Creature Stacking

[Flatlander]

Here is a first rough draft of "Creature Stacking" we are making this for many reasons... one of which is so small monsters can "swarm" you.

Here is Draft 2 (Works a little better now)

 

[Nothxbye]

It wasn't possible without otclient?

 

[zbizu]

What changes in TFS are required to make monsters stack?

 

[Printer]

That looks really cool

 

[HalfAway]

Sweet with a rat plague and the rats are swarming!

 

[Flatlander]

What changes in TFS are required to make monsters stack?

None, not one change is needed in TFS for this.

<flag walkable="1"> in monsters.xml makes them walkable, then in otclient you need adjustments to monsters who stack up so their center point is adjusted.

My version still has a few issues, the monsters aren't drawn in the right order, and they aren't drawn in exactly the right places yet, but I like where it is going.

 

[Flatlander]

Updated original topic with Draft 2:

 

[totolol123]

For small monsters it's really nice, cool idea

 

[Flatlander]

For small monsters it's really nice, cool idea

Works well with Flying creatures too, like Seagulls, butterflies, bats, etc.

 

[hellboy]

Great idea!

 

[hellboy]

None, not one change is needed in TFS for this.

<flag walkable="1"> in monsters.xml makes them walkable, then in otclient you need adjustments to monsters who stack up so their center point is adjusted.

My version still has a few issues, the monsters aren't drawn in the right order, and they aren't drawn in exactly the right places yet, but I like where it is going.

Hmmm...

[Warning - Monsters::loadMonster] Unknown flag attribute: walkable. data/monster/Animals/rat.xml

What I'm doing wrong? :S

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<monster name="Rat" nameDescription="a rat" race="blood" experience="5" speed="134" manacost="200">
        <health now="20" max="20"/>
        <look type="21" corpse="5964"/>
        <targetchange interval="2000" chance="0"/>
        <strategy attack="100" defense="0"/>
        <flags>
                <flag summonable="1"/>
                <flag attackable="1"/>
                <flag hostile="1"/>
                <flag illusionable="1"/>
                <flag convinceable="1"/>
                <flag pushable="1"/>
                <flag canpushitems="0"/>
                <flag canpushcreatures="0"/>
                <flag targetdistance="1"/>
                <flag staticattack="90"/>
                <flag runonhealth="5"/>
                <flag walkable="1"/>
        </flags>
        <attacks>
                <attack name="melee" interval="2000" skill="6" attack="9"/>
        </attacks>
        <defenses armor="1" defense="2"/>
        <elements>
                <element earthPercent="25"/>
                <element holyPercent="10"/>
                <element icePercent="-10"/>
                <element deathPercent="-10"/>
        </elements>
        <voices interval="2000" chance="9">
                <voice sentence="Meep!"/>
        </voices>
        <loot>
                <item id="2696" chance="3990" /><!-- cheese -->
        </loot>
</monster>

#EDIT#

https://github.com/otland/forgottenserver/blob/master/src/monsters.cpp#L840#L876

 

[Flatlander]

Hmmm...

[Warning - Monsters::loadMonster] Unknown flag attribute: walkable. data/monster/Animals/rat.xml

What I'm doing wrong? :S

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<monster name="Rat" nameDescription="a rat" race="blood" experience="5" speed="134" manacost="200">
        <health now="20" max="20"/>
        <look type="21" corpse="5964"/>
        <targetchange interval="2000" chance="0"/>
        <strategy attack="100" defense="0"/>
        <flags>
                <flag summonable="1"/>
                <flag attackable="1"/>
                <flag hostile="1"/>
                <flag illusionable="1"/>
                <flag convinceable="1"/>
                <flag pushable="1"/>
                <flag canpushitems="0"/>
                <flag canpushcreatures="0"/>
                <flag targetdistance="1"/>
                <flag staticattack="90"/>
                <flag runonhealth="5"/>
                <flag walkable="1"/>
        </flags>
        <attacks>
                <attack name="melee" interval="2000" skill="6" attack="9"/>
        </attacks>
        <defenses armor="1" defense="2"/>
        <elements>
                <element earthPercent="25"/>
                <element holyPercent="10"/>
                <element icePercent="-10"/>
                <element deathPercent="-10"/>
        </elements>
        <voices interval="2000" chance="9">
                <voice sentence="Meep!"/>
        </voices>
        <loot>
                <item id="2696" chance="3990" /><!-- cheese -->
        </loot>
</monster>

