How do i make a summon spell?

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Mar 3 2006, 1:22 pm
My game, A Nintendo life, is an okay demo of a game so far (or as some of the players think), but i would like to add summon spells. I was thinking About making the summon attack too, and not just being a pet. I have an overworld battle system, as in instead of a turn based system in a different map, you fight on the overworld with no turn based system. I would like to make the summoned monster to be able to go after an opponent on your command if possible.
Mar 3 2006, 1:36 pm
this is "Developer How-To" not "Developer Do it for me"

How to make a Summon system
- once you have a working summon system you can move on to making it attack

you will need
1x AI system (or basic follow mob system)
1x Verb or obj to act as the trigger
1x icon for the summon

mix it all up and cook for about 1 hour ^_^
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I should just leave it as that but here you go ^_^
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(this is off the top of my head I will get yelled at for not testing it ^_^ use at your own risk!)

basic follow mob system
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mob
   summon
       var
          mob
             owner = null // who summoned it
       proc
           follow_owner()
                if(owner)
                    if(owner in oview(1,src))
                    else
                        step_towards(src,owner)
                    spawn(PUT A DELAY HERE) follow_owner()
                else
                    world << "Debug - Summon without owner  removeing summon"
                    del(src)


Verb or obj to act as the trigger
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mob
    var
       tmp
          mob
             summon
                 mysummon = null // link to the summon
    verb
        summon_pet()
             if(mysummon == null)
                  var/mob/summon/newsummon = new/mob/summon
                  newsummon.owner = src
                  mysummon = newsummon
                  mysummon.loc = locate(src.x,src.y,src.z)
                  spawn(1) mysummon.follow_owner()
             else
                  src << "you allready have a summon"