How do I use game methods? or destroy?

[ficolas]

is there any way I can define the entity without using the findentities function?

[ficolas]

I tried with this

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	if glob.playerdiedtick==true then
		glob.playerdiedtick=false
		local entities = game.findentities{ topleft = {x = game.getplayer().position.x - 1, y = game.getplayer().position.y - 1}, bottomright = {x = game.getplayer().position.x + 1 ,y = game.getplayer().position.y + 1} }
		for i,entity in ipairs(entities) do
			if (entity.name== "Spawn") then
				entity[i].destroy()
				break
			end
		end
	end
	if event.name == "onplayerdied" then
		glob.playerdiedtick=true
	end

but it didnt work

[FreeER]

I don't think onplayerdied is implemented yet (but I could be wrong)

[ficolas]

I think it is implemented, but it will be removed in 0.3, and merged with onunitdied into on entitydied

[FreeER]

Well the reason I thought it wasn't implemented was because I get nothing from trying to use it even:

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       if event.name == "onplayerdied" then
          game.getplayer().print("DEAD")
       end

gives no result

[ficolas]

uh weird, kovarex plz help D:?

[drs9999]

I dont believe that this event is implemented, too.

But les say it is, then it is important to know how then dead of the player is handled in-game.
Will the end-screen instantly pop up (with a call of the onplayerdied event parallel) or will it call the event first, execute the code in it and only if the player is still dead after the execution then display the end-screen.

But anyway, at least you have to recreate the player-entity in the onplayerdied event.

[ficolas]

I dont believe that this event is implemented, too.

But les say it is, then it is important to know how then dead of the player is handled in-game.
Will the end-screen instantly pop up (with a call of the onplayerdied event parallel) or will it call the event first, execute the code in it and only if the player is still dead after the execution then display the end-screen.

But anyway, at least you have to recreate the player-entity in the onplayerdied event.

The death screen wont be pooped out, we are talking about when a player port (an entity that respawns the player) is placed.

[FreeER]

perhaps it is that onplayerdied isn't being called/used at all because the player is instead being teleported to the player-port, not actually dieing? If so we'd probably need a onplayerteleport (or something similar). Or if the player-port could be configured through the json file to self-destruct after x uses.

[ficolas]

Ah maybe thats why kovarex said about onplqyerrespawned

[drs9999]

Hmm..
Another idea:
Try "entity.destroy()" instead of "entity.destroy()"

Very unsure if this will work, but it is worth a try ( if you didnt tried it, already)

[FreeER]

Will the end-screen instantly pop up (with a call of the onplayerdied event parallel) or will it call the event first, execute the code in it and only if the player is still dead after the execution then display the end-screen.

quick and easy test for that is:

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if event.name == "onplayerdied" then game.getplayer().health=100 end

HOWEVER, that crashed the game with LuaEntity::luaNewIndex: readonly
Not sure the proper way of increasing an entity's health or I'd do a proper test, but this would seem to show that onplayerdied does exist (in 2.10), but is only called on a true death. not when respawning

[ficolas]

I think you cant do game.getplayer().health=100, instead you can use game.getplayer().sethealth(100)

also, can you test this:

   if glob.playerdiedtick==true then
      glob.playerdiedtick=false
      local entities = game.findentities{ topleft = {x = game.getplayer().position.x - 1, y = game.getplayer().position.y - 1}, bottomright = {x = game.getplayer().position.x + 1 ,y = game.getplayer().position.y + 1} }
      for i,entity in ipairs(entities) do
         if (entity.name== "Spawn") then
            entity.destroy()
            break
         end
      end
   end
if game.getplayer().health==0 then
glob.playerdiedtick=true
end

[drs9999]

yes i changed my opinion.
the onplayerdied event exist.

but sadly it seems that the onplayerdied event isnt called when the player can respawn. but you already noticed that before.

[FreeER]

I think you cant do game.getplayer().health=100, instead you can use game.getplayer().sethealth(100)

also, can you test this:

game.getplayer().sethealth(100) does not throw an error, however it still goes to gameover screen (perhaps because the player is destoryed?)
tested: unfortunately it did not destroy the spawner

edit: entity.destroy() instead of entity.destroy() DOES however work

Try "entity.destroy()" instead of "entity.destroy()"

Thanks drs

[ficolas]

Lol, I wonder, why did I use entity.destroy...

[FreeER]

just used to doing so with a for loop? idk

[ficolas]

And the event onplayerdied is called when respawning? or it is not? it works with health==0 and entity.remove(), or with the event and entity.remove()?

[drs9999]

I only tested:

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if event.name == "onplayerdied" then game.getplayer().print("DEAD") end

The message is only displayed if the player dies and NO player-port is built before.

[FreeER]

onplayerdied is not called on a respawn (from what I can tell). You'd have to monitor the health of the player. It works with what you asked us to test: using game.getplayer().health==0 then for ... end and entity.destroy() not entity.destroy()