Rotating the party

[Komag]

I don't think so, but you could do something close, maybe by instructing the party to place the item on the floor, where you have an invisible plate check whether it's the right item then activate the teleporter for it

[Edsploration]

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.

Hidden pressure plates, even those dynamically created and destroyed, can work wonders for non-flying monster and the party. As for thrown items... you might be able to get away with an x, y check on a fast timer, and then destroy and recreate the item elsewhere.

In one of my dungeons I have a lighting script which dynamically creates lights based on thrown objects coordinates. It doesn't bog down my computer even with recalculating lighting on a fast timer! Although I am still concerned about it and have to do more tweaking.

[msyblade]

This is so much easier than it sounds, follow close. Place an active teleporter, make sure it is only triggered by party,it is invisible, silent, changes facing, DOES NOT EMIT LIGHT OR FLASH SCREEN (all checkboxes).and activated. Then use the change facing tool (the green triangle pointing to one of four quadrants at the top of the inspector), and point the green arrow the direction you want it to turn the party. do not make a teleport target, it defaults on the same square.Be warned that this trick does not work as well as it did in dungeon master because there are different wall textures used in consecutive squares. You can use torchholders to get rid of shackles and such that may give it away when it changes, just be sure to make another, opposite and identical when they get turned around. Still not seamless, but the player will have to be paying close attention to catch the nuance change.

[SinusPi]

Thanks msyblade, but this only makes a teleporter turning the party in a specific direction. I wanted a random or 180'-depending-on-their-current-facing turn.

[Wolfrug]

Thanks msyblade, but this only makes a teleporter turning the party in a specific direction. I wanted a random or 180'-depending-on-their-current-facing turn.

Place an invisible pressure plate underneath the teleporter that activates a lua script:

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function activate(object)
-- print (object.name)
	for i in entitiesAt(object.level, object.x, object.y) do
		if i.name == "teleporter" then
  		local math = math.random (0,3)
		i:setTeleportTarget(i.x, i.y, math)
		end
	end
end

There, that's all you need. Whenever you step into the teleporter+on top of the pressure plate, it will randomly reassign the facing of the teleport.

You only need the one Lua script, as it works for any pressure plate attached to it.

-Wolfrug

[djoldgames]

In my EOB remake I use new objects (instance of teleporters) for rotating the party, then I can easily place this "spiner" like objects anywhere by Dungeon Editor and set target/facing individualy if needed...

This is script onMove hook for PARTY object (help.entitiesAtDir is a helper function from framework by JKos)

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onMove = function(self,dir)
	for e in help.entitiesAtDir(self,dir) do
		if e.name == 'teleporter_rotator90' then
			e:setTeleportTarget(e.x, e.y, (self.facing + 1)%4)
			print("Party rotated by 90")
		end
		if e.name == 'teleporter_rotator180' then
			e:setTeleportTarget(e.x, e.y, (self.facing + 2)%4)
			print("Party rotated by 180")
		end
		if e.name == 'teleporter_rotator270' then					
			e:setTeleportTarget(e.x, e.y, (self.facing + 3)%4)
			print("Party rotated by 270")
		end
	end
end

and this is definition of new cloned objects:

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cloneObject{
	name = "teleporter_rotator90",
	baseObject = "teleporter",
}
cloneObject{
	name = "teleporter_rotator180",
	baseObject = "teleporter",
}
cloneObject{
	name = "teleporter_rotator270",
	baseObject = "teleporter",
}

These 3 teleporters (spinners) are all I need for rotating (or rotating and moving) party on specific places in the dungeon...

[msyblade]

Ahhh, i see. I was really thinking of a specific puzzle from DM. Guess it left a lasting impression on me! (swahili for traumatized)

[TheLastOrder]

* 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.

Sorry Grimwold, but where must I place the plates?? And why are they needed for?
Isn't better hidden plates????
I understood that if you uses that teleport, it only works once, and then it deactivates itself.

Thanks for everything!