Script spawning

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AuthorTopic: Script spawning
Groupofglaahks
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Member # 5698
 written Friday, November 25 2005 16:59 Profile #0
How do I make a script spawn a creature?

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Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, November 25 2005 18:25 Profile Homepage #1
quote:
void place_monster(short loc_x,short loc_y,short monst_type,short not_worth_xp)

Makes a monster of type monst_type appear at {loc_x,loc_y}. It is hostile to the party. The game has 34 slots reserved for wandering monsters and creatures made using the place_monster function.

If not_worth_xp is 0, than the creature is a normal creature. If not_worth_xp is 1, the creature drops no items and awards no experience when killed. If not_worth_xp is 2, the creature is considered to be summoned. It drops no items, isn't worth xp, and disappears a few turns later.

The summoned creature uses its default script.
For most situations, that's probably the call you want.

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Kelandon
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 written Friday, November 25 2005 19:44 Profile Homepage #2
You know, I can't find a place_monster call anywhere in GF3, although I may just not have searched in the right script. I can find plenty of spawn_creature calls, though, and that call seems to work the same way as the BoA call.

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Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, November 25 2005 21:01 Profile Homepage #3
So place_monster doesn't work in Geneforge? Huh. Damn. spawn_creature only allows the spawning of creatures that have already been placed in town, though, doesn't it?

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