question to get a idea of how scripting works in the redkit

[Cador]

question to get a idea of how scripting works in the redkit

Hello,

lets say i want to make a monster that attacks the player when he enters a room, and stops combat when its hp drops below 10.

i came from nwn modding so i´m used to event based scripting.
in nwn i would paint a trigger on the ground an would put an attack script in the "onenter" event.
then i would put a script that checks the hp of the monster in the "onhit" event of the monster.

how would this work in the redkit?

i know it is perhaps a stupid question, but i want to get the basic idea.

thx for help!

 

[Benzenzimmern]

It is always good to look in existing scripts from The Witcher 2. They use their own scripting language, so it's best to try and copy how they worked.
I guess you need to combine a trigger and your script in the quest editor.

 

[iniside]

It similiar to Unreal Script. State and Event based along with OOP.

 

[shak-otay]

Hello,

lets say i want to make a monster that attacks the player when he enters a room,

That's rather simple: place a monster in the room. (I made a Wiki sample for that).
You don't need a trigger as the monster will attack Geralt as soon as he's in its "range of perception". (This is what I experienced. If you want a "defined area", well then things are getting harder.)

and stops combat when its hp drops below 10.

I wanted to import this feature to all the games I modded so far (G3, Risen etc.).
Because I always found it totally annoying monsters committing suicide. (Especially for such as goblins or trolls for example because of their supposed IQ, hehe.)
And I think even wolves would flee before they die except they are totally starved.
We'll need an event (as you stated) I guess.

edit: there's OnHitDamage() to be found in 3 of the REDkit scripts.
But I don't have any imagination how to script the monster to flee. (It won't open the door will it? Passing through it shouldn't disturb the immersion too much...but how get temporary rid of the door's collision shape?

And once it's outside where to flee to? We will have to define an "escape point" I think.

But first I'll try to cause the monster to flee...

 

[Fartuess.807]

Hello,
lets say i want to make a monster that attacks the player when he enters a room, and stops combat when its hp drops below 10.

I'm not sure if using witcherscript is required here. Probably messing with Quest and AI subeditors will be more than enough.