i]+gob->arch->clone.x;
     
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           op->y=gen->y+freearr_y[i]+gob->arch->clone.y;
     
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           if(head!=NULL)
     
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             op->head=head,prev->more=op;
     
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           if (rndm(0, 9)) generate_artifact(op, gen->map->difficulty);
     
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           insert_ob_in_map(op,gen->map,gen,0);
     
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           if (QUERY_FLAG(op, FLAG_FREED)) return;
     
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           if(op->randomitems!=NULL)
     
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             create_treasure(op->randomitems,op,GT_APPLY,
     
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                             gen->map->difficulty,0);
     
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           if(head==NULL)
     
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             head=op;
     
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           prev=op;
     
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           gob=gob->more;
     
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         }
     
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       }
     
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       else {
     
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         i=find_free_spot(at,gen->map,gen->x,gen->y,1,9);
     
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         if (i==-1) return;
     
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         while(at!=NULL) {
     
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           op=arch_to_object(at);
     
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           op->x=gen->x+freearr_x[i]+at->clone.x;
     
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           op->y=gen->y+freearr_y[i]+at->clone.y;
     
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           if(head!=NULL)
     
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             op->head=head,prev->more=op;
     
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           if (rndm(0, 9)) generate_artifact(op, gen->map->difficulty);
     
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           insert_ob_in_map(op,gen->map,gen,0);
     
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           if (QUERY_FLAG(op, FLAG_FREED)) return;
     
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           if(op->randomitems!=NULL)
     
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             create_treasure(op->randomitems,op,GT_APPLY,
     
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                             gen->map->difficulty,0);
     
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           if(head==NULL)
     
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             head=op;
     
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           prev=op;
     
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           at=at->more;
     
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         }
     
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       }
     
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