Random special items as loots and treasures

Neverwinter Nights 1 Toolset, Scripting, NWNX
1

Hey guys,
I have a list of many custom items (say 100+) that I want players to be able to find randomly, either as monster drops or treasures (or by picking certain placeables). What’s the best way to go about it?

2

This is one our Mod uses. This would require that all your item resrefs be similar/same and sequential.

Just put it in the “OnDeath” for the mob.

void main()
{
            int nItemNum = d100(2);
            if (nItemNum <= 9)
            {
            string sItem = "ULITEM_00" + IntToString(nItemNum);
            CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            }
            else if (nItemNum <= 99)
            {
            string sItem = "ULITEM_0" + IntToString(nItemNum);
            CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            }
            else
            {
            string sItem = ("ULITEM_" + IntToString(nItemNum));
            CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            }
}

This one is a little more sinister and complicated. It leaves the prospect you get nothing…

void main()
{
  ExecuteScript("uberloot", OBJECT_SELF);
  int nDiceRoll = d100(1);
  if(nDiceRoll <= 10)
        {
            int nItemNum = d100(1);
            if (nItemNum <= 9)
            {
            string sItem = "KelObjectHigh00" + IntToString(nItemNum);
            CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            }
            else if (nItemNum <= 99)
            {
            string sItem = "KelObjectHigh0" + IntToString(nItemNum);
            CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            }
            else
            {
            string sItem = ("KelObjectHigh" + IntToString(nItemNum));
            CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
            }
        }
  else if(nDiceRoll <= 20)
    {
    int nItemNum = d100(1)+100;
    string sItem = ("KelObjectHigh" + IntToString(nItemNum));
    CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
    }
  else if(nDiceRoll <= 30)
    {
    int nItemNum = d100(1)+200;
    string sItem = ("KelObjectHigh" + IntToString(nItemNum));
    CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
    }
    }
3

Thanks,
I assume I can use the same script on the “OnSpawn” of placeables/treasures as well so it won’t just be monsters loot?

4

I actually don’t know… I’ve never dealt with a placeable/chest. I would think it would work with the OnOpen of a chest… As far as picking up a placeable, I would think that would deal with the OnAcquire events, and I can’t think of a clean way to do that off the top of my head.

5

Okay,

If I’m tagging the resref with incremental numbers without using zeroes at the beginning, for instance ULITEM_1 till ULITEM_555 , I would be able to use fewer lines of codes, right?

i.e.

void main()
{
        int nitemnumber = d555;
        int rolldice = d100;
        if (rolldice > 98)
        {
        string sItem = "ULITEM_" + IntToString(nItemNum);
        CreateItemOnObject(sItem, OBJECT_SELF, 1);
        }
}
6

Does it matter that items can be duplicated? If not, that code is good, giving a 1% chance of finding a special item.

Does “picking” a placeable simply mean opening it? In that case, the script is similar, except that you only want it to happen once, so add these lines before the “if” statement:

if (GetLocalInt(OBJECT_SELF, "AlreadyOpened")) return;

SetLocalInt(OBJECT_SELF, "AlreadyOpened", TRUE);

That’s not a problem with creature drops, because a creature can only die once.

7

True, but this is for a PW. How can I do it so that chest can be re-accessed after a certain amount of time?

8

Ah, yes, you’d need to set the local variable to a timestamp, comparing it with the current time.

9

Yea, I just realized I got the answer for the timedelay on another thread so I could use that - Respawn item in inventory of placeable after X time

I think that solved this issue; I’ll check it out soon and post back if there are any hitches.
Thanks!

10

I say that likely works. That assumes you want the same chance for all items.

And that NWN assumes that saying “d555” means “give me a random number between 555”.

For the script I submitted (particularly the Kelt items), This was organized so that items of particular value were arranged in order. I would recommend a predetermined length to your item name… maybe not length, but number of trailing digits. A call for “ULITEM1” might be called with the same diceroll as “ULITEM107”, as both contain “ULITEM1”.

Consider that you have a 2% of getting SOMETHING. But your chance of getting a particular item is 2/555 (or 0.0036036036%) chance.

Also,
You can have that one run on a boss too, inside your bosses loot script. In this loot script, our mod uses Tag based scripting (as I understand it) to link the bosses resref to the items resref. And he can still drops some other stuff.

void main()
{
 ExecuteScript ("uberloot", OBJECT_SELF);
 ExecuteScript ("lootgems", OBJECT_SELF);

    string sName = GetResRef(OBJECT_SELF);
{
  int nDiceRoll = d100(1);
  if(nDiceRoll <= 10)
    {
    CreateItemOnObject((sName+"1"), OBJECT_SELF, 1);
    }
   else if(nDiceRoll <= 20)
    {
    CreateItemOnObject((sName+"2"), OBJECT_SELF, 1);
    }
   else if(nDiceRoll <= 30)
    {
    CreateItemOnObject((sName+"3"), OBJECT_SELF, 1);
    }

}
}

Understand please, that I wrote exactly 0 percent of this. I’ve reverse engineered this all and can take no credit for any of it. This came from Craig Suters “World of Amon” mod.