named bricks that actually do stuff

[Hawt]

So today I decided to make an RPG. I was going to use vce and create a tree that could be chopped and the player could get the resources, but as soon as I got out my wrench, I thought:

"events are overrated"

What I was thinking of is something that allows a player to place down any brick (not just a tree brick) and name it something specific, like Oak_Tree, and the player could use an axe (in specific) to lower its health to zero, and he/she would receive X amount of wooden logs. No events are used. So for the actual question, I was wondering: how do I make this? (including the axe part)

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[Conan]

the general approach would be to package ProjectileData::onCollision, and depending on the projectile datablock, check for different things on the object the projectile hit.

Assuming %col is a brick, you can check if it has a name that contains "tree" or is the same name as a preset list.

You'd also have to write a custom brick health function to calculate the health of a tree and subtract hp from it based on the projectile datablock, and when it reaches 0 call whatever functions you need to remove the tree and give the player the resources they got.

[Hawt]

alright, thanks. it works (still doing the health part though)

[SWAT One]

Might wanna name it Tree_Oak, so all trees are alphabetically sorted together.

[Hawt]

Additional, how could I give the player an oak log upon breaking? I've made an addRPGItem function, but how could I actually give the player the item, and when he/she does /inventory, how could it be shown? I've been trying to hours to figure this out.

Edit: The health works, but the players can instantly destroy it when it's planted, but after that the health works. Is there a workaround?

[Crøwn]

Post your code. If you want to give players oak trees you'll need to store the amount that they have as a variable on them to display later with the command.

[Conan]

Additional, how could I give the player an oak log upon breaking? I've made an addRPGItem function, but how could I actually give the player the item, and when he/she does /inventory, how could it be shown? I've been trying to hours to figure this out.

Edit: The health works, but the players can instantly destroy it when it's planted, but after that the health works. Is there a workaround?

don't just check if health = 0, since any undefined values will be equivalent to 0. Check if it has been damaged before (eg %brick.hasBeenDamaged); if its not, set the health to the starting amount, and then damage the brick.

if your oak tree resource is an actual item carried in their inventory, you can take a look into Event_addItem (found on any rtb archive) and see how it adds the item, given the item datablock/uiname.

edit: shiftkitty's method is better actually - its also how damage is handled for players and is less complicated. basically based on the datablock, it has a certain hp, and instead of subtracting from a brick's hp, add to its damage taken value.

[Shift Kitty]

Or do it in reverse.
currdamage >= maxdamage