Spawn an item on top of a placeable?

Neverwinter Nights 1 Toolset, Scripting, NWNX
#21

Funny, I tested spawning on an invisible placeable for a range of items, including weapons. Those I tried worked.

Maybe some items lack a vital geometry element? Likewise, not all placeables seem to allow items to spawn on them.

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#22

@Proleric i’d love to duplicate your results, it would make for some very cool possibilities !
maybe i’m scripting this wrong ?

to be clear, i was referring to the standard bioware placeable ‘Invisible Object’ [tag=InvisibleObject] in the ‘miscellaneous’ category, and leaving its checkbox at ‘static’. i place it in the toolset at a location w/z=2.0 and spawn the item programmatically :

object o = GetObjectByTag("InvisibleObject");
if (!GetIsObjectValid(o)) {
    SendMessageToPC(GetFirstPC(), "no invisible object !");
    return;
}
showloc(o);
location l = GetLocation(o);
object a = GetAreaFromLocation(l);
float f = GetFacingFromLocation(l);
vector v = GetPositionFromLocation(l);
v.z += 2.0;     // spawn it 2m directly above the placeable
l = Location(a, v, f);
o = CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_ITEM, "nw_wswmls002", l);
showloc(o);
DelayCommand(1.0, showloc(o));

the showloc() routine simply displays location data to the console.

do you notice if i’ve made some sort of mistake here ?
if not, i suppose it’s dependent on specific items. :confused:
i am personally ZERO on model building, but if that’s the case, i bet one of the modelers might have a constructive answer.

#23

My approach was identical, except that the invisible object has the tag zTest, and the item is spawned at the invisible object. This script, run in Debug Mode, spawns a floating item:

void main()
{

  CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_ITEM, "nw_wswmls002", GetLocation(GetObjectByTag("zTest")));

}
#24

// EDIT, nevermind, I didn’t see it was an item, thought you meant a placeable. I have no idea if it works with items…

I’ve done this a couple of times.
I Place an object in the toolset, where I want to spawn a new placeable, for example a copy of the placeable you want to spawn. Adjust height, facing etc.

Then have a script store the location of the placeable as a LocalLocation on some object, destroy the placeable and use the location again when you spawn the placeable via a script.
Example: From an trigger when entering area:

    object globe1 = GetObjectByTag("base_dummyglobe1");
    object pied1 = GetObjectByTag("piedestal_strong");
    SetLocalLocation(pied1,"globe",GetLocation(globe1));
    DestroyObject(globe1);
   
    (Yes, piedestal is wrong spelling...)

Then in the script that should spawn the placeable (Here it’s a conversation with the “piedestal_strong”)

object oPC = GetPCSpeaker();
location lglobe = GetLocalLocation(OBJECT_SELF,“globe”);
CreateObject(OBJECT_TYPE_PLACEABLE,“place_powerglobe”,lglobe,FALSE,“energy2_ready”); // Giving the globe the tag “energy2_ready” //

I hope this helps you.

/Pap