#EDIT#

https://github.com/otland/forgottenserver/blob/master/src/monsters.cpp#L840#L876

Sadly, you personally are doing nothing wrong, other than using TFS 1.0

I have some experience with TFS 1.0, and from my experience I have learned that, it is missing a TON of features that are found in TFS 3.6 or 4.0.

If you want walkable to be a flag for monsters submit the request on GITHUB. and I'm sure they can easily add this feature in.
BTW my currently list is a bit bigger than the one TFS 1.0 has:

    else if(!xmlStrcmp(p->name, (const xmlChar*)"flags"))
     {
       for(xmlNodePtr tmpNode = p->children; tmpNode; tmpNode = tmpNode->next)
       {
         if(!xmlStrcmp(tmpNode->name, (const xmlChar*)"flag"))
         {
           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "summonable", strValue))
             mType->isSummonable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "attackable", strValue))
             mType->isAttackable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "hostile", strValue))
             mType->isHostile = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "illusionable", strValue))
             mType->isIllusionable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "convinceable", strValue))
             mType->isConvinceable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "pushable", strValue))
             mType->pushable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canpushitems", strValue))
             mType->canPushItems = booleanString(strValue);
            
           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canclimbitems", strValue))
             mType->canClimbItems = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canghostdoors", strValue))
             mType->canGhostDoors = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canfly", strValue))
             mType->canFly = booleanString(strValue);
            
           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canghostwalls", strValue))
             mType->canGhostWalls = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canusestairs", strValue))
             mType->canUseStairs = booleanString(strValue);
            
           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "canpushcreatures", strValue))
             mType->canPushCreatures = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "hidename", strValue))
             mType->hideName = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "hidehealth", strValue))
             mType->hideHealth = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLInteger(tmpNode, "lootmessage", intValue))
             mType->lootMessage = (LootMessage_t)intValue;

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "alwaysactive", strValue))
             mType->alwaysactive = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "targetupstairs", strValue))
             mType->targetUpstairs = booleanString(strValue);
            
           if(readXMLInteger(tmpNode, "staticattack", intValue))
           {
             if(intValue < 0 || intValue > 100)
             {
               SHOW_XML_WARNING("staticattack lower than 0 or greater than 100");
               intValue = 0;
             }

             mType->staticAttackChance = intValue;
           }

           if(readXMLInteger(tmpNode, "lightlevel", intValue))
             mType->lightLevel = intValue;

           if(readXMLInteger(tmpNode, "lightcolor", intValue))
             mType->lightColor = intValue;

           if(readXMLInteger(tmpNode, "targetdistance", intValue))
           {
             if(intValue > Map::maxViewportX)
               SHOW_XML_WARNING("targetdistance greater than maxViewportX");

             mType->targetDistance = std::max(1, intValue);
           }

           if(readXMLInteger(tmpNode, "runonhealth", intValue))
             mType->runAwayHealth = intValue;

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "viewrange", strValue))
             mType->viewRange = strValue;
            
           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "lureable", strValue))
             mType->isLureable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "walkable", strValue))
             mType->isWalkable = booleanString(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "skull", strValue))
             mType->skull = getSkulls(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "shield", strValue))
             mType->partyShield = getPShields(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "emblem", strValue))
             mType->guildEmblem = getEmblems(strValue);

           if(readXMLString(tmpNode, "eliminable", strValue))
             mType->eliminable = booleanString(strValue);
         }
       }

 

[hellboy]

Thanks for reply, I'll look in 0.3 source and try add it. If I'll fail then I submit request.

 

[Cesrarr]

@Flatlander
Im using tfs 1.3, got they walking inside each other, but what changes you dit in otclient to they stack?