Limiting @summon?

[GreenMagic793]

Hey guys,

 

I created an item which lets my players summon a poring monster, which is pretty cool, but the big problem is that I don't want players to be able to keep summoning monsters over and over, I want there to be a limit. How do I make it so that there is a limit to the number of monsters that can be spawn by an item which uses @summon? Thanks in advance.

[Haziel]

Well, it depends HOW you want to do this.
If you want only one to be summoned at a time, It's fairly simple:

@summon <monster name/ID> {<duration>}

Spawns mobs that treat you as their master.
If a duration is specified, they will stay with you until the duration has ended.

@summon has a duration field (in minutes), once you set it on item usage, you just need to put a delay on Item with the same duration the monster lasts.
You can edit Item Delays on db/(pre-)re/item_delay.txt.

If it's not what you wnat, be more specific, there's other ways to do it.

 

[Ninja]

Hey guys,

 

I created an item which lets my players summon a poring monster, which is pretty cool, but the big problem is that I don't want players to be able to keep summoning monsters over and over, I want there to be a limit. How do I make it so that there is a limit to the number of monsters that can be spawn by an item which uses @summon? Thanks in advance.

 

You will definitely need a source modification for this one.

[llchrisll]

Why don't you add an variable check in the item script? Or make a function to call the variable?