Rotating the party

[SinusPi]

Perhaps the most famous dungeon-crawler "puzzle" is having the party randomly turned around.

So, how do I do this..?
- Party.facing is read-only
- I tried a teleporter with setChangeFacing(true), but I can't change a teleporter's .facing either

So... am I stuck with having to create 4 teleporters on one square, and activating the one that I need in order to turn the party in a specific direction..? Sounds like terrible overkill for me...

[Grimwold]

This has definitely been mentioned on the forums before. I think it may have been in the EOB thread - viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3350&start=50&hilit=waterdeep
but there are 11 pages and with a cursory glance I can't just find it.

I think if I were going to try scripting it I would use hidden pressure plates at each entrance that destroy the existing teleporter and spawn a new one with the appropriate facing.

e.g. something like:

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rotator_teleporter:destroy()
spawn("teleporter",level,x,y,facing,"rotator_teleporter")
  :setTriggeredByMonster(false)
  :setTriggeredByItem(false)
  :setTeleportTarget(x,y,facing)
  :setChangeFacing(true)
  :setInvisible(true)
  :setSilent(true)
  :setScreenFlash(false)

[Komag]

You also want the teleporter to only work for an extremely short period of time or else the player won't be able to move!

[Grimwold]

You also want the teleporter to only work for an extremely short period of time or else the player won't be able to move!

I didn't realise this was an issue.. I thought, like falling, a teleporter wouldn't activate if you entered it from another teleporter.

[Komag]

Ah, yes you're right about single teleporters, my mistake. The problem occurs if you loop two or more teleporters, then you can't get out.

[Grimwold]

Ah, yes you're right about single teleporters, my mistake. The problem occurs if you loop two or more teleporters, then you can't get out.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.

[Grimwold]

Just tested it, and this worked well for me:

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function replaceTeleport(plate)
  -- hudPrint(plate.id)
  if plate.id == "plate_N" then
    Tfacing = 3
  elseif plate.id == "plate_E" then
    Tfacing = 0
  elseif plate.id == "plate_S" then
    Tfacing = 1
  elseif plate.id == "plate_W" then
    Tfacing = 2
  else
    Tfacing = 0
  end
  turner_teleporter:destroy()
  spawn("teleporter",1,22,8,Tfacing,"turner_teleporter")
    :setTriggeredByMonster(false)
    :setTriggeredByItem(false)
    :setTeleportTarget(22,8,Tfacing)
    :setChangeFacing(true)
    :setInvisible(true)
    :setSilent(true)
    :setScreenFlash(false)
end

* Create 4 plates and name them plate_N; plate_E; plate_S and plate_W
* Link all 4 plates to a script entity with the above code and the action replaceTeleport
* Place a teleporter and name it turner_teleporter
* Change the co-ordinates of the spawn location and teleport target to suit.

This setup rotates the party clockwise... for other combinations, change the Tfacing values.

[SinusPi]

Hummm. I guess it would work then...

function rotateParty(facing)
spawn("teleporter",party.level,party.x,party.y,facing,"turner_teleporter")
:setTriggeredByMonster(false)
:setTriggeredByItem(false)
:setTeleportTarget(party.x,party.y,facing)
:setChangeFacing(true)
:setInvisible(true)
:setSilent(true)
:setScreenFlash(false)
end
end

... and later just remove it.
Hum, is it just me, or is there no "Activated" hook on a teleporter..?

[Grimwold]

Hum, is it just me, or is there no "Activated" hook on a teleporter..?

do you mean to test if it is activated, like

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turner_teleporter:isActivated()

Or do you mean a way to call a function the moment it is activated ?

[SinusPi]

I mean the moment a party/monster/item gets teleported, if I were to make - say - a teleporter that only works under certain conditions, or only teleports certain items thrown at it, and lets others through.