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The being [[Modding:blueprint|blueprint]] is used to define new beings.
  
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== Blueprint ==
  
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Being blueprints are registered with the ''register_being'' procedure. Registered blueprints are stored in a global Lua table called ''beings''.
  
 
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If it bleeds, it leads. Beings inherit from the [[Modding:Thing|Thing]] base class which handles some basic properties in common with items. In addition the [[Modding:Player|Player]] inherits this class, so anything you can do to creatures can be done to the player as well.
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== Prototype ==
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New beings are created from being prototypes. Think of a being prototype as a recipe for creating new beings. There can be multiple former humans, but they all came from the same prototype. Prototypes are declared by passing a table with the desired properties to the Beings function. [[#Engine Hooks|Engine hooks]] may also be included in the prototype. Mostly, the prototype's properties just describe beings' initial properties (occasionally with different names). Beings' properties can also mostly be changed after they are instantiated. Required fields are underlined. Sometimes required fields can safely be omitted, but this will generate a message in the log file. All being prototypes are stored in a global table called beings. This table can be indexed by id or nid.
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   |'''string'''|<u>name</u>|This is the being's name.
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   |id            |{{modarg|string}}|The unique identifier used by the engine for this being. Passed as the first argument when registering a blueprint.
   |'''string'''|name_plural|This is the being's name_plural. By default, this is the name with an "s" appended.
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  |<u>name</u>   |{{modarg|string}}|This is the being's name.
   |'''string'''|<u>ascii</u>|This is the being's picture. It should be a single character string.
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   |name_plural   |{{modarg|string}}|This is the being's pluralized name. This defaults to the being's the name with an "s" appended.
   |'''string'''|id|This is the being's sid. It must be distinct from other string ids. (The numeric id is automatically assigned to a field called nid.) Only the first 20 characters will be used. The default is the first word of the name in all lowercase.
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   |sound_id      |{{modarg|being}}|If included the being will search for sounds bound to this id instead of its own.
   |'''integer''' '''list'''|overlay|This field is only used in the graphical version. It describes a color transformation to be applied to the being's sprite. This will create overlay_red, overlay_green, overlay_blue, and overlay_alpha fields in the being prototype.
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  |<u>ascii</u>   |{{modarg|string}}|This is the being's picture in console mode. It should be a single character string.
   |'''integer'''|XP|This is the being's expvalue. By default, it is <font-family: monospace>3xD<sup>2</sup>+20, where D is the being's <u>danger</u> (see below).
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   |<u>color</u>  |{{modarg|Color}}|This is the being's color in console mode.
   |[[Modding:Cell|Cell ID]]|corpse|The determines the corpse left by the being. If the value is true, a new corpse cell will automatically be created. Otherwise this field is interpretted as a cell id. After a being is declared, this field will have been translated to a number. The default is true.
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   |<u>sprite</u>  |{{modarg|Sprite}}|This is the being's sprite in graphical mode.
   |[[Modding:Item|Item Prototype]]|weapon|If this field is included, a new item will be declared and automatically equipped for beings generated from this prototype. The item prototype will automatically be a natural ranged weapon, have an id assigned, have zero weight, have no sprite, and have the IF_NODROP and IF_NOAMMO flags.
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   |coscolor      |{{modarg|ColorSet}}|This is a graphical mode filter that can be used to add color to specific sprites.
   |'''integer'''|<u>sprite</u>|This is the being's sprite. (Use 0 for no sprite.)
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   |glow          |{{modarg|ColorSet}}|This is a graphical mode filter that can be used to give a sprite a colored glow.
   |[[Modding:Constants#Colors|Color]]|<u>color</u>|This is the being's color.
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   |overlay        |{{modarg|ColorSet}}|This is a graphical mode filter that can be used to subtract color from any sprite.
   |'''integer'''|toDam|This is the being's toDam. (This bonus only applies to melee attacks.) The default is 0.
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  |hp            |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's hpmax and starting hp. The default is 10.
   |'''integer'''|toHit|This is the being's toHit. The default is 0.
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   |armor          |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's armor bonus. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|speed|This is the being's speed. (Remember, the maximum allowed speed is 255.) The default is 100.
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   |attackchance  |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's attackchance. The default is 75.
   |'''integer'''|armor|This is the being's armor. The default is 0.
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   |todam          |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's todam bonus. The bonus applies only to melee attacks. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|<u>danger</u>|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter.
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   |tohit          |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's tohit bonus. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|<u>weight</u>|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter.
