Disalbe all encounters in an area...

[Legacy_Cursed Eclipse]

               

Disalbe all encounters in an area......i've found a function able to do this work.

My goal is to disable ALL the encounters present in an area when certain conditions occur.

void DisableEncountersInArea(object oArea)
    {
     object oEncounter = GetFirstInPersistentObject(oArea, OBJECT_TYPE_ENCOUNTER);
     while (GetIsObjectValid(oEncounter))
        {
         SetEncounterActive(TRUE, oEncounter);
         oEncounter = GetNextInPersistentObject(oArea, OBJECT_TYPE_ENCOUNTER);
        }
    }
//here my code:
void main()
{
if (GetIsPC(GetEnteringObject()))
  {
  object area = GetArea(OBJECT_SELF);
  DisableEncountersInArea(area);
  }
}

(Like Lexicon suggest, the encounter is set to single shoot)

 

 

i put that script on enter of a generic trigger ,but didn't work.

Then,i tried with OnEnter of an area,but also this attempt was a failure.

 

so I tried to change a bit:

void main()
{
object oPC = GetEnteringObject();
object area = GetArea(oPC);
DisableEncountersInArea(area);
}

but it does not work the same. The encounters were still disabled.

 

 

 

I know there are other methods to activate-disable encounters,but i was pretty sure that the function is correct .Where i'm wrong?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Terrorble]

               

Rather than use GetFirstInPersistentObject(), use GetFirstObjectInArea() and GetNextObjectInArea().

 

Also, inside your "while" statement, make sure the object you have is an encounter before trying to set it active.

 

Like this:

 

if( GetObjectType(oEncounter) == OBJECT_TYPE_ENCOUNTER ) 

{

then set it active

}

oEncounter = GetNextObjectInArea(oArea);

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Cursed Eclipse]

               

Thx for the tips

void main() 
{
object oArea = GetArea(OBJECT_SELF);
object oEncounter = GetFirstObjectInArea(oArea); 
 if( !GetIsObjectValid( oArea) || (GetArea( oArea) != oArea)) return; 
  if (GetObjectType(oEncounter) == OBJECT_TYPE_ENCOUNTER)
   { 
   SetEncounterActive(TRUE,oEncounter);
    } 
    oEncounter = GetNextObjectInArea(oArea); 
    }
//not tested yet

 

but I was left with the curiosity about

GetFirstInPersistentObject

what wrong with that function? is broken?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Terrorble]

               

You're close with your code.  I'll retype how I typically do this sort of thing with the while loop.  As long as the GetFirst and GetNext functions pass a valid object, the while loop continues thru everything in the area.

 

void main()

{

  object oArea = GetArea(OBJECT_SELF);

  object oEncounter = GetFirstObjectInArea(oArea);

 

  while( GetIsObjectValid(oEncounter) )

  {

    if( GetObjectType(oEncounter) == OBJECT_TYPE_ENCOUNTER )

    {

      SetEncounterActive(TRUE,oEncounter);

    }

   oEncounter = GetNextObjectInArea(oArea);

  }

}

//**I typed this directly here, so hopefully it compiles and I didn't make any typographical errors.

  

 

 

// Get the first object within oPersistentObject.

// - oPersistentObject

// - nResidentObjectType: OBJECT_TYPE_*

// - nPersistentZone: PERSISTENT_ZONE_ACTIVE. [This could also take the value

//   PERSISTENT_ZONE_FOLLOW, but this is no longer used.]

// * Returns OBJECT_INVALID if no object is found.

 

GetFirstInPersistentObject() is used for AoE (area of effect) spells.  I know it seems like the area object would be classified as a persistent object, but it isn't used this way.

 

EffectAreaOfEffect() creates a persistent object.  For example, when you cast entangle, it uses this function.  Then entangle uses GetFirstInPersistentObject() to start cycling through objects within the entangle area of effect.