Modding Help monster killing drops

I am posting this thread twice.
I'm trying to figure out to force weapons to drop a specific item from killing monsters.
any idea?

 

You mean like the hunting items do? Dropping meat, leather, etc?

If so, that's where you'd start. Unless I misunderstand the question.

 

yes, that's exactly what I meant?
like bows do
but for melee weapons

 

A monster's dropPool is set in it's .monstertype file, for example:

Code:

  "dropPools" : [ { "default" : "poptopTreasure", "bow" : "poptopHunting" } ],

The "default" and "bow" thingies refer to the damageKind of the thing that kills them; for example, in a .projectile file:

Code:

  "damageKind" : "bow"

(If you want to define your own damageKind, you'll need to make a /damage/<yourdamage>.damage file)
(I have no idea how to set a melee's damageKind so you'll have to play with that)
"poptopTreasure" and "poptopHunting refers to their treasurePool, which are defined in /treasure/*.treasurepools. Eg., from "hunting.treasurepools":

Code:

  "poptopHunting" : [
  [1, {
  "pool" : [
  {"weight" : 0.599, "item" : "alienmeat"},
  {"weight" : 0.400, "item" : "sharpenedclaw"},
  {"weight" : 0.001, "item" : "poptopaf"}
  ]
  } ]
  ],

tl;dr to get a monster to drop something specific when using a weapon, you need to:
- define that "something specific" into a treasurepools
- set that weapon's damageKind, and optionally make your own .damage file so that it doesn't collide with other weapons
- set that treasurepools and damageKind in the .monstertype's dropPool you want