PROXIMITY and items

[agentorangeguy]

I'm wondering if the PROXIMITY event can be used with items just like it can be used with NPC's....

I've got an item I'm trying to script to do something when the PROXIMITY event is triggered, however it doesn't seem to be triggering. When I change it to DOUBLECLICK and run it that way, it works perfectly. I *could* just use a usecode egg and place it over said object, but I'd rather do it an easier route and have the item itself call the function when the poximity event is true. Is this possible or is the proximity event only useful for npcs?

[Knight Captain]

No, shapes do not have PROXIMITY code.

If the item is static on the map, eggs handle this well.

If the item is not static, I'm drawing a blank on the best way to do this.

Can you share more detail of what you want to do?

[Knight Captain]

Items like a horsecart, boat, or magic carpet could have an egg on them.

[agentorangeguy]

Well one thing I want to do is those little volcano things, fumaroles? from U6, where they'd randomly explode and do damage to the party if they were nearby. I can get it to work via a usecode egg, but I was hoping that I could tie it with the shape itself rather than have to place an egg at every one.

[Knight Captain]

I can see why you'd want that tied to the shape then, since there will be many of them on the map.

Maybe making an NPC that spawns but cannot move could work?

[Dominus]

An NPc like that was the first thing I thought of as well

[agentorangeguy]

Hmmmm didn't think about making it an npc.... I'll give it a try

[Dominus]

While I know and understand that you are not showing off much of your U6 mod, if the npc works out can you show us in a short video? I would live to see that

[agentorangeguy]

I tried to classify it as an npc monster, but it didn't seem to work right. The script wouldn't trigger and it would just randomly delete the monster/npc. Maybe I just gotta play around with it some more. I'll try to record something if i can get it to work