[8.6] [OTX] Simple summon rune request

[ralke]

I need a rune or a wooden flute (id:2070) that when use it summons a maxium of 6 snake on the selected tile (with a cooldown of 10 minutes). The main idea of this is to have snakes for training with a summoned monk, avoiding the lure.

 

[Aled]

What do you mean by 'on the selected tile'?

function onUse(player, item, fromPosition, target, toPosition, isHotkey)
    local storage = 555
    local cooldown = 10*60*1000 -- ten minutes
    if getPlayerStorageValue(player,storage) == 1 then
        doSendAnimatedText(fromPosition, "You must wait 10 minutes before using this item again.", MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR])
    else
        for i=1,6 do
            doCreatureMonster('Snake',getCreaturePosition(player))
        end
        setPlayerStorageValue(player,storage,1)
        addEvent(function()
        setPlayerStorageValue(player,storage,0)
        end,cooldown)
    end
    return true
end

in actions will do what you want.

 

[OT World]

Instead of using addEvents you could use a function which will set the storage value as the current time + 10 minutes.

local minutes = 10
function getTime()
  return tonumber(os.date("%H%M", os.time()+(minutes*60)))
end

function getCurrentTime()
  return tonumber(os.date("%H%M", os.time()))
end

print(getTime(), getCurrentTime(), getTime() == getCurrentTime(), type(getTime()), type(getCurrentTime()))

Here you can see how the function behaves.

1625    1615    false    number    number

 

[OT World]

So we can re-write this as

local minutes, storage = 10, 555

function getExhaustTime()
  return tonumber(os.date("%H%M", os.time()+(minutes*60)))
end

function getCurrentTime()
  return tonumber(os.date("%H%M", os.time()))
end

function onUse(player, item, fromPosition, target, toPosition, isHotkey)
    if getPlayerStorageValue(player,storage) < getCurrentTime()  then
        doSendAnimatedText(fromPosition, "You must wait "..(minutes).." minutes before using this item again.", MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR])
        return false
    else
        for i=1,6 do
            doCreatureMonster('Snake',getCreaturePosition(player))
        end
        setPlayerStorageValue(player,storage, getExhaustTime())
    end
    return true
end

If you need more precision you can always add more arguments to os.date()
Programming in Lua : 22.1

 

[Aled]

That's awesome, cheers.
I am learning a lot.