Modding Help Where are these effects?

Dammit. You're right. I set the value to 0.5 and I'm still completely immune to melting.

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Any idea how I could change the LUA so that I can reduce the damage without eliminating it entirely?

Edit: Here's my coding at the moment:

Code:

{
  "name" : "occafireresist",
  "effectConfig" : {},
  "defaultDuration" : 10.0,

  "scripts" : [
    "occafireresist.lua"
  ]
}

Code:

function init()
  effect.addStatModifierGroup({
    {stat = "lavaImmunity", amount = 0.5},
    {stat = "fireImmunity", amount = 0.5},
  })
end

function update(dt)
end

function uninit()
end

Edit 2: Brainstorming, since I'm obviously not even remotely good at LUA yet, I imagine I would have to isolate the damage from the "melting" and "burning" status effects and then find a way to reduce the damage from them. Am I close?

Edit 3: Looking at what swatelite last posted, I misread what he was trying to say. So I might have to keep looking at what he suggested in order to better understand what the heck I need to be doing...[DOUBLEPOST=1425115163][/DOUBLEPOST]Okay, so here is my new game plan, based off of what @xxswatelitexx had mentioned earlier and that I had overlooked.

I have changed my player.config.patch to this:

Code:

[
{ "op" : "add", "path" : "/species/-",
"value" : "gallavoir"
},
{"op": "add", "path": "/statusControllerSettings/stats/occaFireArmor",
"value": { "baseValue" : 1.0 }
}
]

(It's a race mod, so ignore that first bit)

Next, I overwrote the vanilla burning.lua file:

Code:

function init()
  animator.setParticleEmitterOffsetRegion("flames", mcontroller.boundBox())
  animator.setParticleEmitterActive("flames", true)
  effect.setParentDirectives("fade=BF3300=0.25")
  script.setUpdateDelta(5)

  self.tickDamagePercentage = 0.025
  self.tickTime = 1.0
  self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
end

function update(dt)
  if effect.duration() and world.liquidAt({mcontroller.xPosition(), mcontroller.yPosition() - 1}) then
    effect.expire()
  end

  self.tickTimer = self.tickTimer - dt
  if self.tickTimer <= 0 then
    self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
    status.applySelfDamageRequest({
        damageType = "IgnoresDef",
        damage = math.floor(status.resourceMax("health") * self.tickDamagePercentage) + 1 * status.stat(occaFireArmor),
        damageSourceKind = "burning",
        sourceEntityId = entity.id()
      })
  end
end

function uninit()
end

Then I edited my status effect's LUA code to this:

Code:

function init()
  effect.addStatModifierGroup({
    {stat = "occaFireArmor", amount = 0.5},
  })
end

function update(dt)
end

function uninit()
end

So, when activated, it should cause the damage to be reduced by 50% as per his suggestion. I will be testing to see if this works. If it does, I will have to ask where I should similarly modify melting.lua. I also apologize to swatelite, because he really is a swell guy.

Edit:

So I tried it out. Got this error in the log.

Code:

[01:24:42.113] Error: Exception while invoking lua function 'update'. (LuaException) Error code 2, [string "/stats/effects/burning/burning.lua"]:23: (VariantException) stringify called on improper type null
  VariantException::VariantException(string)
  stringify(Variant)
  LuaBindings::StatusControllerCallbacks::stat(StatusController*, List<Variant, deque<Variant, allocator<Variant> > >)
  _Function_handler<Variant (List<Variant, deque<Variant, allocator<Variant> > >), _Bind<Variant (*(StatusController*, <1>))(StatusController*, List<Variant, deque<Variant, allocator<Variant> > >)> >::(_Any_data, List<Variant, deque<Variant, allocator<Variant> > >)
  __ZNSt17_Function_handlerIFN4Star3AnyIIbdNS0_6StringENS0_8LuaTableENS0_11LuaFunctionENS0_9LuaThreadENS0_11LuaUserDataEEEEPNS0_9LuaEngineEPKS7_jEZNS0_31registerVariantVariadicCallbackERNS0_12LuaCallbacksES2_St8functionIFNS0_7VariantENS0_4ListISG_St5dequeISG_SaISG_EEEEEEEUlS9_SB_jE_E9ERKSt9_Any_dataS9_SB_j
  LuaEngine::createVariadicFunction(function<Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData> (LuaEngine*, Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData>*, unsigned int)>)::{lambda(lua_State*)#1}::operator()(lua_State*) [clone .isra.261]
  lua_getinfo
  28E85050
  22DBE3E8
  22DBE3A0

  StarException::StarException(String)
  LuaEngine::handleError(lua_State*, int)
  Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData> LuaEngine::callFunction<initializer_list<Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData> > >(int, initializer_list<Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData> >)
  Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData> LuaContext::invokePath<Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData> >(String, Any<bool, double, String, LuaTable, LuaFunction, LuaThread, LuaUserData>)
  Variant LuaVariantContext::invokePathVariant<float>(String, float)
  Maybe<Variant> LuaBaseComponent::invoke<float>(String, float)
  Maybe<Variant> LuaActorMovementComponent<LuaWorldComponent<LuaBaseComponent> >::update<float>(function<void ()>, float)
  StatusController::tickMaster()
  Player::tickMaster()
  _Function_handler<void (shared_ptr<Entity>), WorldClient::update()::{lambda(shared_ptr<Entity>)#3}>::(_Any_data, shared_ptr<Entity>)
  EntityMap::forAllEntities(function<void (shared_ptr<Entity>)>)
  WorldClient::update()
  UniverseClient::update()
  ClientApplication::updateRunning()
  ClientApplication::update()
  StarApplicationBase::run()
  _SDL_main
  _console_main

What should I do? Also, I officially hate the auto-merging of "double posts", now. It's pretty difficult to point out that I am still testing.