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   |tohitmelee    |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's tohitmelee bonus. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|<u>minLev</u>|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter.
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  |speed         |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's speed. The maximum allowed speed is 255. The default is 100.
   |'''integer'''|maxLev|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter. The default is 200.
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   |vision        |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's vision bonus. The default is 0, meaning the same vision as the player.
   |'''integer'''|HP|This is the being's hpmax and starting hp. The default is 10.
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   |<u>min_lev</u> |{{modarg|integer}}|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter.
  |'''integer'''|bulk|This parameter is unused. The default is 100.
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   |max_lev        |{{modarg|integer}}|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter. The default is 10000.
  |'''integer'''|group|Monsters from different groups will fight each other if they use the default AI. Oddly, the default is "weapon-other" which, as a string, translates to 0. The player is in group 1.
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   |corpse        |{{modarg|cell}}|The determines the corpse left by the being. Instead of passing in a cell directly you can pass a boolean ''true'' which will make the engine automatically create and assign an appropriate being corpse. You can also pass in ''false'' or leave this field blank to specify no corpse.
  |'''integer'''|attackchance|This is the being's attackchance The default is 75.
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  |<u>danger</u> |{{modarg|integer}}|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter.
   |'''integer'''|toHitMelee|This is the being's toHitMelee. The default is 0.
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   |<u>weight</u>  |{{modarg|integer}}|This is a [[Monster Generation|monster generation]] parameter.
   |[[Modding:Constants#Being Flags|Being Flag]] '''list'''|flags|The flags in this list will be included in the being's flag set. Upon instantiation, a flagSet property is added to the prototype will include these flags (and possibly some automatic flags) in set format. The default is an empty list.
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   |xp            |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's expvalue. By default, it is <font-family: monospace>3xD<sup>2</sup>+20, where D is the being's <u>danger</u> value (above).
   |'''string'''|sound_id|If included and the being doesn't have sound bindings configured, then it will look for sound bindings under its sound_id.
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   |bulk          |{{modarg|integer}}|This parameter is unused. The default is 100.
  |[[Modding:AI|AI ID]]|ai_type|This determines the being's AI. By default, the old pascal AI is used. (The pascal AI doesn't have an id.)
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   |flags          |{{modarg|Being Flag}}|This parameter is an array of being flags which will be used by all beings of this type by default.
   |'''integer'''|vision|This is the being's vision. The default is 9. (The player also has vision 9 by default.)
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   |<u>ai_type</u> |{{modarg|AI}}|This determines the being's AI.
  |'''integer'''|res_bullet|This is the being's res_bullet. The default is 0.
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   |res_bullet  |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's resistance to bullet damage. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|res_melee|This is the being's res_melee. The default is 0.
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   |res_melee    |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's resistance to melee damage. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|res_shrapnel|This is the being's res_shrapnel. The default is 0.
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   |res_shrapnel |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's resistance to shrapnel damage. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|res_acid|This is the being's res_acid. The default is 0.
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   |res_acid    |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's resistance to acid damage. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|res_fire|This is the being's res_fire. The default is 0.
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   |res_fire    |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's resistance to fire damage. The default is 0.
   |'''integer'''|res_plasma|This is the being's res_plasma. The default is 0.
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   |res_plasma  |{{modarg|integer}}|This is the being's resistance to plasma damage. The default is 0.
   |'''string'''|<u>desc</u>|This is the description of the being displayed in the more information view.
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   |<u>desc</u>     |{{modarg|string}}|This is the description of the being displayed in the 'more information' view.
   |'''string'''|kill_desc|If included, this being will have a special kill description in the mortem.
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   |<u>kill_desc</u> |{{modarg|string}}|If included this being will have a special kill description in the mortem.
   |'''string'''|kill_desc_melee|As kill_desc, but for melee kills.
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   |kill_desc_melee  |{{modarg|string}}|If included this being will have a special melee kill description in the mortem.
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  |weapon |{{modarg|Item Blueprint}}|You can inline an item blueprint here and it will be registered for you. Items defined this way are always natural ranged weapons that never drop and have no ammo.  It will even be equippedly automatically for you.
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  |OnAction    |{{modarg|function}}|
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  |OnAttacked  |{{modarg|function}}|
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=== Flags ===
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== Engine Hooks ==
 
