trying to make quest

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Jun 17 2003, 5:42 pm
i was wondering how to make a enemy drop a head.
Jun 17 2003, 6:36 pm
Nave wrote:
i was wondering how to make a enemy drop a head.

You should try to be more specific with your questions, but I think I get the idea of what you mean. First, create an object called a head.

obj/head
  icon = 'head.dmi'


This will obviously largely depend on your game. You will probably want to make sure the player can pick it up an such. Next, create a procedure for "dropping heads."

mob/proc/DropHead()
  new /obj/head (loc)
  view() << "[src] drops a head!"


That will create a /obj/head on the ground where the mob stands. The next step is to call DropHead when the mob dies. I am going to assume that this is called Die() for the example.

mob/Die()
  ..()
  DropHead()


More than likely, you will want different mobs to drop different types of parts when they die.

mob
  var/corpse_type
  proc/DropCorpse()
    if(!corpse_type) return 0
    new corpse_type (loc)
  Die()
    ..()
    DropCorpse()

That would allow you to specify a corpse type. So, suppose the player is questing for The Head of Medusa.
mob
  Medusa
    corpse_type = /obj/corpse/medusahead
obj/corpse/medusahead
  name = "head of Medusa"
  icon = 'head.dmi'


All that's left is making the NPC who gives out the quest.
mob/NPC/medusa_seeker
  verb/GetQuest()
    set src in view()
    usr << "The treacherous Medusa has stolen the life of my child!  Avenge his death and I shall reward thee!"
  verb/GiveHead() // Please, not funny remarks.
    set src in view()
    var/obj/corpse/medusahead/head
    for(head in usr) // The empty for list here will automatically find a medusa head in the user's inventory   
    if(!head)
      usr << "You do not possess the head I seek!"
      return
    del(head)
    usr << "Thank you.  Have a nice day!"
    // Reward the player here.
Jun 17 2003, 11:22 pm
In response to Ebonshadow
Ebonshadow wrote:
verb/GiveHead() // Please, not funny remarks.

You want some non-funny remarks? Well, if you insist. =P

Heh, heh... he said give... heh, heh...
Jun 18 2003, 5:00 am
In response to Crispy
what if the king wanted 100 heads?
Jun 18 2003, 6:09 am
In response to Nave
Nave wrote:
what if the king wanted 100 heads?
then you have to count the number of heads first.

mob/proc/CountItem(Type)
  var/count
  var/Item
  for(Item in src)  if(istype(Item, Type)) count ++
  return count


That will return the number of a specified item type.

So, instead of checking to see if you quester has a head, use CountItem to check if he has 100.
Jun 18 2003, 6:54 am
In response to Ebonshadow
where do i put 100?
Oct 12 2003, 12:19 pm
In response to Nave
???