 

Okay, so status update.

Due to that last error I got, I decided to change the coding again to potentially fix the issue. This is how burning.lua looks now:

Code:

function init()
  animator.setParticleEmitterOffsetRegion("flames", mcontroller.boundBox())
  animator.setParticleEmitterActive("flames", true)
  effect.setParentDirectives("fade=BF3300=0.25")
  script.setUpdateDelta(5)

  self.tickDamagePercentage = 0.025
  self.tickTime = 1.0
  self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
end

function update(dt)
  if effect.duration() and world.liquidAt({mcontroller.xPosition(), mcontroller.yPosition() - 1}) then
    effect.expire()
  end

  self.tickTimer = self.tickTimer - dt
  if self.tickTimer <= 0 then
    self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
    status.applySelfDamageRequest({
        damageType = "IgnoresDef",
        damage = math.floor((status.resourceMax("health") * self.tickDamagePercentage) + 1) * status.stat(occaFireArmor),
        damageSourceKind = "burning",
        sourceEntityId = entity.id()
      })
  end
end

function uninit()
end

The change I made was an extra set of parantheses around the damage math. I was able to cause the burning status effect successfully, but it did no damage to me. Idk why. Did I do something completely wrong?

 

Ah, good catch there. Will test again with the quote marks.

Also, there was no error in the log (aside from completely irrelevant stuff like calling for the Tabula Rasa or a dungeon generation-related error).[DOUBLEPOST=1425117919][/DOUBLEPOST]OKAY. Check-in time.

So, I got the status effect to affect me like normal. 3 damage per tick, like normal.

But now, when I consume the consumable which changes "occaFireArmor", the damage increases from 3 to 5 damage per tick. How do I reduce it?[DOUBLEPOST=1425118010][/DOUBLEPOST]Paging @xxswatelitexx.

 

Okay, so I did the change as you suggested, gave myself "burning", used the consumable, and the damage still went up. This time from 3 to 4.

 

So, if I put in a negative value, would it subtract?

 

Okay, I tried using -0.5 as the value, and the damage stayed at 3 before and after using the consumable.

So, I reverted my math. And it worked like I wanted it to. So... yeah. Now it reads "2" each tick, but it feels more like 1.5 per tick.

Anyway, now that that is fixed, where should I edit melting.lua?

Code:

function init()
  animator.setParticleEmitterOffsetRegion("flames", mcontroller.boundBox())
  animator.setParticleEmitterActive("flames", true)
  effect.setParentDirectives("fade=FF8800=0.2")
  script.setUpdateDelta(5)

  self.tickTime = 1.0
  self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
  self.damage = 30

  status.applySelfDamageRequest({
      damageType = "IgnoresDef",
      damage = 30,
      sourceEntityId = entity.id()
    })
end

function update(dt)
  self.tickTimer = self.tickTimer - dt
  if self.tickTimer <= 0 then
    self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
    self.damage = self.damage * 2
    status.applySelfDamageRequest({
        damageType = "IgnoresDef",
        damage = self.damage,
        sourceEntityId = entity.id()
      })
  end
end

function uninit()
  status.addEphemeralEffect("burning")
end

 

Well... does that mean it should be this?

Code:

function init()
  animator.setParticleEmitterOffsetRegion("flames", mcontroller.boundBox())
  animator.setParticleEmitterActive("flames", true)
  effect.setParentDirectives("fade=FF8800=0.2")
  script.setUpdateDelta(5)

  self.tickTime = 1.0
  self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
  self.damage = 30

  status.applySelfDamageRequest({
      damageType = "IgnoresDef",
      damage = 30,
      sourceEntityId = entity.id()
    })
end

function update(dt)
  self.tickTimer = self.tickTimer - dt
  if self.tickTimer <= 0 then
    self.tickTimer = self.tickTime
    self.damage = self.damage * 2
    status.applySelfDamageRequest({
        damageType = "IgnoresDef",
        damage = self.damage * status.stat("occaFireArmor"),
        sourceEntityId = entity.id()
      })
  end
end

function uninit()
  status.addEphemeralEffect("burning")
end

Because that seems strange.

 

Alrighty then!

I successfully edited melting.lua to change its damage based on the value of the "occaFireArmor" value.

Thanks so much for your help, @xxswatelitexx!

Also, if you could close this thread in a few minutes that would be great.