[crossfire] destructor archetype?

[Wim Villerius]

Seems you're mistaken ;-)

see the attached file for an example use of 'destructors' (or rather:
using a duplicator as a destructor by setting the multiply factor to
zero)

Thanks to whoever made this map, I unfortunately forgot it's source.


On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 16:14 +0200, Raphaël Quinet wrote:
> Unless I am mistaken, there is no arch that can act as the opposite of the
> "creator" arch.  Or at least I could not find one.  The "creator" creates a
> new object when it is triggered.  I would like to have a "destructor" that
> can remove a specific object when it is triggered.  If such a thing does not
> exist yet, I would like to create it.
> 
> Here are several cases in which a "destructor" could be useful:
> - A detector/check_inv connected to a destructor can have the same effect
>   as an altar, except that it is possible to introduce a delay between
>   dropping the item and destroying it (using the well-known hidden machinery
>   with spikes and boulders or other objects), or to add additional
>   conditions such as requiring the player to move away from the altar before
>   the sacrifice is accepted.
> - With a creator and a destructor at the same location, it would be possible
>   to make some object appear or disappear using the appropriate triggers.
> - The creation/destruction could be done in a cyclic way (using external
>   machinery providing the timers).  This could be fun if the blinking object
>   is a light source.
> - If the object that is created/destroyed is a mover, it would be possible
>   to make some NPCs follow some specific paths and stop or go depending on
>   the actions of the player: create the movers when the NPC should move,
>   then destroy them afterwards.
> - A destructor can also be used to make the NPC fetch and accept a gift:
>   detect that a gift has been dropped (standard detector), move the NPC
>   towards the player (creators + movers), then destroy the gift once the NPC
>   is close to the player (destructor).
> 
> The existing archetypes that could serve similar purposes are the altars and
> teleporters.  The problem with the altars is that they work as soon as the
> object is dropped and cannot be triggered by some other event.  The
> teleporters can be triggered via some external action and are used in some
> maps to move objects out of the visible map, but this is not a very good
> solution because these teleporters are not very selective about what they
> teleport (so you may end up teleporting the wrong object).
> 
> So if nobody can suggest a better solution, I will write the code for this
> new archetype because I already have some maps (alchemy quests) in which I
> would like to use "destructors" for NPC movement and actions.  My current
> plan is to have something very similar to the "creator" (including the
> parameters such as the "slaying" field, the number of uses, etc.) except that
> it would do exactly the opposite of the creator.
> 
> -Raphaël
> 
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