Intentionally making a Pickup Delay

[Matt]

I can think of a couple approaches to this.

What exactly is the desired effect?

Is it something like this?

1. Stand in front of thing
2. Hold use in front of thing for 100 tics ("Plucking apple from tree...")
3. On success, the real item is on standby for xyz tics ("Apple plucked and eaten. Digesting...")
4. While waiting for those xyz tics, player is free to go anywhere ("Digesting...")
5. Once the xyz tics are up, the item is fully "done" ("Apple digested. Blood sugar restored to normal.")
6. The original object interacted with stays exactly where it is and does not move ("There are more apples in this tree.")

[AFADoomer]

I think something like this may be more in line with the intent

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int holdCounter;

override void touch(Actor toucher){ }

override bool used(Actor user)
{
    holdCounter++;
    if(holdCounter >= 100)
    {
        Super.touch(user);
    }
// Tell the player that they weren't really holding down use, so that this function will re-run on the next tick as long as you keep holding down use
    if (user.player) { user.player.usedown = false; } 
    return true;
}

Of course you'll want to add some extra code to reset the hold counter if the item isn't being actively used

I added a line (the comment and the next line) to Caligari's example that should make this code work... I've implemented an almost identical solution in the current Blade of Agony dev builds, so I know this works.

[Caligari87]

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if (user.player) { user.player.usedown = false; }

That is wicked clever.

[insightguy]

I think something like this may be more in line with the intent

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int holdCounter;

override void touch(Actor toucher){ }

override bool used(Actor user)
{
    holdCounter++;
    if(holdCounter >= 100)
    {
        Super.touch(user);
    }
// Tell the player that they weren't really holding down use, so that this function will re-run on the next tick as long as you keep holding down use
    if (user.player) { user.player.usedown = false; } 
    return true;
}

Of course you'll want to add some extra code to reset the hold counter if the item isn't being actively used

I added a line (the comment and the next line) to Caligari's example that should make this code work... I've implemented an almost identical solution in the current Blade of Agony dev builds, so I know this works.

AFADoomer, If I could Kiss you now I would. Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Now All I need to do is figureout why A_takeinventory does not work.