== Engine Hooks ==
Specifying one or more of these hooks in the prototype will allow for greater customization.
 
  
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   |'''void'''|[[#being_OnCreate|OnCreate]]([[Modding:Being|Being]] self)  
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   |{{modarg|void}}  |[[#being_OnCreate   |OnCreate]] ({{modarg|being}} self)
   |'''void'''|[[#being_OnAction|OnAction]]([[Modding:Being|Being]] self)  
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   |{{modarg|void}}  |[[#being_OnAction   |OnAction]] ({{modarg|being}} self)
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'''OnCreate'''({{modarg|being}} self)
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:This is called when the being is created. Usually inventory and equipment get added here but many more adjustments are possible.
 
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'''OnAction'''({{modarg|being}} self)
:This is called at the beginning of each of the being's turns. (Note that turns are only differentiated if time elapses in between.)
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:This is called at the beginning of a being's turn. It is never called more than once per tick and the player, sadly, does not use this.
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'''OnAttacked'''({{modarg|being}} self)
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'''OnDie'''({{modarg|being}} self, {{modarg|boolean}} overkill)
 
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:This is called when the being dies. ''overkill'' is true if the being was gibbed.
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'''OnPickupItem'''({{modarg|being}} self, {{modarg|item}} item)
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Latest revision as of 01:03, 22 April 2013

The being blueprint is used to define new beings.

Blueprint

Being blueprints are registered with the register_being procedure. Registered blueprints are stored in a global Lua table called beings.

Being Blueprint
id string The unique identifier used by the engine for this being. Passed as the first argument when registering a blueprint.
name string This is the being's name.
name_plural string This is the being's pluralized name. This defaults to the being's the name with an "s" appended.
sound_id being If included the being will search for sounds bound to this id instead of its own.
ascii string This is the being's picture in console mode. It should be a single character string.
color Color This is the being's color in console mode.
sprite Sprite This is the being's sprite in graphical mode.
coscolor ColorSet This is a graphical mode filter that can be used to add color to specific sprites.
glow ColorSet This is a graphical mode filter that can be used to give a sprite a colored glow.
overlay ColorSet This is a graphical mode filter that can be used to subtract color from any sprite.
hp integer This is the being's hpmax and starting hp. The default is 10.
armor integer This is the being's armor bonus. The default is 0.
attackchance integer This is the being's attackchance. The default is 75.
todam integer This is the being's todam bonus. The bonus applies only to melee attacks. The default is 0.
tohit integer This is the being's tohit bonus. The default is 0.
tohitmelee integer This is the being's tohitmelee bonus. The default is 0.
speed integer This is the being's speed. The maximum allowed speed is 255. The default is 100.
vision integer This is the being's vision bonus. The default is 0, meaning the same vision as the player.
min_lev integer This is a monster generation parameter.
max_lev integer This is a monster generation parameter. The default is 10000.
corpse cell The determines the corpse left by the being. Instead of passing in a cell directly you can pass a boolean true which will make the engine automatically create and assign an appropriate being corpse. You can also pass in false or leave this field blank to specify no corpse.
danger integer This is a monster generation parameter.
weight integer This is a monster generation parameter.
xp integer This is the being's expvalue. By default, it is 3xD2+20, where D is the being's danger value (above).
bulk integer This parameter is unused. The default is 100.
flags Being Flag This parameter is an array of being flags which will be used by all beings of this type by default.
ai_type AI This determines the being's AI.
res_bullet integer This is the being's resistance to bullet damage. The default is 0.
res_melee integer This is the being's resistance to melee damage. The default is 0.
res_shrapnel integer This is the being's resistance to shrapnel damage. The default is 0.
res_acid integer This is the being's resistance to acid damage. The default is 0.
res_fire integer This is the being's resistance to fire damage. The default is 0.
res_plasma integer This is the being's resistance to plasma damage. The default is 0.
desc string This is the description of the being displayed in the 'more information' view.
kill_desc string If included this being will have a special kill description in the mortem.
kill_desc_melee string If included this being will have a special melee kill description in the mortem.
weapon Item Blueprint You can inline an item blueprint here and it will be registered for you. Items defined this way are always natural ranged weapons that never drop and have no ammo. It will even be equippedly automatically for you.
OnCreate function
OnAction function
OnAttacked function
OnDie function
OnDieCheck function
OnPickupItem function


Engine Hooks

Being Hooks
void OnCreate (being self)
void OnAction (being self)
void OnAttacked (being self)
void OnDie (being self, boolean overkill)
boolean OnDieCheck (being self, boolean overkill)
void OnPickupItem (being self, item item)


OnCreate(being self)

This is called when the being is created. Usually inventory and equipment get added here but many more adjustments are possible.

OnAction(being self)

This is called at the beginning of a being's turn. It is never called more than once per tick and the player, sadly, does not use this.

OnAttacked(being self)

This is called when a being is attacked and is usually only used by being AIs. It is not possible to determine the attacker.

OnDie(being self, boolean overkill)

This is called when the being dies. overkill is true if the being was gibbed.

OnDieCheck(being self, boolean overkill) → boolean

This is called right before a being would normally die. Returning false will prevent the death, giving the being a minimum of 1 hp. overkill is true if the being was gibbed.

OnPickupItem(being self, item item)

This is called when a being picks up an item. It is only used in DoomRL for statistical purposes.
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