Need scripting help: want to poison a barrel

[Bikerdude]

I thought I could use a method that I saw in another mission, but it wont work. Essentially what I want to do is as follows -

1. I have a bear/wine barrel
   
2. I have a poison vial with is in my inventory and can be dropped.
   
3. I want to poison said barrel with the contents of the vial.
   

Any pointers and a simple script would be appreciated.

[RJFerret]

Is there a reason you want a script instead of using the Objective system which does that directly? Also, what results from the poisoning?

 

This wiki article is more elaborate than what you need: http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Objectives#Having_the_player_place_multiple_interchangeable_items_in_varied_places.

 

In your case, just one objective using "item is in location" will do.

 

At the poison barrel have a info_tdm_objective_location item where the poison needs to be placed by the player, it needs the spawnarg "objective_group" set to whatever you specify below, such as barrel_objective_location.

 

Set the objective: "let the target entity poison_name be at location 0 of barrel_objective_location"

 

If you want anything more to happen than just the objective completing when they place the poison there, use the target of the objective to trigger whatever (like func_remove the poison object).

[AluminumHaste]

This was done in an FM already, there was a cauldron that you had to put an ingredient in. I think it was the one where you shoot a canon into a door to blast it open, is that Lich Queens' Demise?

[Goldwell]

This was done in an FM already, there was a cauldron that you had to put an ingredient in. I think it was the one where you shoot a canon into a door to blast it open, is that Lich Queens' Demise?

 

Yep you're right Lich Queens Demise was the FM that had that.

[Sotha]

Yep. Check LQD.

 

It was done with stim response system. There was a brush with a stim or response (and remember which way it was around). Then the object emitted complementary response or stim. Then, when the objects met, I triggered scripts that did stuff.

 

Multi-ingredient systems were done by simply having overlapping stim/response brushes.

[Bikerdude]

Yep. Check LQD.

Ok will have a look and see if I can under stand how its done, as I have never played around with the stim response system before.

[grayman]

You could also look at Glenham Tower, where we had to drop the gem into the liquid.

[Bikerdude]

I want to frob highlight the target object (barrel) and then select the poison vial, I assume the LQD method is closest to that..?

[Sotha]

No. The LQD method is

1) drop item to hands (frobber)

2) touch the location of interest with the item.

 

For a poison vial, it might look like you toss the whole bottle into the barrel.

 

Why not use a solid poison item, like a cube of crystalline poison. something you quickly drop into the to-be-poisoned container.